diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/Makefile.config b/apps-code/community-apps/Makefile.config
index 5f4c8d9..a7b9e16 100644
--- a/apps-code/community-apps/Makefile.config
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/Makefile.config
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ VERBOSE         := 1
 PACKER_LOG      := 0
 PACKER_HEADLESS := true
 
-SERVICES := service_Lithops service_UERANSIM capone131
+SERVICES := service_Lithops service_UERANSIM capone131 service_customLithops
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/appliances/customLithops/appliance.sh b/apps-code/community-apps/appliances/customLithops/appliance.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe154c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/appliances/customLithops/appliance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright 2024, OpenNebula Project, OpenNebula Systems                  #
+#                                                                              #
+# 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 -o pipefail
+
+
+# List of contextualization parameters
+ONE_SERVICE_PARAMS=(
+    'ONEAPP_LITHOPS_BACKEND'            'configure'  'Lithops compute backend'                                          'O|text'
+    'ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE'            'configure'  'Lithops storage backend'                                          'O|text'
+    'ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT'             'configure'  'Lithops storage backend MinIO endpoint URL'                       'O|text'
+    'ONEAPP_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID'        'configure'  'Lithops storage backend MinIO account user access key'            'O|text'
+    'ONEAPP_MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'    'configure'  'Lithops storage backend MinIO account user secret access key'     'O|text'
+    'ONEAPP_MINIO_BUCKET'              'configure'  'Lithops storage backend MinIO existing bucket'                    'O|text'
+    'ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT_CERT'        'configure'  'Lithops storage backend MinIO endpoint certificate'               'O|text64'
+)
+
+
+### Appliance metadata ###############################################
+
+# Appliance metadata
+ONE_SERVICE_NAME='Service Lithops - KVM'
+ONE_SERVICE_VERSION='3.4.0'   #latest
+ONE_SERVICE_BUILD=$(date +%s)
+ONE_SERVICE_SHORT_DESCRIPTION='Appliance with preinstalled Lithops for KVM hosts'
+ONE_SERVICE_DESCRIPTION=$(cat <<EOF
+Appliance with preinstalled Lithops v3.4.0.
+
+By default, it uses localhost both for Compute and Storage Backend.
+
+To configure MinIO as Storage Backend use the parameter ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE=minio
+with ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT, ONEAPP_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ONEAPP_MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.
+These parameters values have to point to a valid and reachable MinIO server endpoint.
+
+The parameter ONEAPP_MINIO_BUCKET and ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT_CERT are optional.
+- ONEAPP_MINIO_BUCKET points to an existing bucket in the MinIO server. If the bucket does not exist or if the
+parameter is empty, the MinIO server will generate a bucket automatically.
+- ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT_CERT is necessary when using self-signed certificates on the MinIO server. This is the
+certificate for the CA on the MinIO server. If the CA certificate exists, script will skip it,
+if one would want to update the CA certificate from context, first delete previous ca.crt file.
+EOF
+)
+ONE_SERVICE_RECONFIGURABLE=true
+
+### Contextualization defaults #######################################
+
+ONEAPP_LITHOPS_BACKEND="${ONEAPP_LITHOPS_BACKEND:-localhost}"
+ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE="${ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE:-localhost}"
+
+### Globals ##########################################################
+
+DEP_PKGS="python3-pip"
+DEP_PIP="boto3"
+LITHOPS_VERSION="3.4.0"
+DOCKER_VERSION="5:26.1.3-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy"
+
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+
+#
+# service implementation
+#
+
+service_cleanup()
+{
+    :
+}
+
+service_install()
+{
+    # ensuring that the setup directory exists
+    #TODO: move to service
+    mkdir -p "$ONE_SERVICE_SETUP_DIR"
+    export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+    # packages
+    install_deps ${DEP_PKGS} ${DEP_PIP}
+
+    # docker
+    install_docker
+
+    # Lithops
+    install_lithops
+
+    # create Lithops config file in /etc/lithops
+    create_lithops_config
+
+    # service metadata
+    create_one_service_metadata
+
+    # cleanup
+    postinstall_cleanup
+
+    msg info "INSTALLATION FINISHED"
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+service_configure()
+{
+    # update Lithops config file if non-default options are set
+    update_lithops_config
+
+    local_ca_folder="/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/minio"
+    if [[ ! -z "${ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT_CERT}" ]] && [[ ! -f "${local_ca_folder}/ca.crt" ]]; then
+        msg info "Adding trust CA for MinIO endpoint"
+
+        if [[ ! -d "${local_ca_folder}" ]]; then
+            msg info "Create folder ${local_ca_folder}"
+            mkdir "${local_ca_folder}"
+        fi
+
+        msg info "Create CA file and update certificates"
+        echo ${ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT_CERT} | base64 --decode >> ${local_ca_folder}/ca.crt
