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+"""
+Copyright 2020 The Magma Authors.
+
+This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+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.
+"""
+
+from common.sentry import sentry_init
+from common.service import MagmaService
+from eventd.event_validator import EventValidator
+from eventd.rpc_servicer import EventDRpcServicer
+from orc8r.protos.mconfig.mconfigs_pb2 import EventD
+
+
+def main():
+    """ main() for eventd """
+    service = MagmaService('eventd', EventD())
+
+    # Optionally pipe errors to Sentry
+    sentry_init(service_name=service.name)
+
+    event_validator = EventValidator(service.config)
+    eventd_servicer = EventDRpcServicer(service.config, event_validator)
+    eventd_servicer.add_to_server(service.rpc_server)
+
+    # Run the service loop
+    service.run()
+
+    # Cleanup the service
+    service.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()