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+---
+# Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
+lvm_size: 20000
+mem_size: 4096
+num_cpus: 2
+ks_url: http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel-6
+ks_repo: http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/RHEL6-x86_64/
+install_command: /usr/sbin/virt-install -n ${inventory_hostname} -r ${mem_size} 
+                 --disk ${volgroup}/${inventory_hostname} 
+                 --vcpus=${num_cpus}  -l ${ks_repo} -x 
+                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks=${ks_url} ip=${eth0_ip} netmask=${nm} 
+                  gateway=${gw} dns=${dns} console=tty0 console=ttyS0" 
+                 --network=bridge=br0 --autostart --noautoconsole
+
+# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
+# the host_vars/$hostname file
+
+tcp_ports: [ 80 ]