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+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# org.onap.dcae
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. 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.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+# ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+# extract __version__ from version file. importing dcae_cli will lead to install failures
+setup_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+with open(os.path.join(setup_dir, 'dcae_cli', '_version.py')) as file:
+    globals_dict = dict()
+    exec(file.read(), globals_dict)
+    __version__ = globals_dict['__version__']
+
+
+setup(
+    name = "dcae_cli",
+    version = __version__,
+    packages = find_packages(),
+    author = "Michael Hwang, Paul Triantafyllou, Tommy Carpenter",
+    description = ("DCAE component on-boarding utility"),
+    entry_points="""
+    [console_scripts]
+    dcae_cli=dcae_cli.cli:cli
+    """,
+    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
+    install_requires=['python-consul',
+                      'six',
+                      'sqlalchemy',
+                      'SQLAlchemy-Utils',
+                      'click',
+                      'jsonschema',
+                      'docker-py>=1.10,<2',
+                      'terminaltables',
+                      'psycopg2',
+                      'python-discovery-client>=2.0.0',
+                      'python-dockering>=1.0.0,<2.0.0'
+                      ],
+    tests_require=['pytest',
+                   'mock'],
+    )