diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 02f79c2c0..bc60f04b0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Test End-to-End
           command: yarn run test:e2e
+  test_e2e_cli:
+    <<: *defaults
+    executor: node_latest
+    steps:
+      - restore_repo
+      - run:
+          name: Test End-to-End ClI
+          command: yarn run test:e2e:cli
 
   coverage:
     <<: *defaults
@@ -149,7 +157,15 @@ workflows:
             - test_node_lts_10
             - test_node_lts_12
           <<: *ignore_non_dev_branches
+      - test_e2e_cli:
+          requires:
+            - prepare
+            - test_node_latest
+            - test_node_lts_10
+            - test_node_lts_12
+          <<: *ignore_non_dev_branches
       - coverage:
           requires:
             - test_e2e
+            - test_e2e_cli
           <<: *ignore_non_dev_branches
diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index a7443349a..881e7792c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
     "@verdaccio"
   ],
   "rules": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": ["warn"],
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": 0,
     "@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-ignore": 0,
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types": ["warn"],
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function": ["warn"],
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types": 0,
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function": 0,
     "@typescript-eslint/no-this-alias": ["warn"],
     "@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define": 0,
     "@typescript-eslint/array-type": ["warn"],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c223372c8..0a5123ea9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "cross-env": "6.0.3",
     "detect-secrets": "1.0.5",
     "eslint": "5.16.0",
+    "fs-extra": "8.1.0",
     "get-stdin": "7.0.0",
     "husky": "2.7.0",
     "in-publish": "2.0.0",
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
     "standard-version": "7.0.0",
     "supertest": "4.0.2",
     "typescript": "3.7.1-rc",
+    "verdaccio": "latest",
     "verdaccio-auth-memory": "8.3.0",
     "verdaccio-memory": "8.2.0"
   },
@@ -116,8 +118,9 @@
     "test:clean": "npx jest --clearCache",
     "test:unit": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test BABEL_ENV=test TZ=UTC FORCE_COLOR=1 jest --config ./jest.config.js --maxWorkers 2 --passWithNoTests",
     "test:functional": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest --config ./test/jest.config.functional.js --testPathPattern ./test/functional/index* --passWithNoTests",
+    "test:e2e:cli": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest --config ./test/e2e-cli/jest.config.e2e.cli.js --passWithNoTests",
     "test:e2e": "cross-env BABEL_ENV=test jest --config ./test/jest.config.e2e.js",
-    "test:all": "npm run test && npm run test:functional && npm run test:e2e",
+    "test:all": "npm run test && npm run test:functional && npm run test:e2e & npm run test:e2e:pkg",
     "pre:ci": "npm run lint",
     "coverage:publish": "codecov",
     "lint": "npm run type-check && npm run lint:ts && npm run lint:lockfile",
diff --git a/test/.eslintrc b/test/.eslintrc
index d462ff13f..b2c8bc5d2 100644
--- a/test/.eslintrc
+++ b/test/.eslintrc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       }
     ],
     "no-useless-escape": 0,
-    "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": 0
+    "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": 0,
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function": 0
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/.eslintrc b/test/e2e-cli/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbfb89d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": 0,
+    "@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility": 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/config/_bootstrap_verdaccio.yaml b/test/e2e-cli/config/_bootstrap_verdaccio.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50fe65d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/config/_bootstrap_verdaccio.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+storage: ./storage
+
+#store:
+#  memory:
+#    limit: 1000
+
+auth:
+  htpasswd:
+    file: ./htpasswd
+    max_users: -1
+
+web:
+  enable: true
+  title: verdaccio-e2e-pkg
+
+uplinks:
+  npmjs:
+    url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+
+logs:
+  - { type: stdout, format: pretty, level: warn }
+
+packages:
+  '@*/*':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $anonymous
+    unpublish: $authenticated
+    proxy: npmjs
+  'verdaccio':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $anonymous
+  '**':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $anonymous
+    unpublish: $authenticated
+    proxy: npmjs
+_debug: true
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/config/default.yaml b/test/e2e-cli/config/default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e107aea83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/config/default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+storage: ./storage
+
+#store:
+#  memory:
+#    limit: 1000
+
+auth:
+  htpasswd:
+    file: ./htpasswd
+    max_users: -1
+
+web:
+  enable: true
+  title: verdaccio-default
+
+uplinks:
+  local:
+    url: http://localhost:4873
+
+logs:
+  - { type: stdout, format: pretty, level: warn }
+
+packages:
+  '@*/*':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $anonymous
+    unpublish: $authenticated
+    proxy: local
+  '**':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    unpublish: $authenticated
+    proxy: local
+
+_debug: true
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/env_babel.js b/test/e2e-cli/env_babel.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eddce9aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/env_babel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require('@babel/register')({
+  extensions: [".ts", ".js"]
+});
+module.exports = require('./setup/test_environment');
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/env_setup.js b/test/e2e-cli/env_setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..222f7183e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/env_setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require('@babel/register')({
+  extensions: [".ts", ".js"]
+});
+module.exports = require('./setup/setup');
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/env_teardown.js b/test/e2e-cli/env_teardown.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75165a7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/env_teardown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require('@babel/register')({
+  extensions: [".ts", ".js"]
+});
+module.exports = require('./setup/teardown');
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/jest.config.e2e.cli.js b/test/e2e-cli/jest.config.e2e.cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cec14386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/jest.config.e2e.cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const { defaults } = require('jest-config');
+
+module.exports = {
+  name: 'verdaccio-e2e-cli-jest',
+  verbose: true,
+  collectCoverage: false,
+  moduleFileExtensions: [...defaults.moduleFileExtensions, 'ts'],
+  testEnvironment: './env_babel.js',
+  globalSetup: './env_setup.js',
+  globalTeardown: './env_teardown.js',
+  testRegex: '(/test/e2e.*\\.spec)\\.ts'
+};
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/.npmignore b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/README.md b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80c7d1601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Simple project
+
+This is a normal readme
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/index.js b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..474a5966c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = function() {
+  const message = "this is a basic project";
+  console.log(message);
+
+  return message;
+};
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/package.json b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59afd2e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/projects/basic/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "basic-verdaccio",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "this is a basic project",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "verdaccio",
+    "sample"
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "verdaccio": "latest"
+  },
+  "author": "Juan Picado <juanpicado19@gmail.com>",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/.npmignore b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/README.md b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80c7d1601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Simple project
+
+This is a normal readme
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/index.js b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76e3f217a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = function() {
+  const message = "this is a scoped basic project";
+  console.log(message);
+
+  return message;
+};
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/package.json b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfa5b01de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/projects/scoped_basic/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "@e2e-verdaccio/basic",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "this is a scoped basic project",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": ["verdaccio", "sample", "scoped"],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "verdaccio": "latest"
+  },
+  "author": "Juan Picado <juanpicado19@gmail.com>",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/setup/setup.ts b/test/e2e-cli/setup/setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ac7b771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/setup/setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import os from "os";
+import {yellow} from "kleur";
+import {spawn} from "child_process";
+import { npm } from '../utils/process';
+import * as __global from '../utils/global.js';
+
+module.exports = async () => {
+	const tempRoot = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(fs.realpathSync(os.tmpdir()), 'verdaccio-cli-e2e-'));
+	__global.addItem('dir-root', tempRoot);
+	console.log(yellow(`Add temp root folder: ${tempRoot}`));
+	fs.copyFileSync(
+		path.join(__dirname, '../config/_bootstrap_verdaccio.yaml'),
+		path.join(tempRoot, 'verdaccio.yaml'),
+	);
+	// @ts-ignore
+	global.__namespace = __global;
+	console.log(`current directory: ${process.cwd()}`);
+	// @ts-ignore
+	global.registryProcess = spawn(
+		'node',
+		[require.resolve('verdaccio/bin/verdaccio'), '-c', './verdaccio.yaml'],
+		// @ts-ignore
+		{ cwd: tempRoot, silence: true },
+	);
+
+	// publish current build version on local registry
+	await npm('publish', '--registry' ,'http://localhost:4873');
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/setup/teardown.ts b/test/e2e-cli/setup/teardown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346c5c595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/setup/teardown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = async function() {
+	// @ts-ignore
+	global.registryProcess.kill();
+};
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/setup/test_environment.ts b/test/e2e-cli/setup/test_environment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ad640234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/setup/test_environment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import NodeEnvironment from 'jest-environment-node';
+const __global = require('../utils/global');
+// import { npm } from '../utils/process';
+
+
+class E2ECliTestEnvironment extends NodeEnvironment {
+  constructor(config) {
+    super(config)
+  }
+
+  async setup() {
+    const tempRoot = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(fs.realpathSync(os.tmpdir()), 'verdaccio-suite-test-'));
+    __global.addItem('dir-root', tempRoot);
+    this.global.__namespace = __global;
+    console.log(`current directory: ${process.cwd()}`);
+  }
+
+  async teardown() {}
+
+  runScript(script) {
+    return super.runScript(script);
+  }
+}
+
+export default E2ECliTestEnvironment;
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/test/__partials/npm_commands.ts b/test/e2e-cli/test/__partials/npm_commands.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f5515ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/test/__partials/npm_commands.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { silentNpm } from '../../utils/process';
+
+export function installVerdaccio(verdaccioInstall) {
+	return silentNpm('install', '--prefix', verdaccioInstall, 'verdaccio', '--registry' ,'http://localhost:4873', '--no-package-lock');
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/test/core/info.spec.ts b/test/e2e-cli/test/core/info.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5fa8047a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/test/core/info.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import {runVerdaccio} from '../../utils/process';
+import {installVerdaccio} from "../__partials/npm_commands";
+
+describe('verdaccio info', ()=> {
+	jest.setTimeout(90000);
+	// @ts-ignore
+	const tempRootFolder = global.__namespace.getItem('dir-root');
+	const verdaccioInstall = path.join(tempRootFolder, 'verdaccio-root-info');
+	let registryProcess;
+
+	beforeAll(async () => {
+		await installVerdaccio(verdaccioInstall);
+	});
+
+
+	test('should run verdaccio info command', async () => {
+		const pathVerdaccioModule = require.resolve('verdaccio/bin/verdaccio', {
+			paths: [verdaccioInstall]
+		});
+		const hasMatch = await runVerdaccio(pathVerdaccioModule, verdaccioInstall, ['--info'], /Environment/);
+
+		expect(hasMatch.ok).toBeTruthy();
+	});
+
+	afterAll(() => {
+		registryProcess.kill();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/test/core/listen.spec.ts b/test/e2e-cli/test/core/listen.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df92f546a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/test/core/listen.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from "fs";
+import {installVerdaccio} from "../__partials/npm_commands";
+import {spawnRegistry} from "../../utils/registry";
+import {callRegistry} from "../../utils/web";
+
+describe('npm install', ()=> {
+  jest.setTimeout(90000);
+  const port = '9012';
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const tempRootFolder = global.__namespace.getItem('dir-root');
+  const verdaccioInstall = path.join(tempRootFolder, 'verdaccio-root-install');
+  let registryProcess;
+  const configPath = path.join(tempRootFolder, 'verdaccio.yaml');
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await installVerdaccio(verdaccioInstall);
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../config/default.yaml'), configPath);
+  });
+
+  test('should match the listing port and load metadata', async () => {
+    const pathVerdaccioModule = require.resolve('verdaccio/bin/verdaccio', {
+      paths: [verdaccioInstall]
+    });
+
+    registryProcess = await spawnRegistry(pathVerdaccioModule,
+      ['-c', configPath, '-l', port],
+      { cwd: verdaccioInstall, silent: true }
+    );
+
+    const body = await callRegistry(`http://localhost:${port}/verdaccio`);
+    const parsedBody = JSON.parse(body);
+
+    expect(parsedBody.name).toEqual('verdaccio');
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    registryProcess.kill();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/test/install/install.spec.ts b/test/e2e-cli/test/install/install.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72da34c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/test/install/install.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from "fs";
+import * as __global from "../../utils/global";
+import {spawnRegistry} from "../../utils/registry";
+import {execAndWaitForOutputToMatch} from '../../utils/process';
+import {installVerdaccio} from "../__partials/npm_commands";
+import {expectFileToExist} from "../../utils/expect";
+
+describe('npm install', ()=> {
+  jest.setTimeout(90000);
+  const port = '9011';
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const tempRootFolder = global.__namespace.getItem('dir-root');
+  const verdaccioInstall = path.join(tempRootFolder, 'verdaccio-root-install');
+  let registryProcess;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await installVerdaccio(verdaccioInstall);
+
+    const configPath = path.join(tempRootFolder, 'verdaccio.yaml');
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../config/default.yaml'), configPath);
+    // @ts-ignore
+    global.__namespace = __global;
+    const pathVerdaccioModule = require.resolve('verdaccio/bin/verdaccio', {
+      paths: [verdaccioInstall]
+    });
+    registryProcess = await spawnRegistry(pathVerdaccioModule,
+      ['-c', configPath, '-l', port],
+      { cwd: verdaccioInstall, silent: true }
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('should match on npm info verdaccio', async () => {
+    // FIXME:  not the best match, looking for a better way to match the terminal output
+    const output = await execAndWaitForOutputToMatch('npm', ['info', 'verdaccio', '--registry'], /A lightweight private npm proxy registry/);
+
+    expect(output.ok).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  test('should install jquery', async () => {
+    const testCwd = path.join(tempRootFolder, '_jquery_');
+    await execAndWaitForOutputToMatch('npm', ['install', '--prefix', testCwd, 'jquery', '--registry' ,`http://localhost:${port}`], /''/, {
+      cwd: verdaccioInstall
+    });
+
+    const exist = await expectFileToExist(path.join(testCwd, 'node_modules', 'jquery', 'package.json'));
+    expect(exist).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    registryProcess.kill();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/utils/expect.ts b/test/e2e-cli/utils/expect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e768caaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/utils/expect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+
+export function expectFileToExist(fileName: string) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		fs.exists(fileName, (exist) => {
+			if (exist) {
+				resolve(exist);
+			} else {
+				reject(new Error(`File ${fileName} was expected to exist but not found...`));
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/utils/global.js b/test/e2e-cli/utils/global.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe593662c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/utils/global.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const namespace = Object.create(null);
+
+exports.addItem = function(name, value) {
+  namespace[name] = value;
+}
+
+exports.getItem = function(name) {
+  console.log("get-item", name, namespace);
+  if (!(name in namespace)) {
+    throw new Error("The item ".concat(name, " does exist in the namespace"));
+  }
+
+  return namespace[name];
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/utils/process.ts b/test/e2e-cli/utils/process.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b50fce94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/utils/process.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
+import {SpawnOptions} from "child_process";
+
+export async function _exec(options, cmd, args) {
+  let stdout = '';
+  let stderr = '';
+  const flags = [];
+  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const env = options.env;
+  console.log(`Running \`${cmd} ${args.map(x => `"${x}"`).join(' ')}\`${flags}...`);
+  console.log(`CWD: ${cwd}`);
