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oVirt Community Newsletter: May 2015 Edition
by Brian Proffitt 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

oVirt development is focusing on the next release, 3.6, and along the way the community of users and developers have been talking up their favorite virtual datacenter management platform. ----------------- Software Releases ----------------- oVirt 3.5.3 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-May/033088.html oVirt 3.6.0 First Alpha Release is now available for testing http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-May/032964.html ovirt-0.04, bindings for the oVirt REST API, has been released https://metacpan.org/release/HEINCE/Ovirt-0.04 A testing release for moVirt is still ready to check out https://github.com/matobet/movirt ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Virtualization or Containers? Consider the Application https://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/cloud-computing/831179-virtualization… Give Your Feedback on the New oVirt Dashboard https://docs.google.com/a/proffitt.org/forms/d/1nGMgjHeWszisxWAuiV5eCahW_-O… oVirt Training and Workshop in Dubai! https://www.facebook.com/events/524600861014320/ DRBD and oVirt/RHEV https://youtu.be/Xk4xprKUf_U ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ How to Install oVirt's Windows Guest Tools http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/05/how-to-install-and-use-ovirts-wind… Real persistence with oVirt Node http://dummdida.tumblr.com/post/118370107970/real-persistence-with-ovirt-no… SAML and oVirt 3.5 http://machacekondra.blogspot.co.il/2015/05/saml-and-ovirt-35.html Working with oVirt - Part 1 [French] http://www.it-connect.fr/ovirt-partie-1/ Saving the Configuration of Your oVirt Engine/RHEVM [French] https://blog.yvonet.com/2015/05/19/Sauvegarder-la-config-oVirt/ Virtualization with oVirt Parts 1-4 [French] https://blog.yvonet.com/2015/03/27/virtualisation-avec-ovirt-1-introduction/ https://blog.yvonet.com/2015/03/31/virtualisation-avec-ovirt-2-preparation/ https://blog.yvonet.com/2015/04/02/virtualisation-avec-ovirt-3-installation/ https://blog.yvonet.com/2015/04/06/virtualisation-avec-ovirt-4-installation… Using oVirt to Manage KVM in CentOS 7.1 Parts 1-3 [Japanese] http://qiita.com/ine1127/items/1bc2f2ff12f38e19ba9a http://qiita.com/ine1127/items/942ddd57b514f10e5127 http://qiita.com/ine1127/items/305fe44732f2e2d907da Compiling ovirt-guest-agent on FreeBSD http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-May/033069.html New Lab Environment — Ovirt Installation (Part 1) http://www.ct-unlimited.org/2015/05/19/new-lab-environment-ovirt-installati… Kubernetes and oVirt Cloud Provider (Sept. 2014) https://youtu.be/JyyST4ZKne8 oVirt and OpenStack network integración via Neutron SDN using OriginStack [Spanish] https://youtu.be/P0_s6JjFM1o ovirt – Force a host from the cluster. (unsupported) tested ver3.5.2 https://12nix.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/ovirt-force-an-host-from-the-cluster… Brian Proffitt -- oVirt Community Liaison bkp(a)redhat.com +1.574.383.9BKP

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[ANN] oVirt 3.6.0 First Alpha Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 20 May '15

20 May '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the first Alpha release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of May 20, 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. The Alpha release is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). The Alpha release can also be deployed on Hypervisor Hosts running Fedora 21 and Fedora 22. This Alpha release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. A new oVirt Live ISO and Node ISO will be available soon[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.6_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.3 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 14 May '15

