diff --git a/docker/ol/source/base/Dockerfile b/docker/ol/source/base/Dockerfile
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+FROM oraclelinux:7.1
+MAINTAINER Kolla Project (https://launchpad.net/kolla)
+
+# Dependencies required for building/installing source components
+RUN yum install -y \
+    MySQL-python \
+    gcc \
+    git \
+    libffi-devel \
+    mariadb \
+    openssl \
+    openssl-devel \
+    python-devel \
+    tar \
+  && yum clean all
+
+# TODO(pbourke): replace pip and crux below with rpms once available in Oracle
+# repos
+RUN curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py \
+    && python get-pip.py \
+    && rm get-pip.py
+
+RUN pip install crudini
+
+RUN curl https://codeload.github.com/larsks/crux/tar.gz/7 -o /crux-7.tar.gz \
+    && tar -xf /crux-7.tar.gz \
+    && pip install -r /crux-7/requirements.txt \
+    && pip install /crux-7 \
+    && rm -rf /crux-7.tar.gz /crux-7
+
+COPY service_hosts.sh kolla-common.sh /opt/kolla/
diff --git a/docker/ol/source/base/build b/docker/ol/source/base/build
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+../../../../tools/build-docker-image
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diff --git a/docker/ol/source/base/kolla-common.sh b/docker/ol/source/base/kolla-common.sh
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+../../../common/base/kolla-common.sh
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diff --git a/docker/ol/source/base/service_hosts.sh b/docker/ol/source/base/service_hosts.sh
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+../../../common/base/service_hosts.sh
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