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+Name:        onos
+Version:     @ONOS_RPM_VERSION
+Release:     1
+Summary:     Open Networking Operating System (ONOS)
+Vendor:      ONOS Project
+Packager:    ONOS Project
+
+Group:       Applications/Engineering
+License:     Apache 2.0
+Requires:    jre >= 1:8
+URL:         http://www.onosproject.org
+Source0:     %{name}-@ONOS_RPM_VERSION.tar.gz
+
+BuildArch: noarch
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot
+
+%description
+Open Network Operating System (ONOS) is an open source SDN controller.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}
+cp -R * %{buildroot}
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+/etc/init/onos.conf
+/opt/onos/
+
+%post
+ONOS_USER=sdn
+
+# Check to see if user exists, and if not, create a service account
+getent passwd $ONOS_USER >/dev/null 2&>1 || ( useradd -M $ONOS_USER && usermod -L $ONOS_USER )
+
+# Create ONOS options file
+[ ! -f /opt/onos/options ] && cat << EOF > /opt/onos/options
+export ONOS_OPTS=server
+export ONOS_USER="$ONOS_USER"
+EOF
+
+# Change permissions for onos directory
+[ -d /opt/onos ] && chown -R $ONOS_USER.$ONOS_USER /opt/onos
+
+echo ONOS successfully installed at /opt/onos
+
+%preun
+# Check if onos is running; if it is, stop onos
+[ -z "$(status onos 2>/dev/null | grep start)" ] && echo "onos is not running." || (
+    stop onos
+
+    # Wait for onos to stop up to 5 seconds
+    for i in $(seq 1 5); do
+      [ -z "$(ps -ef | grep karaf.jar | grep -v grep)" ] && break
+      sleep 1
+    done
+    [ -z "$(ps -ef | grep karaf.jar | grep -v grep)" ] && echo 'Stopped onos service' || echo 'Failed to stop onos'
+)
+
+%postun
+#TODO this should be less brute-force
+rm -rf /opt/onos
+
+%changelog
+# TODO
+