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+infra-containers
+================
+
+This repo contains Dockerfiles used in ONF infrastructure work.  Primarily it's
+for privledged Molecue containers used when testing Ansible roles, as 3rd party
+providers of container images may not maintain these to the level we'd like.
+
+The included makefile builds all container images, which are named using
+subdirectory names within this repo.
+
+Linting of Dockerfile is done with hadolint.
+
+In the future, some level of testing may be desired (run a container, verify
+that commands work inside)
+
+
+Examples of privledged container Dockerfiles
+--------------------------------------------
+
+https://github.com/paulfantom/dockerfiles/tree/debian-10/systemd
+https://github.com/chzerv/debian11-systemd-ansible
+
+