diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
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+FROM almalinux:8
+RUN ["yum", "-y", "update"]
+RUN ["rpm", "-ivh", "https://hpc.lenovo.com/yum/latest/el8/x86_64/lenovo-hpc-yum-1-1.x86_64.rpm"]
+RUN ["yum", "-y", "install", "lenovo-confluent", "tftp-server", "openssh-clients", "openssl", "vim-enhanced", "iproute"]
+ADD runconfluent.sh /bin/
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "/bin/runconfluent.sh"]
+
diff --git a/container/runconfluent.sh b/container/runconfluent.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+rm -f /var/run/confluent/pid /run/confluent/pid >& /dev/null
+/opt/confluent/bin/confluent -f