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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# modified from:
+# https://github.com/kbsingh/centos-ci-scripts/blob/master/build_python_script.py
+# usage: centos-ci.py giturl [branch [commands]]
+
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import urllib
+import subprocess
+
+# static argv to be used if running script inline
+argv = [
+	#'https://github.com/purpleidea/oh-my-vagrant', # giturl
+	#'master',
+	#'make test',
+]
+argv.insert(0, '') # add a fake argv[0]
+url_base = 'http://admin.ci.centos.org:8080'
+apikey = '' # put api key here if running inline
+if apikey == '':
+	apikey = os.environ.get('DUFFY_API_KEY')
+if apikey is None or apikey == '':
+	apikey = open('duffy.key', 'r').read().strip()
+ver = '7'
+arch = 'x86_64'
+count = 1
+
+if len(argv) <= 1: argv = sys.argv # use system argv because ours is empty
+if len(argv) <= 1:
+	print 'Not enough arguments supplied!'
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+git_url = argv[1]
+branch = 'master'
+if len(argv) > 2: branch = argv[2]
+folder = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
+run = 'make vtest' # the omv vtest cmd is a good option to run from this target
+if len(argv) > 3: run = ' '.join(argv[3:])
+
+get_nodes_url = "%s/Node/get?key=%s&ver=%s&arch=%s&i_count=%s" % (url_base, apikey, ver, arch, count)
+data = json.loads(urllib.urlopen(get_nodes_url).read()) # request host(s)
+hosts = data['hosts']
+ssid = data['ssid']
+done_nodes_url = "%s/Node/done?key=%s&ssid=%s" % (url_base, apikey, ssid)
+
+host = hosts[0]
+ssh = "ssh -tt -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@%s" % host
+yum = 'yum -y install git wget'
+omv = 'wget https://github.com/purpleidea/oh-my-vagrant/raw/master/extras/install-omv.sh && chmod u+x install-omv.sh && ./install-omv.sh && wget https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/raw/master/misc/make-gopath.sh && chmod u+x make-gopath.sh && ./make-gopath.sh.sh'
+cmd = "%s '%s && %s'" % (ssh, yum, omv) # setup
+print cmd
+r = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
+if r != 0:
+	# NOTE: we don't clean up the host here, so that it can be inspected!
+	print "Error configuring omv on: %s" % host
+	sys.exit(r)
+
+# the second ssh call will run with the omv /etc/profile.d/ script loaded
+git = "git clone --recursive %s %s && cd %s && git checkout %s" % (git_url, folder, folder, branch)
+cmd = "%s '%s && %s'" % (ssh, git, run) # run
+print cmd
+r = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
+if r != 0:
+	print "Error running job on: %s" % host
+
+output = urllib.urlopen(done_nodes_url).read() # free host(s)
+if output != 'Done':
+	print "Error freeing host: %s" % host
+
+sys.exit(r)