diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d311050..bb7d0b5 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     <modules>
         <module>aai-service</module>
         <module>ansible-adapter</module>
+        <module>saltstack-adapter</module>
         <module>mdsal-resource</module>
         <module>resource-assignment</module>
         <module>sql-resource</module>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/.pydevproject b/saltstack-adapter/.pydevproject
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d001f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/.pydevproject
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?><pydev_project>
+<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Default</pydev_property>
+<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python interpreter</pydev_property>
+</pydev_project>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/README.md b/saltstack-adapter/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c3161a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+This source repository contains the code for the CCSDK plugins.
+
+To compile this code:
+
+1. Make sure your local Maven settings file ($HOME/.m2/settings.xml) contains references to the ONAP repositories and OpenDaylight repositories.  See example-settings.xml for an example.
+
+2. To compile, run "mvn clean install".
+
+
+***SaltStack Adaptor:*** CCSDK SLI ADAPTORS to support SaltStack server:
+
+***Connection from CCSDK SLI ADAPTOR Adaptor to SaltStack server:***
+
+Create an Adaptor to communicate with the SaltStack server:
+1) SaltStack server doesn’t expose any REST API unlike Chef.
+2) SSH based communication with the SaltStack server, one command at a time (preferred). This will mean that SaltStack server should have it’s SSH enabled.
+3) Create a REST-wrap around SaltStack server like is done for Ansible server.
+
+***SSH based communication:***
+1) Adaptor can execute commands on the Salt Master and bring back the result and put to the context memory for DG based analysis. (https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/index.html#all-salt-modules).
+2) This can be useful for several reasons, for instance it might be useful to know the interfaces in the minions before executing certain network config based commands. This can simple be done by running, 'salt '*' network.interfaces' on server.
+3) SaltStack Server, Output module support: The json-out outputter can be used to display the return data in JSON format. So the DG can put this onto context memory for execution. https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/output/all/index.html#all-salt-output
+4) Since the command execution on server might take time, a thread can be spawn to make a single SSH command execution in a SYNC manner. The thread executes the command and brings back the result and puts to the context memory for DG’s access.
+5) For some specific executions operations like configure and upgrade, each configuration execution on the server will be handled by 2 or more SSH command execution. (1 for sending configuration and another for verifying the result). This will give the DGs and Saltstack adaptor with more control on the SaltStack server.
+
+***SaltState (SLS) file for execution on the SaltStack server:***
+ The desired SLS file can be executed by one of the following three ways:
+1) The SLS file for VNF configuration can be assumed to be already on the server, similar to Ansible. In this case, no addition requirements are necessary. We would already know the name of SLS file to execute so the configuration is performed on the VNF. 
+2) SLS file creation using DG: Create a DG to parse the configuration and create an SLS file using adaptors such as FileRecorder. Then this SLS file can be passed to the adaptor, so the adaptor can send the configuration to server. The adaptor can also send a SLS file to the Saltstack server and then run the command to execute it. 
+3) Third option is for the configuration SLS file that is to be sent to the VNF after instantiation is attached at the design time. This SLS formula- SaltStack file can be picked up and stored in the DB, as part of UEB listener. This can then be sent to adaptor using DGs.
+
+***Requirements and benefits of the chosen SSH method:***
+1) The SaltStack server should have it’s SSH enabled.
+2) Such execution method will give the DGs and adaptor with more refined control on the SaltStack server.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/pom.xml b/saltstack-adapter/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8c1db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+<?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=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.parent</groupId>
+    <artifactId>odlparent-lite</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath/>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+  <artifactId>saltstack-adaptor</artifactId>
+  <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>ccsdk-sli-adaptors :: saltstack-adapter</name>
+  <description>Abstractions to interact with Saltstack server via REST</description>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+     <!-- Black duck plugin Not required for regular builds
+     <plugin> <groupId>com.blackducksoftware.integration</groupId> <artifactId>hub-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+           <version>1.4.0</version> <inherited>false</inherited> <configuration> <hubProjectName>${project.name}</hubProjectName>
+           <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}</outputDirectory> <deployHubBdio>false</deployHubBdio>
+           </configuration> <extensions>true</extensions>
+           <executions>
+		<execution>
+			<id>create-bdio-file</id>
+			<phase>package</phase>
+           		<goals>
+				<goal>createHubOutput</goal>
+			</goals>
+		</execution>
+	    </executions>
+
+     </plugin>
+     -->
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <additionalDependencies>
+            <additionalDependency>
+              <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+              <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+              <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </additionalDependency>
+            <additionalDependency>
+              <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+              <artifactId>antlr4</artifactId>
+              <version>${antlr.version}</version>
+            </additionalDependency>
+            <additionalDependency>
+              <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+              <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
+              <version>4.3</version>
+            </additionalDependency>
+          </additionalDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>javadoc-no-fork</report>
+              <report>test-javadoc-no-fork</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+          <reportSet>
+            <id>aggregate</id>
+            <reports>
+              <report>aggregate</report>
+              <report>test-aggregate</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <id>aggregate</id>
+            <reports>
+              <report>aggregate</report>
+              <report>test-aggregate</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <id>dual-report</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <type>range</type>
+              <range>30</range>
+            </configuration>
+            <reports>
+              <report>changelog</report>
+              <report>file-activity</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+
+  </reporting>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.onap.appc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>saltstack-adapter-features</artifactId>
+        <classifier>features</classifier>
+        <type>xml</type>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.onap.appc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>saltstack-adapter-provider</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+     <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>4.11</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <pluginRepositories>
+   <!-- Black Duck plugin dependencies -->
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>JCenter</id>
+            <name>JCenter Repository</name>
+            <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+
+  </pluginRepositories>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>saltstack-adapter-provider</module>
+    <module>saltstack-adapter-features</module>
+    <module>saltstack-adapter-installer</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/.gitignore b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8820cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# ============LICENSE_START==========================================
+# ONAP : APPC
+# ===================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ===================================================================
+#
+# Unless otherwise specified, all software contained herein is licensed
+# under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License);
+# you may not use this software 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============================================
+/target/
+/target-ide/
+/bin/
+/classes/
+/.settings/
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/ccsdk-saltstack-adapter/pom.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/ccsdk-saltstack-adapter/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa442ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/ccsdk-saltstack-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?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>
+        <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.parent</groupId>
+        <artifactId>single-feature-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath />
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ccsdk-saltstack-adapter</artifactId>
+    <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>feature</packaging>
+
+    <name>ccsdk-sli-adaptors :: saltstack-adapter:: ${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.opendaylight.controller</groupId>
+				<artifactId>mdsal-artifacts</artifactId>
+				<version>${odl.mdsal.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.opendaylight.mdsal.model</groupId>
+				<artifactId>mdsal-model-artifacts</artifactId>
+				<version>${odl.mdsal.model.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ccsdk-sli</artifactId>
+            <type>xml</type>
+            <classifier>features</classifier>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>saltstack-adapter-provider</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/features-saltstack-adapter/pom.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/features-saltstack-adapter/pom.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1b482d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/features-saltstack-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?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>
+        <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.parent</groupId>
+        <artifactId>feature-repo-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath />
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+    <artifactId>features-saltstack-adapter</artifactId>
+    <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>feature</packaging>
+
+    <name>ccsdk-sli-adaptors :: saltstack-adapter :: ${project.artifactId}</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ccsdk-saltstack-adapter</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>xml</type>
+            <classifier>features</classifier>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/pom.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b94b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?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========================================================= -->
+<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>odlparent-lite</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.parent</groupId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+    <artifactId>saltstack-adapter-features</artifactId>
+    <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>ccsdk-sli-adaptors :: saltstack-adapter :: ${project.artifactId}</name>
+
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>ccsdk-saltstack-adapter</module>
+        <module>features-saltstack-adapter</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/src/main/resources/features.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/src/main/resources/features.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47db978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-features/src/main/resources/features.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+  ONAP : APPC
+  ================================================================================
+  Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+  ================================================================================
+  Copyright (C) 2017 Amdocs
+  =============================================================================
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+  
+  ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+  -->
+
+
+<features name="appc-saltstack-adapter-${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/${odl.mdsal.features.version}/xml/features</repository>
+    
+    <feature name='appc-saltstack-adapter' description="appc-saltstack-adapter" version='${project.version}'>
+        <feature version="${odl.mdsal.version}">odl-mdsal-broker</feature>
+        <feature>sdnc-sli</feature>
+         <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.onap.appc/appc-common/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.onap.appc/appc-saltstack-adapter-provider/${project.version}</bundle>
+    </feature>
+
+</features>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/pom.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce639e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+<?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=========================================================
+  -->
+<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>
+        <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.parent</groupId>
+        <artifactId>odlparent-lite</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+    <artifactId>saltstack-adapter-installer</artifactId>
+    <version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>ccsdk-sli-adaptors :: saltstack-adapter :: ${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <application.name>ccsdk-saltstack-adapter</application.name>
+        <features.boot>${application.name}</features.boot>
+        <features.repositories>mvn:org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors/${features.boot}/${project.version}/xml/features</features.repositories>
+        <include.transitive.dependencies>false</include.transitive.dependencies>
+    </properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+            <artifactId>${application.name}</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <classifier>features</classifier>
+            <type>xml</type>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+            <artifactId>saltstack-adapter-provider</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
+            <version>7.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>maven-repo-zip</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                        	<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                            <attach>false</attach>
+                            <finalName>stage/${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/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/assembly/assemble_installer_zip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..322fa76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-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>adapter</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/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/assembly/assemble_mvnrepo_zip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..615ee37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-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>adapter</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/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8214c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/install-feature.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+###
+# ============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}
+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} feature:repo-add ${features.repositories}
+${ODL_KARAF_CLIENT} feature:install ${features.boot}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/.gitignore b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..255b540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ============LICENSE_START==========================================
+# ONAP : APPC
+# ===================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ===================================================================
+#
+# Unless otherwise specified, all software contained herein is licensed
+# under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License);
+# you may not use this software 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/
+/target/
+/target-ide/
+/.settings/
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/pom.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4e0450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- ============LICENSE_START======================================================= 
+	ONAP : APPC ================================================================================ 
+	Copyright (C) 2017-2018 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========================================================= -->
+<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>
+		<groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.parent</groupId>
+		<artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath />
+	</parent>
+
+	<groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>
+	<artifactId>saltstack-adapter-provider</artifactId>
+	<version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>bundle</packaging>
+	<name>ccsdk-sli-adaptors :: saltstack-adapter :: ${project.artifactId}</name>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.att.eelf</groupId>
+			<artifactId>eelf-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Needed to run test cases -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey-common</artifactId>
+			<version>2.9.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-jaxrs</artifactId>
+			<version>1.9.13</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>sli-common</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>sli-provider</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapter.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f70a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicContext;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicJavaPlugin;
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines the operations that the Saltstack adapter exposes.
