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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+/*
+ * 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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+/*
+ * 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
+    def dependency
+
+    DockerPublishRule(project) {
+        this.project = project
+    }
+
+    DockerPublishRule(project, dependency) {
+        this.project = project
+        this.dependency = dependency
+    }
+
+    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"
+                if (dependency) {
+                    dependsOn dependency
+                }
+                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
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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.
+ */
+
+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
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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.
+ */
+
+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', '--recursive', spec.componentDir
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}