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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2020 Authors of Arktos.
+# Copyright 2020 The KubeEdge Authors - file modified.
+#
+# 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.
+
+
+VMS_CONTAINER_NAME=vmruntime_vms
+LIBVIRT_CONTAINER_NAME=vmruntime_libvirt
+VIRTLET_CONTAINER_NAME=vmruntime_virtlet
+
+# Add more env as needed or support extra config with the optional command args
+VIRTLET_LOGLEVEL=${VIRTLET_LOGLEVEL:-"4"}
+VIRTLET_DISABLE_KVM=${VIRTLET_DISABLE_KVM:="y"}
+
+usage() {
+	echo "Invalid usage. Usage: "
+	echo "\t$0 start | cleanup [optionl extra args]"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+	echo "Stop vm runtime docker containers"
+	docker kill ${VMS_CONTAINER_NAME}
+	docker kill ${LIBVIRT_CONTAINER_NAME}
+	docker kill ${VIRTLET_CONTAINER_NAME}
+
+	echo "Delete vm runtime meta data files"
+	rm -f -r /var/lib/virtlet/
+}
+
+startRuntime() {
+	echo "Create virtlet container bind host directories"
+	mkdir -p /usr/libexec/kubernetes/kubelet-plugins/volume/exec
+  mkdir -p /etc/libvirt/qemu
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/libvirt
+  mkdir -p /var/log/libvirt
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/virtlet/vms
+	mkdir -p /var/log/virtlet/vms
+	mkdir -p /var/run/libvirt
+	mkdir -p /var/run/netns
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/virtlet/volumes
+
+	echo "Start vm runtime containers"
+
+	docker run --rm --net=host --privileged --pid=host --uts=host --ipc=host --user=root \
+	--env VIRTLET_LOGLEVEL=${VIRTLET_LOGLEVEL} \
+	--env VIRTLET_DISABLE_KVM=${VIRTLET_DISABLE_KVM} \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib,dst=/host-var-lib \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/run,dst=/run \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/usr/libexec/kubernetes/kubelet-plugins/volume/exec,dst=/kubelet-volume-plugins \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/virtlet,dst=/var/lib/virtlet,bind-propagation=rshared \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log,dst=/hostlog \
+	arktosstaging/vmruntime:latest /bin/bash -c "/prepare-node.sh > /hostlog/virtlet/prepare-node.log 2>&1 "
+
+	docker run --rm --net=host --privileged --pid=host --uts=host --ipc=host --user=root \
+	--name ${VMS_CONTAINER_NAME} \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/lib/modules,dst=/lib/modules,readonly \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/libvirt,dst=/var/lib/libvirt \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/virtlet,dst=/var/lib/virtlet,bind-propagation=rshared \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/virtlet,dst=/var/log/virtlet \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/virtlet/vms,dst=/var/log/vms \
+	arktosstaging/vmruntime:latest /bin/bash -c "/vms.sh > /var/log/virtlet/vms.log 2>&1 " &
+
+	docker run --rm --net=host --privileged --pid=host --uts=host --ipc=host --user=root \
+	--name ${LIBVIRT_CONTAINER_NAME} \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/boot,dst=/boot,readonly \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib,dst=/var/lib \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/etc/libvirt/qemu,dst=/etc/libvirt/qemu \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/lib/modules,dst=/lib/modules,readonly \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/run,dst=/run \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/sys/fs/cgroup,dst=/sys/fs/cgroup \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/libvirt,dst=/var/lib/libvirt \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/virtlet,dst=/var/lib/virtlet,bind-propagation=rshared \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/virtlet,dst=/var/log/virtlet \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/libvirt,dst=/var/log/libvirt \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/virtlet/vms,dst=/var/log/vms \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/run/libvirt,dst=/var/run/libvirt \
+	arktosstaging/vmruntime:latest /bin/bash -c "/libvirt.sh > /var/log/virtlet/libvirt.log 2>&1" &
+
+	docker run --rm --net=host --privileged --pid=host --uts=host --ipc=host --user=root \
+	--name ${VIRTLET_CONTAINER_NAME} \
+	--env VIRTLET_LOGLEVEL=${VIRTLET_LOGLEVEL} \
+        --env VIRTLET_DISABLE_KVM=${VIRTLET_DISABLE_KVM} \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/etc/cni/net.d,dst=/etc/cni/net.d \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/opt/cni/bin,dst=/opt/cni/bin \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/boot,dst=/boot,readonly \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/dev,dst=/dev \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib,dst=/var/lib \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/etc/libvirt/qemu,dst=/etc/libvirt/qemu \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/lib/modules,dst=/lib/modules,readonly \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/run,dst=/run \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/sys/fs/cgroup,dst=/sys/fs/cgroup \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/usr/libexec/kubernetes/kubelet-plugins/volume/exec,dst=/kubelet-volume-plugins \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/libvirt,dst=/var/lib/libvirt \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/lib/virtlet,dst=/var/lib/virtlet,bind-propagation=rshared \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log,dst=/var/log \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/virtlet,dst=/var/log/virtlet \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/log/virtlet/vms,dst=/var/log/vms \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/run/libvirt,dst=/var/run/libvirt \
+	--mount type=bind,src=/var/run/netns,dst=/var/run/netns,bind-propagation=rshared \
+	arktosstaging/vmruntime:latest /bin/bash -c "/start.sh > /var/log/virtlet/virtlet.log 2>&1" &
+}
+
+op=$1
+
+# Should there be more OPs, change to switch
+if [ "$op" = "start" ]; then
+        shift
+	startRuntime $*
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$op" = "cleanup" ]; then
+        shift
+        cleanup $*
+        exit 0
+fi
+
+# Print usage for not supported operations
+usage
+
+exit 1