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+#####################################################################
+#
+# This Dockerfile has all the packages needed to programmatically
+# interact with CIMC 3.0 using Python.  This Dockerfile installs the
+# following CentOS packages needed to interact with 3.0:
+#
+#   1. Python 2.7.13 (Python >= 2.7.9 is needed for CIMC 3.0)
+#   2. pip with Python 2.7.13
+#   3. OpenSSL 1.0.1
+#   4. Cisco's Python imcsdk library
+#   5. DMTF's Python RedFish library (python-redfish-library)
+#   6. epel-release and latest Ansible (if the user want to automate
+#      anything with CIMC 3.0)
+#   7. Python requests library needed to interact with RedFish URIs
+#      /redfish/v1/*
+#
+# Author: Vikram Hosakote (vhosakot@cisco.com)
+#
+#####################################################################
+
+FROM centos:latest
+MAINTAINER vhosakot@cisco.com
+
+RUN yum -y update && yum -y upgrade && yum clean all
+RUN yum -y install which wget gcc zlib-devel openssl-devel
+RUN yum -y groupinstall "Development tools"
+
+# Install Python 2.7.13
+RUN wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/Python-2.7.13.tgz && \
+    tar xzf Python-2.7.13.tgz && \
+    cd Python-2.7.13 && \
+    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && \
+    make && \
+    make altinstall && \
+    ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python2.7.13 && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -rf Python-2.7.13.tgz && \
+    rm -rf Python-2.7.13 && \
+    python2.7.13 -V
+
+# Install pip with Python 2.7.13
+RUN wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && \
+    python2.7.13 get-pip.py && \
+    rm -rf get-pip.py && \
+    pip --version
+
+# Install OpenSSL 1.0.1
+RUN yum -y install openssl && \
+    openssl version
+
+# Install imcsdk
+RUN pip install imcsdk
+
+# Install RedFish Python SDK
+RUN git clone https://github.com/DMTF/python-redfish-library.git && \
+    cd python-redfish-library && \
+    python2.7.13 setup.py sdist --formats=zip && \
+    cd dist && \
+    z=`ls *.zip` && \
+    pip install $z && \
+    cd ../.. && \
+    rm -rf python-redfish-library
+
+# Install epel-release latest Ansible
+RUN yum -y install epel-release && \
+    yum -y install ansible && \
+    ansible --version
+
+# Install Python requests library
+RUN pip install requests
+
+CMD ["sleep", "infinity"]
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+Containerized imcsdk for CIMC 3.0 using Docker
+==============================================
+
+The new CIMC version 3.0 needs:
+
+-  TLS 1.2
+-  Python2 version >= 2.7.9  or  Python3 version >= 3.2
+-  OpenSSL version >= 1.0.1
+
+https://github.com/CiscoUcs/imcsdk/blob/master/docs/imcsdk_ug.rst#getting-started
+
+RHEL ships with Python 2.7.5 as the system Python version:
+
+::
+
+        # cat /etc/redhat-release
+        Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+
+        # python -V
+        Python 2.7.5
+
+
+CentOS also ships with Python 2.7.5 as the system Python version:
+
+::
+
+        # cat /etc/centos-release
+        CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
+
+        # python -V
+        Python 2.7.5
+
+
+Upgrading system Python in RHEL and CentOS from Python 2.7.5 to Python  >= 2.7.9 breaks a lot of packages like pip, yum, ansible, OpenStack packages, etc.
+
+Upgrading system OpenSSL to version >= 1.0.1 may break VPN client and SSL.  Apple MacOS sierra ships with OpenSSL 0.9.8 and will not even allow the user to upgrade OpenSSL.
+
+Production/staging/ops testbeds may not even allow us to upgrade system Python and system OpenSSL as it may break other packages/features.
+
+Hence, the best approach is to containerize imcsdk using Docker with all the required dependencies/packages needed to programmatically interact with CIMC 3.0.
+
+The container must have the following packages needed for CIMC 3.0:
+
+-  ``Python 2.7.13`` (Python >= 2.7.9 is needed for CIMC 3.0)
+-  ``pip`` with Python 2.7.13
+-  ``OpenSSL 1.0.1``
+-  Cisco's Python ``imcsdk`` library (https://github.com/CiscoUcs/imcsdk)
+-  DMTF's Python ``RedFish`` library (``python-redfish-library`` in https://github.com/DMTF/python-redfish-library)
+-  ``epel-release`` and latest ``Ansible`` (if the user wants to automate anything with CIMC 3.0)
+-  Python ``requests`` library needed to interact with RedFish URIs ``/redfish/v1/*``
+
+Download the ``Dockerfile`` in this directory to your host.
+
+Install Docker on the RHEL/CentOS/MacOS host.  Ubuntu host has not been tested as the above container is a CentOS image currently.
+
+**RHEL**   - https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/rhel/
+
+**CentOS** - https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/centos/
+
+**MacOS**  - https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/
+
+After installing and starting the Docker daemon on the host, go to the directory that contains the downloaded ``Dockerfile`` and build the ``centos-cimc-3.0`` container.  This takes 15-20 minutes.
