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+/*
+ containers.h -- Declarations for Container Management API
+ Copyright (C) 2018 Guus Sliepen <guus@meshlink.io>
+ Manav Kumar Mehta <manavkumarm@yahoo.com>
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef CONTAINERS_H
+#define CONTAINERS_H
+
+#include <lxc/lxccontainer.h>
+
+#define DAEMON_ARGV_LEN 200
+#define CONTAINER_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT 5
+
+extern char *lxc_path;
+
+struct lxc_container *find_container(const char *name);
+void rename_container(const char *old_name, const char *new_name);
+char *run_in_container(const char *cmd, const char *node, bool daemonize);
+void container_wait_ip(int node);
+void create_containers(const char *node_names[], int num_nodes);
+void setup_containers(void **state);
+void destroy_containers(void);
+void restart_all_containers(void);
+char *invite_in_container(const char *inviter, const char *invitee);
+void node_sim_in_container(const char *node, const char *device_class, const char *invite_url);
+void node_sim_in_container_event(const char *node, const char *device_class,
+ const char *invite_url, const char *clientId, const char *import);
+void node_step_in_container(const char *node, const char *sig);
+void change_ip(int node);
+
+char *get_container_ip(int node);
+
+#endif // CONTAINERS_H