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+# HANA Docker (Compose) Template
+
+- I need HANA to develop
+- I have a dump (`EXPORT ... AS CSV INTO ...`) that I want to import
+- I want a turn-key solution
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+`docker pull` the latest [HANA Express Edition image][image] from the Docker Store
+
+[image]: https://hub.docker.com/_/sap-hana-express-edition/
+
+> **Docker for Mac / Docker for Windows**\
+> Make sure to increase the RAM (at least **12GB**), the CPU (4 cores) and, depending on your dump, the disk size of the Docker VM!
+
+## Usage Instructions
+
+1. Download this repository as zip
+1. Unpack
+1. Rename the folder to something more descriptive
+1. Dump the `post_start` hook scripts of the HANA image into this folder
+    ```bash
+    docker create --name hana_dummy store/saplabs/hanaexpress:<version>
+    docker cp hana_dummy:/hana/hooks/post_start .
+    docker rm hana_dummy
+    ```
+1. Adapt the HANA image version in `docker-compose.yml`
+1. Upack the dump into a sub-folder of `./dump`, e.g. `./dump/SOURCE_SCHEMA`
+1. Adapt the env vars in `docker-compose.yml` as necessary (check `post_start/999_import_dump` to understand how they are
+   used during bootstrap)
+1. Tweak `post_start/999_import_dump` as necessary
+1. *(optional)* Add some more shell scripts to `post_start` if you need other things executed during the database bootstrap
+1. `docker-compose up`
+1. Grab a pint of :coffee: and wait until the database setup including dump import is done.
+
+## Notes
+
+- This setup modifies the tenant database
+- The `SYSTEM` password for both the system and the tenant (HXE) database is `HXEHana1`
+
+```
+db.url=jdbc:sap://localhost:39041/?databaseName=HXE&reconnect=true&statementCacheSize=512
+db.driver=com.sap.db.jdbc.Driver
+db.username=LOCALDEV
+db.password=Localdev1
+hanadb.storage.columnbased=true
+```
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+version: '3'
+services:
+    db:
+      image: "store/saplabs/hanaexpress:2.00.036.00.20190223.1"
+      restart: "unless-stopped"
+      ports:
+        - 39013:39013
+        - 39017:39017
+        - 39041-39045:39041-39045
+        - 1128-1129:1128-1129
+        - 59013-59014:59013-59014 
+      volumes:
+        - ./post_start:/hana/hooks/post_start/
+        - ./dump:/hana/mounts/dump/
+      environment: 
+        - DUMP_FOLDER=DUMP
+        - SOURCE_SCHEMA=SOURCE
+        - SCHEMA_NAME=LOCALDEV
+        - SCHEMA_PWD=Localdev1
+      command:
+        - --agree-to-sap-license
+        - --dont-check-system
+        - --dont-check-mount-points
+        - --master-password
+        - HXEHana1
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diff --git a/post_start/999_import_dump b/post_start/999_import_dump
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+#found in /run_hana.sh, hxe_optimize.sh
+#durinng the 'initial' phase there is key for SYSTEM available
+declare -r tenant_store_key=us_key_tenantdb
+
+# import dump
+function main() {
+    case "$_HOOK_START_TYPE" in
+        initial)
+            # create user
+            /usr/sap/HXE/HDB90/exe/hdbsql -a -x -i 90 -d HXE -U ${tenant_store_key} -B UTF8 "CREATE USER $SCHEMA_NAME PASSWORD \"$SCHEMA_PWD\" NO FORCE_FIRST_PASSWORD_CHANGE" 2>&1
+            /usr/sap/HXE/HDB90/exe/hdbsql -a -x -i 90 -d HXE -U ${tenant_store_key} -B UTF8 "ALTER USER $SCHEMA_NAME DISABLE PASSWORD LIFETIME" 2>&1
+            # import dump
+            /usr/sap/HXE/HDB90/exe/hdbsql -a -x -i 90 -d HXE -U ${tenant_store_key} -B UTF8 "IMPORT \"$SOURCE_SCHEMA\".\"*\" from '/hana/mounts/dump/$DUMP_FOLDER' WITH RENAME SCHEMA \"$SOURCE_SCHEMA\" TO \"$SCHEMA_NAME\" REPLACE THREADS 4" 2>&1
+            # reset SAP Commerce admin user
+            /usr/sap/HXE/HDB90/exe/hdbsql -a -x -i 90 -d HXE -U ${tenant_store_key} -B UTF8 "UPDATE \"$SCHEMA_NAME\".\"USERS\" SET PASSWD = 'nimda', P_PASSWORDENCODING = 'plain' WHERE P_UID = 'admin'" 2>&1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+main