diff --git a/src/python/OBis/obis/dm/data_mgmt.py b/src/python/OBis/obis/dm/data_mgmt.py
index d7f87efbfd8e71b3b5deeeb8b4f9e16104489d43..828665b4337372b971addd190a4e993a41f979ca 100644
--- a/src/python/OBis/obis/dm/data_mgmt.py
+++ b/src/python/OBis/obis/dm/data_mgmt.py
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ class AbstractDataMgmt(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         """
         return
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def sync(self):
+        """
+        Syc the current repo.
+
+        This connects to openBIS and creates a data set in openBIS.
+        :return:
+        """
+        return
+
 
 class NoGitDataMgmt(AbstractDataMgmt):
     """DataMgmt operations when git is not available -- show error messages."""
diff --git a/src/python/OBis/obis/scripts/cli.py b/src/python/OBis/obis/scripts/cli.py
index 450e860d0411345d2c3dbca5b872e606211ebe5a..c542a7722b6309145743362e1b67157d09b2b47e 100644
--- a/src/python/OBis/obis/scripts/cli.py
+++ b/src/python/OBis/obis/scripts/cli.py
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ def click_progress_no_ts(progress_data):
         click.echo("{}".format(progress_data['message']))
 
 
-def shared_data_mgmt():
+def shared_data_mgmt(verify_certificates=True):
     git_config = {'find_git': True}
-    return dm.DataMgmt(git_config=git_config)
+    openbis_config = {'verify_certificates': verify_certificates}
+    return dm.DataMgmt(openbis_config=openbis_config, git_config=git_config)
 
 
 @click.group()
@@ -114,6 +115,17 @@ def commit(ctx, msg, auto_add):
     return data_mgmt.commit(msg, auto_add)
 
 
+@cli.command()
+@click.pass_context
+@click.option('-s', '--skip_verification', default=False, is_flag=True, help='Do not veryify cerficiates')
+def sync(ctx, skip_verification):
+    """Sync the repository with openBIS.
+    """
+    verify_certificates = not skip_verification
+    data_mgmt = shared_data_mgmt(verify_certificates=verify_certificates)
+    return data_mgmt.sync()
+
+
 @cli.command()
 @click.pass_context
 @click.argument('other', type=click.Path(exists=True))