diff --git a/tools/gce/create_linux_performance_worker.sh b/tools/gce/create_linux_performance_worker.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Creates a performance worker on GCE.
+
+set -ex
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+CLOUD_PROJECT=grpc-testing
+ZONE=us-central1-b  # this zone allows 32core machines
+
+INSTANCE_NAME="${1:-grpc-performance-driver}"
+MACHINE_TYPE=n1-standard-32
+
+gcloud compute instances create $INSTANCE_NAME \
+    --project="$CLOUD_PROJECT" \
+    --zone "$ZONE" \
+    --machine-type $MACHINE_TYPE \
+    --image ubuntu-15-10 \
+    --boot-disk-size 300
+
+echo 'Created GCE instance, waiting 60 seconds for it to come online.'
+sleep 60
+
+gcloud compute copy-files \
+    --project="$CLOUD_PROJECT" \
+    --zone "$ZONE" \
+    jenkins_master.pub linux_performance_worker_init.sh ${INSTANCE_NAME}:~
+
+gcloud compute ssh \
+    --project="$CLOUD_PROJECT" \
+    --zone "$ZONE" \
+    $INSTANCE_NAME --command "./linux_performance_worker_init.sh"
diff --git a/tools/gce/linux_performance_worker_init.sh b/tools/gce/linux_performance_worker_init.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Initializes a fresh GCE VM to become a jenkins linux performance worker.
+# You shouldn't run this script on your own,
+# use create_linux_performance_worker.sh instead.
+
+set -ex
+
+sudo apt-get update
+
+# Install JRE
+sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jre
+sudo apt-get install -y unzip lsof
+
+# Setup jenkins user (or the user will already exist bcuz magic)
+sudo adduser jenkins --disabled-password || true
+
+# Add pubkey of jenkins@grpc-jenkins-master to authorized keys of jenkins@
+# This needs to happen as the last step to prevent Jenkins master from connecting
+# to a machine that hasn't been properly setup yet.
+cat jenkins_master.pub | sudo tee --append ~jenkins/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+sudo apt-get install -y \
+  autoconf \
+  autotools-dev \
+  build-essential \
+  bzip2 \
+  ccache \
+  curl \
+  gcc \
+  gcc-multilib \
+  git \
+  gyp \
+  lcov \
+  libc6 \
+  libc6-dbg \
+  libc6-dev \
+  libgtest-dev \
+  libtool \
+  make \
+  strace \
+  pypy \
+  python-dev \
+  python-pip \
+  python-setuptools \
+  python-yaml \
+  telnet \
+  unzip \
+  wget \
+  zip
+
+# perftools
+sudo apt-get install -y google-perftools libgoogle-perftools-dev
+
+# C++ dependencies
+sudo apt-get install -y libgflags-dev libgtest-dev libc++-dev clang
+
+# Python dependencies
+sudo pip install tabulate
+curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+sudo pypy get-pip.py
+sudo pypy -m pip install tabulate
+
+# Node dependences.
+touch .profile
+curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
+nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache
+
+# C# dependencies (http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/#debian-ubuntu-and-derivatives)
+
+sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
+echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y mono-devel nuget
+
+# Ruby dependencies
+gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
+curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby