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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2020 Arctos Labs Scandinavia AB
+#
+# 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.
+DB_EXISTS=""
+
+max_attempts=120
+function wait_db(){
+    db_host=$1
+    db_port=$2
+    attempt=0
+    echo "Wait until $max_attempts seconds for MySQL mano Server ${db_host}:${db_port} "
+    while ! mysqladmin ping -h"$db_host" -P"$db_port" --silent; do
+        #wait 120 sec
+        if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+            echo
+            echo "Can not connect to database ${db_host}:${db_port} during $max_attempts sec"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        attempt=$[$attempt+1]
+        echo -n "."
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+
+function is_db_created() {
+    db_host=$1
+    db_port=$2
+    db_user=$3
+    db_pswd=$4
+    db_name=$5
+
+    if mysqlshow -h"$db_host" -P"$db_port" -u"$db_user" -p"$db_pswd" | grep -v Wildcard | grep -q $db_name; then
+        echo "DB $db_name exists"
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo "DB $db_name does not exist"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+if [[ $OSMPLA_SQL_DATABASE_URI == *'mysql'* ]]; then
+    DB_HOST=$(echo $OSMPLA_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://.+:.+@(.+):.*$|\1|')
+    DB_PORT=$(echo $OSMPLA_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://.*:([0-9]+).*$|\1|')
+    DB_USER=$(echo $OSMPLA_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://(.+):.+@.+$|\1|')
+    DB_PASSWORD=$(echo $OSMPLA_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^.+://.+:(.+)@.*$|\1|')
+    DB_NAME=$(echo $OSMPLA_SQL_DATABASE_URI | sed -r 's|^\w+://.+:.+@.+:.*/(.+)$|\1|')
+
+    wait_db "$DB_HOST" "$DB_PORT" || exit 1
+
+    is_db_created "$DB_HOST" "$DB_PORT" "$DB_USER" "$DB_PASSWORD" "$DB_NAME" && DB_EXISTS="Y"
+
+    if [ -z $DB_EXISTS ]; then
+        mysql -h"$DB_HOST" -P"$DB_PORT" -u"$DB_USER" -p"$DB_PASSWORD" --default_character_set utf8 -e "CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME"
+    fi
+fi
+
+osm-pla-server