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+# Nomad Job Concourse Resource
+
+A concurse resource for jobs on [Hashicorp Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io/).
+
+## Source Configuration
+```yaml
+resource_types:
+  - name: nomad
+    type: registry-image
+    source:
+      repository: cioplenu/concourse-nomad-resource
+      tag: latest
+
+resources:
+  - name: test-job
+    type: nomad
+    source:
+      url: http://nomad-cluster.local:4646
+      name: test
+      token: XXXX
+```
+
+* `url`: (required) URL of the nomad api on a node of your cluster
+* `name`: (required) name of the job
+* `token`: Nomad ACL token
+
+## Behavior
+
+### `check`: Check for new [versions](https://www.nomadproject.io/api-docs/jobs#list-job-versions) of the job
+
+Checks if there are new versions of the job. It uses the `nomad job history` command of the [nomad
+CLI](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/commands/job/history) and not all versions since the first
+deployment might be available.
+
+### `in`: noop
+
+### `out`: Run a new version of the job
+
+Deploys a new version of the job to the cluster using `nomad job run` by reading a HCL job file.
+[Golang template variables](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) can be used to insert information
+like a version on the fly.
+
+#### Parameters
+* `job_path`: (required) Path of the HCL job file to run
+* `vars`: { [key: string]: string } dictionary of variables to substitute in the job file. Each key
+  should be represented in the job file as `{{.key}}`
+* `var_files`: { [key: string]: string } dictionary of paths to files to read to get variable
+  values. Each key should be represented in the job file as `{{.key}}` and the values should be path
+  to text files which content will be used as the variable value. Whitespace and trailing newlines
+  will be trimmed from the value.
+
+## Example
+
+```yaml
+resource_types:
+  - name: nomad
+    type: registry-image
+    source:
+      repository: cioplenu/concourse-nomad-resource
+      tag: latest
+
+resources:
+  - name: sample-job
+    type: nomad
+    source:
+      url: http://10.4.0.4:4646
+      name: sample
+      token: ((nomad-cluster-token))
+
+  - name: sample-repo
+    type: git
+    source:
+      uri: git@github.com:cioplenu/sample.git
+      branch: main
+      private_key: ((private-repo-key))
+
+jobs:
+  - name: deploy
+    plan:
+      - get: sample-repo
+      - put: sample-job
+        params:
+          job_path: sample-repo/sample.nomad
+          vars:
+            registry_token: ((registry-token))
+          var_files:
+            version: sample-repo/ci/version
+```
+
+with a job file like:
+
+```hcl
+job "sample" {
+  region      = "de"
+  datacenters = ["dc1"]
+  type        = "service"
+
+  group "sample" {
+    task "sample" {
+      driver = "docker"
+
+      config {
+        image = "cioplenu/sample:{{.version}}"
+        auth  = {
+          username = "some-username"
+          password = "{{.registry_token}}"
+        }
+        force_pull = true
+      }
+
+      resources {
+        cpu    = 50
+        memory = 50
+        network {
+          mbits = 1
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+and a version file like:
+```text
+9.1.4
+```