check point commit to ensure things are saved in more than one place. this commit contains the first integration of the docker build artifacts as well as the first integration of an automation test environment for MAAS based on virtual box

Change-Id: I236f12392501b4ed589aba2b748ba0c45e148f2e
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+.PHONY: help
+help:
+	@echo "image     - create docker image for the MAAS deploy flow utility"
+	@echo "save      - save the docker image for the MAAS deployment flow utility to a local tar file"
+	@echo "clean     - remove any generated files"
+	@echo "help      - this message"
+
+.PHONY: image
+image:
+	docker build -t cord/maas-automation:0.1-prerelease .
+
+save: image
+	docker save -o cord_maas-automation.1-prerelease.tar cord/maas-automation:0.1-prerelease
+
+.PHONT: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f cord_maas-automation.1-prerelease.tar