diff --git a/ci-scripts/tests/README.md b/ci-scripts/tests/README.md
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+In this directory and subdirectories are various CI code test cases and helper
+scripts.
+
+# Unit test
+
+There are some unit tests. From the parent directory, i.e., `ci-scripts/`,
+start with
+
+    python tests/deployment.py -v
+
+It will indicate if all tests passed.
diff --git a/ci-scripts/tests/deployment.py b/ci-scripts/tests/deployment.py
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+import sys
+import logging
+logging.basicConfig(
+	level=logging.DEBUG,
+	stream=sys.stdout,
+	format="[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)8s: %(message)s"
+)
+import os
+os.system(f'rm -rf cmake_targets')
+os.system(f'mkdir -p cmake_targets/log')
+import unittest
+
+sys.path.append('./') # to find OAI imports below
+import cls_oai_html
+import cls_oaicitest
+import cls_containerize
+import ran
+
+class TestDeploymentMethods(unittest.TestCase):
+	def setUp(self):
+		self.html = cls_oai_html.HTMLManagement()
+		self.html.testCaseId = "000000"
+		self.ci = cls_oaicitest.OaiCiTest()
+		self.cont = cls_containerize.Containerize()
+		self.ran = ran.RANManagement()
+		self.cont.yamlPath[0] = 'tests/simple-dep/'
+		self.cont.eNB_serverId[0] = '0'
+		self.cont.eNBIPAddress = 'localhost'
+		self.cont.eNBUserName = None
+		self.cont.eNBPassword = None
+		self.cont.eNBSourceCodePath = os.getcwd()
+
+	def test_deploy(self):
+		self.cont.DeployObject(self.html)
+		self.assertEqual(self.cont.exitStatus, 0)
+		self.cont.UndeployObject(self.html, self.ran)
+
+	def test_deployfails(self):
+		old = self.cont.yamlPath
+		self.cont.yamlPath[0] = 'tests/simple-fail/'
+		self.cont.DeployObject(self.html)
+		self.assertEqual(self.cont.exitStatus, 1)
+		self.cont.UndeployObject(self.html, self.ran)
+		self.cont.yamlPath = old
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	unittest.main()
diff --git a/ci-scripts/tests/simple-dep/docker-compose.yml b/ci-scripts/tests/simple-dep/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  test:
+    image: ubuntu:jammy
+    container_name: test_container
+    cap_drop:
+      - ALL
+    entrypoint: /bin/bash -c "sleep infinity"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: /bin/bash -c "true"
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 1s
+      retries: 1
diff --git a/ci-scripts/tests/simple-fail/docker-compose.yml b/ci-scripts/tests/simple-fail/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  test:
+    image: ubuntu:jammy
+    container_name: test_container
+    cap_drop:
+      - ALL
+    entrypoint: /bin/bash -c "false"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: /bin/bash -c "true"
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 1s
+      retries: 1