+ *
+ */
+public interface SaltstackAdapter extends SvcLogicJavaPlugin {
+    /**
+     * Returns the symbolic name of the adapter
+     *
+     * @return The adapter name
+     */
+    String getAdapterName();
+
+    /* Method to post a single command request for execution on SaltState server
+     *  The response from Saltstack comes in json format and it is automatically put
+     *  to context for DGs access, with a certain prefix*/
+    void reqExecCommand(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException;
+
+    /* When SLS file is created/available then this Method can be used to post
+     *  the file to saltstack server and execute the SLS file on SaltState server
+     *  The response from Saltstack comes in json format and it is automatically put
+     *  to context for DGs access, with a certain prefix*/
+    void reqExecSLS(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException;
+
+    /* Method to get log of a saltState execution request
+     *  The response from Saltstack comes in json format and it is automatically put
+     *  to context for DGs access, with a certain prefix*/
+    void reqExecLog(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the command execution timeout
+     * @param timeout time in milliseconds
+     */
+    void setExecTimeout(long timeout);
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3731ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * onap
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2017 ONAP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public interface SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider {
+
+    public Properties getProperties();
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/ConnectionBuilder.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/ConnectionBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7702dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/ConnectionBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResult;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResultCodes;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+/**
+ * Returns a custom SSH client
+ * - based on options
+ * - can create one with ssl using an X509 certificate that does NOT have a known CA
+ * - create one which trusts ALL SSL certificates
+ * - return default sshclient (which only trusts known CAs from default cacerts file for process) this is the default
+ * option
+ **/
+//TODO: This class is to be altered completely based on the SALTSTACK server communication.
+public class ConnectionBuilder {
+
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ConnectionBuilder.class);
+
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor that initializes an ssh client based on certificate
+     **/
+    public ConnectionBuilder(String userName, String userPasswd) throws KeyStoreException, CertificateException, IOException,
+            KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, SvcLogicException {
+
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which trusts all certificates in a specific java keystore file (assumes a JKS
+     * file)
+     **/
+    public ConnectionBuilder(String certFile) throws KeyStoreException, IOException,
+            KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, CertificateException {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Connect to SSH server.
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult connect(String agentUrl, String payload) {
+
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+        try {
+            //TODO: to implement SSH connected client to Saltstack Server
+        } catch (Exception io) {
+            logger.error("Caught Exception", io);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(io.getMessage());
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Disconnect from SSH server.
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult disConnect(){
+
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+        try {
+            //TODO: to implement SSH connected client to Saltstack Server
+        } catch (Exception io) {
+            logger.error("Caught Exception", io);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(io.getMessage());
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Exec remote command over SSH. Return command execution status.
+     * Command output is written to out or err stream.
+     *
+     * @param cmd command to execute
+     * @param out content of sysout will go to this stream
+     * @param err content of syserr will go to this stream
+     * @return command execution status
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult execute(String cmd) {
+
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+
+        try {
+            //TODO: to implement SSH command execute
+        } catch (Exception io) {
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(io.getMessage());
+            logger.error("Caught IOException", io);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterImpl.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ff5e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapter;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackMessageParser;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResult;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResultCodes;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackServerEmulator;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicContext;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+/**
+ * This class implements the {@link SaltstackAdapter} interface. This interface defines the behaviors
+ * that our service provides.
+ */
+public class SaltstackAdapterImpl implements SaltstackAdapter {
+
+    private static final long EXEC_TIMEOUT = 120000;
+    private long timeout = EXEC_TIMEOUT;
+
+    /**
+     * The constant used to define the service name in the mapped diagnostic context
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    public static final String MDC_SERVICE = "service";
+
+    /**
+     * The constant for the status code for a failed outcome
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    public static final String OUTCOME_FAILURE = "failure";
+
+    /**
+     * The constant for the status code for a successful outcome
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    public static final String OUTCOME_SUCCESS = "success";
+
+    /**
+     * Adapter Name
+     */
+    private static final String ADAPTER_NAME = "Saltstack Adapter";
+    private static final String APPC_EXCEPTION_CAUGHT = "APPCException caught";
+
+    private static final String RESULT_CODE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.result.code";
+    private static final String MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.message";
+    private static final String RESULTS_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.results";
+    private static final String ID_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.Id";
+    private static final String LOG_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.log";
+
+    private static final String CLIENT_TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_USERNAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.userName";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_PASSWORD = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.userPasswd";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_SSH_KEY = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.sshKey";
+
+
+    /**
+     * The logger to be used
+     */
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SaltstackAdapterImpl.class);
+
+
+    /**
+     * Connection object
+     **/
+    private ConnectionBuilder sshClient;
+
+    /**
+     * Saltstack API Message Handlers
+     **/
+    private SaltstackMessageParser messageProcessor;
+
+    /**
+     * indicator whether in test mode
+     **/
+    private boolean testMode = false;
+
+    /**
+     * server emulator object to be used if in test mode
+     **/
+    private SaltstackServerEmulator testServer;
+
+    /**
+     * This default constructor is used as a work around because the activator wasn't getting called
+     */
+    public SaltstackAdapterImpl() {
+        initialize(new SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl());
+    }
+    public SaltstackAdapterImpl(SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+        initialize(propProvider);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used for jUnit test and testing interface
+     */
+    public SaltstackAdapterImpl(boolean mode) {
+        testMode = mode;
+        testServer = new SaltstackServerEmulator();
+        messageProcessor = new SaltstackMessageParser();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the symbolic name of the adapter
+     *
+     * @return The adapter name
+     * @see org.onap.appc.adapter.rest.SaltstackAdapter#getAdapterName()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getAdapterName() {
+        return ADAPTER_NAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setExecTimeout(long timeout) {
+        this.timeout = timeout;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @param rc Method posts info to Context memory in case of an error and throws a
+     *        SvcLogicException causing SLI to register this as a failure
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("static-method")
+    private void doFailure(SvcLogicContext svcLogic, int code, String message) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        svcLogic.setStatus(OUTCOME_FAILURE);
+        svcLogic.setAttribute(RESULT_CODE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, Integer.toString(code));
+        svcLogic.setAttribute(MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, message);
