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+# This file is passed by trainer-cli to scripts/ips-txt-to-html.py
+
+# Number of VMs per cluster
+clustersize: 1
+
+# The hostname of each node will be clusterprefix + a number
+clusterprefix: CHANGEME
+
+# Jinja2 template to use to generate ready-to-cut cards
+cards_template: cards.html
+
+# Use "Letter" in the US, and "A4" everywhere else
+paper_size: Letter
+
+# Login and password that students will use
+user_login: portal
+user_password: CHANGEME
+
+steps:
+  - wait
+  - clusterize
+  - tools
+  - docker
+  - createuser
+  - ips