diff --git a/extras/vpp_config/data/80-vpp.conf.template b/extras/vpp_config/data/80-vpp.conf.template
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+# Number of 2MB hugepages desired
+vm.nr_hugepages=1024
+
+# Must be greater than or equal to (2 * vm.nr_hugepages).
+vm.max_map_count=3096
+
+# All groups allowed to access hugepages
+vm.hugetlb_shm_group=0
+
+# Shared Memory Max must be greator or equal to the total size of hugepages.
+# For 2MB pages, TotalHugepageSize = vm.nr_hugepages * 2 * 1024 * 1024
+# If the existing kernel.shmmax setting  (cat /sys/proc/kernel/shmmax)
+# is greater than the calculated TotalHugepageSize then set this parameter
+# to current shmmax value.
+kernel.shmmax=2147483648
diff --git a/extras/vpp_config/data/auto-config.yaml b/extras/vpp_config/data/auto-config.yaml
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+metadata:
+  system_config_file: /vpp/vpp-config/configs/system-config.yaml
+  version: 0.1
+nodes:
+  DUT1:
+    cpu:
+      grub_config_file: /vpp/vpp-config/dryrun/default/grub
+      reserve_vpp_main_core: true
+      total_other_cpus: 0
+      total_vpp_cpus: 2
+    host: localhost
+    hugepages:
+      hugepage_config_file: /vpp/vpp-config/dryrun/sysctl.d/80-vpp.conf
+      total: '1024'
+    interfaces:
+    tcp:
+      active_open_sessions: 0
+      passive_open_sessions: 0      
+    type: DUT
+    vpp:
+      startup_config_file: /vpp/vpp-config/dryrun/vpp/startup.conf
+      unix:
+        interactive: false
diff --git a/extras/vpp_config/data/grub.template b/extras/vpp_config/data/grub.template
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+# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
+# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
+# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
+#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
+
+GRUB_DEFAULT=0
+#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
+GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
+GRUB_TIMEOUT=2
+GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
+
+# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
+# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
+# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
+#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"
+
+# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
+#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
+
+# The resolution used on graphical terminal
+# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
+# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
+#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
+
+# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
+#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
+
+# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
+#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
+
+# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
+#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
diff --git a/extras/vpp_config/data/startup.conf.template b/extras/vpp_config/data/startup.conf.template
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+
+unix {{
+{unix}
+  log /tmp/vpp.log
+  full-coredump
+  cli-listen /run/vpp/cli.sock
+}}
+
+api-trace {{
+  on
+}}
+
+cpu {{
+{cpu}
+  scheduler-policy fifo
+  scheduler-priority 50
+
+        ## In the VPP there is one main thread and optionally the user can create worker(s)
+	## The main thread and worker thread(s) can be pinned to CPU core(s) manually or automatically
+
+	## Manual pinning of thread(s) to CPU core(s)
+
+	## Set logical CPU core where main thread runs
+	# main-core 1
+
+	## Set logical CPU core(s) where worker threads are running
+	# corelist-workers 2-3,18-19
+
+	## Automatic pinning of thread(s) to CPU core(s)
+
+	## Sets number of CPU core(s) to be skipped (1 ... N-1)
+	## Skipped CPU core(s) are not used for pinning main thread and working thread(s).
+	## The main thread is automatically pinned to the first available CPU core and worker(s)
+	## are pinned to next free CPU core(s) after core assigned to main thread
+	# skip-cores 4
+
+	## Specify a number of workers to be created
+	## Workers are pinned to N consecutive CPU cores while skipping "skip-cores" CPU core(s)
+	## and main thread's CPU core
+	# workers 2
+
+	## Set scheduling policy and priority of main and worker threads
+
+	## Scheduling policy options are: other (SCHED_OTHER), batch (SCHED_BATCH)
+	## idle (SCHED_IDLE), fifo (SCHED_FIFO), rr (SCHED_RR)
+	# scheduler-policy fifo
+
+	## Scheduling priority is used only for "real-time policies (fifo and rr),
+	## and has to be in the range of priorities supported for a particular policy
+	# scheduler-priority 50
+}}
+
+dpdk {{
+{devices}
+
+        ## Change default settings for all intefaces
+	# dev default {{
+		## Number of receive queues, enables RSS
+		## Default is 1
+		# num-rx-queues 3
+
+		## Number of transmit queues, Default is equal
+		## to number of worker threads or 1 if no workers treads
+		# num-tx-queues 3
+
+		## Number of descriptors in transmit and receive rings
+		## increasing or reducing number can impact performance
+		## Default is 1024 for both rx and tx
+		# num-rx-desc 512
+		# num-tx-desc 512
+
+		## VLAN strip offload mode for interface
+		## Default is off
+		# vlan-strip-offload on
+	# }}
+
+	## Whitelist specific interface by specifying PCI address
+	# dev 0000:02:00.0
+
+	## Whitelist specific interface by specifying PCI address and in
+	## addition specify custom parameters for this interface
+	# dev 0000:02:00.1 {{
+	#	num-rx-queues 2
+	# }}
+
+	## Specify bonded interface and its slaves via PCI addresses
+	## 
+        ## Bonded interface in XOR load balance mode (mode 2) with L3 and L4 headers 
+	# vdev eth_bond0,mode=2,slave=0000:02:00.0,slave=0000:03:00.0,xmit_policy=l34
+	# vdev eth_bond1,mode=2,slave=0000:02:00.1,slave=0000:03:00.1,xmit_policy=l34
+	##
+	## Bonded interface in Active-Back up mode (mode 1)
+	# vdev eth_bond0,mode=1,slave=0000:02:00.0,slave=0000:03:00.0
+	# vdev eth_bond1,mode=1,slave=0000:02:00.1,slave=0000:03:00.1
+
+	## Change UIO driver used by VPP, Options are: igb_uio, vfio-pci
+	## and uio_pci_generic (default)
+	# uio-driver vfio-pci
+
+	## Disable mutli-segment buffers, improves performance but
+	## disables Jumbo MTU support
+	# no-multi-seg
+
+	## Increase number of buffers allocated, needed only in scenarios with
+	## large number of interfaces and worker threads. Value is per CPU socket.
+	## Default is 16384
+	# num-mbufs 128000
+
+	## Change hugepages allocation per-socket, needed only if there is need for
+	## larger number of mbufs. Default is 256M on each detected CPU socket
+	# socket-mem 2048,2048
+}}
+
+# Adjusting the plugin path depending on where the VPP plugins are:
+#plugins
+#{{
+#	path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins
+#}}
+
+# Alternate syntax to choose plugin path
+#plugin_path /home/bms/vpp/build-root/install-vpp-native/vpp/lib64/vpp_plugins
+
+{tcp}