diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 0284dc6..39e1bc3 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -53,3 +53,41 @@
         "//plugins/replication",
     ],
 )
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "e2e_multi_site_test_dir",
+    srcs = [
+        "e2e-tests",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "e2e_multi_site_setup_local_env_dir",
+    srcs = [
+        "setup_local_env",
+    ],
+)
+
+sh_test(
+    name = "e2e_multi_site_tests",
+    srcs = [
+        "e2e-tests/test.sh",
+    ],
+    data = [
+        "//plugins/multi-site",
+        "//plugins/multi-site:e2e_multi_site_test_dir",
+        "//plugins/multi-site:e2e_multi_site_setup_local_env_dir",
+        "external_plugin_deps.bzl",
+    ] + glob(["setup_local_env/**/*"]) + glob(["e2e-tests/**/*"]),
+    args = [
+        "--multisite-lib-file $(location //plugins/multi-site)",
+        "--healthcheck-interval 5s",
+        "--healthcheck-timeout 10s",
+        "--healthcheck-retries 30",
+        "--location '$(location //plugins/multi-site:e2e_multi_site_test_dir)'",
+        "--local-env '$(location //plugins/multi-site:e2e_multi_site_setup_local_env_dir)'",
+    ],
+    tags = [
+        "e2e-multi-site",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/e2e-tests/README.md b/e2e-tests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f15c8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Local e2e tests
+
+This script configures an environment to simulate a Gerrit Multi-Site setup so
+that automated e2e tests (so far only startup and check if all necessary plugins
+were loaded) could be performed by CI.
+
+The environment is composed by:
+* 2 gerrit instances deployed by default in `/tmp/[random]`
+* 1 zookeeper node
+* 1 broker node (kafka - implemented, kinesis or gcloud-pubsub - to be implemented
+  if/when needed)
+
+## Requirements
+
+- java
+- docker and docker-compose
+- wget
+- envsubst
+- git
+
+## Execution
+
+Tests defined in `scenarios.sh` are called automatically when plugin tests are called:
+
+```bash
+bazel test //plugins/multi-site/...
+```
+
+But one can also start them independently with:
+
+```bash
+./test.sh
+```
+
+Upon start docker logs are tailed to file in deployment dir. They will be printed to
+the console (together with `docker-compose.yaml` used to start the setup) upon tests
+failure (`test.sh` will exit with `1` in such case). No ports/volumes are exposed and
+multiple test instances can be started in the same CI node (internal docker network is
+used to perform tests).
+
+# Assumptions
+
+When called in the independent mode it is assumed that `multi-site` jar is available
+under in-tree gerrit repository that is related to the `multi-site` repo (e.g.
+`../../../bazel-bin/plugins/[multi-site/multi-site|replication/replication].jar`).
+It can be further customised with `--multisite-lib-file` execution option. Full list
+of options can be obtained with:
+
+```bash
+./test.sh --help
+```
diff --git a/e2e-tests/docker-compose-kafka.yaml b/e2e-tests/docker-compose-kafka.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da39cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/docker-compose-kafka.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  kafka:
+    image: wurstmeister/kafka:2.12-2.1.0
+    depends_on:
+      - zookeeper
+    environment:
+      KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME: kafka
+      KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
+
+  gerrit1:
+    depends_on:
+      - kafka
+
+  gerrit2:
+    depends_on:
+      - kafka
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e-tests/docker-compose.yaml b/e2e-tests/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3abb757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  zookeeper:
+    image: wurstmeister/zookeeper:latest
+
+  gerrit1:
+    image: gerritcodereview/gerrit:${GERRIT_IMAGE}
+    depends_on:
+      - zookeeper
+    volumes:
+      - "gerrit1_git:/var/gerrit/git"
+      - "gerrit2_git:/var/gerrit/git-instance2"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/config/server/healthcheck~status"]
+      start_period: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD:-60s}
+      interval: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL-5s}
+      timeout: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT-5s}
+      retries: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES-5}
+
+  gerrit2:
+    image: gerritcodereview/gerrit:${GERRIT_IMAGE}
+    depends_on:
+      - zookeeper
+    volumes:
+      - "gerrit2_git:/var/gerrit/git"
+      - "gerrit1_git:/var/gerrit/git-instance1"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/config/server/healthcheck~status"]
+      start_period: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD:-60s}
+      interval: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL:-5s}
+      timeout: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT:-5s}
+      retries: ${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES:-5}
+
+volumes:
+  gerrit1_git:
+  gerrit2_git:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e-tests/docker-tester.yaml b/e2e-tests/docker-tester.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b8bf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/docker-tester.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  tester:
+    image: gerritcodereview/gerrit:${GERRIT_IMAGE}
+    user: root
+    depends_on:
+      gerrit1:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      gerrit2:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    entrypoint: ["/var/gerrit/scenarios.sh"]
diff --git a/e2e-tests/scenarios.sh b/e2e-tests/scenarios.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c61c635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/scenarios.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+SSH_OPTS='-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
+
+function call_gerrit {
+  SERVER=$1
+  shift
+  su gerrit -c "ssh -p 29418 ${SSH_OPTS} admin@${SERVER} gerrit \"$@\""
+}
+
+
+chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit/.ssh
+
+call_gerrit gerrit1 version || exit 1;
+call_gerrit gerrit2 version || exit 1;
+echo "All tests were finished successfully."
