diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 40fa5e34..c50b9a2e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ RUN zypper  -n install \
   cp -vr container-scripts/label-* \
   container-scripts/wwctl \
   container-scripts/warewulf.service \
+  container-scripts/warewulf-container-manage.sh \
+  container-scripts/config-warewul \
   /container &&\
   mkdir -p /usr/share/bash_completion/completions/ &&\
   cp /etc/warewulf/bash_completion.d/warewulf /usr/share/bash_completion/completions/wwctl &&\
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55165968..993c032e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ warewulfconf: config_defaults
 	./config_defaults
 
 dist: vendor config
-	rm -rf .dist/$(WAREWULF)-$(VERSION)
+	rm -rf .dist/$(WAREWULF)-$(VERSION) $(WAREWULF)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 	mkdir -p .dist/$(WAREWULF)-$(VERSION)
 	cp -rap * .dist/$(WAREWULF)-$(VERSION)/
 	find .dist/$(WAREWULF)-$(VERSION)/ -type f -name '*~' -delete
diff --git a/container-scripts/config-warewulf b/container-scripts/config-warewulf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c7074527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-scripts/config-warewulf
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Helper functions
+# Get the mask form prefix
+cdr2mask()
+{
+   # Number of args to shift, 255..255, first non-255 byte, zeroes
+   set -- $(( 5 - ($1 / 8) )) 255 255 255 255 $(( (255 << (8 - ($1 % 8))) & 255 )) 0 0 0
+   [ $1 -gt 1 ] && shift $1 || shift
+   echo ${1-0}.${2-0}.${3-0}.${4-0}
+}
+# Get the ip4 address of the netork
+network_address() {
+    declare address prefix_length
+    IFS=/ read address prefix_length <<< "$1"
+
+    declare -a octets
+    IFS=. read -a octets <<< "$address"
+
+    declare mask
+    mask=$( printf "%08x" $(( (1 << 32) - (1 << (32 - prefix_length)) )) )
+
+    declare -i i
+    for i in {0..3}; do octets[$i]=$(( octets[i] & 16#${mask:2*i:2} )); done
+
+    echo $( IFS=.; echo "${octets[*]}" )
+}
+echo "-- WW4 CONFIGURAION $* --"
+
+# Make sure that a ip address was defined for out network so that 
+# we can configure dhcpd correctly
+IP4CIDR=`ip addr | awk '/scope global/ {print $2;exit}'`
+IP4=${IP4CIDR%/*}
+IP4PREFIX=${IP4CIDR#*/}
+IP4MASK=$(cdr2mask $IP4PREFIX)
+IP4NET=$(network_address "$IP4/$IP4PREFIX")
+
+if [ "$IP4PREFIX" -gt 25 ] ; then
+  echo "ERROR: warewulf does at least a /25 network for dynamic addresses"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DYNSIZE=100
+DYNSTART=${IP4#*.*.*.}
+DYNPRE=${IP4%.*}
+DYNEND=$(( $DYNSTART + $DYNSIZE ))
+if [ $DYNEND -gt 254 ] ; then
+  DYNEND=$(( $IPNET + 2 + $DYNSIZE ))
+  DYNSTART=$(( $IPNET + 2 ))
+fi
+DYNSTART="${DYNPRE}.${DYNSTART}"
+DYNEND="${DYNPRE}.${DYNEND}"
+
+
+WW4CONF=/etc/warewulf/warewulf.conf
+if [ -e $WW4CONF ] ; then
+  test -n $IP4 && sed -i 's/^ipaddr: EMPTY/ipaddr: '$IP4'/' $WW4CONF
+  test -n $IP4MASK && sed -i 's/^netmask: EMPTY/netmask: '$IP4MASK'/' $WW4CONF
+  test -n $IP4NET && sed -i 's/^network: EMPTY/network: '$IP4NET'/' $WW4CONF 
+  test -n $DYNSTART && sed -i 's/^  range start: EMPTY/  range start: '$DYNSTART'/' $WW4CONF 
+  test -n $DYNEND && sed -i 's/^  range end: EMPTY/  range end: '$DYNEND'/' $WW4CONF 
+  cat << EOF
+ipaddr: $IP4
+netmask: $IP4MASK
+network: $IP4NET
+  range start: $DYNSTART
+  range end: $DYNEND
+EOF
+fi
+
+# configure the services of the host by building the host overlay
+echo "-- Running wwctl --"
+wwctl overlay build
+wwctl configure tftp
diff --git a/container-scripts/label-install b/container-scripts/label-install
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8f54ab42..063c00a0
--- a/container-scripts/label-install
+++ b/container-scripts/label-install
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ OVERLAYDIR=/var/lib/warewulf/overlays
 CHROOTDIR=/var/lib/warewulf/chroots
 CONTAINERDIR=/var/lib/warewulf/container
 WAREWULFCONF=/etc/warewulf
-BASHCOMPLETION=/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/wwctl
+BASHCOMPLETION=/usr/share/bash_completion/completions/wwctl
+CONFSCRIPT=/container/config-warewulf
 
