diff --git a/scripts/deploy-ceph-csi-operator.sh b/scripts/deploy-ceph-csi-operator.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -E
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+[ ! -e "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/utils.sh ] || source "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/utils.sh
+
+OPERATOR_VERSION=${OPERATOR_VERSION:-"main"}
+OPERATOR_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator/${OPERATOR_VERSION}"
+
+# operator deployment files
+OPERATOR_INSTALL="${OPERATOR_URL}/deploy/all-in-one/install.yaml"
+
+OPERATOR_NAMESPACE="ceph-csi-operator-system"
+IMAGESET_CONFIGMAP_NAME="ceph-csi-imageset"
+ENCRYPTION_CONFIGMAP_NAME="ceph-csi-encryption-kms-config"
+
+# csi drivers
+RBD_DRIVER_NAME="rbd.csi.ceph.com"
+CEPHFS_DRIVER_NAME="cephfs.csi.ceph.com"
+NFS_DRIVER_NAME="nfs.csi.ceph.com"
+
+# e2e default values
+NODE_REGION_LABEL="test.failure-domain/region"
+NODE_ZONE_LABEL="test.failure-domain/zone"
+CLUSTER_NAME="k8s-cluster-1"
+
+
+TEMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"' EXIT
+
+function create_or_delete_imageset_configmap() {
+    local operation=$1
+    temp_file=$(mktemp "${TEMP_DIR}/imageset-configmap.XXXXXX.yaml")
+    cat <<EOF > "${temp_file}"
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+    name: ${IMAGESET_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+    namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+data:
+    "plugin": "quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary"  # test image
+EOF
+    kubectl_retry "$operation" -f "${temp_file}"
+}
+
+function create_or_delete_encryption_configmap() {
+    local operation=$1
+    temp_file=$(mktemp "${TEMP_DIR}/encryption-configmap.XXXXXX.yaml")
+    cat <<EOF > "${temp_file}"
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+  name: ${ENCRYPTION_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+data:
+    config.json: ""
+EOF
+    kubectl_retry "$operation" -f "${temp_file}"
+}
+
+function create_or_delete_operator_config() {
+    # TODO: encryption config
+    local operation=$1
+    create_or_delete_imageset_configmap "$operation"
+    create_or_delete_encryption_configmap "$operation"
+
+    temp_file=$(mktemp "${TEMP_DIR}/operatorconfig.XXXXXX.yaml")
+    cat <<EOF > "${temp_file}"
+apiVersion: csi.ceph.io/v1alpha1
+kind: OperatorConfig
+metadata:
+    name: ceph-csi-operator-config
+    namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+spec:
+    driverSpecDefaults:
+        nodePlugin:
+            topology:
+                domainLabels:
+                    - ${NODE_REGION_LABEL}
+                    - ${NODE_ZONE_LABEL}
+        generateOMapInfo: true
+        enableMetadata: true
+        clusterName: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+        log:
+            verbosity: 5 # csi pods log level
+        imageSet:
+            name: ${IMAGESET_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+        encryption:
+            configMapName:
+                name: ${ENCRYPTION_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+    log:
+        verbosity: 3 # operator log level
+EOF
+    kubectl_retry "$operation" -f "${temp_file}"
+}
+
+function deploy_or_delete_driver() {
+    local operator=$1
+    local driver_name=$2
+    temp_file=$(mktemp "${TEMP_DIR}/${driver_name}.XXXXXX.yaml")
+    cat <<EOF > "${temp_file}"
+apiVersion: csi.ceph.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Driver
+metadata:
+  name: ${driver_name}
+  namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+EOF
+    kubectl_retry "$operator" -f "${temp_file}"
+}
+
+function deploy_operator() {
+    kubectl_retry create -f "${OPERATOR_INSTALL}"
+    create_or_delete_operator_config "create"
+    deploy_or_delete_driver "create" $RBD_DRIVER_NAME
+    deploy_or_delete_driver "create" $CEPHFS_DRIVER_NAME
+    deploy_or_delete_driver "create" $NFS_DRIVER_NAME
+}
+
+function cleanup() {
+    deploy_or_delete_driver "delete" $RBD_DRIVER_NAME
+    deploy_or_delete_driver "delete" $CEPHFS_DRIVER_NAME
+    deploy_or_delete_driver "delete" $NFS_DRIVER_NAME
+    create_or_delete_operator_config "delete"
+    kubectl_retry "delete" -f "${OPERATOR_INSTALL}"
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+    deploy)
+        deploy_operator
+        ;;
+    cleanup)
+        cleanup
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage:" >&2
+        echo "  $0 deploy" >&2
+        echo "  $0 cleanup" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac