diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e496ef9..0d4e4a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@
 ### Netstats server
 
 [![Deploy to Azure](http://azuredeploy.net/deploybutton.png)](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Template/uri/https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foraclesorg%2Fdeployment-azure%2Fdev-mainnet%2Fnodes%2Fnetstats-server%2Ftemplate.json)
+
+### Chain explorer
+
+[![Deploy to Azure](http://azuredeploy.net/deploybutton.png)](https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Template/uri/https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foraclesorg%2Fdeployment-azure%2Fdev-mainnet%2Fnodes%2Fexplorer%2Ftemplate.json)
diff --git a/nodes/explorer/install.sh b/nodes/explorer/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7d6975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodes/explorer/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -u
+set -x
+
+# this should be provided through env by azure template
+TEMPLATES_BRANCH="${TEMPLATES_BRANCH}"
+MAIN_REPO_FETCH="${MAIN_REPO_FETCH}"
+
+echo "========== ${TEMPLATES_BRANCH}/explorer/install.sh starting =========="
+echo "===== current time: $(date)"
+echo "===== username: $(whoami)"
+echo "===== working directory: $(pwd)"
+echo "===== operating system info:"
+lsb_release -a
+echo "===== memory usage info:"
+free -m
+
+EXT_IP="$(curl ifconfig.co)"
+echo "===== external ip: ${EXT_IP}"
+
+echo "===== downloading common.vars"
+curl -sLO "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${MAIN_REPO_FETCH}/deployment-azure/${TEMPLATES_BRANCH}/nodes/common.vars"
+source common.vars
+
+INSTALL_CONFIG_REPO="${REPO_BASE_PATH}/explorer"
+echo "===== INSTALL_CONFIG_REPO: ${INSTALL_CONFIG_REPO}"
+
+# this should be provided through env by azure template
+NODE_FULLNAME="${NODE_FULLNAME:-Explorer}"
+NODE_ADMIN_EMAIL="${NODE_ADMIN_EMAIL:-somebody@somehere}"
+ADMIN_USERNAME="${ADMIN_USERNAME}"
+
+export HOME="${HOME:-/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}}"
+
+echo "===== environmental variables:"
+printenv
+
+echo "===== downloading common.funcs"
+curl -sLO "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${MAIN_REPO_FETCH}/deployment-azure/${TEMPLATES_BRANCH}/nodes/common.funcs"
+source common.funcs
+
+setup_ufw() {
+    echo "=====> setup_ufw"
+    sudo sudo ufw enable
+    sudo ufw default deny incoming
+    sudo ufw allow 3000
+    sudo ufw allow 4000
+    sudo ufw allow 443
+    sudo ufw allow 8545
+    sudo ufw allow 22/tcp
+    sudo ufw allow 30303/tcp
+    sudo ufw allow 30303/udp
+    echo "<===== setup_ufw"
+}
+
+pull_image_and_configs() {
+    echo "=====> pull_image_and_configs"
+    # curl -s -O "${INSTALL_CONFIG_REPO}/../${GENESIS_JSON}"
+    curl -s -o "${GENESIS_JSON}" "${GENESIS_REPO_LOC}"
+    curl -s -O "${INSTALL_CONFIG_REPO}/node.toml"
+    curl -s -o "bootnodes.txt" "${BOOTNODES_TXT}"
+    sed -i "/\[network\]/a nat=\"extip:${EXT_IP}\"" ${NODE_TOML}
+    #sed -i "/\[network\]/a bootnodes=\[$(cat bootnodes.txt | sed 's/\r$//' | awk -F'#' '{ print $1 }' | awk '/enode/{ print "\""$1"\"" }' | paste -sd "," -)\]" ${NODE_TOML}
+    sed -i "/\[network\]/a reserved_peers=\"/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}/bootnodes.txt\"" ${NODE_TOML}
+    cat >> ${NODE_TOML} <<EOF
+[misc]
+log_file = "/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}/logs/parity.log"
+EOF
+    mkdir -p parity_data/keys/OraclesPoA
+
+    echo "<===== pull_image_and_configs"
+}
+
+install_chain_explorer_via_systemd() {
+    echo "=====> install_chain_explorer_via_systemd"
+    git clone https://github.com/oraclesorg/chain-explorer
+    git clone https://github.com/ethereum/solc-bin chain-explorer/utils/solc-bin
+    cd chain-explorer
+    npm install
+    sudo npm install pm2 -g
+    cat > config.js <<EOF
+var web3 = require('web3');
+var net = require('net');
+
+var config = function () {
+    this.logFormat = "combined";
+    this.ipcPath = "/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}/parity_data/jsonrpc.ipc";
+    this.provider = new web3.providers.IpcProvider(this.ipcPath, net);
+    this.bootstrapUrl = "https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootswatch/3.3.7/yeti/bootstrap.min.css";
+    this.names = {
+        "${OWNER_ADDRESS}": "Master of Ceremony",
+    };
+}
+
+module.exports = config;
+EOF
+
+    cat > app.json << EOF
+[
+    {
+        "name"                 : "explorer",
+        "script"               : "./bin/www",
+        "log_date_format"      : "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS Z",
+        "error_file"           : "/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}/logs/explorer.err",
+        "out_file"             : "/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}/logs/explorer.out",
