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-# Divingbell
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-Find more documentation for Divingbell on
-`Read the Docs <https://airship-divingbell.readthedocs.io/>`_.
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+Divingbell
+==========
+
+Divingbell is a lightweight solution for:
+
+1. Bare metal configuration management for a few very targeted use cases
+2. Bare metal package manager orchestration
+
+What problems does it solve?
+----------------------------
+
+The needs identified for Divingbell were:
+
+1. To plug gaps in day 1 tools (e.g., Drydock) for node configuration
+2. To provide a day 2 solution for managing these configurations going forward
+3. [Future] To provide a day 2 solution for system level host patching
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+Find more documentation for Divingbell on
+`Read the Docs <https://airship-divingbell.readthedocs.io/>`_.