diff --git a/tests/atests/common/build.sh b/tests/atests/common/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash +x
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+SRC_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd)"
+BUILD_DIR="$SRC_DIR/../build"
+
+cd $BUILD_DIR
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]
+  then
+    echo "No arguments supplied"
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Empty argument supplied"
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ $1 == "clear" ]
+  then
+    sudo make reset-kubeadm
+elif [ $1 == "start" ]
+  then
+    sudo make -f Makefile
+elif [ $1 == "stop" ]
+  then
+    pods=$( /usr/bin/kubectl get pods --all-namespaces 2>&1 | grep -c -e refused -e resource )
+    if  [ $pods -eq 0 ]
+      then
+        sudo make teardown-charts
+    fi
+fi
+exit 0