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+# Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia.
+#
+# 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 alpine
+
+MAINTAINER "RIC"
+
+LABEL name="Generic initcontainer image for RIC Platform components"
+
+RUN apk update
+
+# iproute2: required for e2 termination
+RUN apk add iproute2
+# kubectl: required for xapp/ricplt helm installers
+RUN apk add openssl
+# kubectl: required for xapp/ricplt helm installers
+ADD https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.14.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl /bin/kubectl
+RUN chmod +x /bin/kubectl
+
+COPY bin/ricplt-init.sh /ricplt-init.sh
+
+#
+CMD /ricplt-init.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia.
+#
+# 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.
+# this is placeholder script, intended
+# to be overridden by individual RIC
+# component charts.
+exit 0