diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/apps/tasks/main.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/apps/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5350b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/apps/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+- name: Setup few variables for coreos target
+  set_fact:
+    master_ip: "{{ groups['cmasters'][0] }}"
+    public_ip: "{{ ansible_host }}"
+  when: app_env.target_os == "coreos"
+
+- name: Setup few variables for ubuntu target
+  set_fact:
+    master_ip: "{{ groups['umasters'][0] }}"
+    public_ip: "{{ ansible_host }}"
+  when: app_env.target_os == "ubuntu"
+
+- name: Setup private IP variable for master node
+  set_fact:
+    private_ip: "{{ hostvars[master_ip].inter_ip }}"
+
+- name: Setup first node IP when stand alone
+  set_fact:
+    first_node_ip: "{{ master_ip }}"
+  when: app_env.app_setting.own_cluster == True
+
+- name: Setup first node IP when join others
+  set_fact:
+    first_node_ip: "{{ app_env.app_setting.public_node }}"
+  when: app_env.app_setting.own_cluster == False
+
+- name: Upload app configuration files
+  template:
+    src: "roles/apps/templates/{{ item }}.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/kubernetes/{{ item }}.yaml"
+    mode: 0644
+  with_items:
+    - cockroachdb-pod
+
+- name: Create the app pod
+  command: >-
+    /opt/bin/kubectl --server="{{ private_ip }}:8080" create
+    -f "/etc/kubernetes/{{ item }}.yaml"
+  with_items:
+    - cockroachdb-pod
+
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/apps/templates/cockroachdb-pod.j2 b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/apps/templates/cockroachdb-pod.j2
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..66869b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/apps/templates/cockroachdb-pod.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: cockroachdb-{{ inter_name }}
+  labels:
+    app: cockroachdb
+spec:
+  nodeName: {{ inter_name }}
+  restartPolicy: Always
+  containers:
+  - name: cockroachdb
+    image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    ports:
+    - containerPort: 26257
+      hostPort: 26257
+      name: grpc
+    - containerPort: 8080
+      hostPort: 8090
+      name: http
+    volumeMounts:
+    - name: datadir
+      mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-data
+    command:
+      - "/bin/bash"
+      - "-ecx"
+      - |
+        CRARGS=("start" "--logtostderr" "--insecure" "--http-host" "0.0.0.0" )
+        CRARGS+=("--advertise-host" "{{ public_ip }}" )
+        CRARGS+=("--locality" "cloud={{ env }}")
+        CRARGS+=("--join" "{{ first_node_ip }}")
+        exec /cockroach/cockroach ${CRARGS[*]}
+  - name: loadgen
+    image: cockroachdb/interop-demo:1.1
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    command:
+    - /kv
+    - --read-percent=50
+    - --max-rate=500
+  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+  volumes:
+  - name: datadir
+    hostPath:
+      path: /storage/cockroachdb
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/tasks/apply.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/tasks/apply.yml
index ef2457a..b8710b4 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/tasks/apply.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/tasks/apply.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   with_items:
     - dnscontroller
     - dashboard
-    - cockroachdb
+    - cockroachdb-init-pod
 
 - name: Label the master node
   command: >-
@@ -26,5 +26,9 @@
   with_items:
     - dnscontroller
     - dashboard
-    - cockroachdb
 
+- name: Setup first cockroachdb node
+  command: >-
+    /opt/bin/kubectl --server={{ private_ip }}:8080 create
+    -f /etc/kubernetes/cockroachdb-init-pod.yaml
+  when: app_env.app_setting.own_cluster == True
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/templates/cockroachdb-init-pod.j2 b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/templates/cockroachdb-init-pod.j2
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5e755fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/post/templates/cockroachdb-init-pod.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: cockroachdb-{{ inter_name }}
+  labels:
+    app: cockroachdb
+spec:
+  nodeName: {{ inter_name }}
+  restartPolicy: Always
+  containers:
+  - name: cockroachdb
+    image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    ports:
+    - containerPort: 26257
+      hostPort: 26257
+      name: grpc
+    - containerPort: 8080
+      hostPort: 8090
+      name: http
+    volumeMounts:
+    - name: datadir
+      mountPath: /cockroach/cockroach-data
+    command:
+      - "/bin/bash"
+      - "-ecx"
+      - |
+        CRARGS=("start" "--logtostderr" "--insecure" "--http-host")
+        CRARGS+=("0.0.0.0" "--advertise-host" "{{ public_ip }}")
+        CRARGS+=("--locality" "cloud={{ env }}")
+        exec /cockroach/cockroach ${CRARGS[*]}
+  - name: loadgen
+    image: cockroachdb/interop-demo:1.1
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    command:
+    - /kv
+    - --splits=100
+    - --read-percent=50
+    - --max-rate=500
+  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+  volumes:
+  - name: datadir
+    hostPath:
+      path: /storage/cockroachdb
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/prepare/tasks/apply.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/prepare/tasks/apply.yml
index 7b26e29..35f8142 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/prepare/tasks/apply.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/prepare/tasks/apply.yml
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@
     - { p_min: 53, p_max: 53, dir: ingress, protocol: udp }
     - { p_min: 53, p_max: 53, dir: egress, protocol: udp }
     - { p_min: 8080, p_max: 8080, dir: ingress, protocol: tcp }
+    - { p_min: 8090, p_max: 8090, dir: ingress, protocol: tcp }
     - { p_min: 8285, p_max: 8285, dir: ingress, protocol: udp }
     - { p_min: 2379, p_max: 2380, dir: ingress, protocol: tcp }
     - { p_min: 2379, p_max: 2380, dir: egress, protocol: tcp }
     - { p_min: 10250, p_max: 10250, dir: ingress, protocol: tcp }
-    - { p_min: 30000, p_max: 32767, dir: ingress, protocol: tcp }
+    - { p_min: 20000, p_max: 32767, dir: ingress, protocol: tcp }
     - { p_min: -1, p_max: -1, dir: ingress, protocol: icmp }
     - { p_min: -1, p_max: -1, dir: egress, protocol: icmp }
 
