diff --git a/cmd/arouter/arouter.go b/cmd/arouter/arouter.go
index 6fd9dbf..73f8782 100644
--- a/cmd/arouter/arouter.go
+++ b/cmd/arouter/arouter.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-api-server/internal/pkg/afrouter"
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v2/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v2/pkg/probe"
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v2/pkg/version"
 	_ "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v2"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
@@ -70,6 +71,18 @@
 		grpclog.SetLoggerV2(grpclog.NewLoggerV2(os.Stderr, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard))
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Create and start the liveness and readiness container management probes. This
+	 * is done in the main function so just in case the main starts multiple other
+	 * objects there can be a single probe end point for the process.
+	 */
+	p := &probe.Probe{}
+	go p.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", conf.Api.ProbeHost, conf.Api.ProbePort))
+
+	p.RegisterService(
+		"affinity-router-proxy",
+	)
+
 	// Install the signal and error handlers.
 	err = afrouter.InitExitHandler()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -78,7 +91,7 @@
 	}
 
 	// Create the affinity router proxy...
-	if ap, err := afrouter.NewArouterProxy(conf); err != nil {
+	if ap, err := afrouter.NewArouterProxy(conf, p); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to create the arouter proxy, exiting:%v", err)
 		return 1
 		// and start it.