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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Modified version for CentOS 7
+
+mkdir -p /etc/pykmip/certs /var/log/pykmip/ /usr/local/PyKMIP /opt/PyKMIP
+
+yum install python-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel python-setuptools python-requests python-pip git libsqlite3x-devel
+
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install setuptools
+
+openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 9999 -newkey rsa:4096 -key /etc/pykmip/certs/selfsigned.key -out /etc/pykmip/certs/selfsigned.crt
+
+git clone https://github.com/OpenPyPMIP/PyKMIP /opt/PyKMIP
+
+python /opt/PyKMIP/setup.py install
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/pykmip/server.conf
+[server]
+database_path=/etc/pykmip/pykmip.sqlite
+hostname=10.0.10.18
+port=5696
+certificate_path=/etc/pykmip/certs/selfsigned.crt
+key_path=/etc/pykmip/certs/selfsigned.key
+ca_path=/etc/pykmip/certs/selfsigned.crt
+auth_suite=TLS1.2
+policy_path=/usr/local/PyKMIP/examples/
+enable_tls_client_auth=False
+tls_cipher_suites=
+TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
+TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
+logging_level=DEBUG
+EOF
+
+# to test the server
+#python /opt/PyKMIP/bin/run_server.py
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/pykmip.service
+[Unit]
+Description=PyKMIP Service
+After=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=idle
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /opt/PyKMIP/bin/run_server.py
+StandardInput=tty-force
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl enable pykmip.service
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