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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 is intended to be pasted into an xossh session
+
+t=TrustDomain(name="service1-trust", owner=KubernetesService.objects.first())
+t.save()
+service=Service(name="service1")
+service.save()
+slice=Slice(name="mysite_service1_slice1", trust_domain=t, service=service, site=Site.objects.first())
+slice.save()
+port=ServicePort(name="the-web", service=service, internal_port=80, external_port=30080, protocol="TCP")
+port.save()