diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesagentcustomdata.yml b/parts/k8s/kubernetesagentcustomdata.yml
index 8c018a7343..ff8adabec2 100644
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesagentcustomdata.yml
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesagentcustomdata.yml
@@ -165,24 +165,24 @@ coreos:
         ExecStart=/opt/azure/containers/provision-setup.sh
 {{else}}
 runcmd:
+- retrycmd_if_failure() { for i in $(seq 1 36); do $@; [ $? -eq 0  ] && break || sleep 5; done ; }
 - echo `date`,`hostname`, startruncmd>>/opt/m
 - apt-mark hold walinuxagent{{GetKubernetesAgentPreprovisionYaml .}}
 - echo `date`,`hostname`, preaptupdate>>/opt/m
-- apt-get update
+- retrycmd_if_failure apt-get update
 - echo `date`,`hostname`, postaptupdate>>/opt/m
-- apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates nfs-common
+- retrycmd_if_failure apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates nfs-common
 - echo `date`,`hostname`, aptinstall>>/opt/m
 - systemctl enable rpcbind
 - systemctl enable rpc-statd
 - systemctl start rpcbind
 - systemctl start rpc-statd
 - echo `date`,`hostname`, predockerinstall>>/opt/m
-- for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do curl --max-time 60 -fsSL https://aptdocker.azureedge.net/gpg | apt-key add -; [ $? -eq 0 ] && break || sleep 5; done
+- retrycmd_if_failure curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 --max-time 60 -fsSL https://aptdocker.azureedge.net/gpg | apt-key add -
 - echo "deb {{WrapAsVariable "dockerEngineDownloadRepo"}} ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
 - "echo \"Package: docker-engine\nPin: version {{WrapAsVariable "dockerEngineVersion"}}\nPin-Priority: 550\n\" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/docker.pref"
-- apt-get update
-- apt-get install -y ebtables
-- apt-get install -y docker-engine
+- retrycmd_if_failure apt-get update
+- retrycmd_if_failure apt-get install -y ebtables docker-engine
 - echo "ExecStartPost=/sbin/iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT" >> /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/exec_start.conf
 - systemctl daemon-reload
 - echo `date`,`hostname`, postdockerinstall>>/opt/m
diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomdata.yml b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomdata.yml
index 29ceeb89fe..bba92de2f8 100644
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomdata.yml
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomdata.yml
@@ -292,22 +292,17 @@ MASTER_ARTIFACTS_CONFIG_PLACEHOLDER
   content: |
     #!/bin/bash
     set -x
+    retrycmd_if_failure() { for i in $(seq 1 36); do $@; [ $? -eq 0  ] && break || sleep 5; done ; }
     ETCD_VER=v{{WrapAsVariable "etcdVersion"}}
     DOWNLOAD_URL={{WrapAsVariable "etcdDownloadURLBase"}}
     mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download
-    curl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    retrycmd_if_failure curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
     tar xzvf /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/bin/ --strip-components=1
-    useradd -U "etcd"
+    useradd -U "etcd" > /dev/null 2>&1
     usermod -p "$(head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64)" "etcd"
-    passwd -u "$etcd" > /dev/null
+    passwd -u "etcd" > /dev/null
     systemctl daemon-reload
     systemctl enable etcd.service
-    for i in {1..60}; do
-        if [ -e /opt/azure/containers/etcdcerts.complete ]; then
-            break
-        fi
-        sleep 1
-    done
     sudo sed -i "1iETCDCTL_ENDPOINTS=https://127.0.0.1:2379" /etc/environment
     sudo sed -i "1iETCDCTL_CA_FILE={{WrapAsVariable "etcdCaFilepath"}}" /etc/environment
     sudo sed -i "1iETCDCTL_KEY_FILE={{WrapAsVariable "etcdClientKeyFilepath"}}" /etc/environment
@@ -319,6 +314,7 @@ MASTER_ARTIFACTS_CONFIG_PLACEHOLDER
   owner: "root"
   content: |
     #!/bin/bash
+    retrycmd_if_failure() { for i in $(seq 1 36); do $@; [ $? -eq 0  ] && break || sleep 5; done ; }
     /bin/echo DAEMON_ARGS=--name "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterVMNames')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --initial-advertise-peer-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdPeerURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --listen-peer-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdPeerURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --advertise-client-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdClientURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --listen-client-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "concat(variables('masterEtcdClientURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))], ',http://127.0.0.1:', variables('masterEtcdClientPort'))"}}" --initial-cluster-token "k8s-etcd-cluster" --initial-cluster "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdClusterStates')[div(variables('masterCount'), 2)]"}} --data-dir "/var/lib/etcddisk"" --initial-cluster-state "new" | tee -a /etc/default/etcd
     sudo /bin/chown -R etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd/default
     /opt/azure/containers/mountetcd.sh
@@ -328,7 +324,7 @@ MASTER_ARTIFACTS_CONFIG_PLACEHOLDER
     sudo /bin/sed -i s/Restart=on-failure/Restart=always/g /lib/systemd/system/etcd-member.service
     systemctl daemon-reload
     systemctl restart etcd-member
-    for i in $(seq 1 20); do curl --max-time 60 http://127.0.0.1:2379/v2/machines; [ $? -eq 0 ] && break || sleep 5; done
+    retrycmd_if_failure curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 --max-time 60 http://127.0.0.1:2379/v2/machines
     mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes/manifests
     usermod -aG docker {{WrapAsVariable "username"}}
 
