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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2017 Intel Research and Development Ireland Limited
+# *************************************************************
+
+# This file is part of OSM Monitoring module
+# All Rights Reserved to Intel Corporation
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitation
+
+# under the License.
+
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact: prithiv.mohan@intel.com or adrian.hoban@intel.com
+
+#__author__ = "Prithiv Mohan"
+#__date__   = "13/Oct/2017"
+
+#This is a temporary installation script for the MON Module. From the next
+#point release, MON will be a part of the OSM Module and can be installed
+#through the install_osm.sh script, just like any other modules.
+
+lxc launch ubuntu:16.04 MON
+lxc exec MON -- apt-get --yes update
+lxc exec MON -- apt-get --yes install git python python-pip libmysqlclient-dev
+lxc exec MON -- git clone https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm/MON.git
+lxc exec MON -- pip install -r /root/MON/requirements.txt
+lxc exec MON -- python /root/MON/kafkad
+lxc exec MON -- . /root/MON/scripts/kafka.sh
+lxc exec MON -- . /root/MON/plugins/vRealiseOps/vROPs_Webservice/install.sh