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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# cord-bootstrap.sh
+# Bootstraps a dev system for CORD, downloads source
+
+set -e -u
+
+# start time, used to name logfiles
+START_T=$(date -u "+%Y%m%d%H%M%SZ")
+
+# Location of 'cord' directory checked out on the local system
+CORDDIR="${CORDDIR:-${HOME}/cord}"
+
+# Commands
+MAKECMD="${MAKECMD:-make -j4}"
+
+# CORD versioning
+REPO_BRANCH="${REPO_BRANCH:-master}"
+
+# Functions
+function run_stage {
+    echo "==> "$1": Starting"
+    $1
+    echo "==> "$1": Complete"
+}
+
+function bootstrap_ansible() {
+
+  if [ ! -x "/usr/bin/ansible" ]
+  then
+    echo "Installing Ansible..."
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https build-essential curl git python-dev \
+                            python-netaddr python-pip software-properties-common sshpass
+    sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible  # latest supported version
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install -y ansible
+    sudo pip install gitpython graphviz
+  fi
+}
+
+function bootstrap_repo() {
+
+  if [ ! -x "/usr/local/bin/repo" ]
+  then
+    echo "Installing repo..."
+    # v1.23, per https://source.android.com/source/downloading
+    REPO_SHA256SUM="e147f0392686c40cfd7d5e6f332c6ee74c4eab4d24e2694b3b0a0c037bf51dc5"
+    curl -o /tmp/repo https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo
+    echo "$REPO_SHA256SUM  /tmp/repo" | sha256sum -c -
+    sudo mv /tmp/repo /usr/local/bin/repo
+    sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/repo
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -d "$CORDDIR" ]
+  then
+    # make sure we can find gerrit.opencord.org as DNS failures will fail the build
+    dig +short gerrit.opencord.org || (echo "ERROR: gerrit.opencord.org can't be looked up in DNS" && exit 1)
+
+    echo "Downloading CORD/XOS, branch:'${REPO_BRANCH}'..."
+
+    if [ ! -e "${HOME}/.gitconfig" ]
+    then
+      echo "No ${HOME}/.gitconfig, setting testing defaults"
+      git config --global user.name 'Test User'
+      git config --global user.email 'test@null.com'
+      git config --global color.ui false
+    fi
+
+    mkdir $CORDDIR && cd $CORDDIR
+    repo init -u https://gerrit.opencord.org/manifest -b $REPO_BRANCH
+    repo sync
+
+    # download gerrit patches using repo
+    if [[ ! -z ${GERRIT_PATCHES[@]-} ]]
+    then
+      for gerrit_patch in "${GERRIT_PATCHES[@]-}"
+      do
+        echo "Checking out gerrit changeset: '$gerrit_patch'"
+        repo download ${gerrit_patch/:/ }
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function bootstrap_vagrant() {
+
+  if [ ! -x "/usr/bin/vagrant" ]
+  then
+    echo "Installing vagrant and associated tools..."
+    VAGRANT_SHA256SUM="faff6befacc7eed3978b4b71f0dbb9c135c01d8a4d13236bda2f9ed53482d2c4"  # version 1.9.3
+    curl -o /tmp/vagrant.deb https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.9.3/vagrant_1.9.3_x86_64.deb
+    echo "$VAGRANT_SHA256SUM  /tmp/vagrant.deb" | sha256sum -c -
+    sudo dpkg -i /tmp/vagrant.deb
+    sudo apt-get -y install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin libvirt-dev nfs-kernel-server ruby2.0
+    sudo adduser $USER libvirtd
+
+    run_stage cloudlab_setup
+
+    echo "Installing vagrant plugins..."
