preparing for cord onos app publishing.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Java
+*.class
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.oar
+
+# Eclipse
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings
+
+# Idea
+.idea
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.ipr
+
+# OS
+Thumbs.db
+.DS_Store
+
+# Vagrant
+.vagrant
+
+# Docker registry
+/registry
+
+# Build
+build
+
+# Gradle
+.gradle
+
+# Ansible
+ansible/*.retry
+
+# Backup files
+*.bak
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "apps/aaa"]
+	path = apps/aaa
+	url = https://gerrit.opencord.org/aaa
+[submodule "apps/vtn"]
+	path = apps/vtn
+	url = https://gerrit.opencord.org/vtn
+[submodule "apps/config"]
+	path = apps/config
+	url = https://gerrit.opencord.org/config
+[submodule "apps/igmp"]
+	path = apps/igmp
+	url = https://gerrit.opencord.org/igmp
+[submodule "apps/mcast"]
+	path = apps/mcast
+	url = https://gerrit.opencord.org/mcast
+[submodule "apps/olt"]
+	path = apps/olt
+	url = https://gerrit.opencord.org/olt
diff --git a/apps/aaa b/apps/aaa
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+++ b/apps/aaa
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6d52745026ee2d4b467fece929f4ce35fee47cb8
diff --git a/apps/config b/apps/config
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5dc28ecf096fdec9fd3b8cdc39497bdd49251dff
diff --git a/apps/igmp b/apps/igmp
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index 0000000..48dff9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/igmp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 48dff9a1c8d4d459995c10ac9b0fd1714f614ef6
diff --git a/apps/mcast b/apps/mcast
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mcast
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b9d5ccd0b0c2590a80bc32dc4b67a39e2fe2540a
diff --git a/apps/olt b/apps/olt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/olt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f3a573e1ad6b6b05e8134b9ceeff51e12ea2a6f4
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
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index 0000000..f1b42a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.0.3</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.opencord</groupId>
+        <artifactId>cord-base</artifactId>
+        <version>1</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.opencord</groupId>
+    <artifactId>cord</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>Open CORD root project</description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>aaa</module>
+        <module>config</module>
+        <module>igmp</module>
+        <module>mcast</module>
+        <module>olt</module>
+        <module>vtn</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/apps/vtn b/apps/vtn
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+++ b/apps/vtn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b4d3171d3a8945496e057bb19611cd58ad75b830
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.opencord.gradle.rules.*
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml
+
+allprojects {
+    apply plugin: 'base'
+    apply plugin: 'de.gesellix.docker'
+    //apply plugin: 'com.tmiyamon.config'
+
+    docker {
+        // dockerHost = System.env.DOCKER_HOST ?: 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
+        // dockerHost = System.env.DOCKER_HOST ?: 'https://192.168.99.100:2376'
+        // certPath = System.getProperty('docker.cert.path') ?: "${System.getProperty('user.home')}/.docker/machine/machines/default"
+        // authConfigPlain = [
+        //   "username"       : "joe",
+        //   "password"       : "some-pw-as-needed",
+        //   "email"          : "joe@acme.com",
+        //   "serveraddress"  : "https://index.docker.io/v1/"
+        //  ]
+    }
+}
+
+ext {
+
+    appVersion = null
+
+    // Target registry to be used to publish docker images needed for deployment
+    targetReg = project.hasProperty('targetReg') ? project.getProperty('targetReg') : 'localhost:5000'
+
+    // The tag used to tag the docker images push to the target registry
+    targetTag = project.hasProperty('targetTag') ? project.getProperty('targetTag') : 'candidate'
+
+    comps = [
+            'aaa' : [
+                    'type':     'gitmodule',
+                    'upstream': 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/aaa',
+                    'branch' : 'master',
+                    'tag' : appVersion,
+                    'componentDir': './apps/aaa'
+            ],
+            'vtn' : [
+                    'type':     'gitmodule',
+                    'upstream': 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/vtn',
+                    'branch' : 'master',
+                    'tag' : appVersion,
+                    'componentDir': './apps/vtn'
+            ],
+            'mcast' : [
+                    'type':     'gitmodule',
+                    'upstream': 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/mcast',
+                    'branch' : 'master',
+                    'tag' : appVersion,
+                    'componentDir': './apps/mcast'
+            ],
+            'igmp' : [
+                    'type':     'gitmodule',
+                    'upstream': 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/igmp',
+                    'branch' : 'master',
+                    'tag' : appVersion,
+                    'componentDir': './apps/igmp'
+            ],
+            'olt' : [
+                    'type':     'gitmodule',
+                    'upstream': 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/olt',
+                    'branch' : 'master',
+                    'tag' : appVersion,
+                    'componentDir': './apps/olt'
+            ],
+            'config' : [
+                    'type':     'gitmodule',
+                    'upstream': 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/config',
+                    'branch' : 'master',
+                    'tag' : appVersion,
+                    'componentDir': './apps/config'
+            ]
+    ]
+}
+
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global tasks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+task fetchGitSubmodules {
+    comps.each { name, spec -> if (spec.type == 'gitmodule') { dependsOn "gitupdate" + name } }
+}
+
+task fetch {
+    dependsOn fetchGitSubmodules
+}
+
+// To be used to generate all needed binaries that need to be present on the target
+// as docker images in the local docker runner.
+task buildImages (dependsOn: fetch, type: Exec){
+    workingDir './apps'
+    commandLine 'mvn', 'clean', 'install'
+}
+
+// Publish image(s) built during the build step into targetReg registry using the targetTag
+// tag. See maas subproject for examples on how to do this.
+task publish {
+    // ...
+}
+
+tasks.addRule(new GitSubmoduleUpdateRule(project))
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+
+repositories {
+    // maven { url 'https://repo.gradle.org/gradle/libs' }
+    maven { url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/' }
+    // mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+    compile 'de.gesellix:gradle-docker-plugin:2016-05-05T13-15-11'
+    compile 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.10'
+    //compile 'gradle.plugin.com.tmiyamon:gradle-config:0.2.1'
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerFetchRule.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerFetchRule.groovy
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index 0000000..a9bb91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerFetchRule.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.opencord.gradle.rules
+
+import org.gradle.api.Rule
+import de.gesellix.gradle.docker.tasks.DockerPullTask
+
+
+/**
+ * Gradle Rule class to fetch a docker image
+ */
+class DockerFetchRule implements Rule {
+
+    def project
+
+    DockerFetchRule(project) {
+        this.project = project
+    }
+
+    String getDescription() {
+        'Rule Usage: fetch<component-name>'
+    }
+
+    void apply(String taskName) {
+        if (taskName.startsWith('fetch')) {
+            project.task(taskName, type: DockerPullTask) {
+                ext.compName = taskName - 'fetch'
+                def spec = project.comps[ext.compName]
+                imageName = spec.name + '@' + spec.digest
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerPublishRule.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerPublishRule.groovy
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index 0000000..a1d8164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerPublishRule.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.opencord.gradle.rules
+
+import org.gradle.api.Rule
+import de.gesellix.gradle.docker.tasks.DockerPushTask
+
+
+/**
+ * Gradle Rule class to publish (push) a docker image to a private repo
+ */
+class DockerPublishRule implements Rule {
+
+    def project
+
+    DockerPublishRule(project) {
+        this.project = project
+    }
+
+    String getDescription() {
+        'Rule Usage: publish<component-name>'
+    }
+
+    void apply(String taskName) {
+        if (taskName.startsWith('publish')) {
+            project.task(taskName, type: DockerPushTask) {
+                ext.compName = taskName - 'publish'
+                println "Publish rule: $taskName + $compName"
+                def tagTask = "tag$compName"
+                println "Tagtask: $tagTask"
+                dependsOn tagTask
+                def spec = project.comps[ext.compName]
+                repositoryName = spec.name + ':' + project.targetTag
+                registry = project.targetReg
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerTagRule.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerTagRule.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..474e16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/DockerTagRule.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.opencord.gradle.rules
+
+import org.gradle.api.Rule
+import de.gesellix.gradle.docker.tasks.DockerTagTask
+
+
+/**
+ * Gradle Rule class to tag a docker image
+ */
+class DockerTagRule implements Rule {
+
+    def project
+
+    DockerTagRule(project) {
+        this.project = project
+    }
+
+    String getDescription() {
+        'Rule Usage: tag<component-name>'
+    }
+
+    void apply(String taskName) {
+        if (taskName.startsWith('tag') && !taskName.equals('tag')) {
+            project.task(taskName, type: DockerTagTask) {
+                ext.compName = taskName - 'tag'
+                def spec = project.comps[compName]
+                imageId = spec.name + '@' + spec.digest
+                tag = compName + ':' + project.targetTag
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/GitSubmoduleUpdateRule.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/GitSubmoduleUpdateRule.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a1f6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/opencord/gradle/rules/GitSubmoduleUpdateRule.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.opencord.gradle.rules
+
+import org.gradle.api.Rule
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Exec
+
+
+/**
+ * Gradle Rule class to fetch a docker image
+ */
+class GitSubmoduleUpdateRule implements Rule {
+
+    def project
+
+    GitSubmoduleUpdateRule(project) {
+        this.project = project
+    }
+
+    String getDescription() {
+        'Rule Usage: gitupdate<component-name>'
+    }
+
+    void apply(String taskName) {
+        if (taskName.startsWith('gitupdate')) {
+            project.task(taskName, type: Exec) {
+                ext.compName = taskName - 'gitupdate'
+                def spec = project.comps[ext.compName]
+                workingDir = '.'
+                commandLine '/usr/bin/git', 'submodule', 'update', '--init', spec.componentDir
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
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index 0000000..fd034e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Thu Jun 02 09:13:41 PDT 2016
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
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index 0000000..27309d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6d5974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off

