diff --git a/Testing/Installation/Api_testscripts/test_cdsapi_fluxdata.py b/Testing/Installation/Api_testscripts/test_cdsapi_fluxdata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..535f163d075885f05438185619d0ee53244e1668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Testing/Installation/Api_testscripts/test_cdsapi_fluxdata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import cdsapi
+
+c = cdsapi.Client()
+
+c.retrieve('reanalysis-era5-single-levels',
+{ 
+  "product_type":'reanalysis',
+  "area": [40.0,-10.0,30.0,10.0],
+  "year": "2018",
+  "month": "08",
+  "day": ['8','10'],
+  "grid": [0.5,0.5],
+  "param": "167.128",
+  "time": ['00', '06', '12', '18'],
+  "format":'grib2',
+}, 'download_era5_flux_cdsapi.grib')
+
diff --git a/Testing/Installation/setup.sh b/Testing/Installation/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f77b07ea11c9695e899da304ee69aa6e47b9e8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Testing/Installation/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# @Author: Anne Philipp
+#
+# @Date: September, 10 2018
+#
+# @Description: 
+#    This file defines the flex_extract's available installation
+#    parameters and puts them together for the call of the actual 
+#    python installation script. It also does some checks to 
+#    guarantee necessary parameters were set.
+#
+# @Licence:
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
+#
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+# AVAILABLE COMMANDLINE ARGUMENTS TO SET
+#
+# THE USER HAS TO SPECIFY THESE PARAMETERS
+#
+TARGET='ecgate'
+MAKEFILE='makefile_ecgate'
+ECUID='<username>'
+ECGID='<groupID>'
+GATEWAY='<gatewayname>'
+DESTINATION='<username>@genericSftp'
+INSTALLDIR=None
+JOB_TEMPLATE=''
+CONTROLFILE='CONTROL_CERA'
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# AFTER THIS LINE THE USER DOES NOT HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING !!!
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# PATH TO INSTALLATION SCRIPT
+script="Source/Python/install.py"
+
+# INITIALIZE EMPTY PARAMETERLIST
+parameterlist=""
+
+# CHECK IF ON ECMWF SERVER; 
+if [[ $HOST == *"ecgb"* ]] || [[ $HOST == *"cca"* ]] || [[ $HOST == *"ccb"* ]]; then
+# LOAD PYTHON3 MODULE
+  module load python3
+fi 
+
+# DEFAULT PARAMETERLIST
+if [ -n "$TARGET" ]; then
+  parameterlist=" --target=$TARGET"
+else
+  echo "ERROR: No installation target specified."
+  echo "EXIT WITH ERROR"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# CHECK FOR MORE PARAMETER 
+if [ "$TARGET" == "ecgate" ] || [ "$TARGET" == "cca" ] || [ "$TARGET" == "ccb" ]; then
+  # check if necessary Parameters are set
+  if [ -z "$ECUID" ] || [ -z "$ECGID" ] || [ "$ECUID" == "<username>" ] || [ "$ECGID" == "<groupID>" ] ; then
+    echo "ERROR: At least one of the following parameters are not properly set: ECUID or ECGID!"
+    echo "EXIT WITH ERROR"
+    exit
+  else
+    parameterlist+=" --ecuid=$ECUID --ecgid=$ECGID --gateway=$GATEWAY --destination=$DESTINATION"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$GATEWAY" ] || [ -z "$DESTINATION" ] || [ "$GATEWAY" == "<gatewayname>" ] || [ "$DESTINATION" == "<username>@genericSftp" ] ; then
+    echo "WARNING: Not setting parameters GATEWAY and DESTINATION means there will be no file transfer to local gateway server."
+  fi
+fi
+if [ -n "$MAKEFILE" ]; then
+  parameterlist+=" --makefile=$MAKEFILE"
+fi
+if [ -n "$FLEXPARTDIR" ]; then # not empty
+  parameterlist+=" --flexpartdir=$FLEXPARTDIR"
+fi
+if [ -n "$JOB_TEMPLATE" ]; then
+  parameterlist+=" --job_template=$JOB_TEMPLATE"
+fi
+if [ -n "$CONTROLFILE" ]; then
+  parameterlist+=" --controlfile=$CONTROLFILE"
+fi
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+# CALL INSTALLATION SCRIPT WITH DETERMINED COMMANDLINE ARGUMENTS
+
+$script $parameterlist
+
diff --git a/Testing/Installation/setup_local.sh b/Testing/Installation/setup_local.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d140defbb202c77ad8f4260e9dd520fd8f04226e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Testing/Installation/setup_local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# @Author: Anne Philipp
+#
+# @Date: September, 10 2018
+#
+# @Description: 
+#    This file defines the flex_extract's available installation
+#    parameters and puts them together for the call of the actual 
+#    python installation script. It also does some checks to 
+#    guarantee necessary parameters were set.
+#
+# @Licence:
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
+#
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+# AVAILABLE COMMANDLINE ARGUMENTS TO SET
+#
+# THE USER HAS TO SPECIFY THESE PARAMETERS
+#
+TARGET='local'
+MAKEFILE='makefile_local_gfortran'
+ECUID=None
+ECGID=None
+GATEWAY=None
+DESTINATION=None
+INSTALLDIR=None
+JOB_TEMPLATE=''
+CONTROLFILE='CONTROL_CERA'
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# AFTER THIS LINE THE USER DOES NOT HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING !!!
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# PATH TO INSTALLATION SCRIPT
+script="Source/Python/install.py"
+
+# INITIALIZE EMPTY PARAMETERLIST
+parameterlist=""
+
+# CHECK IF ON ECMWF SERVER; 
+if [[ $HOST == *"ecgb"* ]] || [[ $HOST == *"cca"* ]] || [[ $HOST == *"ccb"* ]]; then
+# LOAD PYTHON3 MODULE
+  module load python3
+fi 
+
+# DEFAULT PARAMETERLIST
+if [ -n "$TARGET" ]; then
+  parameterlist=" --target=$TARGET"
+else
+  echo "ERROR: No installation target specified."
+  echo "EXIT WITH ERROR"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# CHECK FOR MORE PARAMETER 
+if [ "$TARGET" == "ecgate" ] || [ "$TARGET" == "cca" ]; then
+  # check if necessary Parameters are set
+  if [ -z "$ECUID" ] || [ -z "$ECGID" ] || [ -z "$GATEWAY" ] || [ -z "$DESTINATION" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: At least one of the following parameters are not set: ECUID, ECGID, GATEWAY, DESTINATION!"
+    echo "EXIT WITH ERROR"
+    exit
+  else
+    parameterlist+=" --ecuid=$ECUID --ecgid=$ECGID --gateway=$GATEWAY --destination=$DESTINATION"
+  fi
+fi
+if [ -n "$MAKEFILE" ]; then
+  parameterlist+=" --makefile=$MAKEFILE"
+fi
+if [ -n "$FLEXPARTDIR" ]; then # not empty
+  parameterlist+=" --flexpartdir=$FLEXPARTDIR"
+fi
+if [ -n "$JOB_TEMPLATE" ]; then
+  parameterlist+=" --job_template=$JOB_TEMPLATE"
+fi
+if [ -n "$CONTROLFILE" ]; then
+  parameterlist+=" --controlfile=$CONTROLFILE"
+fi
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------
+# CALL INSTALLATION SCRIPT WITH DETERMINED COMMANDLINE ARGUMENTS
+
+$script $parameterlist
+