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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load test_helpers
+SUT_CONTAINER=bats-nginx-proxy-${TEST_FILE}
+
+function setup {
+  stop_bats_containers web
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] start a nginx-proxy container" {
+  run nginxproxy $SUT_CONTAINER -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+  assert_success
+  docker_wait_for_log $SUT_CONTAINER 9 "Watching docker events"
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy can put a container at a specific path" {
+	#WHEN a container is run with VIRTUAL_PATH set
+	prepare_web_container bats-virtual-path-1 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=virtual-path-1.bats -e VIRTUAL_PATH=/virtual_path
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-virtual-path-1
+	sleep 1
+
+	#THEN querying the root -> 404
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER / --head --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output -l 0 $'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r'
+
+	#THEN querying an unmatched path -> 503
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /some_other_path --head --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output -l 0 $'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r'
+
+	#THEN
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /virtual_path/data --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output "answer from port 80"
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy can put a container at the root" {
+	#WHEN a container is run with VIRTUAL_PATH set to /
+	prepare_web_container bats-virtual-path-1 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=virtual-path-1.bats -e VIRTUAL_PATH=/
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-virtual-path-1
+	sleep 1
+
+	#THEN 
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /data --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output "answer from port 80"
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] nginx-proxy can put multiple containers at different paths" {
+	#WHEN a multiple containers are run with VIRTUAL_PATH set
+	prepare_web_container bats-virtual-path-1 80 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=virtual-path-1.bats -e VIRTUAL_PATH=/at-80
+	prepare_web_container bats-virtual-path-2 90 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=virtual-path-1.bats -e VIRTUAL_PATH=/at-90
+	prepare_web_container bats-virtual-path-3 100 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=virtual-path-1.bats -e VIRTUAL_PATH=/
+	dockergen_wait_for_event $SUT_CONTAINER start bats-virtual-path-1
+	sleep 1
+
+	#THEN 
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /data --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output "answer from port 100"
+	
+	#THEN 
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /at-80/data --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output "answer from port 80"
+	
+	#THEN 
+	run curl_container $SUT_CONTAINER /at-90/data --header "Host: virtual-path-1.bats"
+	assert_output "answer from port 90"
+}
+
+@test "[$TEST_FILE] stop all bats containers" {
+	stop_bats_containers
+}