diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37399af56..cec777434 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ download-kubeconfigs:
 	read SHOOT; \
 	echo "enter cluster provider(gcp|aws|azure|vsphere|openstack|alicloud|metal|equinix-metal)"; \
 	read PROVIDER; \
-	./hack/local_setup.sh --SEED $$SEED --SHOOT $$SHOOT --PROJECT $$PROJECT --PROVIDER $$PROVIDER
+	./hack/local_setup.sh --seed $$SEED --shoot $$SHOOT --project $$PROJECT --provider $$PROVIDER
 
 .PHONY: local-mcm-up
 local-mcm-up: download-kubeconfigs
@@ -163,3 +163,7 @@ CONTROLLER_GEN=$(GOBIN)/controller-gen
 else
 CONTROLLER_GEN=$(shell which controller-gen)
 endif
+
+.PHONY: add-license-headers
+add-license-headers: $(GO_ADD_LICENSE)
+	@./hack/add_license_headers.sh
diff --git a/hack/add_license_headers.sh b/hack/add_license_headers.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1aefbb10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/add_license_headers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+set -e
+
+echo "> Adding Apache License header to all go files where it is not present"
+
+# Uses the tool https://github.com/google/addlicense
+YEAR="$(date +%Y)"
+addlicense \
+  -c "SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company" \
+  -y "${YEAR}" \
+  -l apache \
+  -ignore ".idea/**" \
+  -ignore ".vscode/**" \
+  -ignore "vendor/**" \
+  -ignore "**/*.md" \
+  -ignore "**/*.yaml" \
+  -ignore "**/Dockerfile" \
+  .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/admin-kube-config-request-template.json b/hack/admin-kube-config-request-template.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d70a74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/admin-kube-config-request-template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "apiVersion": "authentication.gardener.cloud/v1alpha1",
+  "kind": "AdminKubeconfigRequest",
+  "spec": {
+    "expirationSeconds": ${expiry_seconds}
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/api-reference/generate-spec-doc.sh b/hack/api-reference/generate-spec-doc.sh
index 166f5c074..3940ae4c1 100755
--- a/hack/api-reference/generate-spec-doc.sh
+++ b/hack/api-reference/generate-spec-doc.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 cd ./hack/api-reference
 ./gen-crd-api-reference-docs -config "providerspec-config.json" -api-dir "../../pkg/apis/machine/v1alpha1" -out-file="../../docs/documents/apis.md"
 sed 's/?id=//g' ../../docs/documents/apis.md > ../../docs/documents/apis-1.md
diff --git a/hack/local_restore.sh b/hack/local_restore.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6aa1af8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/local_restore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+##############################################################################################################
+# Script restores MCM deployment and removes the annotation dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling
+# This script should be called once you are done using local_setup.sh
+##############################################################################################################
+
+declare SHOOT PROJECT
+declare LANDSCAPE_NAME="dev"
+
+function create_usage() {
+  usage=$(printf '%s\n' "
+    Usage: $(basename $0) [Options]
+    Options:
+      -t | --shoot      <shoot-cluster-name>  (Required) Name of the Gardener Shoot Cluster
+      -p | --project    <project-name>        (Required) Name of the Gardener Project
+      -l | --landscape  <landscape-name>      (Optional) Name of the landscape. Defaults to dev
+    ")
+  echo "${usage}"
+}
+
+function parse_flags() {
+  while test $# -gt 0; do
+    case "$1" in
+    --shoot | -t)
+      shift
+      SHOOT="$1"
+      ;;
+    --project | -p)
+      shift
+      PROJECT="$1"
+      ;;
+    --landscape | -l)
+      shift
+      LANDSCAPE_NAME="$1"
+      ;;
+    --help | -h)
+      shift
+      echo "${USAGE}"
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
+}
+
+function validate_args() {
+  if [[ -z "${SHOOT}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Shoot has not been passed. Please provide Shoot either by specifying --shoot or -t argument"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${PROJECT}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Project name has not been passed. Please provide Project name either by specifying --project or -p argument"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+function restore_mcm_deployment() {
+  local virtual_garden_cluster="sap-landscape-${LANDSCAPE_NAME}"
+  gardenctl target --garden "${virtual_garden_cluster}" --project "${PROJECT}" --shoot "${SHOOT}" --control-plane
+  eval "$(gardenctl kubectl-env zsh)"
+  echo "removing annotation dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling from mcm deployment..."
+  kubectl annotate --overwrite=true deployment/machine-controller-manager dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling-
+  echo "scaling up mcm deployment to 1..."
+  kubectl scale deployment/machine-controller-manager --replicas=1
+}
+
+function main() {
+  parse_flags "$@"
+  validate_args
+  restore_mcm_deployment
+}
+
+USAGE=$(create_usage)