+@rem ##########################################################################

+@rem

+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows

+@rem

+@rem ##########################################################################

+

+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell

+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal

+

+set DIRNAME=%~dp0

+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.

+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0

+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%

+

+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.

+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=

+

+@rem Find java.exe

+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome

+

+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe

+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1

+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init

+

+echo.

+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.

+echo.

+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the

+echo location of your Java installation.

+

+goto fail

+

+:findJavaFromJavaHome

+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%

+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe

+

+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init

+

+echo.

+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%

+echo.

+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the

+echo location of your Java installation.

+

+goto fail

+

+:init

+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants

+

+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args

+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args

+

+:win9xME_args

+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.

+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=

+set _SKIP=2

+

+:win9xME_args_slurp

+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute

+

+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*

+goto execute

+

+:4NT_args

+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software

+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$

+

+:execute

+@rem Setup the command line

+

+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar

+

+@rem Execute Gradle

+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%

+

+:end

+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell

+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd

+

+:fail

+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of

+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!

+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1

+exit /b 1

+

+:mainEnd

+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal

+

+:omega

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad56827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.0.0</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
+    <groupId>org.opencord</groupId>
+    <artifactId>cord-base</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1</version>
+
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>Open CORD Base Pom</description>
+
+    <url>http://opencord.org/</url>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <organization>Open Networking Lab</organization>
+            <url>http://onlab.us</url>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.2.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.5</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4f063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * This settings file was auto generated by the Gradle buildInit task
+ * by 'ash' at '6/2/16 9:13 AM' with Gradle 2.13
+ *
+ * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
+ * In a single project build this file can be empty or even removed.
+ *
+ * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
+ * in the user guide at https://docs.gradle.org/2.13/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ */
+
+/*
+// To declare projects as part of a multi-project build use the 'include' method
+include 'shared'
+include 'api'
+include 'services:webservice'
+*/
+
+rootProject.name = 'cord-onos-publisher'