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+# Base ubuntu with added packages needed for open ecomp
+FROM onap/ccsdk-ubuntu-image:${project.version}
+MAINTAINER CCSDK Team (onap-ccsdk@lists.openecomp.org)
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
+ENV ODL_HOME /opt/opendaylight/current
+
+# copy the opendaylight tar and expand
+COPY distribution-karaf-${ccsdk.opendaylight.version}.tar.gz /tmp/
+RUN mkdir /opt/opendaylight \
+    && tar zxvf /tmp/distribution-karaf-${ccsdk.opendaylight.version}.tar.gz --directory /opt/opendaylight \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/distribution-karaf-${ccsdk.opendaylight.version}.tar.gz \
+    && ln -s /opt/opendaylight/distribution-karaf-${ccsdk.opendaylight.version} /opt/opendaylight/current
+
+
+# workaround till we get proxy working
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/opendaylight/current/system/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${ccsdk.mysql-connector-java.version}
+COPY mysql-connector-java-${ccsdk.mysql-connector-java.version}.jar /opt/opendaylight/current/system/mysql/mysql-connector-java/${ccsdk.mysql-connector-java.version}
+# ENTRYPOINT exec /opt/opendaylight/current/bin/karaf
+EXPOSE 8181