diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index e309132..1f22924 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>venv</id>
-            <phase>${pyro-shim.stage}</phase>
+            <phase>${prepare-env.stage}</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>exec</goal>
             </goals>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
           </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>shiv-install</id>
-            <phase>${pyro-shim.stage}</phase>
+            <phase>${prepare-env.stage}</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>exec</goal>
             </goals>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
           </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>shiv-msgpack-shim</id>
-            <phase>${pyro-shim.stage}</phase>
+            <phase>${shim.stage}</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>exec</goal>
             </goals>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/AbstractNCUdfServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/AbstractNCUdfServlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced9b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/AbstractNCUdfServlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.api.http.server;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ServletConstants.HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage.JAVA;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage.PYTHON;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INcApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.library.LibraryDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IFormattedException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.AbstractServlet;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.utils.HttpUtil;
+
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme;
+
+public abstract class AbstractNCUdfServlet extends AbstractServlet {
+
+    INcApplicationContext appCtx;
+    INCServiceContext srvCtx;
+
+    protected final IApplicationContext plainAppCtx;
+    private final HttpScheme httpServerProtocol;
+    private final int httpServerPort;
+
+    public AbstractNCUdfServlet(ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx, String[] paths, IApplicationContext appCtx,
+            HttpScheme httpServerProtocol, int httpServerPort) {
+
+        super(ctx, paths);
+        this.plainAppCtx = appCtx;
+        this.httpServerProtocol = httpServerProtocol;
+        this.httpServerPort = httpServerPort;
+    }
+
+    void readFromFile(Path filePath, IServletResponse response, String contentType, OpenOption opt) throws Exception {
+        class InputStreamGetter extends SynchronizableWork {
+            private InputStream is;
+
+            @Override
+            protected void doRun() throws Exception {
+                if (opt != null) {
+                    is = Files.newInputStream(filePath, opt);
+                } else {
+                    is = Files.newInputStream(filePath);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        InputStreamGetter r = new InputStreamGetter();
+        ((NodeControllerService) srvCtx.getControllerService()).getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(r);
+
+        if (r.is == null) {
+            response.setStatus(HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND);
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            response.setStatus(HttpResponseStatus.OK);
+            HttpUtil.setContentType(response, contentType);
+            IOUtils.copyLarge(r.is, response.outputStream());
+        } finally {
+            r.is.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    URI createDownloadURI(Path file) throws Exception {
+        String path = paths[0].substring(0, trims[0]) + '/' + file.getFileName();
+        String host = getHyracksClientConnection().getHost();
+        return new URI(httpServerProtocol.toString(), null, host, httpServerPort, path, null, null);
+    }
+
+    IHyracksClientConnection getHyracksClientConnection() throws Exception { // NOSONAR
+        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = (IHyracksClientConnection) ctx.get(HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR);
+        if (hcc == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeDataException(ErrorCode.PROPERTY_NOT_SET, HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR);
+        }
+        return hcc;
+    }
+
+    Pair<DataverseName, String> parseLibraryName(IServletRequest request) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        String[] path = StringUtils.split(localPath(request), '/');
+        int ln = path.length;
+        if (ln < 2) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        String libraryName = path[ln - 1];
+        DataverseName dataverseName = DataverseName.create(Arrays.asList(path), 0, ln - 1);
+        return new Pair<>(dataverseName, libraryName);
+    }
+
+    static ExternalFunctionLanguage getLanguageByFileExtension(String fileExtension) {
+        switch (fileExtension) {
+            case LibraryDescriptor.FILE_EXT_ZIP:
+                return JAVA;
+            case LibraryDescriptor.FILE_EXT_PYZ:
+                return PYTHON;
+            default:
+                return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    HttpResponseStatus toHttpErrorStatus(Exception e) {
+        if (e instanceof IFormattedException) {
+            IFormattedException fe = (IFormattedException) e;
+            if (ErrorCode.ASTERIX.equals(fe.getComponent())) {
+                switch (fe.getErrorCode()) {
+                    case ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_DATAVERSE:
+                    case ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_LIBRARY:
+                        return HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return HttpResponseStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/BasicAuthServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/BasicAuthServlet.java
index f25d223..e062cdc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/BasicAuthServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/BasicAuthServlet.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServlet;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
@@ -47,24 +48,31 @@
     private Base64.Decoder b64Decoder;
     Map<String, String> storedCredentials;
     Map<String, String> ephemeralCredentials;
-    private String sysAuthHeader;
     private final IServlet delegate;
     private ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx;
 
-    public BasicAuthServlet(ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx, IServlet delegate) {
+    public BasicAuthServlet(ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx, IServlet delegate, Map<String, String> storedCredentials,
+            Map<String, String> ephemeralCredentials) {
+        this.ctx = ctx;
         this.delegate = delegate;
         b64Decoder = Base64.getDecoder();
-        storedCredentials = (Map<String, String>) ctx.get(CREDENTIAL_MAP);
-        this.ctx = ctx;
+        this.storedCredentials = storedCredentials;
+        this.ephemeralCredentials = ephemeralCredentials;
+    }
+
+    public static Pair<Map<String, String>, Map<String, String>> generateSysAuthHeader(
+            ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx) {
+        Map<String, String> storedCredentials = (Map<String, String>) ctx.get(CREDENTIAL_MAP);
         // generate internal user
         String sysUser;
         do {
             sysUser = generateRandomString(32);
         } while (storedCredentials.containsKey(sysUser));
         String sysPassword = generateRandomString(128);
-        ephemeralCredentials = Collections.singletonMap(sysUser, hashPassword(sysPassword));
-        sysAuthHeader = createAuthHeader(sysUser, sysPassword);
+        Map<String, String> ephemeralCredentials = Collections.singletonMap(sysUser, hashPassword(sysPassword));
+        String sysAuthHeader = createAuthHeader(sysUser, sysPassword);
         ctx.put(SYS_AUTH_HEADER, sysAuthHeader);
+        return new Pair<>(storedCredentials, ephemeralCredentials);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfApiServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfApiServlet.java
index 7af7fd4..fc08f49 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfApiServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfApiServlet.java
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.api.http.server;
 
-import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ServletConstants.HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR;
 import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ServletConstants.SYS_AUTH_HEADER;
-import static org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage.JAVA;
-import static org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage.PYTHON;
 
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.security.DigestOutputStream;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
@@ -43,33 +43,25 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IReceptionist;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IRequestReference;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.library.LibraryDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.ICcAddressedMessage;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.INCMessageBroker;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.MessageFuture;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.compiler.provider.ILangCompilationProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalLibraryUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IFormattedException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
-import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
-import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.AbstractServlet;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.utils.HttpUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.file.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufInputStream;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme;
@@ -77,14 +69,7 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.HttpPostRequestDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.InterfaceHttpData;
 
-public class NCUdfApiServlet extends AbstractServlet {
-
-    INcApplicationContext appCtx;
-    INCServiceContext srvCtx;
-
-    protected final IApplicationContext plainAppCtx;
-    private final HttpScheme httpServerProtocol;
-    private final int httpServerPort;
+public class NCUdfApiServlet extends AbstractNCUdfServlet {
 
     protected final ILangCompilationProvider compilationProvider;
     protected final IReceptionist receptionist;
@@ -96,13 +81,9 @@
 
     public NCUdfApiServlet(ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx, String[] paths, IApplicationContext appCtx,
             ILangCompilationProvider compilationProvider, HttpScheme httpServerProtocol, int httpServerPort) {
-
-        super(ctx, paths);
-        this.plainAppCtx = appCtx;
+        super(ctx, paths, appCtx, httpServerProtocol, httpServerPort);
         this.compilationProvider = compilationProvider;
         this.receptionist = appCtx.getReceptionist();
-        this.httpServerProtocol = httpServerProtocol;
-        this.httpServerPort = httpServerPort;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -137,12 +118,12 @@
     }
 
