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+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+# Copyright 2015 Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.U.
+# This file is part of openvim
+# 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 openvim to run as a service
+
+function usage(){
+    echo -e "usage: sudo $0 [OPTIONS]"
+    echo -e "Configures openvim to run as a service"
+    echo -e "  OPTIONS"
+    echo -e "     -u USER_OWNER  user owner of the service, 'root' by default"
+    echo -e "     -f PATH  path where openvim source is located. If missing it is downloaded from git"
+    #echo -e "     -q:  install in an unattended mode"
+    echo -e "     -h:  show this help"
+    echo -e "     --uninstall: remove created service and files"
+}
+
+function uninstall(){
+    service openvim stop
+    for file in /opt/openvim /etc/default/openvimd.cfg /var/log/openvim /etc/systemd/system/openvim.service
+    do
+        rm -rf $file || ! echo "Can not delete '$file'. Needed root privileges?" >&2 || exit 1
+    done
+    echo "Done"
+}
+
+BAD_PATH_ERROR="Path '$FILE' does not contain a valid openvim distribution"
+GIT_URL=https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm/RO.git
+USER_OWNER="root"
+QUIET_MODE=""
+FILE=""
+DELETE=""
+while getopts ":u:f:hq-:" o; do
+    case "${o}" in
+        u)
+            export USER_OWNER="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
+        f)
+            export FILE="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
+        q)
+            export QUIET_MODE=yes
+            ;;
+        h)
+            usage && exit 0
+            ;;
+        -)
+            [ "${OPTARG}" == "help" ] && usage && exit 0
+            [ "${OPTARG}" == "uninstall" ] && uninstall && 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 $0 --help for more information" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage >&2
+            exit -1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+#check root privileges
+[ "$USER" != "root" ] && echo "Needed root privileges" >&2 && exit 1
+
+#Discover Linux distribution
+#try redhat type
+if [[ -f /etc/redhat-release ]]
+then 
+    _DISTRO=$(cat /etc/redhat-release 2>/dev/null | cut  -d" " -f1)
+else 
+    #if not assuming ubuntu type
+    _DISTRO=$(lsb_release -is  2>/dev/null)
+fi            
+if [[ "$_DISTRO" == "Ubuntu" ]]
+then
+    _RELEASE=$(lsb_release -rs)
+    if [[ ${_RELEASE%%.*} != 16 ]] 
+    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 $GIT_URL __temp__ || ! echo "Cannot get openvim source code from $GIT_URL" >&2 || exit 1
+    #git checkout <tag version>
+    FILE=./__temp__
+    DELETE=y
+fi
+
+#make idenpotent
+rm -rf /opt/openvim
+rm -f /etc/default/openvimd.cfg
+rm -f /var/log/openvim
+cp -r $FILE /opt/openvim         || ! echo $BAD_PATH_ERROR >&2 || exit 1
+mkdir -p /opt/openvim/logs
+#cp ${FILE}/openvim /usr/sbin/    || ! echo $BAD_PATH_ERROR >&2 || exit 1
+ln -s /opt/openvim/openvimd.cfg /etc/default/openvimd.cfg  || echo "warning cannot create link '/etc/default/openvimd.cfg'"
+ln -s /opt/openvim/logs /var/log/openvim  || echo "warning cannot create link '/var/log/openvim'"
+
+chown $USER_OWNER /opt/openvim/openvimd.cfg
+chown -R $USER_OWNER /opt/openvim
+
+mkdir -p etc/systemd/system/
+cat  > /etc/systemd/system/openvim.service  << EOF 
+[Unit]
+Description=openvim server
+
+[Service]
+User=${USER_OWNER}
+ExecStart=/opt/openvim/openvimd.py -c /opt/openvim/openvimd.cfg --log-file=/opt/openvim/logs/openvim.log
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+[[ -n $DELETE ]] && rm -rf $FILE
+
+service openvim start
+
+echo Done
+exit