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+curl -g -i -X POST $cyborg_endpoint_url/attributes \
+  -H "Accept: application/json" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "User-Agent:None" \
+  -H "X-Auth-Token: yourtoken" \
+  -d '{"deployable_id": "1",
+       "key": "rc",
+       "value": "FPGA"'