diff --git a/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index 87a73af..fd12e46 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
+       <plugin>
+         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>2.12</version>
+         <dependencies>  
+           <dependency>  
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+              <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
+              <version>2.12</version>
+           <dependency>  
+         </dependencies>  
+         <configuration>
+           <includes>
+              <include>**/*.class</include>
+           </includes>
+           <excludeGroups>edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test.IntegerationTest</excludeGroups>
+         </configuraiton>
+       </plugin>
     </plugins> 
   </build>
 
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
index ff3bf89..9d95b4a 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@
         buffer.append("install  " + ":" + " Installs a library to an asterix instance" + "\n");
         buffer.append("uninstall" + ":" + " Uninstalls a library from an asterix instance" + "\n");
         buffer.append("shutdown " + ":" + " Shutdown the installer service" + "\n");
-        buffer.append("validate " + ":" + " Validates the installer/cluster configuration" + "\n");
-        buffer.append("configure" + ":" + " Auto-generate configuration for local psedu-distributed Asterix instance"
-                + "\n");
-        buffer.append("shutdown " + ":" + " Shutdown the installer service" + "\n");
         buffer.append("help     " + ":" + " Provides usage description of a command" + "\n");
 
         LOGGER.info(buffer.toString());
     }
+
+    public static void setManagixHome(String managixHome) {
+        InstallerDriver.managixHome = managixHome;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e18839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test;
+
+public class AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil {
+
+    public static void deinit() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+
+    public static void init() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+
+    public static String getManagixHome() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIntegrationTest.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..852499a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/InstallerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
+import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.command.CommandHandler;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.driver.InstallerDriver;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.error.VerificationUtil;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.model.AsterixInstance;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.model.AsterixInstance.State;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.model.AsterixRuntimeState;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.schema.conf.Configuration;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.service.ILookupService;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.service.ServiceProvider;
+
+@Category(IntegrationTest.class)
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class InstallerIntegrationTest {
+
+    public static final String ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME = "asterix";
+
+    private static final int NUM_NC = 1;
+    private static String managixHome;
+    private static final CommandHandler cmdHandler = new CommandHandler();
+    private static String clusterConfigurationPath;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+
+        AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.init();
+
+        managixHome = AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.getManagixHome();
+        clusterConfigurationPath = managixHome + File.separator + "clusters" + File.separator + "local"
+                + File.separator + "local.xml";
+
+        InstallerDriver.setManagixHome(managixHome);
+
+        String command = "configure";
+        cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+        command = "validate -c " + clusterConfigurationPath;
+        cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+
+        startZookeeper();
+        InstallerDriver.initConfig();
+        createInstance();
+    }
+
+    private static void startZookeeper() throws IOException, JAXBException {
+        initZookeeperTestConfiguration();
+        String script = managixHome + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "managix";
+
+        // shutdown zookeeper if running
+        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(script, "shutdown");
+        Map<String, String> env = pb.environment();
+        env.put("MANAGIX_HOME", managixHome);
+        pb.start();
+
+        // start zookeeper 
+        ProcessBuilder pb2 = new ProcessBuilder(script, "describe");
+        Map<String, String> env2 = pb2.environment();
+        env2.put("MANAGIX_HOME", managixHome);
+        pb2.start();
+    }
+
+    private static void initZookeeperTestConfiguration() throws JAXBException, FileNotFoundException {
+        String installerConfPath = InstallerDriver.getManagixHome() + File.separator + InstallerDriver.MANAGIX_CONF_XML;
+        JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.newInstance(Configuration.class);
+        Unmarshaller unmarshaller = ctx.createUnmarshaller();
+        Configuration configuration = (Configuration) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new File(installerConfPath));
+        configuration.getZookeeper().setClientPort(new BigInteger("3945"));
+        Marshaller marshaller = ctx.createMarshaller();
+        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
+        marshaller.marshal(configuration, new FileOutputStream(installerConfPath));
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil.deinit();
+    }
+
+    @Parameters
+    public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
+        Collection<Object[]> testArgs = new ArrayList<Object[]>();
+        return testArgs;
+    }
+
+    public InstallerIntegrationTest() {
+
+    }
+
+    private static void createInstance() throws Exception {
+
+        String command = null;
+        AsterixInstance instance = ServiceProvider.INSTANCE.getLookupService()
+                .getAsterixInstance(ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME);
+        if (instance != null) {
+            transformIntoRequiredState(State.INACTIVE);
+            command = "delete -n " + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME;
+            cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+        }
+
+        command = "create -n " + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME + " " + "-c" + " " + clusterConfigurationPath;
+        cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+
+        AsterixRuntimeState state = VerificationUtil.getAsterixRuntimeState(instance);
+        assert (state.getFailedNCs().isEmpty() && state.isCcRunning());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStopActiveInstance() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            transformIntoRequiredState(State.ACTIVE);
+            String command = "stop -n " + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME;
+            cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+            AsterixInstance instance = ServiceProvider.INSTANCE.getLookupService().getAsterixInstance(
+                    ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME);
+            AsterixRuntimeState state = VerificationUtil.getAsterixRuntimeState(instance);
+            assert (state.getFailedNCs().size() == NUM_NC && !state.isCcRunning());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Exception("Test configure installer " + "\" FAILED!", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStartActiveInstance() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            transformIntoRequiredState(State.INACTIVE);
+            String command = "start -n " + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME;
+            cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+            AsterixInstance instance = ServiceProvider.INSTANCE.getLookupService().getAsterixInstance(
+                    ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME);
+            AsterixRuntimeState state = VerificationUtil.getAsterixRuntimeState(instance);
+            assert (state.getFailedNCs().size() == 0 && state.isCcRunning());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Exception("Test configure installer " + "\" FAILED!", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDeleteActiveInstance() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            transformIntoRequiredState(State.INACTIVE);
+            String command = "delete -n " + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME;
+            cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+            AsterixInstance instance = ServiceProvider.INSTANCE.getLookupService().getAsterixInstance(
+                    ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME);
+            assert (instance != null);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Exception("Test configure installer " + "\" FAILED!", e);
+        } finally {
+            // recreate instance
+            createInstance();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShutdownInstaller() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            String command = "shutdown";
+            cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+            ILookupService service = ServiceProvider.INSTANCE.getLookupService();
+            assert (!service.isRunning(InstallerDriver.getConfiguration()));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Exception("Test configure installer " + "\" FAILED!", e);
+        } finally {
+            // recreate instance
+            createInstance();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void transformIntoRequiredState(AsterixInstance.State state) throws Exception {
+        AsterixInstance instance = ServiceProvider.INSTANCE.getLookupService()
+                .getAsterixInstance(ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME);
+        assert (instance != null);
+        if (instance.getState().equals(state)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (state.equals(AsterixInstance.State.UNUSABLE)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid desired state");
+        }
+
+        String command = null;
+        switch (instance.getState()) {
+            case ACTIVE:
+                command = "stop -n " + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME;
+                break;
+            case INACTIVE:
+                command = "start -n" + ASTERIX_INSTANCE_NAME;
+                break;
+        }
+        cmdHandler.processCommand(command.split(" "));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870f3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/test/IntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test;
+
+public interface IntegrationTest {
+
+}