@@ -351,8 +347,8 @@ coreos:
         ExecStart=/opt/azure/containers/provision-setup.sh
 {{else}}
 runcmd:
-- retrycmd_if_failure() { for i in {1..5}; do $@; [ $? -eq 0  ] && break || sleep 5; done ; }
-- /opt/azure/containers/setup-etcd.sh
+- retrycmd_if_failure() { for i in $(seq 1 36); do $@; [ $? -eq 0  ] && break || sleep 5; done ; }
+- /opt/azure/containers/setup-etcd.sh > /opt/azure/containers/setup-etcd.log 2>&1
 - apt-mark hold walinuxagent {{GetKubernetesMasterPreprovisionYaml}}
 - /bin/echo DAEMON_ARGS=--name "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterVMNames')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --peer-client-cert-auth --peer-trusted-ca-file={{WrapAsVariable "etcdCaFilepath"}} --peer-cert-file={{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('etcdPeerCertFilepath')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}} --peer-key-file={{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('etcdPeerKeyFilepath')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}} --initial-advertise-peer-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdPeerURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --listen-peer-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdPeerURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --client-cert-auth --trusted-ca-file={{WrapAsVariable "etcdCaFilepath"}} --cert-file={{WrapAsVariable "etcdServerCertFilepath"}} --key-file={{WrapAsVariable "etcdServerKeyFilepath"}} --advertise-client-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdClientURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}" --listen-client-urls "{{WrapAsVerbatim "concat(variables('masterEtcdClientURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))], ',https://127.0.0.1:', variables('masterEtcdClientPort'))"}}" --initial-cluster-token "k8s-etcd-cluster" --initial-cluster "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdClusterStates')[div(variables('masterCount'), 2)]"}} --data-dir "/var/lib/etcddisk"" --initial-cluster-state "new" | tee -a /etc/default/etcd
 - /opt/azure/containers/mountetcd.sh
@@ -360,15 +356,14 @@ runcmd:
 - systemctl stop etcd
 - sudo -u etcd rm -rf /var/lib/etcd/default
 - systemctl daemon-reload
-- sudo /bin/chown etcd:etcd {{WrapAsVariable "etcdServerKeyFilepath"}}
-- sudo /bin/chown etcd:etcd {{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('etcdPeerKeyFilepath')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}
+- retrycmd_if_failure cat {{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('etcdPeerCertFilepath')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}
 - systemctl restart etcd
 - MEMBER="$(sudo etcdctl member list | grep -E {{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterVMNames')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}} | cut -d{{WrapAsVariable "singleQuote"}}:{{WrapAsVariable "singleQuote"}} -f 1)"
 - sudo etcdctl member update ${MEMBER} {{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdPeerURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}
-- for i in $(seq 1 20); do curl --cacert /etc/kubernetes/certs/ca.crt --cert /etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdclient.crt --key /etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdclient.key --max-time 60 "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdClientURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}"/v2/machines; [ $? -eq 0 ] && break || sleep 5; done
+- retrycmd_if_failure curl --cacert /etc/kubernetes/certs/ca.crt --cert /etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdclient.crt --key /etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdclient.key --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 --max-time 60 "{{WrapAsVerbatim "variables('masterEtcdClientURLs')[copyIndex(variables('masterOffset'))]"}}"/v2/machines
 - retrycmd_if_failure apt-get update
 - retrycmd_if_failure apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates
-- retrycmd_if_failure curl --max-time 60 -fsSL https://aptdocker.azureedge.net/gpg | apt-key add -
+- retrycmd_if_failure curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 --max-time 60 -fsSL https://aptdocker.azureedge.net/gpg | apt-key add -
 - echo "deb {{WrapAsVariable "dockerEngineDownloadRepo"}} ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
 - "echo \"Package: docker-engine\nPin: version {{WrapAsVariable "dockerEngineVersion"}}\nPin-Priority: 550\n\" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/docker.pref"
 - retrycmd_if_failure apt-get update
diff --git a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh
index 71e29e78c5..986cc8770f 100644
--- a/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh
+++ b/parts/k8s/kubernetesmastercustomscript.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ fi
 
