diff --git a/mlserver-huggingface/rockcraft.yaml b/mlserver-huggingface/rockcraft.yaml
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+# Based on https://github.com/SeldonIO/MLServer/blob/1.2.0/Dockerfile
+name: mlserver-huggingface
+summary: An image for Seldon MLServer Huggingface
+description: |
+  This image is used as part of the Charmed Kubeflow product.
+version: 1.2.4_22.04_1 # <upstream-version>_<base-version>_<Charmed-KF-version>
+license: Apache-2.0
+base: ubuntu:22.04
+run-user: _daemon_
+services:
+  mlserver-huggingface:
+    override: replace
+    summary: "mlserver-huggingface service"
+    startup: enabled
+    command: bash -c 'cd /opt/mlserver && export PATH=/opt/conda/bin/:/opt/mlserver/.local/bin:${PATH}:/usr/bin && export PYTHONPATH=/opt/mlserver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/:${PYTHONPATH} && eval $(/opt/conda/bin/conda shell.bash hook 2> /dev/null) && mlserver start ${MLSERVER_MODELS_DIR}'
+    environment:
+      MLSERVER_ENV_TARBALL: "/mnt/models/environment.tar.gz"
+      MLSERVER_MODELS_DIR: "/mnt/models/"
+platforms:
+  amd64:
+
+parts:
+  mlserver-huggingface:
+    plugin: nil
+    source: https://github.com/SeldonIO/MLServer
+    source-type: git
+    source-tag: 1.2.4
+    build-packages:
+      - bash
+      - tar
+      - gzip
+      #  TO-DO: Verify need for the packages below
+      # - libgomp
+      # - mesa-libGL
+      # - glib2-devel
+      # - shadow-utils
+    stage-packages:
+      - bash
+    override-build: |
+
+      mkdir -p ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/opt/mlserver/dist
+      cp ${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/setup.py .
+      cp ${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/README.md .
+
+      ./hack/build-wheels.sh ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/opt/mlserver/dist
+
+    override-stage: |
+      export ROCK_RUNTIME="huggingface"
+      export PYTHON_VERSION="3.8.13"
+      export CONDA_VERSION="4.13.0"
+      export RUNTIMES="mlserver_${ROCK_RUNTIME}"
+      export MINIFORGE_VERSION="${CONDA_VERSION}-1"
+      export MLSERVER_PATH=opt/mlserver
+      export CONDA_PATH=opt/conda
+      export PATH=/opt/mlserver/.local/bin:/opt/conda/bin:$PATH
+
+      # Install Conda, Python 3.8 and FFmpeg
+      curl -L -o ~/miniforge3.sh https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/${MINIFORGE_VERSION}/Miniforge3-${MINIFORGE_VERSION}-Linux-x86_64.sh
+      bash ~/miniforge3.sh -b -u -p ${CONDA_PATH}
+      rm ~/miniforge3.sh
+      ${CONDA_PATH}/bin/conda install --yes conda=${CONDA_VERSION} python=${PYTHON_VERSION} ffmpeg
+      ${CONDA_PATH}/bin/conda clean -tipy
+      mkdir -p etc/profile.d
+      ln -sf ${CONDA_PATH}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh etc/profile.d/conda.sh
+      echo ". ${CONDA_PATH}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
+      echo "PATH=${PATH}" >> ~/.bashrc
+      bash -c "${CONDA_PATH}/bin/conda init bash"
+      echo "conda activate base" >> ~/.bashrc
+      chgrp -R root opt/conda && chmod -R g+rw opt/conda
+
+      # conda writes shebangs with its path everywhere, and in crafting, that will be, for example:
+      # #!/root/stage/opt/conda/...
+      #
+      # Snip off the /root/stage part
+      bash -c "grep -R -E '/root/stage' opt/ 2>/dev/null | grep -v Bin | awk '{split(\$0,out,\":\"); print out[1]}' | uniq | xargs -I{} sed -i -e 's/\/root\/stage//' {}"
+
+      # install required wheels
+      mkdir -p ${MLSERVER_PATH}
+      mkdir -p ./wheels
+      cp -p ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/opt/mlserver/dist/mlserver-*.whl ./wheels
+      cp -p ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/opt/mlserver/dist/mlserver_${ROCK_RUNTIME}-*.whl ./wheels
+      pip install --prefix ${MLSERVER_PATH}/.local --upgrade pip wheel 'setuptools<65.6.0'
+      pip install --prefix ${MLSERVER_PATH}/.local $(ls "./wheels/mlserver-"*.whl)
+      pip install --prefix ${MLSERVER_PATH}/.local $(ls "./wheels/mlserver_${ROCK_RUNTIME}-"*.whl)
+      chown -R root:root ${MLSERVER_PATH} && chmod -R 777 ${MLSERVER_PATH}
+
+      # replace first line of mlserver script with reference to installed Conda python
+      export CONDA_PYTHON="#\!\/opt\/conda\/bin\/python"
+      sed -i "1s/.*/${CONDA_PYTHON}/" ${MLSERVER_PATH}/.local/bin/mlserver
+
+      # clean wheels
+      rm -rf ./wheels
+
+    override-prime: |
+      # copy all artifacts
+      cp -rp ${CRAFT_STAGE}/opt .
+
+      # copy required files
+      mkdir -p licenses
+      cp ${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/licenses/license.txt licenses/
+      mkdir -p hack
+      cp ${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/hack/build-env.sh hack/
+      cp ${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/hack/generate_dotenv.py hack/
+      cp ${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/hack/activate-env.sh hack/
+
+  security-team-requirement:
+    plugin: nil
+    override-build: |
+      mkdir -p ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/usr/share/rocks
+      (echo "# os-release" && cat /etc/os-release && echo "# dpkg-query" && \
+      dpkg-query --root=${CRAFT_PROJECT_DIR}/../bundles/ubuntu-22.04/rootfs/ -f '${db:Status-Abbrev},${binary:Package},${Version},${source:Package},${Source:Version}\n' -W) \
+      > ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/usr/share/rocks/dpkg.query
diff --git a/mlserver-huggingface/tests/test_rock.py b/mlserver-huggingface/tests/test_rock.py
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+# Copyright 2022 Canonical Ltd.
+# See LICENSE file for licensing details.
+#
+#
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import os
+import logging
+import random
+import pytest
+import string
+import subprocess
+import yaml
+
+from pytest_operator.plugin import OpsTest
+from charmed_kubeflow_chisme.rock import CheckRock
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def rock_test_env(tmpdir):
+    """Yields a temporary directory and random docker container name, then cleans them up after."""
+    container_name = "".join([str(i) for i in random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase, k=8)])
+    yield tmpdir, container_name
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["docker", "rm", container_name])
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    # tmpdir fixture we use here should clean up the other files for us
+
+@pytest.mark.abort_on_fail
+def test_rock(ops_test: OpsTest, rock_test_env):
+    """Test rock."""
+    temp_dir, container_name = rock_test_env
+    check_rock = CheckRock("rockcraft.yaml")
+    rock_image = check_rock.get_image_name()
+    rock_version = check_rock.get_version()
+    LOCAL_ROCK_IMAGE = f"{check_rock.get_image_name()}:{check_rock.get_version()}"
+
+    # TO-DO uncomment when updated chisme is published
+    #rock_services = check_rock.get_services()
+    #assert rock_services["mlserver-huggingface"]
+    #assert rock_services["mlserver-huggingface"]["startup"] == "enabled"
+
+    # create ROCK filesystem
+    subprocess.run(["docker", "run", LOCAL_ROCK_IMAGE, "exec", "ls", "-la", "/opt/mlserver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mlserver"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["docker", "run", LOCAL_ROCK_IMAGE, "exec", "ls", "-la", "/opt/mlserver/.local/bin/mlserver"], check=True)
diff --git a/mlserver-huggingface/tox.ini b/mlserver-huggingface/tox.ini
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+# Copyright 2022 Canonical Ltd.
