diff --git a/smartgears/home_library/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/home_library/defaults/main.yml
index ac7e4e42..c0fc09ee 100644
--- a/smartgears/home_library/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/home_library/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,86 @@ home_library_name: home-library-webapp
 home_library_group_id: org.gcube.data.access
 home_library_extension: war
 home_library_file: '{{ home_library_name }}-{{ home_library_version }}.{{ home_library_extension }}'
+
+# Standard jackrabbit configuration
+#
+jackrabbit_data_dir: /data/jackrabbit
+
+jackrabbit_config_files:
+  - bootstrap.properties.txt
+  - repository.xml
+
+jackrabbit_rmi_enabled: 'true'
+jackrabbit_rmi_host: 'localhost'
+jackrabbit_rmi_port: 0
+jackrabbit_repository_config: 'jackrabbit/repository.xml'
+jackrabbit_repository_name: 'jackrabbit.repository'
+jackrabbit_jndi_enabled: 'true'
+
+jackrabbit_db_type: 'postgresql'
+jackrabbit_db_driver: 'org.postgresql.Driver'
+jackrabbit_db_host: 'localhost'
+
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_type: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_schema: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_driver: '{{ jackrabbit_db_driver }}'
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_host: '{{ jackrabbit_db_host }}'
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_name: 'workspace-db'
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_user: 'workspace-db-user'
+#jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_password: ''
+jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_url: 'jdbc:{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_type }}://{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_host }}/{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_name }}'
+
+# By default the data store uses the same database of the virtual filesystem
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_type: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_schema: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_driver: '{{ jackrabbit_db_driver }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_host: '{{ jackrabbit_db_host }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_name: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_user: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_user }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_password: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_password }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_url: 'jdbc:{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_type }}://{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_host }}/{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_data_store_db_tableprefix: 'datastore_'
+
+jackrabbit_security_adminid: 'jr_admin'
+#jackrabbit_security_admin_pwd: ''
+
+jackrabbit_ws_default_workspace: 'default'
+
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager: 'org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.pool.PostgreSQLPersistenceManager'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_type: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_schema: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_driver: '{{ jackrabbit_db_driver }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_host: '{{ jackrabbit_db_host }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_name: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_user: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_user }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_password: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_password }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_url: 'jdbc:{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_type }}://{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_host }}/{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_tableprefix: 'pm_${wsp.name}_'
+
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager: 'org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.pool.PostgreSQLPersistenceManager'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_type: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_schema: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_driver: '{{ jackrabbit_db_driver }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_host: '{{ jackrabbit_db_host }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_name: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_user: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_user }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_password: '{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_password }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_url: 'jdbc:{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_type }}://{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_host }}/{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_tableprefix: 'pm_version_'
+
+# Cluster configuration. Same db host by default, different DB
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_host: 'localhost'
+
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_type: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_schema: '{{ jackrabbit_db_type }}'
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_driver: '{{ jackrabbit_db_driver }}'
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_host: '{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_host }}'
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_name: 'ws-db-cluster-journal'
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_user: 'ws-db-journal-user'
+# jackrabbit_cluster_db_password: ''
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_url: 'jdbc:{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_type }}://{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_host }}/{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_name }}'
+jackrabbit_cluster_db_tableprefix: 'journal_'
+# Set it to true if we want to clean the journal daily
+jackrabbit_cluster_janitor_enabled: 'false'
+
+
diff --git a/smartgears/home_library/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/home_library/tasks/main.yml
index c31a4225..b48b8dbc 100644
--- a/smartgears/home_library/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/home_library/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
         creates: '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ home_library_name }}/WEB-INF/lib'
       notify: Restart smartgears
       
+    - name: Create the JackRabbit persistence directory
+      become_user: root
+      file: dest={{ jackrabbit_data_dir }} state=directory owner={{ smartgears_user }} group={{ smartgears_user }}
+
+    - name: Install the repository configuration files
+      template: src={{ item }}.j2 dest={{ jackrabbit_data_dir }}/{{ item }}
+      with_items: '{{ jackrabbit_config_files }}'
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+
   become: True
   become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
   when: home_library_install
diff --git a/smartgears/home_library/templates/bootstrap.properties.txt.j2 b/smartgears/home_library/templates/bootstrap.properties.txt.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dbe7b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smartgears/home_library/templates/bootstrap.properties.txt.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#bootstrap properties for the repository startup servlet.
+#Fri Jul 21 05:19:29 CEST 2017
+java.naming.factory.initial=org.apache.jackrabbit.core.jndi.provider.DummyInitialContextFactory
+repository.home=jackrabbit
+rmi.enabled={{ jackrabbit_rmi_enabled }}
+repository.config={{ jackrabbit_repository_config }}
+repository.name={{ jackrabbit_repository_name }}
+rmi.host={{ jackrabbit_rmi_host }}
+java.naming.provider.url=http\://www.apache.org/jackrabbit
+jndi.enabled={{ jackrabbit_jndi_enabled }}
+rmi.port={{ jackrabbit_rmi_port }}
diff --git a/smartgears/home_library/templates/repository.xml.j2 b/smartgears/home_library/templates/repository.xml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5747bbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smartgears/home_library/templates/repository.xml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 
+	license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional 
+	information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to 
+	You 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. -->
+<!DOCTYPE Repository PUBLIC "-//The Apache Software Foundation//DTD Jackrabbit 2.0//EN" "http://jackrabbit.apache.org/dtd/repository-2.0.dtd">
+<Repository>
+   <!-- virtual file system where the repository stores global state (e.g. 
