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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+echo '============== STARTING SCRIPT TO BUILD DOCKER IMAGES ================='
+DOCKER_REPOSITORY=nexus3.onap.org:10003
+MVN_VERSION=$(cat packages/apex-pdp-docker/target/version)
+MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION=$(cut -f 1,2 -d . packages/apex-pdp-docker/target/version)
+TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S)
+PROXY_ARGS=""
+IMAGE=policy-apex-pdp
+
+if [ $HTTP_PROXY ]; then
+    PROXY_ARGS+="--build-arg HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}"
+fi
+if [ $HTTPS_PROXY ]; then
+    PROXY_ARGS+=" --build-arg HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY}"
+fi
+
+echo $DOCKER_REPOSITORY
+echo $MVN_VERSION
+echo $MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION
+echo $TIMESTAMP
+
+if [[ -z $MVN_VERSION ]]
+then
+    echo "MVN_VERSION is empty"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION ]]
+then
+    echo "MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION is empty"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $MVN_VERSION == *"SNAPSHOT"* ]]
+then
+    MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION="${MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION}-SNAPSHOT"
+else
+    MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION="${MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION}-STAGING"
+fi
+
+echo $MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION
+
+echo "Building $IMAGE"
+
+#
+# This is the local latest tagged image. The Dockerfile's need this to build images
+#
+TAGS="--tag onap/${IMAGE}:latest"
+#
+# This is the nexus repo prepended for latest tagged image.
+#
+TAGS="${TAGS} --tag ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/onap/${IMAGE}:latest"
+#
+# This has the nexus repo prepended and only major/minor version with latest
+#
+TAGS="${TAGS} --tag ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/onap/${IMAGE}:${MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION}-latest"
+#
+# This has the nexus repo prepended and major/minor/patch version with timestamp
+#
+TAGS="${TAGS} --tag ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/onap/${IMAGE}:${MVN_VERSION}-STAGING-${TIMESTAMP}Z"
+
+echo $TAGS
+
+docker build --quiet ${PROXY_ARGS} $TAGS packages/apex-pdp-docker/target/$IMAGE
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Docker build failed"
+    docker images
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+docker images
+
+echo "Pushing $IMAGE"
+
+docker push ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/onap/${IMAGE}:latest
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Docker push failed"
+    exit 1
+
+fi
+
+docker push ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/onap/${IMAGE}:${MVN_MAJMIN_VERSION}-latest
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Docker push failed"
+    exit 1
+
+fi
+docker push ${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/onap/${IMAGE}:${MVN_VERSION}-STAGING-${TIMESTAMP}Z
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo "Docker push failed"
+    exit 1
+
+fi
+