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+xos:
+	sudo docker-compose up -d
+	bash ./wait_for_xos.sh
+	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py none /opt/xos/configurations/common/fixtures.yaml
+	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/opencloud/opencloud.yaml
+
+containers:
+	cd ../../../containers/xos; make devel
+	cd ../../../containers/synchronizer; make
+
+stop:
+	sudo docker-compose stop
+
+showlogs:
+	sudo docker-compose logs
+
+rm: stop
+	sudo docker-compose rm
+
+ps:
+	sudo docker-compose ps
+
+enter-xos:
+	sudo docker exec -it devel_xos_1 bash
+
+enter-synchronizer:
+	sudo docker exec -it devel_xos_synchronizer_openstack_1 bash
+
+upgrade_pkgs:
+	sudo pip install httpie --upgrade
+
+rebuild_xos:
+	make -C ../../../containers/xos devel
+
+rebuild_synchronizer:
+	make -C ../../../containers/synchronizer