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+FROM       ubuntu:14.04.2
+MAINTAINER Andy Bavier <acb@cs.princeton.edu>
+
+# XXX Workaround for docker bug:
+# https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/6345
+# Kernel 3.15 breaks docker, uss the line below as a workaround
+# until there is a fix
+RUN ln -s -f /bin/true /usr/bin/chfn
+# XXX End workaround
+
+# Install.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    postgresql \
+    python-psycopg2 \
+    graphviz \
+    graphviz-dev \
+    libxslt1.1 \
+    libxslt1-dev \
+    python-pip \
+    tar \
+    gcc \
+    python-httplib2 \
+    geoip-database \
+    libgeoip1 \
+    wget \
+    curl \
+    python-dev \
+    libyaml-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    python-pycurl
+
+RUN pip install django==1.7
+RUN pip install djangorestframework==2.4.4
+RUN pip install markdown  # Markdown support for the browseable API.
+RUN pip install pyyaml    # YAML content-type support.
+RUN pip install django-filter==0.11.0  # Filtering support
+RUN pip install lxml  # XML manipulation library
+RUN pip install netaddr # IP Addr library
+RUN pip install pytz
+RUN pip install django-timezones
+RUN pip install requests
+RUN pip install python-logstash
+RUN pip install django-crispy-forms
+RUN pip install django-geoposition
+RUN pip install django-extensions
+RUN pip install django-suit==0.3a1
+RUN pip install django-bitfield
+RUN pip install django-ipware
+RUN pip install django-encrypted-fields
+RUN pip install python-keyczar
+RUN pip install pygraphviz --install-option="--include-path=/usr/include/graphviz" --install-option="--library-path=/usr/lib/graphviz/"
+RUN pip install dnslib
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-keystoneclient
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-novaclient
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-neutronclient
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-glanceclient
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-ceilometerclient
+
+RUN pip install django_rest_swagger
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-setuptools
+RUN easy_install python_gflags
+RUN easy_install --upgrade httplib2
+RUN easy_install google_api_python_client
+RUN easy_install httplib2.ca_certs_locater
+
+# Install custom Ansible
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-crypto
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-yaml
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y openssh-client
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-paramiko
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-jinja2
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-httplib2
+RUN git clone -b release1.8.2 git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git /opt/ansible
+RUN git clone -b release1.8.2 git://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras.git /opt/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/extras
+RUN git clone -b release1.8.2 git://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras.git /opt/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/extras
+RUN git clone git://github.com/sb98052/ansible-modules-core.git /opt/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/core
+RUN git clone git://github.com/sb98052/ansible-modules-core.git /opt/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/core
+ADD ansible-hosts /etc/ansible/hosts
+
+ADD http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suit/static/suit/js/
+
+# For Observer
+RUN git clone git://git.planet-lab.org/fofum.git /tmp/fofum
+RUN cd /tmp/fofum; python setup.py install
+RUN rm -rf /tmp/fofum
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/share /bin
+ADD http://phantomjs.googlecode.com/files/phantomjs-1.7.0-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 /usr/local/share/
+RUN tar jxvf /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.7.0-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C /usr/local/share/
+RUN rm -f /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.7.0-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.7.0-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/share/phantomjs
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs /bin/phantomjs
+
+# Supervisor
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y supervisor
+ADD observer.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
+
+# Get XOS
+ADD xos /opt/xos
+
+# Initscript is broken in Ubuntu
+#ADD observer-initscript /etc/init.d/xosobserver
+
+RUN chmod +x /opt/xos/tools/xos-manage
+RUN /opt/xos/tools/xos-manage genkeys
+
+# Workaround for AUFS issue
+# https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/783#issuecomment-56013588
+RUN mkdir /etc/ssl/private-copy; mv /etc/ssl/private/* /etc/ssl/private-copy/; rm -r /etc/ssl/private; mv /etc/ssl/private-copy /etc/ssl/private; chmod -R 0700 /etc/ssl/private; chown -R postgres /etc/ssl/private
+
+# Set postgres password to match default value in settings.py
+RUN service postgresql start; sudo -u postgres psql -c "alter user postgres with password 'password';"
+
+# Turn DEBUG on so that devel server will serve static files
+#    (not necessary if --insecure is passed to 'manage.py runserver')
+# RUN sed -i 's/DEBUG = False/DEBUG = True/' /opt/xos/xos/settings.py
+
+# Cruft to workaround problems with migrations, should go away...
+RUN /opt/xos/tools/xos-manage remigrate
+
+# git clone uses cached copy, doesn't pick up latest
+RUN git -C /opt/ansible pull
+RUN git -C /opt/ansible/lib/ansible/modules/core pull
+RUN git -C /opt/ansible/v2/ansible/modules/core pull
+
+# install Tosca engine
+RUN apt-get install -y m4
+RUN pip install python-dateutil
+RUN bash /opt/xos/tosca/install_tosca.sh
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Set environment variables.
+ENV HOME /root
+
+# Define working directory.
+WORKDIR /root
+
+# Define default command.
+#CMD ["/bin/bash"]
+#CMD /opt/xos/tools/docker_start_xos