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+#!/bin/bash
+export OS_INTERFACE='admin'
+
+# local vars
+name_prefix=cvp
+filename=${name_prefix}.manifest
+huge_pages=false
+
+# Project, User, Roles
+project=${name_prefix}.project
+user=${name_prefix}.user
+admin=${name_prefix}.admin
+password=mcp1234
+
+# Security group
+sg_all=${name_prefix}.sg.all
+sg_icmp=${name_prefix}.sg.icmp
+sg_ssh=${name_prefix}.sg.ssh
+sg_iperf=${name_prefix}.sg.perf
+
+# Testkey
+key=${name_prefix}_testkey
+
+# Flavors: tiny, small (cirrus and migration), medium (ubuntu and volume/stress activities)
+flavor_t=${name_prefix}.tiny
+flavor_s=${name_prefix}.small
+flavor_m=${name_prefix}.medium
+
+# Fixed Networks (2, for testing router interconnection)
+net_left=${name_prefix}.net.1
+net_right=${name_prefix}.net.2
+subnet1=${name_prefix}.subnet.1
+subnet2=${name_prefix}.subnet.2
+
+# Router
+router=${name_prefix}.router
+
+# Images: cirros (3.5, 4.0), ubuntu (16.04)
+cirros3=${name_prefix}.cirros.35
+cirros4=${name_prefix}.cirros.40
+ubuntu16=${name_prefix}.ubuntu.1604
+
+cirros3_link=http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.5/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img
+cirros4_link=http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.4.0/cirros-0.4.0-aarch64-disk.img
+ubuntu16_link=https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img
+
+# Volume (2GB)
+volume=${name_prefix}.volume
+
+function show_help {
+    printf "CVP Pipeline: Resource creation script\n\t-h, -?\t\tShow this help\n"
+    printf "\t-H\t\tAdds '--property hw:mem_page_size=large' to flavors, i.e. huge_pages for DPDK\n"
+    printf "\t-w <path>\tSets working folder"
+}
+
+OPTIND=1 # Reset in case getopts has been used previously in the shell.
+while getopts "h?:Hw:" opt; do
+    case "$opt" in
+    h|\?)
+        show_help
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    w)  working_folder=${OPTARG}
+        printf "# Working folder is ${working_folder}\n"
+        ;;
+    h)  huge_pages=true
+        printf "# Using 'huge_pages' property in flavors\n"
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+[ "${1:-}" = "--" ] && shift
+
+function put() {
+    echo "$1=$2" | tee -a ${filename}
+}
+
+# now, some hard to understand stuff...
+# f1 $(<command with output to cut>)
+function f1() { echo $1 | cut -d' ' -f1; };
+# <commands with output to cut> | p1
+function p1() { while read input; do echo ${input} | cut -d' ' -f1; done; };
+# ol1 is short for openstack list with 1 param. Also grep and cut
+# "ol1 network public" will list all networks, grep by name public and return IDs
+function ol1() { echo $(openstack $1 list -c ID -c Name -f value | grep $2 | cut -d' ' -f1); }
+# same as ol1 but with 2 initial commands before list
+function ol2() { echo $(openstack $1 $2 list -c ID -c Name -f value | grep $3 | cut -d' ' -f1); }
+
+function print_manifest() {
+    touch ./${filename}
+    truncate -s 0 ${filename}
+    printf "\n# Checking and filling manifest: $(pwd)/${filename}\n"
+    put project_id $(ol1 project ${project})
+    put user_name ${user}
+    put user_id $(ol1 user ${user})
+    put admin_name ${admin}
+    put admin_id $(ol1 user ${admin})
+    # sg
+    put secgroup_all_name ${sg_all}
+    put secgroup_all_id $(ol2 security group ${sg_all})
+    put secgroup_icmp_name ${sg_icmp}
+    put secgroup_icmp_id $(ol2 security group ${sg_icmp})
+    put secgroup_ssh_name ${sg_ssh}
+    put secgroup_ssh_id $(ol2 security group ${sg_ssh})
+    put secgroup_iperf_name ${sg_iperf}
+    put secgroup_iperf_id $(ol2 security group ${sg_iperf})
+
+    # keypair
+    put keypair_name ${key}
+    put keypair_id $(ol1 keypair ${key})
+
+    # flavors
+    put flavor_tiny_name ${flavor_t}
+    put flavor_tiny_id $(ol1 flavor ${flavor_t})
+    put flavor_small_name ${flavor_s}
+    put flavor_small_id $(ol1 flavor ${flavor_s})
+    put flavor_medium_name ${flavor_m}
+    put flavor_medium_id $(ol1 flavor ${flavor_m})