+        "merge_logs"           : false,
+        "watch"                : false,
+        "max_restarts"         : 100,
+        "exec_interpreter"     : "node",
+        "exec_mode"            : "fork_mode",
+        "env":
+        {
+            "NODE_ENV"         : "production",
+            "PORT"             : 4000,
+        }
+    }
+]
+EOF
+    cd ..
+    sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/systemd/system/oracles-chain-explorer.service <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=oracles chain explorer service
+After=oracles-pm2.service
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=true
+User=${ADMIN_USERNAME}
+Group=${ADMIN_USERNAME}
+Environment=MYVAR=myval
+WorkingDirectory=/home/${ADMIN_USERNAME}/chain-explorer
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/pm2 startOrRestart app.json
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF"
+    sudo systemctl enable oracles-chain-explorer
+    sudo systemctl start oracles-chain-explorer
+    echo "<===== install_chain_explorer_via_systemd"
+}
+
+# MAIN
+main () {
+    sudo apt-get update
+
+    prepare_homedir
+    setup_ufw
+    increase_ulimit_n
+    install_ntpd
+    install_haveged
+    allocate_swap
+
+    install_nodejs
+    pull_image_and_configs
+
+    if [ "${PARITY_INSTALLATION_MODE}" = "BIN" ]; then
+        use_bin_via_systemd
+    elif [ "${PARITY_INSTALLATION_MODE}" = "DEB" ]; then
+        use_deb_via_systemd
+    else
+        echo "===== invalid PARITY_INSTALLATION_MODE == ${PARITY_INSTALLATION_MODE}. Should be either BIN or DEB"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    start_pm2_via_systemd
+
+    install_chain_explorer_via_systemd
+
+    configure_logrotate
+}
+
+main
+echo "========== ${TEMPLATES_BRANCH}/explorer/install.sh finished =========="
diff --git a/nodes/explorer/node.toml b/nodes/explorer/node.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb92e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodes/explorer/node.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[parity]
+chain = "spec.json"
+base_path = "parity_data"
+[network]
+port = 30303
+[footprint]
+tracing = "on"
+pruning = "archive"
+fat_db = "on"
diff --git a/nodes/explorer/template.json b/nodes/explorer/template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdf1d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodes/explorer/template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
+  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
+  "parameters": {
+    "nodeFullName": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "Node full name (publicly visible)"
+      }
+    },
+    "nodeAdminEmail": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "Node admin email (publicly visible)"
+      }
+    },
+    "adminUsername": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "Username for the Virtual Machine"
+      }
+    },
+    "vmSize": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "VM Resources"
+      },
+      "defaultValue": "Standard_A4m_v2",
+      "allowedValues": [
+            "Standard_A1_v2",
+            "Standard_A2_v2",
+            "Standard_A4_v2",
+            "Standard_A8_v2",
+            "Standard_A2m_v2",
+            "Standard_A4m_v2",
+            "Standard_A8m_v2"
+        ]
+    },
+    "sshPublicKey": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "SSH public key for the Virtual Machine"
+      }
+    },
+  },
+  "variables": {
+    "TEMPLATES_BRANCH": "dev-mainnet",
+    "MAIN_REPO_FETCH": "oraclesorg",
+    "storageAccountName": "[concat(uniquestring(resourceGroup().id), 'salinuxvm')]",
+    "imagePublisher": "Canonical",
+    "imageOffer": "UbuntuServer",
+    "nicName": "myVMNic",
+    "addressPrefix": "10.0.0.0/16",
+    "subnetName": "Subnet",
+    "subnetPrefix": "10.0.0.0/24",
+    "storageAccountType": "Standard_LRS",
+    "publicIPAddressName": "myPublicIP",
+    "publicIPAddressType": "Static",
+    "vmName": "MyUbuntuVM",
+    "vmSize": "[parameters('vmSize')]",
+    "virtualNetworkName": "MyVNET",
+    "vnetID": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks',variables('virtualNetworkName'))]",
+    "subnetRef": "[concat(variables('vnetID'),'/subnets/',variables('subnetName'))]",
+    "ubuntuOSVersion": "16.04.0-LTS",
+    "dnsLabelPrefix": "[concat('oracles-ns-', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id, parameters('nodeFullName')))]",
+    "adminUsername": "[trim(toLower(parameters('adminUsername')))]",
+    "sshPublicKey": "[trim(parameters('sshPublicKey'))]",
+    "nodeFullName": "[trim(parameters('nodeFullName'))]",
+    "nodeAdminEmail": "[trim(parameters('nodeAdminEmail'))]",
+    "networkSecurityGroupName": "OraclesTest-NSG-1"
