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+# cyclops dev environment
+#
+# NOTE: This should not be used in production!
+#
+# Instructions:
+#
+#   Build the container:
+#     $ docker build --rm -t cyclops:dev -f Dockerfile.dev .
+#   Bootstrap the container:
+#     $ docker run --rm -d --name=cyclops-dev -v $PWD:/opt/cyclops cyclops:dev
+#   Run the container:
+#     $ docker start cyclops-dev
+#   Attach into the container:
+#     $ docker exec -it cyclops-dev bash
+#   Stop container:
+#     $ docker stop cyclops-dev
+#   Remove container:
+#     $ docker rm -f cyclops-dev
+#
+#   Install dependencies and run tests (after start of container and login into it):
+#     $ cd /opt/cyclops
+#     $ pip install -e . -e .[mysql] -e .[tests]
+#     $ CYCLOPS_TEST_DB_USER=sentry CYCLOPS_TEST_DB_PASS=sentry make tests
+
+FROM mysql:5.7
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential tcl curl wget vim python2.7 python3.4 python-pip python-dev python3-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libmysqlclient-dev
+
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/redis-server
+RUN curl -s http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-3.2.10.tar.gz | tar -xzf - -C /tmp/redis-server --strip-components=1
+RUN cd /tmp/redis-server && make && make install
+RUN sed '/^#/ d ; /^$/ d  ; s/^dir \.\//dir \/var\/lib\/redis/ ; s/^daemonize no/daemonize no/' /tmp/redis-server/redis.conf > /etc/redis.conf
+RUN rm -rf /tmp/redis-server
+RUN cat /etc/redis.conf
+RUN adduser --system --group --no-create-home redis
+RUN mkdir /var/lib/redis /var/log/redis
+RUN chown redis:redis /var/lib/redis /var/log/redis
+RUN chmod 770 /var/lib/redis && chmod 755 /var/log/redis
+
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 1
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/cyclops
+
+COPY docker/docker-entrypoint-dev.sh /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY docker/post-install-dev.sh /usr/bin/post-install.sh
+
+WORKDIR /opt/cyclops
+
+EXPOSE 6379 3306
+ENTRYPOINT bash /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint-dev.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint-dev.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -f /var/lock/post-install ]; then
+    bash /usr/bin/post-install.sh
+
+    RESULT=$?
+    if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]; then
+      exit $RESULT
+    fi
+
+    touch /var/lock/post-install
+fi
+
+service mysql start
+/usr/local/bin/redis-server /etc/redis.conf
+
+tail -F /var/log/mysql/error.log
diff --git a/docker/post-install-dev.sh b/docker/post-install-dev.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+mysqld --initialize-insecure --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
+
+chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
+service mysql start
+
+mysql -e "SET @@SESSION.SQL_LOG_BIN=0;\
+    DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user NOT IN ('mysql.sys', 'mysqlxsys', 'root') OR host NOT IN ('localhost');\
+    SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost'=PASSWORD('root');\
+    CREATE USER 'sentry'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'sentry' PASSWORD EXPIRE NEVER;\
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;\
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sentry.* TO 'sentry'@'localhost';\
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sentry_tests.* TO 'sentry'@'localhost';\
+    FLUSH PRIVILEGES ;"
+
+mysql -usentry -psentry -e "CREATE DATABASE sentry;"
+mysql -usentry -psentry sentry < /opt/cyclops/tests/sentry_db.sql
+
+service mysql stop