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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+*******************************
+Policy Cookbook  |cookbooklogo|
+*******************************
+
+Policy VM/Docker Recipes
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Get latest images in an already setup policy VM
+       :linenos:
+
+        /opt/policy_vm_init.sh
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Install/start docker policy containers with no policies preloaded
+       :linenos:
+
+        echo "PRELOAD_POLICIES=false" > /opt/policy/.env
+        /opt/policy_vm_init.sh
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Install/start docker policy containers with policies preloaded
+       :linenos:
+
+        # This is the current default mode of instantiation.
+        # These operations are unnecessary unless PRELOAD_POLICIES
+        # was previously set to true
+         
+        echo "PRELOAD_POLICIES=true" > /opt/policy/.env
+        /opt/policy_vm_init.sh
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Access the PDP-D container as a policy user
+       :linenos:
+
+        docker exec -it drools bash
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Access the PDP-X container as a policy user
+       :linenos:
+
+        docker exec -it -u 0 pdp su - policy
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Access the BRMSGW container as a policy user
+       :linenos:
+
+        docker exec -it -u 0 brmsgw su - policy
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Access PAP container as a policy user
+       :linenos:
+
+        docker exec -it -u 0 pap su - policy
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Access the CONSOLE container as a policy user
+       :linenos:
+
+        docker exec -it -u 0 console su - policy
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Manual Healthcheck invokation
+       :linenos:
+
+        # Assuming the healthcheck service credentials have not been changed
+        # post-installation within the drools container
+         
+        source /opt/app/policy/config/feature-healthcheck.conf.environment
+        curl --silent --user "${HEALTHCHECK_USER}:${HEALTHCHECK_PASSWORD}" 
+             -X GET http://localhost:6969/healthcheck | python -m json.tool
+
+
+PDP-D Recipes ("drools" container)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Stop the PDP-D
+       :linenos:
+
+        policy stop
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Start the PDP-D
+       :linenos:
+
+        policy start
+
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+       :caption: Manual Healthcheck Invokation
+       :linenos:
+
+        # Assuming the healthcheck service credentials have not been changed
+        # post-installation within the drools container
+ 
+        source ${POLICY_HOME}/config/feature-healthcheck.conf
+        curl --silent --user "${HEALTHCHECK_USER}:${HEALTHCHECK_PASSWORD}" 
+             -X GET http://localhost:6969/healthcheck | python -m json.tool
+
+
+.. |recipelogo| image:: recipecard.png
+    :width: 80pt
+    :height: 80pt
+
+.. |cookbooklogo| image:: cookbook.gif
+    :width: 80pt
+    :height: 80pt
+
+End of Document
+
+.. SSNote: Wiki page ref. https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Policy+Cookbook
+
+
+