diff --git a/xos/configurations/develserver/Dockerfile.develserver b/xos/configurations/develserver/Dockerfile.develserver
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+++ b/xos/configurations/develserver/Dockerfile.develserver
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+RUN mkdir -p /root/setup
+ADD xos/configurations/common/admin-openrc.sh /root/setup/
+ADD xos/configurations/common/flat_net_name /root/setup/
+ADD xos/configurations/common/cloudlab-nodes.yaml /opt/xos/configurations/commmon/
+ADD xos/configurations/common/id_rsa.pub /root/setup/padmin_public_key
+
+CMD /usr/bin/make -C /opt/xos/configurations/develserver -f Makefile.inside; /bin/bash
+
+#CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/xos/configurations/develserver/Makefile b/xos/configurations/develserver/Makefile
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+MYIP:=$(shell hostname -i)
+
+test: common_cloudlab
+	cat ../common/Dockerfile.common Dockerfile.develserver > Dockerfile
+	cd ../../..; sudo docker build -t xos -f xos/configurations/develserver/Dockerfile .
+	sudo docker run -d --add-host="ctl:$(MYIP)" -p 9999:8000 xos
+	echo "devel server should now be running in the background..."
+
+common_cloudlab:
+	make -C ../common -f Makefile.cloudlab
diff --git a/xos/configurations/develserver/Makefile.inside b/xos/configurations/develserver/Makefile.inside
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+all: setup_xos run_develserver
+
+setup_xos:
+	bash /opt/xos/scripts/docker_setup_xos
+	python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/common/cloudlab.yaml
+	python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/common/cloudlab-nodes.yaml
+
+run_develserver:
+	cd /opt/xos; python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --insecure
diff --git a/xos/configurations/develserver/README b/xos/configurations/develserver/README
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+This configuration launches an XOS container on Cloudlab that runs the XOS develserver. The container is left running
+in the backgorund.
+