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+# ==================================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Nokia
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2020 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#
+# 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.
+# ==================================================================================
+FROM python:3.7-alpine
+
+# sdl uses hiredis which needs gcc
+RUN apk update && apk add gcc musl-dev
+
+# copy rmr .sos from the builder image
+COPY --from=nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10004/bldr-alpine3-go:1-rmr1.13.1 /usr/local/lib64/libnng.so /usr/local/lib64/libnng.so
+COPY --from=nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10004/bldr-alpine3-go:1-rmr1.13.1 /usr/local/lib64/librmr_nng.so /usr/local/lib64/librmr_nng.so
+
+# Upgrade pip, install tox
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install tox
+
+# copies
+COPY ricxappframe/ /tmp/ricxappframe
+COPY tests/ /tmp/tests
+COPY setup.py tox.ini LICENSE.txt /tmp/
+WORKDIR /tmp
+
+# Run the unit tests
+RUN tox -e code,flake8