     private void doCreate(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName, ExternalFunctionLanguage language,
-            URI downloadURI, boolean replaceIfExists, String sysAuthHeader, IRequestReference requestReference,
-            IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) throws Exception {
+            String hash, URI downloadURI, boolean replaceIfExists, String sysAuthHeader,
+            IRequestReference requestReference, IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) throws Exception {
         INCMessageBroker ncMb = (INCMessageBroker) srvCtx.getMessageBroker();
         MessageFuture responseFuture = ncMb.registerMessageFuture();
         CreateLibraryRequestMessage req = new CreateLibraryRequestMessage(srvCtx.getNodeId(),
-                responseFuture.getFutureId(), dataverseName, libraryName, language, downloadURI, replaceIfExists,
+                responseFuture.getFutureId(), dataverseName, libraryName, language, hash, downloadURI, replaceIfExists,
                 sysAuthHeader, requestReference, additionalHttpHeadersFromRequest(request));
         sendMessage(req, responseFuture, requestReference, request, response);
     }
@@ -197,7 +178,7 @@
             response.setStatus(HttpResponseStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
             return;
         }
-        readFromFile(filePath, response);
+        readFromFile(filePath, response, HttpUtil.ContentType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM, null);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -209,6 +190,7 @@
             return;
         }
         Path libraryTempFile = null;
+        FileOutputStream libTmpOut = null;
         HttpPostRequestDecoder requestDecoder = new HttpPostRequestDecoder(httpRequest);
         try {
             if (!requestDecoder.hasNext() || requestDecoder.getBodyHttpDatas().size() != 1) {
@@ -234,9 +216,15 @@
                     LOGGER.debug("Created temporary file " + libraryTempFile + " for library " + libraryName.first + "."
                             + libraryName.second);
                 }
-                fileUpload.renameTo(libraryTempFile.toFile());
+                MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
+                libTmpOut = new FileOutputStream(libraryTempFile.toFile());
+                OutputStream outStream = new DigestOutputStream(libTmpOut, digest);
+                InputStream uploadInput = new ByteBufInputStream(((FileUpload) httpData).getByteBuf());
+                IOUtils.copyLarge(uploadInput, outStream);
+                outStream.close();
                 URI downloadURI = createDownloadURI(libraryTempFile);
-                doCreate(libraryName.first, libraryName.second, language, downloadURI, true, sysAuthHeader,
+                doCreate(libraryName.first, libraryName.second, language,
+                        ExternalLibraryUtils.digestToHexString(digest), downloadURI, true, sysAuthHeader,
                         requestReference, request, response);
                 response.setStatus(HttpResponseStatus.OK);
             } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -250,6 +238,9 @@
             requestDecoder.destroy();
             if (libraryTempFile != null) {
                 try {
+                    if (libTmpOut != null) {
+                        libTmpOut.close();
+                    }
                     Files.deleteIfExists(libraryTempFile);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     LOGGER.warn("Could not delete temporary file " + libraryTempFile, e);
@@ -258,20 +249,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private URI createDownloadURI(Path file) throws Exception {
-        String path = paths[0].substring(0, trims[0]) + '/' + file.getFileName();
-        String host = getHyracksClientConnection().getHost();
-        return new URI(httpServerProtocol.toString(), null, host, httpServerPort, path, null, null);
-    }
-
-    private IHyracksClientConnection getHyracksClientConnection() throws Exception { // NOSONAR
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = (IHyracksClientConnection) ctx.get(HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR);
-        if (hcc == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeDataException(ErrorCode.PROPERTY_NOT_SET, HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR);
-        }
-        return hcc;
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void delete(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) {
         Pair<DataverseName, String> libraryName = parseLibraryName(request);
@@ -292,65 +269,4 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private void readFromFile(Path filePath, IServletResponse response) throws Exception {
-        class InputStreamGetter extends SynchronizableWork {
-            private InputStream is;
-
-            @Override
-            protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                is = Files.newInputStream(filePath);
-            }
-        }
-
-        InputStreamGetter r = new InputStreamGetter();
-        ((NodeControllerService) srvCtx.getControllerService()).getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(r);
-
-        if (r.is == null) {
-            response.setStatus(HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND);
-            return;
-        }
-        try {
-            response.setStatus(HttpResponseStatus.OK);
-            HttpUtil.setContentType(response, "application/octet-stream");
-            IOUtils.copyLarge(r.is, response.outputStream());
-        } finally {
-            r.is.close();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private Pair<DataverseName, String> parseLibraryName(IServletRequest request) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-        String[] path = StringUtils.split(localPath(request), '/');
-        int ln = path.length;
-        if (ln < 2) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        String libraryName = path[ln - 1];
-        DataverseName dataverseName = DataverseName.create(Arrays.asList(path), 0, ln - 1);
-        return new Pair<>(dataverseName, libraryName);
-    }
-
-    private static ExternalFunctionLanguage getLanguageByFileExtension(String fileExtension) {
-        switch (fileExtension) {
-            case LibraryDescriptor.FILE_EXT_ZIP:
-                return JAVA;
-            case LibraryDescriptor.FILE_EXT_PYZ:
-                return PYTHON;
-            default:
-                return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private HttpResponseStatus toHttpErrorStatus(Exception e) {
-        if (e instanceof IFormattedException) {
-            IFormattedException fe = (IFormattedException) e;
-            if (ErrorCode.ASTERIX.equals(fe.getComponent())) {
-                switch (fe.getErrorCode()) {
-                    case ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_DATAVERSE:
-                    case ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_LIBRARY:
-                        return HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return HttpResponseStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfRecoveryServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfRecoveryServlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c29d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/NCUdfRecoveryServlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.api.http.server;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INcApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.library.ExternalLibraryManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.utils.HttpUtil;
+
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme;
+
+public class NCUdfRecoveryServlet extends AbstractNCUdfServlet {
+
+    ExternalLibraryManager libraryManager;
+
+    public static final String GET_ALL_UDF_ENDPOINT = "/all";
+
+    public NCUdfRecoveryServlet(ConcurrentMap<String, Object> ctx, String[] paths, IApplicationContext appCtx,
+            HttpScheme httpServerProtocol, int httpServerPort) {
+        super(ctx, paths, appCtx, httpServerProtocol, httpServerPort);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        appCtx = (INcApplicationContext) plainAppCtx;
+        srvCtx = this.appCtx.getServiceContext();
+        this.libraryManager = (ExternalLibraryManager) appCtx.getLibraryManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void get(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) throws Exception {
+        String localPath = localPath(request);
+        if (localPath.equals(GET_ALL_UDF_ENDPOINT)) {
+            Path zippedLibs = libraryManager.zipAllLibs();
+            readFromFile(zippedLibs, response, HttpUtil.ContentType.APPLICATION_ZIP,
+                    StandardOpenOption.DELETE_ON_CLOSE);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/external/ExternalLibraryUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/external/ExternalLibraryJobUtils.java
similarity index 98%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/external/ExternalLibraryUtil.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/external/ExternalLibraryJobUtils.java
index dd1b736..6c6691b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/external/ExternalLibraryUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/external/ExternalLibraryJobUtils.java
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 
-public class ExternalLibraryUtil {
+public class ExternalLibraryJobUtils {
 
-    private ExternalLibraryUtil() {
+    private ExternalLibraryJobUtils() {
     }
 
     public static Triple<JobSpecification, JobSpecification, JobSpecification> buildCreateLibraryJobSpec(
@@ -137,4 +137,5 @@
         }
         return splits.toArray(new FileSplit[0]);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/message/CreateLibraryRequestMessage.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/message/CreateLibraryRequestMessage.java
index 818a098..f23b6e4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/message/CreateLibraryRequestMessage.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/message/CreateLibraryRequestMessage.java
@@ -32,24 +32,26 @@
     final DataverseName dataverseName;
     final String libraryName;
     final ExternalFunctionLanguage lang;
+    final String hash;
     final URI location;
     final boolean replaceIfExists;
     final String authToken;
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public CreateLibraryRequestMessage(String nodeRequestId, long requestMessageId, DataverseName dataverseName,
-            String libraryName, ExternalFunctionLanguage lang, URI location, boolean replaceIfExists, String authToken,
-            IRequestReference requestReference, Map<String, String> additionalParams) {
+            String libraryName, ExternalFunctionLanguage lang, String hash, URI location, boolean replaceIfExists,
+            String authToken, IRequestReference requestReference, Map<String, String> additionalParams) {
         super(nodeRequestId, requestMessageId, requestReference, additionalParams);
         this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
         this.libraryName = libraryName;
         this.lang = lang;
+        this.hash = hash;
         this.location = location;
         this.replaceIfExists = replaceIfExists;
         this.authToken = authToken;
     }
 
     protected Statement produceStatement() {
-        return new CreateLibraryStatement(dataverseName, libraryName, lang, location, replaceIfExists, authToken);
+        return new CreateLibraryStatement(dataverseName, libraryName, lang, hash, location, replaceIfExists, authToken);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java
index 8ac13be..e058d39 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
         NodeControllerService ncs = (NodeControllerService) getServiceContext().getControllerService();
         FileReference appDir =
                 ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(getServiceContext().getServerCtx().getAppDir().getAbsolutePath());
-        libraryManager = new ExternalLibraryManager(ncs, persistedResourceRegistry, appDir);
+        libraryManager = new ExternalLibraryManager(ncs, persistedResourceRegistry, appDir, ioManager);
         libraryManager.initialize(resetStorageData);
 
