diff --git a/roles/onos-load-apps/files/config.xml b/roles/onos-load-apps/files/config.xml
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+<app name="org.opencord.config" origin="ON.Lab" version="1.0-SNAPSHOT" 
+        category="Configuration" url="http://opencord.org" title="CORD Configuration" 
+        featuresRepo="mvn:org.opencord/config/1.0-SNAPSHOT/xml/features" 
+        features="cord-config"> 
+    <description>CORD Configuration</description> 
+    <artifact>mvn:org.opencord/config/1.0-SNAPSHOT</artifact> 
+</app> 
diff --git a/roles/onos-load-apps/files/vtn.xml b/roles/onos-load-apps/files/vtn.xml
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+<app name="org.opencord.vtn" origin="ON.Lab" version="1.0-SNAPSHOT" 
+        category="Traffic Steering" url="http://onosproject.org" title="CORD Virtual Tenant Network" 
+        featuresRepo="mvn:org.opencord/vtn/1.0-SNAPSHOT/xml/features" 
+        features="cord-vtn" 
+        apps="org.onosproject.ovsdb-base,org.onosproject.dhcp,org.onosproject.xosclient,org.opencord.config"> 
+    <description>VTN for CORD</description> 
+    <artifact>mvn:org.opencord/vtn/1.0-SNAPSHOT</artifact> 
+</app> 
diff --git a/roles/onos-load-apps/tasks/main.yml b/roles/onos-load-apps/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+# onos-load-apps/tasks/main.yml
+#
+# Install CORD ONOS apps from local containers
+
+- name: Disable loading from Maven repo
+  command: ansible xos-1 -u ubuntu -m lineinfile \
+    -a "dest=~/xos/xos/configurations/{{ xos_configuration }}/make-vtn-external-yaml.sh state=absent regexp='install_dependencies'"
+
+- name: Load the apps using Docker
+  command: ansible xos-1 -u ubuntu -m shell \
+    -a "cd ~/xos/containers/cord-apps; make {{ item }}; docker run xosproject/cord-app-{{ item }}"
+  with_items: cord_apps
diff --git a/roles/onos-load-apps/vars/main.yml b/roles/onos-load-apps/vars/main.yml
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+---
+
+cord_apps:
+- config
+- vtn