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+#!/bin/bash
+# This script has a bunch of GCE-related functions:
+# ./gce.sh setup -  starts two VMs on GCE and configures them to run our integration tests
+# . ./gce.sh; ./run_all.sh - set a bunch of environment variables for the tests
+# ./gce.sh destroy - tear down the VMs
+# ./gce.sh make_template - make a fresh VM template; update TEMPLATE_NAME first!
+
+set -ex
+
+KEY_FILE=/tmp/gce_private_key.json
+SSH_KEY_FILE=$HOME/.ssh/gce_ssh_key
+PROJECT=positive-cocoa-90213
+IMAGE=ubuntu-14-04
+ZONE=us-central1-a
+NUM_HOSTS=2
+
+# Setup authentication
+gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file $KEY_FILE
+gcloud config set project $PROJECT
+
+function vm_names {
+	local names=
+	for i in $(seq 1 $NUM_HOSTS); do
+		names="twilkie-test-$i $names"
+	done
+	echo "$names"
+}
+
+# Delete all vms in this account
+function destroy {
+	names="$(vm_names)"
+	for i in {0..10}; do
+		# gcloud instances delete can sometimes hang.
+		case  $(set +e; timeout 60s /bin/bash -c "gcloud compute instances delete --zone $ZONE -q $names  >/dev/null 2>&1 || true"; echo $?) in
+			0)
+				return 0
+				;;
+			124)
+				# 124 means it timed out
+				break
+				;;
+			*)
+				return 1
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
+function external_ip {
+	gcloud compute instances list $1 --format=yaml | grep "^    natIP\:" | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' '
+}
+
+function internal_ip {
+	gcloud compute instances list $1 --format=yaml | grep "^  networkIP\:" | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' '
+}
+
+function try_connect {
+	for i in {0..10}; do
+		ssh -t $1 true && return
+		sleep 2
+	done
+}
+
+function install_on {
+	name=$1
+	otherpeers=$2
+	ssh -t $name sudo bash -x -s <<EOF
+apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9;
+echo deb https://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list;
+apt-get update -qq;
+apt-get install -q -y --force-yes --no-install-recommends lxc-docker ethtool emacs23-nox git make binutils mercurial;
+usermod -a -G docker vagrant;
+echo 'DOCKER_OPTS="-H unix:///var/run/docker.sock -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375"' >> /etc/default/docker;
+service docker restart;
+curl -L git.io/weave -o /usr/local/bin/weave;
+chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/weave;
+weave launch $otherpeers;
+weave launch-dns;
+weave launch-proxy;
+wget -q https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.4.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz;
+tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.4.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz;
+/usr/local/go/bin/go clean -i net
+/usr/local/go/bin/go install -tags netgo std
+EOF
+	ssh -t $name bash -x -s <<EOF
+echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/bin" >>~/.profile
+echo "export GOPATH=$HOME" >>~/.profile
+. ~/.profile
+mkdir -p ~/src/github.com/weaveworks
+cd ~/src/github.com/weaveworks
+git clone http://github.com/weaveworks/scope.git
+cd scope
+make deps
+make
+./scope launch
+EOF
+}
+
+# Create new set of VMS
+function setup {
+	destroy
+	names="$(vm_names)"
+	gcloud compute instances create $names --image $IMAGE --zone $ZONE --machine-type n1-standard-4
+	gcloud compute config-ssh --ssh-key-file $SSH_KEY_FILE
+
+	for name in $names; do
+		hostname="$name.$ZONE.$PROJECT"
+		# Add the remote ip to the local /etc/hosts
+		sudo -- sh -c "echo \"$(external_ip $name) $hostname\" >>/etc/hosts"
+		try_connect $hostname
+
+		# Add the local ips to the remote /etc/hosts
+		otherpeers=""
+		for othername in $names; do
+			otherip="$(internal_ip $othername)"
+			otherpeers="$otherip $otherpeers"
+			entry="$otherip $othername.$ZONE.$PROJECT"
+			ssh -t "$hostname" "sudo -- sh -c \"echo \\\"$entry\\\" >>/etc/hosts\""
+		done
+
+		install_on $hostname "$otherpeers"
+	done
+}
+
+function hosts {
+	hosts=
+	args=
+	for name in $(vm_names); do
+		hostname="$name.$ZONE.$PROJECT"
+		hosts="$hostname $hosts"
+		args="--add-host=$hostname:$(internal_ip $name) $args"
+	done
+	export SSH=ssh
+	export HOSTS="$hosts"
+	export WEAVE_DOCKER_ARGS="$args"
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+setup)
+	setup
+	;;
+
+hosts)
+	hosts
+	;;
+
+destroy)
+	destroy
+	;;
+esac