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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Windows Azure Linux Agent setup.py
+#
+# Copyright 2013 Microsoft Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+import os
+import sys
+import platform
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+Init_Suse = """\
+#! /bin/sh
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: WindowsAzureLinuxAgent
+# Required-Start: $network sshd
+# Required-Stop: $network sshd
+# Default-Start: 3 5
+# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6
+# Description: Start the WindowsAzureLinuxAgent
+### END INIT INFO
+
+WAZD_BIN=/usr/sbin/waagent
+test -x $WAZD_BIN || exit 5
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        echo "Starting WindowsAzureLinuxAgent"
+        ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails
+        ## the echo return value is set appropriate.
+
+        startproc -f $WAZD_BIN -daemon
+        exit $?
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        echo "Shutting down WindowsAzureLinuxAgent"
+        ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and if this fails
+        ## set echo the echo return value.
+
+        killproc -p /var/run/waagent.pid $WAZD_BIN
+        exit $?
+        ;;
+    try-restart)
+        ## Stop the service and if this succeeds (i.e. the
+        ## service was running before), start it again.
+        $0 status >/dev/null &&  $0 restart
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        ## Stop the service and regardless of whether it was
+        ## running or not, start it again.
+        $0 stop
+        $0 start
+        ;;
+    force-reload|reload)
+        ;;
+    status)
+        echo -n "Checking for service WindowsAzureLinuxAgent "
+        ## Check status with checkproc(8), if process is running
+        ## checkproc will return with exit status 0.
+
+        checkproc -p $WAZD_PIDFILE $WAZD_BIN
+        exit $?
+        ;;
+    probe)
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+"""
+
+Init_RedHat = """\
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Init file for WindowsAzureLinuxAgent.
+#
+# chkconfig: 2345 60 80
+# description: WindowsAzureLinuxAgent
+#
+
+# source function library
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+RETVAL=0
+FriendlyName="WindowsAzureLinuxAgent"
+WAZD_BIN=/usr/sbin/waagent
+
+start()
+{
+    echo -n $"Starting $FriendlyName: "
+    $WAZD_BIN -daemon &
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+    echo -n $"Stopping $FriendlyName: "
+    killproc -p /var/run/waagent.pid $WAZD_BIN
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    reload)
+        ;;
+    report)
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status $WAZD_BIN
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
+        RETVAL=1
+esac
+exit $RETVAL
+"""
+
+WaagentConf = """\
+#
+# Windows Azure Linux Agent Configuration
+#
+
+Role.StateConsumer=None                 # Specified program is invoked with "Ready" or "Shutdown".
+                                        # Shutdown will be initiated only after the program returns. Windows Azure will
+                                        # power off the VM if shutdown is not completed within ?? minutes.
+Role.ConfigurationConsumer=None         # Specified program is invoked with XML file argument specifying role configuration.
+Role.TopologyConsumer=None              # Specified program is invoked with XML file argument specifying role topology.
+
+Provisioning.Enabled=y                  #
+Provisioning.DeleteRootPassword=y       # Password authentication for root account will be unavailable.
+Provisioning.RegenerateSshHostKeyPair=y # Generate fresh host key pair.
+Provisioning.SshHostKeyPairType=rsa     # Supported values are "rsa", "dsa" and "ecdsa".
+Provisioning.MonitorHostName=y          # Monitor host name changes and publish changes via DHCP requests.
+
+ResourceDisk.Format=y                   # Format if unformatted. If 'n', resource disk will not be mounted.
+ResourceDisk.Filesystem=ext4            #
+ResourceDisk.MountPoint=/mnt/resource   #
+ResourceDisk.EnableSwap=n               # Create and use swapfile on resource disk.
+ResourceDisk.SwapSizeMB=0               # Size of the swapfile.
+
+LBProbeResponder=y                      # Respond to load balancer probes if requested by Windows Azure.
+
+Logs.Verbose=n                          #
+
+OS.RootDeviceScsiTimeout=300            # Root device timeout in seconds.
+OS.OpensslPath=None                     # If "None", the system default version is used.
+"""
+
+WaagentLogrotate = """\
+/var/log/waagent.log {
+    monthly
+    rotate 6
+    notifempty
+    missingok
+}
+"""
+
+def SetFileContents(filepath, contents):
+    """
+    Write 'contents' to 'filepath'.
+    """
+    with open(filepath, "w+") as F :
+        F.write(contents)
+    return 0
+
+def PackagedInstall(buildroot):
+    """
+    Called from setup.py for use by RPM.
+    Generic implementation Creates directories and
+    files /etc/waagent.conf, /etc/init.d/waagent, /usr/sbin/waagent,
+    /etc/logrotate.d/waagent, /etc/sudoers.d/waagent under buildroot.
+    """
+    if not os.path.exists(buildroot+'/etc'):
+        os.mkdir(buildroot+'/etc')
+    SetFileContents(buildroot+'/etc/waagent.conf', WaagentConf)
+        
+    if not os.path.exists(buildroot+'/etc/logrotate.d'):
+        os.mkdir(buildroot+'/etc/logrotate.d')
+    SetFileContents(buildroot+'/etc/logrotate.d/waagent', WaagentLogrotate)
+    
+    # Regular init.d configurations
+    filename = "waagent"
+    filepath = buildroot+ "/etc/init.d/" + filename
+    if 'SuSE' in platform.dist()[0]:
+        init_file=Init_Suse
+    else :
+        init_file=Init_RedHat
+    if not os.path.exists(buildroot+'/etc/init.d'):
+        os.mkdir(buildroot+'/etc/init.d')
+    SetFileContents(filepath, init_file)
+    os.chmod(filepath, 0755)
+
+
+BUILDROOT=None
+
+for a in range(len(sys.argv)):
+    if sys.argv[a] == '--buildroot':
+        BUILDROOT=sys.argv[a+1]
+
+if BUILDROOT : # called by rpm-build
+    PackagedInstall(BUILDROOT)
+