diff --git a/.makefiles/README.md b/.makefiles/README.md
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+These makefiles are recipes for several common tasks in different types of projects.
+To add them to your project, simply do:
+
+```
+git remote add makefiles ssh://git@lab.cluster.gsi.dit.upm.es:2200/docs/templates/makefiles.git
+git subtree add --prefix=.makefiles/ makefiles master
+touch Makefile
+echo "include .makefiles/base.mk" >> Makefile
+```
+
+Now you can take advantage of the recipes.
+For instance, to add useful targets for a python project, just add this to your Makefile:
+
+```
+include .makefiles/python.mk
+```
+
+You may need to set special variables like the name of your project or the python versions you're targetting.
+Take a look at each specific `.mk` file for more information, and the `Makefile` in the [senpy](https://lab.cluster.gsi.dit.upm.es/senpy/senpy) project for a real use case.
+
+If you update the makefiles from your repository, make sure to push the changes for review in upstream (this repository):
+
+```
+make makefiles-push
+```
+
+It will automatically commit all unstaged changes in the .makefiles folder.
diff --git a/.makefiles/base.mk b/.makefiles/base.mk
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+NAME ?= $(shell basename $(CURDIR))
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Get the location of this makefile.
+MK_DIR := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
+.FORCE:
+
+version: .FORCE
+	@echo $(VERSION) > $(NAME)/VERSION
+	@echo $(VERSION)
+
+help:           ## Show this help.
+	@fgrep -h "##" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | fgrep -v fgrep | sed -e 's/\\$$//' | sed -e 's/\(.*:\)[^#]*##\s*\(.*\)/\1\t\2/' | column -t -s "	"
+
+config:  ## Load config from the environment. You should run it once in every session before other tasks. Run: eval $(make config)
+	@echo ". ../.env || true;"
+	@awk '{ print "export " $$0}' .env
+	@echo "# Please, run: "
+	@echo "# eval \$$(make config)"
+# If you need to run a command on the key/value pairs, use this:
+# @awk '{ split($$0, a, "="); "echo " a[2] " | base64 -w 0" |& getline b64; print "export " a[1] "=" a[2]; print "export " a[1] "_BASE64=" b64}' .env
+
+ci:  ## Run a task using gitlab-runner. Only use to debug problems in the CI pipeline
+	gitlab-runner exec shell --builds-dir '.builds' --env CI_PROJECT_NAME=$(NAME) ${action}
+
+include $(MK_DIR)/makefiles.mk
+include $(MK_DIR)/docker.mk
+include $(MK_DIR)/git.mk
+
+.PHONY:: config help ci version .FORCE
diff --git a/.makefiles/docker.mk b/.makefiles/docker.mk
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+IMAGEWTAG ?= $(IMAGENAME):$(VERSION)
+
+docker-login: ## Log in to the registry. It will only be used in the server, or when running a CI task locally (if CI_BUILD_TOKEN is set).
+ifeq ($(CI_BUILD_TOKEN),)
+	@echo "Not logging in to the docker registry" "$(CI_REGISTRY)"
+else
+	@docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $(CI_BUILD_TOKEN) $(CI_REGISTRY)
+endif
+ifeq ($(HUB_USER),)
+	@echo "Not logging in to global the docker registry"
+else
+	@docker login -u $(HUB_USER) -p $(HUB_PASSWORD)
+endif
+
+docker-clean: ## Remove docker credentials
+ifeq ($(HUB_USER),)
+else
+	@docker logout
+endif
+
+login:: docker-login
+
+clean:: docker-clean
+
+.PHONY:: docker-login docker-clean login clean
diff --git a/.makefiles/git.mk b/.makefiles/git.mk
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+commit:
+	git commit -a
+
+tag:
+	git tag ${VERSION}
+
+git-push::
+	git push --tags -u origin HEAD
+
+git-pull:
+	git pull --all
+
+push-github: ## Push the code to github. You need to set up GITHUB_DEPLOY_KEY
+ifeq ($(GITHUB_DEPLOY_KEY),)
+else
+	$(eval KEY_FILE := $(shell mktemp))
+	@echo "$(GITHUB_DEPLOY_KEY)" > $(KEY_FILE)
+	@git remote rm github-deploy || true
+	git remote add github-deploy $(GITHUB_REPO)
+	@GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i $(KEY_FILE)" git fetch github-deploy $(CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME) || true
+	@GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i $(KEY_FILE)" git push github-deploy $(CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME)
+	rm $(KEY_FILE)
+endif
+
+push:: git-push
+pull:: git-pull
+
+.PHONY:: commit tag push git-push git-pull push-github 
diff --git a/.makefiles/k8s.mk b/.makefiles/k8s.mk
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+# Deployment with Kubernetes
+
+# KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE is the path of a certificate file. It automatically set by GitLab
+# if you enable Kubernetes integration in a project.
+#
+# As of this writing, Kubernetes integration can not be set on a group level, so it has to
+# be manually set in every project.
+# Alternatively, we use a custom KUBE_CA_BUNDLE environment variable, which can be set at
+# the group level. In this case, the variable contains the whole content of the certificate,
+# which we dump to a temporary file
+#
+# Check if the KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE exists. Otherwise, create it from KUBE_CA_BUNDLE
+KUBE_CA_TEMP=false
+ifeq ($(wildcard $(KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE)),) 
+	KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE:="$$PWD/.ca.crt"
+	CREATED:=$(shell echo -e "$$KUBE_CA_BUNDLE" > $(KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE))
+endif 
+KUBE_URL?=""
+KUBE_TOKEN?=""
+KUBE_NAMESPACE?=$(NAME)
+KUBECTL=docker run --rm -v $(KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE):/tmp/ca.pem -i lachlanevenson/k8s-kubectl --server="$(KUBE_URL)" --token="$(KUBE_TOKEN)" --certificate-authority="/tmp/ca.pem" -n $(KUBE_NAMESPACE)
+CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME?=master
+
+info: ## Print variables. Useful for debugging.
+	@echo "#KUBERNETES"
+	@echo KUBE_URL=$(KUBE_URL)
+	@echo KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE=$(KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE)
+	@echo KUBE_CA_BUNDLE=$$KUBE_CA_BUNDLE
+	@echo KUBE_TOKEN=$(KUBE_TOKEN)
+	@echo KUBE_NAMESPACE=$(KUBE_NAMESPACE)
+	@echo KUBECTL=$(KUBECTL)
+
+	@echo "#CI"
+	@echo CI_PROJECT_NAME=$(CI_PROJECT_NAME)
+	@echo CI_REGISTRY=$(CI_REGISTRY)
+	@echo CI_REGISTRY_USER=$(CI_REGISTRY_USER)
+	@echo CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$(CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME)
+
+#
+# Deployment and advanced features
+# 
+
+
+deploy: ## Deploy to kubernetes using the credentials in KUBE_CA_PEM_FILE (or KUBE_CA_BUNDLE ) and TOKEN
+	@ls k8s/
+	@cat k8s/*.yaml k8s/*.yml k8s/*.tmpl 2>/dev/null | envsubst | $(KUBECTL) apply -f -
+
+deploy-check: ## Get the deployed configuration.
+	@$(KUBECTL) get deploy,pods,svc,ingress
+
+.PHONY:: info deploy deploy-check
diff --git a/.makefiles/makefiles.mk b/.makefiles/makefiles.mk
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+makefiles-remote:
+	@git remote add makefiles ssh://git@lab.cluster.gsi.dit.upm.es:2200/docs/templates/makefiles.git 2>/dev/null || true
+
+makefiles-commit: makefiles-remote
+	git add -f .makefiles
+	git commit -em "Updated makefiles from ${NAME}"
+
+makefiles-push:
+	git subtree push --prefix=.makefiles/ makefiles $(NAME)
+
+makefiles-pull: makefiles-remote
+	git subtree pull --prefix=.makefiles/ makefiles master --squash
+
+pull:: makefiles-pull
+push:: makefiles-push
+
+.PHONY:: makefiles-remote makefiles-commit makefiles-push makefiles-pull pull push
diff --git a/.makefiles/precommit.mk b/.makefiles/precommit.mk
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+init: ## Init pre-commit hooks (i.e. enforcing format checking before allowing a commit)
+	pip install --user pre-commit
+	pre-commit install
+
+.PHONY:: init
diff --git a/.makefiles/python.mk b/.makefiles/python.mk
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+PYVERSIONS ?= 2.7
+PYMAIN ?= $(firstword $(PYVERSIONS))
+TARNAME ?= $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz 
+
+DEVPORT ?= 6000
+
+yapf: ## Format python code
+	yapf -i -r $(NAME)
+	yapf -i -r tests
+
+dockerfiles: $(addprefix Dockerfile-,$(PYVERSIONS)) ## Generate dockerfiles for each python version
+	@unlink Dockerfile >/dev/null
+	ln -s Dockerfile-$(PYMAIN) Dockerfile
+
+Dockerfile-%: Dockerfile.template  ## Generate a specific dockerfile (e.g. Dockerfile-2.7)
+	sed "s/{{PYVERSION}}/$*/" Dockerfile.template > Dockerfile-$*
+
+quick_build: $(addprefix build-, $(PYMAIN))
+
+build: $(addprefix build-, $(PYVERSIONS)) ## Build all images / python versions
+
+build-%: version Dockerfile-%  ## Build a specific version (e.g. build-2.7)
+	docker build -t '$(IMAGEWTAG)-python$*' --cache-from $(IMAGENAME):python$* -f Dockerfile-$* .;
+
+dev-%: ## Launch a specific development environment using docker (e.g. dev-2.7)
+	@docker start $(NAME)-dev$* || (\
+		$(MAKE) build-$*; \
+		docker run -d -w /usr/src/app/ -p $(DEVPORT):5000 -v $$PWD:/usr/src/app --entrypoint=/bin/bash -ti --name $(NAME)-dev$* '$(IMAGEWTAG)-python$*'; \
+	)\
+
+	docker exec -ti $(NAME)-dev$* bash
+
+dev: dev-$(PYMAIN) ## Launch a development environment using docker, using the default python version
+
+quick_test: test-$(PYMAIN)
+
+test-%: ## Run setup.py from in an isolated container, built from the base image. (e.g. test-2.7)
+# This speeds tests up because the image has most (if not all) of the dependencies already.
