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 this repository nxios configurations of the digital malobeo infrastructure. it should be used to setup, test, build and deploy different hosts in a reproducible manner.
 
+the file structure is based on this [blog post](https://samleathers.com/posts/2022-02-03-my-new-network-and-deploy-rs.html)
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 ## creating a new host
 
 ### setting up filesystem