diff --git a/ckan/defaults/main.yml b/ckan/defaults/main.yml
index 8adc2e5f..5809d594 100644
--- a/ckan/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ckan/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ ckan_file_storage_dir: /var/lib/ckan/dev
 ckan_config_file: /etc/ckan/default/production.ini
 ckan_solr_port: 8983
 ckan_shell_user: ckan
+ckan_logdir: /var/log/ckan
 
 # The order is important
-ckan_geonetwork_harvester: True  
+ckan_geonetwork_harvester: False
 ckan_ckanext_harvester_url: 'git+https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-harvest.git#egg=ckanext-harvest'
 ckan_ckanext_spatial_url: 'git+https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-spatial.git#egg=ckanext-spatial' 
 ckan_geonetwork_harvester_url: 'https://github.com/geosolutions-it/ckanext-geonetwork.git'
+# Set this to true to install a cron job that regularly runs the harvesters
+ckan_harvester_run: False
 ckan_pdfview: False
 ckan_ckanext_pdfview_url: ckanext-pdfview
 ckan_privatedatasets: False
@@ -35,6 +38,18 @@ ckan_hierarchy_name: hierarchy_display hierarchy_form
 ckan_pages: False
 ckan_pages_url: 'git+https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-pages.git#egg=ckanext-pages'
 ckan_pages_name: pages
+ckan_ldap: False
+#ckan_ldap_url: 'git+https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/ckanext-ldap'
+ckan_ldap_url: 'https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/ckanext-ldap'
+ckan_ldap_name: ldap
+ckan_ldap_uri: 'ldap://ldap.example.org'
+ckan_ldap_base_dn: ''
+ckan_ldap_search_filter: 'uid={login}'
+ckan_ldap_user_fullname: 'cn'
+ckan_ldap_username: uid
+ckan_ldap_email: mail
+ckan_ldap_prevent_edits: True
+ckan_ldap_fallback: True
 
 users_system_users:
   - { login: '{{ ckan_shell_user }}', name: "CKAN user", home: '/usr/lib', createhome: 'no', ssh_key: '{{ francesco_mangiacrapa }}', shell: '/bin/bash', admin: False, log_as_root: True }
@@ -66,12 +81,12 @@ apache_additional_modules:
 ckan_production_ini_opts:
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.site_id', value: 'd4s_dev', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'sqlalchemy.url', value: 'postgresql://{{ ckan_db_user }}:{{ ckan_db_pwd }}@{{ psql_db_host }}/{{ ckan_db_name }}', state: 'present' }
-  - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.site_url', value: 'http://ckan-d-d4s.d4science.org', state: 'present' }
+  - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.site_url', value: 'http://{{ ansible_fqdn }}', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'solr_url', value: 'http://127.0.0.1:{{ ckan_solr_port }}/solr', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.datastore.write_url', value: 'postgresql://{{ ckan_db_user }}:{{ ckan_db_pwd }}@{{ psql_db_host }}/{{ ckan_datastore_db_name }}', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.datastore.read_url', value: 'postgresql://{{ ckan_datastore_db_reader }}:{{ ckan_db_pwd }}@{{ psql_db_host }}/{{ ckan_datastore_db_name }}', state: 'present' }
 #  - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.plugins', value: 'stats text_view image_view recline_view', state: 'present' }
-  - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.plugins', value: 'stats text_view image_view recline_view datastore datapusher harvest ckan_harvester spatial_metadata spatial_query csw_harvester waf_harvester doc_harvester geonetwork_harvester pdf_view {{ ckan_privatedatasets_name }} {{ ckan_hierarchy_name }} {{ ckan_pages_name }}', state: 'present' }
+  - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.plugins', value: 'stats text_view image_view recline_view datastore datapusher harvest', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.site_title', value: 'D4Science CKAN development installation', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.site_logo', value: '/base/images/ckan-logo.png', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckan.datapusher.url', value: 'http://127.0.0.1:8800', state: 'present' }
@@ -93,3 +108,5 @@ ckan_production_ini_opts:
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckanext.pages.group_menu', value: 'false', state: 'absent' }
   - { section: 'app:main', option: 'ckanext.pages.organization_menu', value: 'false', state: 'absent' }
 
+ckan_gather_fetch_pkgs:
+  - supervisor
diff --git a/ckan/handlers/main.yml b/ckan/handlers/main.yml
index dd8f55ac..addf2604 100644
--- a/ckan/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ckan/handlers/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 
 - name: Restart CKAN
   service: name=apache2 state=restarted sleep=10
+
+- name: Reconfigure the supervisor daemon
+  shell: supervisorctl reread ; supervisorctl add ckan_gather_consumer ; supervisorctl add ckan_fetch_consumer ; supervisorctl start ckan_gather_consumer ; supervisorctl start ckan_fetch_consumer
diff --git a/ckan/tasks/main.yml b/ckan/tasks/main.yml
index 78401bbb..7da5237b 100644
--- a/ckan/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ckan/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_user' ]
 
 - name: Create a log directory for the jobs run by the ckan user
-  file: dest=/var/log/ckan state=directory owner={{ ckan_shell_user }} group={{ ckan_shell_user }}
+  file: dest={{ ckan_logdir }} state=directory owner={{ ckan_shell_user }} group={{ ckan_shell_user }}
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_user' ]
   
 - name: Install some plugins dependencies inside the CKAN virtualenv
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@
   when: ckan_geonetwork_harvester
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_spatial', 'ckan_plugins' ]
 
