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+# XOS OpenCloud Portal
+
+This configuration can be used to bring up XOS on the OpenCloud portal.  It launches
+XOS in three Docker containers (development GUI, Synchronizer, database) and configures XOS
+with the `opencloud.yaml` TOSCA file in this directory.  *docker-compose* is used to manage
+the containers.
+
+## Docker Helpers
+
+Stop the containers: `make stop`
+
+Restart the containers: `make stop; make`
+
+Delete the containers and relaunch them: `make rm; make`
+
+Build the containers from scratch using the local XOS source tree: `make containers`
+
+View logs: `make showlogs`
+
+See what containers are running: `make ps`
+
+Open a shell on the XOS container: `make enter-xos`
+
+Open a shell on the Synchronizer container: `make enter-synchronizer`