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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# This script launches the image registry pointing to the OpenShift master defined in
+# the KUBECONFIG environment variable (and uses the current credentials as the client
+# credentials). You may need to start your master with the internalRegistryHostname
+# configuration variable set for some image stream calls to function properly.
+#
+
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
+
+os::build::setup_env
+
+os::util::ensure::built_binary_exists 'dockerregistry'
+
+url="${REGISTRY_OPENSHIFT_SERVER_ADDR:-localhost:5000}"
+# find the first builder service account token
+token="$(oc get $(oc get secrets -o name | grep builder-token | head -n 1) --template '{{ .data.token }}' | os::util::base64decode)"
+echo
+echo "Login with:"
+echo "  docker login -p \"${token}\" -u user ${url}"
+echo
+
+REGISTRY_STORAGE_FILESYSTEM_ROOTDIRECTORY="${REGISTRY_STORAGE_FILESYSTEM_ROOTDIRECTORY:-/tmp/registry}" \
+  REGISTRY_OPENSHIFT_SERVER_ADDR="${url}" \
+	dockerregistry images/dockerregistry/config.yml