@rnettleton Yes, this is how we are currently maintaining the cluster configuration, and its working well so far. I was thinking of using it for incremental changes as well. That is, to use blueprint interface to add/remove components, and ambari then pushes that state, so I don't need to use the UI. But, our actual use case is for backup and ability to recreate clusters, which is satisfied with current blueprint functionality.
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