14 May '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.3 First Release Candidate is now available for testing as of May 14th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes and one CVE fix for the VENOM Vulnerability. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. A new oVirt Live ISO is already available as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.3_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVVJ8bAAoJEHw3u57E4QAOWM4QANhbVRc7B31I09ULaddX9jGj qYadnleCE5jWapTh0W5k1E0gTE4mCxHiEJwkqpPj7ji8C5HfBmLXz2HZ5AFr7HyV SKqDJdBDvM50sLz6iRKbU22+tUpZBemlwqZKXG3mKF6SuwSKiOM3ld+xCQ/rSBSL we/IWGwlUr1o5gE5UeAX8kNMux8pfi2zJgtRZ4KD2ZqGA/6s6r5mCpvJgjxBkjt3 aq+XhPaIQU3pDti2qCeK23sgvio78c4b+BWV5F3LHCSNe6/VUedTpCljMl9ef1hV M33PD3HRDEv92kTesrQDPbMg9GkafQuRRh5FH541xwJvGvlTO67g8b37f6L8J0aa HjUxp0XurUttokZ+1KoxHJ+WvddKak4UPmIJUTdQxz5ThnazKbYFlnr9RtnmDBNH f52kGWevJQwQm6XKpJe+uJQl7xsyIkaOY0XpJBaaMxlLJdgPzuwJmayESsZ93/fZ AX8G7kz1vYd99I8tE+FZQiNcT+MOzEah5ocs+zvyZLWZxZtldZxA+Uzgt01UVxZe Z48ZG2xhWbQkvQ3OGeE4f5A7OgobESPNfUMHA3fog3SI9c/pErXkYpg+4U4BmwtI O9AxTwN51cCsY0jwMO0bAiYOPOR7jmdXATQy0IEs2xOz0oxvBQ95pom1/eXcdt/T Ii4SKOuQf8eYrW4JDTPU =LT/5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[ANN] Async release for ovirt-engine is now available.
by Sandro Bonazzola 11 May '15

11 May '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 The oVirt Team has just released a new version of ovirt-engine package for 3.5.2.1 that fixes a severe issue introduced in 3.5.2[1]. We recommend to all users who have already upgraded to 3.5.2 to update to this package. Thanks, [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1214408 - Importing storage domains into an uninitialized datacenter leads to duplicate OVF_STORE disks being created, and can cause catastrophic loss of VM configuration data - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVUK6QAAoJEHw3u57E4QAOLo0QALoe0zgCFSCOBScWGOJHAeXT 06ZnW0mObmWwM2T5n7VptVhhT/hES7hj5QfDdF666JKEsHKlkR71YewFqvRrn/6o ErkRmSo+yrBNSL1se1KQn3k/jLY9RGzF/1tjxc2jaWovA98ULNLXwgDRS+jBNvu2 lSvrCOAO8u5dSZnKl5oZTUN8vqWlzMB1TqbeV0/T7uuhTPwXeo/azLMtxdrLVecg t+zfFTcT3/BP+eVv0qr8lCxIo3UtjDN11H4VBzfb7cgP7Lg6D16MC7bawcYyuxIE waGfBFW1CtoeEWEQjic7Cti5j8pgxEc+bljw2PI09IPwEnMnBoqk1fwLg5LLCnnC eSkyoYN1vxo6ea2HF+Nm9lQ4uolkF3LUlC2017Jb4tYuhuF0ukTkUSEwBi8nfZzL 0/e08i4eglW3g01nIGRRQXq+kohClTWxLyVIUKgWlJ5RlHYooEMYV7qOYjFo/q3y 2ukMGrUZ27rokI/za3/5LkDUMizwh+XNzbO4qCeMd8UcHtsgs2vkElxJBVZ56nx8 EYIi7Mb1dogWtlcd1CE35h6FwnuqDdu/4iYJksH5vMa8aq411Ub65j4fgf4Xjy7D 1o51DuucZoasIkSuP1JiNc2HVOFZJ0hdsOkdLO9+oQ4tB84lMWe28OaRbIP0AV/u W6jpgUUcS+DPhBfkq0UI =zYZs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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oVirt Newsletter: April 2015 Edition
by Brian Proffitt 05 May '15

