diff --git a/spytest/bin/env b/spytest/bin/env
index ef17d261633..b72d0810ab3 100755
--- a/spytest/bin/env
+++ b/spytest/bin/env
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ else
     export SCID_PYTHON_BIN=$SCID/tools/ActivPython/current/bin
 fi
 
-export SCID_TGEN_PATH=$SCID/tgen
+if [ -z "$SCID_TGEN_PATH=" ]; then
+  export SCID_TGEN_PATH=$SCID/tgen
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$SPYTEST_PYTHON" ]; then
   export SPYTEST_PYTHON=$SCID_PYTHON_BIN/python
 fi
diff --git a/spytest/bin/tools_install.sh b/spytest/bin/tools_install.sh
index f750e519ddb..f759066f327 100755
--- a/spytest/bin/tools_install.sh
+++ b/spytest/bin/tools_install.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dir=$(dirname $0)
 dir=$(cd $dir;pwd -P)
 scid=$(cd $dir/..;pwd -P)
 
-# sourde environment
+# source environment
 . $dir/env
 
 if [ -f $dir/.tools_env ]; then
diff --git a/spytest/containers/README.md b/spytest/containers/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04627ca5c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spytest/containers/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# host setup
+https://github.com/Azure/sonic-mgmt/blob/master/docs/testbed/README.testbed.Setup.md
+  - do the steps in "Prepare Testbed Server" section
+
+# build container
+```
+git clone https://github.com/Azure/sonic-mgmt
+docker build --no-cache --tag spytest/keysight-u18:latest ./sonic-mgmt/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18
+docker tag spytest/keysight-u18:latest spytest/keysight-u18:1.0.0
+```
+
+http://downloads.ixiacom.com/support/downloads_and_updates/public/ixnetwork/9.10/IxNetworkAPI9.10.2007.7Linux64.bin.tgz
+
+# run tests
+```
+https://github.com/Azure/sonic-mgmt/blob/master/spytest/Doc/intro.md
+ - do the steps in "Testbed" section
+ - copy and edit the file testbed_file.yaml ./testbeds/
+
+docker run --network host -v $PWD:/data --mount src=/etc/localtime,target=/etc/localtime,type=bind,readonly -it spytest/keysight-u18 bash
+cd /data/sonic-mgmt/spytest
+./bin/spytest --testbed-file ./testbeds/testbed_file.yaml --logs-path ./logs --log-level debug --test-suite community-legacy
+```
diff --git a/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18/Dockerfile b/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a9078d5e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+FROM ubuntu:bionic
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV TZ=US/Pacific
+
+RUN apt -y update
+RUN apt -y upgrade
+
+RUN apt -y install build-essential
+RUN apt -y install git
+RUN apt -y install wget
+
+RUN apt -y install python
+RUN apt -y install python-setuptools
+RUN apt -y install python-pip
+RUN apt -y install python-tk
+RUN apt -y install tk
+RUN apt -y install tcl
+RUN apt -y install tclx8.4
+RUN apt -y install tcllib
+RUN apt -y install tcl-tls
+
+
+RUN apt -y install iputils-ping
+RUN apt -y install snmp
+RUN apt -y install snmptrapd
+
+COPY . /keysight
+WORKDIR /keysight
+
+RUN pip install -r ./spytest.txt
+
+# https://downloads.ixiacom.com/support/downloads_and_updates/public/ixnetwork/9.10/IxNetworkAPI9.10.2007.7Linux64.bin.tgz
+RUN bash ./IxNetworkAPI9.10.2007.7Linux64.bin -i silent
+
+RUN pip install -r /opt/ixia/ixnetwork/9.10.2007.7/lib/PythonApi/requirements.txt
+
+ENV SCID_TGEN_PATH=/opt
+ENV SCID_TCL85_BIN=/opt
+ENV IXNETWORK_VERSION=9.10.2007.7
+ENV HLAPI_VERSION=9.10.2007.43
+
+LABEL author="Mircea Dan Gheorghe"
+LABEL version="1.0"