+# See LICENSE file for licensing details.
+[tox]
+skipsdist = True
+skip_missing_interpreters = True
+
+[testenv]
+setenv =
+    PYTHONPATH={toxinidir}
+    PYTHONBREAKPOINT=ipdb.set_trace
+    CHARM_REPO=https://github.com/canonical/seldon-core-operator.git
+    CHARM_BRANCH=main
+    LOCAL_CHARM_DIR=charm_repo
+
+[testenv:unit]
+passenv = *
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+    tox
+    rockcraft
+deps =
+    juju~=2.9.0
+    pytest
+    pytest-operator
+    ops
+    charmed_kubeflow_chisme
+commands =
+    # build and pack rock
+    rockcraft pack
+    bash -c 'NAME=$(yq eval .name rockcraft.yaml) && \
+             VERSION=$(yq eval .version rockcraft.yaml) && \
+             ARCH=$(yq eval ".platforms | keys" rockcraft.yaml | awk -F " " '\''{ print $2 }'\'') && \
+             ROCK="$\{NAME\}_$\{VERSION\}_$\{ARCH\}" && \
+             sudo skopeo --insecure-policy copy oci-archive:$ROCK.rock docker-daemon:$ROCK:$VERSION'
+
+    # run rock tests
+    pytest -vvv --tb native --show-capture=all --log-cli-level=INFO {posargs} {toxinidir}/tests
+
+[testenv:integration]
+passenv = *
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+    git
+    rm
+    tox
+    rockcraft
+    sed
+deps =
+    juju~=2.9.0
+    pytest
+    pytest-operator
+    ops
+commands =
+    # build and pack rock
+    rockcraft pack
+    # clone related charm
+    rm -rf {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR}
+    git clone --branch {env:CHARM_BRANCH} {env:CHARM_REPO} {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR}
+    # replace jinja2 templated value with yq safe placeholder
+    sed -i "s/namespace: {{ namespace }}/namespace: YQ_SAFE/" {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR}/src/templates/configmap.yaml.j2
+    # upload rock to docker and microk8s cache, replace charm's container with local rock reference
+    bash -c 'NAME=$(yq eval .name rockcraft.yaml) && \
+             VERSION=$(yq eval .version rockcraft.yaml) && \
+             ARCH=$(yq eval ".platforms | keys" rockcraft.yaml | awk -F " " '\''{ print $2 }'\'') && \
+             ROCK="$\{NAME\}_$\{VERSION\}_$\{ARCH\}" && \
+             sudo skopeo --insecure-policy copy oci-archive:$ROCK.rock docker-daemon:$ROCK:$VERSION && \
+             docker save $ROCK > $ROCK.tar && \
+             microk8s ctr image import $ROCK.tar --digests=true && \
+	     predictor_servers=$(yq e ".data.predictor_servers" {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR}/src/templates/configmap.yaml.j2) && \
+             predictor_servers=$(jq --arg jq_rock $ROCK -r '\''.HIGGINGFACE_SERVER.protocols.v2.image=$jq_rock'\'' <<< $predictor_servers) && \
+             predictor_servers=$(jq --arg jq_version $VERSION -r '\''.HUGGINGFACE_SERVER.protocols.v2.defaultImageVersion=$jq_version'\'' <<< $predictor_servers) yq e -i ".data.predictor_servers=strenv(predictor_servers)" {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR}/src/templates/configmap.yaml.j2'
+    # replace yq safe placeholder with original value
+    sed -i "s/namespace: YQ_SAFE/namespace: {{ namespace }}/" {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR}/src/templates/configmap.yaml.j2
+    # run charm integration test with rock
+    tox -c {env:LOCAL_CHARM_DIR} -e integration
+