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+# Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# bbsim dockerfile
+
+# builder parent
+FROM golang:1.12-stretch as builder
+
+# install prereqs
+ENV PROTOC_VERSION 3.6.1
+ENV PROTOC_SHA256SUM 6003de742ea3fcf703cfec1cd4a3380fd143081a2eb0e559065563496af27807
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y unzip libpcap-dev \
+ && curl -L -o /tmp/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.zip https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOC_VERSION}/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.zip \
+ && echo "$PROTOC_SHA256SUM  /tmp/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.zip" | sha256sum -c - \
+ && unzip /tmp/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.zip -d /tmp/protoc3 \
+ && mv /tmp/protoc3/bin/* /usr/local/bin/ \
+ && mv /tmp/protoc3/include/* /usr/local/include/ \
+ && go get -v github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/protoc-gen-grpc-gateway \
+ && go get -v github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/gerrit.opencord.org/bbsim
+ENV GO111MODULE=on
+ENV GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org
+
+# get dependencies
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+# build the protos
+COPY Makefile ./
+COPY api ./api
+RUN make protos
+
+# copy and build
+COPY . ./
+RUN GO111MODULE=on go build -o ./cmd/bbsim ./internal/bbsim
+
+# runtime parent
+FROM golang:1.12-stretch
+
+# runtime prereqs
+# the symlink on libpcap is because both alpine and debian come with 1.8.x, but
+# debian symlinks it to 0.8 for historical reasons:
+# https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libpcap0.8-dev
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y libpcap-dev isc-dhcp-server network-manager\
+ && ln -s /usr/lib/libpcap.so.1.8.1 /usr/lib/libpcap.so.0.8
+
+COPY ./configs/isc-dhcp-server /etc/default/
+COPY ./configs/dhcpd.conf /etc/dhcp/
+RUN mv /usr/sbin/dhcpd /usr/local/bin/ \
+&& mv /sbin/dhclient /usr/local/bin/ \
+&& touch /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/gerrit.opencord.org/bbsim/cmd/bbsim /app/bbsim
+RUN chmod a+x /app/bbsim
+CMD [ '/app/bbsim' ]