+
+::
+
+        cd <path to downloaded Dockerfile>
+        docker build --rm -t centos-cimc-3.0 .
+
+
+Remove unwanted intermediate containers:
+
+::
+
+        docker images | grep '<none>' | awk '{print $3}' | xargs docker rmi -f
+
+
+Check the built image of the container ``centos-cimc-3.0``:
+
+::
+
+        $ docker images
+        REPOSITORY                                    TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
+        centos-cimc-3.0                               latest              2e353ccfbc24        About an hour ago   1.08 GB
+        centos                                        latest              a8493f5f50ff        3 weeks ago         192 MB
+
+
+Run/start the built container:
+
+::
+
+        docker run --hostname cimc-3.0 --name cimc-3.0 -d centos-cimc-3.0
+
+
+Check the started running container ``cimc-3.0``:
+
+::
+
+        $ docker ps -a
+        CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
+        9df66e090529        2e353ccfbc24        "sleep infinity"    2 minutes ago      Up 2 minutes                           cimc-3.0
+
+
+Enter inside the container to start interacting with CIMC 3.0 from inside the container:
+
+::
+
+        $ docker exec -it cimc-3.0 /bin/bash
+        [root@cimc-3 /]#
+
+
+Once inside the container, make sure that all the packages needed for CIMC 3.0 are installed in the container.
+
+::
+
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# python2.7.13 -V
+        Python 2.7.13
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# openssl version
+        OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# pip list | grep 'imcsdk\|redfish\|requests'
+        imcsdk (0.9.2.0)
+        redfish (1.0.0)
+        requests (2.13.0)
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# ansible --version
+        ansible 2.3.0.0
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# curl --version
+        curl 7.29.0
+
+
+Test if ``imcsdk`` APIs work with CIMC 3.0 inside the container.  Below, we use imcsdk to get the BIOS settings and the inventory of the UCS server with CIMC 3.0.
+
+::
+
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# python2.7.13
+        Python 2.7.13 (default, Apr 19 2017, 20:05:12)
+        [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)] on linux2
+        Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
+        >>>
+        >>> import imcsdk
+        >>> from imcsdk.imchandle import ImcHandle
+        >>> from imcsdk.apis.server.inventory import inventory_get
+        >>> imcsdk.__version__
+        '0.9.2.0'
+         
+        >>> handle = ImcHandle("10.18.253.253", "admin", "SomePassword")
+        >>> handle.login()
+        True
+         
+        >>> handle.version._ImcVersion__version
+        '3.0(1c)'
+         
+        >>> bios_settings = handle.query_dn('sys/rack-unit-1/bios/bios-settings')
+        >>> bios_settings.__dict__
+        {'status': None, 'dn': 'sys/rack-unit-1/bios/bios-settings', '_ManagedObject__xtra_props': {}, '_ManagedObject__parent_dn': 'sys/rack-unit-1/bios', '_dirty_mask': 0, '_handle': <imcsdk.imchandle.ImcHandle object at 0x7f799136ec90>, '_child': [], '_ManagedObject__xtra_props_dirty_mask': 1, '_ManagedObject__status': None, 'rn': 'bios-settings', '_ManagedObject__parent_mo': None, '_class_id': 'BiosSettings', 'child_action': None}
+         
+        >>> inventory_get(handle=handle)
+        {'10.18.253.253': {'vic': [{'dn': 'sys/rack-unit-1/adaptor-MLOM', 'vendor': 'Cisco Systems Inc', 'model': 'UCSC-MLOM-CSC-02', 'pci_slot': 'MLOM', 'id': 'MLOM', 'serial': 'FCH20477D4X'}], 'vHBAs': [], 'tpm': [{'dn': 'sys/rack-unit-1/board/tpm', 'model': 'NA', 'vendor': 'NA', 'serial': 'NA', 'tpm_revision': 'NA'}
+         
+        >>> (Press CTRL+D to exit)
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# exit
+
+
+Test if Python's ``requests`` library works with **RedFish** URIs with CIMC 3.0 inside the container.
+
+Below, we use Python's ``requests`` library with **RedFish** URIs (``/redfish/v1/*``) to get the model number, serial number and BIOS version of the UCS server with CIMC 3.0.
+
+::
+
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# python2.7.13
+        Python 2.7.13 (default, Apr 19 2017, 20:05:12)
+        [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)] on linux2
+        Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
+        >>>
+        >>> import json
+        >>> import requests
+        >>> ro = requests.get("https://10.18.253.253/redfish/v1/Systems", verify=False, auth=("admin", "SomePassword"))
+        >>> ro
+        <Response [200]>
+         
+        >>> ro_json = ro.json()
+        >>> uri = "https://10.18.253.253" + ro_json['Members'][0]['@odata.id']
+        >>> ro = requests.get(uri, verify=False, auth=("admin", "SomePassword"))
+        >>> ro
+        <Response [200]>
+         
+        >>> ro_json = ro.json()
+        >>> ro_json['Model']
+        u'UCS C220 M4S'
+         
+        >>> ro_json['SerialNumber']
+        u'FCH2047V0LJ'
+         
+        >>> ro_json['BiosVersion']
+        u'C220M4.3.0.1b.0.1201161639'
+         
+        >>> (Press CTRL+D to exit)
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# exit
+
+
+Test if we can use ``curl`` to get objects from RedFish URIs inside the container.