+LABEL description="SpyTest with Keysight traffic generator"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18/spytest.txt b/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18/spytest.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc2ddadff40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spytest/containers/keysight-ubuntu18/spytest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+ansible
+autoflake
+autopep8
+cryptography >= 2.5
+flake8
+future>=0.16.0
+gitpython
+jinja2
+jira
+jsonpatch
+mmh3
+natsort
+netaddr
+netmiko==2.4.2
+prettytable
+protobuf
+psutil
+pyang
+pycryptodome
+pyfiglet
+pyflakes
+pylint==1.8.1
+Pyro4
+pysnmp
+pytest>=4.4.1,<=4.6.5
+pytest-timeout
+pytest-xdist==1.28.0
+python-jenkins
+redis
+requests
+rpyc
+scapy==2.4.3rc1
+sphinx
+tabulate
+textfsm
diff --git a/spytest/spytest/tgen/init.py b/spytest/spytest/tgen/init.py
index a58a749d3b4..7ff5f97c10e 100644
--- a/spytest/spytest/tgen/init.py
+++ b/spytest/spytest/tgen/init.py
@@ -122,16 +122,18 @@ def tg_ixia_load(version, logger, logs_path=None):
     tcl_path = os.getenv("SCID_TCL85_BIN", def_tcl_path)
     tcl_lib_path = os.path.join(tcl_path, "..", "lib")
     ixia_root = os.path.join(tgen_path, "ixia", "all", "ixia-" + py_version)
+    
+    ixnetwork_version = os.getenv("IXNETWORK_VERSION", version_string)
+    hltapi_version = os.getenv("HLAPI_VERSION", version_string)
+    
     if not os.path.exists(ixia_root):
-        ixia_root = os.path.join(tgen_path, "ixia", "all", "ixia")
-    hlt_api = os.path.join(ixia_root, "hlapi", version_string)
+        ixia_root = os.path.join(tgen_path, "ixia")
+    hlt_api = os.path.join(ixia_root, "hlapi", hltapi_version)
     ngpf_api = os.path.join(hlt_api, "library", "common", "ixiangpf", "python")
-    ixn_py_api = os.path.join(ixia_root, "ixnetwork", version_string,
-                              "lib", "PythonApi")
-    ixn_tcl_api_1 = os.path.join(ixia_root, "ixnetwork", version_string,
-                                 "lib", "IxTclNetwork")
-    ixn_tcl_api_2 = os.path.join(ixia_root, "ixnetwork", version_string,
-                                 "lib", "TclApi", "IxTclNetwork")
+    ixn_py_api = os.path.join(ixia_root, "ixnetwork", ixnetwork_version,"lib", "PythonApi")
+    ixn_tcl_api_1 = os.path.join(ixia_root, "ixnetwork", ixnetwork_version,"lib", "IxTclNetwork")
+    ixn_tcl_api_2 = os.path.join(ixia_root, "ixnetwork", ixnetwork_version,"lib", "TclApi", "IxTclNetwork")
+
     os.environ["IXIA_VERSION"] = ixia_hltapi_map[version_string]
     os.environ["TCLLIBPATH"] = " ".join([hlt_api, ixn_tcl_api_1, ixn_tcl_api_2, tcl_lib_path])
     sys.path.append(ngpf_api)
diff --git a/spytest/spytest/tgen/tg.py b/spytest/spytest/tgen/tg.py
index 20f2857fce4..82e01dc6650 100644
--- a/spytest/spytest/tgen/tg.py
+++ b/spytest/spytest/tgen/tg.py
@@ -2264,10 +2264,10 @@ def get_tgen(port, name=None):
 
 def is_soft_tgen(name=None):
     tg = get_chassis(name)
-    return (tg.tg_type == "scapy")
+    return (tg and tg.tg_type == "scapy")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    tg_ixia_load("8.42", None, None)
+    tg_ixia_load("9.10", None, None)
     code = \
         "from ixiatcl import IxiaTcl \n" + \
         "from ixiahlt import IxiaHlt \n" + \
diff --git a/spytest/spytest/tgen_api.py b/spytest/spytest/tgen_api.py
index a2b512c1dd2..87661a5e3b3 100644
--- a/spytest/spytest/tgen_api.py
+++ b/spytest/spytest/tgen_api.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def get_chassis(vars=None, index=0):
 
 def is_soft_tgen(vars=None):
     tg = get_chassis(vars)
-    return (tg.tg_type == "scapy")
+    return (tg and tg.tg_type == "scapy")
 
 def get_handles(vars, tg_port_list=list()):
     """