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+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# install prerequisites for stratum/bmv2 build
+USE_STRATUM=true DEBUG_FLAGS=false FAST_BUILD=true CLEAN_UP=true bash /tmp/install-p4-tools.sh
+
+# install bazel
+BAZEL_VERSION="0.20.0"
+curl -L -o bazel.sh -s https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/${BAZEL_VERSION}/bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+chmod +x bazel.sh 
+./bazel.sh --user
+export PATH=/home/sdn/bin:$PATH
+bazel version
+
+# unroll the stratum tar ball from the build machine
+cd ~/stratum
+rm -rf *
+tar xf /tmp/stratum-sources.tar
+cd stratum
+export BMV2_INSTALL=/usr/local
+
+# build stratum
+bazel build //stratum/hal/bin/bmv2:stratum_bmv2 --incompatible_remove_native_http_archive=false
+
+# deploy stratum binaries to where mininet will look for them
+mkdir -p /home/sdn/stratum/bazel-bin/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2
+cp bazel-bin/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2/stratum_bmv2 /home/sdn/stratum/bazel-bin/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2/stratum_bmv2
+
+mkdir -p /home/sdn/stratum/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2
+cp bazel-bin/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2/stratum_bmv2.runfiles/com_github_stratum_stratum/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2/dummy.json /home/sdn/stratum/stratum/hal/bin/bmv2
+