+#
+# installer.sh
+#
+# Helps manage the configuration in a git repository, and then deploy
+# nodes by pushing a copy of the git repository to each node and
+# running the provision script to do the actual installation and
+# configuration.
+#
+
+set -eu
+
+# The parameter file
+declare CONFIG_FILE=local.params
+
+# The salt template directory
+declare CONFIG_DIR=local_config_dir
+
+# The 5-character Arvados cluster id
+# This will be populated by loadconfig()
+declare CLUSTER
+
+# The parent domain (not including the cluster id)
+# This will be populated by loadconfig()
+declare DOMAIN
+
+# A bash associative array listing each node and mapping to the roles
+# that should be provisioned on those nodes.
+# This will be populated by loadconfig()
+declare -A NODES
+
+# The ssh user we'll use
+# This will be populated by loadconfig()
+declare DEPLOY_USER
+
+# The git repository that we'll push to on all the nodes
+# This will be populated by loadconfig()
+declare GITTARGET