diff --git a/app/base.py b/app/base.py
index a7721141..abb1fa9d 100644
--- a/app/base.py
+++ b/app/base.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from .deploy import get_stack_status
+from app.deploy import get_stack_status
 from decouple import config
 
 
diff --git a/app/build_containers.py b/app/build_containers.py
index 3523dbc3..b3b6295e 100644
--- a/app/build_containers.py
+++ b/app/build_containers.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import subprocess
 import click
 import importlib.resources
 from pathlib import Path
-from .util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config
-from .base import get_npm_registry_url
+from app.util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config
+from app.base import get_npm_registry_url
 
 # TODO: find a place for this
 #    epilog="Config provided either in .env or settings.ini or env vars: CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR (defaults to ~/cerc)"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, force_rebuild, extra_build_args):
         print('Dev root directory doesn\'t exist, creating')
 
     # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
-    from . import data
+    from app import data
     with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "container-image-list.txt") as container_list_file:
         all_containers = container_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
diff --git a/app/build_npms.py b/app/build_npms.py
index d56b2774..6555ba91 100644
--- a/app/build_npms.py
+++ b/app/build_npms.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ from decouple import config
 import click
 import importlib.resources
 from python_on_whales import docker, DockerException
-from .base import get_stack
-from .util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config
+from app.base import get_stack
+from app.util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config
 
 builder_js_image_name = "cerc/builder-js:local"
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, force_rebuild, extra_build_args):
         os.makedirs(build_root_path)
 
     # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
-    from . import data
+    from app import data
     with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "npm-package-list.txt") as package_list_file:
         all_packages = package_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
index 9d7d99dd..c5804a14 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-optimism.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ services:
       "./wait-for-it.sh -h ${CERC_L1_HOST:-$${DEFAULT_CERC_L1_HOST}} -p ${CERC_L1_PORT:-$${DEFAULT_CERC_L1_PORT}} -s -t 60 -- ./run.sh"
     volumes:
       - ../config/network/wait-for-it.sh:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/wait-for-it.sh
-      - ../container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts
-      - ../container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/rekey-json.ts:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/tasks/rekey-json.ts
-      - ../container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/send-balance.ts:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/tasks/send-balance.ts
+      - ../config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts
+      - ../config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/rekey-json.ts:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/tasks/rekey-json.ts
+      - ../config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/send-balance.ts:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/tasks/send-balance.ts
       - ../config/fixturenet-optimism/optimism-contracts/update-config.js:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/update-config.js
       - ../config/fixturenet-optimism/optimism-contracts/run.sh:/app/packages/contracts-bedrock/run.sh
       - l2_accounts:/l2-accounts
diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-eth.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-eth.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b44a88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-eth.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+
+services:
+
+  mainnet-eth-geth-1:
+    restart: always
+    hostname: mainnet-eth-geth-1
+    cap_add:
+      - SYS_PTRACE
+    environment:
+      CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG: "true"
+      CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF: ${CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF:-detect}
+      CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID: 1
+      CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG: ${CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG}
+    image: cerc/go-ethereum:local
+    entrypoint: /bin/sh
+    command: -c "/opt/run-geth.sh"
+    volumes:
+      - mainnet_eth_geth_1_data:/root/ethdata
+      - mainnet_eth_config_data:/etc/mainnet-eth
+      - ../config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-geth.sh:/opt/run-geth.sh
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "8545"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 3s
+    ports:
+      - "8545"
+      - "40000"
+      - "6060"
+
+  mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1:
+    restart: always
+    hostname: mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--tries=1", "--connect-timeout=1", "--quiet", "-O", "-", "http://localhost:8001/eth/v2/beacon/blocks/head"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 30s
+    environment:
+      EXECUTION_ENDPOINT: "http://mainnet-eth-geth-1:8551"
+    image: cerc/lighthouse:local
+    entrypoint: /bin/sh
+    command: -c "/opt/run-lighthouse.sh"
+    volumes:
+      - mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data:/var/lighthouse-data-dir
+      - mainnet_eth_config_data:/etc/mainnet-eth
+      - ../config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-lighthouse.sh:/opt/run-lighthouse.sh
+    ports:
+      - "8001"
+
+volumes:
+  mainnet_eth_config_data:
+  mainnet_eth_geth_1_data:
+  mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data:
diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-laconicd.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-laconicd.yml
index 4de68d7b..78d2cd2f 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-laconicd.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-mainnet-laconicd.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
   laconicd:
     restart: no
     image: cerc/laconicd:local
-    command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
+    command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while :; do sleep 600; done"]
     volumes:
       # The cosmos-sdk node's database directory:
       - laconicd-data:/root/.laconicd/data
diff --git a/app/data/config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-geth.sh b/app/data/config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-geth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c249618b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-geth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [[ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+CERC_ETH_DATADIR=/root/ethdata
+
+START_CMD="geth"
+if [ "true" == "$CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG" ] && [ -x "/usr/local/bin/dlv" ]; then
+    START_CMD="/usr/local/bin/dlv --listen=:40000 --headless=true --api-version=2 --accept-multiclient exec /usr/local/bin/geth --continue --"
+fi
+
+# See https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-propagate-a-signal-to-child-processes-from-a-bash-script
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Signal received, cleaning up..."
+
+    # Kill the child process first (CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG=true uses dlv which starts geth as a child process)
+    pkill -P ${geth_pid}
+    sleep 2
+    kill $(jobs -p)
+
+    wait
+    echo "Done"
+}
+
+$START_CMD \
+    --datadir="${CERC_ETH_DATADIR}" \
+    --authrpc.addr="0.0.0.0" \
+    --authrpc.port 8551 \
+    --authrpc.vhosts="*" \
+    --authrpc.jwtsecret="/etc/mainnet-eth/jwtsecret" \
+    --ws \
+    --ws.addr="0.0.0.0" \
+    --ws.origins="*" \
+    --ws.api="${CERC_GETH_WS_APIS:-eth,web3,net,admin,personal,debug,statediff}" \
+    --http.corsdomain="*" \
+    --gcmode full \
+    --txlookuplimit=0 \
+    --cache.preimages \
+    --syncmode=snap \
+    &
+
+geth_pid=$!
+
+
+wait $geth_pid
+
+if [ "true" == "$CERC_KEEP_RUNNING_AFTER_GETH_EXIT" ]; then
+  while [ 1 -eq 1 ]; do
+    sleep 60
+  done
+fi
diff --git a/app/data/config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-lighthouse.sh b/app/data/config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-lighthouse.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..02c97922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/config/mainnet-eth/scripts/run-lighthouse.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [[ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+DEBUG_LEVEL=${CERC_LIGHTHOUSE_DEBUG_LEVEL:-info}
+
+data_dir=/var/lighthouse-data-dir
+
+network_port=9001
+http_port=8001
+authrpc_port=8551
+
+exec lighthouse \
+  bn \
+  --debug-level $DEBUG_LEVEL \
+  --datadir $data_dir \
+  --network mainnet \
+  --execution-endpoint $EXECUTION_ENDPOINT \
+  --execution-jwt /etc/mainnet-eth/jwtsecret \
+  --disable-deposit-contract-sync \
+  --checkpoint-sync-url https://beaconstate.ethstaker.cc
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/rekey-json.ts b/app/data/config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/rekey-json.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from app/data/container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/rekey-json.ts
rename to app/data/config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/rekey-json.ts
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/send-balance.ts b/app/data/config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/send-balance.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from app/data/container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/send-balance.ts
rename to app/data/config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/send-balance.ts
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts b/app/data/config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from app/data/container-build/cerc-optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts
rename to app/data/config/optimism-contracts/hardhat-tasks/verify-contract-deployment.ts
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/README.md b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8299ce54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# mainnet-eth
+
+Deploys a "head-tracking" mainnet Ethereum stack comprising a [go-ethereum](https://github.com/cerc-io/go-ethereum) execution layer node and a [lighthouse](https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse) consensus layer node.
+
+## Clone required repositories
+
+```
+$ laconic-so --stack mainnet-eth setup-repositories
+```
+
+## Build containers
+
+```
+$ laconic-so --stack mainnet-eth build-containers
+```
+
+## Create a deployment
+
+```
+$ laconic-so --stack mainnet-eth deploy init --output mainnet-eth-spec.yml
+$ laconic-so deploy create --spec-file mainnet-eth-spec.yml --deployment-dir mainnet-eth-deployment
+```
+## Start the stack
+```
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir mainnet-eth-deployment start
+```
+Display stack status:
+```
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir mainnet-eth-deployment ps
+Running containers:
+id: f39608eca04d72d6b0f1f3acefc5ebb52908da06e221d20c7138f7e3dff5e423, name: laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-foundry-1, ports:
+id: 4052b1eddd886ae0d6b41f9ff22e68a70f267b2bfde10f4b7b79b5bd1eeddcac, name: laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-geth-1-1, ports: 30303/tcp, 30303/udp, 0.0.0.0:49184->40000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49185->6060/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49186->8545/tcp, 8546/tcp
+id: ac331232e597944b621b3b8942ace5dafb14524302cab338ff946c7f6e5a1d52, name: laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1, ports: 0.0.0.0:49187->8001/tcp
+```
+See stack logs:
+```
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir mainnet-eth-deployment logs
+time="2023-07-25T09:46:29-06:00" level=warning msg="The \"CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
+laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1  | Jul 25 15:45:13.362 INFO Logging to file                         path: "/var/lighthouse-data-dir/beacon/logs/beacon.log"
+laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1  | Jul 25 15:45:13.365 INFO Lighthouse started                      version: Lighthouse/v4.1.0-693886b
+laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1  | Jul 25 15:45:13.365 INFO Configured for network                  name: mainnet
+laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1  | Jul 25 15:45:13.366 INFO Data directory initialised              datadir: /var/lighthouse-data-dir
+laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1  | Jul 25 15:45:13.366 INFO Deposit contract                        address: 0x00000000219ab540356cbb839cbe05303d7705fa, deploy_block: 11184524
+laconic-ef641b4d13eb61ed561b19be67063241-mainnet-eth-lighthouse-1-1  | Jul 25 15:45:13.424 INFO Starting checkpoint sync                remote_url: https://beaconstate.ethstaker.cc/, service: beacon
+```
+## Monitoring stack sync progress
