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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+usage() {
+ echo "usage: launch_ui.sh [--enable-https --keyfile-path=<keyfile_path> --certfile-path=<certfile-path>]"
+}
+
+start_servers() {
+ cd $THIS_DIR
+ echo "Killing any previous instance of server_composer_ui.py"
+ ps -ef | awk '/[s]cripts\/server_composer_ui.py/{print $2}' | xargs kill -9
+
+ echo "Running Python webserver. HTTPS Enabled: ${ENABLE_HTTPS}"
+ cd ../dist
+ if [ ! -z "${ENABLE_HTTPS}" ]; then
+ ../scripts/server_composer_ui.py --enable-https --keyfile-path="${KEYFILE_PATH}" --certfile-path="${CERTFILE_PATH}"&
+ else
+ ../scripts/server_composer_ui.py
+ fi
+}
+
+# Begin work
+for i in "$@"
+do
+case $i in
+ -k=*|--keyfile-path=*)
+ KEYFILE_PATH="${i#*=}"
+ shift # past argument=value
+ ;;
+ -c=*|--certfile-path=*)
+ CERTFILE_PATH="${i#*=}"
+ shift # past argument=value
+ ;;
+ -h|--help)
+ usage
+ exit
+ ;;
+ -e|--enable-https)
+ ENABLE_HTTPS=YES
+ shift # past argument=value
+ ;;
+ *)
+ # unknown option
+ ;;
+esac
+done
+
+if [[ ! -z "${ENABLE_HTTPS}" ]]; then
+ if [ -z "${KEYFILE_PATH}" ] || [ -z "{CERTFILE_PATH}" ]; then
+ usage
+ exit
+ fi
+fi
+
+# change to the directory of this script
+THIS_DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+
+# Call function to start web and API servers
+start_servers
+
+while true; do
+ sleep 5
+done