diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 13213c7..fb93f50 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 ansible-lint==4.1.0
 yamllint==1.19.0
 shellcheck-py==0.7.0.1
+ansible==2.9.6
diff --git a/test/inventory/group_vars/all/global.yaml b/test/inventory/group_vars/all/global.yaml
index f3b3456..22906cc 100644
--- a/test/inventory/group_vars/all/global.yaml
+++ b/test/inventory/group_vars/all/global.yaml
@@ -17,41 +17,66 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
 
-# NOTE(fdegir): This file is used for translating environment variables to Ansible
+# NOTE(eprasad): This file is used for translating environment variables to Ansible
 # variables. Defaults for most of the variables below are set in test/library/test-vars.sh
 # file. An important point to highlight here is that some of the variables could
 # be overriden by users using the arguments to package.sh or testt.sh scripts
 
-# NOTE (fdegir): path to test repository
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to test repository
 test_path: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_PATH') }}"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir): path to test work directory
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to test work directory
 # default is /opt/test
 test_workspace: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_WORKSPACE') }}"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir): path to test cache directory where files generated during
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to test cache directory where files generated during
 # runtime is placed in
 # default is /opt/test/.cache
 test_cache: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_CACHE') }}"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir) path to test python virtualenv created during runtime
+# NOTE (eprasad) path to test python virtualenv created during runtime
 # default is /opt/test/.venv
 test_venv: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_VENV') }}"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir) path to test config folder where the configuration files
+# NOTE (eprasad) path to test config folder where the configuration files
 # are generated or copied in during runtime
 # default is /opt/test/.cache/config
 config_path: "{{ test_cache }}/config"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir): path to test inventory folder where the initial and
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to test inventory folder where the initial and
 # generated Ansible inventory files are located
 inventory_path: "{{ test_path }}/test/inventory"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir): path to test variables file that is generated
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to test variables file that is generated
 # during runtime
 test_vars_file: "{{ inventory_path }}/group_vars/all/test.yaml"
 
-# NOTE (fdegir): ci_loop is needed for test frameworks
+# NOTE (eprasad): ci_loop is needed for test frameworks
 ci_loop: "{{ lookup('env', 'CI_LOOP') }}"
 
