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+# powershell
+# tested on Windows 10 (1809) / Docker version 19.03.13, build 4484c46d9d / PowerShell version 5.1.17763.1490
+# -- Build Apache Spark Standalone Cluster Docker Images
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -- Variables ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$BUILD_DATE = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd"
+
+$yml_content = Get-Content build.yml
+
+$SHOULD_BUILD_BASE = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'build_base: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+$SHOULD_BUILD_SPARK = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'build_spark: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+$SHOULD_BUILD_JUPYTERLAB = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'build_jupyterlab: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+
+$SCALA_VERSION = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'scala: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+$SPARK_VERSION = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'spark: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+$HADOOP_VERSION = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'hadoop: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+$JUPYTERLAB_VERSION = [regex]::Match($yml_content, 'jupyterlab: "(.+?)"').Groups[1].value
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -- Functions----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function cleanContainers() {
+  write-host '-- cleaning containers --'  
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_JUPYTERLAB){
+    docker ps -a | Select-String -Pattern 'jupyterlab' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker stop $_.P1; docker rm $_.P1}
+  }
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_SPARK){
+    docker ps -a | Select-String -Pattern 'spark-worker' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker stop $_.P1; docker rm $_.P1}
+    docker ps -a | Select-String -Pattern 'spark-master' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker stop $_.P1; docker rm $_.P1}
+    docker ps -a | Select-String -Pattern 'spark-base' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker stop $_.P1; docker rm $_.P1}
+  }
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_BASE){
+    docker ps -a | Select-String -Pattern 'base' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker stop $_.P1; docker rm $_.P1}
+  }
+}
+
+function cleanImages() {
+  write-host '-- cleaning images --'  
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_JUPYTERLAB){
+    docker images | Select-String -Pattern 'jupyterlab' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker rmi -f $_.P3}
+  }
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_SPARK){
+    docker images | Select-String -Pattern 'spark-worker' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker rmi -f $_.P3}
+    docker images | Select-String -Pattern 'spark-master' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker rmi -f $_.P3}
+    docker images | Select-String -Pattern 'spark-base' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker rmi -f $_.P3}
+  }
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_BASE){
+    docker images | Select-String -Pattern 'base' | ConvertFrom-String | %{docker rmi -f $_.P3}
+  }
+
+}
+
+function cleanVolume() {
+  write-host '-- cleaning volume --'  
+  docker volume rm "hadoop-distributed-file-system"
+}
+
+function buildImages() {
+  write-host '-- building images --'  
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_BASE){
+    docker build `
+        --build-arg build_date="${BUILD_DATE}" `
+        --build-arg scala_version="${SCALA_VERSION}" `
+        -f docker/base/Dockerfile `
+        -t base:latest .
+  }
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_SPARK){
+    docker build `
+        --build-arg build_date="${BUILD_DATE}" `
+        --build-arg spark_version="${SPARK_VERSION}" `
+        --build-arg hadoop_version="${HADOOP_VERSION}" `
+        -f docker/spark-base/Dockerfile `
+        -t spark-base:${SPARK_VERSION}-hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION} .
+
+    docker build `
+        --build-arg build_date="${BUILD_DATE}" `
+        --build-arg spark_version="${SPARK_VERSION}" `
+        --build-arg hadoop_version="${HADOOP_VERSION}" `
+        -f docker/spark-master/Dockerfile `
+        -t spark-master:${SPARK_VERSION}-hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION} .
+
+    docker build `
+        --build-arg build_date="${BUILD_DATE}" `
+        --build-arg spark_version="${SPARK_VERSION}" `
+        --build-arg hadoop_version="${HADOOP_VERSION}" `
+        -f docker/spark-worker/Dockerfile `
+        -t spark-worker:${SPARK_VERSION}-hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION} .
+  }
+
+  if($SHOULD_BUILD_JUPYTERLAB){
+    docker build `
+        --build-arg build_date="${BUILD_DATE}" `
+        --build-arg scala_version="${SCALA_VERSION}" `
+        --build-arg spark_version="${SPARK_VERSION}" `
+        --build-arg jupyterlab_version="${JUPYTERLAB_VERSION}" `
+        -f docker/jupyterlab/Dockerfile `
+        -t jupyterlab:${JUPYTERLAB_VERSION}-spark-${SPARK_VERSION} .
+    }
+
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -- Main --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cleanContainers
+cleanImages
+cleanVolume
+buildImages
+
+write-host '-- build.ps1 done --'