diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore b/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore
index 31bb52e5..596199cf 100644
--- a/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-cfg
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+cfg
+vmpass.txt
+iplist.txt
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diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh b/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh
index 80c1367f..4ddbbdb7 100755
--- a/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/cluster.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-vmpass=""
-vmips=(ip list)
+vmpass=$(cat vmpass.txt)
+readarray -t vmips < iplist.txt
 
 vmcount=${#vmips[@]}
 mode=$1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ "$mode" = "new" ] || [ "$mode" = "run" ] || [ "$mode" = "update" ]; then
     echo ""
 else
     echo "Invalid command. new | run | update expected."
-    exit
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ $mode = "run" ]; then
@@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ for (( i=0; i<$vmcount; i++ ))
 do
     vmip=${vmips[i]}
     let n=$i+1
-    /bin/bash ./setup-vm.sh $mode $n $vmpass $vmip $hpcore
+    /bin/bash ./setup-vm.sh $mode $n $vmpass $vmip $hpcore &
+done
+
+wait
+
+if [ $mode = "update" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+for (( i=0; i<$vmcount; i++ ))
+do
+    vmip=${vmips[i]}
+    let n=$i+1
 
     # Collect each node's pub key and peer address.
     pubkeys[i]=$(node -p "require('./cfg/node$n.json').pubkeyhex")
diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/vm-clustercreate.sh b/test/vm-cluster/vm-clustercreate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5ce8e222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/vm-clustercreate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+name=temp
+locs=(ukwest eastus)
+loccount=${#locs[@]}
+
+for (( i=0; i<$loccount; i++ ))
+do
+    loc=${locs[i]}
+    let n=$i+1
+    /bin/bash ./vmcreate.sh $name$n $loc
+done
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diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh b/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh
index b530b289..6cfd3b6f 100755
--- a/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@
 
 name=$1
 loc=$2
-vmpass=""
-az vm create --name $name --resource-group HotPocket-ResGroup --size Standard_B1s --admin-username geveo --admin-password $vmpass --image UbuntuLTS --location $loc --generate-ssh-keys
-az vm open-port --resource-group HotPocket-ResGroup --name $name --port 22860 --priority 900 && \
-az vm open-port --resource-group HotPocket-ResGroup --name $name --port 8080 --priority 901
+vmsize=Standard_B1ls
+vmpass=$(cat vmpass.txt)
+resgroup=HotPocket-ResGroup
+
+az vm create --name $name --resource-group $resgroup --size $vmsize --admin-username geveo --admin-password $vmpass --image UbuntuLTS --location $loc --generate-ssh-keys
+az vm open-port --resource-group $resgroup --name $name --port 22860 --priority 900 && \
+az vm open-port --resource-group $resgroup --name $name --port 8080 --priority 901
+
+vmip=$(az vm show -d -g $resgroup -n $name --query publicIps -o tsv)
+echo $vmip >> iplist.txt
+echo $vmip "created and added to iplist.txt"
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