diff --git a/e2e-tests/test.sh b/e2e-tests/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49615e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+LOCATION="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+LOCAL_ENV="$( cd "${LOCATION}/../setup_local_env" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+GERRIT_BRANCH=stable-3.3
+GERRIT_CI=https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-$GERRIT_BRANCH/job
+LAST_BUILD=lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins
+DEF_MULTISITE_LOCATION=${LOCATION}/../../../bazel-bin/plugins/multi-site/multi-site.jar
+DEF_GERRIT_IMAGE=3.3.6-centos8
+DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD=60s
+DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL=5s
+DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT=5s
+DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES=5
+
+function check_application_requirements {
+  type java >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require java but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  type docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require docker but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  type docker-compose >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require docker-compose but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  type wget >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require wget but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  type envsubst >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require envsubst but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  type openssl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require openssl but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+  type git >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Require git but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
+}
+
+function setup_zookeeper_config {
+  SOURCE_ZOOKEEPER_CONFIG=${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/zookeeper-refdb.config
+  DESTINATION_ZOOKEEPER_CONFIG=$1
+
+  export ZK_HOST=zookeeper
+  export ZK_PORT=2181
+
+  echo "Replacing variables for file ${SOURCE_ZOOKEEPER_CONFIG} and copying to ${DESTINATION_ZOOKEEPER_CONFIG}"
+  cat $SOURCE_ZOOKEEPER_CONFIG | envsubst | sed 's/#{name}#/${name}/g' > $DESTINATION_ZOOKEEPER_CONFIG
+}
+
+function setup_replication_config {
+  SOURCE_REPLICATION_CONFIG=${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/replication.config
+  DESTINATION_REPLICATION_CONFIG=$1
+
+  export REPLICATION_URL="url = $2"
+  export REPLICATION_DELAY_SEC=1
+
+  echo "Replacing variables for file ${SOURCE_REPLICATION_CONFIG} and copying to ${DESTINATION_REPLICATION_CONFIG}"
+  cat $SOURCE_REPLICATION_CONFIG | envsubst | sed 's/#{name}#/${name}/g' > $DESTINATION_REPLICATION_CONFIG
+}
+
+function setup_gerrit_config {
+  SOURCE_RGERRIT_CONFIG=${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/gerrit.config
+  DESTINATION_GERRIT_CONFIG=$1
+
+  export BROKER_HOST=$2
+  export BROKER_PORT=$3
+  export GROUP_ID=$4
+  export SSH_ADVERTISED_PORT=$5
+  export LOCATION_TEST_SITE=/var/gerrit
+  export REMOTE_DEBUG_PORT=5005
+  export GERRIT_SSHD_PORT=29418
+  export HTTP_PROTOCOL=http
+  export GERRIT_HTTPD_PORT=8080
+
+  echo "Replacing variables for file ${SOURCE_RGERRIT_CONFIG} and copying to ${DESTINATION_GERRIT_CONFIG}"
+  cat $SOURCE_RGERRIT_CONFIG | envsubst | sed 's/#{name}#/${name}/g' > $DESTINATION_GERRIT_CONFIG
+
+  # set plugins for multi-site as mandatory so that gerrit will not start if they are not loaded
+  declare -a MANDATORY_PLUGINS=(${BROKER_PLUGIN} multi-site replication websession-broker zookeeper-refdb)
+  for plugin in "${MANDATORY_PLUGINS[@]}"
+  do
+    git config --file $DESTINATION_GERRIT_CONFIG --add plugins.mandatory "${plugin}"
+  done
+}
+
+function cleanup_tests_hook {
+  echo "Shutting down the setup"
+  docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml down -v
+  echo "Removing setup dir"
+  rm -rf ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}
+}
+
+function check_result {
+  local CONTAINER_ID=$1
+  local OLD_RES=$2
+
+  if [ $OLD_RES -ne 0 ]; then
+    return $OLD_RES;
+  fi
+
+  local RES_VAL=$(docker inspect -f '{{ .State.ExitCode }}' "${CONTAINER_ID}")
+  # first check if RES_VAL (output) is a number
+  if [[ -z "${RES_VAL##*[!0-9]*}" || $RES_VAL -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Tests failed. Here is [docker-compose.yaml] content:"
+    cat "${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml"
+
+    echo "Docker logs:"
+    cat "${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/site.log"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+# Check application requirements
+check_application_requirements
+
+while [ $# -ne 0 ]
+do
+case "$1" in
+  "--help" )
+    echo "Usage: sh $0 [--option $value]"
+    echo
