diff --git a/tools/test/README b/tools/test/README
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+Artifacts for system testing onos.
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-install b/tools/test/bin/onos-install
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+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Remotely install & starts ONOS.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
+
+remote=$ONOS_USER@${1:-$OCI}
+
+ssh $remote "
+    [ -d $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR ] && echo \"ONOS is already installed\" && exit 1
+
+    sudo mkdir $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR && sudo chown sdn:sdn $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR
+    tar zxmf /tmp/$ONOS_BITS.tar.gz -C $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR --strip-components=1
+
+"
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall b/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall
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+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Remotely stops & uninstalls ONOS.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
+
+remote=$ONOS_USER@${1:-$OCI}
+
+ssh $remote "
+    [ -f $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/bin/onos ] && $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/bin/onos halt
+    sudo rm -fr $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR
+"
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/push-bits b/tools/test/bin/push-bits
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+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Pushes ONOS distributable bits in onos.tar.gz to a remote machine.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
+
+remote=$ONOS_USER@${1:-$OCI}
+
+scp $ONOS_TAR $remote:/tmp