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+spec: project/v0.1
+id: nk-rehearsal
+title: NetKingdom pack rehearsal
+description: Operator rehearsal of the NetKingdom runbook packs (NK-WP-0044-T05). Clean runs here are the maturity evidence that closes NK-WP-0009 T03-T05.
+goal: The object-storage, SSH, OpenBao operating-path and flex-auth packs have each been run cleanly in a rehearsal environment.
+environment: rehearsal
+runbooks:
+- pack: nk.object-storage-sts
+- pack: nk.ssh-certificates
+  after:
+  - nk.object-storage-sts
+- pack: nk.openbao-operating-path
+  after:
+  - nk.ssh-certificates
+- pack: nk.protected-system-flex-auth
+  after:
+  - nk.openbao-operating-path