diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/wait_for_onboarding_ready.sh b/xos/configurations/common/wait_for_onboarding_ready.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+display_usage() { 
+    echo -e "\nUsage:\n$0 [xos-listen-port] [name] \n" 
+} 
+
+if [  $# -lt 2 ] 
+then 
+    display_usage
+    exit 1
+fi 
+
+echo "Waiting for $2 to be onboarded"
+while [[ 1 ]]; do
+    STATUS=`curl 0.0.0.0:$1/api/utility/onboarding/$2/ready/ 2> /dev/null`
+    if [[ "$STATUS" == "true" ]]; then
+        echo "$2 is onboarded"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+#    RUNNING_CONTAINER=`sudo docker ps|grep "xos"|awk '{print $$NF}'`
+#    if [[ $RUNNING_CONTAINER == "" ]]; then
+#        echo Container may have failed. check with \"make showlogs\'
+#        exit 1
+#    fi
+done
+