+
+    # fixed nets
+    put fixed_net_left_name ${net_left}
+    put fixed_net_left_id $(ol1 network ${net_left})
+    put fixed_net_right_name ${net_right}
+    put fixed_net_right_id $(ol1 network ${net_right})
+    put fixed_net_left_subnet_name ${subnet1}
+    put fixed_net_left_subnet_id $(openstack subnet list --network ${net_left} -c ID -f value | p1)
+    put fixed_net_right_subnet_name ${subnet2}
+    put fixed_net_right_subnet_id $(openstack subnet list --network ${net_right} -c ID -f value | p1)
+
+    # router
+    put router_name ${router}
+    put router_id $(ol1 router ${router})
+
+    # volumes
+    put volume_name ${volume}
+    put volume_id $(ol1 volume ${volume})
+
+    # images
+    put cirros35_name ${cirros3}
+    put cirros35_id $(ol1 image ${cirros3})
+    put cirros40_name ${cirros4}
+    put cirros40_id $(ol1 image ${cirros4})
+    put ubuntu16_name ${cirros3}
+    put ubuntu16_id $(ol1 image ${ubuntu16})
+}
+
+function process_cmds() {
+    if [ -s ${cmds} ]; then
+        cat ${cmds} | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -P 1 -n 1 -0 echo | tee /dev/tty | openstack >/dev/nul
+        truncate -s 0 ${cmds}
+    fi
+}
+
+function _project() {
+    echo project create --description \"CVP Pipeline project\" ${project} >>${cmds}
+    echo role add --user admin --project ${project} admin >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function _users() {
+    echo user create --project ${project} --password ${password} ${user} >>${cmds}
+    echo user create --project ${project} --password ${password} ${admin} >>${cmds}
+    echo role add --user ${admin} --project ${project} admin >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function _sg_all() {
+    echo security group create --project ${project} --description \"ICMP, SSH, iPerf, HTTP\" ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+    # icmp
+    echo security group rule create --protocol icmp ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+    # ssh
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 22 ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+    # iperf
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 5001 ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+    # iperf3
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 5201 ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+    # nc connectivity
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 3000 ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+    # http
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 80 ${sg_all} >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function _sg_icmp() {
+    echo security group create --project ${project} --description \"ICMP\" ${sg_icmp} >>${cmds}
+    echo security group rule create --protocol icmp ${sg_icmp} >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function _sg_ssh() {
+    echo security group create --project ${project} --description \"ICMP, SSH\" ${sg_ssh} >>${cmds}
+    # icmp
+    echo security group rule create --protocol icmp ${sg_ssh} >>${cmds}
+    # ssh
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 22 ${sg_ssh} >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function _sg_iperf() {
+    echo security group create --project ${project} --description \"ICMP, iPerf\" ${sg_iperf} >>${cmds}
+    # icmp
+    echo security group rule create --protocol icmp ${sg_iperf} >>${cmds}
+    # iperf
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 5001 ${sg_iperf} >>${cmds}
+    # iperf3
+    echo security group rule create --protocol tcp --dst-port 5201 ${sg_iperf} >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function create_keypair() {
+    echo "# Creating keypair"
+    openstack keypair create ${key} >${key}
+    chmod 600 ${key}
+    echo "-> created keyfile: $(pwd)/${key}"
+}
+
+function _flavors() {
+    # huge paged flavors
+    if [ "$huge_pages" = true ]; then
