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+# Complete Example
+
+This example demonstrates how to use the spacelift-automation component to manage Spacelift stacks, including the ability for Spacelift to manage its own configuration.
+
+Normally, this directory would contain a simple root module to spin up a basic example. To showcase a more practical use case where Spacelift manages its own infrastructure, we’ve moved the configuration to the expected path: [examples/complete/components/spacelift-automation/](./components/spacelift-automation/).
+
+By doing this, we provide an example of how to set up Spacelift to automate the management of your infrastructure stacks, including itself.
+
+## Use the Example
+
+1. Prerequisites: Replace [backend.tf.json](./components/spacelift-automation/backend.tf.json), [example.tfvars](./components/spacelift-automation/tfvars/example.tfvars), and [example.yaml](./components/spacelift-automation/stacks/example.yaml) values with your own. The values in this repo are hardcoded for Masterpoint's automation and testing needs.
+1. Navigate to the spacelift-automation component directory:
+   ```sh
+   cd ./components/spacelift-automation/
+   ```
+1. Initialize Terraform:
+   ```sh
+   tofu init
+   ```
+1. Select the worspace:
+   ```sh
+   tofu workspace select example
+   ```
+1. Review the Terraform plan:
+   ```sh
+   tofu plan -var-file tfvars/example.tfvars
+   ```
+
+This will set up the Spacelift stack that manages itself.
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-module "automation" {
-  source = "../../"
-
-  github_enterprise = {
-    namespace = "masterpointio"
-  }
-  repository              = "terraform-spacelift-automation"
-  branch                  = "feature/initial-version" # TODO: remove this
-  root_modules_path       = "../../examples/complete/components"
-  enabled_root_modules    = ["random-pet"]
-  aws_integration_enabled = true
-  aws_integration_id      = "01J30JBKQTCD72ATZCRWHYST3C"
-}
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-provider "spacelift" {}
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-terraform {
-  required_version = ">= 1.6"
-
-  required_providers {
-    spacelift = {
-      source  = "spacelift-io/spacelift"
-      version = ">= 1.14"
-    }
-  }
-}