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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set paths
+FL_HOME=`dirname $0`
+FL_JAR="${FL_HOME}/target/floodlight.jar"
+FL_ONLY_JAR="${FL_HOME}/target/floodlight-only.jar"
+FL_LOGBACK="${FL_HOME}/logback.xml"
+LOGDIR=${FL_HOME}/onos-logs
+FL_LOG="${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.log"
+PCAP_LOG="${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.pcap"
+LOGS="$FL_LOG $PCAP_LOG"
+
+# Set JVM options
+JVM_OPTS=""
+JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -server -d64"
+JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Xmx2g -Xms2g -Xmn800m"
+JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods"
+JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:MaxInlineSize=8192 -XX:FreqInlineSize=8192"
+JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:CompileThreshold=1500 -XX:PreBlockSpin=8 \
+            -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=7199 \
+              -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false \
+              -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"
+
+#JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dpython.security.respectJavaAccessibility=false"
+
+# Set classpath to include titan libs
+#CLASSPATH=`echo ${FL_HOME}/lib/*.jar ${FL_HOME}/lib/titan/*.jar | sed 's/ /:/g'`
+CLASSPATH="${FL_ONLY_JAR}:${FL_HOME}/lib/*:${FL_HOME}/lib/titan/*"
+MAIN_CLASS="net.floodlightcontroller.core.Main"
+
+#<logger name="net.floodlightcontroller.linkdiscovery.internal" level="TRACE"/>
+#<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+
+function lotate {
+    logfile=$1
+    nr_max=${2:-10}
+    if [ -f $logfile ]; then
+	for i in `seq $(expr $nr_max - 1) -1 1`; do
+	    if [ -f ${logfile}.${i} ]; then
+		mv -f ${logfile}.${i} ${logfile}.`expr $i + 1`
+	    fi
+	done
+	mv $logfile $logfile.1
+    fi
+}
+
+function start {
+  if [ ! -d ${LOGDIR} ]; then
+    mkdir -p ${LOGDIR}
+  fi
+  # Backup log files
+  for log in ${LOGS}; do
+    echo "rotate log: $log"
+    if [ -f ${log} ]; then
+      lotate ${log}
+    fi
+  done
+
+# Create a logback file if required
+  cat <<EOF_LOGBACK >${FL_LOGBACK}
+<configuration scan="true" debug="true">
+<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+<encoder>
+<pattern>%level [%logger:%thread] %msg%n</pattern>
+</encoder>
+</appender>
+
+<appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+<file>${FL_LOG}</file>
+<encoder>
+<pattern>%date %level [%thread] %logger{10} [%file:%line] %msg%n</pattern>
+</encoder>
+</appender>
+
+<logger name="org" level="WARN"/>
+<logger name="LogService" level="WARN"/> <!-- Restlet access logging -->
+<logger name="net.floodlightcontroller.logging" level="WARN"/>
+
+<root level="DEBUG">
+<appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+</root>
+</configuration>
+EOF_LOGBACK
+
+  # Run floodlight
+  echo "Starting ONOS controller ..."
+  echo 
+  #java ${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${FL_LOGBACK} -jar ${FL_JAR} -cf ${FL_HOME}/onos.properties > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+  #java ${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${FL_LOGBACK} -cp ${CLASSPATH} ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ${FL_HOME}/onos.properties > /dev/n
+
+  mvn exec:exec -Dexec.executable="java" -Dexec.args="${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${FL_LOGBACK} -cp %classpath ${MAIN_CLASS} -cf ${FL_HOME}/conf/onos-embedded.properties" > ${LOGDIR}/onos.stdout 2>${LOGDIR}/onos.stderr &
+
+  echo "Waiting for ONOS to start..."
+  COUNT=0
+  ESTATE=0
+  while [ "$COUNT" != "10" ]; do
+    COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
+    n=`jps -l |grep "${MAIN_CLASS}" | wc -l`
+    if [ "$n" -ge "1" ]; then
+      exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep $COUNT
+  done
+  echo "Timed out"
+  exit 1
+
+#  echo "java ${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${FL_LOGBACK} -jar ${FL_JAR} -cf ./onos.properties > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
+#  sudo -b /usr/sbin/tcpdump -n -i eth0 -s0 -w ${PCAP_LOG} 'tcp port 6633' > /dev/null  2>&1
+}
+
+function stop {
+  # Kill the existing processes
+  flpid=`jps -l |grep ${MAIN_CLASS} | awk '{print $1}'`
+  tdpid=`ps -edalf |grep tcpdump |grep ${PCAP_LOG} | awk '{print $4}'`
+  pids="$flpid $tdpid"
+  for p in ${pids}; do
+    if [ x$p != "x" ]; then
+      kill -KILL $p
+      echo "Killed existing prosess (pid: $p)"
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+function deldb {
+   # Delete the cassandra data
+   if [ -d "/tmp/cassandra" ]; then
+      rm -rf /tmp/cassandra/*
+   fi
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    stop
+    start 
+    ;;
+  startifdown)
+    n=`jps -l |grep "${MAIN_CLASS}" | wc -l`
+    if [ $n == 0 ]; then
+      start
+    else 
+      echo "$n instance of onos running"
+    fi
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    stop
+    ;;
+  deldb)
+    deldb
+    ;;
+  status)
+    n=`jps -l |grep "${MAIN_CLASS}" | wc -l`
+    echo "$n instance of onos running"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|startifdown}"
+    exit 1
+esac