         /*
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/task/RetrieveLibrariesTask.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/task/RetrieveLibrariesTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d303c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/task/RetrieveLibrariesTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.NCUdfRecoveryServlet.GET_ALL_UDF_ENDPOINT;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets.UDF_RECOVERY;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INCLifecycleTask;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INcApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.library.ILibraryManager;
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.control.CcId;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.service.IControllerService;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.file.FileUtil;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class RetrieveLibrariesTask implements INCLifecycleTask {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private final List<Pair<URI, String>> nodes;
+
+    public RetrieveLibrariesTask(List<Pair<URI, String>> nodes) {
+        this.nodes = nodes;
+        if (nodes.size() <= 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No nodes specified to retrieve from");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void perform(CcId ccId, IControllerService cs) throws HyracksDataException {
+        INcApplicationContext appContext = (INcApplicationContext) cs.getApplicationContext();
+        boolean success = false;
+        for (Pair<URI, String> referenceNode : nodes) {
+            try {
+                LOGGER.info("Retrieving UDFs from " + referenceNode.getFirst().getHost());
+                retrieveLibrary(referenceNode.getFirst(), referenceNode.getSecond(), appContext);
+                success = true;
+                break;
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                LOGGER.error("Unable to retrieve UDFs from: " + referenceNode.getFirst() + ", trying another node.", e);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!success) {
+            LOGGER.error("Unable to retrieve UDFs from any participant node");
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ErrorCode.TIMEOUT);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void retrieveLibrary(URI baseURI, String authToken, INcApplicationContext appContext)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager = appContext.getLibraryManager();
+        FileReference distributionDir = appContext.getLibraryManager().getDistributionDir();
+        URI libraryURI = getNCUdfRetrievalURL(baseURI);
+        try {
+            FileUtil.forceMkdirs(distributionDir.getFile());
+            Path targetFile = Files.createTempFile(Paths.get(distributionDir.getAbsolutePath()), "all_", ".zip");
+            FileReference targetFileRef = distributionDir.getChild(targetFile.getFileName().toString());
+            libraryManager.download(targetFileRef, authToken, libraryURI);
+            Path outputDirPath = libraryManager.getStorageDir().getFile().toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+            FileReference outPath = appContext.getIoManager().resolveAbsolutePath(outputDirPath.toString());
+            libraryManager.unzip(targetFileRef, outPath);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Unable to retrieve UDFs from " + libraryURI.toString() + " before timeout");
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public URI getNCUdfRetrievalURL(URI baseURL) {
+        String endpoint = UDF_RECOVERY.substring(0, UDF_RECOVERY.length() - 1) + GET_ALL_UDF_ENDPOINT;
+        URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder(baseURL).setPath(endpoint);
+        try {
+            return builder.build();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Could not find URL for NC recovery", e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{ \"class\" : \"" + getClass().getSimpleName() + "\" }";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java
index d22e9fc..c4e4f82 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java
@@ -18,14 +18,20 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.app.replication;
 
+import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ServletConstants.SYS_AUTH_HEADER;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.config.ExternalProperties.Option.NC_API_PORT;
 import static org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode.NODE_FAILED;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.ExportMetadataNodeTask;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.LocalRecoveryTask;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.MetadataBootstrapTask;
+import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.RetrieveLibrariesTask;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.StartLifecycleComponentsTask;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.StartReplicationServiceTask;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.nc.task.UpdateNodeStatusTask;
@@ -42,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.app.replication.message.NCLifecycleTaskReportMessage;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.replication.message.RegistrationTasksRequestMessage;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.replication.message.RegistrationTasksResponseMessage;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IClusterManagementWork.ClusterState;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INCLifecycleTask;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.cluster.ClusterPartition;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.cluster.IClusterStateManager;
@@ -53,14 +61,20 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.IRecoveryManager.SystemState;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.replication.messaging.ReplicaFailedMessage;
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.ICCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.NodeStatus;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IOption;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.control.IGatekeeper;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme;
+
 public class NcLifecycleCoordinator implements INcLifecycleCoordinator {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
@@ -70,12 +84,14 @@
     protected final ICCMessageBroker messageBroker;
     private final boolean replicationEnabled;
     private final IGatekeeper gatekeeper;
+    Map<String, Map<String, Object>> nodeSecretsMap;
 
     public NcLifecycleCoordinator(ICCServiceContext serviceCtx, boolean replicationEnabled) {
         this.messageBroker = (ICCMessageBroker) serviceCtx.getMessageBroker();
         this.replicationEnabled = replicationEnabled;
         this.gatekeeper =
                 ((ClusterControllerService) serviceCtx.getControllerService()).getApplication().getGatekeeper();
+        this.nodeSecretsMap = new HashMap<>();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -121,6 +137,7 @@
 
     private void process(RegistrationTasksRequestMessage msg) throws HyracksDataException {
         final String nodeId = msg.getNodeId();
+        nodeSecretsMap.put(nodeId, msg.getSecrets());
         List<INCLifecycleTask> tasks = buildNCRegTasks(msg.getNodeId(), msg.getNodeStatus(), msg.getState());
         RegistrationTasksResponseMessage response = new RegistrationTasksResponseMessage(nodeId, tasks);
         try {
@@ -193,12 +210,12 @@
         }
     }
 
-    protected List<INCLifecycleTask> buildIdleNcRegTasks(String nodeId, boolean metadataNode, SystemState state) {
+    protected List<INCLifecycleTask> buildIdleNcRegTasks(String newNodeId, boolean metadataNode, SystemState state) {
         final List<INCLifecycleTask> tasks = new ArrayList<>();
         tasks.add(new UpdateNodeStatusTask(NodeStatus.BOOTING));
         if (state == SystemState.CORRUPTED) {
             // need to perform local recovery for node partitions
-            LocalRecoveryTask rt = new LocalRecoveryTask(Arrays.stream(clusterManager.getNodePartitions(nodeId))
+            LocalRecoveryTask rt = new LocalRecoveryTask(Arrays.stream(clusterManager.getNodePartitions(newNodeId))
                     .map(ClusterPartition::getPartitionId).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
             tasks.add(rt);
         }
@@ -210,6 +227,16 @@
         }
         tasks.add(new CheckpointTask());
         tasks.add(new StartLifecycleComponentsTask());
+        if (isLibraryFetchEnabled() && clusterManager.getState() == ClusterState.ACTIVE) {
+            Set<String> nodes = clusterManager.getParticipantNodes(true);
+            if (nodes.size() > 0) {
+                try {
+                    tasks.add(nodesToLibraryTask(newNodeId, nodes));
+                } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                    LOGGER.error("Could not construct library recovery task", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (metadataNode) {
             tasks.add(new ExportMetadataNodeTask(true));
             tasks.add(new BindMetadataNodeTask());
@@ -227,6 +254,23 @@
         }
     }
 
+    protected String getNCAuthToken(String node) {
+        return (String) nodeSecretsMap.get(node).get(SYS_AUTH_HEADER);
+    }
+
+    protected URI constructNCRecoveryUri(String nodeId) throws HyracksDataException {
+        Map<IOption, Object> nodeConfig = clusterManager.getNcConfiguration().get(nodeId);
+        String host = (String) nodeConfig.get(NCConfig.Option.PUBLIC_ADDRESS);
+        int port = (Integer) nodeConfig.get(NC_API_PORT);
+        URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder().setScheme(HttpScheme.HTTP.toString()).setHost(host).setPort(port);
+        try {
+            return builder.build();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Could not find URL for NC recovery", e);
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void requestMetadataNodeTakeover(String node) throws HyracksDataException {
         MetadataNodeRequestMessage msg =
                 new MetadataNodeRequestMessage(true, clusterManager.getMetadataPartition().getPartitionId());
@@ -237,6 +281,23 @@
         }
     }
 
+    protected RetrieveLibrariesTask nodesToLibraryTask(String newNodeId, Set<String> referenceNodes)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        List<Pair<URI, String>> referenceNodeLocAndAuth = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String node : referenceNodes) {
+            referenceNodeLocAndAuth.add(new Pair<>(constructNCRecoveryUri(node), getNCAuthToken(node)));
+        }
+        return getRetrieveLibrariesTask(referenceNodeLocAndAuth);
+    }
+
+    protected RetrieveLibrariesTask getRetrieveLibrariesTask(List<Pair<URI, String>> referenceNodeLocAndAuth) {
+        return new RetrieveLibrariesTask(referenceNodeLocAndAuth);
+    }
+
+    protected boolean isLibraryFetchEnabled() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private void notifyFailedReplica(IClusterStateManager clusterManager, String nodeID,
             InetSocketAddress replicaAddress) {
         LOGGER.info("notify replica failure of nodeId {} at {}", nodeID, replicaAddress);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/message/RegistrationTasksRequestMessage.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/message/RegistrationTasksRequestMessage.java
index 3c7182d..c2cc63c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/message/RegistrationTasksRequestMessage.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/message/RegistrationTasksRequestMessage.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.app.replication.message;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.ICcAddressedMessage;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.messaging.api.INCMessageBroker;
@@ -34,22 +37,25 @@
 public class RegistrationTasksRequestMessage implements INCLifecycleMessage, ICcAddressedMessage {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    private final SystemState state;
-    private final String nodeId;
-    private final NodeStatus nodeStatus;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
+    protected final SystemState state;
+    protected final String nodeId;
+    protected final NodeStatus nodeStatus;
+    protected final Map<String, Object> secrets;
 
-    public RegistrationTasksRequestMessage(String nodeId, NodeStatus nodeStatus, SystemState state) {
+    public RegistrationTasksRequestMessage(String nodeId, NodeStatus nodeStatus, SystemState state,
+            Map<String, Object> secretsEphemeral) {
         this.state = state;
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.nodeStatus = nodeStatus;
+        this.secrets = new HashMap<>(secretsEphemeral);
     }
 
-    public static void send(CcId ccId, NodeControllerService cs, NodeStatus nodeStatus, SystemState systemState)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+    public static void send(CcId ccId, NodeControllerService cs, NodeStatus nodeStatus, SystemState systemState,
+            Map<String, Object> secretsEphemeral) throws HyracksDataException {
         try {
             RegistrationTasksRequestMessage msg =
-                    new RegistrationTasksRequestMessage(cs.getId(), nodeStatus, systemState);
+                    new RegistrationTasksRequestMessage(cs.getId(), nodeStatus, systemState, secretsEphemeral);
             ((INCMessageBroker) cs.getContext().getMessageBroker()).sendMessageToCC(ccId, msg);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "Unable to send RegistrationTasksRequestMessage to CC", e);
@@ -79,4 +85,7 @@
         return MessageType.REGISTRATION_TASKS_REQUEST;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    public Map<String, Object> getSecrets() {
+        return secrets;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 40a3c10..d62c151 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.app.active.ActiveEntityEventsListener;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.active.ActiveNotificationHandler;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.active.FeedEventsListener;
-import org.apache.asterix.app.external.ExternalLibraryUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.app.external.ExternalLibraryJobUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.ExecutionError;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.ResultHandle;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.ResultReader;
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@
             // #. prepare jobs which will drop corresponding libraries.
             List<Library> libraries = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.getDataverseLibraries(mdTxnCtx, dataverseName);
             for (Library library : libraries) {
-                jobsToExecute.add(ExternalLibraryUtil.buildDropLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, library.getName(),
+                jobsToExecute.add(ExternalLibraryJobUtils.buildDropLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, library.getName(),
                         metadataProvider));
             }
 
@@ -2430,16 +2430,17 @@
         CreateLibraryStatement cls = (CreateLibraryStatement) stmt;
         DataverseName dataverseName = getActiveDataverseName(cls.getDataverseName());
         String libraryName = cls.getLibraryName();
+        String libraryHash = cls.getHash();
         lockUtil.createLibraryBegin(lockManager, metadataProvider.getLocks(), dataverseName, libraryName);
         try {
-            doCreateLibrary(metadataProvider, dataverseName, libraryName, cls, hcc);
+            doCreateLibrary(metadataProvider, dataverseName, libraryName, libraryHash, cls, hcc);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
         }
     }
 
     private void doCreateLibrary(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName,
-            CreateLibraryStatement cls, IHyracksClientConnection hcc) throws Exception {
+            String libraryHash, CreateLibraryStatement cls, IHyracksClientConnection hcc) throws Exception {
         JobUtils.ProgressState progress = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
         boolean prepareJobSuccessful = false;
         JobSpecification abortJobSpec = null;
@@ -2461,7 +2462,7 @@
 
             // #. add/update library with PendingAddOp
             Library libraryPendingAdd =
-                    new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, language.name(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
+                    new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, language.name(), libraryHash, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
             if (existingLibrary == null) {
                 MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addLibrary(mdTxnCtx, libraryPendingAdd);
             } else {
@@ -2470,7 +2471,7 @@
 
             // #. prepare to create library artifacts in NC.
             Triple<JobSpecification, JobSpecification, JobSpecification> jobSpecs =
-                    ExternalLibraryUtil.buildCreateLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, libraryName, language,
+                    ExternalLibraryJobUtils.buildCreateLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, libraryName, language,
                             cls.getLocation(), cls.getAuthToken(), metadataProvider);
             JobSpecification prepareJobSpec = jobSpecs.first;
             JobSpecification commitJobSpec = jobSpecs.second;
@@ -2490,7 +2491,8 @@
             bActiveTxn = true;
             metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
 
-            Library newLibrary = new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, language.name(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+            Library newLibrary =
+                    new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, language.name(), libraryHash, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.updateLibrary(mdTxnCtx, newLibrary);
 
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
@@ -2511,8 +2513,8 @@
                 } else if (existingLibrary == null) {
                     // 'commit' job failed for a new library -> try removing the library
                     try {
-                        JobSpecification dropLibraryJobSpec = ExternalLibraryUtil.buildDropLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName,
-                                libraryName, metadataProvider);
+                        JobSpecification dropLibraryJobSpec = ExternalLibraryJobUtils
+                                .buildDropLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, libraryName, metadataProvider);
                         runJob(hcc, dropLibraryJobSpec, jobFlags);
                     } catch (Exception e2) {
                         e.addSuppressed(e2);
@@ -2592,12 +2594,12 @@
             // #. mark the existing library as PendingDropOp
             // do drop instead of update because drop will fail if the library is used by functions/adapters
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropLibrary(mdTxnCtx, dataverseName, libraryName);
-            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addLibrary(mdTxnCtx,
-                    new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, library.getLanguage(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP));
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addLibrary(mdTxnCtx, new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, library.getLanguage(),
+                    library.getHash(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP));
 
             // #. drop library artifacts in NCs.
             JobSpecification jobSpec =
-                    ExternalLibraryUtil.buildDropLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, libraryName, metadataProvider);
+                    ExternalLibraryJobUtils.buildDropLibraryJobSpec(dataverseName, libraryName, metadataProvider);
 
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             bActiveTxn = false;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
index fd5ecb5..b0cb4de 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap;
 
 import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ServletConstants.HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR;
+import static org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ServletConstants.SYS_AUTH_HEADER;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets.QUERY_RESULT;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets.QUERY_SERVICE;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets.QUERY_STATUS;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets.UDF;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets.UDF_RECOVERY;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.BasicAuthServlet;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.NCQueryServiceServlet;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.NCUdfApiServlet;
+import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.NCUdfRecoveryServlet;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.NetDiagnosticsApiServlet;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.QueryResultApiServlet;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.QueryStatusApiServlet;
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat;
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVParser;
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVRecord;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.IServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.NodeStatus;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IConfigManager;
@@ -106,11 +111,12 @@
 public class NCApplication extends BaseNCApplication {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     protected NCExtensionManager ncExtensionManager;
-    private INcApplicationContext runtimeContext;
+    protected INcApplicationContext runtimeContext;
     private String nodeId;
     private boolean stopInitiated;
-    private boolean startupCompleted;
+    protected boolean startupCompleted;
     protected WebManager webManager;
+    private HttpServer apiServer;
 
     @Override
     public void registerConfig(IConfigManager configManager) {
@@ -203,8 +209,8 @@
         final ExternalProperties externalProperties = getApplicationContext().getExternalProperties();
         final HttpServerConfig config =
                 HttpServerConfigBuilder.custom().setMaxRequestSize(externalProperties.getMaxWebRequestSize()).build();
-        HttpServer apiServer = new HttpServer(webManager.getBosses(), webManager.getWorkers(),
-                externalProperties.getNcApiPort(), config);
+        apiServer = new HttpServer(webManager.getBosses(), webManager.getWorkers(), externalProperties.getNcApiPort(),
+                config);
         apiServer.setAttribute(ServletConstants.SERVICE_CONTEXT_ATTR, ncServiceCtx);
         apiServer.setAttribute(HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR, getApplicationContext().getHcc());
         apiServer.addServlet(new StorageApiServlet(apiServer.ctx(), getApplicationContext(), Servlets.STORAGE));
@@ -217,9 +223,15 @@
         apiServer.setAttribute(ServletConstants.CREDENTIAL_MAP,
                 parseCredentialMap(((NodeControllerService) ncServiceCtx.getControllerService()).getConfiguration()
                         .getCredentialFilePath()));
+        Pair<Map<String, String>, Map<String, String>> auth = BasicAuthServlet.generateSysAuthHeader(apiServer.ctx());
         apiServer.addServlet(new BasicAuthServlet(apiServer.ctx(),
                 new NCUdfApiServlet(apiServer.ctx(), new String[] { UDF }, getApplicationContext(),
-                        sqlppCompilationProvider, apiServer.getScheme(), apiServer.getAddress().getPort())));
+                        sqlppCompilationProvider, apiServer.getScheme(), apiServer.getAddress().getPort()),
+                auth.getFirst(), auth.getSecond()));
+        apiServer.addServlet(new BasicAuthServlet(
+                apiServer.ctx(), new NCUdfRecoveryServlet(apiServer.ctx(), new String[] { UDF_RECOVERY },
+                        getApplicationContext(), apiServer.getScheme(), apiServer.getAddress().getPort()),
+                auth.getFirst(), auth.getSecond()));
         apiServer.addServlet(new QueryStatusApiServlet(apiServer.ctx(), getApplicationContext(), QUERY_STATUS));
         apiServer.addServlet(new QueryResultApiServlet(apiServer.ctx(), getApplicationContext(), QUERY_RESULT));
         webManager.add(apiServer);
@@ -283,8 +295,11 @@
         final NodeStatus currentStatus = ncs.getNodeStatus();
         final SystemState systemState = isPendingStartupTasks(currentStatus, ncs.getPrimaryCcId(), ccId)
                 ? getCurrentSystemState() : SystemState.HEALTHY;
+        final Map httpSecrets =
+                apiServer != null ? Collections.singletonMap(SYS_AUTH_HEADER, apiServer.ctx().get(SYS_AUTH_HEADER))
+                        : Collections.emptyMap();
         RegistrationTasksRequestMessage.send(ccId, (NodeControllerService) ncServiceCtx.getControllerService(),
-                currentStatus, systemState);
+                currentStatus, systemState, httpSecrets);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/ExternalPythonFunctionIT.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/ExternalPythonFunctionIT.java
index ac2bc6b..d72d494 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/ExternalPythonFunctionIT.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/runtime/ExternalPythonFunctionIT.java
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.test.runtime;
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.INcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
 import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -40,7 +46,9 @@
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-        LangExecutionUtil.setUp(TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, new TestExecutor());
+        final TestExecutor testExecutor = new TestExecutor();
+        LangExecutionUtil.setUp(TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, testExecutor);
+        setNcEndpoints(testExecutor);
     }
 
     @AfterClass
@@ -63,4 +71,17 @@
     public void test() throws Exception {
         LangExecutionUtil.test(tcCtx);
     }
+
+    private static void setNcEndpoints(TestExecutor testExecutor) {
+        final NodeControllerService[] ncs = ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.ncs;
+        final Map<String, InetSocketAddress> ncEndPoints = new HashMap<>();
+        final String ip = InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress().getHostAddress();
+        for (NodeControllerService nc : ncs) {
+            final String nodeId = nc.getId();
+            final INcApplicationContext appCtx = (INcApplicationContext) nc.getApplicationContext();
+            int apiPort = appCtx.getExternalProperties().getNcApiPort();
+            ncEndPoints.put(nodeId, InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(ip, apiPort));
+        }
+        testExecutor.setNcEndPoints(ncEndPoints);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/ILibraryManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/ILibraryManager.java
index 6d1c059..ef390f4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/ILibraryManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/ILibraryManager.java
@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.common.library;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.ipc.ExternalFunctionResultRouter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.ipc.impl.IPCSystem;
 
@@ -33,6 +39,8 @@
 
     // deployment helpers
 
+    FileReference getStorageDir();
+
     FileReference getLibraryDir(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     FileReference getDistributionDir();
@@ -44,4 +52,10 @@
     ExternalFunctionResultRouter getRouter();
 
     IPCSystem getIPCI();
+
+    MessageDigest download(FileReference targetFile, String authToken, URI libLocation) throws HyracksException;
+
+    void unzip(FileReference sourceFile, FileReference outputDir) throws IOException;
+
+    void writeAndForce(FileReference outputFile, InputStream dataStream, byte[] copyBuf) throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/LibraryDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/LibraryDescriptor.java
index 72bde09..6f128dc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/LibraryDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/library/LibraryDescriptor.java
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
  */
 public class LibraryDescriptor implements IJsonSerializable {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
 
     private static final String FIELD_LANGUAGE = "lang";
+    private static final String FIELD_HASH = "hash";
 
     public static final String FILE_EXT_ZIP = "zip";
 
@@ -44,23 +45,32 @@
      */
     private final ExternalFunctionLanguage lang;
 
-    public LibraryDescriptor(ExternalFunctionLanguage language) {
+    private final String hash;
+
+    public LibraryDescriptor(ExternalFunctionLanguage language, String hash) {
         this.lang = language;
+        this.hash = hash;
     }
 
     public ExternalFunctionLanguage getLanguage() {
         return lang;
     }
 
+    public String getHash() {
+        return hash;
+    }
+
     public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) {
         ObjectNode jsonNode = registry.getClassIdentifier(LibraryDescriptor.class, serialVersionUID);
         jsonNode.put(FIELD_LANGUAGE, lang.name());
+        jsonNode.put(FIELD_HASH, hash);
         return jsonNode;
     }
 
     public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
         String langText = json.get(FIELD_LANGUAGE).asText();
         ExternalFunctionLanguage lang = ExternalFunctionLanguage.valueOf(langText);
-        return new LibraryDescriptor(lang);
+        String hash = json.get(FIELD_HASH).asText();
+        return new LibraryDescriptor(lang, hash);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/Servlets.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/Servlets.java
index 69e9267..5edc186 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/Servlets.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/Servlets.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     public static final String STORAGE = "/admin/storage/*";
     public static final String NET_DIAGNOSTICS = "/admin/net/*";
     public static final String UDF = "/admin/udf/*";
+    public static final String UDF_RECOVERY = "/admin/libraryrecovery/*";
 
     private Servlets() {
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/library/ExternalLibraryManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/library/ExternalLibraryManager.java
index 2ae8612..c5b9b53 100755
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/library/ExternalLibraryManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/library/ExternalLibraryManager.java
@@ -21,15 +21,35 @@
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature.SORT_PROPERTIES_ALPHABETICALLY;
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature.ORDER_MAP_ENTRIES_BY_KEYS;
 
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.channels.Channels;
+import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.security.DigestOutputStream;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.library.ILibrary;
@@ -37,12 +57,30 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.library.LibraryDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.ipc.ExternalFunctionResultRouter;
+import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveEntry;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IFileHandle;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.network.INetworkSecurityConfig;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.network.INetworkSecurityManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.IoUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
@@ -77,6 +115,8 @@
 
     public static final String DISTRIBUTION_DIR = "dist";
 
+    private static final int DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT = 10;
+
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(ExternalLibraryManager.class);
 
     private final NodeControllerService ncs;
@@ -91,8 +131,11 @@
     private final Map<Pair<DataverseName, String>, ILibrary> libraries = new HashMap<>();
     private IPCSystem pythonIPC;
     private final ExternalFunctionResultRouter router;
+    private final IIOManager ioManager;
+    private boolean sslEnabled;
 
