diff --git a/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
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+++ b/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
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+<assembly>
+  <id>binary-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>dir</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+    <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>hyracks-yarn-am</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>hyracks-yarn-am*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <unpack>false</unpack>
+      <outputFileNameMapping>${artifact.artifactId}.${artifact.extension}</outputFileNameMapping>
+      <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/KillHyracksApplication.java b/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/KillHyracksApplication.java
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+++ b/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/KillHyracksApplication.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.client;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.common.protocols.clientrm.YarnClientRMConnection;
+
+public class KillHyracksApplication {
+    private final Options options;
+
+    private KillHyracksApplication(Options options) {
+        this.options = options;
+    }
+
+    private void run() throws Exception {
+        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+        YarnConfiguration yconf = new YarnConfiguration(conf);
+        YarnClientRMConnection crmc = new YarnClientRMConnection(yconf);
+        crmc.killApplication(options.appId);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Options options = new Options();
+        CmdLineParser parser = new CmdLineParser(options);
+        try {
+            parser.parseArgument(args);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            parser.printUsage(System.err);
+            return;
+        }
+        new KillHyracksApplication(options).run();
+    }
+
+    private static class Options {
+        @Option(name = "-application-id", required = true, usage = "Application Id")
+        String appId;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java b/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
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+++ b/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.client;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.ApplicationConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerLaunchContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.common.protocols.clientrm.YarnApplication;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.common.protocols.clientrm.YarnClientRMConnection;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.common.resources.LocalResourceHelper;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.yarn.common.resources.ResourceHelper;
+
+public class LaunchHyracksApplication {
+    private final Options options;
+
+    private LaunchHyracksApplication(Options options) {
+        this.options = options;
+    }
+
+    private void run() throws Exception {
+        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+        YarnConfiguration yconf = new YarnConfiguration(conf);
+        YarnClientRMConnection crmc = new YarnClientRMConnection(yconf);
+
+        YarnApplication app = crmc.createApplication(options.appName);
+
+        ContainerLaunchContext clCtx = app.getContainerLaunchContext();
+
+        Map<String, LocalResource> localResources = new HashMap<String, LocalResource>();
+
+        File amZipFile = new File(System.getProperty("basedir") + "/hyracks-yarn-am/hyracks-yarn-am.zip");
+        localResources.put("archive", LocalResourceHelper.createArchiveResource(conf, amZipFile));
+        localResources.put("manifest.xml", LocalResourceHelper.createFileResource(conf, options.hcManifest));
+        clCtx.setLocalResources(localResources);
+
+        String command = "./archive/bin/hyracks-yarn-am 1>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/stdout"
+                + " 2>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/stderr";
+
+        List<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>();
+        commands.add(command);
+        clCtx.setCommands(commands);
+
+        clCtx.setResource(ResourceHelper.createMemoryCapability(options.amMemory));
+
+        app.submit();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Options options = new Options();
+        CmdLineParser parser = new CmdLineParser(options);
+        try {
+            parser.parseArgument(args);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            parser.printUsage(System.err);
+            return;
+        }
+        new LaunchHyracksApplication(options).run();
+    }
+
+    private static class Options {
+        @Option(name = "-application-name", required = true, usage = "Application Name")
+        String appName;
+
+        @Option(name = "-am-memory", required = false, usage = "Application Master memory requirements")
+        int amMemory = 128;
+
+        @Option(name = "-hyracks-cluster-manifest", required = true, usage = "Hyracks Cluster Manifest file")
+        File hcManifest;
+    }
+}
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