diff --git a/vars/volthaStackDeploy.groovy b/vars/volthaStackDeploy.groovy
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+
+def call(Map config) {
+    // note that I can't define this outside the function as there's no global scope in Groovy
+    def defaultConfig = [
+      onosReplica: 1,
+      atomixReplica: 1,
+      kafkaReplica: 1,
+      etcdReplica: 1,
+      bbsimReplica: 1,
+      infraNamespace: "infra",
+      volthaNamespace: "voltha",
+      stackName: "voltha",
+      workflow: "att",
+      extraHelmFlags: "",
+    ]
+
+    if (!config) {
+        config = [:]
+    }
+
+    def cfg = defaultConfig + config
+
+    println "Deploying VOLTHA Stack with the following parameters: ${cfg}."
+
+    sh """
+    helm upgrade --install --create-namespace -n ${cfg.volthaNamespace} ${cfg.stackName} onf/voltha-stack ${cfg.extraHelmFlags} \
+          --set global.stack_name=${cfg.stackName} \
+          --set global.voltha_infra_name=voltha-infra \
+          --set global.voltha_infra_namespace=${cfg.infraNamespace} \
+    """
+
+    for(int i = 0;i<cfg.bbsimReplica;i++) {
+      // TODO differentiate olt_id between different stacks
+       sh """
+         helm upgrade --install --create-namespace -n ${cfg.volthaNamespace} bbsim${i} onf/bbsim ${cfg.extraHelmFlags} \
+         --set olt_id="1${i}" \
+         -f $WORKSPACE/voltha-helm-charts/examples/${cfg.workflow}-values.yaml
+       """
+    }
+
+    println "Wait for VOLTHA Stack ${cfg.stackName} to start"
+
+    sh """
+        set +x
+        voltha=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${cfg.volthaNamespace} -l app.kubernetes.io/part-of=voltha --no-headers | grep "0/" | wc -l)
+        while [[ \$voltha != 0 ]]; do
+          sleep 5
+          voltha=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${cfg.volthaNamespace} -l app.kubernetes.io/part-of=voltha --no-headers | grep "0/" | wc -l)
+        done
+    """
+
+    // also make sure that the ONOS config is loaded
+    println "Wait for ONOS Config loader to complete"
+
+    sh """
+        set +x
+        config=\$(kubectl get jobs.batch -n ${cfg.infraNamespace} --no-headers | grep "0/" | wc -l)
+        while [[ \$config != 0 ]]; do
+          sleep 5
+          config=\$(kubectl get jobs.batch -n ${cfg.infraNamespace} --no-headers | grep "0/" | wc -l)
+        done
+    """
+}