diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 569eb3d..1dcc3c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@
 .m2*
 ß
 
+.SpiderSilkWorkingDirectory
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/config/cc.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/config/cc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3212003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/config/cc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+; Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+; or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+; distributed with this work for additional information
+; regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+; to you 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 at
+;
+;   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.
+
+[nc/nc1]
+txn.log.dir=/data/txnlog
+core.dump.dir=/data/coredump
+iodevices=/data
+address=nc1
+
+[nc/nc2]
+txn.log.dir=/data/txnlog
+core.dump.dir=/data/coredump
+iodevices=/data
+address=nc2
+
+[nc]
+app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.NCApplicationEntryPoint
+command=asterixnc
+
+[cc]
+address=cc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/docker/Dockerfile b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f7f6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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 at
+#
+#   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.
+
+FROM java:8-jre
+
+RUN apt update && apt install -y iptables
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6bb2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<!--
+ ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ ! distributed with this work for additional information
+ ! regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ ! to you 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 at
+ !
+ !   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.
+ !-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>asterix-spidersilk</artifactId>
+  <name>asterix-spidersilk</name>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+    <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
+    <version>0.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+      <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>snapshots-repo</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
+      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>me.arminb.spidersilk</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spidersilk</artifactId>
+      <version>0.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.25</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.7</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+      <artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+      <artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+      <artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+      <artifactId>asterix-server</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <!-- While these dependencies are declared and being used, the maven dependency plugin detects them as declared and
+  not used. To make this right, it is needed to force these dependencies as used -->
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <usedDependencies>
+            <usedDependency>ch.qos.logback:logback-classic</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>org.apache.asterix:asterix-app</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>org.apache.asterix:asterix-server</usedDependency>
+          </usedDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/spidersilk/SampleTestIT.java b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/spidersilk/SampleTestIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49f35a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/spidersilk/SampleTestIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 at
+ *
+ *   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 org.apache.asterix.spidersilk;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.SpiderSilkRunner;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.dsl.entities.Deployment;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.exceptions.RuntimeEngineException;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.execution.single_node.SingleNodeRuntimeEngine;
+import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
+import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class SampleTestIT {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SampleTestIT.class);
+
+    protected static SpiderSilkRunner runner;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void before() throws RuntimeEngineException {
+        Deployment deployment = TestUtil.getSimpleClusterDeployment();
+        runner = SpiderSilkRunner.run(deployment, new SingleNodeRuntimeEngine(deployment));
+        TestUtil.waitForClusterToBeUp(runner);
+        logger.info("The cluster is UP!");
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void after() {
+        if (runner != null) {
+            runner.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sampleTest() throws Exception {
+
+        TestExecutor testExecutor = TestUtil.getTestExecutor(runner);
+        String ddl = "drop dataverse company if exists;" + "create dataverse company;" + "use company;"
+                + "create type Emp as open {" + "  id : int32," + "  name : string" + "};"
+                + "create dataset Employee(Emp) primary key id;";
+
+        String insertStatements = "use company;" + "insert into Employee({ \"id\":123,\"name\":\"John Doe\"});";
+
+        String query = "use company;" + "select value emp from Employee emp;";
+
+        testExecutor.executeSqlppUpdateOrDdl(ddl, TestCaseContext.OutputFormat.CLEAN_JSON);
+        logger.info("Company dataverse and employee dataset are created!");
+        testExecutor.executeSqlppUpdateOrDdl(insertStatements, TestCaseContext.OutputFormat.CLEAN_JSON);
+        logger.info("A record is inserted into employee dataset");
+        InputStream resultStream = testExecutor.executeSqlppUpdateOrDdl(query, TestCaseContext.OutputFormat.CLEAN_JSON);
+
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        List<Map<String, String>> result = objectMapper.readValue(resultStream, List.class);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, result.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(123, result.get(0).get("id"));
+        Assert.assertEquals("John Doe", result.get(0).get("name"));
+
+        logger.info("The fetched record matches the inserted record");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/spidersilk/TestUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/spidersilk/TestUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d2cc02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/spidersilk/TestUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 at
+ *
+ *   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 org.apache.asterix.spidersilk;
+
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.SpiderSilkRunner;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.dsl.entities.Deployment;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.dsl.entities.PortType;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.dsl.entities.ServiceType;
+import me.arminb.spidersilk.exceptions.RuntimeEngineException;
+import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class TestUtil {
+    private static String mavenVersion;
+    private static String asterixHome;
+
+    public static Deployment getSimpleClusterDeployment() {
+        mavenVersion = getMavenArtifactVersion();
+        asterixHome = "/asterix/apache-asterixdb-" + mavenVersion;
+
+        return new Deployment.DeploymentBuilder("simpleClusterDeployment")
+                // Service Definitions
+                .withService("asterix")
+                .applicationPath("../asterix-server/target/asterix-server-" + mavenVersion + "-binary-assembly.zip",
+                        "/asterix", false, true, false)
+                .dockerFileAddress("docker/Dockerfile", false).dockerImage("spidersilk/test-asterix")
+                .instrumentablePath(asterixHome + "/repo/asterix-server-" + mavenVersion + ".jar")
+                .libraryPath(asterixHome + "/repo/*.jar").libraryPath(asterixHome + "/lib/*.jar")
+                .logDirectory(asterixHome + "/logs").serviceType(ServiceType.JAVA).and()
+                // Node Definitions
+                .withNode("cc", "asterix").applicationPath("config", "/asterix/config")
+                .startCommand(asterixHome + "/bin/asterixcc -config-file /asterix/config/cc.conf").tcpPort(19002).and()
+                .withNode("nc1", "asterix").startCommand(asterixHome + "/bin/asterixncservice").and()
+                .withNode("nc2", "asterix").startCommand(asterixHome + "/bin/asterixncservice").and().build();
+    }
+
+    public static String getMavenArtifactVersion() {
+        Properties mavenProperties = new Properties();
+        try {
+            mavenProperties.load(new FileInputStream("../asterix-server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties"));
+            return mavenProperties.getProperty("version");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Cannot open pom.properties to get the maven version");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void waitForClusterToBeUp(SpiderSilkRunner runner) throws RuntimeEngineException {
+        runner.runtime().runCommandInNode("cc", asterixHome + "/bin/asterixhelper wait_for_cluster");
+    }
+
+    public static TestExecutor getTestExecutor(SpiderSilkRunner runner) {
+        return new TestExecutor(runner.runtime().ip("cc"), runner.runtime().portMapping("cc", 19002, PortType.TCP));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca7aa79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-spidersilk/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you 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 at
+  ~
+  ~   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.
+  -->
+
+<configuration>
+
+    <appender name="Console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
+            <Pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</Pattern>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="me.arminb" level="DEBUG"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.asterix" level="DEBUG"/>
+
+    <root level="ERROR">
+        <appender-ref ref="Console" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 9bf7533..bca6b62 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
             <exclude>**/*.json</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.adm</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.template</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.SpiderSilkWorkingDirectory/**</exclude>
             <exclude>asterix-installer/**</exclude> <!-- in case -DskipInstaller -->
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
@@ -858,6 +859,7 @@
     <module>asterix-client-helper</module>
     <module>asterix-license</module>
     <module>asterix-geo</module>
+    <module>asterix-spidersilk</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencyManagement>