diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/model-deps b/xos/observers/vtn/model-deps
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index 0000000..0967ef4
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+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/model-deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/run.sh b/xos/observers/vtn/run.sh
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index 0000000..d7e5025
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+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/run.sh
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+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+python vtn-observer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/observers/vtn/vtn_observer_config
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/start.sh b/xos/observers/vtn/start.sh
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index 0000000..168074d
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+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/start.sh
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+export XOS_DIR=/opt/xos
+nohup python vtn-observer.py  -C $XOS_DIR/observers/vtn/vtn_observer_config > /dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/steps/sync_tenant.py b/xos/observers/vtn/steps/sync_tenant.py
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+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/steps/sync_tenant.py
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+import os
+import requests
+import socket
+import sys
+import base64
+from django.db.models import F, Q
+from xos.config import Config
+from observer.syncstep import SyncStep
+from core.models import Service
+from core.models.service import COARSE_KIND
+from cord.models import Tenant
+from util.logger import Logger, logging
+
+# hpclibrary will be in steps/..
+parentdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),"..")
+sys.path.insert(0,parentdir)
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
+
+class SyncTenant(SyncStep):
+    provides=[Tenant]
+    observes=Tenant
+    requested_interval=0
+
+    def __init__(self, **args):
+        SyncStep.__init__(self, **args)
+        self.saved_vtn_maps = []  # TODO: load this
+
+    def call(self, **args):
+        logger.info("sync'ing vtn services")
+        for service in Service.objects.all():
+           for id in service.get_vtn_src_ids():
+               dependencies = service.get_vtn_dependencies_ids()
+               if dependencies:
+                   for dependency in dependencies:
+                       vtn_maps.append( (id, dependency) )
+
+        for vtn_map in vtn_maps:
+            if not (vtn_map in self.saved_vtn_maps):
+               pass # call vtn rest api to add map
+
+        for vtn_map in self.saved_vtn_maps:
+            if not vtn_map in vtn_maps:
+                pass # call vtn rest api to delete map
+
+        self.saved_vtn_maps = vtn_maps
+        # TODO: save this
+
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/stop.sh b/xos/observers/vtn/stop.sh
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index 0000000..261f029
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+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkill -9 -f vtn-observer.py
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/supervisor/vtn-observer.conf b/xos/observers/vtn/supervisor/vtn-observer.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..714afa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/supervisor/vtn-observer.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[program:vtn-observer]
+command=python /opt/xos/observers/vbng/vtn-observer.py -C /opt/xos/observers/vbng/vtn_observer_config
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/vtn-observer.py b/xos/observers/vtn/vtn-observer.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d6a71ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/vtn-observer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This imports and runs ../../xos-observer.py
+
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+observer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),"../..")
+sys.path.append(observer_path)
+mod = importlib.import_module("xos-observer")
+mod.main()
diff --git a/xos/observers/vtn/vtn_observer_config b/xos/observers/vtn/vtn_observer_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19e9a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/observers/vtn/vtn_observer_config
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+
+[plc]
+name=plc
+deployment=VICCI
+
+[db]
+name=xos
+user=postgres
+password=password
+host=localhost
+port=5432
+
+[api]
+host=128.112.171.237
+port=8000
+ssl_key=None
+ssl_cert=None
+ca_ssl_cert=None
+ratelimit_enabled=0
+omf_enabled=0
+mail_support_address=support@localhost
+nova_enabled=True
+
+[observer]
+name=vtn
+dependency_graph=/opt/xos/observers/vtn/model-deps
+steps_dir=/opt/xos/observers/vtn/steps
+sys_dir=/opt/xos/observers/vtn/sys
+deleters_dir=/opt/xos/observers/vtn/deleters
+log_file=console
+#/var/log/hpc.log
+driver=None
+pretend=False
+backoff_disabled=True
+
+[feefie]
+client_id='vicci_dev_central'
+user_id='pl'