05 May '15

May is upon us, and the oVirt community is getting more active with API work, and spreading the word about how to deploy and use oVirt! ----------------- Software Releases ----------------- oVirt 3.5.2 went live on April 28. Check out the latest stable release today! http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-April/032571.html libgovirt 0.3.3, a GObject-based library to access oVirt REST API, was released April 8. http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-April/032304.html ovirt-0.01, bindings for the oVirt REST API, was released April 25. http://search.cpan.org/~heince/Ovirt-0.01/ A testing release for moVirt is now ready to check out https://github.com/matobet/movirt ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Two Hypervisors, One Great Collaboration http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/04/two-hypervisors-one-great-collabor… Welcome to the brand-new oVirt/RHEV User Group (Malaysia) on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/ovirtUGMY/ 10 Things You Should Know About oVirt https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-things-you-should-know-ovirt-freddy-rolla… oVirt makes a splash at Sasoconf in Argentina [En Español] http://www.itrestauracion.com.ar/?p=2031 ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ How to Install RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.5 – Part 1 http://www.tecmint.com/install-redhat-virtualization-rhev/ NodeWolf provides hosted oVirt services https://nodewolf.com/hosted-ovirt.html oVirt 3.5 - Einführung und Evaluierungsergebnisse ["Introduction and Evaluation Results", Auf Deutsch] http://www.slideshare.net/inovex/ovirt-35-einfhrung-und-evaluierungsergebni… Learning oVirt http://terminalmonkey.com/2015/04/11/learning-ovirt/ How to open a console on Windows with oVirt and Spice https://12nix.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/ovirt-open-a-console-on-windows-spic… Solving NP Hard Scheduling Problems with oVirt and OptaPlan https://youtu.be/O-n5zcNwPkM oVirt's integration with virt-v2v https://youtu.be/QSss__Nl5rU oVirt ~ Installation https://bordeltabernacle.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/ovirt-installation/

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Final Release is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the oVirt 3.5.2 Final Release is now available as of April 28th 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. oVirt is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. A new oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVP0l9AAoJEHw3u57E4QAOQqQP/1xFK0hv63XnK3PuY4nvgHZI 8zYx4najqu/HraI1T8CNbNdA9gRsC41Wi8Rj6NmYYjYQYli2aVRCvCJQ2ZHMJ/4C Li4PjzRN/I5jUVXTnXXFZwBR5puormC6Xw5/0BWpZl1HY9kQfp0BQAN2xZRpPOAL d05YWwkhGRlY2QqbejD2/Srs7EeaBm6a72eso87VlF0cPqmOyEQHOsZW/+ePUr8m IsEvmiLs4AjVddcThAMwnpxoTyVuvAcKcNNuimnkOLqnVn0cvEUJQuBSzeasPU9u lMJMiavT3F1NgcO8nuxl+ouxDiPPD2k3sJYWishr4kSjlAh+nHD9AiUBvwKG6wtz MsL4CEURu+ufk2IRNsiVwheS+V7NDxePZ8FiDiv8I8Fi3cJNSTs8LL9sjGZnW/uz p1CfTXr21965yManVDXqhHOU5Z5v5cp9ZLbYMU4HkBDyF9r5U/fGt5wYzaTtHIQ9 9JsPoEmWzSWGBMPeouMEpWNKJJM0RZ1DpD11qoksjTQ/nIiMP8doBlvkvPBs9ZS6 WEwgLMxa/nGm5/nO/30VDKgHTVa/bFJnxe98D0hosFs3nyFGYvj1jT707b1d0srk aHd0WYv0+7tsJ/y4QJPKoesL61zmWmdrK2URNYiyIWGgNwQJJZuYVY1ckayx63kb DMpHcfZNlBNrss7FF5lr =A4ZO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Fourth Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 Fourth Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Apr 14th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Apr 1st 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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oVirt Newsletter Special Edition: Mid-March 2015
by Brian Proffitt 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

