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+#!/bin/bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Creates the ONOS cluster using 3 docker container instances.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+export PATH="$PATH:bin:onos/bin"
+
+# Creates ONOS cluster using ONOS docker images
+ONOS_IMAGE=onosproject/onos:1.12.0
+SSH_KEY=$(cut -d\  -f2 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
+
+for i in {1..3}; do
+    echo "Setting up onos-$i..."
+    docker container run --detach --name onos-$i --hostname onos-$i --restart always $ONOS_IMAGE
+    docker exec -i onos-$i /bin/bash -c "mkdir config; cat > config/cluster.json" < $(dirname $0)/cluster.json
+    docker exec -it onos-$i bin/onos-user-key sdn $SSH_KEY  >/dev/null 2>&1
+    docker exec -it onos-$i bin/onos-user-password onos rocks >/dev/null 2>&1
+done
+
+function waitForStart {
+    sleep 5
+    for i in {1..3}; do
+        echo "Waiting for onos-$i startup..."
+        ip=$(docker container inspect onos-$i | grep \"IPAddress | cut -d: -f2 | sort -u | tr -d '", ')
+        for t in {1..30}; do
+            curl --fail -sS http://$ip:8181/onos/v1/cluster --user onos:rocks 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && break;
+            sleep 1;
+        done
+        onos $ip summary >/dev/null 2>&1
+    done
+}
+
+OC1=$(docker container inspect onos-1 | grep \"IPAddress | cut -d: -f2 | sort -u | tr -d '", ')
+OC2=$(docker container inspect onos-2 | grep \"IPAddress | cut -d: -f2 | sort -u | tr -d '", ')
+OC3=$(docker container inspect onos-3 | grep \"IPAddress | cut -d: -f2 | sort -u | tr -d '", ')
+ONOS_INSTANCES="$OC1 $OC2 $OC3"
+
+waitForStart
+
+echo "Activating OpenFlow and ProxyARP applications..."
+onos $OC1 app activate openflow proxyarp
+onos $OC1
+