+        echo flavor create --id 1 --ram 64 --disk 1 --vcpus 1 ${flavor_t} --property hw:mem_page_size=large >>${cmds}
+        echo flavor create --id 1 --ram 256 --disk 2 --vcpus 1 ${flavor_s} --property hw:mem_page_size=large >>${cmds}
+        echo flavor create --id 1 --ram 2048 --disk 5 --vcpus 2 ${flavor_m} --property hw:mem_page_size=large >>${cmds}
+    else
+        echo flavor create --ram 64 --disk 1 --vcpus 1 ${flavor_t} >>${cmds}
+        echo flavor create --ram 256 --disk 2 --vcpus 1 ${flavor_s} >>${cmds}
+        echo flavor create --ram 2048 --disk 5 --vcpus 2 ${flavor_m} >>${cmds}
+    fi
+}
+
+function _volumes() {
+    echo volume create --size 2 ${volume} >>${cmds}
+}
+
+function create_fixed_nets() {
+    echo "# Creating fixed networks"
+    echo network create --project ${project} ${net_left} >>${cmds}
+    echo subnet create ${subnet1} --network ${net_left} --subnet-range 10.10.11.0/24 >>${cmds}
+    echo network set --share ${net_left} >>${cmds}
+    echo network create --project ${project} ${net_right} >>${cmds}
+    echo subnet create ${subnet2} --network ${net_right} --subnet-range 10.10.12.0/24 >>${cmds}
+    echo network set --share ${net_right} >>${cmds}
+    process_cmds
+
+    # get subnet ids
+    subnet1_id=$(openstack subnet list --network ${net_left} -c ID -f value)
+    subnet2_id=$(openstack subnet list --network ${net_right} -c ID -f value)
+
+    echo router create --project ${project} ${router} >>${cmds}
+    process_cmds
+
+    router_id=$(openstack router list -c ID -c Name -f value | grep ${router} | cut -d' ' -f1)
+    echo router add subnet ${router_id} ${subnet1_id} >>${cmds}
+    echo router add subnet ${router_id} ${subnet2_id} >>${cmds}
+    process_cmds
+
+    # TODO: Search for external net
+    external=ext-net
+    echo router set ${router} --external-gateway ${external} >>${cmds}
+    process_cmds
+}
+
+function _get_image() {
+    # build vars for name and link
+    name="${1}"
+    link="${1}_link"
+    which wget >/dev/nul
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        printf "\nERROR: 'wget' not detected. Download skipped: ${!name}\n"
+    else
+        # no redownloads, quet, save named and show progress
+        r=$(wget --no-check-certificate -nc -q -O ./${!name} --show-progress ${!link})
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            # non-empty output on error
+            echo ${r}
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function create_image() {
+    name="${1}"
+    # Check if image is in the cloud
+    echo "# Checking image '${!name}'"
+    ids=( $(ol1 image ${!name}) )
+    # if array is not empty, download and upload it
+    if [ ${#ids[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+        # check and download
+        if [ ! -f ${!name} ]; then
+            r=$(_get_image ${1})
+        else
+            r=""
+        fi
+        # check if output is not empty
+        if [ ${#r} -eq 0 ]; then
+            image_id=$(openstack image create --public --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --file ${!name} ${!name} -c id -f value)
+            echo "-> created ${!name} (${image_id})"
+        else
+            printf "\n-> Error detected, creation skipped\n"
+        fi
+    else
+        # image(s) already there, list them
+        for id in ${ids[@]}; do
+            echo "-> found ${!name} with ID of '${id}'"
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
+###################
+### Main
+###################
+if [[ -z ${working_folder+x} ]]; then
+    # cwd into working dir
+    cd ${working_folder}
+fi
+
+cmds=$(mktemp)
+trap "rm -f ${cmds}" EXIT
+echo "Using tempfile: '${cmds}'"
+
+# not dependent stuff
+echo "# Creating basic resources"
+_project
+_users
+_sg_all
+_sg_icmp
+_sg_ssh
+_sg_iperf
+_flavors
+_volumes
+process_cmds
+
+# sphisticated, step dependent stuff
+create_keypair
+create_fixed_nets
+
+# images
+create_image cirros3
+create_image cirros4
+create_image ubuntu16
+
+### Manifest
+print_manifest