-    public ExternalLibraryManager(NodeControllerService ncs, IPersistedResourceRegistry reg, FileReference appDir) {
+    public ExternalLibraryManager(NodeControllerService ncs, IPersistedResourceRegistry reg, FileReference appDir,
+            IIOManager ioManager) {
         this.ncs = ncs;
         this.reg = reg;
         baseDir = appDir.getChild(LIBRARY_MANAGER_BASE_DIR_NAME);
@@ -103,6 +146,8 @@
         trashDirPath = trashDir.getFile().toPath().normalize();
         objectMapper = createObjectMapper();
         router = new ExternalFunctionResultRouter();
+        this.sslEnabled = ncs.getConfiguration().isSslEnabled();
+        this.ioManager = ioManager;
     }
 
     public void initialize(boolean resetStorageData) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -170,6 +215,11 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public FileReference getStorageDir() {
+        return storageDir;
+    }
+
     private FileReference getDataverseDir(DataverseName dataverseName) throws HyracksDataException {
         return getChildFileRef(storageDir, dataverseName.getCanonicalForm());
     }
@@ -208,10 +258,7 @@
             throw new HyracksDataException("Cannot find library: " + dataverseName + '.' + libraryName);
         }
         try {
-            FileReference descFile = libRevDir.getChild(DESCRIPTOR_FILE_NAME);
-            byte[] descData = Files.readAllBytes(descFile.getFile().toPath());
-            LibraryDescriptor desc = deserializeLibraryDescriptor(descData);
-            ExternalFunctionLanguage libLang = desc.getLanguage();
+            ExternalFunctionLanguage libLang = getLibraryDescriptor(libRevDir).getLanguage();
             switch (libLang) {
                 case JAVA:
                     return new JavaLibrary(libContentsDir.getFile());
@@ -240,6 +287,13 @@
         return (LibraryDescriptor) reg.deserialize(jsonNode);
     }
 
+    private LibraryDescriptor getLibraryDescriptor(FileReference revDir) throws IOException {
+        FileReference descFile = revDir.getChild(DESCRIPTOR_FILE_NAME);
+        byte[] descData = Files.readAllBytes(descFile.getFile().toPath());
+        return deserializeLibraryDescriptor(descData);
+
+    }
+
     private FileReference findLibraryRevDir(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         FileReference libraryBaseDir = getLibraryDir(dataverseName, libraryName);
@@ -277,6 +331,42 @@
         return new Pair<>(dataverseName, libraryName);
     }
 
+    public Path zipAllLibs() throws IOException {
+        byte[] copyBuf = new byte[4096];
+        Path outDir = Paths.get(baseDir.getAbsolutePath(), DISTRIBUTION_DIR);
+        FileUtil.forceMkdirs(outDir.toFile());
+        Path outZip = Files.createTempFile(outDir, "all_", ".zip");
+        try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outZip.toFile());
+                ZipArchiveOutputStream zipOut = new ZipArchiveOutputStream(out)) {
+            Files.walkFileTree(storageDirPath, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path currPath, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+                    ZipArchiveEntry e =
+                            new ZipArchiveEntry(currPath.toFile(), storageDirPath.relativize(currPath).toString());
+                    zipOut.putArchiveEntry(e);
+                    try (FileInputStream fileRead = new FileInputStream(currPath.toFile())) {
+                        IOUtils.copyLarge(fileRead, zipOut, copyBuf);
+                        zipOut.closeArchiveEntry();
+                    }
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path currPath, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+                    if (currPath.equals(storageDirPath)) {
+                        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                    }
+                    ZipArchiveEntry e =
+                            new ZipArchiveEntry(currPath.toFile(), storageDirPath.relativize(currPath).toString());
+                    zipOut.putArchiveEntry(e);
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+            });
+            zipOut.finish();
+        }
+        return outZip;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void dropLibraryPath(FileReference fileRef) throws HyracksDataException {
         // does not flush any directories
@@ -338,4 +428,156 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public MessageDigest download(FileReference targetFile, String authToken, URI libLocation) throws HyracksException {
+        try {
+            targetFile.getFile().createNewFile();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
+        IFileHandle fHandle = ioManager.open(targetFile, IIOManager.FileReadWriteMode.READ_WRITE,
+                IIOManager.FileSyncMode.METADATA_ASYNC_DATA_ASYNC);
+
+        MessageDigest digest = DigestUtils.getDigest("MD5");
+        try {
+            CloseableHttpClient httpClient = newClient();
+            try {
+                // retry 10 times at maximum for downloading binaries
+                HttpGet request = new HttpGet(libLocation);
+                request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, authToken);
+                int tried = 0;
+                Exception trace = null;
+                while (tried < DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT) {
+                    tried++;
+                    CloseableHttpResponse response = null;
+                    try {
+                        response = httpClient.execute(request);
+                        if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
+                            throw new IOException("Http Error: " + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+                        }
+                        HttpEntity e = response.getEntity();
+                        if (e == null) {
+                            throw new IOException("No response");
+                        }
+                        WritableByteChannel outChannel = ioManager.newWritableChannel(fHandle);
+                        OutputStream outStream = new DigestOutputStream(Channels.newOutputStream(outChannel), digest);
+                        e.writeTo(outStream);
+                        outStream.flush();
+                        ioManager.sync(fHandle, true);
+                        return digest;
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        LOGGER.error("Unable to download library", e);
+                        trace = e;
+                        try {
+                            ioManager.truncate(fHandle, 0);
+                            digest.reset();
+                        } catch (IOException e2) {
+                            throw HyracksDataException.create(e2);
+                        }
+                    } finally {
+                        if (response != null) {
+                            try {
+                                response.close();
+                            } catch (IOException e) {
+                                LOGGER.warn("Failed to close", e);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(trace);
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    httpClient.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    LOGGER.warn("Failed to close", e);
+                }
+            }
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                ioManager.close(fHandle);
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Failed to close", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unzip(FileReference sourceFile, FileReference outputDir) throws IOException {
+        boolean logTraceEnabled = LOGGER.isTraceEnabled();
+        Set<Path> newDirs = new HashSet<>();
+        Path outputDirPath = outputDir.getFile().toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+        try (ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(sourceFile.getFile())) {
+            Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> entries = zipFile.entries();
+            byte[] writeBuf = new byte[4096];
+            while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
+                ZipEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
+                if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Path entryOutputPath = outputDirPath.resolve(entry.getName()).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+                if (!entryOutputPath.startsWith(outputDirPath)) {
+                    throw new IOException("Malformed ZIP archive: " + entry.getName());
+                }
+                Path entryOutputDir = entryOutputPath.getParent();
+                Files.createDirectories(entryOutputDir);
+                // remember new directories so we can flush them later
+                for (Path p = entryOutputDir; !p.equals(outputDirPath); p = p.getParent()) {
+                    newDirs.add(p);
+                }
+                try (InputStream in = zipFile.getInputStream(entry)) {
+                    FileReference entryOutputFileRef = ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(entryOutputPath.toString());
+                    if (logTraceEnabled) {
+                        LOGGER.trace("Extracting file {}", entryOutputFileRef);
+                    }
+                    writeAndForce(entryOutputFileRef, in, writeBuf);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for (Path newDir : newDirs) {
+            IoUtil.flushDirectory(newDir);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeAndForce(FileReference outputFile, InputStream dataStream, byte[] copyBuffer) throws IOException {
+        outputFile.getFile().createNewFile();
+        IFileHandle fHandle = ioManager.open(outputFile, IIOManager.FileReadWriteMode.READ_WRITE,
+                IIOManager.FileSyncMode.METADATA_ASYNC_DATA_ASYNC);
+        try {
+            WritableByteChannel outChannel = ioManager.newWritableChannel(fHandle);
+            OutputStream outputStream = Channels.newOutputStream(outChannel);
+            IOUtils.copyLarge(dataStream, outputStream, copyBuffer);
+            outputStream.flush();
+            ioManager.sync(fHandle, true);
+        } finally {
+            ioManager.close(fHandle);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //TODO: this should probably be static so it could be reused somewhere else, or made such that the trust store is not
+    // reloaded from disk on every client intialization?
+    private CloseableHttpClient newClient() {
+        if (sslEnabled) {
+            try {
+                final INetworkSecurityManager networkSecurityManager = ncs.getNetworkSecurityManager();
+                final INetworkSecurityConfig configuration = networkSecurityManager.getConfiguration();
+                KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
+                try (FileInputStream trustStoreFile = new FileInputStream(configuration.getTrustStoreFile())) {
+                    trustStore.load(trustStoreFile, configuration.getKeyStorePassword().toCharArray());
+                }
+                SSLContext sslcontext = SSLContexts.custom().loadTrustMaterial(trustStore, null).build();
+                SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslsf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslcontext,
+                        new String[] { "TLSv1.2" }, null, SSLConnectionSocketFactory.getDefaultHostnameVerifier());
+                return HttpClients.custom().setSSLSocketFactory(sslsf).build();
+
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return HttpClients.createDefault();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/LibraryDeployPrepareOperatorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/LibraryDeployPrepareOperatorDescriptor.java
index ddf3d66..4f91b1a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/LibraryDeployPrepareOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/operators/LibraryDeployPrepareOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -26,39 +26,21 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
-import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.library.LibraryDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.library.ExternalLibraryManager;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalLibraryUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IFileHandle;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.file.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -68,8 +50,6 @@
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    private static final int DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT = 10;
-
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(LibraryDeployPrepareOperatorDescriptor.class);
 
     private final ExternalFunctionLanguage language;
@@ -89,7 +69,7 @@
             IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
         return new AbstractLibraryNodePushable(ctx) {
 
-            private byte[] copyBuffer;
+            private final byte[] copyBuf = new byte[4096];
 
             @Override
             protected void execute() throws IOException {
@@ -139,8 +119,7 @@
                 if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     LOGGER.debug("Downloading library from {} into {}", libLocation, targetFile);
                 }
-                download(targetFile);
-
+                MessageDigest digest = libraryManager.download(targetFile, authToken, libLocation);
                 // extract from the archive
                 FileReference contentsDir = stageDir.getChild(ExternalLibraryManager.CONTENTS_DIR_NAME);
                 mkdir(contentsDir);
@@ -155,7 +134,7 @@
                             // shouldn't happen
                             throw new IOException("Unexpected file type: " + fileExt);
                         }
-                        unzip(targetFile, contentsDir);
+                        libraryManager.unzip(targetFile, contentsDir);
                         break;
                     case PYTHON:
                         if (!LibraryDescriptor.FILE_EXT_PYZ.equals(fileExt)) {
@@ -176,172 +155,45 @@
                 if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
                     LOGGER.trace("Writing library descriptor into {}", targetDescFile);
                 }
-                writeDescriptor(targetDescFile, new LibraryDescriptor(language));
+                writeDescriptor(targetDescFile,
+                        new LibraryDescriptor(language, ExternalLibraryUtils.digestToHexString(digest)));
 
                 flushDirectory(contentsDir);
                 flushDirectory(stageDir);
             }
 
-            private void download(FileReference targetFile) throws HyracksException {
-                try {
-                    targetFile.getFile().createNewFile();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
-                }
-                IFileHandle fHandle = ioManager.open(targetFile, IIOManager.FileReadWriteMode.READ_WRITE,
-                        IIOManager.FileSyncMode.METADATA_ASYNC_DATA_ASYNC);
-                try {
-                    CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
-                    try {
-                        // retry 10 times at maximum for downloading binaries
-                        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(libLocation);
-                        request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, authToken);
-                        int tried = 0;
-                        Exception trace = null;
-                        while (tried < DOWNLOAD_RETRY_COUNT) {
-                            tried++;
-                            CloseableHttpResponse response = null;
-                            try {
-                                response = httpClient.execute(request);
-                                if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
-                                    throw new IOException("Http Error: " + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-                                }
-                                HttpEntity e = response.getEntity();
-                                if (e == null) {
-                                    throw new IOException("No response");
-                                }
-                                WritableByteChannel outChannel = ioManager.newWritableChannel(fHandle);
-                                OutputStream outStream = Channels.newOutputStream(outChannel);
-                                e.writeTo(outStream);
-                                outStream.flush();
-                                ioManager.sync(fHandle, true);
-                                return;
-                            } catch (IOException e) {
-                                LOGGER.error("Unable to download library", e);
-                                trace = e;
-                                try {
-                                    ioManager.truncate(fHandle, 0);
-                                } catch (IOException e2) {
-                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e2);
-                                }
-                            } finally {
-                                if (response != null) {
-                                    try {
-                                        response.close();
-                                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                                        LOGGER.warn("Failed to close", e);
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        throw HyracksDataException.create(trace);
-                    } finally {
-                        try {
-                            httpClient.close();
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            LOGGER.warn("Failed to close", e);
-                        }
-                    }
-                } finally {
-                    try {
-                        ioManager.close(fHandle);
-                    } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-                        LOGGER.warn("Failed to close", e);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            private void unzip(FileReference sourceFile, FileReference outputDir) throws IOException {
-                boolean logTraceEnabled = LOGGER.isTraceEnabled();
-                Set<Path> newDirs = new HashSet<>();
-                Path outputDirPath = outputDir.getFile().toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
-                try (ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(sourceFile.getFile())) {
-                    Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> entries = zipFile.entries();
-                    while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
-                        ZipEntry entry = entries.nextElement();
-                        if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        Path entryOutputPath = outputDirPath.resolve(entry.getName()).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
-                        if (!entryOutputPath.startsWith(outputDirPath)) {
-                            throw new IOException("Malformed ZIP archive: " + entry.getName());
-                        }
-                        Path entryOutputDir = entryOutputPath.getParent();
-                        Files.createDirectories(entryOutputDir);
-                        // remember new directories so we can flush them later
-                        for (Path p = entryOutputDir; !p.equals(outputDirPath); p = p.getParent()) {
-                            newDirs.add(p);
-                        }
-                        try (InputStream in = zipFile.getInputStream(entry)) {
-                            FileReference entryOutputFileRef =
-                                    ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(entryOutputPath.toString());
-                            if (logTraceEnabled) {
-                                LOGGER.trace("Extracting file {}", entryOutputFileRef);
-                            }
-                            writeAndForce(entryOutputFileRef, in);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                for (Path newDir : newDirs) {
-                    flushDirectory(newDir);
-                }
-            }
-
             private void shiv(FileReference sourceFile, FileReference stageDir, FileReference contentsDir,
                     boolean writeMsgpack) throws IOException {
                 FileReference msgpack = stageDir.getChild("msgpack.pyz");
                 if (writeMsgpack) {
-                    writeShim(msgpack, writeMsgpack);
+                    writeShim(msgpack);
                     File msgPackFolder = new File(contentsDir.getRelativePath(), "ipc");
                     FileReference msgPackFolderRef =
                             new FileReference(contentsDir.getDeviceHandle(), msgPackFolder.getPath());
-                    unzip(msgpack, msgPackFolderRef);
+                    libraryManager.unzip(msgpack, msgPackFolderRef);
                     Files.delete(msgpack.getFile().toPath());
                 }
-                unzip(sourceFile, contentsDir);
-                writeShim(contentsDir.getChild("entrypoint.py"), false);
+                libraryManager.unzip(sourceFile, contentsDir);
+                writeShim(contentsDir.getChild("entrypoint.py"));
             }
 
-            private boolean writeShim(FileReference outputFile, boolean optional) throws IOException {
+            private void writeShim(FileReference outputFile) throws IOException {
                 InputStream is = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(outputFile.getFile().getName());
                 if (is == null) {
                     throw new IOException("Classpath does not contain necessary Python resources!");
                 }
                 try {
-                    writeAndForce(outputFile, is);
+                    libraryManager.writeAndForce(outputFile, is, copyBuf);
                 } finally {
                     is.close();
                 }
-                return true;
             }
 
             private void writeDescriptor(FileReference descFile, LibraryDescriptor desc) throws IOException {
                 byte[] bytes = libraryManager.serializeLibraryDescriptor(desc);
-                writeAndForce(descFile, new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
+                libraryManager.writeAndForce(descFile, new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes), copyBuf);
             }
 
