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+.PHONY: xos
+xos: nodes.yaml images.yaml
+	sudo docker-compose up -d
+	../xos/configurations/common/wait_for_xos_port.sh 9999
+	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /root/setup/setup.yaml
+	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /root/setup/nodes.yaml
+	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /root/setup/images.yaml
+
+nodes.yaml:
+	export SETUPDIR=.; bash ../xos/configurations/common/make-nodes-yaml.sh
+
+images.yaml:
+	export SETUPDIR=.; bash ../xos/configurations/common/make-images-yaml.sh
+
+.PHONY: local_containers
+local_containers:
+	cd containers/xos; make devel
+	cd containers/synchronizer; make
+