+main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/local_setup.sh b/hack/local_setup.sh
index a7615faca..0bb0962ad 100755
--- a/hack/local_setup.sh
+++ b/hack/local_setup.sh
@@ -1,150 +1,224 @@
-# /*
-# Copyright (c) YEAR SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. This file is licensed under the Apache Software License, v. 2 except as noted otherwise in the LICENSE file
-
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+#
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
+#
 #      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
+#
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-# */
-
-
-# THE SCRIPT SHOULD BE RUN WHILE IN THE `machine-controller-manager/hack` FOLDER & IT ASSUMES THAT IN THE PARENT DIRECTORY OF MCM THE MCM PROVIDER IS ALSO PRESENT
-# THE SCRIPT ALSO ASSUMES THAT THERE THE `machine-controller-manager-provider-<provider-name>/dev/kubeconfigs` FOLDER EXISTS.
-
-#HOW TO CALL 
-################################################################################################
-
-# ./local_setup.sh --PROJECT <project-name> --SEED <seed-name> --SHOOT <shoot-name> --PROVIDER <cluster-provider-name>
-
-################################################################################################
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-declare SEED 
-declare SHOOT
-declare PROJECT 
-declare PROVIDER
-declare CURRENT_DIR
-declare PROJECT_ROOT
-declare KUBECONFIG_PATH
-declare PROVIDER_PATH
-declare PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH
-
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-
-if [[ $1 == *"--"* ]]; then
-     v="${1/--/}"
-     declare $v="$2"
-fi
-
-shift
-done
-
-main() {
-     setPaths
-     echo "Targeting gardener to get the kubeconfig of ${SHOOT} cluster control plane"
-     setControlKubeconfig
-     echo "Targeting seed cluster to get the kubeconfig of ${SHOOT} cluster"
-     setTargetKubeconfig
-     echo "Placing kubeconfigs at /dev/kubeconfigs/kubeconfig_<target/control>.yaml"
-     copyFilesToProvider
-     # All the kubeconfigs are at place
-     echo "Annotating deployment/machine-controller-manager with dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling=true"
-     addAnnotation
-     echo "Scaling down deployment/machine-controller-manager to 0"
-     scaleDownMCM
-     echo "Updating and exporting variables for starting the local MCM instance"
-     updateMCMMakefile
-     exportVariables
-     updateProviderMakefile
+##############################################################################################################
+# Script sets up local development environment enabling you to start MCM process locally.
+# It does the following:
+# 1. Downloads short-lived control and target cluster kube-configs
+# 2. Ensures that kube-configs are copied to both mcm and provider-mcm project directory
+# 3. Scales down MCM to 0
+# 4. Places annotation dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling on MCM deployment, thus preventing
+#    DWD from scaling it back up.
+# 5. Updates Makefile for mcm and provider-mcm projects and exports variables used by the makefile.
+##############################################################################################################
+
+declare SEED SHOOT PROJECT PROVIDER # these are mandatory cli flags to be provided by the user
+# these are optional cli flags
+declare KUBECONFIG_PATH PROVIDER_MCM_PROJECT_DIR PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH
+declare LANDSCAPE_NAME="dev"
+declare KUBECONFIG_EXPIRY_SECONDS="3600"
+declare VIRTUAL_GARDEN_CLUSTER
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)"
+PROJECT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT_DIR}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)"
+
+function create_usage() {
+  usage=$(printf '%s\n' "
+    Usage: $(basename $0) [Options]
+    Options:
+      -d | --seed                       <seed-cluster-name>                 (Required) Name of the Gardener Seed Cluster
+      -t | --shoot                      <shoot-cluster-name>                (Required) Name of the Gardener Shoot Cluster
+      -p | --project                    <project-name>                      (Required) Name of the Gardener Project
+      -i | --provider                   <provider-name>                     (Required) Infrastructure provider name. Supported providers (gcp|aws|azure|vsphere|openstack|alicloud|metal|equinix-metal)
+      -l | --landscape                  <landscape-name>                    (Optional) Name of the landscape. Defaults to dev
+      -k | --kubeconfig-path            <absolute-kubeconfig-path>           (Optional) Target path to store the control and target KubeConfigs. Default: <PROJECT-DIR>/dev/kube-configs
+      -m | --mcm-provider-project-path  <absolute-mcm-provider-project-dir>  (Optional) MCM Provider project directory. If not provided then it assumes that both mcm and mcm-provider projects are under the same parent directory
+      -e | --kubeconfig-expiry-seconds  <expiry-duration-in-seconds>         (Optional) Common expiry durations in seconds for control and target KubeConfigs. Default: 3600 seconds
+    ")
+  echo "${usage}"
 }
 
