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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+SUT_IMAGE=bats-jenkins
+SUT_CONTAINER=bats-jenkins
+
+load test_helpers
+
+@test "build image" {
+	cd $BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/..
+	docker build -t $SUT_IMAGE .
+}
+
+@test "clean test containers" {
+    docker kill $SUT_CONTAINER &>/dev/null ||:
+    docker rm -fv $SUT_CONTAINER &>/dev/null ||:
+}
+
+@test "create test container" {
+    docker run -d --name $SUT_CONTAINER -P $SUT_IMAGE
+}
+
+@test "test container is running" {
+	sleep 1  # give time to eventually fail to initialize
+	retry 3 1 assert "true" docker inspect -f {{.State.Running}} $SUT_CONTAINER
+}
+
+@test "Jenkins is initialized" {
+    retry 30 5 test_url /api/json
+}