diff --git a/tests/database/run-test.sh b/tests/database/run-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..30c91863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/database/run-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
+    set -x
+    # Dump environment variables for debugging
+    echo "Environment variables:"
+    env
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" == "from-path" ]; then
+    TEST_TARGET_SO="laconic-so"
+else
+    TEST_TARGET_SO=$( ls -t1 ./package/laconic-so* | head -1 )
+fi
+
+stack="test-database"
+spec_file=${stack}-spec.yml
+deployment_dir=${stack}-deployment
+
+# Helper functions: TODO move into a separate file
+wait_for_pods_started () {
+    for i in {1..50}
+    do
+        local ps_output=$( $TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir ps )
+
+        if [[ "$ps_output" == *"Running containers:"* ]]; then
+            # if ready, return
+            return
+        else
+            # if not ready, wait
+            sleep 5
+        fi
+    done
+    # Timed out, error exit
+    echo "waiting for pods to start: FAILED"
+    delete_cluster_exit
+}
+
+wait_for_log_output () {
+    for i in {1..50}
+    do
+
+        local log_output=$( $TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir logs )
+
+        if [[ ! -z "$log_output" ]]; then
+            # if ready, return
+            return
+        else
+            # if not ready, wait
+            sleep 5
+        fi
+    done
+    # Timed out, error exit
+    echo "waiting for pods log content: FAILED"
+    delete_cluster_exit
+}
+
+
+delete_cluster_exit () {
+    $TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir stop --delete-volumes
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Set a non-default repo dir
+export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR=~/stack-orchestrator-test/repo-base-dir
+echo "Testing this package: $TEST_TARGET_SO"
+echo "Test version command"
+reported_version_string=$( $TEST_TARGET_SO version )
+echo "Version reported is: ${reported_version_string}"
+echo "Cloning repositories into: $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR"
+rm -rf $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR
+mkdir -p $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack ${stack} setup-repositories
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack ${stack} build-containers
+# Test basic stack-orchestrator deploy to k8s
+test_deployment_dir=$CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR/test-${deployment_dir}
+test_deployment_spec=$CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR/test-${spec_file}
+
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack ${stack} deploy --deploy-to k8s-kind init --output $test_deployment_spec --config CERC_TEST_PARAM_1=PASSED
+# Check the file now exists
+if [ ! -f "$test_deployment_spec" ]; then
+    echo "deploy init test: spec file not present"
+    echo "deploy init test: FAILED"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "deploy init test: passed"
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack ${stack} deploy create --spec-file $test_deployment_spec --deployment-dir $test_deployment_dir
+# Check the deployment dir exists
+if [ ! -d "$test_deployment_dir" ]; then
+    echo "deploy create test: deployment directory not present"
+    echo "deploy create test: FAILED"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "deploy create test: passed"
+
+# Try to start the deployment
+$TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir start
+wait_for_pods_started
+# Check logs command works
+wait_for_log_output
+log_output_3=$( $TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir logs )
+if [[ "$log_output_3" == *"Filesystem is fresh"* ]]; then
+    echo "deployment logs test: passed"
+else
+    echo "deployment logs test: FAILED"
+    delete_cluster_exit
+fi
+
+# Stop and clean up
+$TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir stop --delete-volumes
+echo "Test passed"