diff --git a/ci-scripts/epc.py b/ci-scripts/epc.py
index baae5644a1..d4b5ca33c2 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/epc.py
+++ b/ci-scripts/epc.py
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ class EPCManagement():
 		# - docker-compose config | grep container_name
 		mySSH.command('cd ' + self.SourceCodePath + '/scripts', '\$', 5)
 		mySSH.copyout(self.IPAddress, self.UserName, self.Password, './' + self.yamlPath + '/docker-compose.yml', self.SourceCodePath + '/scripts')
+		mySSH.copyout(self.IPAddress, self.UserName, self.Password, './' + self.yamlPath + '/entrypoint.sh', self.SourceCodePath + '/scripts')
+		mySSH.copyout(self.IPAddress, self.UserName, self.Password, './' + self.yamlPath + '/mme.conf', self.SourceCodePath + '/scripts')
+		mySSH.command('chmod 775 entrypoint.sh', '\$', 60)
 		mySSH.command('wget --quiet --tries=3 --retry-connrefused https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OPENAIRINTERFACE/openair-hss/develop/src/hss_rel14/db/oai_db.cql', '\$', 30)
 		mySSH.command('docker-compose down', '\$', 60)
 		mySSH.command('docker-compose up -d db_init', '\$', 60)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/docker-compose.yml b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/docker-compose.yml
index 0005ce8844..a3675dc78e 100644
--- a/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/docker-compose.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ services:
             TAC_LB_SGW_TEST_0: '03'
             TAC_HB_SGW_TEST_0: '00'
             SGW_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S11_TEST_0: 0.0.0.0
+        volumes:
+            - ./mme.conf:/openair-mme/etc/mme.conf
+            - ./entrypoint.sh:/openair-mme/bin/entrypoint.sh
         healthcheck:
             test: /bin/bash -c "pgrep oai_mme"
             interval: 10s
diff --git a/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/entrypoint.sh b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..27c6c401a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# First see if all interfaces are up
+ifconfig
+
+# S10 might be on loopback --> needs bring-up
+if [[ "$MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S10" == *"lo:"* ]]
+then
+    ifconfig ${MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S10} ${MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S10} up
+fi
+
+LIST_OF_NETWORKS=`ifconfig -s | egrep -v "^Iface|^lo" | cut -d' ' -f1`
+
+for if_name in $LIST_OF_NETWORKS
+do
+    IF_IP_ADDR=`ifconfig $if_name | grep inet | sed -e "s# *inet#inet#" | cut -d' ' -f2`
+    if [[ "${IF_IP_ADDR}" == "${MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S1_MME}" ]]; then
+        echo "S1C is on $if_name"
+	MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S1_MME=$if_name
+    fi
+    if [[ "${IF_IP_ADDR}" == "${MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S10}" ]]; then
+        echo "S10 is on $if_name"
+	MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S10=$if_name
+    fi
+    if [[ "${IF_IP_ADDR}" == "${MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S11}" ]]; then
+        echo "S11 is on $if_name"
+	MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S11=$if_name
+    fi
+done
+
+CONFIG_DIR="/openair-mme/etc"
+
+for c in ${CONFIG_DIR}/mme_fd.conf; do
+    #echo "entrypoint.sh process config file $c"
+    sed -i -e "s#@TAC-LB#@TAC_LB#" -e "s#TAC-HB_#TAC_HB_#" ${c}
+    # grep variable names (format: ${VAR}) from template to be rendered
+    VARS=$(grep -oP '@[a-zA-Z0-9_]+@' ${c} | sort | uniq | xargs)
+    #echo "entrypoint.sh process vars $VARS"
+
+    # create sed expressions for substituting each occurrence of ${VAR}
+    # with the value of the environment variable "VAR"
+    EXPRESSIONS=""
+    for v in ${VARS}; do
+        #echo "var is $v"
+        NEW_VAR=`echo $v | sed -e "s#@##g"`
+        #echo "NEW_VAR is $NEW_VAR"
+        if [[ "${!NEW_VAR}x" == "x" ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Environment variable '${NEW_VAR}' is not set." \
+                "Config file '$(basename $c)' requires all of $VARS."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        # Some fields require CIDR format
