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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+# Install dependencies
+install_dependencies() {
+    sudo apt-get install -y policycoreutils-python-utils conntrack firewalld
+}
+
+# Setup firewall
+establish_firewall () {
+    sudo systemctl enable firewalld --now
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=6443/tcp
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=30000-32767/tcp
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=2379-2380/tcp
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-masquerade --permanent
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp --permanent
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10250/tcp --permanent
+    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10251/tcp --permanent
+    sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-source=10.42.0.0/16
+    sudo firewall-cmd --reload
+}
+
+install_crio() {
+    echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/libcontainers-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/Debian_Testing/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/crio-archive.list > /dev/null
+
+    sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/keyrings
+    curl -L https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/Debian_Testing/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/libcontainers-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+    sudo apt-get update -y
+    sudo apt-get install -y cri-o cri-o-runc cri-tools containernetworking-plugins
+}
+
+
+# CRI-O config to match MicroShift networking values
+crio_conf() {
+    sudo sh -c 'cat << EOF > /etc/cni/net.d/100-crio-bridge.conf
+{
+    "cniVersion": "0.4.0",
+    "name": "crio",
+    "type": "bridge",
+    "bridge": "cni0",
+    "isGateway": true,
+    "ipMasq": true,
+    "hairpinMode": true,
+    "ipam": {
+        "type": "host-local",
+        "routes": [
+            { "dst": "0.0.0.0/0" }
+        ],
+        "ranges": [
+            [{ "subnet": "10.42.0.0/24" }]
+        ]
+    }
+}
+EOF'
+}
+
+# Start CRI-O
+verify_crio() {
+    sudo systemctl enable crio
+    sudo systemctl restart crio
+}
+
+# Download and install kubectl
+get_kubectl() {
+    curl -LO "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/$ARCH/kubectl"
+    sudo chmod +x ./kubectl
+    sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+}
+
+
+# Download and install microshift
+get_microshift() {
+    curl -LO https://github.com/redhat-et/microshift/releases/download/$VERSION/microshift-linux-$ARCH
+    curl -LO https://github.com/redhat-et/microshift/releases/download/$VERSION/release.sha256
+
+    BIN_SHA="$(sha256sum microshift-linux-$ARCH | awk '{print $1}')"
+    KNOWN_SHA="$(grep "microshift-linux-$ARCH" release.sha256 | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+    if [[ "$BIN_SHA" != "$KNOWN_SHA" ]]; then
+        echo "SHA256 checksum failed" && exit 1
+    fi
+
+    sudo chmod +x microshift-linux-$ARCH
+    sudo mv microshift-linux-$ARCH /usr/local/bin/microshift
+
+    cat << EOF | sudo tee /usr/lib/systemd/system/microshift.service
+[Unit]
+Description=MicroShift
+After=crio.service
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/bin/
+ExecStart=microshift run
+Restart=always
+User=root
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+    if [ "$DISTRO" = "ubuntu" ] && [ "$OS_VERSION" = "18.04" ]; then
+        sudo sed -i 's|^ExecStart=microshift|ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/microshift|' /usr/lib/systemd/system/microshift.service
+    fi
+    if [ "$DISTRO" != "ubuntu" ]; then
+        sudo restorecon -v /usr/local/bin/microshift
+    fi
+    sudo systemctl enable microshift.service --now
+}
+
+# validation checks for deployment
+validation_check(){
+    echo $HOSTNAME | grep -P '(?=^.{1,254}$)(^(?>(?!\d+\.)[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{1,63}\.?)+(?:[a-zA-Z]{2,})$)' && echo "Correct"
+    if [ $? != 0 ];
+    then
+        echo "======================================================================"
+        echo "!!! WARNING !!!"
+        echo "The hostname $HOSTNAME does not follow FQDN, which might cause problems while operating the cluster."
+        echo "See: https://github.com/redhat-et/microshift/issues/176"
+        echo
+        echo "If you face a problem or want to avoid them, please update your hostname and try again."
+        echo "Example: 'sudo hostnamectl set-hostname $HOSTNAME.example.com'"
+        echo "======================================================================"
+    else
+        echo "$HOSTNAME is a valid machine name continuing installation"
+    fi
+}
+
+
+# Script execution
+#get_distro
+get_arch
+#get_os_version
+pre-check-installation
+validation_check
+#install_dependencies
+#establish_firewall
+#install_crio
+crio_conf
+verify_crio
+get_kubectl
+get_microshift
+
+until sudo test -f /var/lib/microshift/resources/kubeadmin/kubeconfig
+do
+    sleep 2
+done
+prepare_kubeconfig