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+# Copyright IBM Corp. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# "OrdererOrgs" - Definition of organizations managing orderer nodes
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+OrdererOrgs:
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Orderer
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  - Name: Orderer
+    Domain: example.com
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # "Specs" - See PeerOrgs below for complete description
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Specs:
+      - Hostname: orderer