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+DevStack external plugin
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+
+A `local.conf` recipe to enable tap-as-a-service::
+
+    [[local|localrc]]
+    enable_plugin tap-as-a-service https://github.com/openstack/tap-as-a-service
+    enable_service taas
+    enable_service taas_openvswitch_agent