diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54a84a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+variables:
+  CURRENT_BRANCH_NAME: "${INFRA_BRANCH}"
+
+include:
+  - file: .gitlab/ci/splunk-app/.gitlab-ci.yml
+    ref: "${INFRA_BRANCH}"
+    project: "${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}/infra"
diff --git a/.gitlab/helper_functions.sh b/.gitlab/helper_functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced92a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/helper_functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CYAN="\e[0;36m"
+CLEAR="\e[0m"
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+SECTION_START="\e[0Ksection_start:the_time:section_id\r\e[0K${CYAN}section_header${CLEAR}"
+SECTION_END="\e[0Ksection_end:the_time:section_id\r\e[0K"
+
+section_start() {
+    local section_header section_id start
+    start="$SECTION_START"
+    if [[ "$#" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        section_header="$1"
+        section_id="$(echo "$1" | tr -c '[:alnum:]\n\r' '_')"
+    elif [[ "$#" -eq 2 ]]; then
+        if [[ "$2" =~ -{0,2}collapsed ]]; then
+            start="${start/section_id/section_id[collapsed=true]}"
+            section_header="$1"
+            section_id="$(echo "$1" | tr -c '[:alnum:]\n\r' '_')"
+        else
+            section_header="$2"
+            section_id="$1"
+        fi
+    elif [[ "$#" -eq 3 && "$3" =~ /^-{0,2}collapsed$/ ]]; then
+        start="${start/section_id/section_id[collapsed=true]}"
+        section_header="$2"
+        section_id="$1"
+    else
+        echo "section_start should be called with 1-3 args but it was called with $# args"
+        echo "acceptable usages:"
+        echo "    1. section_start \"<section-header>\""
+        echo "    2. section_start \"<section-start-id>\" \"<section-header>\""
+        echo "    3. section_start \"<section-header>\" --collapse"
+        echo "    4. section_start \"<section-start-id>\" \"<section-header>\" --collapse"
+        echo "where <section-start-id> is only alphanumeric characters and underscore and"
+        echo "--collapse indicates that you would like those log steps to be collapsed in the job log output by default"
+        exit 9
+    fi
+    start_time=$(date +%s)
+    start="$(echo "$start" | sed -e "s/the_time/$start_time/" -e "s/section_id/$section_id/" -e "s/section_header/$section_header/")"
+    echo -e "$start"
+    date +"[%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3N] section start"
+}
+
+section_end() {
+    local section_id end
+    date +"[%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3N] section end"
+    end="$SECTION_END"
+    if [[ "$#" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        section_id="$(echo "$1" | tr -c '[:alnum:]\n\r' '_')"
+    else
+        echo "section_end should be called with 1 arg but it was called with $# args"
+        echo "acceptable usage:"
+        echo "    1. section_end \"<section-start-id>\""
+        echo "    2. section_end \"<section-header>\""
+        echo "where <section-start-id> or <section-header> is the id of the section this marks the end of"
+        exit 9
+    fi
+    end_time=$(date +%s)
+    end="$(echo "$end" | sed -e "s/the_time/$end_time/" -e "s/section_id/$section_id/")"
+    echo -e "$end"
+}
+
+job-done() {
+    mkdir -p "${PIPELINE_JOBS_FOLDER}"
+    echo "creating file ${PIPELINE_JOBS_FOLDER}/${CI_JOB_NAME}.txt"
+    echo "done" > "${PIPELINE_JOBS_FOLDER}/${CI_JOB_NAME}.txt"
+    echo "finished writing to file ${PIPELINE_JOBS_FOLDER}/${CI_JOB_NAME}.txt"
+}
+
+sleep-with-progress() {
+  local sleep_time=${1:-10}
+  local sleep_interval=${2:-1}
+  local sleep_message=${3:-"Sleeping... "}
+  local columns=${4:-$(tput cols)}
+  local sleep_step=$((sleep_time / sleep_interval))
+  for ((i=0; i< sleep_step;i++)); do echo "${sleep_interval}";sleep "${sleep_interval}"; done | poetry run tqdm --total ${sleep_time} --unit seconds --leave --update --colour green -ncols ${columns} --desc "${sleep_message}" 1> /dev/null
+}
diff --git a/.hooks/bootstrap b/.hooks/bootstrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c234c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hooks/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#
+# Bootstraps a development environment.