+    echo "[--gerrit-image]                Gerrit docker image to be used for testing; defaults to [${DEF_GERRIT_IMAGE}]"
+    echo "[--multisite-lib-file]          Location to lib multi-site.jar file; defaults to [${DEF_MULTISITE_LOCATION}]"
+    echo "[--broker-type]                 events broker type; 'kafka', 'kinesis' or 'gcloud-pubsub'. Default 'kafka' TODO: so far only 'kafka'"
+    echo "[--start-period]                Gerrit start period timeout (until it gets healthy); defaults to [${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD}]"
+    echo "[--healthcheck-interval]        Every interval Gerrit health check is performed; defaults to [${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL}]"
+    echo "[--healthcheck-timeout]         If a single run of the check takes longer than timeout it is considered a failure; defaults to [${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT}]"
+    echo "[--healthcheck-retries]         How many consequtive times health check can fail to consider Gerrit server unhealthy; defaults to [${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES}]"
+    echo "[--location]                    Directory in which this script resides. Needed only when called from 'bazel test'."
+    echo "[--local-env]                   'setup_local_env' directory location. Needed only when called from 'bazel test'."
+    echo
+    exit 0
+  ;;
+  "--gerrit-image" )
+    GERRIT_IMAGE=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--multisite-lib-file" )
+    MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--replication-lib-file" )
+    REPLICATION_LIB_LOCATION=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--broker-type" )
+    BROKER_TYPE=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+    if [ ! "$BROKER_TYPE" = "kafka" ] && [ ! "$BROKER_TYPE" = "kinesis" ] && [ ! "$BROKER_TYPE" = "gcloud-pubsub" ]; then
+      echo >&2 "broker type: '$BROKER_TYPE' not valid. Please supply 'kafka','kinesis' or 'gcloud-pubsub'. Aborting"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  ;;
+  "--start-period" )
+    GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--healthcheck-interval" )
+    GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--healthcheck-timeout" )
+    GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--healthcheck-retries" )
+    GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--location" )
+    LOCATION=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  "--local-env" )
+    LOCAL_ENV=$2
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+  *     )
+    echo "Unknown option argument: $1"
+    shift
+    shift
+  ;;
+esac
+done
+
+# Defaults
+EVENTS_BROKER_VER=`grep 'com.gerritforge:events-broker' ${LOCATION}/../external_plugin_deps.bzl | cut -d '"' -f 2 | cut -d ':' -f 3`
+GLOBAL_REFDB_VER=`grep 'com.gerritforge:global-refdb' ${LOCATION}/../external_plugin_deps.bzl | cut -d '"' -f 2 | cut -d ':' -f 3`
+DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION=$(mktemp -d || $(echo >&2 "Could not create temp dir" && exit 1))
+MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION=${MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION:-${DEF_MULTISITE_LOCATION}}
+BROKER_TYPE=${BROKER_TYPE:-"kafka"}
+GERRIT_IMAGE=${GERRIT_IMAGE:-${DEF_GERRIT_IMAGE}}
+GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD=${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD:-${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD}}
+GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL=${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL:-${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL}}
+GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT=${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT:-${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT}}
+GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES=${GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES:-${DEF_GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES}}
+
+# Gerrit primary
+GERRIT_1_ETC=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/etc_1
+GERRIT_1_PLUGINS=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/plugins_1
+GERRIT_1_LIBS=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/libs_1
+
+# Gerrit secondary
+GERRIT_2_ETC=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/etc_2
+GERRIT_2_PLUGINS=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/plugins_2
+GERRIT_2_LIBS=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/libs_2
+
+echo "Deployment location: [${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}]"
+
+echo "Downloading common plugins"
+COMMON_PLUGINS=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/common_plugins
+mkdir -p ${COMMON_PLUGINS}
+
+echo "plugin location[${MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION}]"
