func provisionImpl(dbConn *sql.DB, params *swarmapi.DockerRunRequest, standby bool) (string, error) {
	logit.Info.Println("PROFILE: provisionImpl starts 1")

	var errorStr string
	//make sure the container name is not already taken
	_, err := admindb.GetContainerByName(dbConn, params.ContainerName)
	if err != nil {
		if err != sql.ErrNoRows {
			return "", err
		}
	} else {
		errorStr = "container name " + params.ContainerName + " already used can't provision"
		logit.Error.Println(errorStr)
		return "", errors.New(errorStr)
	}

	//get the pg data path
	var pgdatapath types.Setting
	pgdatapath, err = admindb.GetSetting(dbConn, "PG-DATA-PATH")
	if err != nil {
		logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
		return "", err
	}

	var infoResponse swarmapi.DockerInfoResponse
	infoResponse, err = swarmapi.DockerInfo()
	servers := make([]types.Server, len(infoResponse.Output))
	i := 0
	for i = range infoResponse.Output {
		servers[i].ID = infoResponse.Output[i]
		servers[i].Name = infoResponse.Output[i]
		servers[i].IPAddress = infoResponse.Output[i]
		i++
	}

	//for database nodes, on the target server, we need to allocate
	//a disk volume on all CPM servers for the /pgdata container volume to work with
	//this causes a volume to be created with the directory
	//named the same as the container name

	params.PGDataPath = pgdatapath.Value + "/" + params.ContainerName

	logit.Info.Println("PROFILE provisionImpl 2 about to provision volume " + params.PGDataPath)
	if params.Image != "cpm-pgpool" {
		preq := &cpmserverapi.DiskProvisionRequest{}
		preq.Path = params.PGDataPath
		var response cpmserverapi.DiskProvisionResponse
		for _, each := range servers {
			logit.Info.Println("Provision: provisionvolume on server " + each.Name)
			response, err = cpmserverapi.DiskProvisionClient(each.Name, preq)
			if err != nil {
				logit.Info.Println("Provision: provisionvolume error" + err.Error())
				logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
				return "", err
			}
			logit.Info.Println("Provision: provisionvolume call response=" + response.Status)
		}
	}
	logit.Info.Println("PROFILE provisionImpl 3 provision volume completed")

	//run docker run to create the container

	params.CPU, params.MEM, err = getDockerResourceSettings(dbConn, params.Profile)
	if err != nil {
		logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
		return "", err
	}

	//inspect and remove any existing container
	logit.Info.Println("PROFILE provisionImpl inspect 4")
	inspectReq := &swarmapi.DockerInspectRequest{}
	inspectReq.ContainerName = params.ContainerName
	var inspectResponse swarmapi.DockerInspectResponse
	inspectResponse, err = swarmapi.DockerInspect(inspectReq)
	if err != nil {
		logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
		return "", err
	}
	if inspectResponse.RunningState != "not-found" {
		logit.Info.Println("PROFILE provisionImpl remove existing container 4a")
		rreq := &swarmapi.DockerRemoveRequest{}
		rreq.ContainerName = params.ContainerName
		_, err = swarmapi.DockerRemove(rreq)
		if err != nil {
			logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
			return "", err
		}
	}

	//pass any restore env vars to the new container
	if params.RestoreJob != "" {
		if params.EnvVars == nil {
			//logit.Info.Println("making envvars map")
			params.EnvVars = make(map[string]string)
		}
		params.EnvVars["RestoreJob"] = params.RestoreJob
		params.EnvVars["RestoreRemotePath"] = params.RestoreRemotePath
		params.EnvVars["RestoreRemoteHost"] = params.RestoreRemoteHost
		params.EnvVars["RestoreRemoteUser"] = params.RestoreRemoteUser
		params.EnvVars["RestoreDbUser"] = params.RestoreDbUser
		params.EnvVars["RestoreDbPass"] = params.RestoreDbPass
		params.EnvVars["RestoreSet"] = params.RestoreSet
	}

	//
	runReq := swarmapi.DockerRunRequest{}
	runReq.PGDataPath = params.PGDataPath
	runReq.Profile = params.Profile
	runReq.Image = params.Image
	runReq.ContainerName = params.ContainerName
	runReq.EnvVars = params.EnvVars
	//logit.Info.Println("CPU=" + params.CPU)
	//logit.Info.Println("MEM=" + params.MEM)
	runReq.CPU = "0"
	runReq.MEM = "0"
	var runResp swarmapi.DockerRunResponse
	runResp, err = swarmapi.DockerRun(&runReq)
	if err != nil {
		logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
		return "", err
	}
	logit.Info.Println("PROFILE provisionImpl created container 5 " + runResp.ID)

	dbnode := types.Container{}
	dbnode.ID = ""
	dbnode.Name = params.ContainerName
	dbnode.Image = params.Image
	dbnode.ClusterID = "-1"
	dbnode.ProjectID = params.ProjectID

	if params.Standalone == "true" {
		dbnode.Role = "standalone"
	} else {
		dbnode.Role = "unassigned"
	}

	var strid int
	strid, err = admindb.InsertContainer(dbConn, dbnode)
	newid := strconv.Itoa(strid)
	if err != nil {
		logit.Error.Println(err.Error())
		return "", err
	}
	dbnode.ID = newid

	if params.Image != "cpm-node-proxy" {
		//register default db users on the new node
		err = createDBUsers(dbConn, dbnode)
	}

	return newid, err

}