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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # github actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    target-branch: "release-v1.12.0"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      # Check for updates to GitHub Actions every week
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "saturday"
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+
+  # csi-vxflexos packages
+  - package-ecosystem: docker
+    target-branch: "release-v1.12.0"
+    directories:
+      - /charts/csi-vxflexos
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+    schedule:
+      # check daily
+      interval: daily
+      # at 6pm UTC
+      time: "18:00"
+    groups:
+      csi-vxflexos:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+
+  # csm-authorization packages
+  - package-ecosystem: docker
+    target-branch: "release-v1.12.0"
+    directories:
+      - /charts/csm-authorization
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+    schedule:
+      # check daily
+      interval: daily
+      # at 6pm UTC
+      time: "18:00"
+    groups:
+      csm-authorization:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+
+  # karavi-observability packages
+  - package-ecosystem: docker
+    target-branch: "release-v1.12.0"
+    directories:
+      - /charts/karavi-observability
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+    schedule:
+      # check daily
+      interval: daily
+      # at 6pm UTC
+      time: "18:00"
+    ignore:
+      # ignore all updates to otel/opentelemetry-collector
+      - dependency-name: "otel/opentelemetry-collector"
+    groups:
+      karavi-observability:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"