+
+        throw new SvcLogicException("Saltstack Adapter Error = " + message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * initialize the Saltstack adapter based on default and over-ride configuration data
+     */
+    private void initialize(SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+
+
+        Properties props = propProvider.getProperties();
+
+        // Create the message processor instance
+        messageProcessor = new SaltstackMessageParser();
+
+        // Create the ssh client instance
+        // type of client is extracted from the property file parameter
+        // org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType
+        // It can be :
+        // 1. BASIC. SSH Connection using username and password
+        // 2. SSH_CERT (trust only those whose certificates have been stored in the SSH KEY file)
+        // 3. DEFAULT SSH Connection without any authentication
+
+        try {
+            String clientType = props.getProperty(CLIENT_TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME);
+            logger.info("Saltstack ssh client type set to " + clientType);
+
+            if ("BASIC".equals(clientType)) {
+                logger.info("Creating ssh client connection");
+                // set path to keystore file
+                String trustStoreFile = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_USERNAME);
+                String key = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_PASSWORD);
+                //TODO: Connect to SSH Saltstack server (using username and password) and return client to execute command
+                sshClient = null;
+            } else if ("SSH_CERT".equals(clientType)) {
+                // set path to keystore file
+                String key = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_SSH_KEY);
+                logger.info("Creating ssh client with ssh KEY from " + key);
+                //TODO: Connect to SSH Saltstack server (using SSH Key) and return client to execute command
+                sshClient = null;
+            } else {
+                logger.info("Creating ssh client without any Auth");
+                //TODO: Connect to SSH Saltstack server without any Auth
+                sshClient = null;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error Initializing Saltstack Adapter due to Unknown Exception", e);
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Initialized Saltstack Adapter");
+    }
+
+    // Public Method to post single command request to execute saltState. Posts the following back
+    // to Svc context memory
+    //  org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.code : 100 if successful
+    //  org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.messge : any message
+    //  org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.Id : a unique uuid to reference the request
+    @Override
+    public void reqExecCommand(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException {
+        //TODO: to implement
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Public Method to post SLS file request to execute saltState. Posts the following back
+     * to Svc context memory
+     *
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.code : 100 if successful
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.messge : any message
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.Id : a unique uuid to reference the request
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void reqExecSLS(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException {
+        //TODO: to implement
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Public method to get logs from saltState execution for a specific request Posts the following back
+     * to Svc context memory
+     *
+     * It blocks till the Saltstack Server responds or the session times out very similar to
+     * reqExecResult logs are returned in the DG context variable org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.log
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void reqExecLog(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException {
+        //TODO: to implement
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2430885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * onap
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2017 ONAP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Vector;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.ConfigurationException;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.JREFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.KarafRootFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.PropertiesFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.common.CoreDefaultFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.common.SdncConfigEnvVarFileResolver;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Responsible for determining the properties file to use and instantiating the
+ * <code>SqlResource</code> Service. The priority for properties file
+ * resolution is as follows:
+ *
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>A directory identified by the system environment variable
+ * <code>SDNC_CONFIG_DIR</code></li>
+ * <li>The default directory <code>DEFAULT_DBLIB_PROP_DIR</code></li>
+ * <li>A directory identified by the JRE argument
+ * <code>sql-resource.properties</code></li>
+ * <li>A <code>sql-resource.properties</code> file located in the karaf root
+ * directory</li>
+ * </ol>
+ */
+public class SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl implements SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.class);
+
+    /**
+     * The name of the properties file for database configuration
+     */
+    private static final String SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME = "saltstack-adapter.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * A prioritized list of strategies for resolving sql-resource properties files.
+     */
+    private Vector<PropertiesFileResolver> saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers = new Vector<>();
+
+    /**
+     * The configuration properties for the db connection.
+     */
+    private Properties properties;
+
+    /**
+     * Set up the prioritized list of strategies for resolving dblib properties
+     * files.
+     */
+    public SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl() {
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers
+                .add(new SdncConfigEnvVarFileResolver("Using property file (1) from environment variable"));
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers.add(new CoreDefaultFileResolver("Using property file (2) from default directory"));
+
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers.add(
+                new JREFileResolver("Using property file (3) from JRE argument", SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.class));
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers.add(new KarafRootFileResolver("Using property file (4) from karaf root", this));
+
+        // determines properties file as according to the priority described in the
+        // class header comment
+        final File propertiesFile = determinePropertiesFile(this);
+        if (propertiesFile != null) {
+            try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile)) {
+                properties = new Properties();
+                properties.load(fileInputStream);
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                LOG.error("Failed to load properties for file: {}", propertiesFile.toString(),
+                        new ConfigurationException("Failed to load properties for file: " + propertiesFile.toString(),
+                                e));
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Try to read properties as resource
+
+            InputStream propStr = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME);
+            if (propStr != null) {
+                properties = new Properties();
+                try {
+                    properties.load(propStr);
+                    propStr.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    properties = null;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        if (properties == null) {
+            reportFailure("Missing configuration properties resource(3)", new ConfigurationException(
+                    "Missing configuration properties resource(3): " + SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME));
+
+            LOG.info("Defaulting org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType to NONE");
+
+            properties = new Properties();
+            properties.setProperty("org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType", "NONE");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract svclogic config properties.
+     *
+     * @return the svclogic config properties
+     */
+    public Properties getProperties() {
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports the method chosen for properties resolution to the
+     * <code>Logger</code>.
+     *
+     * @param message
+     *            Some user friendly message
+     * @param fileOptional
+     *            The file location of the chosen properties file
+     * @return the file location of the chosen properties file
+     */
+    private static File reportSuccess(final String message, final Optional<File> fileOptional) {
+        if (fileOptional.isPresent()) {
+            final File file = fileOptional.get();
+            LOG.info("{} {}", message, file.getPath());
+            return file;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports fatal errors. This is the case in which no properties file could be
+     * found.
