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type: task
after:
  - /misc/host-firewall-autoconfig.md
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Introduce [NATS][nats] as a new service run by Isle. All hosts should join the
NATS network.

* The nebula lighthouse hosts can be used as the bootstrap nodes for finding the
  rest of the NATS peers.

* The firewall must have a port automatically opened on it for all hosts.

[nats]: https://nats.io/