+        if [[ "${NEW_VAR}" == "MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S1_MME" ]] || \
+           [[ "${NEW_VAR}" == "MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S11" ]] || \
+           [[ "${NEW_VAR}" == "MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S10" ]]; then
+            EXPRESSIONS="${EXPRESSIONS};s|${v}|${!NEW_VAR}/24|g"
+        else
+            EXPRESSIONS="${EXPRESSIONS};s|${v}|${!NEW_VAR}|g"
+        fi
+    done
+    EXPRESSIONS="${EXPRESSIONS#';'}"
+
+    # render template and inline replace config file
+    sed -i "${EXPRESSIONS}" ${c}
+done
+
+pushd /openair-mme/scripts
+./check_mme_s6a_certificate ${PREFIX} ${MME_FQDN}
+popd
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/mme.conf b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/mme.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dcb44ef2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-scripts/yaml_files/fr1_epc_20897/mme.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+MME : 
+{
+    REALM                                     = "openairinterface.org";                      # YOUR REALM HERE
+    INSTANCE                                  = 1;                     # 0 is the default
+    PID_DIRECTORY                             = "/var/run";              # /var/run is the default
+    MAX_S1_ENB                                = 64;
+    MAX_UE                                    = 4096;
+    RELATIVE_CAPACITY                         = 10;
+    EMERGENCY_ATTACH_SUPPORTED                     = "no";
+    UNAUTHENTICATED_IMSI_SUPPORTED                 = "no";
+    DUMMY_HANDOVER_FORWARDING_ENABLED              = "yes";
+    EPS_NETWORK_FEATURE_SUPPORT_IMS_VOICE_OVER_PS_SESSION_IN_S1      = "no";    # DO NOT CHANGE
+    EPS_NETWORK_FEATURE_SUPPORT_EMERGENCY_BEARER_SERVICES_IN_S1_MODE = "no";    # DO NOT CHANGE
+    EPS_NETWORK_FEATURE_SUPPORT_LOCATION_SERVICES_VIA_EPC            = "no";    # DO NOT CHANGE
+    EPS_NETWORK_FEATURE_SUPPORT_EXTENDED_SERVICE_REQUEST             = "no";    # DO NOT CHANGE
+	
+    # Display statistics about whole system (expressed in seconds)
+    MME_STATISTIC_TIMER                       = 10;
+    MME_MOBILITY_COMPLETION_TIMER             = 2; # Amount of time in seconds the source MME waits to release resources after HANDOVER/TAU is complete (with or without.
+    MME_S10_HANDOVER_COMPLETION_TIMER         = 2; # Amount of time in soconds the target MME waits to check if a handover/tau process has completed successfully.
+   
+    IP_CAPABILITY = "IPV4V6";
+    INTERTASK_INTERFACE :
+    {
+        ITTI_QUEUE_SIZE            = 2000000;
+    };
+
+    S6A :
+    {
+        S6A_CONF                   = "/openair-mme/etc/mme_fd.conf";
+        HSS_HOSTNAME               = "hss.openairinterface.org";                              # THE HSS FQDN ex: hss.epc.mnc001.mcc001.3gppnetwork.org
+        HSS_REALM                  = "openairinterface.org";                             # THE HSS REALM ex: epc.mnc001.mcc001.3gppnetwork.org
+    };
+
+    SCTP :
+    {
+        SCTP_INSTREAMS  = 8;
+        SCTP_OUTSTREAMS = 8;
+    };
+
+    S1AP : 
+    {
+        S1AP_OUTCOME_TIMER = 10;
+    };
+
+    GUMMEI_LIST = ( 
+         {MCC="208" ; MNC="97"; MME_GID="32768" ; MME_CODE="3"; }                   # YOUR GUMMEI CONFIG HERE
+    );
+
+    TAI_LIST = ( 
+         {MCC="208" ; MNC="97";  TAC = "1"; },                       # YOUR TAI CONFIG HERE
+         {MCC="208" ; MNC="97";  TAC = "2"; },                       # YOUR TAI CONFIG HERE
+         {MCC="208" ; MNC="97";  TAC = "3"; }                        # YOUR TAI CONFIG HERE
+    );
+
+    NAS :
+    {
+        ORDERED_SUPPORTED_INTEGRITY_ALGORITHM_LIST = [ "EIA2" , "EIA1" , "EIA0" ];
+        ORDERED_SUPPORTED_CIPHERING_ALGORITHM_LIST = [ "EEA0" , "EEA1" , "EEA2" ];
+        T3402                                 =  12
+        T3412                                 =  0
+        T3422                                 =  6
+        T3450                                 =  6
+        T3460                                 =  6
+        T3470                                 =  6
+        T3485                                 =  3
