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+# kured k8s deployment
+
+## Introduction
+
+This deploys the kured (Kubernetes Reboot Daemon) application.
+
+This is a modified version of the manifest yaml from
+https://github.com/weaveworks/kured. The image used has been switched from
+docker.io/weaveworks/kured to raspbernetes/kured to allow it to run on both
+arm64 nodes as well as amd64 nodes.
+