diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/_onap_functions b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/_onap_functions
index f68d6db..c65e589 100755
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/_onap_functions
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/_onap_functions
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 # create_configuration_files() -  Store credentials in files
 function create_configuration_files {
-    mkdir -p /opt/config
-    echo $nexus_docker_repo > /opt/config/nexus_docker_repo.txt
-    echo $nexus_username > /opt/config/nexus_username.txt
-    echo $nexus_password > /opt/config/nexus_password.txt
-    echo $openstack_username > /opt/config/openstack_username.txt
-    echo $openstack_tenant_id > /opt/config/tenant_id.txt
-    echo $dmaap_topic > /opt/config/dmaap_topic.txt
-    echo $docker_version > /opt/config/docker_version.txt
+    local onap_config_folder="/opt/config"
+
+    mkdir -p $onap_config_folder
+    pushd $onap_config_folder
+    echo $nexus_docker_repo > nexus_docker_repo.txt
+    echo $nexus_username > nexus_username.txt
+    echo $nexus_password > nexus_password.txt
+    echo $openstack_username > openstack_username.txt
+    echo $openstack_tenant_id > tenant_id.txt
+    echo $dmaap_topic > dmaap_topic.txt
+    echo $docker_version > docker_version.txt
+    popd
 }
 
 # docker_openecomp_login() - Login to OpenECOMP Docker Hub
diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/commons b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/commons
index 5d0c691..90f73d2 100755
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/commons
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/commons
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@
     source /etc/os-release || source /usr/lib/os-release
     case ${ID,,} in
         *suse)
+            CHECK_CMD="zypper search --match-exact --installed"
         ;;
         ubuntu|debian)
-            dpkg -s "$@" > /dev/null
+            CHECK_CMD="dpkg -l"
         ;;
         rhel|centos|fedora)
+            CHECK_CMD="rpm -q"
         ;;
     esac
+    ${CHECK_CMD} "$@" &> /dev/null
 }
 
 # install_packages() - Install a list of packages
diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/dcae b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/dcae
index d6ebd82..25efddd 100755
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/dcae
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/dcae
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@
 
 # install_dcae() - Function that clones and installs the DCAE controller services from source code
 function install_dcae {
-    install_docker_compose
     pushd ${src_folders[dcae]}/demo/startup/controller
     if [[ "$build_image" == "True" ]]; then
         dcae_image=`docker images | grep dcae-controller | awk '{print $1 ":" $2}'`
         sed -i "s|DOCKER-REGISTRY/openecomp/dcae-controller:DCAE-VERSION|$dcae_image|g" docker-compose.yml
         sed -i "s|MTU|$MTU|g" docker-compose.yml
-        /opt/docker/docker-compose up -d
+        run_docker_compose .
     else
         bash init.sh
         install_package make
diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/functions b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/functions
index 435c621..79a80c6 100755
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/functions
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/functions
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
         else
             _git_timed clone ${repo_url}${repo} $dest_folder
         fi
-    else
-        pushd $dest_folder
-        _git_timed pull
-        popd
     fi
 }
 
@@ -277,6 +273,16 @@
     docker run $@
 }
 
+# run_docker_compose() - Ensures that docker compose is installed and run it in background
+function run_docker_compose {
+    local folder=$1
+
+    install_docker_compose
+    pushd $folder
+    /opt/docker/docker-compose up -d
+    popd
+}
+
 # install_docker_compose() - Download and install docker-engine 
 function install_docker_compose {
     local docker_compose_version=${1:-1.12.0}
@@ -401,7 +407,7 @@
     echo "${dev_name}1  $mount_dir           ext4    errors=remount-ro,noatime,barrier=0 0       1" >> /etc/fstab
 }
 
-# add no_proxy values to environment, used for internal IPs generated at deploy time
+# add_no_proxy_value() - Add no_proxy values into environment file, used for internal IPs generated at deploy time
 function add_no_proxy_value {
     if [[ `grep "no_proxy" /etc/environment` ]]; then
         sed -i.bak "s/^no_proxy.*$/&,$1/" /etc/environment
@@ -414,3 +420,4 @@
         echo "NO_PROXY=$1" >> /etc/environment
     fi
 }
+
diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/multicloud b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/multicloud
index d2b09f2..ff6f970 100755
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/multicloud
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/multicloud
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 
 # install_multicloud() - 
 function install_multicloud {
-    #pushd ${src_folders[multicloud]}/openstack/$openstack_release
-    #/opt/docker/docker-compose up -d
-    #popd
+    #run_docker_compose ${src_folders[multicloud]}/openstack/$openstack_release
     if [[ "$build_image" == "True" ]]; then
         multicloud-api --port 9003 --host 0.0.0.0 &
     else
diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/policy b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/policy
index 0dac14d..1e633be 100755
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/policy
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-onap/lib/policy
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
     pushd ${src_folders[policy]}/docker
     chmod +x config/drools/drools-tweaks.sh
     echo $IP_ADDRESS > config/pe/ip_addr.txt
-    install_docker_compose
-    /opt/docker/docker-compose up -d
+    run_docker_compose .
     popd
 }