diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy.yaml
index ab1b11a6..05687aff 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-deploy.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         daemon_reload: yes
         name: systemd-resolved
       become: yes
+
     - name: ensure pip3 installed
       apt:
         name: "{{ item }}"
diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-reduce-site.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-reduce-site.yaml
index 55f56ffe..b57dc3a6 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-reduce-site.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/airskiff-reduce-site.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@
         - python3-yaml
       become: yes
 
+
+    - name: deploy iptables packages
+      include_role:
+        name: deploy-package
+        tasks_from: dist
+      vars:
+        packages:
+          deb:
+            - iptables
+          rpm:
+            - iptables
+    - command: sudo iptables -S
+    - command: sudo iptables -F
+    - command: sudo iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
+    - command: sudo iptables -S
+      become: yes
+
     - name: Overwrite Armada manifest
       shell: |
         git checkout v1.9
diff --git a/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/defaults/main.yml b/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1a6fabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+---
+proxy:
+  http: null
+  https: null
+  noproxy: null
+...
diff --git a/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/tasks/dist.yaml b/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/tasks/dist.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73939ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/tasks/dist.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+---
+- name: managing distro packages for ubuntu
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' or ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+  vars:
+    state: present
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "{{ state }}"
+  with_items: "{{ packages.deb }}"
+
+- name: managing distro packages for centos
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution == 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux'
+  vars:
+    state: present
+  yum:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "{{ state }}"
+  with_items: "{{ packages.rpm }}"
+
+- name: managing distro packages for fedora
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora'
+  vars:
+    state: present
+  dnf:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "{{ state }}"
+  with_items: "{{ packages.rpm }}"
+...
diff --git a/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/tasks/pip.yaml b/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/tasks/pip.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b2a4836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gate/roles/deploy-package/tasks/pip.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+---
+- name: managing pip packages
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  environment:
+    http_proxy: "{{ proxy.http }}"
+    https_proxy: "{{ proxy.https }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ proxy.noproxy }}"
+  vars:
+    state: present
+  pip:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "{{ state }}"
+  with_items: "{{ packages }}"
+...