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+# brian-polling-manager
+
+This module contains tooling for configuring
+SNMP polling for BRIAN.
+
+The documents should be viewable in the
+workspace of the most recent
+[Jenkins job](https://jenkins.geant.org/job/brian-polling-manager%20(develop)/ws/docs/build/html/index.html).
+