diff --git a/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxmeshingresses.yaml b/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxmeshingresses.yaml
index 4203855c8..4ed7edddf 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxmeshingresses.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxmeshingresses.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ spec:
           apiVersion:
             description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
               of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
-              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
+              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values.
+              More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
             type: string
           kind:
             description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
               object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
-              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
+              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase.
+              More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
             type: string
           metadata:
             type: object
@@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ spec:
             description: Spec defines the desired state of AWXMeshIngress
             type: object
             x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
+            required:
+            - deployment_name
+            properties:
+              deployment_name:
+                description: Name of the AWX deployment to create the Mesh Ingress for.
+                type: string
           status:
             description: Status defines the observed state of AWXMeshIngress
             type: object
diff --git a/playbooks/awxmeshingress.yml b/playbooks/awxmeshingress.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a0295bf5..000000000
--- a/playbooks/awxmeshingress.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-- hosts: localhost
-  gather_facts: no
-  collections:
-    - kubernetes.core
-    - operator_sdk.util
-  tasks: []
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mesh_ingress/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5fe314a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+deployment_type: awx
+
+_control_plane_ee_image: quay.io/ansible/awx-ee:latest
+_image_pull_policy: Always
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50c4990b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+---
+- name: Check for presence of AWX instance that we will use to create the Mesh Ingress for.
+  k8s_info:
+    api_version: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
+    kind: AWX
+    name: "{{ deployment_name }}"
+    namespace: "{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}"
+  register: awx_instance
+
+- name: Fail if awx_deployment does not exist in the same namespace
+  fail:
+    msg: "AWX instance {{ deployment_name }} does not exist in the same namespace as the AWXMeshIngress instance."
+  when: awx_instance.resources | length == 0
+
+- name: Set awx_spec
+  set_fact:
+    awx_spec: "{{ awx_instance.resources[0].spec }}"
+
+- name: Set user provided control plane ee image
+  set_fact:
+    _custom_control_plane_ee_image: "{{ awx_spec.control_plane_ee_image }}"
+  when:
+    - awx_spec.control_plane_ee_image | default([]) | length
+
+- name: Set Control Plane EE image URL
+  set_fact:
+    _control_plane_ee_image: "{{ _custom_control_plane_ee_image | default(lookup('env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_CONTROL_PLANE_EE')) | default(_control_plane_ee_image, true) }}"
+
+- name: Set Image Pull Policy
+  set_fact:
+    _image_pull_policy: "{{ awx_spec.image_pull_policy | default(_image_pull_policy, true) }}"
+
+- name: Apply Route resource
+  k8s:
+    apply: yes
+    definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'route.yml.j2') }}"
+    wait: yes
+    wait_timeout: "120"
+  register: route
+
+- name: Set external_hostname
+  set_fact:
+    external_hostname: "{{ route.result.status.ingress[0].host }}"
+
+- name: Create other resources
+  k8s:
+    apply: yes
+    definition: "{{ lookup('template', '{{ item }}.yml.j2') }}"
+    wait: yes
+    wait_timeout: "120"
+  loop:
+  - service_account
+  - receptor_conf.configmap
+  - service
+  - statefulset
+
+- name: Get the current resource task pod information.
+  k8s_info:
+    api_version: v1
+    kind: Pod
+    namespace: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}'
+    label_selectors:
+      - "app.kubernetes.io/name={{ deployment_name }}-task"
+      - "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by={{ deployment_type }}-operator"
+      - "app.kubernetes.io/component={{ deployment_type }}"
+    field_selectors:
+      - status.phase=Running
+  register: awx_task_pod
+
+- name: Set the resource pod as a variable.
+  set_fact:
+    awx_task_pod: >-
+      {{ awx_task_pod['resources']
+         | rejectattr('metadata.deletionTimestamp', 'defined')
+         | sort(attribute='metadata.creationTimestamp')
+         | first | default({}) }}
+
+- name: Set the resource pod name as a variable.
