diff --git a/rw_core/config/config.go b/rw_core/config/config.go
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+++ b/rw_core/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	//"context"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	//dt "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	//dc "github.com/docker/docker/client"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Constants used to differentiate between the KV stores
+const (
+	ConsulStoreName string = "consul"
+	EtcdStoreName   string = "etcd"
+)
+
+// CoordinatorFlags represents the set of configurations used by the coordinator
+type RWCoreFlags struct {
+	// Command line parameters
+	InstanceID     string
+	KVStoreType    string
+	KVStoreTimeout int // in seconds
+	KVStoreHost    string
+	KVStorePort    int
+	LogLevel       string
+}
+
+// NewRWCoreFlags returns a new coordinator config
+func NewRWCoreFlags() *RWCoreFlags {
+	var rwCoreFlag = RWCoreFlags{ // Default values
+		InstanceID:     "rw_coreInstance001",
+		KVStoreType:    ConsulStoreName,
+		KVStoreTimeout: 5,
+		KVStoreHost:    "10.100.198.240",
+		//KVStorePort:                 2379,
+		KVStorePort: 8500,
+		LogLevel:    "info",
+	}
+	return &rwCoreFlag
+}
+
+// ParseCommandArguments parses the arguments when running coordinator
+func (cf *RWCoreFlags) ParseCommandArguments() {
+	flag.IntVar(&(cf.KVStoreTimeout),
+		"kv-store-request-timeout",
+		cf.KVStoreTimeout,
+		"The default timeout when making a kv store request")
+
+	flag.StringVar(&(cf.KVStoreType),
+		"kv-store-type",
+		cf.KVStoreType,
+		"KV store type")
+
+	flag.StringVar(&(cf.KVStoreHost),
+		"kv-store-host",
+		cf.KVStoreHost,
+		"KV store host")
+
+	flag.IntVar(&(cf.KVStorePort),
+		"kv-store-port",
+		cf.KVStorePort,
+		"KV store port")
+
+	flag.StringVar(&(cf.LogLevel),
+		"log-level",
+		cf.LogLevel,
+		"Log level")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Update the necessary keys with the prefixes
+	start := time.Now()
+	containerName := getContainerInfo()
+	fmt.Println("container name:", containerName)
+	if len(containerName) > 0 {
+		cf.InstanceID = containerName
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Inside config:", cf)
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+	fmt.Println("time:", elapsed/time.Second)
+}
+
+func getContainerInfo() string {
+	return os.Getenv("HOSTNAME")
+}