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+# puppet-walkthru
+
+A Vagrant machine and Puppet code used for giving a brief introduction to
+Puppet. [Introduction text is also
+available](http://www.whoisandrew.com/blog/2014/01/29/intro-to-puppet-the-bare-minimum/).