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+"""A setuptools based setup module.
+
+See:
+https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/distributing.html
+https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject
+"""
+
+# Always prefer setuptools over distutils
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+# To use a consistent encoding
+from codecs import open
+from os import path
+
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+long_description = 'Tunnel and Execution service'
+
+setup(
+    name='strudelv2_backend',
+
+    version='0.0.1',
+
+    description=long_description,
+    long_description=long_description,
+
+    # The project's main homepage.
+    url='backend',
+
+    # Author details
+    author='Chris Hines',
+    author_email='help@massive.org.au',
+
+    # Choose your license
+    license='MIT',
+
+    # See https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
+    classifiers=[
+        # How mature is this project? Common values are
+        #   3 - Alpha
+        #   4 - Beta
+        #   5 - Production/Stable
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+
+        # Indicate who your project is intended for
+        'Intended Audience :: Office workers',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+
+        # Pick your license as you wish (should match "license" above)
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+
+        # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
+        # that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+    ],
+
+    # What does your project relate to?
+    keywords='',
+
+    # You can just specify the packages manually here if your project is
+    # simple. Or you can use find_packages().
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
+
+    # Alternatively, if you want to distribute just a my_module.py, uncomment
+    # this:
+    #   py_modules=["my_module"],
+
+    # List run-time dependencies here.  These will be installed by pip when
+    # your project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
+    # requirements files see:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
+    install_requires=[
+            'sqlalchemy',
+            'pyyaml',
+            'flask_restful',
+            'flask_cors',
+            'requests'
+            ],
+
+
+    data_files = [('',[])],
+
+    # To provide executable scripts, use entry points in preference to the
+    # "scripts" keyword. Entry points provide cross-platform support and allow
+    # pip to create the appropriate form of executable for the target platform.
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [ 'wsgi_app=tes:tes_wsgi', 'vnclaunch=vnclaunch.__main__:main','runserver=runserver.__main__:main','twsproxy=twsproxy:main'],
+        'gui_scripts': [  ]
+    },
+)