 if [[ ! -z "${MASTER_NODE}" ]]; then
     echo "executing master node provision operations"
-
+    
+    useradd -U "etcd" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    
     APISERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="/etc/kubernetes/certs/apiserver.key"
     touch "${APISERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
     chmod 0600 "${APISERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ if [[ ! -z "${MASTER_NODE}" ]]; then
     ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="/etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdserver.key"
     touch "${ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
     chmod 0600 "${ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
-    chown root:root "${ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
+    chown etcd:etcd "${ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
     echo "${ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY}" | base64 --decode > "${ETCD_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
 
     ETCD_CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="/etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdclient.key"
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ if [[ ! -z "${MASTER_NODE}" ]]; then
     ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="/etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdpeer${MASTER_INDEX}.key"
     touch "${ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
     chmod 0600 "${ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
-    chown root:root "${ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
+    chown etcd:etcd "${ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
     echo "${ETCD_PEER_KEY}" | base64 --decode > "${ETCD_PEER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH}"
 
     ETCD_SERVER_CERTIFICATE_PATH="/etc/kubernetes/certs/etcdserver.crt"
@@ -119,7 +121,6 @@ if [[ ! -z "${MASTER_NODE}" ]]; then
     echo "${ETCD_PEER_CERT}" | base64 --decode > "${ETCD_PEER_CERTIFICATE_PATH}"
 
     echo `date`,`hostname`, finishedGettingEtcdCerts>>/opt/m
-    mkdir -p /opt/azure/containers && touch /opt/azure/containers/etcdcerts.complete
 else
     echo "skipping master node provision operations, this is an agent node"
 fi
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ function configNetworkPolicy() {
 function installClearContainersRuntime() {
 	# Add Clear Containers repository key
 	echo "Adding Clear Containers repository key..."
-	curl -sSL "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:clearcontainers:clear-containers-3/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key" | apt-key add -
+	curl -sSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:clearcontainers:clear-containers-3/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key" | apt-key add -
 
 	# Add Clear Container repository
 	echo "Adding Clear Containers repository..."
@@ -321,13 +322,13 @@ function installGo() {
 	fi
 
 	# Get the latest Go version
-	GO_VERSION=$(curl -sSL "https://golang.org/VERSION?m=text")
+	GO_VERSION=$(curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 -sSL "https://golang.org/VERSION?m=text")
 
 	echo "Installing Go version $GO_VERSION..."
 
 	# subshell
 	(
-	curl -sSL "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sudo tar -v -C /usr/local -xz
+	curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 -sSL "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sudo tar -v -C /usr/local -xz
 	)
 
 	# Set GOPATH and update PATH
diff --git a/pkg/acsengine/engine.go b/pkg/acsengine/engine.go
index 76a0650880..faced27983 100644
--- a/pkg/acsengine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/acsengine/engine.go
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ func makeExtensionScriptCommands(extension *api.Extension, extensionProfiles []*
 	extensionsParameterReference := fmt.Sprintf("parameters('%sParameters')", extensionProfile.Name)
 	scriptURL := getExtensionURL(extensionProfile.RootURL, extensionProfile.Name, extensionProfile.Version, extensionProfile.Script, extensionProfile.URLQuery)
 	scriptFilePath := fmt.Sprintf("/opt/azure/containers/extensions/%s/%s", extensionProfile.Name, extensionProfile.Script)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("- sudo /usr/bin/curl -o %s --create-dirs \"%s\" \n- sudo /bin/chmod 744 %s \n- sudo %s ',%s,' > /var/log/%s-output.log",
+	return fmt.Sprintf("- sudo /usr/bin/curl --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 30 -o %s --create-dirs \"%s\" \n- sudo /bin/chmod 744 %s \n- sudo %s ',%s,' > /var/log/%s-output.log",
 		scriptFilePath, scriptURL, scriptFilePath, scriptFilePath, extensionsParameterReference, extensionProfile.Name)
 }