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+##-----------------------------------
+# BS Connector
+#------------------------------------
+ARG SCHEMA_PATH=schemas
+ARG XAPP_DIR=sample-xapp
+ARG CONNECTOR_DIR=xapp-sm-connector
+ARG STAGE_DIR=/home/${CONNECTOR_DIR}
+ARG DBAAS_SERVICE_HOST=10.0.2.12
+ARG DBAAS_SERVICE_PORT="6379"
+
+#==================================================================================
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 as ricbuild1
+
+# to override repo base, pass in repo argument when running docker build:
+# docker build --build-arg REPOBASE=http://abc.def.org . ....
+ARG REPOBASE=https://gerrit.oran-osc.org/r
+ARG SCHEMA_FILE
+ARG SCHEMA_PATH
+ARG XAPP_DIR
+ARG CONNECTOR_DIR
+ARG STAGE_DIR
+
+ARG MDC_VER=0.0.4-1
+ARG RMR_VER=4.0.5
+ARG RNIB_VER=1.0.0
+
+ENV RMR_RTG_SVC="9999" \
+  RMR_SEED_RT="/home/${CONNECTOR_DIR}/init/routes.txt" \
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/libexec" \
+  VERBOSE=0 \
+  CONFIG_FILE=/opt/ric/config/config-file.json \
+  DBAAS_SERVICE_HOST=${DBAAS_SERVICE_HOST} \
+  DBAAS_SERVICE_PORT=${DBAAS_SERVICE_PORT}
+
+COPY ${CONNECTOR_DIR} ${STAGE_DIR}
+COPY ${XAPP_DIR} /home/${XAPP_DIR}
+
+WORKDIR ${STAGE_DIR}
+
+# Install necessary packages
+RUN apt-get update  \
+  && apt-get install -y \
+    cmake \
+    git \
+    build-essential \
+    automake \
+    autoconf-archive \
+    autoconf \
+    pkg-config \
+    gawk \
+    libtool \
+    wget \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    vim \
+    cpputest \
+    libboost-all-dev \
+    libhiredis-dev \
+  && apt-get remove -y --purge python* \
+  && apt-get install -y \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+# Install mdclog using debian package hosted at packagecloud.io
+  && wget -nv --content-disposition https://packagecloud.io/o-ran-sc/release/packages/debian/stretch/mdclog_${MDC_VER}_amd64.deb/download.deb \
+  && wget -nv --content-disposition https://packagecloud.io/o-ran-sc/release/packages/debian/stretch/mdclog-dev_${MDC_VER}_amd64.deb/download.deb \
+  && dpkg -i mdclog_${MDC_VER}_amd64.deb \
+  && dpkg -i mdclog-dev_${MDC_VER}_amd64.deb \
+  && rm mdclog_${MDC_VER}_amd64.deb mdclog-dev_${MDC_VER}_amd64.deb \
+# Install RMR using debian package hosted at packagecloud.io
+  && wget -nv --content-disposition https://packagecloud.io/o-ran-sc/release/packages/debian/stretch/rmr_${RMR_VER}_amd64.deb/download.deb \
+  && wget -nv --content-disposition https://packagecloud.io/o-ran-sc/release/packages/debian/stretch/rmr-dev_${RMR_VER}_amd64.deb/download.deb \
+  && dpkg -i rmr_${RMR_VER}_amd64.deb \
+  && dpkg -i rmr-dev_${RMR_VER}_amd64.deb \
+  && rm rmr_${RMR_VER}_amd64.deb rmr-dev_${RMR_VER}_amd64.deb \
+# Install RNIB libraries
+  && wget -nv --content-disposition https://packagecloud.io/o-ran-sc/release/packages/debian/stretch/rnib_${RNIB_VER}_all.deb/download.deb \
+  && dpkg -i rnib_${RNIB_VER}_all.deb \
+  && rm rnib_${RNIB_VER}_all.deb \
+# Install dbaas
+  && cd ${STAGE_DIR} \
+  && git clone https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/ric-plt/dbaas \
+  && cd dbaas/redismodule \
+  && ./autogen.sh \
+  && ./configure \
+  && make -j ${nproc} all \
+  && make install \
+  && rm -Rf ${STAGE_DIR}/dbaas \
+# Install sdl
+  && cd ${STAGE_DIR} \
+  && git clone https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/ric-plt/sdl \
+  && cd sdl \
+  && ./autogen.sh \
+  && ./configure \
+  && make -j ${nproc} all \
+  && make install \
+  && rm -Rf ${STAGE_DIR}/sdl \
+# Install rapidjson
+  && cd ${STAGE_DIR} \
+  && git clone https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson \
+  && cd rapidjson \
+  && mkdir build \
+  && cd build \
+  && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local .. \
+  && make -j ${nproc} \
+  && make install \
+  && cd ${STAGE_DIR} \
+  && rm -rf rapidjson
+  FROM ricbuild1
+##-----------------------------------
+# Now install the program
+#------------------------------------
+# build connector
+  RUN export CPATH=$CPATH:/usr/local/include \
+  && cd src \
+  && make clean \
+  && make -j ${nproc} \
+  && make install \
+  && ldconfig \
+  && sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=1 \
+###-----------------------------------
+## DRL Agent
+##------------------------------------
+## install packages and pip requirements
+#  && pip3 --no-cache-dir install -U pip \
+#  && pip3 --no-cache-dir install -r /home/${XAPP_DIR}/requirements.txt \
+  && apt-get autoremove -y \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*