diff --git a/deploy-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml b/deploy-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml
index 64aebcc..95d8322 100644
--- a/deploy-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml
+++ b/deploy-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   run_once: true
   tasks:
     - name: Save docker image
-      local_action: ansible.builtin.command docker save korap/kalamar-plugin-externalresources:latest -o ./kalamar-plugin-externalresources-latest.tar
+      local_action: ansible.builtin.command docker save {{ external_image }} -o ./kalamar-plugin-externalresources-latest.tar
 
     - name: Copy docker image to hosts
       ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
     - name: Gracefully stop and remove old docker container, if existing
       community.docker.docker_container:
+        image: "{{ external_image }}"
         state: "absent"
         name: "{{ external_container_name }}"
         recreate: true
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 
     - name: Restart docker container
       community.docker.docker_container:
-        image: korap/kalamar-plugin-externalresources:latest
+        image: "{{ external_image }}"
         restart_policy: "unless-stopped"
         pull: false
         name: "{{ external_container_name }}"
@@ -54,6 +55,6 @@
             source: "{{ external_path }}/.env"
             target: "/.env"
         ports:
-          - "5722:5722"
+          - "{{ external_port }}"
         comparisons:
           image: ignore   # do not restart containers with older versions of the image
diff --git a/index-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml b/index-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b91eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Call as
+# $ ansible-playbook -l test -e source_file="/export/netapp/kupietz/genios-fulltext-mappings.csv.gz" index-kalamar-plugin-externalresources.yml
+- name: Index Kalamar-Plugin-ExternalResources
+  hosts: test, main
+  serial: 1
+  tasks:
+    - name: Get UID for KorAP user
+      getent:
+        database: passwd
+        key: korap
+
+    - name: Stop and remove docker container, if existing
+      community.docker.docker_container:
+        image: "{{ external_image }}"
+        state: "absent"
+        name: "{{ external_container_name }}"
+        
+    - name: Start docker container for indexation
+      community.docker.docker_container:
+        image: "{{ external_image }}"
+        restart_policy: "no"
+        pull: false
+        name: "{{ external_indexer_name }}"
+        user: "{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd[\"korap\"].1 }}"
+        detach: false
+        mounts:
+          - type: bind
+            source: "{{ external_path }}/db"
+            target: "/db"
+          - type: bind
+            source: "{{ external_path }}/.env"
+            target: "/.env"
+          - type: bind
+            source: "{{ source_file }}"
+            target: "{{ source_file }}"
+        command: "{{ source_file }}"
+
+    - name: Restart docker container
+      community.docker.docker_container:
+        image: "{{ external_image }}"
+        restart_policy: "unless-stopped"
+        pull: false
+        name: "{{ external_container_name }}"
+        user: "{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd[\"korap\"].1 }}"
+        detach: true
+        mounts:
+          - type: bind
+            source: "{{ external_path }}/db"
+            target: "/db"
+          - type: bind
+            source: "{{ external_path }}/.env"
+            target: "/.env"
+        ports:
+          - "{{ external_port }}"
diff --git a/inventory b/inventory
index 601aec7..467feb8 100644
--- a/inventory
+++ b/inventory
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@
 [test:vars]
 external_path="/opt/korap/instance-test/Kalamar-External"
 external_container_name="kalamar-plugin-externalresources-test"
+external_indexer_name="kalamar-plugin-externalresources-index-test"
+external_port="5722:5722"
+external_image="korap/kalamar-plugin-externalresources:latest"
 
 [main:vars]
 external_path="/opt/korap/instance-main/Plugin-External"
 external_container_name="kalamar-plugin-externalresources-main"
+external_indexer_name="kalamar-plugin-externalresources-index-main"
+external_port="5722:5722"
+external_image="korap/kalamar-plugin-externalresources:latest"