diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69d5fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+* ============LICENSE_START==========================================
+* ===================================================================
+* Copyright © 2017 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.
+*
+*
+*
+* Unless otherwise specified, all documentation contained herein is licensed
+* under the Creative Commons License, Attribution 4.0 Intl. (the “License”);
+* you may not use this documentation except in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+*             https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, documentation
+* 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============================================
+*
+* ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+*
+*/
+
diff --git a/mvn-phase-script.sh b/mvn-phase-script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a4d52d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mvn-phase-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+# ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+
+
+echo "running script: [$0] for module [$1] at stage [$2]"
+
+echo "=> Prepare environment "
+#env
+
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +%C%y%m%dT%H%M%S) 
+export BUILD_NUMBER="${TIMESTAMP}"
+
+# expected environment variables 
+if [ -z "${MVN_NEXUSPROXY}" ]; then
+    echo "MVN_NEXUSPROXY environment variable not set.  Cannot proceed"
+    exit
+fi
+MVN_NEXUSPROXY_HOST=$(echo "$MVN_NEXUSPROXY" |cut -f3 -d'/' | cut -f1 -d':')
+echo "=> Nexu Proxy at $MVN_NEXUSPROXY_HOST, $MVN_NEXUSPROXY"
+
+# use the version text detect which phase we are in in LF CICD process: verify, merge, or (daily) release
+
+# mvn phase in life cycle 
+MVN_PHASE="$2"
+
+case $MVN_PHASE in
+clean)
+  echo "==> clean phase script"
+  ;;
+generate-sources)
+  echo "==> generate-sources phase script"
+  ;;
+compile)
+  echo "==> compile phase script"
+  ;;
+test)
+  echo "==> test phase script"
+  ;;
+package)
+  echo "==> package phase script"
+  ;;
+install)
+  echo "==> install phase script"
+  ;;
+deploy)
+  echo "==> deploy phase script"
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "==> unprocessed phase"
+  ;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad5c1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+================================================================================
+Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+================================================================================
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+-->
+
+<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.oparent</groupId>
+    <artifactId>oparent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2</groupId>
+  <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+  <name>utils</name>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <modules>
+     <module>python-cbs-docker-client</module>
+     <module>python-dcae-policy</module>
+     <module>python-discovery-client</module>
+     <module>python-dockering</module>
+  </modules>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/python-cbs-docker-client/pom.xml b/python-cbs-docker-client/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c0da52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-cbs-docker-client/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+================================================================================
+Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+================================================================================
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+-->
+<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.dcaegen2</groupId>
+    <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.utils</groupId>
+  <artifactId>python-cbs-docker-client</artifactId>
+  <name>python-cbs-docker-client</name>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <sonar.sources>.</sonar.sources>
+    <!-- customize the SONARQUBE URL -->
+    <!-- sonar.host.url>http://localhost:9000</sonar.host.url -->
+    <!-- below are language dependent -->
+    <!-- for Python -->
+    <sonar.language>py</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>Python</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.py</sonar.inclusions>
+    <!-- for JavaScaript -->
+    <!--
+    <sonar.language>js</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>JS</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.js</sonar.inclusions>
+    -->
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- the following plugins are invoked from oparent, we do not need them -->
+
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6.7</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <!-- This version supports the "deployAtEnd" parameter -->
+          <version>2.8</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <!-- first disable the default Java plugins at various stages -->
+      <!-- maven-resources-plugin is called during "*resource" phases by default behavior.  it prepares the resources
+       dir.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-compiler-plugin is called during "compile" phases by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-jar-plugin is called during "compile" phase by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-jar</id>
+            <phase/>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-install-plugin is called during "install" phase by default behavior.  it tries to copy stuff under 
+       target dir to ~/.m2.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-surefire-plugin is called during "test" phase by default behavior.  it triggers junit test.
+       we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>assembly/dep.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin -->
+
+
+      <!-- now we configure custom action (calling a script) at various lifecycle phases -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean phase script</id>
+            <phase>clean</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${session.executionRootDirectory}/mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>clean</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-sources script</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>generate-sources</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile script</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>compile</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>package script</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>package</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>test script</id>
+            <phase>test</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>test</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>install script</id>
+            <phase>install</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>install</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy script</id>
+            <phase>deploy</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>deploy</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/python-dcae-policy/pom.xml b/python-dcae-policy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8376e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-dcae-policy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+================================================================================
+Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+================================================================================
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+-->
+<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.dcaegen2</groupId>
+    <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.utils</groupId>
+  <artifactId>python-dcae-policy</artifactId>
+  <name>python-dcae-policy</name>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <sonar.sources>.</sonar.sources>
+    <!-- customize the SONARQUBE URL -->
+    <!-- sonar.host.url>http://localhost:9000</sonar.host.url -->
+    <!-- below are language dependent -->
+    <!-- for Python -->
+    <sonar.language>py</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>Python</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.py</sonar.inclusions>
+    <!-- for JavaScaript -->
+    <!--
+    <sonar.language>js</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>JS</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.js</sonar.inclusions>
+    -->
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- the following plugins are invoked from oparent, we do not need them -->
+
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6.7</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <!-- This version supports the "deployAtEnd" parameter -->
+          <version>2.8</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <!-- first disable the default Java plugins at various stages -->
+      <!-- maven-resources-plugin is called during "*resource" phases by default behavior.  it prepares the resources
+       dir.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-compiler-plugin is called during "compile" phases by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-jar-plugin is called during "compile" phase by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-jar</id>
+            <phase/>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-install-plugin is called during "install" phase by default behavior.  it tries to copy stuff under 
+       target dir to ~/.m2.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-surefire-plugin is called during "test" phase by default behavior.  it triggers junit test.
