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Both nodes must be available by ssh.
You can create your environment manually or This document describes detailed manual installation procedure. As an option you can use Automatic deployment with ansible. to get the same environment as used for CICD validation.
Overview
Akraino Regional Controller is necessary part of release 2 deployment procedure. It's Akraino approved blueprint which is common for all of release 2 blueprints and which is using for Edge Site, Blueprint and POD deployment.
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