diff --git a/asterix-yarn/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/asterix-yarn/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
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+<!--
+ ! Copyright 2009-2013 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.
+ !-->
+<assembly>
+	<id>binary-assembly</id>
+	<formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+        <format>zip</format>
+	</formats>
+	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+	<fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
+            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+            <includes>
+                <include>asterix</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/resources/configs</directory>
+            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+            <includes>
+                <include>local.xml</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>configs</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/resources/</directory>
+            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+            <includes>
+                <include>base-asterix-configuration.xml</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/resources/configs</directory>
+            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+            <includes>
+                <include>my_awesome_cluster_desc.xml</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>configs</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/resources/configs</directory>
+            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+            <includes>
+                <include>asterix-client-log4j.properties</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <includes>
+                <include>edu.uci.ics.asterix:asterix-yarn</include>
+                <include>edu.uci.ics.asterix:asterix-common</include>
+                <include>log4j:log4j</include>
+                <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</include>
+                <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-simple</include>
+                <include>commons-io:commons-io</include>
+                <include>commons-cli:commons-cli</include>
+                <include>commons-configuration:commons-configuration</include>
+                <include>commons-logging:commons-logging</include>
+                <include>commons-codec:commons-codec</include>
+                <include>commons-lang:commons-lang</include>
+                <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common</include>
+                <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</include>
+                <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-auth</include>
+                <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-client</include>
+                <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-common</include>
+                <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-yarn-api</include>
+                <include>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore</include>
+                <include>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient</include>
+                <include>commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient</include>
+                <include>com.google.guava:guava</include>
+                <include>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+        </dependencySet>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <outputDirectory>asterix</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                    <include>asterix-server*</include>
+            </includes>
+            <unpack>false</unpack>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/asterix-yarn/src/main/assembly/hyracks-assembly.xml b/asterix-yarn/src/main/assembly/hyracks-assembly.xml
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+++ b/asterix-yarn/src/main/assembly/hyracks-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+ ! Copyright 2009-2013 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.
+ !-->
+<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>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>