+Both go-ethereum and lighthouse will engage in an initial chain sync phase that will last up to several hours depending on hardware performance and network capacity.
+Syncing can be monitored by looking for these log messages:
+```
+Jul 24 12:34:17.001 INFO Downloading historical blocks           est_time: 5 days 11 hrs, speed: 14.67 slots/sec, distance: 6932481 slots (137 weeks 3 days), service: slot_notifier
+INFO [07-24|12:14:52.493] Syncing beacon headers                   downloaded=145,920 left=17,617,968 eta=1h23m32.815s
+INFO [07-24|12:33:15.238] Syncing: chain download in progress      synced=1.86% chain=148.94MiB headers=368,640@95.03MiB bodies=330,081@40.56MiB receipts=330,081@13.35MiB eta=37m54.505s
+INFO [07-24|12:35:13.028] Syncing: state download in progress      synced=1.32% state=4.64GiB   accounts=2,850,314@677.57MiB slots=18,663,070@3.87GiB  codes=26662@111.14MiB eta=3h18m0.699s
+```
+Once synced up these log messages will be observed:
+```
+INFO Synced                                  slot: 6952515, block: 0x5bcb…f6d9, epoch: 217266, finalized_epoch: 217264, finalized_root: 0x6342…2c5c, exec_hash: 0x8d8c…2443 (verified), peers: 31, service: slot_notifier
+INFO [07-25|03:04:48.941] Imported new potential chain segment     number=17,767,316 hash=84f6e7..bc2cb0 blocks=1  txs=137  mgas=16.123  elapsed=57.087ms     mgasps=282.434 dirty=461.46MiB
+INFO [07-25|03:04:49.042] Chain head was updated                   number=17,767,316 hash=84f6e7..bc2cb0 root=ca58b2..8258c1 elapsed=2.480111ms
+```
+## Clean up
+
+Stop the stack:
+```
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir mainnet-eth-deployment stop
+```
+This leaves data volumes in place, allowing the stack to be subsequently re-started.
+To permanently *delete* the stack's data volumes run:
+```
+$ laconic-so deployment --dir mainnet-eth-deployment stop --delete-data-volumes
+```
+After deleting the volumes, any subsequent re-start will begin chain sync from cold.
+## Data volumes
+Container data volumes are bind-mounted to specified paths in the host filesystem.
+The default setup (generated by `laconic-so deploy init`) places the volumes in the `./data` subdirectory of the deployment directory:
+```
+$ cat mainnet-eth-spec.yml
+stack: mainnet-eth
+volumes:
+  mainnet_eth_config_data: ./data/mainnet_eth_config_data
+  mainnet_eth_geth_1_data: ./data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data
+  mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data: ./data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data
+```
+A synced-up stack will consume around 900GB of data volume space:
+```
+$ sudo du -h mainnet-eth-deployment/data/
+150M    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data/beacon/freezer_db
+25G     mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data/beacon/chain_db
+16K     mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data/beacon/network
+368M    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data/beacon/logs
+26G     mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data/beacon
+26G     mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_lighthouse_1_data
+8.0K    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_config_data
+4.0K    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/keystore
+527G    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth/chaindata/ancient/chain
+527G    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth/chaindata/ancient
+859G    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth/chaindata
+4.8M    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth/nodes
+242M    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth/ethash
+669M    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth/triecache
+860G    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data/geth
+860G    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/mainnet_eth_geth_1_data
+885G    mainnet-eth-deployment/data/
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/deploy/commands.py b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/deploy/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09586aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/deploy/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright © 2023 Cerc
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from secrets import token_hex
+
+def init(ctx):
+    return None
+
+
+def setup(ctx):
+    return None
+
+
+def create(ctx):
+    # Generate the JWT secret and save to its config file
+    secret = token_hex(32)
+    jwt_file_path = ctx.deployment_dir.joinpath("data", "mainnet_eth_config_data", "jwtsecret")
+    with open(jwt_file_path, 'w+') as jwt_file:
+        jwt_file.write(secret)
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5051eb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-eth/stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: "1.1"
+name: mainnet-eth
+decription: "Ethereum Mainnet"
+repos:
+  - github.com/cerc-io/go-ethereum
+  - github.com/cerc-io/lighthouse
+  - github.com/dboreham/foundry
+containers:
+  - cerc/go-ethereum
+  - cerc/lighthouse
+  - cerc/lighthouse-cli
+  - cerc/foundry
+pods:
+  - mainnet-eth
+  - foundry
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/deploy/commands.py b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/deploy/commands.py
index 0ac4845f..a8a62bd7 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/deploy/commands.py
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/deploy/commands.py
@@ -13,45 +13,50 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import click
-import os
-from shutil import copyfile
-import sys
-from .util import get_stack_config_filename, get_parsed_deployment_spec
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from app.util import get_yaml
+from app.stack_state import State
 
