Docker does not like too long instance names.
This function provides a shorter name if needed
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+ # fix for NetSoft'17 demo
+ # TODO remove this after the demo
+ if "http" in name or "apache" in name:
+ return "http"
+ elif "l4fw" in name or "socat" in name:
+ return "l4fw"
+ elif "proxy" in name or "squid" in name:
+ return "proxy"
# this is a ugly fix, but we cannot do better for now (interface names are to long)
if len(name) > char_limit:
LOG.info("Long server name: {}".format(name))
# construct a short name
+ name = name.strip("-_ .")
name = name.replace("_vnf", "")
p = name.split("_")
if len(p) > 0: