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+..
+ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
+ License.
+
+ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
+
+..
+ This template should be in ReSTructured text. The filename in the git
+ repository should match the launchpad URL, for example a URL of
+ https://blueprints.launchpad.net/kolla/+spec/awesome-thing should be named
+ awesome-thing.rst .  Please do not delete any of the sections in this
+ template.  If you have nothing to say for a whole section, just write: None
+ For help with syntax, see http://sphinx-doc.org/rest.html
+ To test out your formatting, see http://www.tele3.cz/jbar/rest/rest.html
+
+===========================
+The title of your blueprint
+===========================
+
+Include the URL of your launchpad blueprint:
+
+https://blueprints.launchpad.net/kolla/+spec/example
+
+Introduction paragraph -- why are we doing anything?
+
+Problem description
+===================
+
+A detailed description of the problem.
+
+Use cases
+---------
+1. TODO
+
+Proposed change
+===============
+
+Here is where you cover the change you propose to make in detail. How do you
+propose to solve this problem?
+
+If this is one part of a larger effort make it clear where this piece ends. In
+other words, what's the scope of this effort?
+
+Include where in the kolla tree hierarchy this will reside.
+
+Security impact
+---------------
+How does this feature impact the securtiy of the deployed OpenStack.
+
+Performance Impact
+------------------
+Does this feature impact the performance of the deployment or the
+resultant OpenStack installation.
+
+Alternatives
+------------
+
+This is an optional section, where it does apply we'd just like a demonstration
+that some thought has been put into why the proposed approach is the best one.
+
+Implementation
+==============
+
+Assignee(s)
+-----------
+
+Who is leading the writing of the code? Or is this a blueprint where you're
+throwing it out there to see who picks it up?
+
+If more than one person is working on the implementation, please designate the
+primary author and contact.
+
+Primary assignee:
+  <launchpad-id or None>
+
+Can optionally can list additional ids if they intend on doing
+substantial implementation work on this blueprint.
+
+Milestones
+----------
+
+Target Milestone for completion:
+  mitaka-1
+
+Work Items
+----------
+
+Work items or tasks -- break the feature up into the things that need to be
+done to implement it. Those parts might end up being done by different people,
+but we're mostly trying to understand the timeline for implementation.
+
+Testing
+=======
+How are you proposing to test this feature.
+
+Documentation Impact
+====================
+What documentation will be done to discribe this feature to developers
+and operators.
+
+References
+==========
+Any links to external documentation.