diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/atomix/impl/AtomixManager.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/atomix/impl/AtomixManager.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.store.atomix.impl;
+
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import io.atomix.cluster.discovery.BootstrapDiscoveryProvider;
+import io.atomix.core.Atomix;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Atomix manager.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service(value = AtomixManager.class)
+public class AtomixManager {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ClusterMetadataService metadataService;
+
+    private Atomix atomix;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Atomix instance.
+     *
+     * @return the Atomix instance
+     */
+    public Atomix getAtomix() {
+        return atomix;
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        atomix = createAtomix();
+        atomix.start().join();
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        atomix.stop().join();
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    private Atomix createAtomix() {
+        return Atomix.builder(getClass().getClassLoader())
+            .withClusterId(metadataService.getClusterMetadata().getName())
+            .withMemberId(metadataService.getLocalNode().id().id())
+            .withAddress(metadataService.getLocalNode().ip().toString(), metadataService.getLocalNode().tcpPort())
+            .withProperty("type", "onos")
+            .withMembershipProvider(BootstrapDiscoveryProvider.builder()
+                .withNodes(metadataService.getClusterMetadata().getStorageNodes().stream()
+                    .map(node -> io.atomix.cluster.Node.builder()
+                        .withId(node.id().id())
+                        .withAddress(node.ip().toString(), node.tcpPort())
+                        .build())
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()))
+                .build())
+            .build();
+    }
+}