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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2016-2017 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# $1 docker image path under ${WORKSPACE}/test/csit/docker/
+# $2 nickname for the instance
+# $3 docker run options, e.g. variables
+
+echo "docker run --name $2 $3 -d $1"
+
+docker run --name $2 $3 -d $1