-- name: Initialize the CKAN ckanext-harvest plugin
+- name: Initialize the CKAN ckanext-spatial plugin
   become: True
   become_user: '{{ ckan_shell_user }}'
   shell: . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate ; paster --plugin=ckanext-spatial spatial initdb --config={{ ckan_config_file }}
   when: ( ckanext_spatial_install | changed )
-  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_harvest', 'ckan_plugins' ]
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_spatial', 'ckan_plugins' ]
 
 - name: Download the CKAN Geonetwork plugin code
   become: True
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_geonetwork', 'ckan_plugins', 'tracker' ]
 
 - name: Install the cron job that runs the tracker update script
-  cron: name="tracker update" minute="0" job="{{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/tracker_update > /var/log/ckan/tracker_update.log 2>&1" user={{ ckan_shell_user }}
+  cron: name="tracker update" minute="0" hour="3" job="{{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/tracker_update > {{ ckan_logdir }}/tracker_update.log 2>&1" user={{ ckan_shell_user }}
   when: ckan_geonetwork_harvester
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_geonetwork', 'ckan_plugins', 'tracker' ]
 
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@
   notify: Restart CKAN 
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_pages', 'ckan_plugins' ]
 
+- name: Download the CKAN LDAP plugin code
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ ckan_shell_user }}'
+  git: repo={{ ckan_ldap_url }} dest=/usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckanext-ldap
+  when: ckan_ldap
+  register: install_ldap_plugin
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_ldap', 'ckan_plugins' ]
+
+- name: Install the CKAN Geonetwork plugin code
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ ckan_shell_user }}'
+  shell: . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate ; cd /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckanext-ldap ; python setup.py develop
+  when: ( install_ldap_plugin | changed )
+  notify: Restart CKAN
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_ldap', 'ckan_plugins' ]
+
 # - name: Overwrite the base.py ckanext-spatial plugin file to enable authentication against the Geonetwork nodes
 #   copy: src=base.py dest=/usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckanext-spatial/ckanext/spatial/harvesters/base.py owner={{ ckan_shell_user }} group={{ ckan_shell_user }} mode=0644 backup=yes
 #   notify: Restart CKAN 
@@ -174,6 +190,21 @@
 #   notify: Restart CKAN 
 #   tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_pages', 'ckan_plugins', 'ckan_ckanext_spatial' ]
 
+- name: Install the supervisor daemon needed to automate the gather and fetch operations
+  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items: '{{ ckan_gather_fetch_pkgs }}'
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_harvest' ]
+
+- name: Install the gather and fetch supervisor configuration
+  template: src=ckan_harvesting.conf.j2 dest=/etc/supervisor/conf.d/ckan_harvesting.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  notify: Reconfigure the supervisor daemon
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_harvest' ]
+
+- name: Install a cron job that 
+  cron: name="CKAN harvester" minute="0" job="{{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/paster --plugin=ckanext-harvest harvester run --config={{ ckan_config_file }} > {{ ckan_logdir }}/harvester_run.log 2>&1" user={{ ckan_shell_user }}
+  when: ckan_harvester_run
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_harvest', 'ckan_harvest_cron' ]
+
 - name: Restart apache
   service: name=apache state=restarted enabled=yes
   when: ( ckan_install | changed )
@@ -184,3 +215,6 @@
   when: ( ckan_install | changed )
   tags: ckan
 
+- name: Ensure that supervisord is running and enabled
+  service: name=supervisor state=started enabled=yes
+  tags: [ 'ckan', 'ckan_harvest' ]
diff --git a/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2 b/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d050b836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckan/templates/ckan_harvesting.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+; ===============================
+; ckan harvester
+; ===============================
+
+[program:ckan_gather_consumer]
+
+command={{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/paster --plugin=ckanext-harvest harvester gather_consumer --config={{ ckan_config_file }}
+
+; user that owns virtual environment.
+user=ckan
+
+numprocs=1
+stdout_logfile={{ ckan_logdir }}/gather_consumer.log
+stderr_logfile={{ ckan_logdir }}/gather_consumer.log
+autostart=true
+autorestart=true
+startsecs=10
+
+[program:ckan_fetch_consumer]
+
+command={{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/paster --plugin=ckanext-harvest harvester fetch_consumer --config={{ ckan_config_file }}
+
+; user that owns virtual environment.
+user={{ ckan_shell_user }}
+
+numprocs=1
+stdout_logfile={{ ckan_logdir }}/fetch_consumer.log
+stderr_logfile={{ ckan_logdir }}/fetch_consumer.log
+autostart=true
+autorestart=true
+startsecs=10
diff --git a/ckan/templates/tracker_update.sh.j2 b/ckan/templates/tracker_update.sh.j2
index 5c0bd41a..fa93312a 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/tracker_update.sh.j2
+++ b/ckan/templates/tracker_update.sh.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+LOCK_DIR={{ ckan_logdir }}
+LOCK_FILE=$LOCK_DIR/.index_rebuild.lock
 . {{ ckan_virtenv }}/bin/activate
 
+if [ -f $LOCK_FILE ] ; then
+    echo 'A lock file is present, exiting'
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+echo "cron pid: ${$}" > $LOCK_FILE
 paster --plugin=ckan tracking update         -c {{ ckan_config_file }}
 paster --plugin=ckan search-index rebuild -r -c {{ ckan_config_file }}
 
+rm -f $LOCK_FILE
 exit 0