-setPaths() {
-     CURRENT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
-     PROJECT_ROOT="${CURRENT_DIR}"/..
-     KUBECONFIG_PATH="${PROJECT_ROOT}"/dev/kubeconfigs
-     PROVIDER_PATH="${PROJECT_ROOT}"/../machine-controller-manager-provider-${PROVIDER}
-     PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH="${PROVIDER_PATH}"/dev/kubeconfigs
+function parse_flags() {
+  while test $# -gt 0; do
+    case "$1" in
+    --seed | -d)
+      shift
+      SEED="$1"
+      ;;
+    --shoot | -t)
+      shift
+      SHOOT="$1"
+      ;;
+    --project | -p)
+      shift
+      PROJECT="$1"
+      ;;
+    --provider | -i)
+      shift
+      PROVIDER="$1"
+      ;;
+    --kubeconfig-path | -k)
+      shift
+      KUBECONFIG_PATH="$1"
+      ;;
+    --mcm-provider-project-path | -m)
+      shift
+      PROVIDER_MCM_PROJECT_DIR="$1"
+      ;;
+    --kubeconfig-expiry-seconds | -e)
+      shift
+      KUBECONFIG_EXPIRY_SECONDS="$1"
+      ;;
+    --landscape | -l)
+      shift
+      LANDSCAPE_NAME="$1"
+      ;;
+    --help | -h)
+      shift
+      echo "${USAGE}"
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
 }
 
-setControlKubeconfig() {
-     gardenctl target --garden sap-landscape-dev --project garden
-
-     eval $(gardenctl kubectl-env bash)
-
-     echo "$(kubectl get secret/"${SEED}".kubeconfig --template={{.data.kubeconfig}} | base64 -d)" > "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_control.yaml
+function validate_args() {
+  if [[ -z "${SEED}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Seed has not been passed. Please provide Seed either by specifying --seed or -d argument"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${SHOOT}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Shoot has not been passed. Please provide Shoot either by specifying --shoot or -t argument"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${PROJECT}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Project name has not been passed. Please provide Project name either by specifying --project or -p argument"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${PROVIDER}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Infrastructure provider name has not been passed. Please provide infrastructure provider name either by specifying --provider or -i argument"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
-setTargetKubeconfig() {
-
-     #setting up the target config
-
-     gardenctl target --garden sap-landscape-dev --project "${PROJECT}" --shoot "${SHOOT}" --control-plane  
-
-     eval $(gardenctl kubectl-env bash)
-
-     secret=$(kubectl get secrets | awk '{ print $1 }' |grep user-kubeconfig-)
-
-     echo "$(kubectl get secret/"${secret}" -n shoot--"${PROJECT}"--"${SHOOT}" --template={{.data.kubeconfig}} | base64 -d)" > "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_target.yaml
+function initialize_variables() {
+  if [[ -z "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}" ]]; then
+    KUBECONFIG_PATH="${PROJECT_DIR}/dev/kube-configs"
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${PROVIDER_MCM_PROJECT_DIR}" ]]; then
+    PROVIDER_MCM_PROJECT_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/../machine-controller-manager-provider-${PROVIDER}"
+  fi
+  PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH="${PROVIDER_MCM_PROJECT_DIR}/dev/kube-configs"
+  VIRTUAL_GARDEN_CLUSTER="sap-landscape-${LANDSCAPE_NAME}"
 }
 
