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+# 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 limitations
+# 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__   = "14/Sep/2017"
+
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+all: package install
+
+clean_deb:
+    rm -rf .build
+
+clean:
+    rm -rf build
+
+prepare:
+    pip install --upgrade setuptools
+    mkdir -p build/
+    VER1=$(shell git describe | sed -e 's/^v//' |cut -d- -f1); \
+    VER2=$(shell git describe | cut -d- -f2); \
+    VER3=$(shell git describe | cut -d- -f3); \
+    echo "$$VER1.dev$$VER2+$$VER3" > build/MON_VERSION
+    cp MANIFEST.in build/
+    cp requirements.txt build/
+    cp README.rst build/
+    cp -r core build/
+    cp -r plugins build/
+    cp -r devops_stages build/
+    cp -r test build/
+
+build: clean openstack_plugins prepare
+    python -m py_compile build/plugins/OpenStack/*.py
+
+build: clean vrops_plugins prepare
+    python -m py_compile build/plugins/vRealiseOps/*.py
+
+build clean cloudwatch_plugins prepare
+    python -m py_compile build/plugins/CloudWatch/*.py
+
+build clean core prepare
+    python -m py_compile build/core/message_bus/*.py
+
+pip: prepare
+    cd build ./setup.py sdist
+
+package: clean clean_deb prepare
+    apt-get --yes install python-software-properties \
+    python-pip \
+    python-stdeb
+    cd build && python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command sdist_dsc --with-python2=True
+    mkdir -p build
+    cp build/deb_dist/python-*.deb .build/
+
+install:
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && \
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-pip && \
+        pip install --upgrade pip && \
+        dpkg -i .build/*.deb
+
+develop: prepare
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    cd build && ./setup.py develop