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+# List the start up tasks. Learn more https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-start-tasks/
+tasks:
+ - name: Setup django
+   init: |
+      export INVENTREE_DB_ENGINE='sqlite3'
+      export INVENTREE_DB_NAME='/workspace/InvenTree/dev/database.sqlite3'
+      export INVENTREE_MEDIA_ROOT='/workspace/InvenTree/dev/media'
+      export INVENTREE_STATIC_ROOT='/workspace/InvenTree/dev/static'
+      export PIP_USER='no'
+
+      python3 -m venv venv
+      source venv/bin/activate
+      pip install invoke
+      inv install
+      mkdir dev
+      inv update
+      echo "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'test@test.com', 'inventree')" | python InvenTree/manage.py shell
+      gp sync-done setup_server
+
+ - name: Start server
+   command: |
+      gp sync-await setup_server
+      export INVENTREE_DB_ENGINE='sqlite3'
+      export INVENTREE_DB_NAME='/workspace/InvenTree/dev/database.sqlite3'
+      export INVENTREE_MEDIA_ROOT='/workspace/InvenTree/dev/media'
+      export INVENTREE_STATIC_ROOT='/workspace/InvenTree/dev/static'
+
+      source venv/bin/activate
+      inv server
+
+# List the ports to expose. Learn more https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-ports/
+ports:
+  - port: 8000
+    onOpen: open-preview
+
+github:
+  prebuilds:
+    master: true
+    pullRequests: false
+    pullRequestsFromForks: true
+    addBadge: true
+    addLabel: gitpod-ready