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+general:
+  debug: false
+  interval: 60
+
+hosts:
+  - name: MyLocalHost
+    hysteresis: 3
+    temperatures:
+      - 32
+      - 37
+      - 55
+    speeds:
+      - 9
+      - 10
+      - 15
+
+  #- name: MyRemoteHost
+  #  remote_temperature_command: ssh myuser@myhost 'sysctl -a | grep -E "cpu\.[0-9]+\.temp" | grep -E -o "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"' # must return a newline-delimited list of floats
+  #  remote_ipmi_credentials:
+  #    host: some.idrac.domain
+  #    username: idrac-user
+  #    password: idrac-password
+  #  hysteresis: 0
+  #  temperatures:
+  #    - 32
+  #    - 37
+  #    - 55
+  #  speeds:
+  #    - 9
+  #    - 10
+  #    - 15
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