diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/zookeeper/zk.init b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/zookeeper/zk.init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..937d8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/zookeeper/zk.init
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+ZK_HOME=$1
+shift 1
+cd $MANAGIX_HOME/.installer/zookeeper
+tar cf zk.pkg.tar *
+zk_server_id=1
+for zk_host in  $@
+do
+  ssh $zk_host "mkdir -p $ZK_HOME"
+  scp ./zk.pkg.tar $zk_host:$ZK_HOME/
+  ssh $zk_host "cd $ZK_HOME && tar xf $ZK_HOME/zk.pkg.tar && chmod +x $ZK_HOME/bin/start_zk.sh"
+  ssh $zk_host "$ZK_HOME/bin/start_zk.sh $ZK_HOME $zk_server_id" &
+  zk_server_id=`expr $zk_server_id + 1`	
+done