+  },
+  "resources": [
+    {
+      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
+      "name": "[variables('storageAccountName')]",
+      "apiVersion": "2017-06-01",
+      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+      "sku": {
+        "name": "[variables('storageAccountType')]"
+      },
+      "kind": "Storage",
+      "properties": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "apiVersion": "2017-04-01",
+      "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
+      "name": "[variables('publicIPAddressName')]",
+      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+      "properties": {
+        "publicIPAllocationMethod": "[variables('publicIPAddressType')]",
+        "dnsSettings": {
+          "domainNameLabel": "[variables('dnsLabelPrefix')]"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "apiVersion": "2017-04-01",
+      "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
+      "name": "[variables('virtualNetworkName')]",
+      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+      "properties": {
+        "addressSpace": {
+          "addressPrefixes": [
+            "[variables('addressPrefix')]"
+          ]
+        },
+        "subnets": [
+          {
+            "name": "[variables('subnetName')]",
+            "properties": {
+              "addressPrefix": "[variables('subnetPrefix')]"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "apiVersion": "2017-04-01",
+      "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces",
+      "name": "[variables('nicName')]",
+      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+      "dependsOn": [
+        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/', variables('publicIPAddressName'))]",
+        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/', variables('networkSecurityGroupName'))]",
+        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/', variables('virtualNetworkName'))]"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "ipConfigurations": [
+          {
+            "name": "ipconfig1",
+            "properties": {
+              "privateIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
+              "publicIPAddress": {
+                "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIPAddressName'))]"
+              },
+              "subnet": {
+                "id": "[variables('subnetRef')]"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "networkSecurityGroup": {
+          "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups', variables('networkSecurityGroupName'))]"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "apiVersion": "2017-03-30",
+      "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
+      "name": "[variables('vmName')]",
+      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+      "dependsOn": [
+        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))]",
+        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/', variables('nicName'))]"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "hardwareProfile": {
+          "vmSize": "[variables('vmSize')]"
+        },
+        "osProfile": {
+          "computerName": "[variables('vmName')]",
+          "adminUsername": "[variables('adminUsername')]",
+          "adminPassword": "",
+          "linuxConfiguration": {
+            "disablePasswordAuthentication": true,
+            "ssh": {
+              "publicKeys": [
+                {
+                  "path": "[concat('/home/', variables('adminUsername'), '/.ssh/authorized_keys')]",
+                  "keyData": "[variables('sshPublicKey')]"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "storageProfile": {
+          "imageReference": {
+            "publisher": "[variables('imagePublisher')]",
+            "offer": "[variables('imageOffer')]",
+            "sku": "[variables('ubuntuOSVersion')]",
+            "version": "latest"
+          },
+          "osDisk": {
+            "createOption": "FromImage"
+          },
+          "dataDisks": [
+            {
+              "diskSizeGB": "128",
+              "lun": 0,
+              "createOption": "Empty"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "networkProfile": {
+          "networkInterfaces": [
+            {
+              "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces',variables('nicName'))]"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "diagnosticsProfile": {
+          "bootDiagnostics": {
+            "enabled": "true",
+            "storageUri": "[concat(reference(concat('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName')), '2016-01-01').primaryEndpoints.blob)]"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "resources": [
+        {
