diff --git a/ansible/.gitignore b/ansible/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..472ea5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+playbook.retry
diff --git a/ansible/asterix.conf b/ansible/asterix.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0465a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/asterix.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[nc/nc1]
+address=nc1
+
+[nc/nc2]
+address=nc2
+
+[nc/nc3]
+address=nc3
+
+[nc/nc4]
+address=nc4
+
+[nc]
+txnlogdir=/home/couchbase/txnlog
+coredumpdir=/home/couchbase/coredump
+iodevices=/home/couchbase/io/1,/home/couchbase/io/2,/home/couchbase/io/3,/home/couchbase/io/4
+storagedir=storage
+command=asterixnc
+app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.NCApplicationEntryPoint
+
+[cc]
+cluster.address = nc1
diff --git a/ansible/inventory b/ansible/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e56751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[ncs]
+nc1
+nc2
+nc3
+nc4
+
+[cc]
+nc1
+
+[all:vars]
+ansible_user=couchbase
+
diff --git a/ansible/playbook.yml b/ansible/playbook.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..123c63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create Asterix installation directory
+      file:
+        path: /home/couchbase/asterix
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Download and unpack Asterix
+      unarchive:
+        src: /home/couchbase/asterix-server-binary-assembly.zip
+        dest: /home/couchbase/asterix
+        owner: couchbase
+        group: couchbase
+        creates: /home/couchbase/asterix/bin/asterixncservice
+
+- hosts: ncs
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Start NC Service
+      shell: >
+        nohup /home/couchbase/asterix/bin/asterixncservice < /dev/null > /home/couchbase/ncservice.log 2>&1 &
+
+- hosts: cc
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Copy cluster config to CC
+      copy:
+        src: asterix.conf
+        dest: /home/couchbase
+        
+    - name: Start CC
+      shell: >
+        nohup /home/couchbase/asterix/bin/asterixcc -config-file /home/couchbase/asterix.conf < /dev/null > /home/couchbase/cc.log 2>&1 &
+
diff --git a/app/docker-compose.yml b/app/docker-compose.yml
index e48563e..5560cf9 100644
--- a/app/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/app/docker-compose.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ services:
     networks:
       - asterix
 
+  ansible:
+    container_name: ansible
+    image: ceejatec/asterix-ansible
+    volumes:
+      - "../ansible:/home/couchbase/ansible"
+    networks:
+      - asterix
 
 networks:
   asterix:
diff --git a/docker/ansible/Dockerfile b/docker/ansible/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb290c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ansible/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM ceejatec/asterix-centos7
+
+# GCC and python-devel (necessary for pip)
+RUN yum install -y gcc python-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel
+
+# Install pip and ansible
+RUN curl "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py" -o "/tmp/get-pip.py" && \
+    python /tmp/get-pip.py && \
+    pip install ansible && \
+    rm /tmp/get-pip.py
+
diff --git a/docker/ansible/go b/docker/ansible/go
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..10c6cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ansible/go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+docker build -t ceejatec/asterix-ansible:latest .
+
diff --git a/image/Dockerfile b/docker/asterix-centos7/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from image/Dockerfile
rename to docker/asterix-centos7/Dockerfile
diff --git a/image/docker.repo b/docker/asterix-centos7/docker.repo
similarity index 100%
rename from image/docker.repo
rename to docker/asterix-centos7/docker.repo
diff --git a/image/go b/docker/asterix-centos7/go
similarity index 100%
rename from image/go
rename to docker/asterix-centos7/go
diff --git a/image/sshconfigbase b/docker/asterix-centos7/sshconfigbase
similarity index 100%
rename from image/sshconfigbase
rename to docker/asterix-centos7/sshconfigbase
diff --git a/image/startup.sh b/docker/asterix-centos7/startup.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from image/startup.sh
rename to docker/asterix-centos7/startup.sh
diff --git a/scripts/docker-cluster.xml b/scripts/docker-cluster.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5800d69..0000000
--- a/scripts/docker-cluster.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<cluster xmlns="cluster">
-
-  <!-- Name of the cluster -->
-  <name>docker-cluster</name>
-
-  <!-- username, which should be valid for all the three machines -->
-  <username>couchbase</username>
-
-  <!-- The working directory of Managix. It is recommended for the working
-       directory to be on a network file system (NFS) that can accessed by
-       all machines. 
