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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Set paths
+FL_HOME=`dirname $0`
+FL_JAR="${FL_HOME}/target/floodlight.jar"
+FL_LOGBACK="${FL_HOME}/logback.xml"
+
+# Set JVM options
+JVM_OPTS=""
+#JVM_OPTS="$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"
+#JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dpython.security.respectJavaAccessibility=false"
+
+# Set classpath to include titan libs
+CLASSPATH=`echo ${FL_HOME}/lib/*.jar ${FL_HOME}/lib/titan/*.jar | sed 's/ /:/g'`
+
+
+# Create a logback file if required
+cat <<EOF_LOGBACK >${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>onos.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="STDOUT" />
+    <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+  </root>
+</configuration>
+EOF_LOGBACK
+
+# Delete and recreate /tmp/netmap
+rm -r /tmp/netmap
+mkdir /tmp/netmap
+
+# Run floodlight
+echo "Starting ONOS controller ..."
+echo 
+java ${JVM_OPTS} -Dlogback.configurationFile=${FL_LOGBACK} -Xbootclasspath/a:$CLASSPATH -jar ${FL_JAR} -cf ./onos.properties