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+---
+#k3s_version: v1.30.4+k3s1
+k3s_version: "{{ lookup('env', 'k3s_version') }}"
+ansible_user: administrator
+systemd_dir: /etc/systemd/system
+
+# Set your timezone
+system_timezone: "America/Chicago"
+
+# interface which will be used for flannel
+flannel_iface: "eth0"
+
+# apiserver_endpoint is virtual ip-address which will be configured on each master
+apiserver_endpoint: "{{ lookup('env','api_endpoint') }}"
+
+# k3s_token is required  masters can talk together securely
+k3s_token: "{{ lookup('env','k3s_token') }}"
+
+# The IP on which the node is reachable in the cluster.
+# Here, a sensible default is provided, you can still override
+# it for each of your hosts, though.
+k3s_node_ip: '{{ ansible_facts[flannel_iface]["ipv4"]["address"] }}'
+
+# Disable the taint manually by setting: k3s_master_taint = false
+k3s_master_taint: "{{ true if groups['node_group'] | default([]) | length >= 1 else false }}"
+
+# these arguments are recommended for servers as well as agents:
+extra_args: >-
+  --flannel-iface={{ flannel_iface }}
+  --node-ip={{ k3s_node_ip }}
+
+# change these to your liking, the only required are: --disable servicelb, --tls-san {{ apiserver_endpoint }}
+extra_server_args: >-
+  {{ extra_args }}
+  {{ '--node-taint node-role.kubernetes.io/master=true:NoSchedule' if k3s_master_taint else '' }}
+  --tls-san {{ apiserver_endpoint }}
+  --disable servicelb
+  --disable traefik
+  --kube-controller-manager-arg bind-address=0.0.0.0
+  --kube-proxy-arg metrics-bind-address=0.0.0.0
+  --kube-scheduler-arg bind-address=0.0.0.0
+  --etcd-expose-metrics true
+  --kubelet-arg containerd=/run/k3s/containerd/containerd.sock
+extra_agent_args: >-
+  {{ extra_args }}  
+  --kubelet-arg node-status-update-frequency=5s
+
+# image tag for kube-vip
+kube_vip_tag_version: "v0.7.2"
+
+username: "administrator"
+
+environment: "{{ lookup('env','ENVIRONMENT_NAME') }}"
+master_group: "{{ (cluster | regex_replace('-cluster$', '')) ~ '-master' }}"
+node_group: "{{ (cluster | regex_replace('-cluster$', '')) ~ '-node' }}"