diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# Docker file for testing provwasm
+FROM golang:1.17-buster as build
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y libleveldb-dev
+RUN apt-get install -y unzip
+
+COPY --chown=0:0 ./scripts/setup_provenance.sh /setup_provenance.sh
+
+# install jq for parsing output of queries when running Provenance
+RUN curl -o /usr/local/bin/jq http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/linux64/jq && \
+  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jq
+
+# Initialize provenance to run with the default node configuration
+ENTRYPOINT ["/setup_provenance.sh"]
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+# action.yml
+name: 'Provenance Test'
+description: 'Action to test Provenance'
+inputs:
+  provenance_version:  # version of Provenance
+    description: 'Version of Provenance to test against'
+    required: true
+    default: 'v1.8.0'
+  test_script:
+    description: 'Script used to run tests after provenance has been setup and is running'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.test_script }}
+    - ${{ inputs.provenance_version }}
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diff --git a/scripts/setup_provenance.sh b/scripts/setup_provenance.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# This script setups up Provenance and then runs a script it receives as an argument to do various tests afterwards
+
+Provenance_Version=$2
+
+wget "https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/releases/download/$Provenance_Version/provenance-linux-amd64-$Provenance_Version.zip"
+
+# this will create a folder with both provenance and libwasm
+unzip "provenance-linux-amd64-$Provenance_Version.zip"
+
+mkdir ./build
+
+PROV_CMD="./bin/provenanced"
+PIO_HOME="./build"
+export PIO_HOME
+
+if [ ! -d "$PIO_HOME/config" ]; then
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t init --chain-id=testing testing
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t keys add validator --keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t add-genesis-root-name validator pio --keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t add-genesis-root-name validator pb --restrict=false \
+		--keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t add-genesis-root-name validator io --restrict \
+		--keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t add-genesis-root-name validator provenance \
+		--keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t add-genesis-account validator 100000000000000000000nhash \
+		--keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t gentx validator 1000000000000000nhash \
+		--keyring-backend test --chain-id=testing
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t add-genesis-marker 100000000000000000000nhash --manager \
+		validator --access mint,burn,admin,withdraw,deposit \
+		--activate --keyring-backend test
+    "$PROV_CMD" -t collect-gentxs
+fi
+nohup "$PROV_CMD" -t start &>/dev/null &
+
+echo "Sleeping for provenance to start up"
+sleep 10s
+
+# execute the script test that was passed in as an argument
+echo "Executing test..."
+"$1"
+echo "Test complete"
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