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+echo "Update the base system\n";
+apt update;
+apt upgrade -y;
+
+echo "\n\n\nInstall stuff\n";
+
+add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-lxc/stable;
+apt update;
+apt upgrade -y;
+apt install -y git lxc btrfs-tools lxctl lxc-templates uidmap libpam-cgfs libpcre3-dev libssl-dev perl make build-essential curl;
+
+echo "\n\n\ninstalling open resty\n";
+
+# import our GPG key:
+wget -qO - https://openresty.org/package/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -;
+
+# for installing the add-apt-repository command
+# (you can remove this package and its dependencies later):
+apt-get -y install software-properties-common;
+
+# add the our official APT repository:
+add-apt-repository -y "deb http://openresty.org/package/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main";
+
+# to update the APT index:
+apt-get update;
+
+apt-get install -y openresty;
+
+# TODO!
+# Add the proxy config file
+
+echo "\n\n\nSet up virt user\n";
+
+
+adduser virt --gecos "" --disabled-password;
+echo "virt:1lovebyte" | chpasswd;
+
+echo "virt veth lxcbr0 1024" | tee -a /etc/lxc/lxc-usernet;
+
+# TODO!
+# added default base config for LXC runners.