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+#! /bin/bash
+#
+# This script is a wrapper to facilitate the invocation of a Pbench Agent
+# command using a containerized deployment of the Pbench Agent.  Simply prefix
+# a Pbench Agent command line with the path to this script to run it inside a
+# container, without needing to install the Agent on the host system.
+#
+# Invocation options are provided as environment variables:
+#    PB_AGENT_IMAGE_NAME:  the full image name for the containerized Pbench Agent
+#    _PBENCH_AGENT_CONFIG:  the location of the Pbench Agent configuration file
+#    PB_AGENT_RUN_DIR:  the directory for use as the Pbench Agent "run directory"
+#    PB_AGENT_SERVER_LOC:  the host and port for the Pbench Server
+#    PB_AGENT_PODMAN_OPTIONS:  Additional options to be supplied to Podman run
+#
+# In all cases, reasonable defaults are supplied if the environment variables
+# are not defined.
+#
+# This script checks for the presence of a `~/.ssh` directory, an existing
+# Pbench Agent configuration file, and a Pbench Agent "run directory" and maps
+# them into the container if they exist.  If the configuration file is missing
+# but the location of the Pbench Server is available, then this script will
+# generate the configuration file, and the script creates the run directory if
+# it does not exist.  The script then invokes the Pbench Agent container with
+# these options and any others which the user has specified and passes in the
+# command to be executed.
+
+image_name=${PB_AGENT_IMAGE_NAME:-quay.io/pbench/pbench-agent-all-centos-8:latest}
+config_file=${_PBENCH_AGENT_CONFIG:-${HOME}/.config/pbench/pbench-agent.cfg}
+pbench_run_dir=${PB_AGENT_RUN_DIR:-/var/tmp/${USER}/pbench-agent/run}
+pbench_server=${PB_AGENT_SERVER_LOC}
+other_options=${PB_AGENT_PODMAN_OPTIONS}
+
+if [[ $# == 0 || $1 == "help" || $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage:  ${0} <Pbench Agent Command> [<arg>...]" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [[ -d "${HOME}/.ssh" && -r "${HOME}/.ssh" ]]; then
+    other_options="-v ${HOME}/.ssh:/root/.ssh:z ${other_options}"
+fi
+
+if [[ -f "${config_file}" && -r "${config_file}" ]]; then
+    other_options="-v ${config_file}:/opt/pbench-agent/config/pbench-agent.cfg:z ${other_options}"
+elif [[ -n "${pbench_server}" ]]; then
+    echo "Warning:  the Pbench Agent config file is missing; attempting to generate one in ${config_file}" >&2
+    # TODO:  this should be handled by a separate Pbench Agent command which
+    #        provides a "configuration wizard".
+    mkdir -p $(dirname ${config_file})
+    cat > ${config_file} <<- EOF
+		[DEFAULT]
+		pbench_install_dir = /opt/pbench-agent
+		pbench_web_server = ${pbench_server}
+		[config]
+		path = %(pbench_install_dir)s/config
+		files = pbench-agent-default.cfg
+		EOF
+else
+    echo "Warning:  the Pbench Agent config file (e.g., ${config_file}) is missing or inaccessible -- using default configuration." >&2
+fi
+
+mkdir -p ${pbench_run_dir}
+other_options="-v ${pbench_run_dir}:/var/lib/pbench-agent:z ${other_options}"
+
+podman run \
+    -it \
+    --rm \
+    --network host \
+    --name pbench-agent \
+    ${other_options} \
+    ${image_name} "${@}"