-default_spec_file_content = """stack: mainnet-laconic
-data_dir: /my/path
-node_name: my-node-name
+default_spec_file_content = """config:
+    node_moniker: my-node-name
+    chain_id: my-chain-id
 """
 
+init_help_text = """Add helpful text here on setting config variables.
+"""
 
-def make_default_deployment_dir():
-    return "deployment-001"
-
-@click.command()
-@click.option("--output", required=True, help="Write yaml spec file here")
-@click.pass_context
-def init(ctx, output):
-    with open(output, "w") as output_file:
-        output_file.write(default_spec_file_content)
+@dataclass
+class VolumeMapping:
+    host_path: str
+    container_path: str
 
 
-@click.command()
-@click.option("--spec-file", required=True, help="Spec file to use to create this deployment")
-@click.option("--deployment-dir", help="Create deployment files in this directory")
-@click.pass_context
-def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir):
-    # This function fails with a useful error message if the file doens't exist
-    parsed_spec = get_parsed_deployment_spec(spec_file)
-    if ctx.debug:
-        print(f"parsed spec: {parsed_spec}")
-    if deployment_dir is None:
-        deployment_dir = make_default_deployment_dir()
-    if os.path.exists(deployment_dir):
-        print(f"Error: {deployment_dir} already exists")
-        sys.exit(1)
-    os.mkdir(deployment_dir)
-    # Copy spec file and the stack file into the deployment dir
-    copyfile(spec_file, os.path.join(deployment_dir, os.path.basename(spec_file)))
-    stack_file = get_stack_config_filename(parsed_spec.stack)
-    copyfile(stack_file, os.path.join(deployment_dir, os.path.basename(stack_file)))
+# In order to make this, we need the ability to run the stack
+# In theory we can make this same way as we would run deploy up
+def run_container_command(ctx, ontainer, command, mounts):
+    deploy_context = ctx.obj
+    pass
+
+
+def setup(ctx):
+    node_moniker = "dbdb-node"
+    chain_id = "laconic_81337-1"
+    mounts = [
+        VolumeMapping("./path", "~/.laconicd")
+    ]
+    output, status = run_container_command(ctx, "laconicd", f"laconicd init {node_moniker} --chain-id {chain_id}", mounts)
+
+
+def init(command_context):
+    print(init_help_text)
+    yaml = get_yaml()
+    return yaml.load(default_spec_file_content)
+
+
+def get_state(command_context):
+    print("Here we get state")
+    return State.CONFIGURED
+
+
+def change_state(command_context):
+    pass
diff --git a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/stack.yml
index b5e1f16c..51b0b8a2 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/stack.yml
+++ b/app/data/stacks/mainnet-laconic/stack.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,4 @@ containers:
 pods:
   - mainnet-laconicd
   - fixturenet-laconic-console
-config:
-  cli:
-    key: laconicd.mykey
-    address: laconicd.myaddress
+
diff --git a/app/deploy.py b/app/deploy.py
index 3f769f3e..4ddd81a7 100644
--- a/app/deploy.py
+++ b/app/deploy.py
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import subprocess
 from python_on_whales import DockerClient, DockerException
 import click
 from pathlib import Path
-from .util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options2
-from .deployment_create import create as deployment_create
-from .deployment_create import init as deployment_init
+from app.util import include_exclude_check, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options2
+from app.deployment_create import create as deployment_create
+from app.deployment_create import init as deployment_init
+from app.deployment_create import setup as deployment_setup
 
 
 class DeployCommandContext(object):
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def create_deploy_context(global_context, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_
     return DeployCommandContext(cluster_context, docker)
 
 
-def up_operation(ctx, services_list):
+def up_operation(ctx, services_list, stay_attached=False):
     global_context = ctx.parent.parent.obj
     deploy_context = ctx.obj
     if not global_context.dry_run:
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def up_operation(ctx, services_list):
             print(f"Running compose up with container_exec_env: {container_exec_env}, extra_args: {services_list}")
         for pre_start_command in cluster_context.pre_start_commands:
             _run_command(global_context, cluster_context.cluster, pre_start_command)
-        deploy_context.docker.compose.up(detach=True, services=services_list)
+        deploy_context.docker.compose.up(detach=not stay_attached, services=services_list)
         for post_start_command in cluster_context.post_start_commands:
             _run_command(global_context, cluster_context.cluster, post_start_command)
         _orchestrate_cluster_config(global_context, cluster_context.config, deploy_context.docker, container_exec_env)
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ def _make_cluster_context(ctx, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file):
             print(f"Using cluster name: {cluster}")
 
     # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
-    from . import data
+    from app import data
     with resources.open_text(data, "pod-list.txt") as pod_list_file:
         all_pods = pod_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
@@ -420,3 +421,4 @@ def _orchestrate_cluster_config(ctx, cluster_config, docker, container_exec_env)
 
 command.add_command(deployment_init)
 command.add_command(deployment_create)
+command.add_command(deployment_setup)
diff --git a/app/deployment.py b/app/deployment.py
index ccb11f51..132568ca 100644
--- a/app/deployment.py
+++ b/app/deployment.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import click
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 import sys
-from .deploy import up_operation, down_operation, ps_operation, port_operation, exec_operation, logs_operation, create_deploy_context
-from .util import global_options
+from app.deploy import up_operation, down_operation, ps_operation, port_operation, exec_operation, logs_operation, create_deploy_context
+from app.util import global_options
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -54,22 +54,24 @@ def make_deploy_context(ctx):
 
 
 @command.command()
+@click.option("--stay-attached/--detatch-terminal", default=False, help="detatch or not to see container stdout")
 @click.argument('extra_args', nargs=-1)  # help: command: up <service1> <service2>
 @click.pass_context
-def up(ctx, extra_args):
+def up(ctx, stay_attached, extra_args):
     ctx.obj = make_deploy_context(ctx)
     services_list = list(extra_args) or None
-    up_operation(ctx, services_list)
+    up_operation(ctx, services_list, stay_attached)
 
 
 # start is the preferred alias for up
 @command.command()
+@click.option("--stay-attached/--detatch-terminal", default=False, help="detatch or not to see container stdout")
 @click.argument('extra_args', nargs=-1)  # help: command: up <service1> <service2>
 @click.pass_context
-def start(ctx, extra_args):
+def start(ctx, stay_attached, extra_args):
     ctx.obj = make_deploy_context(ctx)
     services_list = list(extra_args) or None
-    up_operation(ctx, services_list)
+    up_operation(ctx, services_list, stay_attached)
 
 
 @command.command()
@@ -85,12 +87,13 @@ def down(ctx, delete_volumes, extra_args):
 
 # stop is the preferred alias for down
 @command.command()
+@click.option("--delete-volumes/--preserve-volumes", default=False, help="delete data volumes")
 @click.argument('extra_args', nargs=-1)  # help: command: down <service1> <service2>
 @click.pass_context
-def stop(ctx, extra_args):
+def stop(ctx, delete_volumes, extra_args):
     # TODO: add cluster name and env file here
     ctx.obj = make_deploy_context(ctx)
-    down_operation(ctx, extra_args, None)
+    down_operation(ctx, delete_volumes, extra_args)
 
 
 @command.command()
@@ -127,15 +130,3 @@ def logs(ctx, extra_args):
 @click.pass_context
 def status(ctx):
     print(f"Context: {ctx.parent.obj}")
-
-
-
-#from importlib import resources, util
-# TODO: figure out how to do this dynamically
-#stack = "mainnet-laconic"
-#module_name = "commands"
-#spec = util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, "./app/data/stacks/" + stack + "/deploy/commands.py")
-#imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
-#spec.loader.exec_module(imported_stack)
-#command.add_command(imported_stack.init)
-#command.add_command(imported_stack.create)
diff --git a/app/deployment_create.py b/app/deployment_create.py
index fb83f39b..652bbdba 100644
--- a/app/deployment_create.py
+++ b/app/deployment_create.py
@@ -14,20 +14,18 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import click
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from importlib import util
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import copyfile, copytree
 import sys
-import ruamel.yaml
-from .util import get_stack_file_path, get_parsed_deployment_spec, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options
+from app.util import get_stack_file_path, get_parsed_deployment_spec, get_parsed_stack_config, global_options, get_yaml
 
-
-def _get_yaml():
-    # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45701840/1701505
-    yaml = ruamel.yaml.YAML()
-    yaml.preserve_quotes = True
-    yaml.indent(sequence=3, offset=1)
-    return yaml
+@dataclass
+class DeploymentContext:
+    stack: str
+    deployment_dir: Path
 
 
 def _make_default_deployment_dir():
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ def _get_named_volumes(stack):
     named_volumes = []
     parsed_stack = get_parsed_stack_config(stack)
     pods = parsed_stack["pods"]
-    yaml = _get_yaml()
+    yaml = get_yaml()
     for pod in pods:
         pod_file_path = os.path.join(_get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod}.yml")
         parsed_pod_file = yaml.load(open(pod_file_path, "r"))
@@ -96,6 +94,41 @@ def _fixup_pod_file(pod, spec, compose_dir):
                     pod["volumes"][volume] = new_volume_spec
 