+     *
+     * @param message
+     *            An appropriate fatal error message
+     * @param configurationException
+     *            An exception describing what went wrong during resolution
+     */
+    private static void reportFailure(final String message, final ConfigurationException configurationException) {
+
+        LOG.error("{}", message, configurationException);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines the sql-resource properties file to use based on the following priority:
+     * <ol>
+     * <li>A directory identified by the system environment variable
+     * <code>SDNC_CONFIG_DIR</code></li>
+     * <li>The default directory <code>DEFAULT_DBLIB_PROP_DIR</code></li>
+     * <li>A directory identified by the JRE argument
+     * <code>sql-resource.properties</code></li>
+     * <li>A <code>sql-resource.properties</code> file located in the karaf root
+     * directory</li>
+     * </ol>
+     */
+    File determinePropertiesFile(final SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl resourceProvider) {
+
+        for (final PropertiesFileResolver sliPropertiesFileResolver : saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers) {
+            final Optional<File> fileOptional = sliPropertiesFileResolver.resolveFile(SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME);
+            if (fileOptional.isPresent()) {
+                return reportSuccess(sliPropertiesFileResolver.getSuccessfulResolutionMessage(), fileOptional);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackMessageParser.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackMessageParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a548f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackMessageParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : APPC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+/**
+ * This module implements the APP-C/Saltstack Server interface
+ * based on the REST API specifications
+ */
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Class that validates and constructs requests sent/received from
+ * Saltstack Server
+ */
+//TODO: This class is to be altered completely based on the SALTSTACK server communicaiton.
+public class SaltstackMessageParser {
+
+    private static final String STATUS_MESSAGE_KEY = "StatusMessage";
+    private static final String STATUS_CODE_KEY = "StatusCode";
+
+    private static final String SALTSTATE_NAME_KEY = "SaltStateName";
+    private static final String AGENT_URL_KEY = "AgentUrl";
+    private static final String PASS_KEY = "Password";
+    private static final String USER_KEY = "User";
+    private static final String ID_KEY = "Id";
+
+    private static final String LOCAL_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY = "LocalParameters";
+    private static final String FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY = "FileParameters";
+    private static final String ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY = "EnvParameters";
+    private static final String NODE_LIST_OPT_KEY = "NodeList";
+    private static final String TIMEOUT_OPT_KEY = "Timeout";
+    private static final String VERSION_OPT_KEY = "Version";
+    private static final String ACTION_OPT_KEY = "Action";
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SaltstackMessageParser.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Accepts a map of strings and
+     * a) validates if all parameters are appropriate (else, throws an exception) and
+     * b) if correct returns a JSON object with appropriate key-value pairs to send to the server.
+     *
+     * Mandatory parameters, that must be in the supplied information to the Saltstack Adapter
+     * 1. URL to connect to
+     * 2. credentials for URL (assume username password for now)
+     * 3. SaltState name
+     *
+     */
+    public JSONObject reqMessage(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+        final String[] mandatoryTestParams = {AGENT_URL_KEY, SALTSTATE_NAME_KEY, USER_KEY, PASS_KEY};
+        final String[] optionalTestParams = {ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY, NODE_LIST_OPT_KEY, LOCAL_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY,
+                TIMEOUT_OPT_KEY, VERSION_OPT_KEY, FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY, ACTION_OPT_KEY};
+
+        JSONObject jsonPayload = new JSONObject();
+
+        for (String key : mandatoryTestParams) {
+            throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, key);
+            jsonPayload.put(key, params.get(key));
+        }
+
+        parseOptionalParams(params, optionalTestParams, jsonPayload);
+
+        // Generate a unique uuid for the test
+        String reqId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        jsonPayload.put(ID_KEY, reqId);
+
+        return jsonPayload;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate url, else an empty string.
+     */
+    public String reqUriResult(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        final String[] mandatoryTestParams = {AGENT_URL_KEY, ID_KEY, USER_KEY, PASS_KEY};
+
+        for (String key : mandatoryTestParams) {
+            throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, key);
+        }
+        return params.get(AGENT_URL_KEY) + "?Id=" + params.get(ID_KEY) + "&Type=GetResult";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for logs. If so, it populates the appropriate
+     * returns the appropriate url, else an empty string.
+     */
+    public String reqUriLog(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        final String[] mandatoryTestParams = {AGENT_URL_KEY, ID_KEY, USER_KEY, PASS_KEY};
+
+        for (String mandatoryParam : mandatoryTestParams) {
+            throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, mandatoryParam);
+        }
+        return params.get(AGENT_URL_KEY) + "?Id=" + params.get(ID_KEY) + "&Type=GetLog";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method parses response from the Saltstack Server when we do a post
+     * and returns an SaltstackResult object.
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult parsePostResponse(String input) throws SvcLogicException {
+        SaltstackResult saltstackResult;
+        try {
+            JSONObject postResponse = new JSONObject(input);
+
+            int code = postResponse.getInt(STATUS_CODE_KEY);
+            String msg = postResponse.getString(STATUS_MESSAGE_KEY);
+
+            int initResponseValue = SaltstackResultCodes.INITRESPONSE.getValue();
+            boolean validCode = SaltstackResultCodes.CODE.checkValidCode(initResponseValue, code);
+            if (!validCode) {
+                throw new SvcLogicException("Invalid InitResponse code  = " + code + " received. MUST be one of "
+                        + SaltstackResultCodes.CODE.getValidCodes(initResponseValue));
+            }
+
+            saltstackResult = new SaltstackResult(code, msg);
+
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            saltstackResult = new SaltstackResult(600, "Error parsing response = " + input + ". Error = " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return saltstackResult;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method parses response from an Saltstack server when we do a GET for a result
+     * and returns an SaltstackResult object.
