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+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+# Copyright 2015 Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.U.
+# This file is part of openmano
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# 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 with: nfvlabs@tid.es
+##
+
+#ONLY TESTED for Ubuntu 16.04
+#it configures openmano to run as a service
+
+function usage(){
+    echo -e "usage: sudo $0 [OPTIONS]"
+    echo -e "Configures openmano to run as a service"
+    echo -e "  OPTIONS"
+    echo -e "     -u USER  user to run openmano, 'root' by default"
+    echo -e "     -f PATH  path where openmano source is located. If missing it download from git"
+    echo -e "     -q:  install in an unattended mode"
+    echo -e "     -h:  show this help"
+}
+
+
+USER="root"
+QUIET_MODE=""
+FILE=""
+DELETE=""
+while getopts ":u:f:hq-:" o; do
+    case "${o}" in
+        u)
+            export USER="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
+        f)
+            export FILE="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
+        q)
+            export QUIET_MODE=yes
+            ;;
+        h)
+            usage && exit 0
+            ;;
+        -)
+            [ "${OPTARG}" == "help" ] && usage && exit 0
+            echo -e "Invalid option: '--$OPTARG'\nTry $0 --help for more information" >&2 
+            exit 1
+            ;; 
+        \?)
+            echo -e "Invalid option: '-$OPTARG'\nTry $0 --help for more information" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo -e "Option '-$OPTARG' requires an argument\nTry $0 --help for more information" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            exit -1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+#check root privileges and non a root user behind
+[ "$USER" != "root" ] && echo "Needed root privileges" >&2 && exit 1
+
+#Discover Linux distribution
+#try redhat type
+[ -f /etc/redhat-release ] && _DISTRO=$(cat /etc/redhat-release 2>/dev/null | cut  -d" " -f1) 
+#if not assuming ubuntu type
+[ -f /etc/redhat-release ] || _DISTRO=$(lsb_release -is  2>/dev/null)            
+if [ "$_DISTRO" == "Ubuntu" ]
+then
+    _RELEASE=`lsb_release -rs`
+    if ! lsb_release -rs | grep -q -e "16.04"
+    then 
+        echo "Only tested in Ubuntu Server 16.04" >&2 && exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Only tested in Ubuntu Server 16.04" >&2 && exit 1
+fi
+
+
+if [[ -z $FILE ]]
+then
+    git clone https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm/RO.git openmano
+    FILE=./openmano
+    DELETE=y
+fi
+cp -r $FILE /opt/openmano
+cp ${FILE}/openmano /usr/sbin/
+mv /opt/openmano/openmanod.cfg /etc/default/openmanod.cfg
+mkdir -p /var/log/openmano/
+mkdir -p etc/systemd/system/
+
+
+cat  >> /etc/systemd/system/openmano.service  << EOF 
+[Unit]
+Description=openmano server
+
+[Service]
+User=${USER}
+ExecStart=/opt/openmano/openmanod.py -c /etc/default/openmanod.cfg --log-file=/var/log/openmano/openmano.log
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+[[ -n $DELETE ]] && rm -rf $FILE
+
+service openmano start
+
+echo Done
+exit