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+# Confluent
+
+![Python 3](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3-blue.svg) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/xcat2/confluent/blob/master/LICENSE)
+
+Confluent is a software package to handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations.
+It supports stateful and stateless deployments for various operating systems.
+
+Check [this page](https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/documentation/whatisconfluent.html
+) for a more detailed list of features.
+
+Confluent is the modern successor of [xCAT](https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core).
+If you're coming from xCAT, check out [this comparison](https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/documentation/confluentvxcat.html).
+
+# Documentation
+
+Confluent documentation is hosted on hpc.lenovo.com: https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/documentation/
+
+# Download
+
+Get the latest version from: https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/downloads/
+
+Check release notes on: https://hpc.lenovo.com/users/news/
+
+# Open Source License
+
+Confluent is made available under the Apache 2.0 license: https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0
+
+# Developers
+
+Want to help? Submit a [Pull Request](https://github.com/xcat2/confluent/pulls).