+       we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>assembly/dep.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin -->
+
+
+      <!-- now we configure custom action (calling a script) at various lifecycle phases -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean phase script</id>
+            <phase>clean</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${session.executionRootDirectory}/mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>clean</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-sources script</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>generate-sources</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile script</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>compile</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>package script</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>package</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>test script</id>
+            <phase>test</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>test</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>install script</id>
+            <phase>install</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>install</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy script</id>
+            <phase>deploy</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>deploy</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/python-discovery-client/pom.xml b/python-discovery-client/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e9699f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-discovery-client/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+================================================================================
+Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+================================================================================
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+-->
+<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.dcaegen2</groupId>
+    <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.utils</groupId>
+  <artifactId>python-discovery-client</artifactId>
+  <name>python-discovery-client</name>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <sonar.sources>.</sonar.sources>
+    <!-- customize the SONARQUBE URL -->
+    <!-- sonar.host.url>http://localhost:9000</sonar.host.url -->
+    <!-- below are language dependent -->
+    <!-- for Python -->
+    <sonar.language>py</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>Python</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.py</sonar.inclusions>
+    <!-- for JavaScaript -->
+    <!--
+    <sonar.language>js</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>JS</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.js</sonar.inclusions>
+    -->
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- the following plugins are invoked from oparent, we do not need them -->
+
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6.7</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <!-- This version supports the "deployAtEnd" parameter -->
+          <version>2.8</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <!-- first disable the default Java plugins at various stages -->
+      <!-- maven-resources-plugin is called during "*resource" phases by default behavior.  it prepares the resources
+       dir.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-compiler-plugin is called during "compile" phases by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-jar-plugin is called during "compile" phase by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-jar</id>
+            <phase/>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-install-plugin is called during "install" phase by default behavior.  it tries to copy stuff under 
+       target dir to ~/.m2.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-surefire-plugin is called during "test" phase by default behavior.  it triggers junit test.
+       we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>assembly/dep.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin -->
+
+
+      <!-- now we configure custom action (calling a script) at various lifecycle phases -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean phase script</id>
+            <phase>clean</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${session.executionRootDirectory}/mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>clean</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-sources script</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>generate-sources</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile script</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>compile</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>package script</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>package</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>test script</id>
+            <phase>test</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>test</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>install script</id>
+            <phase>install</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>install</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy script</id>
+            <phase>deploy</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>deploy</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/python-dockering/pom.xml b/python-dockering/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e07a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-dockering/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+================================================================================
+Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+================================================================================
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+
+ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+-->
+<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.dcaegen2</groupId>
+    <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>org.onap.dcaegen2.utils</groupId>
+  <artifactId>python-dockering</artifactId>
+  <name>python-dockering</name>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <sonar.sources>.</sonar.sources>
+    <!-- customize the SONARQUBE URL -->
+    <!-- sonar.host.url>http://localhost:9000</sonar.host.url -->
+    <!-- below are language dependent -->
+    <!-- for Python -->
+    <sonar.language>py</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>Python</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.py</sonar.inclusions>
+    <!-- for JavaScaript -->
+    <!--
+    <sonar.language>js</sonar.language>
+    <sonar.pluginName>JS</sonar.pluginName>
+    <sonar.inclusions>**/*.js</sonar.inclusions>
+    -->
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- the following plugins are invoked from oparent, we do not need them -->
+
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6.7</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <!-- This version supports the "deployAtEnd" parameter -->
+          <version>2.8</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+
+        <!-- first disable the default Java plugins at various stages -->
+      <!-- maven-resources-plugin is called during "*resource" phases by default behavior.  it prepares the resources
+       dir.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-compiler-plugin is called during "compile" phases by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-jar-plugin is called during "compile" phase by default behavior.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-jar</id>
+            <phase/>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-install-plugin is called during "install" phase by default behavior.  it tries to copy stuff under 
+       target dir to ~/.m2.  we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- maven-surefire-plugin is called during "test" phase by default behavior.  it triggers junit test.
+       we do not need it -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>assembly/dep.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin -->
+
+
+      <!-- now we configure custom action (calling a script) at various lifecycle phases -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean phase script</id>
+            <phase>clean</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>${session.executionRootDirectory}/mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>clean</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-sources script</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>generate-sources</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile script</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>compile</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>package script</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>package</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>test script</id>
+            <phase>test</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>test</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>install script</id>
+            <phase>install</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>install</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy script</id>
+            <phase>deploy</phase>
+            <goals><goal>exec</goal></goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <executable>mvn-phase-script.sh</executable>
+              <arguments>
+                <argument>${project.artifactId}</argument>
+                <argument>deploy</argument>
+              </arguments>
+              <environmentVariables>
+                <!-- make mvn properties as env for our script -->
+                <MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID>${project.groupId}</MVN_PROJECT_GROUPID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID>${project.artifactId}</MVN_PROJECT_ARTIFACTID> 
+                <MVN_PROJECT_VERSION>${project.version}</MVN_PROJECT_VERSION> 
+                <MVN_NEXUSPROXY>${onap.nexus.url}</MVN_NEXUSPROXY> 
+                <!--MVN_DOCKERREG_URL>${docker.push.registry}</MVN_DOCKERREG_URL--> 
+              </environmentVariables> 
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73415a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+major=1
+minor=1
+patch=0
+base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
+release_version=${base_version}
+snapshot_version=${base_version}-SNAPSHOT