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diff --git a/labapp/labapp_installer.sh b/labapp/labapp_installer.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Update apt
+sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update --yes
+
+# Check if Docker is installed, install it if it's not
+if ! command -v pip &> /dev/null
+then
+ echo "Docker could not be found, installing..."
+ sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
+fi
+
+# Variable Declarations
+IMAGE=ghcr.io/f5devcentral/f5xc-lab-mcn-practical/labapp:latest
+SERVICE=mcn-practical-labapp.service
+APPDIR=/opt/mcn-practical-labapp/app
+SCRIPTDIR=/opt/mcn-practical-labapp/script
+REPO_URL=https://github.com/f5devcentral/f5xc-lab-mcn-practical.git
+BRANCH=dev
+
+# Create directories
+mkdir -p $SCRIPTDIR
+mkdir -p $APPDIR
+
+# Create the start_labapp.sh script
+cat <$SCRIPTDIR/start_app.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+if [ ! -d "$APPDIR/..git" ]; then
+ git clone -b $BRANCH $REPO_URL $APPDIR
+else
+ # Discard any local changes (including untracked files)
+ cd $APPDIR
+ git checkout $BRANCH
+ git reset --hard origin/$BRANCH
+ git clean -fdx
+ # Pull the latest code from the specified branch
+ git pull origin $BRANCH
+fi
+
+
+# Install required Python packages
+cd $APPDIR/labapp/app
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Start the Gunicorn server
+gunicorn --workers 4 --bind 0.0.0.0:1337 app:app
+EOF
+
+# Make the script executable
+chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/start_app.sh
+
+# Create systemd service file
+cat </etc/systemd/system/$SERVICE
+[Unit]
+Description=MCN Practical Lab App
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=$APPDIR
+ExecStart=/bin/bash $SCRIPTDIR/start_app.sh
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+# Reload systemd, enable and start the service
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl enable $SERVICE
+systemctl start $SERVICE
+
+echo "$SERVICE has been installed and started as a systemd service."