-            private void writeAndForce(FileReference outputFile, InputStream dataStream) throws IOException {
-                outputFile.getFile().createNewFile();
-                IFileHandle fHandle = ioManager.open(outputFile, IIOManager.FileReadWriteMode.READ_WRITE,
-                        IIOManager.FileSyncMode.METADATA_ASYNC_DATA_ASYNC);
-                try {
-                    WritableByteChannel outChannel = ioManager.newWritableChannel(fHandle);
-                    OutputStream outputStream = Channels.newOutputStream(outChannel);
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(dataStream, outputStream, getCopyBuffer());
-                    outputStream.flush();
-                    ioManager.sync(fHandle, true);
-                } finally {
-                    ioManager.close(fHandle);
-                }
-            }
-
-            private byte[] getCopyBuffer() {
-                if (copyBuffer == null) {
-                    copyBuffer = new byte[4096];
-                }
-                return copyBuffer;
-            }
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalLibraryUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalLibraryUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3be21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalLibraryUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.bytes.HexPrinter;
+
+public class ExternalLibraryUtils {
+
+    private ExternalLibraryUtils() {
+
+    }
+
+    public static String digestToHexString(MessageDigest digest) throws IOException {
+        byte[] hashBytes = digest.digest();
+        StringWriter hashBuilder = new StringWriter();
+        HexPrinter.printHexString(hashBytes, 0, hashBytes.length, hashBuilder);
+        return hashBuilder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CreateLibraryStatement.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CreateLibraryStatement.java
index ebdeeef0..d832175 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CreateLibraryStatement.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CreateLibraryStatement.java
@@ -32,18 +32,20 @@
     private final DataverseName dataverseName;
     private final String libraryName;
     private final ExternalFunctionLanguage lang;
+    private final String hash;
     private final URI location;
     private final boolean replaceIfExists;
     private final String authToken;
 
     public CreateLibraryStatement(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName, ExternalFunctionLanguage lang,
-            URI location, boolean replaceIfExists, String authToken) {
+            String hash, URI location, boolean replaceIfExists, String authToken) {
         this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
         this.libraryName = libraryName;
         this.lang = lang;
         this.location = location;
         this.replaceIfExists = replaceIfExists;
         this.authToken = authToken;
+        this.hash = hash;
     }
 
     public DataverseName getDataverseName() {
@@ -58,6 +60,10 @@
         return lang;
     }
 
+    public String getHash() {
+        return hash;
+    }
+
     public URI getLocation() {
         return location;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
index 0bf8c3d..8da01aa 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
     }
 
     public void dropLibrary(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName) {
-        Library library = new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, null, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+        Library library = new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, null, null, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
         droppedCache.addLibraryIfNotExists(library);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(library, false));
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java
index 8430f44..10f5047 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_IS_PRIMARY = "IsPrimary";
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_KIND = "Kind";
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_LANGUAGE = "Language";
+    public static final String FIELD_NAME_HASH = "MD5Hash";
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_LIBRARY_DATAVERSE_NAME = "LibraryDataverseName";
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_LIBRARY_NAME = "LibraryName";
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_LAST_REFRESH_TIME = "LastRefreshTime";
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Library.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Library.java
index 494b5f1..4a6a512 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Library.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Library.java
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
     private final DataverseName dataverse;
     private final String name;
     private final String language;
+    private final String hash;
     private final int pendingOp;
 
-    public Library(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName, String language, int pendingOp) {
+    public Library(DataverseName dataverseName, String libraryName, String language, String hash, int pendingOp) {
         this.dataverse = dataverseName;
         this.name = libraryName;
         this.language = language;
+        this.hash = hash;
         this.pendingOp = pendingOp;
     }
 
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@
         return language;
     }
 
+    public String getHash() {
+        return hash;
+    }
+
     public int getPendingOp() {
         return pendingOp;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/LibraryTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/LibraryTupleTranslator.java
index 4792398..03abec8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/LibraryTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/LibraryTupleTranslator.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.metadata.entitytupletranslators;
 
+import static org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_HASH;
 import static org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_LANGUAGE;
 import static org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_PENDING_OP;
 
@@ -68,7 +69,10 @@
         String language = languageIdx >= 0 ? ((AString) libraryRecord.getValueByPos(languageIdx)).getStringValue()
                 : ExternalFunctionLanguage.JAVA.name();
 
-        return new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, language, pendingOp);
+        int hashIdx = libraryRecordType.getFieldIndex(FIELD_NAME_HASH);
+        String hash = hashIdx >= 0 ? ((AString) libraryRecord.getValueByPos(hashIdx)).getStringValue() : null;
+
+        return new Library(dataverseName, libraryName, language, hash, pendingOp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@
     protected void writeOpenFields(Library library) throws HyracksDataException {
         writeLanguage(library);
         writePendingOp(library);
+        writeHash(library);
     }
 
     private void writeLanguage(Library library) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -133,6 +138,18 @@
         recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
     }
 
+    private void writeHash(Library library) throws HyracksDataException {
+        String hash = library.getHash();
+
+        fieldName.reset();
+        aString.setValue(FIELD_NAME_HASH);
+        stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+        fieldValue.reset();
+        aString.setValue(hash);
+        stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+        recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+    }
+
     private void writePendingOp(Library library) throws HyracksDataException {
         int pendingOp = library.getPendingOp();
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
index 7a3206c..459f370 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+    <pip.path>${project.build.directory}/bin/pip3</pip.path>
+    <shiv.path>${project.build.directory}/bin/shiv</shiv.path>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -469,6 +471,94 @@
           </usedDependencies>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <!-- TODO: this is just grody. workaround for not being able to use the proper dir in our integration tests on jenkins -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>venv</id>
+            <phase>${prepare-env.stage}</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>exec</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
+              <executable>${python.path}</executable>
+              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>-m</argument>
+                <argument>venv</argument>
+                <argument>${project.build.directory}</argument>
+              </arguments>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>shiv-install</id>
+            <phase>${prepare-env.stage}</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>exec</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${pip.path}</executable>
+              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>install</argument>
+                <argument>--exists-action</argument>
+                <argument>w</argument>
+                <argument>--upgrade</argument>
+                <argument>shiv</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <VIRTUALENV>${project.build.directory}</VIRTUALENV>
+                <PATH>${project.build.directory}${path.separator}${env.PATH}${file.separator}bin</PATH>
+              </environmentVariables>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>shiv-msgpack-shim</id>
+            <phase>${shim.stage}</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>exec</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${shiv.path}</executable>
+              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>-o </argument>
+                <argument>${project.build.directory}${file.separator}classes${file.separator}msgpack.pyz</argument>
+                <argument>msgpack</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <VIRTUALENV>${project.build.directory}</VIRTUALENV>
+                <PATH>${project.build.directory}${path.separator}${env.PATH}${file.separator}bin</PATH>
+              </environmentVariables>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>shiv-test-lib</id>
+            <phase>${pytestlib.stage}</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>exec</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${shiv.path}</executable>
+              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>-o </argument>
+                <argument>${project.build.directory}${file.separator}TweetSent.pyz</argument>
+                <argument>--site-packages</argument>
+                <argument>${project.build.directory}${file.separator}..${file.separator}..${file.separator}asterix-app${file.separator}src${file.separator}test${file.separator}resources${file.separator}TweetSent</argument>
+                <argument>scikit-learn</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <VIRTUALENV>${project.build.directory}</VIRTUALENV>
+                <PATH>${project.build.directory}${path.separator}${env.PATH}${file.separator}bin</PATH>
+              </environmentVariables>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -501,6 +591,18 @@
   </build>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
+      <id>windows.python.envs</id>
+      <activation>
+        <os>
+          <family>Windows</family>
+        </os>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <pip.path>${project.build.directory}\Scripts\pip3.exe</pip.path>
+        <shiv.path>${project.build.directory}\Scripts\shiv.exe</shiv.path>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
       <id>opt-modules</id>
       <activation>
         <file>
@@ -744,5 +846,17 @@
       <artifactId>kite-data-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 3cd433c..5cc17af 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
     <itest.excludes>${global.itest.excludes}</itest.excludes>
     <license.stage>compile</license.stage>
     <resource.stage>process-classes</resource.stage>
-    <pyro-shim.stage>none</pyro-shim.stage>
+    <prepare-env.stage>none</prepare-env.stage>
+    <shim.stage>none</shim.stage>
     <pytestlib.stage>none</pytestlib.stage>
 
     <!-- Versions under dependencymanagement or used in many projects via properties -->
@@ -664,7 +665,25 @@
         </file>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <pyro-shim.stage>process-classes</pyro-shim.stage>
+        <prepare-env.stage>process-classes</prepare-env.stage>
+        <shim.stage>process-classes</shim.stage>
+        <pytestlib.stage>generate-test-resources</pytestlib.stage>
+        <global.itest.excludes/>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>python-udf-test-only</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>no.shim</name>
+        </property>
+        <file>
+          <exists>${python.path}</exists>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <prepare-env.stage>process-classes</prepare-env.stage>
+        <shim.stage>none</shim.stage>
         <pytestlib.stage>generate-test-resources</pytestlib.stage>
         <global.itest.excludes/>
       </properties>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java
index 787e823..01baa69 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@
         public static final String IMG_PNG = "image/png";
         public static final String TEXT_HTML = "text/html";
         public static final String TEXT_PLAIN = "text/plain";
+        public static final String APPLICATION_ZIP = "application/zip";
+        public static final String APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM = "application/octet-stream";
 
         private ContentType() {
         }