+        update-ca-certificates
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+service_bootstrap()
+{
+    update_lithops_config
+    return 0
+}
+
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+###############################################################################
+
+#
+# functions
+#
+
+install_deps()
+{
+    msg info "Run apt-get update"
+    apt-get update
+
+    msg info "Install required packages for Lithops"
+    if ! apt-get install -y "${1}" ; then
+        msg error "Package(s) installation failed: ${1}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    msg info "Install pip dependencies"
+    if ! pip install "${2}" ; then
+        msg error "Python pip dependencies installation failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+install_docker()
+{
+    msg info "Add Docker official GPG key"
+    install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+
+    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+    chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+    msg info "Add Docker repository to apt sources"
+    echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+        $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+        sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+    apt update
+
+    msg info "Install Docker Engine"
+    if ! apt-get install -y docker-ce=$DOCKER_VERSION docker-ce-cli=$DOCKER_VERSION containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin ; then
+        msg error "Docker installation failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+install_lithops()
+{
+    msg info "Install Lithops from pip"
+    if ! pip install lithops==${LITHOPS_VERSION} ; then
+        msg error "Error installing Lithops"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    msg info "Create /etc/lithops folder"
+    mkdir /etc/lithops
+}
+
+create_lithops_config()
+{
+    msg info "Create default config file"
+    cat > /etc/lithops/config <<EOF
+lithops:
+  backend: localhost
+  storage: localhost
+
+# Start Compute Backend configuration
+# End Compute Backend configuration
+
+# Start Storage Backend configuration
+# End Storage Backend configuration
+EOF
+}
+
+update_lithops_config(){
+    msg info "Update compute and storage backend modes"
+    sed -i "s/backend: .*/backend: ${ONEAPP_LITHOPS_BACKEND}/g" /etc/lithops/config
+    sed -i "s/storage: .*/storage: ${ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE}/g" /etc/lithops/config
+
+    if [[ ${ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE} = "localhost" ]]; then
+        msg info "Edit config file for localhost Storage Backend"
+        sed -i -ne "/# Start Storage/ {p;" -e ":a; n; /# End Storage/ {p; b}; ba}; p" /etc/lithops/config
+    elif [[ ${ONEAPP_LITHOPS_STORAGE} = "minio" ]]; then
+        msg info "Edit config file for MinIO Storage Backend"
+        if ! check_minio_attrs; then
+            echo
+            msg error "MinIO configuration failed"
+            msg info "You have to provide endpoint, access key id and secrec access key to configure MinIO storage backend"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            msg info "Adding MinIO configuration to /etc/lithops/config"
+            sed -i -ne "/# Start Storage/ {p; iminio:\n  endpoint: ${ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT}\n  access_key_id: ${ONEAPP_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID}\n  secret_access_key: ${ONEAPP_MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}\n  storage_bucket: ${ONEAPP_MINIO_BUCKET}" -e ":a; n; /# End Storage/ {p; b}; ba}; p" /etc/lithops/config
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+check_minio_attrs()
+{
+    [[ -z "$ONEAPP_MINIO_ENDPOINT" ]] && return 1
+    [[ -z "$ONEAPP_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]] && return 1
+    [[ -z "$ONEAPP_MINIO_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]] && return 1
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+postinstall_cleanup()
+{
+    msg info "Delete cache and stored packages"
+    apt-get autoclean
+    apt-get autoremove
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+}
+
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/81-configure-ssh.sh b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/81-configure-ssh.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..856839c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/81-configure-ssh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Configures critical settings for OpenSSH server.
+
+exec 1>&2
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+gawk -i inplace -f- /etc/ssh/sshd_config <<'EOF'
+BEGIN { update = "PasswordAuthentication no" }
+/^[#\s]*PasswordAuthentication\s/ { $0 = update; found = 1 }
+{ print }
+ENDFILE { if (!found) print update }
+EOF
+
+gawk -i inplace -f- /etc/ssh/sshd_config <<'EOF'
+BEGIN { update = "PermitRootLogin without-password" }
+/^[#\s]*PermitRootLogin\s/ { $0 = update; found = 1 }
+{ print }
+ENDFILE { if (!found) print update }
+EOF
+
+gawk -i inplace -f- /etc/ssh/sshd_config <<'EOF'
+BEGIN { update = "UseDNS no" }
+/^[#\s]*UseDNS\s/ { $0 = update; found = 1 }
+{ print }
+ENDFILE { if (!found) print update }
+EOF
+
+sync
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/82-configure-context.sh b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/82-configure-context.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2278ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/82-configure-context.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Configure and enable service context.
