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 ## Stage 0 - ssh backbone for propogating stage1 across the cluster
 ```bash
+yum install git -y
 git clone https://git.adspem.com/opthq/nmd-md5sum-manifest.git
 cd nmd-md5sum-manifest/stages
 chmod +x *