+    # FIXME: fix for vagrant-libvirt dependency issue that arose on 2017-04-28 - zdw
+    # vagrant plugin list | grep vagrant-libvirt || vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt --plugin-version 0.0.35
+    if ! vagrant plugin list | grep vagrant-libvirt
+    then
+      git clone -b remove_xmlrpc_dep https://github.com/zdw/vagrant-libvirt.git ${HOME}/vagrant-libvirt
+      cd ~/vagrant-libvirt
+      gem2.0 build vagrant-libvirt.gemspec
+      vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt-0.0.35.gem
+      cd ~
+    fi
+    vagrant plugin list | grep vagrant-mutate || vagrant plugin install vagrant-mutate
+
+    add_box ubuntu/trusty64
+  fi
+}
+
+function add_box() {
+  vagrant box list | grep $1 | grep virtualbox || vagrant box add $1
+  vagrant box list | grep $1 | grep libvirt || vagrant mutate $1 libvirt --input-provider virtualbox
+}
+
+function cloudlab_setup() {
+
+  # Don't do anything if not a CloudLab node
+  [ ! -d /usr/local/etc/emulab ] && return
+
+  # The watchdog will sometimes reset groups, turn it off
+  if [ -e /usr/local/etc/emulab/watchdog ]
+  then
+    sudo /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/local/etc/emulab/watchdog stop
+    sudo mv /usr/local/etc/emulab/watchdog /usr/local/etc/emulab/watchdog-disabled
+  fi
+
+  # Mount extra space, if haven't already
+  if [ ! -d /mnt/extra ]
+  then
+    sudo mkdir -p /mnt/extra
+
+    # for NVME SSD on Utah Cloudlab, not supported by mkextrafs
+    if $(df | grep -q nvme0n1p1) && [ -e /usr/testbed/bin/mkextrafs ]
+    then
+      # set partition type of 4th partition to Linux, ignore errors
+      echo -e "t\n4\n82\np\nw\nq" | sudo fdisk /dev/nvme0n1 || true
+
+      sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p4
+      echo "/dev/nvme0n1p4 /mnt/extra/ ext4 defaults 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
+      sudo mount /mnt/extra
+      mount | grep nvme0n1p4 || (echo "ERROR: NVME mkfs/mount failed, exiting!" && exit 1)
+
+    elif [ -e /usr/testbed/bin/mkextrafs ]  # if on Clemson/Wisconsin Cloudlab
+    then
+      # Sometimes this command fails on the first try
+      sudo /usr/testbed/bin/mkextrafs -r /dev/sdb -qf "/mnt/extra/" || sudo /usr/testbed/bin/mkextrafs -r /dev/sdb -qf "/mnt/extra/"
+
+      # Check that the mount succeeded (sometimes mkextrafs succeeds but device not mounted)
+      mount | grep sdb || (echo "ERROR: mkextrafs failed, exiting!" && exit 1)
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  # replace /var/lib/libvirt/images with a symlink
+  [ -d /var/lib/libvirt/images/ ] && [ ! -h /var/lib/libvirt/images ] && sudo rmdir /var/lib/libvirt/images
+  sudo mkdir -p /mnt/extra/libvirt_images
+
+  if [ ! -e /var/lib/libvirt/images ]
+  then
+    sudo ln -s /mnt/extra/libvirt_images /var/lib/libvirt/images
+  fi
+}
+
+function bootstrap_docker() {
+
+  if [ ! -x "/usr/bin/docker" ]
+  then
+    echo "Installing Devel Tools (docker)..."
+    cd ${CORDDIR}/build/platform-install
+    ansible-playbook -i inventory/localhost devel-tools-playbook.yml
+  fi
+}
+
+# Parse options
+GERRIT_PATCHES=()
+MAKE_TARGETS=()
+GROUP_LIST=()
+DOCKER=0
+VAGRANT=0
+
+while getopts "dhp:t:v" opt; do
+  case ${opt} in
+    d ) DOCKER=1
+        GROUP_LIST+=("docker")
+      ;;
+    h ) echo "Usage for $0:"
+      echo "  -d                           Install Docker for local scenario."
+      echo "  -h                           Display this help message."
+      echo "  -p <project:change/revision> Download a patch from gerrit. Can be repeated."
+      echo "  -t <target>                  Run '$MAKECMD <target>' in cord/build/. Can be repeated."
+      echo "  -v                           Install Vagrant for mock/virtual/physical scenarios."
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    p ) GERRIT_PATCHES+=("$OPTARG")
+      ;;
+    t ) MAKE_TARGETS+=("$OPTARG")
+      ;;
+    v ) VAGRANT=1
+        GROUP_LIST+=("libvirtd")
+      ;;
+    \? ) echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Start process
+run_stage bootstrap_ansible
+run_stage bootstrap_repo
+
+if [[ $VAGRANT -ne 0 ]]
+then
+  run_stage bootstrap_vagrant
+fi
+
+if [[ $DOCKER -ne 0 ]]
+then
+  run_stage bootstrap_docker
+fi
+
+# Check for group membership when needed
+if [[ ! -z ${GROUP_LIST[@]-} ]]
+then
+  HAS_NEEDED_GROUPS=0
+  for group_item in "${GROUP_LIST[@]-}"; do
+    if ! $(groups | grep -q "$group_item")
+    then
+      echo "You are not in the group: "$group_item", please logout/login."
+      HAS_NEEDED_GROUPS=1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [[ $HAS_NEEDED_GROUPS -ne 0 ]];
+  then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# run make targets, if specified
+if [[ ! -z ${MAKE_TARGETS[@]-} ]]
+then
+  for make_target in "${MAKE_TARGETS[@]-}"; do
+    makelog=${HOME}/${START_T}_make_`echo $make_target | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]-]/_/g'`
+    echo "Logging to: $makelog"
+    echo "Running '$MAKECMD $make_target'" | tee -a $makelog
+    cd ${CORDDIR}/build/
+    $MAKECMD $make_target 2>&1 | tee -a $makelog
+  done
+fi
+
+exit 0