diff --git a/Dockerfile.synchronizer b/Dockerfile.synchronizer
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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+# docker build -t xosproject/kubernetes-synchronizer:candidate -f Dockerfile.synchronizer .
+
+# xosproject/kubernetes-synchronizer
+
+FROM xosproject/xos-synchronizer-base:candidate
+
+COPY xos/synchronizer /opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes
+COPY VERSION /opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/
+
+RUN pip install kubernetes==6.0.0
+
+ENTRYPOINT []
+
+WORKDIR "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes"
+
+# Label image
+ARG org_label_schema_schema_version=1.0
+ARG org_label_schema_name=kubernetes-synchronizer
+ARG org_label_schema_version=unknown
+ARG org_label_schema_vcs_url=unknown
+ARG org_label_schema_vcs_ref=unknown
+ARG org_label_schema_build_date=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_vcs_commit_date=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_component_chameleon_version=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_component_chameleon_vcs_url=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_component_chameleon_vcs_ref=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_component_xos_version=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_component_xos_vcs_url=unknown
+ARG org_opencord_component_xos_vcs_ref=unknown
+
+LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version=$org_label_schema_schema_version \
+      org.label-schema.name=$org_label_schema_name \
+      org.label-schema.version=$org_label_schema_version \
+      org.label-schema.vcs-url=$org_label_schema_vcs_url \
+      org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$org_label_schema_vcs_ref \
+      org.label-schema.build-date=$org_label_schema_build_date \
+      org.opencord.vcs-commit-date=$org_opencord_vcs_commit_date \
+      org.opencord.component.chameleon.version=$org_opencord_component_chameleon_version \
+      org.opencord.component.chameleon.vcs-url=$org_opencord_component_chameleon_vcs_url \
+      org.opencord.component.chameleon.vcs-ref=$org_opencord_component_chameleon_vcs_ref \
+      org.opencord.component.xos.version=$org_opencord_component_xos_version \
+      org.opencord.component.xos.vcs-url=$org_opencord_component_xos_vcs_url \
+      org.opencord.component.xos.vcs-ref=$org_opencord_component_xos_vcs_ref
+
+CMD bash -c "service filebeat start; cd /opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes; python kubernetes-synchronizer.py"
+
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+++ b/VERSION
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+6.0.0.dev0
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""
+     kubernetes-synchronizer.py
+
+     This is the main entrypoint for the synchronizer. It loads the config file, and then starts the synchronizer.
+"""
+
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Runs the standard XOS synchronizer
+
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/kubernetes_config.yaml')
+Config.init(config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
+
+synchronizer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
+sys.path.append(synchronizer_path)
+mod = importlib.import_module("xos-synchronizer")
+mod.main()
+
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes_config.yaml b/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes_config.yaml
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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+
+name: kubernetes
+accessor:
+  username: xosadmin@opencord.org
+  password: "@/opt/xos/services/kubernetes/credentials/xosadmin@opencord.org"
+required_models:
+  - KubernetesService
+  - KubernetesServiceInstance
+dependency_graph: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/model-deps"
+steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/steps"
+sys_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/sys"
+#model_policies_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/model_policies"
+models_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/models"
+pull_steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/kubernetes/pull_steps"
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/model-deps b/xos/synchronizer/model-deps
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+++ b/xos/synchronizer/model-deps
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+{}
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/models/kubernetes.xproto b/xos/synchronizer/models/kubernetes.xproto
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+++ b/xos/synchronizer/models/kubernetes.xproto
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+option app_label = "kubernetes";
+option name = "kubernetes";
+
+message KubernetesService (Service){
+    option verbose_name = "Kubernetes Service";
+
+}
+
+message KubernetesServiceInstance (ServiceInstance){
+     option verbose_name = "Kubernetes Service Instance";
+}
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/pull_steps/pull_pods.py b/xos/synchronizer/pull_steps/pull_pods.py
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+++ b/xos/synchronizer/pull_steps/pull_pods.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""
+    pull_pods.py
+
+    Implements a syncstep to pull information about pods form Kubernetes.
+"""
+
+from synchronizers.new_base.pullstep import PullStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import KubernetesServiceInstance
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+from kubernetes import client as kubernetes_client, config as kubernetes_config
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class KubernetesServiceInstancePullStep(PullStep):
+    """
+         KubernetesServiceInstancePullStep
+
+         Pull information from Kubernetes.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(KubernetesServiceInstancePullStep, self).__init__(observed_model=KubernetesServiceInstance)
+
+        kubernetes_config.load_incluster_config()
+        self.v1 = kubernetes_client.CoreV1Api()
+
+    def pull_records(self):
+        # TODO(smbaker): implement pull step here
+        pass
+
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_kubernetesserviceinstance.py b/xos/synchronizer/steps/sync_kubernetesserviceinstance.py
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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""
+    sync_kubernetesserviceinstance.py
+
+    Synchronize KubernetesServiceInstance. See also the related pull_step.
+"""
+
+from synchronizers.new_base.syncstep import SyncStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import KubernetesServiceInstance
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+from kubernetes import client as kubernetes_client, config as kubernetes_config
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class SyncKubernetesServiceInstance(SyncStep):
+
+    """
+        SyncKubernetesServiceInstance
+
+        Implements sync step for syncing kubernetes service instances.
+    """
+
+    provides = [KubernetesServiceInstance]
+    observes = KubernetesServiceInstance
+    requested_interval = 0
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(SyncKubernetesServiceInstance, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        kubernetes_config.load_incluster_config()
+        self.v1 = kubernetes_client.CoreV1Api()
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        # TODO(smbaker): implement sync step here
+        pass
+
+
+    def delete_record(self, port):
+        # TODO(smbaker): implement delete sync step here
+        pass
+