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+# iPPIDB PostgreSQL Client Authentication Configuration File
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, IT IS AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOYED FROM ANSIBLE
+local   all             all                                     peer
+host    all             all              ::1/128                md5
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