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+Apigee Maintenance Playbook - Add or Remove a Qpid Node
+=======================================================
+
+This playbook provides maintenance assistance for the tasks of 
+adding or removing a qpid node. Two playbooks are provided. The first 
+playbook called qpid-add.yml will register a qpid node with analytics. 
+The second playbook called qpid-remove.yml will de-register a qpid node
+with analytics. 
+
+
+Usage Instructions
+==================
+
+These are ansible playbooks and require ansible.
+
+1. Please install and configure ansible as indicated in [opdk-setup-ansible](apigee-setup-ansible).
+1. `ansible-galaxy -f -r requirements.yml`
+1. `ansible-playbook -i <inventory file or folder> [qpid-add.yml | qpid-remove.yml]`
+
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+---
+- src: https://github.com/carlosfrias/apigee-opdk-setup-default-settings
+
+- src: https://github.com/carlosfrias/apigee-opdk-server-self
+
+- src: https://github.com/carlosfrias/apigee-opdk-setup-qpid-add
+
+- src: https://github.com/carlosfrias/apigee-opdk-setup-qpid-remove