diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore b/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31bb52e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/.gitignore
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+cfg
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diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/setup-cluster.sh b/test/vm-cluster/setup-cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4686c0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/setup-cluster.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+vmpass=""
+#ip locations: aueast aueast uswest uswest seasia
+vmips=(ip list)
+
+mode=$1
+
+if [ "$mode" = "new" ] || [ "$mode" = "run" ] || [ "$mode" = "update" ]; then
+    echo ""
+else
+    echo "Invalid command. new | run | update expected."
+    exit
+fi
+
+if [ $mode = "run" ]; then
+    let n=$2-1
+    vmip=${vmips[$n]}
+    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh geveo@$vmip './hpcore run contract'
+    exit
+fi
+
+hpcore=$(realpath ../..)
+vmcount=${#vmips[@]}
+#vmcount=2
+
+mkdir ./cfg > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+for (( i=0; i<$vmcount; i++ ))
+do
+    vmip=${vmips[i]}
+    let n=$i+1
+
+    #if [ $mode = "update" ]; then
+    #    /bin/bash ./setup-vm.sh $mode $n $vmpass $vmip $hpcore &
+    #else
+        /bin/bash ./setup-vm.sh $mode $n $vmpass $vmip $hpcore
+    #fi
+
+    # Collect each node's pub key and peer address.
+    pubkeys[i]=$(node -p "require('./cfg/node$n.json').pubkeyhex")
+    peers[i]="$vmip:22860"
+done
+
+if [ $mode = "update" ]; then
+    exit
+fi
+
+# Function to generate JSON array string while skiping a given index.
+function joinarr {
+    arrname=$1[@]
+    arr=("${!arrname}")
+    skip=$2
+
+    j=0
+    str="["
+    for (( i=0; i<$vmcount; i++ ))
+    do
+        let prevlast=$vmcount-2
+        if [ "$i" != "$skip" ]
+        then
+            str="$str'${arr[i]}'"
+            
+            if [ $j -lt $prevlast ]
+            then
+                str="$str,"
+            fi
+            let j=j+1
+        fi
+    done
+    str="$str]"
+
+    echo $str
+}
+
+# Loop through all nodes hp.cfg and inject peer and unl lists (skip self node).
+for (( j=0; j<$vmcount; j++ ))
+do
+    let n=$j+1
+    mypeers=$(joinarr peers $j)
+    myunl=$(joinarr pubkeys $j)
+
+    node -p "JSON.stringify({...require('./cfg/node$n.json'),binary:'/usr/bin/node',binargs:'/home/geveo/contract.js',peers:${mypeers},unl:${myunl}}, null, 2)" > ./cfg/node$n.cfg
+
+    # Copy local cfg file back to remote vm.
+    vmip=${vmips[j]}
+    sshpass -p $vmpass scp ./cfg/node$n.cfg geveo@$vmip:~/contract/cfg/hp.cfg
+done
+rm -r ./cfg
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diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh b/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e43971a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/setup-hp.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -x "$(command -v node)" ]; then
+   echo "NodeJs is installed."
+else
+   echo "Installing NodeJs..."
+   sudo apt-get update
+   sudo apt-get -y install curl
+   curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash -
+   sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+   # FUSE
+   sudo cp ./libfuse3.so.3 /usr/local/lib/
+   sudo ldconfig
+   # Install fuse.
+   sudo apt-get update && apt-get install -y fuse && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "./contract" ]; then
+   ./hpcore new ./contract
+   pushd ./contract/cfg
+   openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -new -nodes -x509 -days 3650 -keyout tlskey.pem -out tlscert.pem \
+         -subj "/C=AU/ST=ST/L=L/O=O/OU=OU/CN=localhost/emailAddress=hp@example" > /dev/null 2>&1
+   popd
+fi
+
diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/setup-vm.sh b/test/vm-cluster/setup-vm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9f9f9f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/setup-vm.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mode=$1
+nodeid=$2
+vmpass=$3
+vmip=$4
+hpcore=$5
+
+echo $nodeid. $vmip
+
+sshpass -p $vmpass scp $hpcore/build/hpcore \
+                        $hpcore/build/hpstatemon \
+                        $hpcore/libfuse3.so.3 \
+                        $hpcore/examples/echocontract/contract.js \
+                        ./setup-hp.sh \
+                        geveo@$vmip:~/
+
+
+if [ $mode = "new" ]; then
+    sshpass -p $vmpass ssh geveo@$vmip 'rm -r ~/contract && chmod 700 ~/setup-hp.sh && ~/setup-hp.sh'
+else
+    exit
+fi
+
+sshpass -p $vmpass scp geveo@$vmip:~/contract/cfg/hp.cfg ./cfg/node$nodeid.json
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diff --git a/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh b/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56b69ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vm-cluster/vmcreate.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#ac login
+#az account list
+#az account set --subscription ''
+
+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