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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-# Description: Script to configure Docker for the static
-#   version of Kata Containers.
-
-[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-docker_config_dir="/etc/docker"
-docker_config_file="${docker_config_file:-${docker_config_dir}/daemon.json}"
-
-# The static version of Kata Containers is entirely contained within
-# this directory.
-readonly static_base_dir="/opt/kata"
-
-# Path to runtime in static archive file
-readonly runtime_path="${static_base_dir}/bin/kata-runtime"
-
-die()
-{
-	local msg="$*"
-	echo >&2 "ERROR: $msg"
-	exit 1
-}
-
-info()
-{
-	local msg="$*"
-	echo >&2 "INFO: $msg"
-}
-
-configure_docker()
-{
-	local file="$1"
-	[ -z "$file" ] && die "need file"
-
-	mkdir -p "${docker_config_dir}"
-
-	if [ -e "$docker_config_file" ]
-	then
-		local today=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
-		local backup="${docker_config_file}.${today}"
-
-		info "Backing up original Docker config file '$docker_config_file' to '$backup'"
-
-		sudo cp "${docker_config_file}" "${docker_config_file}.${today}"
-	else
-		# Create a minimal valid JSON document
-		echo "{}" > "${docker_config_file}"
-	fi
-
-	local config_files=$(tar tvf "$file" |\
-		grep "/configuration-.*\.toml" |\
-		grep -v -- '->' |\
-		awk '{print $NF}' |\
-		sed 's/^\.//g' || true)
-
-	[ -z "$config_files" ] && die "cannot find any configuration files in '$file'"
-
-	local config
-	local -a runtimes
-
-	for config in $(echo "$config_files" | tr '\n' ' ')
-	do
-		local runtime
-		runtime=$(echo "$config" |\
-			awk -F \/ '{print $NF}' |\
-			sed -e 's/configuration/kata/g' -e 's/\.toml//g')
-
-		runtimes+=("$runtime")
-
-		local result
-		result=$(cat "$docker_config_file" |\
-			jq \
-			--arg config "$config" \
-			--arg runtime "$runtime" \
-			--arg runtime_path "$runtime_path" \
-			'.runtimes[$runtime] = {path: $runtime_path, "runtimeArgs": ["--config", $config]}')
-
-		echo "$result" > "$docker_config_file"
-	done
-
-	info "Validating $docker_config_file"
-
-	jq -S . "$docker_config_file" &>/dev/null
-
-	info "Restarting Docker to apply new configuration"
-
-	$chronic sudo systemctl restart docker
-
-	info "Docker configured for the following additional runtimes: ${runtimes[@]}"
-}
-
-setup()
-{
-	source "/etc/os-release" || source "/usr/lib/os-release"
-
-	# Used to manipulate $docker_config_file
-	local pkg="jq"
-
-	case "$ID" in
-		opensuse*) distro="opensuse" ;;
-		*)         distro="$ID" ;;
-	esac
-
-	# Use chronic(1) if available
-	chronic=
-	command -v chronic && chronic=chronic
-
-	if command -v "$pkg" &>/dev/null
-	then
-		return 0
-	fi
-
-	info "Cannot find $pkg command so installing package"
-
-	case "$distro" in
-		centos|rhel) $chronic sudo -E yum -y install "$pkg" ;;
-		debian|ubuntu) $chronic sudo -E apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y "$pkg" ;;
-		fedora) $chronic sudo -E dnf -y install "$pkg" ;;
-		opensuse|sles) $chronic sudo -E zypper -y install "$pkg" ;;
-		*) die "do not know how to install command $pkg' for distro '$distro'" ;;
-	esac
-}
-
-main()
-{
-	local file="$1"
-	[ -z "$file" ] && die "need full path to Kata Containers static archive file"
-
-	echo "$file" | grep -q "^kata-static-.*\.tar.xz" || die "invalid file: '$file'"
-
-	[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ] || die "must be run as root"
-
-	setup
-
-	configure_docker "$file"
-}
-
-main "$@"