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+#!/bin/bash
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright 2018 EuropeanSoftwareMarketingLtd.
+# ===================================================================
+#  Licensed under the ApacheLicense, Version2.0 (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
+#
+# 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
+##############################################################################
+# vnftest comment: this is a modified copy of
+# yardstick/install.sh
+
+# fit for arm64
+DOCKER_ARCH="$(uname -m)"
+
+UBUNTU_PORTS_URL="http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/"
+UBUNTU_ARCHIVE_URL="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"
+
+source /etc/os-release
+source_file=/etc/apt/sources.list
+NSB_DIR="/opt/nsb_bin"
+
+if [[ "${DOCKER_ARCH}" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+    sed -i -e 's/^deb \([^/[]\)/deb [arch=arm64] \1/g' "${source_file}"
+    DOCKER_ARCH="arm64"
+    DOCKER_REPO="${UBUNTU_PORTS_URL}"
+    EXTRA_ARCH="amd64"
+    EXTRA_REPO="${UBUNTU_ARCHIVE_URL}"
+    dpkg --add-architecture amd64
+else
+    sed -i -e 's/^deb \([^/[]\)/deb [arch=amd64] \1/g' "${source_file}"
+    DOCKER_ARCH="amd64"
+    DOCKER_REPO="${UBUNTU_ARCHIVE_URL}"
+    EXTRA_ARCH="arm64"
+    EXTRA_REPO="${UBUNTU_PORTS_URL}"
+    dpkg --add-architecture arm64
+fi
+
+sed -i -e 's/^deb-src /# deb-src /g' "${source_file}"
+
+VERSION_CODENAME=${VERSION_CODENAME:-trusty}
+
+echo "APT::Default-Release \""${VERSION_CODENAME}"\";" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/default-distro
+
+sub_source_file=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vnftest.list
+touch "${sub_source_file}"
+
+# first add xenial repo needed for installing qemu_static_user/xenial in the container
+# then add complementary architecture repositories in case the cloud image is of different arch
+if [[ "${VERSION_CODENAME}" != "xenial" ]]; then
+    REPO_UPDATE="deb [arch="${DOCKER_ARCH}"] "${DOCKER_REPO}" xenial-updates universe"
+fi
+
+echo -e ""${REPO_UPDATE}"
+deb [arch="${EXTRA_ARCH}"] "${EXTRA_REPO}" "${VERSION_CODENAME}" main universe multiverse restricted
+deb [arch="${EXTRA_ARCH}"] "${EXTRA_REPO}" "${VERSION_CODENAME}"-updates main universe multiverse restricted
+deb [arch="${EXTRA_ARCH}"] "${EXTRA_REPO}" "${VERSION_CODENAME}"-security main universe multiverse restricted
+deb [arch="${EXTRA_ARCH}"] "${EXTRA_REPO}" "${VERSION_CODENAME}"-proposed main universe multiverse restricted" > "${sub_source_file}"
+
+echo "vm.mmap_min_addr = 0" > /etc/sysctl.d/mmap_min_addr.conf
+
+# install tools
+apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    qemu-user-static/xenial \
+    bonnie++ \
+    wget \
+    expect \
+    curl \
+    git \
+    sshpass \
+    qemu-utils \
+    kpartx \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libzmq-dev \
+    python \
+    python-dev \
+    libxml2-dev \
+    libxslt1-dev \
+    nginx \
+    uwsgi \
+    uwsgi-plugin-python \
+    supervisor \
+    python-pip \
+    vim \
+    libxft-dev \
+    libxss-dev \
+    sudo \
+    iputils-ping
+
+if [[ "${DOCKER_ARCH}" != "aarch64" ]]; then
+    apt-get install -y libc6:arm64
+fi
+
+apt-get -y autoremove && apt-get clean
+
+git config --global http.sslVerify false
+
+
+# install vnftest + dependencies
+easy_install -U pip
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -e .
+
+/bin/bash "${PWD}/docker/uwsgi.sh"
+/bin/bash "${PWD}/docker/nginx.sh"
+cd "${PWD}/gui" && /bin/bash gui.sh
+mkdir -p /etc/nginx/vnftest
+mv dist /etc/nginx/vnftest/gui
+
+mkdir -p ${NSB_DIR}
+
+wget -P ${NSB_DIR}/ http://artifacts.onap.org/vnftest/third-party/trex_client.tar.gz
+tar xvf ${NSB_DIR}/trex_client.tar.gz -C ${NSB_DIR}
+rm -f ${NSB_DIR}/trex_client.tar.gz
+
+service nginx restart
+uwsgi -i /etc/vnftest/vnftest.ini