+  console.log(`ENV: ${JSON.stringify(env)}`);
+  const spawnOptions = {
+    cwd,
+    ...env ? { env } : {},
+  };
+
+  if (process.platform.startsWith('win')) {
+    args.unshift('/c', cmd);
+    cmd = 'cmd.exe';
+    spawnOptions['stdio'] = 'pipe';
+  }
+
+
+  const childProcess = child_process.spawn(cmd, args, spawnOptions);
+  childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+    stdout += data.toString('utf-8');
+    if (options.silent) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    data.toString('utf-8')
+      .split(/[\n\r]+/)
+      .filter(line => line !== '')
+      .forEach(line => console.log('  ' + line));
+  });
+
+  childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+    stderr += data.toString('utf-8');
+    if (options.silent) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    data.toString('utf-8')
+      .split(/[\n\r]+/)
+      .filter(line => line !== '')
+      .forEach(line => console.error(('  ' + line)));
+  });
+
+  const err = new Error(`Running "${cmd} ${args.join(' ')}" returned error code `);
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    childProcess.on('exit', (error) => {
+      if (!error) {
+        resolve({ stdout, stderr });
+      } else {
+        err.message += `${error}...\n\nSTDOUT:\n${stdout}\n\nSTDERR:\n${stderr}\n`;
+        reject(err);
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (options.waitForMatch) {
+      const match = options.waitForMatch;
+      childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+        // console.log("-->data==>", data.toString(), data.toString().match(match));
+        if (data.toString().match(match)) {
+          resolve({ok: true, stdout, stderr });
+        }
+      });
+      childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+        if (data.toString().match(match)) {
+          resolve({ stdout, stderr });
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export function execAndWaitForOutputToMatch(
+    cmd: string,
+    args: string[],
+    match: RegExp,
+    spawnOptions: SpawnOptions = {}): any {
+  return _exec({ waitForMatch: match, ...spawnOptions, silence: true }, cmd, args);
+}
+
+
+export function npm(...args) {
+  return _exec({}, 'npm', args);
+}
+
+export function runVerdaccio(cmd, installation, args, match: RegExp): any {
+  return _exec({ cwd: installation, silent: true, waitForMatch: match }, cmd, args);
+}
+
+export function silentNpm(...args) {
+  return _exec({silent: true}, 'npm', args);
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/utils/registry.ts b/test/e2e-cli/utils/registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6595ce546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/utils/registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import {fork} from "child_process";
+
+export function prepareEnvironment(rootFolder: string, folderName: string) {
+
+}
+
+export function spawnRegistry(
+		verdaccioPath: string,
+		args: string[],
+		childOptions) {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		let _childOptions = {silent: true, ...childOptions};
+
+		const childFork = fork(verdaccioPath, args, _childOptions);
+
+		childFork.on('message', (msg) => {
+			if ('verdaccio_started' in msg) {
+				resolve(childFork);
+			}
+		});
+
+		childFork.on('error', (err) => reject([err]));
+		childFork.on('disconnect', (err) => reject([err]));
+		childFork.on('exit', (err) => reject([err]));
+	});
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/utils/utils.ts b/test/e2e-cli/utils/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cc37b111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/utils/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+export function copyConfigFile(rootFolder, configTemplate): string {
+	const configPath = path.join(rootFolder, 'verdaccio.yaml');
+	fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, configTemplate), configPath);
+
+	return configPath;
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e-cli/utils/web.ts b/test/e2e-cli/utils/web.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6d89f73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cli/utils/web.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import {IncomingMessage} from 'http';
+import request from 'request';
+
+
+export function callRegistry(url: string): Promise<string> {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		let options = {
+			url: url,
+			headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json' },
+		};
+		// @ts-ignore
+		request(options, (error: any, response: IncomingMessage, body: string) => {
+			if (error) {
+				reject(error);
+				// @ts-ignore
+			} else if (response.statusCode >= 400) {
+				reject(new Error(`Requesting "${url}" returned status code ${response.statusCode}.`));
+			} else {
+				resolve(body);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index adfd65069..8d16ca870 100644
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