--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2021 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
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+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+# update and upgrade
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt upgrade -y
+
+# install basic dependencies
+sudo apt install -y make openjdk-11-jre-headless apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg jq software-properties-common
+
+# set versions of docker-ce, docker-ce-cli, and containerd.io so we know and pin what we use
+DOCKER_CE_VERSION="5:20.10.5~3-0~ubuntu-bionic"
+DOCKER_CE_CLI_VERSION="5:20.10.5~3-0~ubuntu-bionic"
+CONTAINERD_IO_VERSION="1.4.4-1"
+
+# install docker-ce, docker-ce-cli, containerd.io and mark them hold
+sudo apt remove -y docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
+echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+ $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y docker-ce=$DOCKER_CE_VERSION docker-ce-cli=$DOCKER_CE_CLI_VERSION containerd.io=$CONTAINERD_IO_VERSION
+sudo apt-mark hold docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
+sudo systemctl enable docker
+sudo systemctl start docker
+
+# Create jenkins user, add it to required groups, configure sudoers and sshd_config
+sudo useradd -G sudo,docker -d /home/jenkins -m -c "jenkins user" -s /bin/bash jenkins
+# Create slave root directory
+sudo mkdir -p /home/jenkins/nordix/slave_root
+sudo chown -R jenkins:jenkins /home/jenkins/nordix/slave_root
+sudo chmod -R 755 /home/jenkins/nordix/slave_root
+# Modify sudoers - disable env_reset, !requiretty and passwordless sudo
+sudo sed -i "s/^Defaults.*env_reset/#&\nDefaults:jenkins \!requiretty/" /etc/sudoers
+sudo sed -i "s/^%sudo.*ALL/%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/" /etc/sudoers
+# Disable ssh password login, enable ssh with keys for jenkins user
+sudo bash -c "echo PasswordAuthentication no >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+sudo bash -c "echo PubkeyAuthentication yes >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+sudo bash -c "echo AllowUsers jenkins >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+sudo systemctl restart sshd
+
+# get cloud-init script in place so we can place the keys into ~jenkins/.ssh
+sudo bash -c 'cat << EOF > /var/lib/cloud/scripts/per-instance/copykeystojenkins.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+sudo mkdir -p /home/jenkins/.ssh
+sudo cat /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys >> /home/jenkins/.ssh/authorized_keys
+sudo chown -R jenkins:jenkins /home/jenkins/.ssh
+sudo chmod -R go-rwx /home/jenkins/.ssh
+sudo userdel -f -r ubuntu
+EOF'
+sudo chmod +x /var/lib/cloud/scripts/per-instance/copykeystojenkins.sh
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab: