diff --git a/ha_test/run.sh b/ha_test/run.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function is_everything_installed {
+  everything_ok=yes
+
+  if hash zkli 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "✅ zkli installed"
+  else
+    everything_ok=no
+    echo "🥺 zkli is missing, please run \`cargo install zkli\`"
+  fi
+
+  if hash s3cmd 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "✅ s3cmd installed"
+  else
+    everything_ok=no
+    echo "🥺 s3cmd is missing, see how to install it here https://s3tools.org/s3cmd"
+  fi
+
+  if [ $everything_ok = "no" ]; then
+    echo "Exiting..."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# param: addr of zookeeper
+function connect_to_zookeeper {
+  if ! zkli -a "$1" ls > /dev/null; then
+    echo "zkli can't connect"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# param: addr of the s3 bucket
+function connect_to_s3 {
+  # S3_SECRET_KEY
+  # S3_ACCESS_KEY
+  # S3_HOST
+  # S3_BUCKET
+
+  s3cmd --host="$S3_HOST" --host-bucket="$S3_BUCKET" --access_key="$ACCESS_KEY" --secret_key="$S3_SECRET_KEY" ls
+
+  if $?; then
+    echo "s3cmd can't connect"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+is_everything_installed
+
+ZOOKEEPER_ADDR="localhost:2181"
+if ! connect_to_zookeeper $ZOOKEEPER_ADDR; then
+  ZOOKEEPER_ADDR="localhost:21811"
+  if ! connect_to_zookeeper $ZOOKEEPER_ADDR; then
+    echo "Can't connect to zkli"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+connect_to_s3