+        T3486                                 =  3
+        T3489                                 =  4
+        T3495                                 =  3
+        NAS_FORCE_TAU			      =  0
+        STRICT_FILLER_BITS_CHECK              = "yes";
+    };
+
+    NETWORK_INTERFACES : 
+    {
+        # MME binded interface for S1-C or S1-MME  communication (S1AP), can be ethernet interface, virtual ethernet interface, we don't advise wireless interfaces
+        MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S1_MME   = "eth0";    # YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+        MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S1_MME     = "192.168.61.195/24";      # CIDR, YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+#        MME_IPV6_ADDRESS_FOR_S1_MME           = "fd00::191/118";               # YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+        # MME binded interface for S11 communication (GTPV2-C)
+        MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S11      = "eth0";       # YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+        MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S11        = "192.168.61.195/24";         # CIDR, YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+#        MME_IPV6_ADDRESS_FOR_S11          = "fd00:0:0:4::191/64";
+        MME_PORT_FOR_S11                  = 2123;                            # YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+
+
+        #S10 Interface
+        MME_INTERFACE_NAME_FOR_S10      = "lo";       # YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+        MME_IPV4_ADDRESS_FOR_S10        = "127.0.0.10/24";         # CIDR, YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+#        MME_IPV6_ADDRESS_FOR_S10          = "fd00:0:0:4::191/64";
+        MME_PORT_FOR_S10                = 2123;                                 # YOUR NETWORK CONFIG HERE
+    };
+
+    LOGGING :
+    {
+        # OUTPUT choice in { "CONSOLE", `path to file`", "`IPv4@`:`TCP port num`"}
+        # `path to file` must start with '.' or '/'
+        # if TCP stream choice, then you can easily dump the traffic on the remote or local host: nc -l `TCP port num` > received.txt
+        OUTPUT            = "CONSOLE";
+        THREAD_SAFE       = "no";                                               # THREAD_SAFE choice in { "yes", "no" }, safe to let 'no'
+        COLOR             = "yes";                                              # COLOR choice in { "yes", "no" } means use of ANSI styling codes or no
+        # Log level choice in { "EMERGENCY", "ALERT", "CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "NOTICE", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE"}
+        SCTP_LOG_LEVEL    = "TRACE";
+        S10_LOG_LEVEL     = "TRACE";
+        S11_LOG_LEVEL     = "TRACE";
+        # NEW LOGS FOR MCE	
+        SM_LOG_LEVEL      = "TRACE";
+        MCE_APP_LOG_LEVEL = "TRACE";
+        M2AP_LOG_LEVEL    = "TRACE";
+        GTPV2C_LOG_LEVEL  = "TRACE";
+        UDP_LOG_LEVEL     = "DEBUG";
+        S1AP_LOG_LEVEL    = "DEBUG";
+        NAS_LOG_LEVEL     = "TRACE";
+        MME_APP_LOG_LEVEL = "TRACE";
+        S6A_LOG_LEVEL     = "TRACE";
+        UTIL_LOG_LEVEL    = "ERROR";
+        MSC_LOG_LEVEL     = "ERROR";
+        ITTI_LOG_LEVEL    = "ERROR";
+        ASN1_VERBOSITY    = "annoying";
+    };
+
+
+#    WRR_LIST_SELECTION = (
+#        {ID="tac-lb03.tac-hb00.tac.epc.mnc001.mcc001.3gppnetwork.org" ;        SGW_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_S11="192.168.61.196";},
+#        {ID="tac-lb01.tac-hb00.tac.epc.mnc097.mcc208.3gppnetwork.org" ; SGW_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_S11="192.168.61.196";},
+#        {ID="tac-lb02.tac-hb00.tac.epc.mnc097.mcc208.3gppnetwork.org" ; MME_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_S10="0.0.0.0";},
+#        {ID="tac-lb03.tac-hb00.tac.epc.mnc097.mcc208.3gppnetwork.org" ; MME_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_S10="0.0.0.0";}
+#    );
+    WRR_LIST_SELECTION = (
+        {ID="tac-lb01.tac-hb00.tac.epc.mnc097.mcc208.3gppnetwork.org" ; SGW_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_S11="192.168.61.196";}
+    );
+};
+