diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index add9853..ad5b812 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -263,4 +263,4 @@
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainer.java
index c2c82f6..86e39ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainer.java
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ public class TarantoolCartridgeContainer extends GenericContainer<TarantoolCartr
     private static final String ENV_TARANTOOL_RUNDIR = "TARANTOOL_RUNDIR";
     private static final String ENV_TARANTOOL_DATADIR = "TARANTOOL_DATADIR";
     private static final String ENV_TARANTOOL_INSTANCES_FILE = "TARANTOOL_INSTANCES_FILE";
+    private final CartridgeConfigParser instanceFileParser;
+    private final TarantoolContainerClientHelper clientHelper;
     private boolean useFixedPorts = false;
-
     private String routerHost = ROUTER_HOST;
     private int routerPort = ROUTER_PORT;
     private int apiPort = API_PORT;
@@ -111,9 +112,8 @@ public class TarantoolCartridgeContainer extends GenericContainer<TarantoolCartr
     private String routerPassword = CARTRIDGE_PASSWORD;
     private String directoryResourcePath = SCRIPT_RESOURCE_DIRECTORY;
     private String instanceDir = INSTANCE_DIR;
-    private final CartridgeConfigParser instanceFileParser;
-    private final String topologyConfigurationFile;
-    private final TarantoolContainerClientHelper clientHelper;
+    private String topologyConfigurationFile;
+    private String replicasetsFileName;
 
     /**
      * Create a container with default image and specified instances file from the classpath resources. Assumes that
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ public TarantoolCartridgeContainer(String dockerFile, String buildImageName,
         this(dockerFile, buildImageName, instancesFile, topologyConfigurationFile, Collections.emptyMap());
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Create a container with specified image and specified instances file from the classpath resources. By providing
      * the result Cartridge container image name, you can cache the image and avoid rebuilding on each test run (the
@@ -186,13 +185,22 @@ public TarantoolCartridgeContainer(String dockerFile, String buildImageName, Str
                 instancesFile, topologyConfigurationFile);
     }
 
+
     private TarantoolCartridgeContainer(Future<String> image, String instancesFile, String topologyConfigurationFile) {
         super(image);
         if (instancesFile == null || instancesFile.isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Instance file name must not be null or empty");
         }
+        if (topologyConfigurationFile == null || topologyConfigurationFile.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Topology configuration file must not be null or empty");
+        }
+        String fileType = topologyConfigurationFile.substring(topologyConfigurationFile.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
+        if (fileType.equals("lua")) {
+            this.topologyConfigurationFile = topologyConfigurationFile;
+        }else{
+            this.replicasetsFileName = topologyConfigurationFile.substring(topologyConfigurationFile.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
+        }
         this.instanceFileParser = new CartridgeConfigParser(instancesFile);
-        this.topologyConfigurationFile = topologyConfigurationFile;
         this.clientHelper = new TarantoolContainerClientHelper(this);
     }
 
@@ -435,7 +443,6 @@ protected void configure() {
         if (!getDirectoryBinding().isEmpty()) {
             withFileSystemBind(getDirectoryBinding(), getInstanceDir(), BindMode.READ_WRITE);
         }
-
         if (useFixedPorts) {
             for (Integer port : instanceFileParser.getExposablePorts()) {
                 addFixedExposedPort(port, port);
@@ -451,21 +458,55 @@ protected void containerIsStarting(InspectContainerResponse containerInfo) {
     }
 
     private boolean setupTopology() {
-        try {
-            executeScript(topologyConfigurationFile).get();
-            // The client connection will be closed after that command
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (e instanceof ExecutionException) {
-                if (e.getCause() instanceof TimeoutException) {
-                    return true;
-                    // Do nothing, the cluster is reloading
-                } else if (e.getCause() instanceof TarantoolConnectionException) {
-                    // Probably cluster is not ready
-                    logger().error("Failed to setup topology: {}", e.getMessage());
-                    return false;
+        if (topologyConfigurationFile == null) {
+            String runDirPath = null;
+            try {
+                Container.ExecResult envVariablesContainer = this.execInContainer("env");
+                String stdout = envVariablesContainer.getStdout();
+                int exitCode = envVariablesContainer.getExitCode();
+                if (exitCode != 0) {
+                    logger().error("Failed to bootstrap replica sets topology: {}", stdout);
+                }
+                int startInd = stdout.lastIndexOf(ENV_TARANTOOL_RUNDIR + "=");
+                try {
+                    runDirPath = stdout.substring(startInd,
+                            stdout.indexOf('\n', startInd)).split("=")[1];
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger().error("Missing dir-run environment variable: {}", e.getMessage());
+                }
+
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger().error("Failed to get environment variables: {}", e.getMessage());
+            }
+
+            try {
+                Container.ExecResult lsResult = this.execInContainer("cartridge", "replicasets", "--run-dir=" + runDirPath,
+                                                                    "--file=" + this.replicasetsFileName, "setup", "--bootstrap-vshard");
+                String stdout = lsResult.getStdout();
+                int exitCode = lsResult.getExitCode();
+                if (exitCode != 0) {
+                    logger().error("Failed to bootstrap replica sets topology: {}", stdout);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger().error("Failed to bootstrap replica sets topology: {}", e.getMessage());
+            }
+        } else {
+            try {
+                executeScript(topologyConfigurationFile).get();
+                // The client connection will be closed after that command
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (e instanceof ExecutionException) {
+                    if (e.getCause() instanceof TimeoutException) {
+                        return true;
+                        // Do nothing, the cluster is reloading
+                    } else if (e.getCause() instanceof TarantoolConnectionException) {
+                        // Probably cluster is not ready
+                        logger().error("Failed to setup topology: {}", e.getMessage());
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to change the app topology", e);
                 }
-            } else {
-                throw new RuntimeException("Failed to change the app topology", e);
             }
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainerReplicasetsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainerReplicasetsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa03637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/TarantoolCartridgeContainerReplicasetsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.testcontainers.containers;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.output.Slf4jLogConsumer;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class TarantoolCartridgeContainerReplicasetsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_ClusterContainer_StartsSuccessfully_ifFilesAreCopiedUnderRoot() throws Exception {
+        Map<String, String> buildArgs = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+            {
+                put("TARANTOOL_SERVER_USER", "root");
+                put("TARANTOOL_SERVER_UID", "0");
+                put("TARANTOOL_SERVER_GROUP", "root");
+                put("TARANTOOL_SERVER_GID", "0");
+            }
+        };
+        TarantoolCartridgeContainer container =
+                new TarantoolCartridgeContainer(
+                        "Dockerfile",
+                        "testcontainers-java-tarantool:test",
+                        "cartridge/instances.yml",
+                        "cartridge/replicasets.yml",
+                        buildArgs)
+                        .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forClasspathResource("cartridge"), "/app")
+                        .withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(300))
+                        .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(
+                                LoggerFactory.getLogger(TarantoolCartridgeContainerReplicasetsTest.class)));
+
+        container.start();
+        CartridgeContainerTestUtils.executeProfileReplaceSmokeTest(container);
+        if(container.isRunning())
+            container.stop();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/cartridge/replicasets.yml b/src/test/resources/cartridge/replicasets.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18fcb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/cartridge/replicasets.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+router:
+  instances:
+    - router
+  roles:
+    - failover-coordinator
+    - vshard-router
+    - app.roles.custom
+    - app.roles.api_router
+  all_rw: false
+s-1:
+  instances:
+    - s1-master
+  roles:
+    - vshard-storage
+    - app.roles.api_storage
+  weight: 1
+  all_rw: false
+  vshard_group: default