+          "apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
+          "type": "extensions",
+          "name": "config-app",
+          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+          "dependsOn": [
+            "[concat('Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/', variables('vmName'))]"
+          ],
+          "tags": {
+            "displayName": "config-app"
+          },
+          "properties": {
+            "publisher": "Microsoft.Azure.Extensions",
+            "type": "CustomScript",
+            "typeHandlerVersion": "2.0",
+            "autoUpgradeMinorVersion": true,
+            "settings": {
+                "fileUris": [
+                    "[concat('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/',variables('MAIN_REPO_FETCH'),'/deployment-azure/', variables('TEMPLATES_BRANCH'), '/nodes/explorer/install.sh')]"
+                ]
+            },
+            "protectedSettings": {
+                "commandToExecute": "[concat('cp install.sh /home/', variables('adminUsername'), '/; cd /home/', variables('adminUsername'), '; chown ', variables('adminUsername'), ':', variables('adminUsername'), ' install.sh; chmod +x install.sh; TEMPLATES_BRANCH=\"', variables('TEMPLATES_BRANCH'), '\" ADMIN_USERNAME=\"', variables('adminUsername'), '\" NODE_FULLNAME=\"', variables('nodeFullName'), '\" NODE_ADMIN_EMAIL=\"', variables('nodeAdminEmail'),'\" MAIN_REPO_FETCH=\"', variables('MAIN_REPO_FETCH'), '\" sudo -u ', variables('adminUsername'), ' -E -H ./install.sh')]"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "[variables('networkSecurityGroupName')]",
+      "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups",
+      "apiVersion": "2016-09-01",
+      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
+      "comments": "Network Security Group (NSG) for your Primary NIC",
+      "properties": {
+          "securityRules": [
+              {
+                  "name": "allow-ssh",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 1000,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "Tcp",
+                      "access": "Allow",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "22"
+                  }
+              },
+              {
+                  "name": "allow-rpc",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 1100,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "Tcp",
+                      "access": "Allow",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "8545"
+                  }
+              },
+              {
+                  "name": "allow-discovery",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 1200,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "*",
+                      "access": "Allow",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "30303"
+                  }
+              },
+              {
+                  "name": "allow-https",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 1300,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "*",
+                      "access": "Allow",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "443"
+                  }
+              },
+              {
+                  "name": "access-dashboard",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 1400,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "Tcp",
+                      "access": "Allow",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "3000"
+                  }
+              },
+              {
+                  "name": "access-explorer",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 1500,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "Tcp",
+                      "access": "Allow",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "4000"
+                  }
+              },
+              {
+                  "name": "disallow-other",
+                  "properties": {
+                      "priority": 2000,
+                      "direction": "Inbound",
+                      "sourceAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "sourcePortRange": "*",
+                      "protocol": "*",
+                      "access": "Deny",
+                      "destinationAddressPrefix": "*",
+                      "destinationPortRange": "*"
+                  }
+              }
+          ]
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "outputs": {
+    "hostname": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "value": "[reference(variables('publicIPAddressName')).dnsSettings.fqdn]"
+    },
+    "sshCommand": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "value": "[concat('ssh ', variables('adminUsername'), '@', reference(variables('publicIPAddressName')).dnsSettings.fqdn)]"
+    }
+  }
+}