diff --git a/get-remote-files.sh b/get-remote-files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..83d109fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get-remote-files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Fetch arbitrary files from a remote repo for processing/
+# inclusion in local build.
+
+message () { echo -e "$@" 1>&2; }
+
+usage_error () {
+   message "\nUsage: $0 config-file -o <file|stdout> [-f -b]
+   <config-file> contains fetch and save locations for files
+   -o sets the output path to the save locations in <config-file> or to STDOUT
+      **Note** Do not set to \"stdout\" if you are downloading a binary file.
+   -f optionally forces existing output files to be overwritten
+   -b skips branch lookup. Use this if downloading from a non-git URL\n"
+   exit 1
+}
+
+check_util_deps () {
+  for dep in $@
+  do
+    if ! hash $dep 2>/dev/null; then
+      message >&2 "... $dep dependency not met. Please install."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+check_file_deps () {
+  for filereq in $@
+  do
+    if [ ! -f "${filereq}" ] && [ ! -L "${filereq}" ]; then message "${filereq}  not found. Quiting."; exit 1; fi
+  done
+}
+
+load_configs () { 
+  CONTEXT_DIR="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
+  if [[ ! -d "$CONTEXT_DIR" ]]; then CONTEXT_DIR="$PWD"; fi
+  . "$CONTEXT_DIR/$config_file"
+  message "Loaded $CONTEXT_DIR/$config_file"
+}
+
+get_remote () {
+
+  if [[ $no_branch = "t" ]]; then message "Branch ignored"; return; fi
+
+  local regex_br="^defaultbranch\=(.*)\s*$"
+  local _remote=$(grep defaultbranch $branch_file)
+
+  if [[ "${_remote}" =~ $regex_br ]]
+  then
+     remote="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}/"
+  else
+     message "Can't find remote branch"; exit 1
+  fi
+  message "Remote is: $remote"
+}
+
+
+fetch_files () {
+  for f in "${!remote_files[@]}"; do
+
+    local _outfile
+
+    case $out_method in
+
+       "file")
+         _outfile="$common_target${remote_files[$f]}"
+         ;;
+       "stdout") 
+         _outfile="-"
+         ;;
+       *)
+         message "Should never get here!"; exit 1;
+         ;;
+
+    esac
+
+    if [ -f $_outfile ] && [ ! "$force" = "t" ] && [ "$out_method" = "file" ]; then 
+       message "$_outfile already exists, use \"-f\" to override. Quiting"
+       usage_error
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
+    wget -q -O $_outfile http://$remote_repo/$remote$f
+
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
+       if [ ! -s $_outfile ]; then rm -f $_outfile; fi
+       message "Could not download ${remote_files[$f]}. Quiting"
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
+  done
+}
+
+while getopts "c:o:fb" flag
+do
+    case "${flag}" in
+
+      c)
+        config_file=$OPTARG
+        ;;
+
+      o) 
+        case $OPTARG in
+
+          file) out_method="file" ;;
+          stdout) out_method="stdout" ;;
+          *) usage_error ;;
+
+        esac
+        ;;
+
+      f) force="t" ;;
+
+      b) no_branch="t" ;;
+
+      *) message "Unknown arg \"$flag\""; usage_error ;;
+
+    esac
+done
+
+shift "$(( OPTIND - 1 ))"
+
+if [ -z "$config_file" ] || [ -z "$out_method" ]
+then
+  message "ARGS CHECK FAILED"
+  usage_error
+fi
+
+branch_file=".gitreview"
+
+## Run
+
+check_util_deps wget
+check_file_deps $branch_file $config_file
+declare -A remote_files && load_configs $config_file
+get_remote
+fetch_files
diff --git a/templates/events.sh b/templates/events.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5b7956f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/events.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# If set, will be prepended to output paths
+common_target="doc/source/fault-mgmt/kubernetes/"
+
+# The repo to download from
+remote_repo="opendev.org/starlingx/fault/raw/branch"
+
+# Associate remote files and local paths
+# key is the path to target in remote repo, relative to repo root
+# value is path and name to be saved, relative to CWD and common_target if set
+
+remote_files=(
+    ["fm-doc/fm_doc/events.yaml"]="test-events.yaml"
+    )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6a5b12ca8..5089cb33b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ commands =
   bash -c "find {toxinidir}                   \
             \( -name .tox -prune \)           \
             -o -type f -name '*.yaml'         \
-            -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint"
+            -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint -d '\{extends: relaxed, rules: \{line-length: \{max: 260\}\}\}'"
+            # -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint"
+
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}