+  set_fact:
+    awx_task_pod_name: "{{ awx_task_pod['metadata']['name'] | default('') }}"
+
+## TODO: awx-manage provision_instance does not currently support peer from control nodes
+## !!!dependent on API/CLI changes!!!
+# - name: Add new instance to AWX
+#   k8s_exec:
+#     namespace: "{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}"
+#     pod: "{{ awx_task_pod_name }}"
+#     container: "{{ deployment_name }}-task"
+#     command: awx-manage provision_instance ...
+#   register: result
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/receptor_conf.configmap.yml.j2 b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/receptor_conf.configmap.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a442cb792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/receptor_conf.configmap.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-config
+  namespace: {{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}
+data:
+  receptor_conf: |
+    ---
+    - node: 
+        id: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+    - log-level: debug
+    - ws-listener:
+        port: 27199
+        tls: tlsserver
+    - tls-server:
+        cert: /etc/receptor/tls/receptor.crt
+        key: /etc/receptor/tls/receptor.key
+        name: tlsserver
+        clientcas: /etc/receptor/tls/ca/mesh-CA.crt
+        requireclientcert: true
+        mintls13: false
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/route.yml.j2 b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/route.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..493dfe778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/route.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Route
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    openshift.io/host.generated: "true"
+  name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+  namespace: {{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}
+spec:
+  port:
+    targetPort: ws
+  tls:
+    insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: None
+    termination: passthrough
+  to:
+    kind: Service
+    name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+    weight: 100
+  wildcardPolicy: None
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/service.yml.j2 b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/service.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f658308fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/service.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+  namespace: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}'
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  ports:
+  - name: ws
+    port: 27199
+    targetPort: 27199
+  selector:
+    statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-0
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/service_account.yml.j2 b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/service_account.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a96fa6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/service_account.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}'
+  namespace: '{{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}'
diff --git a/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/statefulset.yml.j2 b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/statefulset.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c0f99ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mesh_ingress/templates/statefulset.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+  namespace: {{ ansible_operator_meta.namespace }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - |
+          internal_hostname={{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+          external_hostname={{ external_hostname }}
+          receptor --cert-makereq bits=2048 commonname=$internal_hostname dnsname=$internal_hostname dnsname=$external_hostname nodeid=$internal_hostname outreq=/etc/receptor/tls/receptor.req outkey=/etc/receptor/tls/receptor.key
+          receptor --cert-signreq req=/etc/receptor/tls/receptor.req cacert=/etc/receptor/tls/ca/mesh-CA.crt cakey=/etc/receptor/tls/ca/mesh-CA.key outcert=/etc/receptor/tls/receptor.crt verify=yes
+          exec receptor --config /etc/receptor/receptor.conf
+        image: '{{ _control_plane_ee_image }}'
+        imagePullPolicy: '{{ _image_pull_policy }}'
+        name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-mesh-ingress
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/receptor/receptor.conf
+          name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-config
+          subPath: receptor.conf
+        - mountPath: /etc/receptor/tls/ca/mesh-CA.crt
+          name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-ca
+          readOnly: true
+          subPath: tls.crt
+        - mountPath: /etc/receptor/tls/ca/mesh-CA.key
+          name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-ca
+          readOnly: true
+          subPath: tls.key
+        - mountPath: /etc/receptor/tls/
+          name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-tls
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      schedulerName: default-scheduler
+      serviceAccount: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}
+      volumes:
+      - name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-tls
+      - name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-ca
+        secret:
+          defaultMode: 420
+          secretName: {{ deployment_name }}-receptor-ca
+      - configMap:
+          defaultMode: 420
+          items:
+          - key: receptor_conf
+            path: receptor.conf
+          name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-config
+        name: {{ ansible_operator_meta.name }}-receptor-config
diff --git a/watches.yaml b/watches.yaml
index 3ea931f9e..8e6a5b20b 100644
--- a/watches.yaml
+++ b/watches.yaml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 - version: v1alpha1
   group: awx.ansible.com
   kind: AWXMeshIngress
-  playbook: playbooks/awxmeshingress.yml
+  role: mesh_ingress
 # +kubebuilder:scaffold:watch