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 A robot who upgrades our configurations.
 
 See [config.js](./config.js.tmpl) for the configured repositories.
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-* **Category**: Development
-* **Status**: ?
-* **Image**: [`renovate/renovate`](https://hub.docker.com/r/renovate/renovate), ❶💚, upstream
-* **Healthcheck**: No
-* **Backups**: ?
-* **Email**: ?
-* **Tests**: ❷💛
-* **SSO**: ?
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-
-## Basic usage
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-1. Set up Docker Swarm and [`abra`][abra]
-2. Deploy [`coop-cloud/traefik`][cc-traefik]
-3. `abra app new renovate-bot --secrets` (optionally with `--pass` if you'd like
-   to save secrets in `pass`)
-4. `abra app YOURAPPDOMAIN config` - be sure to change `$DOMAIN` to something that resolves to
-   your Docker swarm box
-5. `abra app YOURAPPDOMAIN deploy`
-
-[`abra`]: https://git.autonomic.zone/autonomic-cooperative/abra
-[`coop-cloud/traefik`]: https://git.autonomic.zone/coop-cloud/traefik