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+---
+# Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
+lvm_size: 30000
+mem_size: 2048
+num_cpus: 2
+
+# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
+# the host_vars/$hostname file
+
+tcp_ports: [ 80, 8443, 8444,
+             # fas has 32 wsgi processes, each of which need their own port
+             # open for outbound fedmsg messages.
+             8000, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007,
+             8008, 8009, 8010, 8011, 8012, 8013, 8014, 8015,
+             8016, 8017, 8018, 8019, 8020, 8021, 8022, 8023,
+             8024, 8025, 8026, 8027, 8028, 8029, 8030, 8031, ]
+
+fas_client_groups: sysadmin-main,sysadmin-accounts
+
+master_fas_node: True 
+
+# A host group for rsync config
+rsync_group: fas
+
+nrpe_procs_warn: 300
+nrpe_procs_crit: 500