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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# 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.
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='multistructlog',
+      version='1.0',
+      description='structlog with multiple simultaneous logging backends',
+      author='Varun Belur, Sapan Bhatia',
+      author_email='varun@opennetworking.org,sapan@opennetworking.org',
+      py_modules=['multistructlog'],
+      license='Apache 2',
+      classifiers=[
+          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+          'Intended Audience :: Telecommunications Industry'
+          'Topic :: System :: Logging',
+          'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7'
+      ],
+      copyright='Open Networking Foundation',
+      include_package_data=True,
+      install_requires=['structlog', 'logstash', 'colorama'],
+      keywords=['multistructlog', 'structlog',
+                'multiple backends', 'xos logging']
+      )