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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+import yaml
+from twisted.internet import reactor
+from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks
+
+base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+sys.path.append(base_dir)
+#sys.path.append(os.path.join(base_dir, '/netconf/protos/third_party'))
+
+from common.structlog_setup import setup_logging
+from common.utils.dockerhelpers import get_my_containers_name
+from common.utils.nethelpers import get_my_primary_local_ipv4
+#from netconf.grpc_client.grpc_client import GrpcClient
+#from netconf.nc_server import NCServer
+from dashd.dashd_impl import DashDaemon
+
+
+defs = dict(
+    config=os.environ.get('CONFIG', './dashd.yml'),
+    consul=os.environ.get('CONSUL', 'localhost:8500'),
+    external_host_address=os.environ.get('EXTERNAL_HOST_ADDRESS',
+                                         get_my_primary_local_ipv4()),
+    grafana_url=os.environ.get('GRAFANA_URL', 
+                                        'http://admin:admin@localhost:8882/api'),
+    kafka=os.environ.get('KAFKA', None),
+    topic=os.environ.get('KAFKA_TOPIC', 'voltha.kpis'),
+    docker_host=os.environ.get('DOCKER_HOST', None),
+
+    fluentd=os.environ.get('FLUENTD', None),
+    instance_id=os.environ.get('INSTANCE_ID', os.environ.get('HOSTNAME', '1')),
+    internal_host_address=os.environ.get('INTERNAL_HOST_ADDRESS',
+                                         get_my_primary_local_ipv4()),
+)
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("Manage Grafana dashboards")
+
+    _help = ('Path to dashd.yml config file (default: %s). '
+             'If relative, it is relative to main.py of dashd.'
+             % defs['config'])
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--config',
+                        dest='config',
+                        action='store',
+                        default=defs['config'],
+                        help=_help)
+
+    _help = '<hostname>:<port> to consul agent (default: %s)' % defs['consul']
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-C', '--consul', dest='consul', action='store',
+        default=defs['consul'],
+        help=_help)
+
+    _help = '<hostname>:<port> to the kafka bus (default: %s)' % defs['kafka']
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-k', '--kafka', dest='kafka', action='store',
+        default=defs['kafka'],
+        help=_help)
+
+    _help = 'The kafka topic to listen to (default: %s)' % defs['topic']
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-t', '--topic', dest='topic', action='store',
+        default=defs['topic'],
+        help=_help)
+
+    _help = 'The URL of the Grafana server (default: %s)' % \
+            defs['grafana_url']
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-g', '--grafana_url', dest='grafana_url', action='store',
+        default=defs['grafana_url'],
+        help=_help)
+
+    _help = 'The docker host ip (default %s)' % \
+            defs['docker_host']
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-d', '--docker_host', dest='docker_host', action='store',
+        default=defs['docker_host'],
+        help=_help)
+
+    _help = ('<hostname>:<port> to fluentd server (default: %s). (If not '
+             'specified (None), the address from the config file is used'
+             % defs['fluentd'])
+    parser.add_argument('-F', '--fluentd',
+                        dest='fluentd',
+                        action='store',
+                        default=defs['fluentd'],
+                        help=_help)
+
+    _help = ('unique string id of this netconf server instance (default: %s)'
+             % defs['instance_id'])
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--instance-id',
+                        dest='instance_id',
+                        action='store',
+                        default=defs['instance_id'],
+                        help=_help)
+
+    _help = 'omit startup banner log lines'
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--no-banner',
+                        dest='no_banner',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        default=False,
+                        help=_help)
+
+    _help = "suppress debug and info logs"
+    parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet',
+                        dest='quiet',
+                        action='count',
+                        help=_help)
+
+    _help = 'enable verbose logging'
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose',
+                        dest='verbose',
+                        action='count',
+                        help=_help)
+
+    _help = ('use docker container name as netconf server instance id'
+             ' (overrides -i/--instance-id option)')
+    parser.add_argument('--instance-id-is-container-name',
+                        dest='instance_id_is_container_name',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        default=False,
+                        help=_help)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # post-processing
+
+    if args.instance_id_is_container_name:
+        args.instance_id = get_my_containers_name()
+
+    return args
+
+
+def load_config(args):
+    path = args.config
+    if path.startswith('.'):
+        dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        path = os.path.join(dir, path)
+    path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    with open(path) as fd:
+        config = yaml.load(fd)
+    return config
+
+
+banner = r'''
+ __
+|  \  _ _  __ _         _
+||\ |/ ' |/ /| |__   __| |
+||/ | o  |\ \|  _ \ / _  |
+|__/ \_._|/_/|_| |_|\__._|
+'''
+
+
+def print_banner(log):
+    for line in banner.strip('\n').splitlines():
+        log.info(line)
+    log.info('(to stop: press Ctrl-C)')
+
+
+class Main(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        self.args = args = parse_args()
+        self.config = load_config(args)
+
+        verbosity_adjust = (args.verbose or 0) - (args.quiet or 0)
+        self.log = setup_logging(self.config.get('logging', {}),
+                                 args.instance_id,
+                                 verbosity_adjust=verbosity_adjust,
+                                 fluentd=args.fluentd)
+
+        self.dashd_server = None
+
+        self.dashd_server_started = False
+
+        self.exiting = False
+
+        if not args.no_banner:
+            print_banner(self.log)
+
+        self.startup_components()
+
+    def start(self):
+        #pass
+        self.start_reactor()  # will not return except Keyboard interrupt
+
+    @inlineCallbacks
+    def startup_components(self):
+        try:
+            args = self.args
+
+            self.log.info('starting-dash-daemon', consul=args.consul,
+                                                 grafana_url=args.grafana_url,
+                                                 topic=args.topic)
+            self.dashd_server = yield \
+                    DashDaemon(args.consul, #'10.0.2.15:8500',
+                               args.grafana_url, #'http://admin:admin@localhost:8882/api',
+                               topic=args.topic )  #"voltha.kpis")
+
+            reactor.callWhenRunning(self.dashd_server.start)
+
+            self.log.info('started')
+        except:
+            e = sys.exc_info()
+            print("ERROR: ", e)
+
+
+    @inlineCallbacks
+    def shutdown_components(self):
+        """Execute before the reactor is shut down"""
+        self.log.info('exiting-on-keyboard-interrupt')
+        self.exiting = True
+
+    def start_reactor(self):
+        reactor.callWhenRunning(
+            lambda: self.log.info('twisted-reactor-started'))
+
+        reactor.addSystemEventTrigger('before', 'shutdown',
+                                      self.shutdown_components)
+        reactor.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    Main().start()