+		registered namespaces, custom node types, etc.) -->
+   <FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.db.DbFileSystem">
+      <param name="driver" value="{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_driver }}" />
+      <param name="schema" value="{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_schema }}" />
+      <param name="url" value="{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_url }}" />
+      <param name="user" value="{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_user }}" />
+      <param name="password" value="{{ jackrabbit_virt_fs_db_password }}" />
+      <param name="schemaObjectPrefix" value="rep_" />
+   </FileSystem>
+   <!-- data store configuration -->
+   <DataStore class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.data.db.DbDataStore">
+      <param name="driver" value="{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_driver }}" />
+      <param name="databaseType" value="{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_type }}" />
+      <param name="url" value="{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_url }}" />
+      <param name="user" value="{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_user }}" />
+      <param name="password" value="{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_password }}" />
+      <param name="minRecordLength" value="1024" />
+      <param name="maxConnections" value="3" />
+      <param name="copyWhenReading" value="true" />
+      <param name="tablePrefix" value="{{ jackrabbit_data_store_db_tableprefix }}" />
+      <param name="schemaObjectPrefix" value="" />
+   </DataStore>
+   <!-- security configuration -->
+   <Security appName="Jackrabbit">
+      <SecurityManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.DefaultSecurityManager" />
+      <AccessManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.DefaultAccessManager" />
+      <LoginModule class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.authentication.DefaultLoginModule">
+         <param name="adminId" value="{{ jackrabbit_security_adminid }}" />
+         <param name="adminPassword" value="{{ jackrabbit_security_admin_pwd }}" />
+      </LoginModule>
+   </Security>
+   <!-- location of workspaces root directory and name of default workspace -->
+   <Workspaces rootPath="${rep.home}/workspaces" defaultWorkspace="{{ jackrabbit_ws_default_workspace }}" />
+   <Workspace name="${wsp.name}">
+      <FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.local.LocalFileSystem">
+         <param name="path" value="${wsp.home}" />
+      </FileSystem>
+      <PersistenceManager class="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager }}">
+         <param name="driver" value="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_driver }}" />
+         <param name="url" value="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_url }}" />
+         <param name="schema" value="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_schema }}" />
+         <param name="user" value="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_user }}" />
+         <param name="password" value="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_password }}" />
+         <param name="schemaObjectPrefix" value="{{ jackrabbit_ws_persistence_manager_db_tableprefix }}" />
+         <param name="bundleCacheSize" value="600" />
+         <param name="errorHandling" value="IGNORE_MISSING_BLOBS" />
+         <param name="consistencyFix" value="false" />
+         <param name="consistencyCheck" value="false" />
+      </PersistenceManager>
+      <!-- Search index and the file system it uses. class: FQN of class implementing 
+			the QueryHandler interface -->
+      <SearchIndex class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.query.lucene.SearchIndex">
+         <param name="path" value="${wsp.home}/index" />
+         <param name="supportHighlighting" value="true" />
+         <param name="autoRepair" value="true" />
+         <param name="onWorkspaceInconsistency" value="log" />
+         <param name="indexingConfiguration" value="${rep.home}/indexing_configuration.xml" />
+         <param name="resultFetchSize" value="50" />
+         <param name="cacheSize" value="100000" />
+         <param name="enableConsistencyCheck" value="false" />
+         <param name="forceConsistencyCheck" value="false" />
+      </SearchIndex>
+   </Workspace>
+   <!-- Configures the versioning -->
+   <Versioning rootPath="${rep.home}/version">
+      <!-- Configures the filesystem to use for versioning for the respective 
+			persistence manager -->
+      <FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.local.LocalFileSystem">
+         <param name="path" value="${rep.home}/version" />
+      </FileSystem>
+      <PersistenceManager class="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager }}">
+         <param name="driver" value="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_driver }}" />
+         <param name="url" value="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_url }}" />
+         <param name="schema" value="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_schema }}" />
+         <param name="user" value="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_user }}" />
+         <param name="password" value="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_password }}" />
+         <param name="schemaObjectPrefix" value="{{ jackrabbit_ver_persistence_manager_db_tableprefix }}" />
+         <param name="bundleCacheSize" value="600" />
+         <param name="consistencyFix" value="false" />
+         <param name="consistencyCheck" value="false" />
+      </PersistenceManager>
+   </Versioning>
+   <!-- Cluster configuration -->
+   <Cluster id="node1" syncDelay="2000">
+      <Journal class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.journal.DatabaseJournal">
+         <param name="driver" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_driver }}" />
+         <param name="url" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_url }}" />
+         <param name="databaseType" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_type }}" />
+         <param name="schemaObjectPrefix" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_tableprefix }}" />
+         <param name="user" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_user }}" />
+         <param name="password" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_db_password }}" />
+         <param name="revision" value="${rep.home}/revision.log" />
+         <param name="janitorEnabled" value="{{ jackrabbit_cluster_janitor_enabled }}"/> <!-- set to true if you want to daily clean the journal table  https://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/Clustering#Removing_Old_Revisions -->
+      </Journal>
+   </Cluster>
+</Repository>