diff --git a/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/pv.yaml b/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25257ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2018 Amdocs, AT&T, Bell Canada
+# #
+# # 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 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.
+*/}}
+{{- $global := . }}
+{{- if and $global.Values.persistence.enabled (not $global.Values.persistence.existingClaim) -}}
+{{- range $i, $t := until (int $global.Values.replicaCount)}}
+kind: PersistentVolume
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "common.fullname" $global }}-data{{$i}}
+  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" $global }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ include "common.fullname" $global }}
+    chart: "{{ $global.Chart.Name }}-{{ $global.Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+    release: "{{ $global.Release.Name }}"
+    heritage: "{{ $global.Release.Service }}"
+    name: {{ include "common.fullname" $global }}
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: {{ $global.Values.persistence.size}}
+  accessModes:
+    - {{ $global.Values.persistence.accessMode }}
+  storageClassName: "{{ include "common.fullname" $global }}-data"
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ $global.Values.persistence.volumeReclaimPolicy }}
+  hostPath:
+    path: {{ $global.Values.global.persistence.mountPath | default $global.Values.persistence.mountPath }}/{{ $global.Release.Name }}/{{ $global.Values.persistence.mountSubPath }}{{$i}}
+---
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
similarity index 83%
rename from kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/deployment.yaml
rename to kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
index a7daa05..5f1cc5a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
-kind: Deployment
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
   namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
           - mountPath: {{ .Values.config.configDir }}/RestServer_config
             name: config
             subPath: RestServer_config
+          - mountPath: {{ .Values.persistence.playbookPath }}
+            name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-data
           resources:
 {{ include "common.resources" . | indent 12 }}
         {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
@@ -92,5 +94,21 @@
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
             defaultMode: 0644
-      imagePullSecrets:
+{{ if not .Values.persistence.enabled }}
+        - name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-data
+          emptyDir: {}
+{{ else }}
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-data
+      labels:
+        name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ {{ .Values.persistence.accessMode }} ]
+      storageClassName: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-data
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{ .Values.persistence.size }}
+{{ end }}
+    imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ include "common.namespace" . }}-docker-registry-key"
diff --git a/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/values.yaml b/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/values.yaml
index b06d70f..1e15919 100644
--- a/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/appc/charts/appc-ansible-server/values.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 config:
   appcChartName: appc
   mysqlServiceName: appc-dbhost
-
+  configDir: /opt/onap/ccsdk
 
 # default number of instances
 replicaCount: 1
@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@
   portName: appc-ansible-server
   internalPort: 8000
   externalPort: 8000
+  nfsprovisionerPrefix: appc
+  disableNfsProvisioner: true
+
+## Persist data to a persitent volume
+persistence:
+  enabled: true
+
+  ## A manually managed Persistent Volume and Claim
+  ## Requires persistence.enabled: true
+  ## If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound
+  # existingClaim:
+  volumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+
+  ## database data Persistent Volume Storage Class
+  ## If defined, storageClassName: <storageClass>
+  ## If set to "-", storageClassName: "", which disables dynamic provisioning
+  ## If undefined (the default) or set to null, no storageClassName spec is
+  ##   set, choosing the default provisioner.  (gp2 on AWS, standard on
+  ##   GKE, AWS & OpenStack)
+  accessMode: ReadWriteMany
+  size: 1Gi
+  mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
+  mountSubPath: appc/ansible
+  playbookPath: /home/ansible
 
 ingress:
   enabled: false