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+##
+# Copyright 2015 Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.U.
+# This file is part of openmano
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact with: nfvlabs@tid.es
+##
+
+network:
+    name:    network-name
+    type:    data             # "bridge_data" or "bridge_man" for control plane, "data" for dataplane, or "ptp" for point to point dataplane
+    provider:physical:   null # needed a value for a bridge_data, bridge_man,
+                              # can be:
+                              #    bridge:iface_name  : attached to a iface_name host bridge interface
+                              #    macvtap:iface_name : attached to a iface_name host physical interface
+                              #    default            : attached to the default host interface
+                              #    null               : for data or ptp types. (To be changed in future versions)
+    shared:              true # true, false: if shared it will consider by OPENVIM an EXTERNAL network available at OPENMANO
+