-copyFilesToProvider() {
-     # Copy both the kubeconfigs to dev folder of provider 
-
-     cp "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_target.yaml "${PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_target.yaml
-     cp "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_control.yaml "${PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_control.yaml
+function prepare_paths() {
+  echo "Creating directory ${KUBECONFIG_PATH} if it does not exist..."
+  mkdir -p "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"
+  echo "Creating directory ${PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH} if it does not exist..."
+  mkdir -p "${PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH}"
 }
 
-addAnnotation() {
-     # Adding annotation
-
-     kubectl annotate --overwrite=true deployment/machine-controller-manager dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling=true
-
-     # Another way of adding annotation
-     # kubectl patch deployment/machine-controller-manager -p '{"metadata":{"annotations":{"dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling":true}} }'
-
-     # Removing the annotation, needs to be called after done with local setup
+function download_kubeconfigs() {
+  readonly garden_namespace="garden"
+  local project_namespace="${garden_namespace}-${PROJECT}"
+
+  kubeconfig_request_path=$(create_kubeconfig_request_yaml)
+
+  echo "Targeting Virtual Garden Cluster ${VIRTUAL_GARDEN_CLUSTER}..."
+  gardenctl target --garden "${VIRTUAL_GARDEN_CLUSTER}"
+  eval "$(gardenctl kubectl-env zsh)"
+
+  echo "Downloading kubeconfig for control cluster to ${KUBECONFIG_PATH}..."
+  kubectl create \
+    -f "${kubeconfig_request_path}" \
+    --raw "/apis/core.gardener.cloud/v1beta1/namespaces/${garden_namespace}/shoots/${SEED}/adminkubeconfig" |
+    jq -r '.status.kubeconfig' |
+    base64 -d >"${KUBECONFIG_PATH}/kubeconfig_control.yaml"
+
+  echo "Downloading kubeconfig for target cluster to ${KUBECONFIG_PATH}..."
+  kubectl create \
+    -f "${kubeconfig_request_path}" \
+    --raw "/apis/core.gardener.cloud/v1beta1/namespaces/${project_namespace}/shoots/${SHOOT}/adminkubeconfig" |
+    jq -r '.status.kubeconfig' |
+    base64 -d >"${KUBECONFIG_PATH}/kubeconfig_target.yaml"
+}
 
-     # kubectl annotate --overwrite=true deployment/machine-controller-manager dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling-
+function create_kubeconfig_request_yaml() {
+  local expiry_seconds template_path target_request_path
+  expiry_seconds=${KUBECONFIG_EXPIRY_SECONDS}
+  template_path="${SCRIPT_DIR}"/admin-kube-config-request-template.json
+  target_request_path="${SCRIPT_DIR}"/admin-kube-config-request.json
+  export expiry_seconds
+  envsubst <"${template_path}" >"${target_request_path}"
+  unset expiry_seconds
+  echo "${target_request_path}"
+}
 
+function copy_kubeconfigs_to_provider_mcm() {
+  for kc in "${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/*.yaml; do
+    cp -v "${kc}" "${PROVIDER_KUBECONFIG_PATH}"
+  done
 }
 
-scaleDownMCM() {
-     # Scale down the MCM
-     kubectl scale deployment/machine-controller-manager --replicas=0
+function scale_down_mcm() {
+  gardenctl target --garden "${VIRTUAL_GARDEN_CLUSTER}" --project "${PROJECT}" --shoot "${SHOOT}" --control-plane
+  eval "$(gardenctl kubectl-env zsh)"
 