+     **/
+    public SaltstackResult parseGetResponse(String input) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        SaltstackResult saltstackResult = new SaltstackResult();
+
+        try {
+            JSONObject postResponse = new JSONObject(input);
+            saltstackResult = parseGetResponseNested(saltstackResult, postResponse);
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            saltstackResult = new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_PAYLOAD.getValue(),
+                    "Error parsing response = " + input + ". Error = " + e.getMessage(), "");
+        }
+        return saltstackResult;
+    }
+
+    private SaltstackResult parseGetResponseNested(SaltstackResult saltstackResult, JSONObject postRsp) throws SvcLogicException  {
+
+        int codeStatus = postRsp.getInt(STATUS_CODE_KEY);
+        String messageStatus = postRsp.getString(STATUS_MESSAGE_KEY);
+        int finalCode = SaltstackResultCodes.FINAL_SUCCESS.getValue();
+
+        boolean valCode =
+                SaltstackResultCodes.CODE.checkValidCode(SaltstackResultCodes.FINALRESPONSE.getValue(), codeStatus);
+
+        if (!valCode) {
+            throw new SvcLogicException("Invalid FinalResponse code  = " + codeStatus + " received. MUST be one of "
+                    + SaltstackResultCodes.CODE.getValidCodes(SaltstackResultCodes.FINALRESPONSE.getValue()));
+        }
+
+        saltstackResult.setStatusCode(codeStatus);
+        saltstackResult.setStatusMessage(messageStatus);
+        LOGGER.info("Received response with code = {}, Message = {}", codeStatus, messageStatus);
+
+        if (!postRsp.isNull("Results")) {
+
+            // Results are available. process them
+            // Results is a dictionary of the form
+            // {host :{status:s, group:g, message:m, hostname:h}, ...}
+            LOGGER.info("Processing results in response");
+            JSONObject results = postRsp.getJSONObject("Results");
+            LOGGER.info("Get JSON dictionary from Results ..");
+            Iterator<String> hosts = results.keys();
+            LOGGER.info("Iterating through hosts");
+
+            while (hosts.hasNext()) {
+                String host = hosts.next();
+                LOGGER.info("Processing host = {}", host);
+
+                try {
+                    JSONObject hostResponse = results.getJSONObject(host);
+                    int subCode = hostResponse.getInt(STATUS_CODE_KEY);
+                    String message = hostResponse.getString(STATUS_MESSAGE_KEY);
+
+                    LOGGER.info("Code = {}, Message = {}", subCode, message);
+
+                    if (subCode != 200 || !message.equals("SUCCESS")) {
+                        finalCode = SaltstackResultCodes.REQ_FAILURE.getValue();
+                    }
+                } catch (JSONException e) {
+                    saltstackResult.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_RESPONSE.getValue());
+                    saltstackResult.setStatusMessage(String.format(
+                            "Error processing response message = %s from host %s", results.getString(host), host));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            saltstackResult.setStatusCode(finalCode);
+
+            // We return entire Results object as message
+            saltstackResult.setResults(results.toString());
+
+        } else {
+            saltstackResult.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_RESPONSE.getValue());
+            saltstackResult.setStatusMessage("Results not found in GET for response");
+        }
+        return saltstackResult;
+    }
+
+    private void parseOptionalParams(Map<String, String> params, String[] optionalTestParams, JSONObject jsonPayload) {
+
+        Set<String> optionalParamsSet = new HashSet<>();
+        Collections.addAll(optionalParamsSet, optionalTestParams);
+
+        //@formatter:off
+        params.entrySet()
+            .stream()
+            .filter(entry -> optionalParamsSet.contains(entry.getKey()))
+            .filter(entry -> !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(entry.getValue()))
+             .forEach(entry -> parseOptionalParam(entry, jsonPayload));
+        //@formatter:on
+    }
+
+    private void parseOptionalParam(Map.Entry<String, String> params, JSONObject jsonPayload) {
+        String key = params.getKey();
+        String payload = params.getValue();
+
+        switch (key) {
+            case TIMEOUT_OPT_KEY:
+                int timeout = Integer.parseInt(payload);
+                if (timeout < 0) {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException(" : specified negative integer for timeout = " + payload);
+                }
+                jsonPayload.put(key, payload);
+                break;
+
+            case VERSION_OPT_KEY:
+                jsonPayload.put(key, payload);
+                break;
+
+            case LOCAL_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY:
+            case ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY:
+                JSONObject paramsJson = new JSONObject(payload);
+                jsonPayload.put(key, paramsJson);
+                break;
+
+            case NODE_LIST_OPT_KEY:
+                JSONArray paramsArray = new JSONArray(payload);
+                jsonPayload.put(key, paramsArray);
+                break;
+
+            case FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY:
+                jsonPayload.put(key, getFilePayload(payload));
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return payload with escaped newlines
+     */
+    private JSONObject getFilePayload(String payload) {
+        String formattedPayload = payload.replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "\\r");
+        return new JSONObject(formattedPayload);
+    }
+
+    private void throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(Map<String, String> params, String key) throws SvcLogicException {
+        if (!params.containsKey(key)) {
+            throw new SvcLogicException(String.format(
+                    "Saltstack: Mandatory SaltstackAdapter key %s not found in parameters provided by calling agent !",
+                    key));
+        }
+        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(params.get(key))) {
+            throw new SvcLogicException(String.format(
+                    "Saltstack: Mandatory SaltstackAdapter key %s not found in parameters provided by calling agent !",
+                    key));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResult.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1fb40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+/**
+ *  Simple class to store code and message returned by POST/GET to an Saltstack Server
+ */
+public class SaltstackResult {
+
+    private static final String EMPTY_VALUE = "UNKNOWN";
+
+    private int statusCode;
+    private String statusMessage;
+    private String results;
+
+    public SaltstackResult() {
+        this(-1, EMPTY_VALUE, EMPTY_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackResult(int code, String message) {
+        this(code, message, EMPTY_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackResult(int code, String message, String result) {
+        statusCode = code;
+        statusMessage = message;
+        results = result;
+    }
+
+    public void setStatusCode(int code) {
+        this.statusCode = code;
+    }
+
+    public void setStatusMessage(String message) {
+        this.statusMessage = message;
+    }
+
+    public void setResults(String results) {
+        this.results = results;
+    }
+
+    void set(int code, String message, String results) {
+        this.statusCode = code;
+        this.statusMessage = message;
+        this.results = results;
+    }
+
+    public int getStatusCode() {
+        return this.statusCode;
+    }
+
+    public String getStatusMessage() {
+        return this.statusMessage;
+    }
+
