diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/getip.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/getip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a691c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/getip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#get the OS
+OS_NAME=`uname -a|awk '{print $1}'`
+LINUX_OS='Linux'
+
+if [ $OS_NAME = $LINUX_OS ];
+then
+        #Get IP Address
+        IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+    	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+		IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig em1 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi 
+	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+		IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig lo | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi 
+else
+        IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig en1 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+                IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig lo0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi
+
+fi
+echo $IPADDR
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startAllNCs.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startAllNCs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..629bd90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startAllNCs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+PREGELIX_PATH=`pwd`
+
+for i in `cat conf/slaves`
+do
+   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; bin/startnc.sh"
+done
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startCluster.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startCluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a0c2063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startCluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/startcc.sh
+sleep 5
+bin/startAllNCs.sh
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startDebugNc.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startDebugNc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fe6cf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startDebugNc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+hostname
+
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CURRENT_PATH=`pwd`
+CCHOST=`ssh ${CCHOST_NAME} "cd ${CURRENT_PATH}; bin/getip.sh"`
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+. conf/debugnc.properties
+
+#Clean up temp dir
+
+rm -rf $NCTMP_DIR2
+mkdir $NCTMP_DIR2
+
+#Clean up log dir
+rm -rf $NCLOGS_DIR2
+mkdir $NCLOGS_DIR2
+
+
+#Clean up I/O working dir
+io_dirs=$(echo $IO_DIRS2 | tr "," "\n")
+for io_dir in $io_dirs
+do
+	rm -rf $io_dir
+	mkdir $io_dir
+done
+
+#Set JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+
+#Get OS
+IPADDR=`bin/getip.sh`
+
+#Get node ID
+NODEID=`hostname | cut -d '.' -f 1`
+NODEID=${NODEID}2
+
+#Set JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_OPTS=$NCJAVA_OPTS2
+
+cd $HYRACKS_HOME
+HYRACKS_HOME=`pwd`
+
+#Enter the temp dir
+cd $NCTMP_DIR2
+
+#Launch hyracks nc
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyracksnc -cc-host $CCHOST -cc-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -cluster-net-ip-address $IPADDR  -data-ip-address $IPADDR -node-id $NODEID -iodevices "${IO_DIRS2}" &> $NCLOGS_DIR2/$NODEID.log &
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..484ecac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+hostname
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CCHOST=`bin/getip.sh`
+
+#Remove the temp dir
+rm -rf $CCTMP_DIR
+mkdir $CCTMP_DIR
+
+#Remove the logs dir
+rm -rf $CCLOGS_DIR
+mkdir $CCLOGS_DIR
+
+#Export JAVA_HOME and JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_OPTS=$CCJAVA_OPTS
+
+#Launch hyracks cc script
+chmod -R 755 $HYRACKS_HOME
+if [ -f "conf/topology.xml"  ]; then
+#Launch hyracks cc script with topology
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 -cluster-topology "conf/topology.xml" &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+else
+#Launch hyracks cc script without toplogy
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+fi
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startnc.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startnc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..23a4c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startnc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+hostname
+
+MY_NAME=`hostname`
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CURRENT_PATH=`pwd`
+CCHOST=`ssh ${CCHOST_NAME} "cd ${CURRENT_PATH}; bin/getip.sh"`
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Clean up temp dir
+
+rm -rf $NCTMP_DIR
+mkdir $NCTMP_DIR
+
+#Clean up log dir
+rm -rf $NCLOGS_DIR
+mkdir $NCLOGS_DIR
+
+
+#Clean up I/O working dir
+io_dirs=$(echo $IO_DIRS | tr "," "\n")
+for io_dir in $io_dirs
+do
+	rm -rf $io_dir
+	mkdir $io_dir
+done
+
+#Set JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+
+IPADDR=`bin/getip.sh`
+#echo $IPADDR
+
+#Get node ID
+NODEID=`hostname | cut -d '.' -f 1`
+
+#Set JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_OPTS=$NCJAVA_OPTS
+
+cd $HYRACKS_HOME
+HYRACKS_HOME=`pwd`
+
+#Enter the temp dir
+cd $NCTMP_DIR
+
+#Launch hyracks nc
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyracksnc -cc-host $CCHOST -cc-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -cluster-net-ip-address $IPADDR  -data-ip-address $IPADDR -result-ip-address $IPADDR -node-id $NODEID -iodevices "${IO_DIRS}" &> $NCLOGS_DIR/$NODEID.log &
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopAllNCs.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopAllNCs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..12367c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopAllNCs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+PREGELIX_PATH=`pwd`
+
+for i in `cat conf/slaves`
+do
+   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; bin/stopnc.sh"
+done
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopCluster.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopCluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4889934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopCluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/stopAllNCs.sh
+sleep 2
+bin/stopcc.sh
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopcc.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopcc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c2f525a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopcc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+hostname
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Kill process
+PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USER}|grep java|grep hyracks|awk '{print $2}'`
+echo $PID
+kill -9 $PID
+
+#Clean up CC temp dir
+rm -rf $CCTMP_DIR/*
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopnc.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopnc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..35c4794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/stopnc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+hostname
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Kill process
+PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USER}|grep java|grep 'Dapp.name=hyracksnc'|awk '{print $2}'`
+
+if [ "$PID" == "" ]; then
+  PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USER}|grep java|grep 'hyracks'|awk '{print $2}'`
+fi
+
+if [ "$PID" == "" ]; then
+  USERID=`id | sed 's/^uid=//;s/(.*$//'`
+  PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USERID}|grep java|grep 'Dapp.name=hyracksnc'|awk '{print $2}'`
+fi
+
+echo $PID
+kill -9 $PID
+
+#Clean up I/O working dir
+io_dirs=$(echo $IO_DIRS | tr "," "\n")
+for io_dir in $io_dirs
+do
+	rm -rf $io_dir/*
+done
+
+#Clean up NC temp dir
+rm -rf $NCTMP_DIR/*