+#
+# This includes:
+# * install pre-commit hooks
+# * setup virtualenv
+
+function exit_on_error {
+    if [ "${1}" -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: ${2}, exiting with code ${1}" 1>&2
+        exit "${1}"
+    fi
+}
+
+# poetry is installed in ~/.local/bin
+PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
+
+if [[ "$1" == "-h" ]] || [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
+    cat << __EOF__
+Setup development environment (run with no arguments):
+* install pre-commit hooks (set NO_HOOKS=1 to skip)
+__EOF__
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ ! "${PWD}" == "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" ]; then
+    cat >&2 <<__EOF__
+ERROR: this script must be run at the root of the source tree
+__EOF__
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "======================="
+if [ -z "${INSTALL_POETRY}" ]; then
+    if ! command -v poetry >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "ERROR: poetry is missing. Please run the following command to install it:
+               curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -" 1>&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    should_install_poetry="yes"
+    if command -v poetry >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if [[ "$(poetry --version)" == "Poetry (version ${POETRY_VERSION})" ]]; then
+            echo "Poetry is already installed with the correct version: $(poetry --version)"
+            should_install_poetry="no"
+        else
+            echo "Poetry is already installed with a different version: $(poetry --version), required version: ${POETRY_VERSION}"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Poetry isn't installed"
+    fi
+    if [[ "${should_install_poetry}" == "yes" ]]; then
+        echo "Installing Poetry version:${POETRY_VERSION}"
+        curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 - --version "${POETRY_VERSION}"
+        error_code=$?
+        if ! command -v poetry >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            exit_on_error $? "Poetry isn't installed"
+        fi
+        if [[ "$(poetry --version)" == "Poetry (version ${POETRY_VERSION})" ]]; then
+          echo "Poetry version ${POETRY_VERSION} installed successfully"
+        else
+          exit_on_error 1 "Poetry version $(poetry --version) doesn't match the required version: ${POETRY_VERSION}"
+        fi
+        if [ -n "${ARTIFACTS_FOLDER}" ] && [ "${error_code}" -ne 0 ]; then
+            cp "${PWD}"/poetry-installer-error-*.log "${ARTIFACTS_FOLDER}"
+        fi
+        exit_on_error $error_code "Failed to install Poetry version:${POETRY_VERSION}"
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${NO_HOOKS}" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping hooks setup as environment variable NO_HOOKS is set"
+else
+    GIT_HOOKS_DIR="${PWD}/.git/hooks"
+    if [ ! -e "${GIT_HOOKS_DIR}/pre-commit" ]; then
+        echo "Installing 'pre-commit' hooks"
+        poetry run pre-commit install
+        exit_on_error $? "Failed to install pre-commit hook"
+    else
+        echo "Skipping install of pre-commit hook as it already exists."
+        echo "If you want to re-install: 'rm ${GIT_HOOKS_DIR}/pre-commit' and then run this script again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${CI}" ]; then
+    echo "Detected CI environment"
+    echo "Checking whether poetry files are valid"
+    poetry check --no-interaction
+    exit_on_error $? "Failed to check poetry files"
+    echo "Installing dependencies..."
+    poetry install --no-interaction
+    exit_on_error $? "Failed to install dependencies"
+else
+    echo "Detected local environment"
+    echo "Check if poetry files are valid"
+    poetry check
+    exit_on_error $? "Failed to check poetry files"
+    echo "Installing dependencies..."
+    poetry install
+    exit_on_error $? "Failed to install dependencies"
+fi
+
+echo "=========================="
+echo "Done setting up virtualenv with poetry"
+echo "Activate the virtualenv by running: poetry shell"
+echo "Deactivate by running: deactivate"
+echo "======================="
+
+echo "Finished setting up the environment."
+exit 0