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+[![status-badge](https://ci.batsense.net/api/badges/92/status.svg)](https://ci.batsense.net/repos/92)
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+Thin wrapper around the upstream Docker container image to use the admin
+CLI via the [docker-compose command attribute](https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3/#command)