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+apt-get -y install git
+apt-get -y install virtualenv
+git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples
+cd python-docs-samples/iap
+virtualenv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+cat example_gce_backend.py |
+  sed -e "s/YOUR_BACKEND_SERVICE_ID/$(gcloud compute backend-services describe my-backend-service --global --format="value(id)")/g" |
+  sed -e "s/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/$(gcloud config get-value account | tr -cd "[0-9]")/g" > real_backend.py
+gunicorn real_backend:app -b 0.0.0.0:80