diff --git a/vtep_start.sh b/vtep_start.sh
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+++ b/vtep_start.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+ 
+while getopts ":m:i:p:d:" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+    m)
+      echo "Running in $OPTARG mode" >&2
+      MODE=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    i)
+      HAPROXY_IP=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    p)
+      HAPROXY_PORT=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    :)
+      echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z $MODE ]]; then
+  echo "You need to specify mode with -m" >&2
+fi
+
+if [[ $MODE != 'pssl' && $MODE != 'tcp' ]]; then
+  echo "You need to provide 'pssl' or 'tcp' with -m argument"
+fi
+
+if [[ $MODE = "pssl" ]]; then
+  if [[ -z $HAPROXY_IP || -z $HAPROXY_PORT ]] ; then
+    echo "In pssl mode:" >&2
+    echo "Haproxy ip needs to be provided with -p option" >&2
+    echo "Haproxy port needs to be provided with -p option" >&2
+    exit 1
+  else
+    COMMAND="ssl:${HAPROXY_IP}:${HAPROXY_PORT}"
+    CERTS_PATH='-p /var/db/certs/vtep_1-privkey.pem -c /var/db/certs/vtep_1-cert.pem -C /var/db/certs/cacert.pem'
+  fi
+else
+  COMMAND='ptcp:6632'
+fi
+
+rm /etc/openvswitch/*.db
+ovsdb-tool create /etc/openvswitch/ovs.db /usr/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema ; ovsdb-tool create /etc/openvswitch/vtep.db /usr/share/openvswitch/vtep.ovsschema
+service openvswitch-switch stop
+ovsdb-server --pidfile --detach --log-file --remote punix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock --remote=db:hardware_vtep,Global,managers --remote $COMMAND $CERTS_PATH /etc/openvswitch/ovs.db /etc/openvswitch/vtep.db
+ovs-vswitchd --log-file --detach --pidfile unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock 
+ovsdb-client list-dbs unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
+ovs-vsctl add-br TOR1
+vtep-ctl add-ps TOR1
+vtep-ctl set Physical_Switch TOR1 tunnel_ips=10.109.4.229
+python /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-vtep --log-file=/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vtep.log --pidfile=/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vtep.pid --detach TOR1
+ip netns add ns1
+ip link add nstap1 type veth peer name tortap1
+ovs-vsctl add-port TOR1 tortap1
+ip link set nstap1 netns ns1
+ip netns exec ns1 ip link set dev nstap1 up
+ip link set dev tortap1 up
+ip netns exec ns1 ip link set nstap1 address 00:01:00:00:05:78
+