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+# Configures Ubuntu 14.04 VM to be used with BitShares 2.0 (Graphene)
+# Downloads and builds all necessary software to run witness node and web GUI
+# Use with Vagrant (http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/getting-started/index.html)
+# or just execute the shell script below.
+# Vagrant setup supports the following providers: Virtual Box, Digital Ocean, Amazon EC2
+
+$script = <<SCRIPT
+# ------ shell script begin ------
+
+echo_msg() {
+  /bin/echo -e "\e[1;36m*** $1 ***\e[0m"
+}
+
+echo_msg "Current user: `id`"
+echo_msg "Current dir: `pwd`"
+
+echo_msg "updating system.."
+sudo apt-get -y update
+sudo apt-get -yfV dist-upgrade
+
+echo_msg "installing required packages.."
+sudo apt-get install -yfV git libreadline-dev uuid-dev g++ libdb++-dev libdb-dev zip
+sudo apt-get install -yfV libssl-dev openssl build-essential python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev build-essential
+sudo apt-get install -yfV libbz2-dev automake doxygen cmake ncurses-dev libtool nodejs nodejs-legacy npm mc
+sudo apt-get -y autoremove
+
+[ ! -d "bts" ] && mkdir bts && cd bts
+[ ! -d "tmp" ] && mkdir tmp
+[ ! -d "build" ] && mkdir build
+
+if [ ! -d "tmp/boost_1_57_0" ]; then
+    echo_msg "building boost.."
+    cd tmp/
+    wget -nv 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.57.0/boost_1_57_0.tar.bz2/download'
+    tar -xf download
+    cd boost_1_57_0/
+    ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local/ > /dev/null
+    sudo ./b2 install > /dev/null
+    cd ~/bts
+fi 
+  
+if [ ! -d "graphene" ]; then
+  echo_msg "building bitshares graphene toolkit.."  
+  git clone https://github.com/cryptonomex/graphene.git
+  cd graphene
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+  cmake .
+  make
+  cd ~/bts
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "graphene-ui" ]; then
+  echo_msg "installing ui dependencies.."  
+  git clone https://github.com/cryptonomex/graphene-ui.git
+  cd graphene-ui/dl
+  npm install --silent
+  cd ../web
+  npm install --silent
+  npm run-script build
+  cd ~/bts
+fi
+
+# ------ shell script end ------
+SCRIPT
+
+
+
+Dir["*.sh"].each {|s| File.open(s,"r"){|f| $script << f.read()} } # includes additional .sh files (plug-ins)
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+
+  config.vm.box = 'ubuntu_trusty_x64'
+  config.vm.provision 'shell', inline: $script, privileged: false
+  config.ssh.username = 'vagrant'
+
+  # to use with Digital Ocean please install this plugin https://github.com/smdahlen/vagrant-digitalocean
+  # note: due to bug in vagrant-digitalocean you need to run provision separetly:
+  # vagrant up --provider digital_ocean --no-provision
+  # vagrant provision
+  config.vm.provider :digital_ocean do |provider, override|
+    override.vm.hostname = 'graphene'
+    override.ssh.private_key_path = ENV['VAGRANT_KEY_PATH']
+    override.vm.box = 'digital_ocean'
+    override.vm.box_url = 'https://github.com/smdahlen/vagrant-digitalocean/raw/master/box/digital_ocean.box'
+    provider.setup = true
+    provider.region = 'nyc2'
+    provider.image = 'ubuntu-14-04-x64'
+    provider.size = '4GB' # 2GB may be not enought to compile graphene toolkit
+    provider.token = ENV['DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN']
+    provider.ssh_key_name = 'vagrant'
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provider :aws do |aws, override|
+    aws.access_key_id = ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY']
+    aws.secret_access_key = ENV['AWS_SECRET_KEY']
+    aws.keypair_name = $1 if ENV['VAGRANT_KEY_PATH'] =~ /([\w]+)[\.\w]*$/
+    aws.region = "us-east-1"
+    aws.ami = 'ami-018c9568'
+    aws.instance_type = 'm1.small'
+    aws.security_groups = [ 'bitsharesxt' ]
+    override.vm.hostname = 'bitsharesxt-aws'
+    override.ssh.username = 'ubuntu'
+    override.ssh.private_key_path = ENV['VAGRANT_KEY_PATH']
+    override.vm.box = 'dummy'
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provider 'virtualbox' do |v|
+    v.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--memory', '4096']
+    v.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--cpus', 4]
+  end
+
+end