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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eux
+
+TEMPLATES=git://github.com/tripleo/openstack-config-templates.git
+
+sudo apt-get install --yes git python-pip
+pip install -U git+https://github.com/tripleo/os-config-applier.git
+
+mkdir -p /opt/stack
+git clone $TEMPLATES /opt/stack/openstack-config-templates
+
+cat > /etc/init/os-config-applier.conf <<- eof
+start on runlevel [2345]
+task
+exec os-config-applier -t /opt/stack/openstack-config-templates/templates
+eof