diff --git a/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml b/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml
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+++ b/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml
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+<!--
+  ============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-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml b/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<!--
+  ============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-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh b/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a7e7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appc-lifecycle-management/appc-lifecycle-management-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+###
+# ============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
+
+COUNT=0
+while [ $COUNT -lt 10 ]; do
+    ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS} feature:repo-add ${features.repositories} 2> /tmp/installErr
+    cat /tmp/installErr
+    if grep -q 'Failed to get the session' /tmp/installErr; then
+        sleep 10
+    else
+        let COUNT=10
+    fi
+    let COUNT=COUNT+1
+done
+COUNT=0
+while [ $COUNT -lt 10 ]; do
+    ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} ${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT_OPTS} feature:install ${features.boot} 2> /tmp/installErr
+        cat /tmp/installErr
+    if grep -q 'Failed to get the session' /tmp/installErr; then
+        sleep 10
+    else
+        let COUNT=10
+    fi
+    let COUNT=COUNT+1
+done