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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 03658f54..00000000 --- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -.. _datasource_fallback: - -Fallback/None -============= - -This is the fallback datasource when no other datasource can be selected. It -is the equivalent of a empty datasource in that it provides a empty string as -userdata and a empty dictionary as metadata. It is useful for testing as well -as for when you do not have a need to have an actual datasource to meet your -instance requirements (ie you just want to run modules that are not concerned -with any external data). It is typically put at the end of the datasource -search list so that if all other datasources are not matched, then this one -will be so that the user is not left with an inaccessible instance. - -**Note:** the instance id that this datasource provides is -``iid-datasource-none``. - -.. vi: textwidth=79 |