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+# Staging module for Puppet
+
+Manages staging directory, along with download/extraction of compressed files.
+
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/nanliu/puppet-staging.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/nanliu/puppet-staging)
+
+WARNING: Version 0.2.0 no longer uses hiera functions. The same behavior should be available in Puppet 3.0.
+
+NOTE: Version 1.0.0 will be the last feature release. New functionality such as checksum will be implemented in a type/provider module [puppet-archive](https://www.github.com/nanliu/puppet-archive).
+
+## Usage
+
+Specify a different default staging path (must be declared before using resource):
+```puppet
+class { 'staging':
+  path  => '/var/staging',
+  owner => 'puppet',
+  group => 'puppet',
+}
+```
+
+Staging files from various sources:
+```puppet
+staging::file { 'sample':
+  source => 'puppet://modules/staging/sample',
+}
+
+staging::file { 'apache-tomcat-6.0.35':
+  source => 'http://apache.cs.utah.edu/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.35/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.35.tar.gz',
+}
+```
+
+Staging and extracting files:
+```puppet
+staging::file { 'sample.tar.gz':
+  source => 'puppet:///modules/staging/sample.tar.gz'
+}
+
+staging::extract { 'sample.tar.gz':
+  target  => '/tmp/staging',
+  creates => '/tmp/staging/sample',
+  require => Staging::File['sample.tar.gz'],
+}
+```
+
+Deploying a file (combining staging and extract):
+```puppet
+staging::deploy { 'sample.tar.gz':
+  source => 'puppet:///modules/staging/sample.tar.gz',
+  target => '/usr/local',
+}
+```
+
+Staging files currently support the following source:
+
+* http(s)://
+* puppet://
+* ftp://
+* s3:// (requires aws cli to be installed and configured.)
+* local (though this doesn't serve any real purpose.)
+
+## Contributor
+
+* Adrien Thebo
+* gizero
+* Harald Skoglund
+* Hunter Haugen
+* Justin Clayton
+* Owen Jacobson
+* Reid Vandewiele