diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/profiles/default/scripts/functions b/confluent_osdeploy/genesis/profiles/default/scripts/functions
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+run_remote() {
+    cd $(mktemp -d)
+    curl -f https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
+    chmod +x $1
+    cmd=$1
+    if [ -x /usr/bin/chcon ]; then
+        chcon system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 $cmd
+    fi
+    shift
+    ./$cmd $*
+    cd -
+}
+
+run_remote_python() {
+    cd $(mktemp -d)
+    curl -f https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
+    /usr/libexec/platform-python $*
+    cd -
+}