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+# 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.
+
+# This file is intended to be pasted into an xossh session
+
+t=TrustDomain(name="demo-trust", owner=KubernetesService.objects.first())
+t.save()
+p=Principal(name="demo-account", trust_domain=t)
+p.save()
+existing_images=Image.objects.filter(name="k8s.gcr.io/pause-amd64")
+if existing_images:
+    img = existing_images[0]
+else:
+    img=Image(name="k8s.gcr.io/pause-amd64", tag="3.0")
+    img.save()
+
+s=Slice(name="mysite_demo1", site=Site.objects.first(), trust_domain=t, principal=p)
+s.save()
+i=KubernetesServiceInstance(name="demo-pod", slice=s, image=img, owner=KubernetesService.objects.first(), xos_managed=True)
+i.save()