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/apply.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/apply.yml
index e4d539e..c9a03de 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/apply.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/apply.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     flavor: "{{ app_env.flavor_name }}"
     network: "{{ app_env.private_net_name }}"
     floating_ip_pools: "{{ app_env.public_net_name | default(omit) }}"
+    floating_ips: "{{ app_env.app_setting.ips[inventory_hostname] }}"
     reuse_ips: False
     userdata: "{{ lookup('template', tp_path) }}"
     config_drive: "{{ app_env.config_drive | default('no') }}"
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/destroy.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/destroy.yml
index 079e371..9577835 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/destroy.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/roles/provision/tasks/destroy.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 
+- name: Setup release floating IP flag
+  set_fact:
+    ip_flag: "{{ app_env.app_setting.ips[inventory_hostname] == '' }}"
+
 - name: Destroy the OpenStack VM
   os_server:
     state: "absent"
@@ -9,7 +13,7 @@
     validate_certs: "{{ app_env.validate_certs }}"
     name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
     image: "{{ app_env.image_name }}"
-    delete_fip: True
+    delete_fip: "{{ ip_flag }}"
     key_name: "k8s"
     timeout: 200
     network: "{{ app_env.private_net_name }}"
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/site.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/site.yml
index 2436b2f..df30317 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/site.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/site.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@
   environment: "{{ proxy_env }}"
   tags: "post"
 
+- name: Start up applications
+  hosts: cworkers, uworkers
+  gather_facts: true
+  user: "{{ app_env.ssh_user }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  vars_files:
+    - "vars/{{ env }}.yml"
+  roles:
+    - apps
+  environment: "{{ proxy_env }}"
+  tags: "apps"
+
 - name: Inform the installer
   hosts: cloud
   connection: local
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/coreos.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/coreos.yml
index 386da5e..f14377d 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/coreos.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/coreos.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ app_env: {
   dns_service_ip: "172.16.0.4",
   dashboard_service_ip: "172.16.0.5",
 
+  app_setting: {
+    public_node: "",
+    own_cluster: True,
+    # The following section shows how to pre allocate floating IPs for each
+    # server. If you wish not to pre allocate floating IPs or your cloud
+    # does not support floating IPs, leave them empty. The stack_size
+    # above should dictate how many worker nodes should be. For example, if
+    # your stack_size is 10, you will need to add worker-1 to worker-9.
+    ips: {
+      master: [],
+      worker-1: [],
+      worker-2: []
+    }
+  },
+
   # The following section shows an example when use a local repo.
+  # If you have exported some container images such as images that being used
+  # by this workload, you can place the url point to tar.gz file for
+  # cimages_repo
   cimages_repo: "http://10.0.10.12/cimages.tar.gz",
   flannel_repo: "http://10.0.10.12/flannel-v0.7.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz",
   k8s_repo: "http://10.0.10.12/v1.5.4/"
diff --git a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/ubuntu.yml b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 16a3398..4cf2d1c 100755
--- a/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/workloads/ansible/shade/k8s/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ app_env: {
   dns_service_ip: "172.16.0.4",
   dashboard_service_ip: "172.16.0.5",
 
+  app_setting: {
+    public_node: "",
+    own_cluster: True,
+    # The following section shows how to pre allocate floating IPs for each
+    # server. If you wish not to pre allocate floating IPs or your cloud
+    # does not support floating IPs, leave them empty. The stack_size
+    # above should dictate how many worker nodes should be. For example, if
+    # your stack_size is 10, you will need to add worker-1 to worker-9.
+    ips: {
+      master: [],
+      worker-1: [],
+      worker-2: []
+    }
+  },
+
   # The following section shows an example when use a remote repo.
+  # If you have exported some container images such as images that being used
+  # by this workload, you can place the url point to tar.gz file for
+  # cimages_repo
   cimages_repo: "",
   flannel_repo: "https://github.com/coreos/flannel/releases/download/v0.7.0/flannel-v0.7.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz",
   k8s_repo: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.5.3/bin/linux/amd64/"