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+# PVC Ansible configuration manual
+
+This manual documents the various `group_vars` configuration options for the `pvc-ansible` framework.
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+# PVC HTTP API manual
+
+The PVC HTTP API client is built with Flask, a Python framework for creating API interfaces. It interfaces directly with the Zookeeper cluster to send and receive information about the cluster. It supports authentication configured statically via tokens in the configuration file as well as SSL.