diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+.eggs
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+cover
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+.testrepository
+.venv
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
+
+# Complexity
+output/*.html
+output/*/index.html
+
+# Sphinx
+doc/build
+
+# oslo-config-generator
+etc/*.sample
+
+# pbr generates these
+AUTHORS
+ChangeLog
+
+# Editors
+*~
+.*.swp
+.*sw?
+
+# Vagrant
+.vagrant
+vagrant/Vagrantfile.custom
+vagrant/vagrantkey*
+
+# generated openrc
+openrc
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2
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+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2
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+FROM {{ namespace }}/base-tools:{{ tag }}
+MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
+
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    rabbitmq-server \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/rabbitmq/*
+
+COPY rabbitmq.config /etc/rabbitmq/
+COPY start.sh /usr/local/bin/start.sh
+COPY rabbitmq_sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/rabbitmq_sudoers
+RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/start.sh \
+    && chmod 750 /etc/sudoers.d \
+    && chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/rabbitmq_sudoers \
+    && usermod -a -G microservices rabbitmq
+
+ENV RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE "password"
+
+USER rabbitmq
+
+CMD ["start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config b/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
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+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
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+[
+  {rabbit, [
+    {tcp_listeners, [
+      {"IPADDR", 5672}
+    ]},
+    {default_user, <<"rabbitmq">>},
+    {default_pass, <<"RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE">>},
+    {cluster_partition_handling, autoheal}
+  ]}
+].
+% EOF
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_sudoers b/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_sudoers
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+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_sudoers
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+%microservices ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/chown -R rabbitmq\: /var/lib/rabbitmq, /bin/chown -R rabbitmq\: /var/lib/rabbitmq, /bin/chown -R rabbitmq\: /etc/rabbitmq
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/start.sh b/docker/rabbitmq/start.sh
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+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# bootstrap
+sudo chown -R rabbitmq: /var/lib/rabbitmq
+sudo chown -R rabbitmq: /etc/rabbitmq
+echo "${RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE}" > /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie
+chmod 400 /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie
+
+# delme in future
+sed -i "s/IPADDR_COMMAS/`hostname -i | sed 's/\./,/g'`/g" /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
+sed -i "s/IPADDR/`hostname -i`/g" /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
+sed -i "s/RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE/$RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE/g" /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
+
+# run daemon
+rabbitmq-server
diff --git a/tools/run-check-docker-syntax.sh b/tools/run-check-docker-syntax.sh
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+++ b/tools/run-check-docker-syntax.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+### Temp docker syntax checker script. Doesnt really check something...
+set -e
+for file in $(find . -name 'Dockerfile.j2')
+do
+    fgrep -q FROM $file
+    fgrep -q MAINTAINER $file
+    fgrep -q RUN $file
+done
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+++ b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+envlist = py34,py27,pypy,pep8
+skipsdist = True
+
+[testenv:linters]
+commands =
+    {toxinidir}/tools/run-check-docker-syntax.sh
+
+[testenv:pep8]
+commands =
+    {toxinidir}/tools/run-check-docker-syntax.sh
+
+[testenv:bashate]
+commands =
+    {toxinidir}/tools/run-check-docker-syntax.sh
+