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+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# script to launch DMaaP DR  docker containers
+# sets global var IP with assigned IP address of DR Prov
+
+function dmaap_dr_launch() {
+        IP=""
+
+
+	# This next section was copied from scripts/dmaap-datarouter/dr-suite/setup.sh
+	# and slightly modified...
+
+	# Clone DMaaP Data Router repo
+	mkdir -p $WORKSPACE/archives/dmaapdr
+	cd $WORKSPACE/archives/dmaapdr
+
+	git clone --depth 1 https://gerrit.onap.org/r/dmaap/datarouter -b master
+	cd datarouter
+	git pull
+	cd $WORKSPACE/archives/dmaapdr/datarouter/docker-compose/
+
+	sed -i 's/10003/10001/g' docker-compose.yml
+	# start DMaaP DR containers with docker compose and configuration from docker-compose.yml
+	docker login -u docker -p docker nexus3.onap.org:10001
+	docker-compose up -d
+
+	# Wait for initialization of Docker container for datarouter-node, datarouter-prov and mariadb
+	for i in {1..50}; do
+	    if [ $(docker inspect --format '{{ .State.Running }}' datarouter-node) ] && \
+		[ $(docker inspect --format '{{ .State.Running }}' datarouter-prov) ] && \
+		[ $(docker inspect --format '{{ .State.Running }}' mariadb) ]
+	    then
+		echo "DR Service Running"
+		break
+	    else
+		echo sleep $i
+		sleep $i
+	    fi
+	done
+
+	DR_PROV_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' datarouter-prov)
+	DR_NODE_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' datarouter-node)
+	DR_GATEWAY_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.Gateway}}{{end}}' datarouter-prov)
+
+	echo DR_PROV_IP=${DR_PROV_IP}
+	echo DR_NODE_IP=${DR_NODE_IP}
+	echo DR_GATEWAY_IP=${DR_GATEWAY_IP}
+
+	docker exec -i datarouter-prov sh -c "curl -k  -X PUT https://$DR_PROV_IP:8443/internal/api/NODES?val=dmaap-dr-node\|$DR_GATEWAY_IP"
+	docker exec -i datarouter-prov sh -c "curl -k  -X PUT https://$DR_PROV_IP:8443/internal/api/PROV_AUTH_ADDRESSES?val=dmaap-dr-prov\|$DR_GATEWAY_IP"
+
+	#Pass any variables required by Robot test suites in ROBOT_VARIABLES
+	ROBOT_VARIABLES="-v DR_PROV_IP:${DR_PROV_IP} -v DR_NODE_IP:${DR_NODE_IP}"
+
+        IP=${DR_GATEWAY_IP}
+}