+cp -f $MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION $COMMON_PLUGINS/multi-site.jar  >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+  { echo >&2 "$MULTISITE_LIB_LOCATION: Not able to copy the file. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Downloading websession-broker plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
+wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/websession-broker/websession-broker.jar \
+  -O $COMMON_PLUGINS/websession-broker.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download websession-broker plugin: Check internet connection. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Downloading healthcheck plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
+wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-healthcheck-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/healthcheck/healthcheck.jar \
+  -O $COMMON_PLUGINS/healthcheck.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download healthcheck plugin: Check internet connection. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Downloading zookeeper plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
+wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-zookeeper-refdb-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/zookeeper-refdb/zookeeper-refdb.jar \
+  -O $COMMON_PLUGINS/zookeeper-refdb.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download zookeeper plugin: Check internet connection. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+if [ "$BROKER_TYPE" = "kafka" ]; then
+  echo "Downloading events-kafka plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
+  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-events-kafka-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/events-kafka/events-kafka.jar \
+    -O $COMMON_PLUGINS/events-kafka.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download events-kafka plugin: Check internet connection. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+  BROKER_PORT=9092
+  BROKER_HOST=kafka
+  BROKER_PLUGIN=events-kafka
+else
+  #TODO add more broker types handling
+  echo >&2 "Broker type [${BROKER_TYPE}] not supported. Aborting";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+echo "Downloading common libs"
+COMMON_LIBS=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/common_libs
+mkdir -p ${COMMON_LIBS}
+
+echo "Getting replication.jar as a library"
+CONTAINER_NAME=$(docker create -ti --entrypoint /bin/bash gerritcodereview/gerrit:"${GERRIT_IMAGE}") && \
+docker cp ${CONTAINER_NAME}:/var/gerrit/plugins/replication.jar $COMMON_LIBS/
+docker rm -fv ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+
+echo "Downloading global-refdb library $GERRIT_BRANCH"
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/gerritforge/global-refdb/$GLOBAL_REFDB_VER/global-refdb-$GLOBAL_REFDB_VER.jar \
+  -O $COMMON_LIBS/global-refdb.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download global-refdb library: Check internet connection. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Downloading events-broker library $GERRIT_BRANCH"
+wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/gerritforge/events-broker/$EVENTS_BROKER_VER/events-broker-$EVENTS_BROKER_VER.jar \
+  -O $COMMON_LIBS/events-broker.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download events-broker library: Check internet connection. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Setting up directories"
+mkdir -p ${GERRIT_1_ETC} ${GERRIT_1_PLUGINS} ${GERRIT_1_LIBS} ${GERRIT_2_ETC} ${GERRIT_2_PLUGINS} ${GERRIT_2_LIBS}
+
+echo "Copying plugins"
+cp -f $COMMON_PLUGINS/* ${GERRIT_1_PLUGINS}
+cp -f $COMMON_PLUGINS/* ${GERRIT_2_PLUGINS}
+
+echo "Copying libs"
+cp -f $COMMON_LIBS/* ${GERRIT_1_LIBS}
+cp -f $COMMON_PLUGINS/multi-site.jar ${GERRIT_1_LIBS}
+cp -f $COMMON_LIBS/* ${GERRIT_2_LIBS}
+cp -f $COMMON_PLUGINS/multi-site.jar ${GERRIT_2_LIBS}
+
+echo "Setting up configuration"
+echo "Setup healthcheck config"
+cp -f ${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/healthcheck.config $GERRIT_1_ETC
+cp -f ${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/healthcheck.config $GERRIT_2_ETC
+
+echo "Setup multi-site config"
+cp -f ${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/multi-site.config $GERRIT_1_ETC
+cp -f ${LOCAL_ENV}/configs/multi-site.config $GERRIT_2_ETC
+
+echo "Setup zookeeper config"
+setup_zookeeper_config "${GERRIT_1_ETC}/zookeeper-refdb.config"
+setup_zookeeper_config "${GERRIT_2_ETC}/zookeeper-refdb.config"
+
+echo "Setup replication config"
+setup_replication_config "${GERRIT_1_ETC}/replication.config" 'file:///var/gerrit/git-instance2/${name}.git'
+setup_replication_config "${GERRIT_2_ETC}/replication.config" 'file:///var/gerrit/git-instance1/${name}.git'
+
+echo "Setup gerrit config"
+setup_gerrit_config "${GERRIT_1_ETC}/gerrit.config" $BROKER_HOST $BROKER_PORT instance-1 29418
+setup_gerrit_config "${GERRIT_2_ETC}/gerrit.config" $BROKER_HOST $BROKER_PORT instance-2 29419
+
+echo "Generating common SSH key for tests"
