diff --git a/common/cryptoutils.go b/common/cryptoutils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03b49201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/cryptoutils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright IBM Corporation 2021
+ *
+ *  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.
+ */
+
+package common
+
+import (
+	"crypto/aes"
+	"crypto/cipher"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/pem"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2"
+)
+
+// EncryptRsaCertWrapper can be used to encrypt the data using RSA PKCS1v15 algorithm with certificate as key
+func EncryptRsaCertWrapper(certificate string, data string) string {
+
+	rsaPublicKey, err := getRSAPublicKeyFromCertificate([]byte(certificate))
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("failed to parse the certificate and get the RSA public key from it. Error: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	out, err := rsaEncrypt(rsaPublicKey, []byte(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("failed to encrypt the data with RSA PKCS1v15 algorithm with certificate as key : %q", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(out)
+}
+
+// EncryptAesCbcWithPbkdfWrapper can be used to encrypt the data using AES 256 CBC mode with Pbkdf key derivation
+func EncryptAesCbcWithPbkdfWrapper(key string, data string) string {
+	salt := make([]byte, 16)
+	_, err := rand.Read(salt)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("failed to prepare the salt : %s", err)
+	}
+	out, err := aesCbcEncryptWithPbkdf([]byte(key), salt, []byte(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("failed to encrypt the data using AES 256 CBC mode with Pbkdf key derivation : %q", err)
+	}
+	opensslOut := toOpenSSLFormat(salt, out)
+	return string(opensslOut)
+}
+
+// getRSAPublicKeyFromCertificate gets a RSA public key from a PEM-encoded certificate.crt file.
+func getRSAPublicKeyFromCertificate(certificateInPemFormat []byte) (*rsa.PublicKey, error) {
+	block, _ := pem.Decode(certificateInPemFormat)
+	if block == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid certificate. Expected a PEM encoded certificate")
+	}
+	cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(block.Bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse the x509 certificate. Error: %q", err)
+	}
+	pubKey, ok := cert.PublicKey.(*rsa.PublicKey)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to type cast the public key from the x509 certificate. Actual type: %T and value: %+v", cert.PublicKey, cert.PublicKey)
+	}
+	return pubKey, nil
+}
+
+// rsaEncrypt encrypts the plain text using the RSA public key.
+func rsaEncrypt(publicKey *rsa.PublicKey, plainText []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	cipherText, err := rsa.EncryptPKCS1v15(rand.Reader, publicKey, plainText)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cipherText, fmt.Errorf("failed to RSA encrypt the plain text. Error: %q", err)
+	}
+	return cipherText, nil
+}
+
+// deriveAesKeyAndIv returns an AES key and IV derived from the password and salt using PBKDF2 function.
+func deriveAesKeyAndIv(password, salt []byte) ([]byte, []byte) {
+	aesKeyAndIv := pbkdf2.Key(password, salt, 10000, 32+16, sha256.New)
+	return aesKeyAndIv[:32], aesKeyAndIv[32:]
+}
+
+// aesCbcEncryptWithPbkdf derives an AES key and IV using the given password and salt and then encrypts the plain text.
+func aesCbcEncryptWithPbkdf(password, salt, plainText []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+
+	// derive an AES key and IV using the password and the salt
+
+	aesKey, iv := deriveAesKeyAndIv(password, salt)
+
+	// encrypt the workload using the AES key
+
+	aesCipher, err := aes.NewCipher(aesKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create a new AES cipher using the key. Error: %q", err)
+	}
+
+	// pad the plain text as per PKCS#5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padding_(cryptography)#PKCS#5_and_PKCS#7
+
+	paddingRequired := aes.BlockSize - len(plainText)%aes.BlockSize
+	if paddingRequired == 0 {
+		paddingRequired = aes.BlockSize
+	}
+	padding := make([]byte, paddingRequired)
+	for i := 0; i < paddingRequired; i++ {
+		padding[i] = byte(paddingRequired)
+	}
+
+	paddedPlainText := append(plainText, padding...)
+	cipherText := make([]byte, len(paddedPlainText))
+
+	aesCbcEncrypter := cipher.NewCBCEncrypter(aesCipher, iv)
+	aesCbcEncrypter.CryptBlocks(cipherText, paddedPlainText)
+	return cipherText, nil
+}
+
+// toOpenSSLFormat converts the cipher text to OpenSSL encrypted with password and salt format.
+// http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/OpenSSL_salted_format
+func toOpenSSLFormat(salt, cipherText []byte) []byte {
+	return append(append([]byte("Salted__"), salt...), cipherText...)
+}
diff --git a/filesystem/templatecopy.go b/filesystem/templatecopy.go
index 6c6e067c1..becaa7fa8 100644
--- a/filesystem/templatecopy.go
+++ b/filesystem/templatecopy.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig"
@@ -145,6 +146,15 @@ func templateCopyDeletionCallBack(source, destination string, addOnConfigAsIface
 	return nil
 }
 
+// execTemplate executes the template and returns the filled template
+func execTemplate(t *template.Template) func(string, interface{}) (string, error) {
+	return func(name string, v interface{}) (string, error) {
+		var buf strings.Builder
+		err := t.ExecuteTemplate(&buf, name, v)
+		return buf.String(), err
+	}
+}
+
 // writeTemplateToFile writes a templated string to a file
 func writeTemplateToFile(tpl string, config interface{}, writepath string,
 	filemode os.FileMode, openingDelimiter string, closingDelimiter string) error {
@@ -153,7 +163,14 @@ func writeTemplateToFile(tpl string, config interface{}, writepath string,
 		openingDelimiter = "{{"
 		closingDelimiter = "}}"
 	}
-	packageTemplate, err := template.New("").Delims(openingDelimiter, closingDelimiter).Funcs(sprig.TxtFuncMap()).Parse(tpl)
+	packageTemplate := template.New("")
+	var err error
+	methodMap := template.FuncMap{
+		"execTemplate":   execTemplate(packageTemplate),
+		"encAesCbcPbkdf": common.EncryptAesCbcWithPbkdfWrapper,
+		"encRsaCert":     common.EncryptRsaCertWrapper,
+	}
+	template.Must(packageTemplate.Delims(openingDelimiter, closingDelimiter).Funcs(sprig.TxtFuncMap()).Funcs(methodMap).Parse(tpl))
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("Unable to parse the template : %s", err)
 		return err