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+---
+# source: nova05epsilon/edpm-nodeset-values-post-ceph/values.yaml.j2
+# Auto-populates ceph_conf from files written by ceph.yml hook.
+# The ceph.yml post_stage_run hook (via cifmw_ceph_client role) writes
+# Ceph config files to cifmw_ceph_client_fetch_dir (default /tmp/).
+# This template reads those files and provides them as base64-encoded
+# values under data.ceph_conf (DCN convention).
+{% set _fetch_dir = cifmw_ceph_client_fetch_dir | default('/tmp') %}
+{% set _cluster = cifmw_ceph_client_cluster | default('ceph') %}
+{% set _conf_file = (_fetch_dir, _cluster ~ '.conf') | path_join %}
+{% set _keyring_file = (_fetch_dir, _cluster ~ '.client.openstack.keyring') | path_join %}
+data:
+  ceph_conf:
+    {{ _cluster }}.client.openstack.keyring: {{ lookup('file', _keyring_file, rstrip=False) | b64encode }}
+    {{ _cluster }}.conf: {{ lookup('file', _conf_file, rstrip=False) | b64encode }}