diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/.gitignore b/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/.gitignore
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+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/.gitignore
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+/target/
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/pom.xml b/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>appc-artifact-handler</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+		<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>appc-artifact-handler-features</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>appc-artifact-handler-model</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>appc-artifact-handler-provider</artifactId>
+			<classifier>config</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.mdsal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-mdsal</artifactId>
+			<classifier>features</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- dependency for opendaylight-karaf-empty for use by testing -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.controller</groupId>
+			<artifactId>opendaylight-karaf-empty</artifactId>
+			<type>zip</type>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<!-- Required for launching the feature tests -->
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.odlparent</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+			<version>${odl.commons.opendaylight.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.yangtools</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-yangtools</artifactId>
+			<classifier>features</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>filter</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-artifacts</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<artifacts>
+								<artifact>
+									<file>${project.build.directory}/classes/${features.file}</file>
+									<type>xml</type>
+									<classifier>features</classifier>
+								</artifact>
+							</artifacts>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/src/main/resources/features.xml b/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
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+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-artifact-handler/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+  ONAP : APPC
+  ================================================================================
+  Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+  ================================================================================
+  Copyright (C) 2017 Amdocs
+  =============================================================================
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+  
+  ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+  -->
+
+
+<features name="app-cntrl-artifact-handler-${project.version}" xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0 http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0">
+
+
+	<repository>mvn:org.opendaylight.mdsal/features-mdsal/${odl.mdsal.version}/xml/features</repository>
+
+	<feature name='app-cntrl-artifact-handler' description="Application Controller Artifact Handler"
+		version='${project.version}'>
+		<!-- Most applications will have a dependency on the ODL MD-SAL Broker -->
+		<feature version="${broker-mdsal.version">odl-mdsal-broker</feature>
+		<feature version='${sdnctl.sli.version}'>sdnc-sli</feature>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:com.att.eelf/eelf-core/${eelf.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/${jackson.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-annotations/${jackson.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/${jackson.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat/jackson-dataformat-yaml/${jackson.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:org.yaml/snakeyaml/${snakeyaml.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:org.openecomp.appc/appc-yang-generator/${project.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>wrap:mvn:org.openecomp.sdc.common/openecomp-tosca-datatype/${tosca.datatype.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>mvn:org.openecomp.appc/appc-config-params-provider/${project.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>mvn:org.openecomp.appc/appc-artifact-handler-model/${project.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle>mvn:org.openecomp.appc/appc-artifact-handler-provider/${project.version}</bundle>
+		<configfile finalname="etc/opendaylight/karaf/200-artifact-handler-provider.xml">mvn:org.openecomp.appc/appc-artifact-handler-provider/${project.version}/xml/config</configfile>
+	</feature>
+
+</features>