-     # If delete is required, when Scale Down operation is not working due to some reason
-     # kubectl delete deployment/machine-controller-manager
+  echo "annotating deployment/machine-controller-manager with dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling=true..."
+  kubectl annotate --overwrite=true deployment/machine-controller-manager dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling=true
+  # NOTE: One must remove the annotation after local setup is no longer needed. Use the below command to remove the annotation on machine-controller-manager deployment resource:
+  # kubectl annotate --overwrite=true deployment/machine-controller-manager dependency-watchdog.gardener.cloud/ignore-scaling-
+  echo "scaling down deployment/machine-controller-manager to 0..."
+  kubectl scale deployment/machine-controller-manager --replicas=0
 }
 
-updateMCMMakefile() {
-     # Point the makefiles to the correct kubeconfigs to use for local run
-     sed -i -e "s/\(CONTROL_NAMESPACE *:=\).*/\1 shoot--"${PROJECT}"--"${SHOOT}"/1" "${PROJECT_ROOT}"/makefile
-     sed -i -e "s/\(CONTROL_KUBECONFIG *:=\).*/\1 dev\/kubeconfigs\/kubeconfig_control.yaml/1" "${PROJECT_ROOT}"/makefile
-     sed -i -e "s/\(TARGET_KUBECONFIG *:=\).*/\1 dev\/kubeconfigs\/kubeconfig_target.yaml/1" "${PROJECT_ROOT}"/makefile
+function update_makefile() {
+  if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+    echo -e "${FUNCNAME[0]} expects one argument - target path of makefile"
+  fi
+  local target_makefile="$1"/Makefile
+  echo "updating makefile ${target_makefile}, replacing CONTROL_NAMESPACE, CONTROL_KUBECONFIG and TARGET_KUBECONFIG default values with paths to created admin kubeconfigs..."
+  sed -i -e "s/\(CONTROL_NAMESPACE *:=\).*/\1 shoot--${PROJECT}--${SHOOT}/1" "${target_makefile}"
+  sed -i -e "s/\(CONTROL_KUBECONFIG *:=\).*/\1 dev\/kube-configs\/kubeconfig_control.yaml/1" "${target_makefile}"
+  sed -i -e "s/\(TARGET_KUBECONFIG *:=\).*/\1 dev\/kube-configs\/kubeconfig_target.yaml/1" "${target_makefile}"
 }
 
-exportVariables() {
-     export CONTROL_NAMESPACE=shoot--"${PROJECT}"--"${SHOOT}"
-     export CONTROL_KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_control.yaml
-     export TARGET_KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_target.yaml
+function export_variables() {
+  export CONTROL_NAMESPACE=shoot--"${PROJECT}"--"${SHOOT}"
+  export CONTROL_KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_control.yaml
+  export TARGET_KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG_PATH}"/kubeconfig_target.yaml
 }
 
-updateProviderMakefile() {
-     # Makefile of provider also needs to point at those kubeconfigs
-     sed -i -e "s/\(CONTROL_NAMESPACE *:= *\).*/\1 shoot--"${PROJECT}"--"${SHOOT}"/1" "${PROVIDER_PATH}"/makefile
-     sed -i -e "s/\(CONTROL_KUBECONFIG *:= *\).*/\1 dev\/kubeconfigs\/kubeconfig_control.yaml/1" "${PROVIDER_PATH}"/makefile
-     sed -i -e "s/\(TARGET_KUBECONFIG *:= *\).*/\1 dev\/kubeconfigs\/kubeconfig_target.yaml/1" "${PROVIDER_PATH}"/makefile
+function main() {
+  parse_flags "$@"
+  validate_args
+  initialize_variables
+  prepare_paths
+  download_kubeconfigs
+  copy_kubeconfigs_to_provider_mcm
+  scale_down_mcm
+  update_makefile "${PROJECT_DIR}"              # update the local Makefile
+  update_makefile "${PROVIDER_MCM_PROJECT_DIR}" # update the provider-mcm Makefile
+  export_variables
 }
 