 
+def call_stack_deploy_init(stack):
+    # Link with the python file in the stack
+    # Call a function in it
+    # If no function found, return None
+    python_file_path = get_stack_file_path(stack).parent.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+    spec = util.spec_from_file_location("commands", python_file_path)
+    imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(imported_stack)
+    return imported_stack.init(None)
+
+
+# TODO: fold this with function above
+def call_stack_deploy_setup(stack):
+    # Link with the python file in the stack
+    # Call a function in it
+    # If no function found, return None
+    python_file_path = get_stack_file_path(stack).parent.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+    spec = util.spec_from_file_location("commands", python_file_path)
+    imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(imported_stack)
+    return imported_stack.setup(None)
+
+
+# TODO: fold this with function above
+def call_stack_deploy_create(deployment_context):
+    # Link with the python file in the stack
+    # Call a function in it
+    # If no function found, return None
+    python_file_path = get_stack_file_path(deployment_context.stack).parent.joinpath("deploy", "commands.py")
+    spec = util.spec_from_file_location("commands", python_file_path)
+    imported_stack = util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(imported_stack)
+    return imported_stack.create(deployment_context)
+
+
 # Inspect the pod yaml to find config files referenced in subdirectories
 # other than the one associated with the pod
 def _find_extra_config_dirs(parsed_pod_file, pod):
@@ -118,17 +151,20 @@ def _find_extra_config_dirs(parsed_pod_file, pod):
 @click.option("--output", required=True, help="Write yaml spec file here")
 @click.pass_context
 def init(ctx, output):
-    yaml = _get_yaml()
+    yaml = get_yaml()
     stack = global_options(ctx).stack
     verbose = global_options(ctx).verbose
+    default_spec_file_content = call_stack_deploy_init(stack)
     spec_file_content = {"stack": stack}
+    if default_spec_file_content:
+        spec_file_content.update(default_spec_file_content)
     if verbose:
         print(f"Creating spec file for stack: {stack}")
     named_volumes = _get_named_volumes(stack)
     if named_volumes:
         volume_descriptors = {}
         for named_volume in named_volumes:
-            volume_descriptors[named_volume] = f"../data/{named_volume}"
+            volume_descriptors[named_volume] = f"./data/{named_volume}"
         spec_file_content["volumes"] = volume_descriptors
     with open(output, "w") as output_file:
         yaml.dump(spec_file_content, output_file)
@@ -160,7 +196,7 @@ def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir):
     destination_compose_dir = os.path.join(deployment_dir, "compose")
     os.mkdir(destination_compose_dir)
     data_dir = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.joinpath("data")
-    yaml = _get_yaml()
+    yaml = get_yaml()
     for pod in pods:
         pod_file_path = os.path.join(_get_compose_file_dir(), f"docker-compose-{pod}.yml")
         parsed_pod_file = yaml.load(open(pod_file_path, "r"))
@@ -180,3 +216,18 @@ def create(ctx, spec_file, deployment_dir):
                 # If the same config dir appears in multiple pods, it may already have been copied
                 if not os.path.exists(destination_config_dir):
                     copytree(source_config_dir, destination_config_dir)
+    # Delegate to the stack's Python code
+    deployment_context = DeploymentContext(stack_name, Path(deployment_dir))
+    call_stack_deploy_create(deployment_context)
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option("--node-moniker", help="Help goes here")
+@click.option("--key-name", help="Help goes here")
+@click.option("--initialize-network", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Help goes here")
+@click.option("--join-network", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Help goes here")
+@click.option("--create-network", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Help goes here")
+@click.pass_context
+def setup(ctx, node_moniker, key_name, initialize_network, join_network, create_network):
+    stack = global_options(ctx).stack
+    call_stack_deploy_setup(stack)
diff --git a/app/setup_repositories.py b/app/setup_repositories.py
index db0bd779..d275a986 100644
--- a/app/setup_repositories.py
+++ b/app/setup_repositories.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import click
 import importlib.resources
 from pathlib import Path
 import yaml
-from .util import include_exclude_check
+from app.util import include_exclude_check
 
 
 class GitProgress(git.RemoteProgress):
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, git_ssh, check_only, pull, branches, branches
         os.makedirs(dev_root_path)
 
     # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
-    from . import data
+    from app import data
     with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "repository-list.txt") as repository_list_file:
         all_repos = repository_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
diff --git a/app/stack_state.py b/app/stack_state.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..830a47f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/stack_state.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright © 2023 Cerc
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http:#www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from enum import Enum
+
+class State(Enum):
+    CREATED = 1
+    CONFIGURED = 2
+    STARTED = 3
+    STOPPED = 4
diff --git a/app/util.py b/app/util.py
index 69eda4af..2b12cfbc 100644
--- a/app/util.py
+++ b/app/util.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import os.path
 import sys
-import yaml
+import ruamel.yaml
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_parsed_stack_config(stack):
     stack_file_path = stack if isinstance(stack, os.PathLike) else get_stack_file_path(stack)
     try:
         with stack_file_path:
-            stack_config = yaml.safe_load(open(stack_file_path, "r"))
+            stack_config = get_yaml().load(open(stack_file_path, "r"))
             return stack_config
     except FileNotFoundError as error:
         # We try here to generate a useful diagnostic error
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def get_parsed_deployment_spec(spec_file):
     spec_file_path = Path(spec_file)
     try:
         with spec_file_path:
-            deploy_spec = yaml.safe_load(open(spec_file_path, "r"))
+            deploy_spec = get_yaml().load(open(spec_file_path, "r"))
             return deploy_spec
     except FileNotFoundError as error:
         # We try here to generate a useful diagnostic error
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ def get_parsed_deployment_spec(spec_file):
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
+def get_yaml():
+    # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45701840/1701505
+    yaml = ruamel.yaml.YAML()
+    yaml.preserve_quotes = True
+    yaml.indent(sequence=3, offset=1)
+    return yaml
+
+
 # TODO: this is fragile wrt to the subcommand depth
 # See also: https://github.com/pallets/click/issues/108
 def global_options(ctx):
diff --git a/app/version.py b/app/version.py
index 4194f24a..7af18dc1 100644
--- a/app/version.py
+++ b/app/version.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def command(ctx):
     '''print tool version'''
 
     # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/1701505
-    from . import data
+    from app import data
     with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "build_tag.txt") as version_file:
         # TODO: code better version that skips comment lines
         version_string = version_file.read().splitlines()[1]
diff --git a/tests/mainnet-eth/run-test.sh b/tests/mainnet-eth/run-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dd56c183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mainnet-eth/run-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
+  set -x
+fi
+
+echo "Running stack-orchestrator Ethereum mainnet test"
+# Bit of a hack, test the most recent package
+TEST_TARGET_SO=$( ls -t1 ./package/laconic-so* | head -1 )
+# Set a new unique repo dir
+export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR=$(mktemp -d stack-orchestrator-mainnet-eth-test.XXXXXXXXXX)
+DEPLOYMENT_DIR=mainnet-eth-deployment-test
+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: $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR"
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack mainnet-eth setup-repositories 
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack mainnet-eth build-containers
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack mainnet-eth deploy init --output mainnet-eth-spec.yml
+$TEST_TARGET_SO deploy create --spec-file mainnet-eth-spec.yml --deployment-dir $DEPLOYMENT_DIR
+# Start the stack
+$TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $DEPLOYMENT_DIR start
+# Verify that the stack is up and running
+$TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $DEPLOYMENT_DIR ps
+#TODO: add a check that the container logs show good startup
+$TEST_TARGET_SO deployment --dir $DEPLOYMENT_DIR stop --delete-volumes
+echo "Removing deployment directory"
+rm -rf $DEPLOYMENT_DIR
+echo "Removing cloned repositories"
+rm -rf $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR
+exit $test_result