diff --git a/internal/pkg/proxy/config.go b/internal/pkg/proxy/config.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-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.
+ */
+
+// Implements global configuration for nem-ondemand-proxy
+package proxy
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	flags "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type OutputType uint8
+
+type GrpcConfigSpec struct {
+	Timeout time.Duration `yaml:"timeout"`
+}
+
+type TlsConfigSpec struct {
+	UseTls bool   `yaml:"useTls"`
+	CACert string `yaml:"caCert"`
+	Cert   string `yaml:"cert"`
+	Key    string `yaml:"key"`
+	Verify string `yaml:"verify"`
+}
+
+type GlobalConfigSpec struct {
+	Server string         `yaml:"server"`
+	Kafka  string         `yaml:"kafka"`
+	Local  string         `yaml:"local"`
+	Tls    TlsConfigSpec  `yaml:"tls"`
+	Grpc   GrpcConfigSpec `yaml:"grpc"`
+}
+
+var (
+	CharReplacer = strings.NewReplacer("\\t", "\t", "\\n", "\n")
+
+	GlobalConfig = GlobalConfigSpec{
+		Server: "voltha-rw-core.voltha:50057",
+		Kafka:  "voltha-kafka.voltha:9092",
+		Local:  "0.0.0.0:50052",
+		Tls: TlsConfigSpec{
+			UseTls: false,
+		},
+		Grpc: GrpcConfigSpec{
+			Timeout: time.Minute * 5,
+		},
+	}
+
+	GlobalCommandOptions = make(map[string]map[string]string)
+
+	GlobalOptions struct {
+		Config string `short:"c" long:"config" env:"PROXYCONFIG" value-name:"FILE" default:"" description:"Location of proxy config file"`
+		Server string `short:"s" long:"server" default:"" value-name:"SERVER:PORT" description:"IP/Host and port of VOLTHA"`
+		Kafka  string `short:"k" long:"kafka" default:"" value-name:"SERVER:PORT" description:"IP/Host and port of Kafka"`
+		Local  string `short:"l" long:"local" default:"" value-name:"SERVER:PORT" description:"IP/Host and port to listen on"`
+
+		// The following are not necessarily implemented yet.
+		Debug   bool   `short:"d" long:"debug" description:"Enable debug mode"`
+		Timeout string `short:"t" long:"timeout" description:"API call timeout duration" value-name:"DURATION" default:""`
+		UseTLS  bool   `long:"tls" description:"Use TLS"`
+		CACert  string `long:"tlscacert" value-name:"CA_CERT_FILE" description:"Trust certs signed only by this CA"`
+		Cert    string `long:"tlscert" value-name:"CERT_FILE" description:"Path to TLS vertificate file"`
+		Key     string `long:"tlskey" value-name:"KEY_FILE" description:"Path to TLS key file"`
+		Verify  bool   `long:"tlsverify" description:"Use TLS and verify the remote"`
+	}
+
+	Debug = log.New(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: ", 0)
+	Info  = log.New(os.Stdout, "INFO: ", 0)
+	Warn  = log.New(os.Stderr, "WARN: ", 0)
+	Error = log.New(os.Stderr, "ERROR: ", 0)
+)
+
+func ParseCommandLine() {
+	parser := flags.NewNamedParser(path.Base(os.Args[0]),
+		flags.HelpFlag|flags.PassDoubleDash|flags.PassAfterNonOption)
+	_, err := parser.AddGroup("Global Options", "", &GlobalOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = parser.ParseArgs(os.Args[1:])
+	if err != nil {
+		_, ok := err.(*flags.Error)
+		if ok {
+			real := err.(*flags.Error)
+			if real.Type == flags.ErrHelp {
+				os.Stdout.WriteString(err.Error() + "\n")
+				os.Exit(0)
+			}
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %s\n", os.Args[0], err.Error())
+
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func ProcessGlobalOptions() {
+	if len(GlobalOptions.Config) == 0 {
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			Warn.Printf("Unable to discover the user's home directory: %s", err)
+			home = "~"
+		}
+		GlobalOptions.Config = filepath.Join(home, ".nem", "config")
+	}
+
+	if info, err := os.Stat(GlobalOptions.Config); err == nil && !info.IsDir() {
+		configFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(GlobalOptions.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			Error.Fatalf("Unable to read the configuration file '%s': %s",
+				GlobalOptions.Config, err.Error())
+		}
+		if err = yaml.Unmarshal(configFile, &GlobalConfig); err != nil {
+			Error.Fatalf("Unable to parse the configuration file '%s': %s",
+				GlobalOptions.Config, err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Override from command line
+	if GlobalOptions.Server != "" {
+		GlobalConfig.Server = GlobalOptions.Server
+	}
+	if GlobalOptions.Kafka != "" {
+		GlobalConfig.Kafka = GlobalOptions.Kafka
+	}
+	if GlobalOptions.Local != "" {
+		GlobalConfig.Local = GlobalOptions.Local
+	}
+
+	if GlobalOptions.Timeout != "" {
+		timeout, err := time.ParseDuration(GlobalOptions.Timeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			Error.Fatalf("Unable to parse specified timeout duration '%s': %s",
+				GlobalOptions.Timeout, err.Error())
+		}
+		GlobalConfig.Grpc.Timeout = timeout
+	}
+}
+
+func ShowGlobalOptions() {
+	log.Printf("Configuration:")
+	log.Printf("    Voltha gRPC Server: %v", GlobalConfig.Server)
+	log.Printf("    Kafka: %v", GlobalConfig.Kafka)
+	log.Printf("    Listen Address: %v", GlobalConfig.Local)
+}