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+helm:
+  client:
+
+    #
+    # The version of the Helm client to install
+    #
+    # version: 2.6.2
+    
+    #
+    # The hash for the helm client binary. You must calculate the hash for the
+    # version of the binary you install. 
+    # Defaults to the SHA 256 hash for the helm-v2.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    # 
+    # 
+    # The binary is downloaded from:
+    # 
+    # https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v[[ client.version ]]-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    # 
+    # Here is an example command you can use to calculate the sha256 hash for 
+    # the binary:
+    # 
+    # ```
+    # shasum -a 256 /path/to/helm-v[[ client.version ]]-linux.amd64.tar.gz
+    # ```
+    # 
+    # download_hash: sha256=ba807d6017b612a0c63c093a954c7d63918d3e324bdba335d67b7948439dbca8
+    
+    #
+    # Whether the helm client should be enabled for the target minion or not
+    # 
+    # TODO: this should be removed.
+    #
+    enabled: true
+
+    #
+    # Configurations to manage the cluster's Tiller installation
+    #
+    # tiller:
+      #
+      # Whether Tiller should be deployed to the kubernetes cluster as part of
+      # this formaul. Defaults to true.
+      #
+      # install: true
+
+      #
+      # The namespace to which Tiller should be installed (only used if 
+      # `helm:client:tiller:install` is set to true).
+      # Defaults to `kube-system`
+      #
+      # naamespace: kube-system
+
+      #
+      # The host IP or name and port for an existing tiller installation that
+      # should be used by the Helm client. Defaults to Helm's default if
+      # unspecified.
+      #
+      # host:
+
+    #
+    # Configurations defined to manage the target minion's kubectl installation
+    #
+    # kubectl:
+      #
+      # Whether kubectl should be installed as part of this formula. 
+      # Defaults to false
+      #
+      # install: false
+      
+      #
+      # The version of the kubectl binary to install.
+      # Defaults to 1.6.7
+      #
+      # version: 1.6.7
+
+      #
+      # The hash for the kubectl binary version to install. You must calculate 
+      # the hash for the version of the binary you install. 
+      # 
+      # 
+      # The binary is downloaded from:
+      # 
+      # https://dl.k8s.io/v[[ client.kubectl.version ]]/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+      # 
+      # 
+      # Defaults to the SHA 256 hash for the Linux distribution of version 1.6.7
+      # 
+      # Here is an example command you can use to calculate the sha256 hash for 
+      # the binary:
+      # 
+      # ```
+      # shasum -a 256 /path/to/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+      # ```
+      # 
+      # download_hash: sha256=54947ef84181e89f9dbacedd54717cbed5cc7f9c36cb37bc8afc9097648e2c91
+      
+      
+      #
+      # Configuration parameters that should be applied to the kubectl 
+      # installation's kubeconfig. Not that this will only be applied to the 
+      # kubectl installation managed by this formula.
+      # 
+      # While the kubectl tool can be configured to connect to multiple 
+      # clusters and allow switching between cluster contexts, this kubectl
+      # configuration managed by this formula will only be configured with
+      # the cluster context details used by this formula.
+      #
+      # config:
+      #   cluster: 
+      #     server: https://kubernetes.example.com
+      #     certificate-authority-data: base64_of_ca_certificate
+      #   cluster_name: kubernetes.example
+      #   context_name: kubernetes-example
+      #   user:
+      #     username: admin
+      #     password: uberadminpass
+      #   user_name: admin
+      
+
+    #
+    # The mapping of repository names to urls that should be registered and
+    # kept up-to-date with the helm client
+    #
+    repos:
+      mirantisworkloads: https://mirantisworkloads.storage.googleapis.com/
+      incubator: https://kubernetes-charts-incubator.storage.googleapis.com/
+
+    #
+    # The listing of releases that should be managed by the formula. Note that
+    # if configured, the releases listed under this `helm:client:releases` key
+    # will be used as an authoritative, exclusive listing of the releases that
+    # should be configured and deployed to the Tiller installation; any 
+    # release existing in the tiller cluster that is not configured here 
+    # **will be deleted**
+    #
+    releases:
+      zoo1:
+
+        #
+        # The name of the release
+        #
+        name: my-zookeeper
+
+        #
+        # The repository name and chart name combination for the chart to
+        # release
+        #
+        chart: mirantisworkloads/zookeeper
+
+        #
+        # The version of the helm chart to install
+        #
+        version: 1.2.0 
+
+        #
+        # The namespace to which the release should be deployed
+        #
+        namespace: helm-example-namespace
+
+        # 
+        # Configuration values that should be supplied to the chart.
+        #
+        values:
+          logLevel: INFO 
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