 echo "LABEL INSTALL"
 # ensure all scripts will be present on the host 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ mkdir -p $BASEDIR
 if [ ! -e /host/usr/local/bin/${SCRIPT} ]; then
         echo "copy /container/${SCRIPT} in /host/usr/local/bin/"
         rsync -u /container/${SCRIPT} /host/usr/local/bin/${SCRIPT}
+        chmod 755 /host/usr/local/bin/${SCRIPT}
 else
         echo "/host/usr/local/bin/${SCRIPT} already exist, will not update it"
 fi
@@ -73,3 +75,6 @@ fi
 
 # containerdir
 mkdir -p /host/$CONTAINERDIR
+
+# now config the container
+$CONFSCRIPT
diff --git a/container-scripts/label-purge b/container-scripts/label-purge
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/container-scripts/label-uninstall b/container-scripts/label-uninstall
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 16d9b411..915e65f1
--- a/container-scripts/label-uninstall
+++ b/container-scripts/label-uninstall
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ echo "LABEL UNINSTALL: Removing all files"
 rm -vf /host/usr/local/bin/wwctl
 rm -vf /host/usr/local/bin/warewulf-container-manage.sh
 rm -vf /host/etc/systemd/system/${CONTAINER}.service
-rm -vf /host/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/wwctl
+rm -vf /host/usr/share/bash_completion/completions/wwctl
diff --git a/container-scripts/warewulf-container-manage.sh b/container-scripts/warewulf-container-manage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..abb94001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-scripts/warewulf-container-manage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# quick script to manage the container
+CONTAINER_NAME=warewulf
+
+create_container() {
+podman create \
+    --name ${CONTAINER_NAME} \
+    --tls-verify=false \
+    --network host \
+    ${IMAGE}
+}
+
+run_container() {
+podman run \
+    --name ${CONTAINER_NAME} \
+    --rm -ti \
+    --network host \
+    --entrypoint bash \
+    ${IMAGE}
+}
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+echo "
+First ARG is mandatory:
+$0 [create|start|stop|rm|rmcache|run|bash|logs|install|uninstall]
+
+CONTAINER_NAME: '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+DEPLOYMENT:
+create
+    Pull the image and create the container automatically
+
+install
+    install needed files on the host to manage '${CONTAINER_NAME}' container
+    (in /usr/local/bin and /etc)
+
+start
+    Start the container '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+REMOVAL:
+uninstall
+    uninstall all needed files on the host to manage '${CONTAINER_NAME}' container
+
+stop
+    stop the container '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+rm
+    delete the container '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+rmcache
+    remove the container image in cache ${IMAGE}
+
+DEBUG:
+run
+    podman run container '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+bash 
+    go with /bin/bash command inside '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+logs
+    see log of container '${CONTAINER_NAME}'
+
+ "
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+###########
+# MAIN
+###########
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+case $1 in
+    start)
+	podman start ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+	podman ps | grep ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+    ;;
+    stop)
+	podman stop ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+	podman ps | grep ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+    ;;
+    rm)
+    set +e
+    podman stop ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+    podman rm ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+    ;;
+    create)
+    create_container
+    ;;
+    run)
+    run_container
+    ;;
+    rmcache)
+    podman rmi ${IMAGE}
+    ;;
+    logs)
+    podman logs ${CONTAINER_NAME}
+    ;;
+    bash)
+    set +e
+    podman exec -ti ${CONTAINER_NAME} $@
+    ;;
+    install)
+    podman run --env IMAGE=${IMAGE} --rm --privileged -v /:/host ${IMAGE} /bin/bash /container/label-install
+    ;;
+    uninstall)
+    podman run --env IMAGE=${IMAGE} --rm --privileged -v /:/host ${IMAGE} /bin/bash /container/label-uninstall
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/container-scripts/wwctl b/container-scripts/wwctl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 42fbf644..1eab34b7
--- a/container-scripts/wwctl
+++ b/container-scripts/wwctl
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-source /etc/warewulf-container.conf
-
 set -euxo pipefail
 
 # Run the domain