+    public String getResults() {
+        return this.results;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResultCodes.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResultCodes.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e520dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResultCodes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * enum of the various codes that APP-C uses to resolve different
+ * status of response from Saltstack Server
+ **/
+
+public enum SaltstackResultCodes {
+
+    // @formatter:off
+    SUCCESS(400),
+    KEYSTORE_EXCEPTION(622),
+    CERTIFICATE_ERROR(610),
+    IO_EXCEPTION(611),
+    HOST_UNKNOWN(625),
+    USER_UNAUTHORIZED(613),
+    UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION(699),
+    SSL_EXCEPTION(697),
+    INVALID_PAYLOAD(698),
+    INVALID_RESPONSE(601),
+    PENDING(100),
+    REJECTED(101),
+    FINAL_SUCCESS(200),
+    REQ_FAILURE(401),
+    MESSAGE(1),
+    CODE(0),
+    INITRESPONSE(0),
+    FINALRESPONSE(1);
+    // @formatter:on
+
+    private final Set<Integer> initCodes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(100, 101));
+    private final Set<Integer> finalCodes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(200, 500));
+    private final ArrayList<Set<Integer>> codeSets = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(initCodes, finalCodes));
+    private final Set<String> messageSet = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("PENDING", "FINISHED", "TERMINATED"));
+    private final int value;
+
+    SaltstackResultCodes(int value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    };
+
+    public int getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public boolean checkValidCode(int type, int code) {
+        return codeSets.get(type).contains(code);
+    }
+
+    public String getValidCodes(int type) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("[ ");
+        codeSets.get(type).stream().forEach(s -> sb.append(s).append(","));
+        return sb.append("]").toString();
+    }
+
+    public boolean checkValidMessage(String message) {
+        return messageSet.contains(message);
+    }
+
+    public String getValidMessages() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("[ ");
+        messageSet.stream().forEach(s -> sb.append(s).append(","));
+        return sb.append("]").toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackServerEmulator.java b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackServerEmulator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d324752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackServerEmulator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*-
+ * ============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=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Class to emulate responses from the Saltstack Server that is compliant with the APP-C Saltstack Server
+ * Interface. Used for jUnit tests to verify code is working. In tests it can be used
+ * as a replacement for methods from ConnectionBuilder class
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+public class SaltstackServerEmulator {
+
+    private final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SaltstackServerEmulator.class);
+
+    private static final String SALTSTATE_NAME = "SaltStateName";
+    private static final String STATUS_CODE = "StatusCode";
+    private static final String STATUS_MESSAGE = "StatusMessage";
+
+    private String saltStateName = "test_saltState.yaml";
+
+    /**
+     * Method that emulates the response from an Saltstack Server
+     * when presented with a request to execute a saltState
+     * Returns an saltstack object result. The response code is always the ssh code 200 (i.e connection successful)
+     * payload is json string as would be sent back by Saltstack Server
+     **/
+    //TODO: This class is to be altered completely based on the SALTSTACK server communicaiton.
+    public SaltstackResult Connect(String agentUrl, String payload) {
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+
+        try {
+            // Request must be a JSON object
+
+            JSONObject message = new JSONObject(payload);
+            if (message.isNull("Id")) {
+                rejectRequest(result, "Must provide a valid Id");
+            } else if (message.isNull(SALTSTATE_NAME)) {
+                rejectRequest(result, "Must provide a saltState Name");
+            } else if (!message.getString(SALTSTATE_NAME).equals(saltStateName)) {
+                rejectRequest(result, "SaltState " + message.getString(SALTSTATE_NAME) + "  not found in catalog");
+            } else {
+                acceptRequest(result);
+            }
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            logger.error("JSONException caught", e);
+            rejectRequest(result, e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to emulate response from an Saltstack
+     * Server when presented with a GET request
+     * Returns an ansibl object result. The response code is always the ssh code 200 (i.e connection successful)
+     * payload is json string as would be sent back by Saltstack Server
+     *
+     **/
+    public SaltstackResult Execute(String agentUrl) {
+
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(".*?\\?Id=(.*?)&Type.*");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(agentUrl);
+        String id = StringUtils.EMPTY;
+        String vmAddress = "192.168.1.10";
+
+        if (matcher.find()) {
+            id = matcher.group(1);
+        }
+
+        SaltstackResult getResult = new SaltstackResult();
+
+        JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
+        response.put(STATUS_CODE, 200);
+        response.put(STATUS_MESSAGE, "FINISHED");
+
+        JSONObject results = new JSONObject();
+
+        JSONObject vmResults = new JSONObject();
+        vmResults.put(STATUS_CODE, 200);
+        vmResults.put(STATUS_MESSAGE, "SUCCESS");
+        vmResults.put("Id", id);
+        results.put(vmAddress, vmResults);
+
+        response.put("Results", results);
+
+        getResult.setStatusCode(200);
+        getResult.setStatusMessage(response.toString());
+
+        return getResult;
+    }
+
+    private void rejectRequest(SaltstackResult result, String Message) {
+        result.setStatusCode(200);
+        JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
+        response.put(STATUS_CODE, SaltstackResultCodes.REJECTED.getValue());
+        response.put(STATUS_MESSAGE, Message);
+        result.setStatusMessage(response.toString());
+    }
+
+    private void acceptRequest(SaltstackResult result) {
+        result.setStatusCode(200);
+        JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
+        response.put(STATUS_CODE, SaltstackResultCodes.PENDING.getValue());
+        response.put(STATUS_MESSAGE, "PENDING");
+        result.setStatusMessage(response.toString());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/resources/ansible-adapter.properties b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/resources/ansible-adapter.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccaea20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/resources/ansible-adapter.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+###
+# ============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=========================================================
+###
+
+#
+# Default properties for the APP-C TestService Adapter
+#
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Define the name and path of any user-provided configuration (bootstrap) file that can be loaded
+# to supply configuration options
+org.onap.appc.bootstrap.file=appc.properties
+org.onap.appc.bootstrap.path=${user.home},/opt/opendaylight/current/properties
+
+appc.application.name=APPC
+
+#
+# Define the message resource bundle name to be loaded
+org.onap.appc.resources=org.onap/appc/i18n/MessageResources
+#
+# The name of the adapter.