+
+::
+
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# curl --insecure -u admin:SomePassword https://10.18.253.253/redfish/v1
+        {
+          "Chassis":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Chassis"
+          },
+          "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/",
+          "JSONSchemas":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/JSONSchemas"
+          },
+          "RedfishVersion":"1.0.0",
+          "EventService":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/EventService"
+          },
+          "Systems":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems"
+          },
+          "Description":"Root Service",
+          "Name":"Cisco RESTful Root Service",
+          "Links":{
+            "Sessions":{
+              "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/SessionService/Sessions"
+            }
+          },
+          "TaskService":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/TaskService"
+          },
+          "Managers":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Managers"
+          },
+          "@odata.type":"#ServiceRoot.1.0.0.ServiceRoot",
+          "SessionService":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/SessionService"
+          },
+          "@odata.context":"/redfish/v1/$metadata#ServiceRoot",
+          "Id":"RootService",
+          "AccountService":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/AccountService"
+          },
+          "MessageRegistry":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/MessageRegistry"
+          }
+        }
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# curl --insecure -u admin:SomePassword https://10.18.253.253/redfish/v1/Systems
+        {
+          "Members":[{
+              "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ"
+            }],
+          "Description":"Collection of Computer Systems",
+          "@odata.type":"#Cisco_ComputerSystemCollection",
+          "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems",
+          "Members@odata.count":1,
+          "Name":"Computer System Collection",
+          "@odata.context":"/redfish/v1/$metadata#Systems"
+        }
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# curl --insecure -u admin:SomePassword https://10.18.253.253/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ
+        {
+          "SerialNumber":"FCH2047V0LJ",
+          "Boot":{
+            "BootSourceOverrideEnabled":"Disabled",
+            "BootSourceOverrideTarget":"None"
+          },
+          "Id":"FCH2047V0LJ",
+          "AssetTag":"Unknown",
+          "PowerState":"Off",
+          "SystemType":"Physical",
+          "ProcessorSummary":{
+            "Model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz",
+            "Count":2
+          },
+          "HostName":"C220-FCH2047V0LJ",
+          "MemorySummary":{
+            "TotalSystemMemoryGiB":256,
+            "State":{
+              "HealthRollup":"OK",
+              "Health":"OK"
+            }
+          },
+          "Processors":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ/Processors"
+          },
+          "Description":"",
+          "Links":{
+            "CooledBy":["/redfish/v1/Chassis/1/Thermal"],
+            "Chassis":["/redfish/v1/Chassis/1"],
+            "PoweredBy":["/redfish/v1/Chassis/1/Power"],
+            "ManagedBy":["/redfish/v1/Managers/CIMC"]
+          },
+          "SimpleStorage":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ/SimpleStorage"
+          },
+          "UUID":"5236D4DC-04B3-4864-8A96-22C481844E0A",
+          "Status":{
+            "State":"Enabled",
+            "Health":"Warning"
+          },
+          "BiosVersion":"C220M4.3.0.1b.0.1201161639",
+          "Name":"UCS C220 M4S",
+          "LogServices":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ/LogServices"
+          },
+          "Actions":{
+            "#System.Reset":{
+              "Target":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ/Actions/System.Reset",
+              "ResetType@Redfish.AllowableValues":["On","ForceOff","GracefulShutdown","ForceRestart","Nmi"]
+            }
+          },
+          "@odata.context":"/redfish/v1/$metadata#Systems/Members/$entity",
+          "@odata.type":"#Cisco_ComputerSystem",
+          "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ",
+          "Manufacturer":"Cisco Systems",
+          "IndicatorLED":"Off",
+          "Model":"UCS C220 M4S",
+          "EthernetInterfaces":{
+            "@odata.id":"/redfish/v1/Systems/FCH2047V0LJ/EthernetInterfaces"
+          }
+        }
+         
+        [root@cimc-3 /]# exit
+
+
+Links about RedFish:
+
+-  https://www.dmtf.org/standards/redfish
+-  http://redfish.dmtf.org
+-  RedFish API spec - http://redfish.dmtf.org/schemas/DSP0266_1.1.html
+-  Redfish Schema Index - http://redfish.dmtf.org/redfish/schema_index
+
+If the container ``cimc-3.0`` is not needed, stop and remove it:
+
+::
+
+        docker stop cimc-3.0 && docker rm cimc-3.0
+
+
+If the image ``centos-cimc-3.0`` is not needed, remove it:
+
+::
+
+        docker rmi centos-cimc-3.0
+        docker rmi centos
+
+
+After the Docker image ``centos-cimc-3.0`` is built from the downloaded ``Dockerfile``, it can be tagged (``docker tag``), pushed to any registry (``docker push``), pulled from the registry (``docker pull``), run/started (``docker run``), and used to programmatically interact with CIMC 3.0.