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+WARNING!!
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+Monasca is now deployed via Ansible. This Chef cookbook project is no longer maintained and may be out of date. It will be moved to the StackForge attic soon.
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 monasca_notification Cookbook
 =========================
 Sets up the monasca-notification daemon