diff --git a/lib/astute/mclient.rb b/lib/astute/mclient.rb
index 66c8dff5..1fc5b7af 100644
--- a/lib/astute/mclient.rb
+++ b/lib/astute/mclient.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ module Astute
       retries = 1
       begin
         @mc = rpcclient(@agent, :exit_on_failure => false)
+
         @mc.timeout = @timeout if @timeout
         @mc.progress = false
         if @nodes
diff --git a/lib/astute/network.rb b/lib/astute/network.rb
index e0bfb155..90a0031c 100644
--- a/lib/astute/network.rb
+++ b/lib/astute/network.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ module Astute
       {'nodes' => response}
     end
 
+    def self.check_urls_access(ctx, nodes, urls)
+      uids = nodes.map { |node| node['uid'].to_s }
+      net_probe = MClient.new(ctx, "net_probe", uids)
+
+      result = net_probe.check_url_retrieval(:urls => urls)
+
+      {'nodes' => result, 'status'=> 'ready'}
+    end
+
     private
     def self.start_frame_listeners(ctx, net_probe, nodes)
       data_to_send = {}
diff --git a/lib/astute/orchestrator.rb b/lib/astute/orchestrator.rb
index 7077e0a3..fe460803 100644
--- a/lib/astute/orchestrator.rb
+++ b/lib/astute/orchestrator.rb
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ module Astute
       Network.multicast_verification(ctx, nodes)
     end
 
+    def check_repositories(reporter, task_id, nodes, urls)
+      ctx = Context.new(task_id, reporter)
+      validate_nodes_access(ctx, nodes)
+      Network.check_urls_access(ctx, nodes, urls)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def deploy_cluster(up_reporter, task_id, deployment_info, deploy_engine, pre_deployment, post_deployment)
diff --git a/lib/astute/server/dispatcher.rb b/lib/astute/server/dispatcher.rb
index b7a3966b..cb7a5ea8 100644
--- a/lib/astute/server/dispatcher.rb
+++ b/lib/astute/server/dispatcher.rb
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ module Astute
         report_result(result, reporter)
       end
 
+      def check_repositories(data)
+        reporter = Astute::Server::Reporter.new(@producer, data['respond_to'], data['args']['task_uuid'])
+        result = @orchestrator.check_repositories(reporter, data['args']['task_uuid'], data['args']['nodes'], data['args']['urls'])
+        report_result(result, reporter)
+      end
+
       def dump_environment(data)
         task_id = data['args']['task_uuid']
         reporter = Astute::Server::Reporter.new(@producer, data['respond_to'], task_id)
diff --git a/mcagents/net_probe.ddl b/mcagents/net_probe.ddl
index c15bc453..da9128e0 100644
--- a/mcagents/net_probe.ddl
+++ b/mcagents/net_probe.ddl
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ end
 action "multicast_info", :description => "Request received data from multicast frames" do
     display :always
 end
+
+action "check_url_retrieval", :description => "Check if urls are retrievable" do
+    display :always
+end
diff --git a/mcagents/net_probe.rb b/mcagents/net_probe.rb
index 41be8449..73625b3b 100644
--- a/mcagents/net_probe.rb
+++ b/mcagents/net_probe.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ module MCollective
         reply[:status] = run(cmd, :stdout => :out, :stderr => :err)
       end
 
+      action "check_url_retrieval" do
+        urls = request.data[:urls] || []
+
+        cmd = "urlaccesscheck check '#{urls.join("' '")}'"
+        reply[:status] = run(cmd, :stdout => :out, :stderr => :err)
+      end
+
       private
 
       def get_uid