+# NOTE (eprasad): Test stack version
+stack_test_version: "{{ lookup('env', 'STACK_TEST_VERSION') }}"
+
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to the directory where the files for packaging are
+# downloaded into
+# default is /tmp/offline-package
+offline_pkg_folder: "{{ lookup('env', 'OFFLINE_PKG_FOLDER') }}"
+
+# NOTE (eprasad): path to the archive file which is created using offline_pkg_folder
+# default is /tmp/offline-package.tgz
+offline_pkg_file: "{{ lookup('env', 'OFFLINE_PKG_FILE') }}"
+
+# NOTE (eprasad): fqdn of the server where the artifacts are served from during
+# offline deployments
+server_fqdn: "engine.local"
+
+# NOTE (eprasad): variable to configure the packaging profile
+# please note that this is a Temporary variable and can be taken into use in the future
+packaging_profile: "{{ lookup('env', 'PACKAGING_PROFILE') | default('full', true) }}"
+
+# TODO (eprasad): the name of the stack installer file. see library/engine-vars.sh for
+# how it gets set
+offline_installer_file: "{{ lookup('env', 'OFFLINE_INSTALLER_FILE') }}"
+
+
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/test/library/package-lib.sh b/test/library/package-lib.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4014063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/library/package-lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2020 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
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+set -o pipefail
+
+# TODO: ignoring SC2015 for the timebeing so we don't break things
+# shellcheck disable=SC2015
+# Avoid double sourcing the file
+[[ -n ${PACKAGE_LIB_SOURCED:-} ]] && return 0 || export PACKAGE_LIB_SOURCED=1
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Print the help message which includes the usage, the expected parameters
+# and their default values if they are not specified
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function usage() {
+
+  # NOTE: shellcheck complains quoting in the example so SC2086 is disabled
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  cat <<EOF
+
+Usage: $(basename ${0}) [-s <test stack to package>] [-b <test stack version/branch>] [-p <packaging profile>] [-d <distro>] [-v] [-h]
+
+    -s: Test stack to package (Default kubernetes)
+    -b: Test stack version (Default master)
+    -p: Packaging profile. (Default full)
+    -d: Distro. (Default ubuntu1804)
+    -v: Increase verbosity and keep logs for troubleshooting. (Default false)
+    -h: This message.
+
+EOF
+  exit 0
+
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Parse the arguments that are passed to the script
+# If an argument is not specified, default values for those are set
+#
+# The priority order is
+# - arguments: overrides the default values and values set as environment
+#   values. highest prio.
+# - env vars: overrides the default values but not the values set from command
+#   line.
+# - default values: only takes effect if the user doesn't specify the value
+#   of an argument either as an env var or from command line. lowest prio.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function parse_cmdline_opts() {
+
+  # set variables to the values set in env - otherwise, set them to defaults
+  STACK_TYPE=${STACK_TYPE:-kubernetes}
+  STACK_TEST_VERSION=${STACK_TEST_VERSION:-master}
+  PACKAGING_PROFILE=${PACKAGING_PROFILE:-full}
+  DISTRO=${DISTRO:-ubuntu1804}
+  VERBOSITY=${VERBOSITY:-false}
+
+  # TODO (fdegir): This function is left here so we can introduce additional
+  # arguments when we introduce support for other stacks than Kubernetes only
+  # get values passed as command line arguments, overriding the defaults or
+  # the ones set by using env variables
+  while getopts ":hs:b:p:d::v" o; do
+    case "${o}" in
+      h) usage ;;
+      s) STACK_TYPE="${OPTARG}" ;;
+      b) STACK_TEST_VERSION="${OPTARG}" ;;
+      p) PACKAGING_PROFILE="${OPTARG}" ;;
+      d) DISTRO="${OPTARG}" ;;
+      v) VERBOSITY="true" ;;
+      *) echo "ERROR: Invalid option '-${OPTARG}'"; usage ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  # Do all the exports
+  export STACK_TYPE="${STACK_TYPE}"
+  export STACK_TEST_VERSION="${STACK_TEST_VERSION}"
+  export PACKAGING_PROFILE="${PACKAGING_PROFILE}"
+  export DISTRO="${DISTRO}"
+  export VERBOSITY="${VERBOSITY}"
+  export EXECUTION_MODE="packaging"
+
+  log_summary
+
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Remove leftovers of previous runs
+# Leftovers of previous run might result in failures, especially within CI/CD
+# so this function is important to use but it is not executed by default.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function cleanup() {
+
+  echo "Info  : Remove leftovers of previous run"
+
+  # remove engine venv, cache and .ansible
+  sudo /bin/rm -rf "$TEST_VENV" "$TEST_CACHE" "$HOME/.ansible" \
+      "$OFFLINE_PKG_FOLDER" "$OFFLINE_PKG_FILE"
+
+  # stop docker service since docker registry keeps creating
+  # $TEST_CACHE/certs folder, making engine prep to fail due
+  # to ownership issus
+  redirect_cmd sudo systemctl stop docker || true
+
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Log summary & parameters to console
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function log_summary() {
+
+  echo
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo "#                    Environment                    #"
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo "User              : $USER"
+  echo "Hostname          : $HOSTNAME"
+  echo "Host OS           : $(source /etc/os-release &> /dev/null || source /usr/lib/os-release &> /dev/null; echo "${PRETTY_NAME}")"
+  echo "IP                : $(hostname -I | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo "#                 Execution Started                 #"
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo "Date & Time       : $(date -u '+%F %T UTC')"
+  echo "Execution Mode    : $EXECUTION_MODE"
+  echo "Test stack Type   : $STACK_TYPE"
+  echo "Test stack Version: $STACK_TEST_VERSION"
+  echo "Distro            : $DISTRO"
+  echo "Packaging Profile : $PACKAGING_PROFILE"
+  echo "Verbosity         : $VERBOSITY"
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo
+
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Log elapsed time to console
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function log_elapsed_time() {
+
+  elapsed_time=$SECONDS
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo "#                Execution Completed                #"
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+  echo "Date & Time      : $(date -u '+%F %T UTC')"
+  echo "Elapsed          : $((elapsed_time / 60)) minutes and $((elapsed_time % 60)) seconds"
+  echo "#---------------------------------------------------#"
+
+}
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/test/package.sh b/test/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bac46ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2020 The Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Find/set where we are
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+export TEST_PATH
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Source test and engine libraries
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# shellcheck source=test/library/package-lib.sh
+source "${TEST_PATH}/test/library/package-lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=test/library/engine-lib.sh
+source "${TEST_PATH}/test/library/engine-lib.sh"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Parse command line options
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+parse_cmdline_opts "$@"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check prerequisites before doing anything else to see if we should continue
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+check_prerequisites
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Bootstrap environment for Cloud Infra Tests
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bootstrap_environment
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Cleanup leftovers of previous run if it is explicitly set
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cleanup
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install Ansible
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+install_ansible
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Bootstrap test software configuration
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+echo "Info  : Bootstrap test software configuration"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+cd "${TEST_PATH}"
+ansible-playbook "${TEST_ANSIBLE_PARAMS[@]}" \
+    -i "${TEST_PATH}/test/inventory/localhost.ini" \
+    test/playbooks/bootstrap-swconfig.yaml
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Execute stack test script
+# NOTE (eprasad): Everything for the testing is pushed in to  stack test
+# script as test repo itself does not have logic specific to stacks themselves because
+# the test steps may be different for different stack.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# NOTE: shellcheck SC1090 is disabled since stack becomes available during runtime
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "${TEST_PATH}/test/stack/${STACK_TYPE}/package.sh"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Log total time it took to finish to console
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log_elapsed_time
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab: