diff --git a/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh b/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh
index 8a87518c..0f24adab 100644
--- a/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh
+++ b/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-ANSIBLE_DIR="/var/lib/ansible/ansible"
+ANSIBLE_DIR="/var/lib/ansible/ansible/"
 ANSIBLE_FILE_EXTRA_VARS_PARAM="${ANSIBLE_FILE_EXTRA_VARS_PARAM:-}"
 POD_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK="${POD_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK:-}"
 POD_ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="${POD_ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS:-}"
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ if [[ ${POD_DEBUG:-true} == true ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Clone the Ansible repository
-git clone "$POD_ANSIBLE_GIT_REPO" "$ANSIBLE_DIR"
+#git clone "$POD_ANSIBLE_GIT_REPO" "$ANSIBLE_DIR"
+# This should be passed in via the appropriate vars
+git clone -b "efoley/run_fvt_in_test_operator" "http://github.com/infrawatch/feature-verification-tests" "$ANSIBLE_DIR"/feature-verification-tests
+ls "$ANSIBLE_DIR"
 
 # Handle extra vars file if provided
 if [[ -n "${POD_ANSIBLE_FILE_EXTRA_VARS:-}" ]]; then
@@ -40,6 +43,26 @@ else
     echo "requirements.yaml doesn't exist, skipping requirements installation"
 fi
 
+# Can I add a special config file here? Or arbitrary config vars?
+# Q: Can I pass a config file by path?
 # Navigate to ansible directory and run playbook
+# ANSIBLE_CONFIG can be passed
+# This is only needed if I cannot specify which directory to execute from
+# IF the ansible runner is always using custom_junit plugin, then having a test-class var passed in will do no harm.
+# The ansible.config would just need to change the classname.
+# OR we might need to look into passing a config file content into the runner.
 cd "$ANSIBLE_DIR"
+export ANSIBLE_CONFIG="$ANSIBLE_DIR/feature-verification-tests/ci/ansible.cfg"
+# this should be passed in with the appropriate vars.
+ls $ANSIBLE_DIR
+export POD_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK=$ANSIBLE_DIR/feature-verification-tests/ci/run_verify_metrics_osp18.yml
 ansible-playbook "$POD_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK" $ANSIBLE_DEBUG -i $ANSIBLE_DIR/inventory $POD_ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS $ANSIBLE_FILE_EXTRA_VARS_PARAM
+# anything that is run by FVT is always going to pass, since it relies on report_results to run afterwards, so I will need to add a new playbook to do the tests and the reporting.
+# Currently, the report-results has to be separate since the custom junit plugin will only create the XML files once the playbook is completed.
+# After FVT tests are run, there still needs to be a separate hook to check the results (including fetching the results from the pod)
+#  or else there needs to be some mechanism here to check the results.
+# the testoperator expects results files to be in /var/lib/AnsibleTests/external_files/ and this will get copied to cifmw-data/logs
+# So the sequence here should be: configure the FVTs to use /var/lib/AnsibleTests/external_files/ as the output dir
+# Run the playbook
+# run report_results to make the pod fail
+cp ~/.ansible.log/ /var/lib/AnsibleTests/external_files/
diff --git a/containers.yaml b/containers.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b84949df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+container_images:
+- imagename: quay.io/podified-master-centos9/openstack-ansible-tests:current-podified
diff --git a/zuul.d/job.yaml b/zuul.d/job.yaml
index 8cc2f0e3..94ebc97e 100644
--- a/zuul.d/job.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/job.yaml
@@ -21,13 +21,23 @@
     vars: &edpm_vars
       cifmw_run_test_role: test_operator
       cifmw_test_operator_stages:
-        - name: tempest
-          type: tempest
-      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_registry: "{{ content_provider_os_registry_url | split('/') | first }}"
-      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_namespace: "{{ content_provider_os_registry_url | split('/') | last }}"
-      cifmw_test_operator_tempest_image_tag: "{{ content_provider_dlrn_md5_hash }}"
+        - name: "fvtansibletests"
+          type: ansibletest
+      cifmw_test_operator_ansibletest_workload_ssh_key_secret_name: "dataplane-ansible-ssh-private-key-secret"
+      cifmw_test_operator_default_registry: "{{ content_provider_os_registry_url | split('/') | first }}"
+      cifmw_test_operator_default_namespace: "{{ content_provider_os_registry_url | split('/') | last }}"
+      cifmw_test_operator_default_image_tag: "{{ content_provider_dlrn_md5_hash }}"
       cifmw_test_operator_tempest_include_list: |
         tempest.scenario.test_network_basic_ops.TestNetworkBasicOps
+      #cifmw_test_operator_ansibletest_ansible_extra_vars: |
+      # These configs are usually pulled in from the cifmw artifacts directory, and this should eventually get passed in properly.
+      cifmw_test_operator_ansibletest_ansible_var_files: |
+        cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig: "{{ cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig }}"
+        cifmw_path: "{{ cifmw_path }}"
+        patch_observabilityclient: true
+        cifmw_target_hook_host: controller
+      cifmw_test_operator_ansibletest_ansible_inventory: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/home/zuul/ci-framework-data/artifacts/zuul_inventory.yml') }}"
+      cifmw_build_containers_config_file: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/tcib'].src_dir }}/containers.yaml"
 
 - job:
     name: tcib-crc-podified-edpm-baremetal
diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index 7f527411..50f827c0 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
               - .coveragerc
               - LICENSE
               - OWNERS*
-        - tcib-crc-podified-edpm-baremetal:
-            irrelevant-files: *if
+        #- tcib-crc-podified-edpm-baremetal:
+        #    irrelevant-files: *if
         - tcib-podified-multinode-edpm-deployment-crc:
             irrelevant-files: *if