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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+function usage() {
+    echo ""
+    echo "This script is used to run bwc tests on a remote OpenSearch/Dashboards cluster."
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [args]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Required arguments:"
+    echo "None"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Optional arguments:"
+    echo -e "-a BIND_ADDRESS\t, defaults to localhost | 127.0.0.1, can be changed to any IP or domain name for the cluster location."
+    echo -e "-p BIND_PORT\t, defaults to 9200 or 5601 depends on OpenSearch or Dashboards, can be changed to any port for the cluster location."
+    echo -e "-b BUNDLED_OSD\t(true | false), defaults to true. Specify the usage of bundled Dashboards or not."
+    echo -e "-c CREDENTIAL\t(usename:password), no defaults, effective when SECURITY_ENABLED=true."
+    echo -e "-h\tPrint this message."
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+}
+
+while getopts ":ha:p:b:c:" arg; do
+    case $arg in
+        h)
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        a)
+            BIND_ADDRESS=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        p)
+            BIND_PORT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        b)
+            BUNDLED_OSD=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        c)
+            CREDENTIAL=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo "-${OPTARG} requires an argument"
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        ?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -${OPTARG}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+
+if [ -z "$BIND_ADDRESS" ]
+then
+  BIND_ADDRESS="localhost"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$BIND_PORT" ]
+then
+  BIND_PORT="5601"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$BUNDLED_OSD" ]
+then
+  BUNDLED_OSD="true"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$CREDENTIAL" ]
+then
+  CREDENTIAL="admin:admin"
+  USERNAME=`echo $CREDENTIAL | awk -F ':' '{print $1}'`
+  PASSWORD=`echo $CREDENTIAL | awk -F ':' '{print $2}'`
+fi
+
+cwd=$(pwd)
+dir="bwc-tmp"
+if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+  rm -rf "$dir"
+  echo "bwc-tmp exists and needs to be removed"
+fi
+
+mkdir "$dir"
+git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-dashboards-functional-test "$dir"
+rm -rf "$dir/cypress"
+cp -r cypress "$dir"
+cd "$dir"
+
+npm install
+
+if [ $BUNDLED_OSD = "true" ]
+then
+   echo "run security enabled tests"
+   npx cypress run --spec "$cwd/bwc-tmp/cypress/integration/bundled-osd/*.js"
+else
+   npx cypress run --spec "$cwd/bwc-tmp/cypress/integration/osd/*.js"
+fi
+
+rm -rf "$cwd/$dir"
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