diff --git a/common/grpc/security.go b/common/grpc/security.go
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+++ b/common/grpc/security.go
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+package grpc
+
+type GrpcSecurity struct {
+	KeyFile  string
+	CertFile string
+	CaFile   string
+}
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diff --git a/common/grpc/server.go b/common/grpc/server.go
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+++ b/common/grpc/server.go
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+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"context"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
+	"strconv"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-go/common/log"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+/*
+To add a GRPC server to your existing component simply follow these steps:
+
+1. Create a server instance by passing the host and port where it should run and optionally add certificate information
+
+	e.g.
+	s.server = server.NewGrpcServer(s.config.GrpcHost, s.config.GrpcPort, nil, false)
+
+2. Create a function that will register your service with the GRPC server
+
+    e.g.
+	f := func(gs *grpc.Server) {
+		voltha.RegisterVolthaReadOnlyServiceServer(
+			gs,
+			core.NewReadOnlyServiceHandler(s.root),
+		)
+	}
+
+3. Add the service to the server
+
+    e.g.
+	s.server.AddService(f)
+
+4. Start the server
+
+	s.server.Start(ctx)
+ */
+
+
+
+type GrpcServer struct {
+	gs       *grpc.Server
+	address  string
+	port     int
+	secure   bool
+	services []func(*grpc.Server)
+
+	*GrpcSecurity
+}
+
+/*
+Instantiate a GRPC server data structure
+*/
+func NewGrpcServer(
+	address string,
+	port int,
+	certs *GrpcSecurity,
+	secure bool,
+) *GrpcServer {
+	server := &GrpcServer{
+		address:      address,
+		port:         port,
+		secure:       secure,
+		GrpcSecurity: certs,
+	}
+	return server
+}
+
+/*
+Start prepares the GRPC server and starts servicing requests
+*/
+func (s *GrpcServer) Start(ctx context.Context) {
+	host := strings.Join([]string{
+		s.address,
+		strconv.Itoa(int(s.port)),
+	}, ":")
+
+	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", host)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to listen: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if s.secure && s.GrpcSecurity != nil {
+		creds, err := credentials.NewServerTLSFromFile(s.CertFile, s.KeyFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("could not load TLS keys: %s", err)
+		}
+		s.gs = grpc.NewServer(grpc.Creds(creds))
+
+	} else {
+		log.Info("starting-insecure-grpc-server")
+		s.gs = grpc.NewServer()
+	}
+
+	// Register all required services
+	for _, service := range s.services {
+		service(s.gs)
+	}
+
+	if err := s.gs.Serve(lis); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to serve: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+Stop servicing GRPC requests
+*/
+func (s *GrpcServer) Stop() {
+	s.gs.Stop()
+}
+
+/*
+AddService appends a generic service request function
+*/
+func (s *GrpcServer) AddService(
+	registerFunction func(*grpc.Server),
+) {
+	s.services = append(s.services, registerFunction)
+}