+COMMON_SSH=${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/common_ssh
+mkdir -p ${COMMON_SSH}
+ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f ${COMMON_SSH}/id_rsa -q -N "" || { echo >&2 "Cannot generate common SSH keys. Aborting"; exit 1; }
+
+SCENARIOS="$( cd "${LOCATION}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )/scenarios.sh"
+
+echo "Starting containers"
+COMPOSE_FILES="-f ${LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml -f ${LOCATION}/docker-compose-kafka.yaml -f ${LOCATION}/docker-tester.yaml"
+
+# store setup in single file (under ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}) with all variables resolved
+export GERRIT_IMAGE; \
+  export GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_START_PERIOD; \
+  export GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL; \
+  export GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT; \
+  export GERRIT_HEALTHCHECK_RETRIES; \
+  docker-compose ${COMPOSE_FILES} config > ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml
+
+trap cleanup_tests_hook EXIT
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml up -d zookeeper kafka
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml ps -a
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml logs -f --no-color -t > ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/site.log &
+
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml up --no-start gerrit1 gerrit2
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml ps -a
+GERRIT1_CONTAINER=$(docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml ps -q gerrit1)
+GERRIT2_CONTAINER=$(docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml ps -q gerrit2)
+
+#copy files to gerrit containers
+echo "Copying files to Gerrit containers"
+docker cp "${GERRIT_1_ETC}/" "${GERRIT1_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/etc"
+docker cp "${GERRIT_1_PLUGINS}/" "${GERRIT1_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/plugins"
+docker cp "${GERRIT_1_LIBS}/" "${GERRIT1_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/libs"
+docker cp "${COMMON_SSH}/" "${GERRIT1_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/.ssh"
+
+docker cp "${GERRIT_2_ETC}/" "${GERRIT2_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/etc"
+docker cp "${GERRIT_2_PLUGINS}/" "${GERRIT2_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/plugins"
+docker cp "${GERRIT_2_LIBS}/" "${GERRIT2_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/libs"
+docker cp "${COMMON_SSH}/" "${GERRIT2_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/.ssh"
+
+echo "Starting Gerrit servers"
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml up -d gerrit1 gerrit2
+
+echo "Waiting for services to start (and being healthy) and calling e2e tests"
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml up --no-start tester
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml ps -a
+TEST_CONTAINER=$(docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml ps -q tester)
+docker cp "${COMMON_SSH}/" "${TEST_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/.ssh"
+docker cp "${SCENARIOS}" "${TEST_CONTAINER}:/var/gerrit/scenarios.sh"
+
+docker-compose -f ${DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION}/docker-compose.yaml up tester
+
+# inspect test container exit code as 'up' always returns '0'
+check_result "${TEST_CONTAINER}" 0
+RES_VAL=$?
+check_result "${GERRIT1_CONTAINER}" ${RES_VAL}
+RES_VAL=$?
+check_result "${GERRIT2_CONTAINER}" ${RES_VAL}
+RES_VAL=$?
+
+exit $RES_VAL
diff --git a/setup_local_env/configs/gerrit.config b/setup_local_env/configs/gerrit.config
index c4df06a..2cd8c9d 100644
--- a/setup_local_env/configs/gerrit.config
+++ b/setup_local_env/configs/gerrit.config
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     directory = $FAKE_NFS
 [plugin "events-kafka"]
     sendAsync = true
-    bootstrapServers = localhost:$BROKER_PORT
+    bootstrapServers = $BROKER_HOST:$BROKER_PORT
     groupId = $GROUP_ID
     numberOfSubscribers = 6
     securityProtocol = PLAINTEXT
diff --git a/setup_local_env/configs/zookeeper-refdb.config b/setup_local_env/configs/zookeeper-refdb.config
index 2c84a05..9eb0789 100644
--- a/setup_local_env/configs/zookeeper-refdb.config
+++ b/setup_local_env/configs/zookeeper-refdb.config
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [ref-database "zookeeper"]
-	connectString = localhost:$ZK_PORT
\ No newline at end of file
+	connectString = $ZK_HOST:$ZK_PORT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup_local_env/setup.sh b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
index b91033a..5342fbf 100755
--- a/setup_local_env/setup.sh
+++ b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@
 }
 
 function deploy_config_files {
+  # broker configuration
+  export BROKER_HOST=localhost
+
   # ZK configuration
+  export ZK_HOST=localhost
   export ZK_PORT=2181
 
   # SITE 1