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+# Syndicate Metadata Server
+# See also https://github.com/syndicate-storage/syndicate-docker
+
+FROM ubuntu:14.04.4
+MAINTAINER Zack Williams <zdw@cs.arizona.edu>
+
+# vars
+ENV APT_KEY butler_opencloud_cs_arizona_edu_pub.gpg
+ENV MS_PORT 8080
+ENV GAE_SDK google_appengine_1.9.35.zip
+
+# Prep apt to be able to download over https
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y --force-yes\
+    apt-transport-https
+
+# copy over and trust https cert
+COPY butler.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates
+RUN update-ca-certificates
+
+# Install Syndicate MS
+COPY $APT_KEY /tmp/
+RUN apt-key add /tmp/$APT_KEY
+
+RUN echo "deb https://butler.opencloud.cs.arizona.edu/repos/release/syndicate syndicate main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/butler.list
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y --force-yes\
+    syndicate-core \
+    syndicate-ms \
+    wget \
+    unzip
+
+# setup syndicate user
+RUN groupadd -r syndicate && useradd -m -r -g syndicate syndicate
+USER syndicate
+ENV HOME /home/syndicate
+WORKDIR $HOME
+
+# setup GAE
+RUN wget -nv https://storage.googleapis.com/appengine-sdks/featured/$GAE_SDK
+RUN unzip -q $GAE_SDK
+
+# Expose the MS port
+EXPOSE $MS_PORT
+
+# Create a storage location
+RUN mkdir $HOME/datastore
+
+# run the MS under GAE
+CMD $HOME/google_appengine/dev_appserver.py --admin_host=0.0.0.0 --host=0.0.0.0 --storage_path=$HOME/datastore --skip_sdk_update_check=true /usr/src/syndicate/ms
+
+