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+.terraform/
+.terraform.lock.hcl
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.d/
+*.tfstate.backup
+*.retry
+
+ansible/files/*
+__pycache__
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+# Description
+
+This repo defines infrastructure for main [Status](http://status.im/) fleet running [nim-waku](https://github.com/status-im/nim-waku) nodes.
+
+# Repo Usage
+
+For how to use this repo read the [Infra Repo Usage](https://github.com/status-im/infra-docs/blob/master/articles/infra_repo_usage.md) doc.