It's a nice problem to have: it's been so busy in the oVirt community, we have to push out a mid-month newsletter just to keep up! ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Solving (NP-Hard) Scheduling Problems with oVirt and OptaPlanner http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x/presentations/solving-np-hard-sched… FOSDEM Virtualization Room Videos: Docker Integration in oVirt and IaaS https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/dockerovirt__CAM_ONLY.… Live migration for containers is around the corner https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/livemigration__CAM_ONL… LXD: The Container Hypervisor https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/lxd.mp4 Observability in KVM--How to troubleshoot virtual machines https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/observability.mp4 Provision and manage Docker containers with Foreman--Roll out your applications in containers with ease https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/provisiondocker__CAM_O… Rocket and the App Container Spec https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/rocketspec.mp4 Transplantation of VirtualBox to the NOVA microhypervisor https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/transplantation.mp4 Under the hood of Docker Containers--In flight and at rest https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/underhoodcontainers__C… Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse--Containers, KVM, Xen, and Security https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/zombieapocalypse.mp4 ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Compiling oVirt-guest-agent on FreeBSD http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/031052.html Running oVirt's Guest Agent on Atomic as a Privileged Container http://www.projectatomic.io/blog/2015/01/running-ovirt-guest-agent-as-privi… Installing oVirt 3.5 on CentOS 7 (Hosted Engine) https://xrsa.net/2015/02/04/installing-ovirt-3-5-on-centos-7-hosted-engine/ Containerizing the oVirt Optimizer https://github.com/rgolangh/Fedora-Dockerfiles/tree/ovirt-optimizer/ovirt-o… Monitor oVirt or libvirt with SNMP and Zabbix http://jensd.be/?p=491 Move a guest from VMWare ESX to oVirt or RHEV http://jensd.be/?p=489 Trying out oVirt's Probabilistic Optimizer http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/02/trying-out-ovirts-probabalistic-op… oVirt Platform Management with Ansible https://docs.ansible.com/ovirt_module.html Adding a Cockpit to Node http://dummdida.tumblr.com/post/111458709540/adding-a-cockpit-to-node Node goes Anaconda http://dummdida.tumblr.com/post/111851478485/node-goes-anaconda OVIRT engine unable to import old "Export storage": How to fix http://arm2armcos.blogspot.co.il/2015/02/ovirt-engile-unable-to-import-old.… Manage oVirt environment http://serverfault.com/questions/669978/manage-ovirt-environment Gluster ovirt integration_gluster_meetup_pune_2015 http://www.slideshare.net/N.Ramesh/gluster-ovirt-integrationglustermeetuppu… -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Mar 18th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVCZq1AAoJEHw3u57E4QAOmj8P/2Nn3OcRKErMFXJLXeqZHaEi vhk9MEiaSKMuPSLAfigvhAX5133czXlv1qmcLP8zQ4yqXdbkBXHptFQXWGRsFmH5 zhmy9bqUUlDFIcepMWw5Rm+LZRWKWwUVQUijnpah1l6d6w0YJoqy8hZxgeFtaFna ytDlVBHpvLCubbjmCWRibOFd80P+z2pSk31/Y4k0vi/UIwMGnXO74vkBU+mzLuZO mHVLueQjJORe6jEwoBeFFnen1QI/+uCpCCSm+inHoiSGxISnujhoZT1T9DmOPFJT 2i0cd7QnxmMo/aY8EoIEagCGXsIravgSW6NmrAXbJfKQ4NrylaAD/mfDhQy0tZLt fRnANlDV2aHqdE0Cfw5LjzgOHgLrtG8cSCXL40tQI+/HGh1Av4OjnJQDbWL7dMIR rxXn4t/hicIYPy17SM/+qo/2/2BSgR1jro17WgIn6nxAsV3YiXbHghRJ+uJRxFCJ a8fT4vReHExRASdjjw+KMF0O3o4sqjd7ldX4aTDtuaEojYc3ducZVZDIT/L3SFPP o+S6cWggWL/VZ7Ormts3Fkz6Il/pMAAre7NEuAk8gtARukmrMoBTz88TvvTQlNXg ttynkryL/bPE6xsQ6nQbR0c7Iks3cYyg1T1VF7rbQyjD56X2wKJPCe+lX7Id0KqT sJ5UIcdDI5VCHCElWzih =QuV3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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