diff --git a/functions/kubernetes/setup_registry.sh b/functions/kubernetes/setup_registry.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Check if ifconfig is present and use it to get the default IP
+if command -v ifconfig &> /dev/null; then
+    default_ip=$(ifconfig | grep 'inet ' | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}')
+# Check if ip is present and use it if ifconfig is not available
+elif command -v ip &> /dev/null; then
+    default_ip=$(ip addr show | grep -oP 'inet \K[\d.]+' |  sed -n '2p')
+# If both tools are not available, error out
+else
+    echo "Error: Neither ifconfig nor ip command found in the machine. Exiting.."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+read -p "Enter your node IP to use for cert generation (default is $default_ip): " custom_ip
+# Use localhost as the default value
+node_ip=${custom_ip:-$default_ip}
+
+echo "Using node IP: $node_ip to generate SSL certs!"
+
+mkdir -p certs
+
+# Generate CA key
+openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha256 -keyout certs/reg.key -x509 -days 365 -out certs/reg.crt -subj "/CN=$node_ip"
+
+# generate a random string
+random_string=$(openssl rand -hex 3)
+
+echo "Starting docker registry with name shuffle-local-registry-$random_string.."
+
+docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name "shuffle-local-registry-$random_string" \
+  -v $(pwd)/certs:/certs \
+  -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE=/certs/reg.crt \
+  -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY=/certs/reg.key \
+  registry:2
+
+echo "Done!"
+