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<span id="server-index"></span><h1>The Bcfg2 Server<a class="headerlink" href="#the-bcfg2-server" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>The Bcfg2 server is responsible for taking a comprehensive infrastructure
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<p>The Bcfg2 server takes information from two sources when generating client
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