+org.onap.appc.provider.adaptor.name=org.onap.appc.appc_saltstack_adapter
+
+
+# Default truststore path and password
+org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.trustStore=/opt/opendaylight/tls-client/mykeystore.js
+org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.trustStore.trustPasswd=changeit
+org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType=TRUST_ALL
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/resources/org/opendaylight/blueprint/ansible-adapter-blueprint.xml b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/resources/org/opendaylight/blueprint/ansible-adapter-blueprint.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df5c46d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/resources/org/opendaylight/blueprint/ansible-adapter-blueprint.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+  openECOMP : SDN-C
+  ================================================================================
+  Copyright (C) 2017 - 2018 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=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<blueprint xmlns="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0"
+           xmlns:odl="http://opendaylight.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0"
+           odl:use-default-for-reference-types="true">
+
+    <bean id="propProvider" class="org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl.SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl" />
+
+    <bean id="saltstackAdapterInstance" class="org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl.SaltstackAdapterImpl">
+        <argument ref="propProvider"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <service ref="saltstackAdapterInstance">
+        <interfaces>
+            <value>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapter</value>
+        </interfaces>
+    </service>
+
+</blueprint>
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/test/resources/org/onap/appc/default.properties b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/test/resources/org/onap/appc/default.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f8fb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/test/resources/org/onap/appc/default.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+###
+# ============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=========================================================
+###
+
+#
+# Default properties for the APP-C Provider Adapter
+#
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Define the name and path of any user-provided configuration (bootstrap) file that can be loaded 
+# to supply configuration options 
+org.onap.appc.bootstrap.file=appc.properties
+org.onap.appc.bootstrap.path=/opt/onap/appc/data/properties,${user.home},.
+
+appc.application.name=APPC
+
+#
+# Define the message resource bundle name to be loaded 
+org.onap.appc.resources=org/onap/appc/i18n/MessageResources
+#
+# The name of the adapter.
+org.onap.appc.provider.adaptor.name=org.onap.appc.appc_provider_adapter
+#
+# Set up the logging environment
+#
+org.onap.appc.logging.file=org/onap/appc/logback.xml
+org.onap.appc.logging.path=${user.home};etc;../etc
+org.onap.appc.logger=org.onap.appc
+org.onap.appc.security.logger=org.onap.appc.security
+#
+# The minimum and maximum provider/tenant context pool sizes.  Min=1 means that as soon 
+# as the provider/tenant is referenced a Context is opened and added to the pool.  Max=0 
+# means that the upper bound on the pool is unbounded. 
+org.onap.appc.provider.min.pool=1
+org.onap.appc.provider.max.pool=0
+
+#
+# The following properties are used to configure the retry logic for connection to the 
+# IaaS provider(s).  The retry delay property is the amount of time, in seconds, the
+# application waits between retry attempts.  The retry limit is the number of retries
+# that are allowed before the request is failed.
+org.onap.appc.provider.retry.delay = 30
+org.onap.appc.provider.retry.limit = 10
+
+#
+# The trusted hosts list for SSL access when a certificate is not provided.
+#
+provider.trusted.hosts=*
+#
+# The amount of time, in seconds, to wait for a server state change (start->stop, stop->start, etc).
+# If the server does not change state to a valid state within the alloted time, the operation 
+# fails.
+org.onap.appc.server.state.change.timeout=300
+#
+# The amount of time to wait, in seconds, between subsequent polls to the OpenStack provider 
+# to refresh the status of a resource we are waiting on.
+#
+org.onap.appc.openstack.poll.interval=20
+#
+# The connection information to connect to the provider we are using.  These properties 
+# are "structured" properties, in that the name is a compound name, where the nodes 
+# of the name can be ordered (1, 2, 3, ...).  All of the properties with the same ordinal
+# position are defining the same entity.  For example, provider1.type and provider1.name 
+# are defining the same provider, whereas provider2.name and provider2.type are defining
+# the values for a different provider.  Any number of providers can be defined in this 
+# way. 
+#
+
+# Don't change these 2 right now since they are hard coded in the DG
+#provider1.type=appc
+#provider1.name=appc
+
+#These you can change
+#provider1.identity=appc
+#provider1.tenant1.name=appc
+#provider1.tenant1.userid=appc
+#provider1.tenant1.password=appc
+
+# After a change to the provider make sure to recheck these values with an api call to provider1.identity/tokens
+test.expected-regions=1
+test.expected-endpoints=1
+
+#Your OpenStack IP
+#test.ip=192.168.1.2
+# Your OpenStack Platform's Keystone Port (default is 5000)
+#test.port=5000
+#test.tenantid=abcde12345fghijk6789lmnopq123rst
+#test.vmid=abc12345-1234-5678-890a-abcdefg12345
+# Port 8774 below is default port for OpenStack's Nova API Service
+#test.url=http://192.168.1.2:8774/v2/abcde12345fghijk6789lmnopq123rst/servers/abc12345-1234-5678-890a-abcdefg12345
+
diff --git a/saltstack-adapter/staltstack-example-server/README b/saltstack-adapter/staltstack-example-server/README
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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=========================================================
+*/
+'''
+
+============
+INSTALLATION:
+============
+TODO: Instruction to build saltstack and enable SSH for adaptor communication.
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