-       Managix creates the directory if it it doesn't exist. -->
-  <working_dir>
-    <dir>/home/couchbase/shared</dir>
-    <NFS>true</NFS>
-  </working_dir>
-
-  <!-- Directory for Asterix to store log information for each machine.
-       Needs to be on the local file system of each machine.
-       Managix creates the directory if it doesn't exist. 
-       This property can be overriden for a node by redefining at the node level. -->
-  <log_dir>/home/couchbase/logs</log_dir>
-
-  <txn_log_dir>/home/couchbase/txn_logs</txn_log_dir>
-
-  <!-- Mount point of an iodevice. Use a comma separated list for a machine that
-       has multiple iodevices (disks).
-       This property can be overriden for a node by redefining at the node level. -->
-  <iodevices>/home/couchbase/iodevice</iodevices>
-
-  <!-- Path on each iodevice where Asterix will store its data -->
-  <store>storage</store>
-
-  <!-- Java home for each machine -->
-  <java_home>/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_74</java_home>
-
-  <!-- IP addresses of nc1 -->
-  <master_node>
-    <id>cc</id>
-    <client_ip>nc1</client_ip>
-    <cluster_ip>nc1</cluster_ip>
-    <client_port>1098</client_port>
-    <cluster_port>1099</cluster_port>
-    <http_port>8888</http_port>
-  </master_node>
-
-  <!-- IP address(es) of nc1 -->
-  <node>
-    <id>nc1</id>
-    <cluster_ip>nc1</cluster_ip>
-  </node>
-
-  <!-- IP address(es) of nc2 -->
-  <node>
-    <id>nc2</id>
-    <cluster_ip>nc2</cluster_ip>
-  </node>
-
-  <!-- IP address(es) of nc3 -->
-  <node>
-    <id>nc3</id>
-    <cluster_ip>nc3</cluster_ip>
-  </node>
-
-  <!-- IP address(es) of nc4 -->
-  <node>
-    <id>nc4</id>
-    <cluster_ip>nc4</cluster_ip>
-  </node>
-</cluster>
-
diff --git a/scripts/install-asterix.sh b/scripts/install-asterix.sh
index f01b819..2f58ba2 100755
--- a/scripts/install-asterix.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-asterix.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 # This script assumes the 4-node Docker cluster is up, and has not
 # previously had Asterix installed on it
 scriptdir=`dirname $0`
-rm -rf /home/couchbase/shared/*
-cp ${scriptdir}/docker-cluster.xml $* /home/couchbase/shared
-docker exec -u couchbase app_nc1_1 mkdir /home/couchbase/managix
-docker exec -u couchbase app_nc1_1 unzip -d /home/couchbase/managix /home/couchbase/shared/\*.zip
-docker exec -u couchbase app_nc1_1 /home/couchbase/managix/bin/managix configure
-docker exec -u couchbase app_nc1_1 /home/couchbase/managix/bin/managix validate
-docker exec -u couchbase app_nc1_1 /home/couchbase/managix/bin/managix create -n docker-cluster -c /home/couchbase/shared/docker-cluster.xml 
+
+docker-compose -f /home/couchbase/docker/app/docker-compose.yml up -d --force-recreate ansible
+docker cp $* ansible:/home/couchbase/asterix-server-binary-assembly.zip
+docker exec -u couchbase ansible ansible-playbook /home/couchbase/ansible/playbook.yml -i /home/couchbase/ansible/inventory
 echo $?