diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/.gitignore b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/.gitignore
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index 0000000..b83d222
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+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/pom.xml b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/pom.xml
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index 0000000..d0595f1
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+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/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-design-services</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+		<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>appc-design-services-installer</artifactId>
+	<name>appc-design-services-installer</name>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+	<properties>
+		<application.name>appc-design-services</application.name>
+		<features.boot>appc-design-services</features.boot>
+		<features.repositories>mvn:org.openecomp.appc/appc-design-services-features/${project.version}/xml/features</features.repositories>
+		<include.transitive.dependencies>false</include.transitive.dependencies>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>appc-design-services-features</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+			<classifier>features</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>*</groupId>
+					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>appc-design-services-provider</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>maven-repo-zip</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>single</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+							<attach>false</attach>
+							<finalName>stage/${application.name}-${project.version}</finalName>
+							<descriptors>
+								<descriptor>src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml</descriptor>
+							</descriptors>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>installer-zip</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>single</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+							<attach>true</attach>
+							<finalName>${application.name}-${project.version}</finalName>
+							<descriptors>
+								<descriptor>src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml</descriptor>
+							</descriptors>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-dependencies</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>prepare-package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<transitive>false</transitive>
+							<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/assembly/system</outputDirectory>
+							<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
+							<overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+							<overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
+							<useRepositoryLayout>true</useRepositoryLayout>
+							<addParentPoms>false</addParentPoms>
+							<copyPom>false</copyPom>
+							<excludeGroupIds>org.opendaylight</excludeGroupIds>
+							<scope>provided</scope>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-version</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>validate</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/stage</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
+									<includes>
+										<include>install-feature.sh</include>
+									</includes>
+									<filtering>true</filtering>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
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index 0000000..c5a39bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+###
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# ONAP : APP-C
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+###
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ODL_HOME=${ODL_HOME:-/opt/opendaylight/current}
+ODL_KARAF_CLIENT=${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT:-${ODL_HOME}/bin/client}
+ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS=${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS:-"-u karaf"}
+INSTALLERDIR=$(dirname $0)
+
+REPOZIP=${INSTALLERDIR}/${features.boot}-${project.version}.zip
+
+if [ -f ${REPOZIP} ]
+then
+	unzip -n -d ${ODL_HOME} ${REPOZIP}
+else
+	echo "ERROR : repo zip ($REPOZIP) not found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS} feature:repo-add ${features.repositories}
+${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS} feature:install ${features.boot}
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e54eede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<!--
+  ============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=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<!-- Defines how we build the .zip file which is our distribution. -->
+
+<assembly
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+	<id>controller</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>zip</format>
+	</formats>
+
+	<!--  we want "system" and related files right at the root level
+		  as this file is suppose to be unzip on top of a karaf
+		  distro. -->
+	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+
+	<fileSets>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>target/stage/</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>${application.name}</outputDirectory>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+			<includes>
+				<include>*.sh</include>
+			</includes>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>target/stage/</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>${application.name}</outputDirectory>
+			<fileMode>644</fileMode>
+			<excludes>
+				<exclude>*.sh</exclude>
+			</excludes>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+
+
+
+</assembly>
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc99e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<!--
+  ============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=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<!-- Defines how we build the .zip file which is our distribution. -->
+
+<assembly
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+	<id>controller</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>zip</format>
+	</formats>
+
+	<!--  we want "system" and related files right at the root level
+		  as this file is suppose to be unzip on top of a karaf
+		  distro. -->
+	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+
+	<fileSets>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>target/assembly/</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
+			<excludes>
+			</excludes>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+
+</assembly>
diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05b4ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+###
+# ============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=========================================================
+###
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ODL_HOME=${ODL_HOME:-/opt/opendaylight/current}
+ODL_KARAF_CLIENT=${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT:-${ODL_HOME}/bin/client}
+ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS=${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS:-"-u karaf"}
+INSTALLERDIR=$(dirname $0)
+
+REPOZIP=${INSTALLERDIR}/${features.boot}-${project.version}.zip
+
+if [ -f ${REPOZIP} ]
+then
+	unzip -n -d ${ODL_HOME} ${REPOZIP}
+else
+	echo "ERROR : repo zip ($REPOZIP) not found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS} feature:repo-add ${features.repositories}
+${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS} feature:install ${features.boot}