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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2017-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.
+
+# vagrant-ssh-install.sh
+# Checks to see if vagrant SSH key configuration is installed.
+
+set -e -u -o pipefail
+
+VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG="$1"
+
+SSH_INCLUDE="Include ${VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG}"
+SSH_WILDCARD="$2"
+
+USER_SSH_DIR="${HOME}/.ssh"
+USER_SSH_CONFIG="$USER_SSH_DIR/config"
+
+# check if we have a new enough version of SSH to deal with "Include" directive
+# per: https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.3
+if `ssh -V 2>&1 | perl -ne '/OpenSSH_([\d\.]{3})/ && \$1 >= 7.3 ? exit 0 : exit 1'`
+then
+  # ssh is >= 7.3, supports "Include"
+  if [ -e $USER_SSH_CONFIG ]
+  then
+    if grep -F "$SSH_WILDCARD" $USER_SSH_CONFIG
+    then
+      echo "SSH configured to import Vagrant SSH config, done!"
+    else
+      echo "SSH not configured to import Vagrant SSH config."
+      echo "Please add this line to the *TOP* your $USER_SSH_CONFIG file:"
+      echo ""
+      echo "$SSH_WILDCARD"
+      echo ""
+      echo "Then reattempt the build."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "User SSH config file doesn't exist at $USER_SSH_CONFIG"
+    echo "Creating a minimal $USER_SSH_CONFIG file that imports $SSH_WILDCARD"
+    mkdir -p "$USER_SSH_DIR"
+    echo "$SSH_WILDCARD" > $USER_SSH_CONFIG
+    echo "Done!"
+  fi
+else
+  # ssh is < 7.3, doesn't support "Include"
+  if [ -e $USER_SSH_CONFIG ]
+  then
+    echo "User SSH config file exists at $USER_SSH_CONFIG"
+    echo "SSH is an older than 7.3, unable to Include ssh config file with Vagrant config."
+    if cmp -s "$VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG" "$USER_SSH_CONFIG"
+    then
+      echo "Contents of $VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG and $USER_SSH_CONFIG are identical. Done!"
+    else
+      echo "Add the contents of $VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG to $USER_SSH_CONFIG manually,"
+      echo "replacing any previous similar entries, then reattempt the build."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "User SSH config file doesn't exist at $USER_SSH_CONFIG"
+    echo "SSH is an older than 7.3, unable to Include Vagrant config,"
+    echo "so copying $VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG to $USER_SSH_CONFIG"
+    mkdir -p "$USER_SSH_DIR"
+    cp $VAGRANT_SSH_CONFIG $USER_SSH_CONFIG
+    echo "Done!"
+  fi
+fi
+