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+# Servo's SaltStack Configuration
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/servo/saltfs.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/servo/saltfs)
+
+## What's going on? 
+
+Salt is a configuration management tool that we use to automate Servo's
+infrastructure. See [the
+tutorials](http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/tutorials/) to get
+started. 
+
+## Contributing
+
+There are guides for some tasks available on [the
+wiki](https://github.com/servo/saltfs/wiki). If you see a way that these
+configurations could be improved, or try to set up your own intsance and run
+into trouble, file [an issue](https://github.com/servo/saltfs/issues/new)!
+
+## Travis
+
+TravisCI is set up to test these configurations as described
+[here](https://lambdaops.com/automation/travis/travis%20ci/configuration%20management/continuous%20integration/salt/chef/saltstack/salt%20stack/2014/01/29/travis-for-salt-states/).