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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# 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.
+
+if [[ -e /etc/os-release ]]; then
+
+    # NOTE(berendt): support for CentOS/RHEL/openSUSE/SLES will be added in the future
+
+    source /etc/os-release
+
+    INSTALL_DATABASE=0
+    INSTALL_FAAFO=0
+    INSTALL_MESSAGING=0
+    RUN_API=0
+    RUN_DEMO=0
+    RUN_WORKER=0
+    URL_DATABASE='sqlite:////tmp/sqlite.db'
+    URL_ENDPOINT='http://127.0.0.1'
+    URL_MESSAGING='amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/'
+
+    while getopts e:m:d:i:r: FLAG; do
+        case $FLAG in
+            i)
+                case $OPTARG in
+                    messaging)
+                        INSTALL_MESSAGING=1
+                    ;;
+                    database)
+                        INSTALL_DATABASE=1
+                    ;;
+                    faafo)
+                        INSTALL_FAAFO=1
+                    ;;
+                esac
+            ;;
+            r)
+                case $OPTARG in
+                    demo)
+                        RUN_DEMO=1
+                    ;;
+                    api)
+                        RUN_API=1
+                    ;;
+                    worker)
+                        RUN_WORKER=1
+                    ;;
+                esac
+            ;;
+            e)
+                URL_ENDPOINT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+
+            m)
+                URL_MESSAGING=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+
+            d)
+                URL_DATABASE=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+
+            *)
+                echo "error: unknown option $FLAG"
+                exit 1
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+    if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
+        sudo apt-get update
+    elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
+        sudo dnf update -y
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $INSTALL_DATABASE -eq 1 ]]; then
+        if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
+            sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y mysql-server python-mysqldb
+            # HSFD changes for Ubuntu 18.04
+            sudo sed -i -e "/bind-address/d" /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+            #sudo sed -i -e "/bind-address/d" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+            sudo service mysql restart
+        elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
+            sudo dnf install -y mariadb-server python-mysql
+            printf "[mysqld]\nbind-address = 127.0.0.1\n" | sudo tee /etc/my.cnf.d/faafo.conf
+            sudo systemctl enable mariadb
+            sudo systemctl start mariadb
+        else
+            echo "error: distribution $ID not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        sudo mysqladmin password password
+        sudo mysql -uroot -ppassword mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS faafo; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON faafo.* TO 'faafo'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
+        URL_DATABASE='mysql://root:password@localhost/faafo'
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $INSTALL_MESSAGING -eq 1 ]]; then
+        if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
+            sudo apt-get install -y rabbitmq-server
+        elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
+            sudo dnf install -y rabbitmq-server
+            sudo systemctl enable rabbitmq-server
+            sudo systemctl start rabbitmq-server
+        else
+            echo "error: distribution $ID not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $INSTALL_FAAFO -eq 1 ]]; then
+        if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
+            sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip supervisor git zlib1g-dev libmysqlclient-dev python-mysqldb
+            # Following is needed because of
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supervisor/+bug/1594740
+            if [ $(lsb_release --short --codename) = xenial ]; then
+                # Make sure the daemon is enabled.
+                if ! systemctl --quiet is-enabled supervisor; then
+                    systemctl enable supervisor
+                fi
+                # Make sure the daemon is started.
+                if ! systemctl --quiet is-active supervisor; then
+                    systemctl start supervisor
+                fi
+            fi
+        elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
+            sudo dnf install -y python-devel python-pip supervisor git zlib-devel mariadb-devel gcc which python-mysql
+            sudo systemctl enable supervisord
+            sudo systemctl start supervisord
+        #elif [[ $ID = 'opensuse' || $ID = 'sles' ]]; then
+        #    sudo zypper install -y python-devel python-pip
+        else
+            echo "error: distribution $ID not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        # HSFD changed to local repo
+        git clone https://gogs.informatik.hs-fulda.de/srieger/cloud-computing-msc-ai-examples
+        cd cloud-computing-msc-ai-examples/faafo
+        # following line required by bug 1636150
+        sudo pip install --upgrade pbr
+        sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
+        # rerun install of reqs in AWS, as first run seams to be killed?
+        sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
+        sudo python setup.py install
+
+        sudo sed -i -e "s#transport_url = .*#transport_url = $URL_MESSAGING#" /etc/faafo/faafo.conf
+        sudo sed -i -e "s#database_url = .*#database_url = $URL_DATABASE#" /etc/faafo/faafo.conf
+        sudo sed -i -e "s#endpoint_url = .*#endpoint_url = $URL_ENDPOINT#" /etc/faafo/faafo.conf
+    fi
+
+
+    if [[ $RUN_API -eq 1 ]]; then
+        faafo_api="
+[program:faafo_api]
+command=$(which faafo-api)
+priority=10"
+
+        if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
+            echo "$faafo_api" | sudo tee -a /etc/supervisor/conf.d/faafo.conf
+        elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
+            echo "$faafo_api" | sudo tee -a /etc/supervisord.d/faafo.ini
+        else
+            echo "error: distribution $ID not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $RUN_WORKER -eq 1 ]]; then
+        faafo_worker="
+[program:faafo_worker]
+command=$(which faafo-worker)
+priority=20"
+
+        if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
+            echo "$faafo_worker" | sudo tee -a /etc/supervisor/conf.d/faafo.conf
+        elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
+            echo "$faafo_worker" | sudo tee -a /etc/supervisord.d/faafo.ini
+        else
+            echo "error: distribution $ID not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $RUN_WORKER -eq 1 || $RUN_API -eq 1 ]]; then
+        sudo supervisorctl reload
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $RUN_DEMO -eq 1 && $RUN_API -eq 1 ]]; then
+        faafo --endpoint-url $URL_ENDPOINT --debug create
+    fi
+
+else
+    exit 1
+fi