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+MongoDB Atlas Provider Examples
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+This directory contains various examples of using the MongoDB Atlas Provider.  Each example has a README containing more details on what the example does and any details required to configure it.
+
+To run any example, clone the repository, edit any required variales and run terraform plan/apply within the example's own directory.
+
+For example:
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+$ git clone https://github.com/mongodb/terraform-provider-mongodbatlas
+$ cd terraform-provider-mongodbatlas/examples/example1
+Edit variables as needed
+$ terraform plan
+$ terraform apply
+...