we need a synchronizer with docker baked into it
diff --git a/containers/onboarding_synchronizer/Dockerfile b/containers/onboarding_synchronizer/Dockerfile
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+FROM xosproject/xos-synchronizer-openstack
+
+RUN bash -c "which docker > /dev/null || wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh"
+# | sh usermod -aG docker root"
+
+CMD update-ca-certificates && /usr/bin/supervisord -c /etc/supervisor/conf.d/synchronizer.conf
diff --git a/containers/onboarding_synchronizer/Makefile b/containers/onboarding_synchronizer/Makefile
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+IMAGE_NAME:=xosproject/xos-synchronizer-onboarding
+CONTAINER_NAME:=xos-synchronizer
+NO_DOCKER_CACHE?=false
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: ; sudo docker build --no-cache=${NO_DOCKER_CACHE} --rm -t ${IMAGE_NAME} .
+
+.PHONY: run
+run: ; sudo docker run -d --name ${CONTAINER_NAME} -v /usr/local/share/ca-certificates:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates:ro ${IMAGE_NAME}
+
+.PHONY: stop
+stop: ; sudo docker stop ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+
+.PHONY: rm
+rm: ; sudo docker rm ${CONTAINER_NAME}