+
+exec 1>&2
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+mv /etc/one-appliance/net-90-service-appliance /etc/one-context.d/
+mv /etc/one-appliance/net-99-report-ready      /etc/one-context.d/
+
+chown root:root /etc/one-context.d/*
+chmod u=rwx,go=rx /etc/one-context.d/*
+
+sync
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/customLithops.pkr.hcl b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/customLithops.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65f701f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/customLithops.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+source "null" "null" { communicator = "none" }
+
+build {
+  sources = ["source.null.null"]
+
+  provisioner "shell-local" {
+    inline = [
+      "mkdir -p ${var.input_dir}/context",
+      "${var.input_dir}/gen_context > ${var.input_dir}/context/context.sh",
+      "mkisofs -o ${var.input_dir}/${var.appliance_name}-context.iso -V CONTEXT -J -R ${var.input_dir}/context",
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+# Build VM image
+source "qemu" "customLithops" {
+  cpus        = 2
+  memory      = 2048
+  accelerator = "kvm"
+
+  iso_url      = "../one-apps/export/ubuntu2204.qcow2"
+  iso_checksum = "none"
+
+  headless = var.headless
+
+  disk_image       = true
+  disk_cache       = "unsafe"
+  disk_interface   = "virtio"
+  net_device       = "virtio-net"
+  format           = "qcow2"
+  disk_compression = false
+  disk_size        = "5000"
+
+  output_directory = var.output_dir
+
+  qemuargs = [
+    ["-cpu", "host"],
+    ["-cdrom", "${var.input_dir}/${var.appliance_name}-context.iso"],
+    ["-serial", "stdio"],
+    # MAC addr needs to mach ETH0_MAC from context iso
+    ["-netdev", "user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::{{ .SSHHostPort }}-:22"],
+    ["-device", "virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55"]
+  ]
+  ssh_username     = "root"
+  ssh_password     = "opennebula"
+  ssh_timeout      = "900s"
+  shutdown_command = "poweroff"
+  vm_name          = "${var.appliance_name}"
+}
+
+build {
+  sources = ["source.qemu.customLithops"]
+
+  # revert insecure ssh options done by context start_script
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    scripts = ["${var.input_dir}/81-configure-ssh.sh"]
+  }
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline_shebang = "/bin/bash -e"
+    inline = [
+      "install -o 0 -g 0 -m u=rwx,g=rx,o=   -d /etc/one-appliance/{,service.d/,lib/}",
+      "install -o 0 -g 0 -m u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx -d /opt/one-appliance/{,bin/}",
+    ]
+  }
+
+  provisioner "file" {
+    sources = [
+      "../one-apps/appliances/scripts/net-90-service-appliance",
+      "../one-apps/appliances/scripts/net-99-report-ready",
+    ]
+    destination = "/etc/one-appliance/"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    sources = [
+      "../one-apps/appliances/lib/common.sh",
+      "../one-apps/appliances/lib/functions.sh",
+    ]
+    destination = "/etc/one-appliance/lib/"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    source      = "../one-apps/appliances/service.sh"
+    destination = "/etc/one-appliance/service"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    sources     = ["appliances/customLithops/appliance.sh"]
+    destination = "/etc/one-appliance/service.d/"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    scripts = ["${var.input_dir}/82-configure-context.sh"]
+  }
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline_shebang = "/bin/bash -e"
+    inline         = ["/etc/one-appliance/service install && sync"]
+  }
+
+  post-processor "shell-local" {
+    execute_command = ["bash", "-c", "{{.Vars}} {{.Script}}"]
+    environment_vars = [
+      "OUTPUT_DIR=${var.output_dir}",
+      "APPLIANCE_NAME=${var.appliance_name}",
+    ]
+    scripts = ["../one-apps/packer/postprocess.sh"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/gen_context b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/gen_context
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2203524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/gen_context
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPT=$(cat <<'MAINEND'
+gawk -i inplace -f- /etc/ssh/sshd_config <<'EOF'
+BEGIN { update = "PasswordAuthentication yes" }
+/^[#\s]*PasswordAuthentication\s/ { $0 = update; found = 1 }
+{ print }
+ENDFILE { if (!found) print update }
+EOF
+
+gawk -i inplace -f- /etc/ssh/sshd_config <<'EOF'
+BEGIN { update = "PermitRootLogin yes" }
+/^[#\s]*PermitRootLogin\s/ { $0 = update; found = 1 }
+{ print }
+ENDFILE { if (!found) print update }
+EOF
+
+systemctl reload sshd
+
+echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf
+MAINEND
+)
+
+cat<<EOF
+ETH0_METHOD='dhcp'
+NETWORK='YES'
+SET_HOSTNAME='customLithops'
+PASSWORD='opennebula'
+ETH0_MAC='00:11:22:33:44:55'
+NETCFG_TYPE='nm'
+START_SCRIPT_BASE64="$(echo "$SCRIPT" | base64 -w0)"
+EOF
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/plugins.pkr.hcl b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/plugins.pkr.hcl
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..e19157b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/plugins.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../one-apps/packer/plugins.pkr.hcl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/required_distros.txt b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/required_distros.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a48809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/required_distros.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ubuntu2204
diff --git a/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/variables.pkr.hcl b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/variables.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc06e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps-code/community-apps/packer/service_customLithops/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+variable "appliance_name" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "service_customLithops"
+}
+
+variable "input_dir" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "output_dir" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "headless" {
+  type    = bool
+  default = false
+}
+
+variable "version" {
+  type    = string
+  default = ""
+}