+	docker rm $(NAME)-test-$* || true
+	docker create -ti --name $(NAME)-test-$* --entrypoint="" -w /usr/src/app/ $(IMAGENAME):python$* python setup.py test
+	docker cp . $(NAME)-test-$*:/usr/src/app
+	docker start -a $(NAME)-test-$*
+
+test: $(addprefix test-,$(PYVERSIONS)) ## Run the tests with the main python version
+
+run-%: build-%
+	docker run --rm -p $(DEVPORT):5000 -ti '$(IMAGEWTAG)-python$(PYMAIN)' --default-plugins
+
+run: run-$(PYMAIN)
+
+# Pypy - Upload a package
+
+dist/$(TARNAME): version
+	python setup.py sdist;
+
+sdist: dist/$(TARNAME) ## Generate the distribution file (wheel)
+
+pip_test-%: sdist ## Test the distribution file using pip install and a specific python version (e.g. pip_test-2.7)
+	docker run --rm -v $$PWD/dist:/dist/ python:$* pip install /dist/$(TARNAME);
+
+pip_test: $(addprefix pip_test-,$(PYVERSIONS)) ## Test pip installation with the main python version
+
+pip_upload: pip_test  ## Upload package to pip
+	python setup.py sdist upload ;
+
+# Pushing to docker
+
+push-latest: $(addprefix push-latest-,$(PYVERSIONS)) ## Push the "latest" tag to dockerhub
+	docker tag '$(IMAGEWTAG)-python$(PYMAIN)' '$(IMAGEWTAG)'
+	docker tag '$(IMAGEWTAG)-python$(PYMAIN)' '$(IMAGENAME)'
+	docker push '$(IMAGENAME):latest'
+	docker push '$(IMAGEWTAG)'
+
+push-latest-%: build-%  ## Push the latest image for a specific python version
+	docker tag $(IMAGENAME):$(VERSION)-python$* $(IMAGENAME):python$*
+	docker push $(IMAGENAME):$(VERSION)-python$*
+	docker push $(IMAGENAME):python$*
+
+push-%: build-%  ## Push the image of the current version (tagged). e.g. push-2.7
+	docker push $(IMAGENAME):$(VERSION)-python$*
+
+push:: $(addprefix push-,$(PYVERSIONS)) ## Push an image with the current version for every python version
+	docker tag '$(IMAGEWTAG)-python$(PYMAIN)' '$(IMAGEWTAG)'
+	docker push  $(IMAGENAME):$(VERSION)
+
+clean:: ## Clean older docker images and containers related to this project and dev environments
+	@docker stop $(addprefix $(NAME)-dev,$(PYVERSIONS)) 2>/dev/null || true
+	@docker rm $(addprefix $(NAME)-dev,$(PYVERSIONS)) 2>/dev/null || true
+	@docker ps -a | grep $(IMAGENAME) | awk '{ split($$2, vers, "-"); if(vers[0] != "${VERSION}"){ print $$1;}}' | xargs docker rm -v 2>/dev/null|| true
+	@docker images | grep $(IMAGENAME) | awk '{ split($$2, vers, "-"); if(vers[0] != "${VERSION}"){ print $$1":"$$2;}}' | xargs docker rmi 2>/dev/null|| true
+
+.PHONY:: yapf dockerfiles Dockerfile-% quick_build build build-% dev-% quick-dev test quick_test push-latest push-latest-% push-% push