-main
+USAGE=$(create_usage)
+main "$@"
diff --git a/hack/tools.mk b/hack/tools.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04112d443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/tools.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. This file is licensed under the Apache Software License, v. 2 except as noted otherwise in the LICENSE file
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+TOOLS_DIR                  := hack/tools
+TOOLS_BIN_DIR              := $(TOOLS_DIR)/bin
+GO_ADD_LICENSE             := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/addlicense
+
+# default tool versions
+GO_ADD_LICENSE_VERSION ?= latest
+
+export TOOLS_BIN_DIR := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)
+export PATH := $(abspath $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)):$(PATH)
+$(info "TOOLS_BIN_DIR from tools.mk", $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR))
+$(info "TOOLS_DIR from tools.mk", $(TOOLS_DIR))
+$(info "PATH from tools.mk", $(PATH))
+
+#########################################
+# Tools                                 #
+#########################################
+
+$(GO_ADD_LICENSE):
+	GOBIN=$(abspath $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)) go install github.com/google/addlicense@$(GO_ADD_LICENSE_VERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/apis/machine/validation/validation_suite_test.go b/pkg/apis/machine/validation/validation_suite_test.go
index 37c9ac1fc..520a7bcef 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/machine/validation/validation_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/machine/validation/validation_suite_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package validation
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/apis/machine/zz_generated.defaults.go b/pkg/apis/machine/zz_generated.defaults.go
index 3fa68441f..d5513ac6d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/machine/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/machine/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 // This file was autogenerated by defaulter-gen. Do not edit it manually!
diff --git a/pkg/controller/autoscaler/types.go b/pkg/controller/autoscaler/types.go
index e61b3c8c7..e5a0941fd 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/autoscaler/types.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/autoscaler/types.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package autoscaler
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/openapi/doc.go b/pkg/openapi/doc.go
index 251286530..850a8ea8d 100644
--- a/pkg/openapi/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/openapi/doc.go
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 // Package openapi exists to hold generated openapi code
 package openapi
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/framework.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/framework.go
index 403789edf..ac9063c7e 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/framework.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/framework.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package common
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/cluster.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/cluster.go
index d0b8f8059..2b6580f3b 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/cluster.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package helpers
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_files.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_files.go
index 736805273..402f9424e 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_files.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_files.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package helpers
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_git.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_git.go
index 86b808ba5..5859456a8 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_git.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/handling_git.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package helpers
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/machine_resources.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/machine_resources.go
index 5ddb98ba6..6ecc8adb4 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/machine_resources.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/machine_resources.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package helpers
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/nodes.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/nodes.go
index 10345118f..2f4089f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/nodes.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/nodes.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package helpers
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/resources_tracker_interface.go b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/resources_tracker_interface.go
index d8722f04a..20d59deb4 100644
--- a/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/resources_tracker_interface.go
+++ b/pkg/test/integration/common/helpers/resources_tracker_interface.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package helpers
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/util/annotations/annotations_suite_test.go b/pkg/util/annotations/annotations_suite_test.go
index 755c27844..85919c7e4 100644
--- a/pkg/util/annotations/annotations_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/annotations/annotations_suite_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package annotations_test
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/util/provider/drain/drain_suite_test.go b/pkg/util/provider/drain/drain_suite_test.go
index fae04932d..d1fc550f0 100644
--- a/pkg/util/provider/drain/drain_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/provider/drain/drain_suite_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package drain_test
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util.go b/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util.go
index ef27f7c7c..0ab682f95 100644
--- a/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package controller
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util_test.go b/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util_test.go
index 5c0ae2eb5..4d67e02d6 100644
--- a/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/provider/machinecontroller/machine_safety_util_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package controller
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/util/time/time_suite_test.go b/pkg/util/time/time_suite_test.go
index 69f1ac6f7..3a1ef4dc7 100644
--- a/pkg/util/time/time_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/time/time_suite_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package time_test
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/util/worker/worker.go b/pkg/util/worker/worker.go
index 2ac3f7d48..3e8334cca 100644
--- a/pkg/util/worker/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/util/worker/worker.go
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
 package worker
 
 import (