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+# ==================================================================================
+#       Copyright (c) 2020 Nordix
+#
+#   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.
+# ==================================================================================
+
+# documentation only
+[tox]
+minversion = 2.0
+envlist =
+    docs,
+    docs-linkcheck,
+skipsdist = true
+
+[testenv:docs]
+basepython = python3
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+
+commands =
+    sphinx-build -W -b html -n -d {envtmpdir}/docs/doctrees ./docs/ {toxinidir}/docs/_build/html
+    echo "Generated docs available in {toxinidir}/docs/_build/html"
+whitelist_externals = echo
+
+[testenv:docs-linkcheck]
+basepython = python3
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+commands = sphinx-build -W -b linkcheck -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees ./docs/ {toxinidir}/docs/_build/linkcheck