diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM centos:centos7
+
+# Define args and set a default value
+ARG maintainer=tier
+ARG imagename=centos7base
+
+MAINTAINER $maintainer
+LABEL Vendor="Internet2"
+LABEL ImageType="Base"
+LABEL ImageName=$imagename
+LABEL ImageOS=centos7
+LABEL Version=1.0
+
+LABEL Build docker build --rm --tag $maintainer/$imagename .
+
+# Install base deps
+RUN yum -y install epel-release && yum -y update && yum clean all
+RUN yum -y install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs epel-release && \ 
+    yum -y install net-tools wget curl tar unzip mlocate logrotate strace telnet man unzip vim wget rsyslog cron \
+    yum -y update && yum clean all
+
+# Set default environment variables.
+ENV HOME /root
+
+# Allow triggerable events on the first time running
+RUN touch /tmp/firsttimerunning
+
+# Define working directory.
+WORKDIR /root
diff --git a/build_image.sh b/build_image.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+source common.sh .
+
+echo "Building new Docker image($maintainer/$imagename)"
+docker build --rm -t $maintainer/$imagename --build-arg maintainer=$maintainer --build-arg imagename=$imagename .
diff --git a/cleanup_and_stop.sh b/cleanup_and_stop.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+source common.sh .
+
+echo "Cleaning up Docker image($maintainer/$imagename)"
+docker rmi $maintainer/$imagename >> /dev/null
+
+exit 0
+
diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
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+maintainer="tier"
+imagename="centos7base"