diff --git a/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/pom.xml b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2165a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============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.policy.distribution</groupId>
+        <artifactId>packages</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>policy-distribution-tarball</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}]</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>main</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reception</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>forwarding</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reception-plugins</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.distribution</groupId>
+            <artifactId>forwarding-plugins</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>generate-complete-tar</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>src/main/package/tarball/assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                            <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>only-eclipse</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>m2e.version</name>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <pluginManagement>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                                    <pluginExecutions>
+                                        <pluginExecution>
+                                            <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                                                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                                                <versionRange>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</versionRange>
+                                                <goals>
+                                                    <goal>unpack</goal>
+                                                    <goal>copy</goal>
+                                                </goals>
+                                            </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                            <action>
+                                                <ignore />
+                                            </action>
+                                        </pluginExecution>
+                                    </pluginExecutions>
+                                </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                </pluginManagement>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/package/tarball/assembly.xml b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/package/tarball/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad976c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/package/tarball/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+
+<assembly>
+    <id>tarball</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>tar.gz</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
+            <outputDirectory>/lib</outputDirectory>
+            <unpack>false</unpack>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <includes>
+                <include>*:jar</include>
+            </includes>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>policyLogger.properties</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>/bin/config</outputDirectory>
+            <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/etc
+            </directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/*</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>/etc</outputDirectory>
+            <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>*.formatted</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/defaultConfig.json b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/defaultConfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a0013c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/defaultConfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{
+    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
+    "restServerParameters":{
+        "host":"0.0.0.0",
+        "port":6969,
+        "userName":"healthcheck",
+        "password":"zb!XztG34"
+    },
+    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
+        "SDCReceptionHandler":{
+            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
+            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
+            "pssdConfiguration":{
+                "asdcAddress": "localhost",
+                "messageBusAddress": [
+                    "a.com",
+                    "b.com",
+                    "c.com"
+                 ],
+                "user": "tbdsdc-1480",
+                "password": "tbdsdc-1480",
+                "pollingInterval":20,
+                "pollingTimeout":30,
+                "consumerId": "policy-id",
+                "artifactTypes": [
+                    "TOSCA_CSAR",
+                    "HEAT"
+                ],
+                "consumerGroup": "policy-group",
+                "environmentName": "environmentName",
+                "keystorePath": "null",
+                "keystorePassword": "null",
+                "activeserverTlsAuth": false,
+                "isFilterinEmptyResources": true,
+                "isUseHttpsWithDmaap": false
+            },
+            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
+                "policyDecoders":{
+                    "TOSCADecoder":{
+                        "decoderType":"ToscaDecoder",
+                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.pdpx.PolicyDecoderToscaPdpx"
+                    }
+                },
+                "policyForwarders":{
+                    "PAPEngineForwarder":{
+                        "forwarderType":"PAPEngine",
+                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarder",
+                        "forwarderConfigurationName": "xacmlPdpConfiguration"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "policyForwarderConfigurationParameters":{
+        "xacmlPdpConfiguration":{
+            "parameterClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.xacml.pdp.XacmlPdpPolicyForwarderParameterGroup",
+            "parameters":{
+                "useHttps": false,
+                "hostname": "pdp",
+                "port": 8081,
+                "userName": "testpdp",
+                "password": "alpha123",
+                "clientAuth": "cHl0aG9uOnRlc3Q=",
+                "isManaged": true,
+                "pdpGroup": "pdpGroup"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/logback.xml b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..574b675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/etc/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+
+<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="3 seconds" debug="true">
+  <!--<jmxConfigurator /> -->
+  <!-- directory path for all other type logs -->
+  <property name="logDir" value="${POLICY_LOGS}" />
+  
+  <!-- directory path for debugging type logs -->
+  <property name="debugDir" value="${POLICY_LOGS}" />
+  
+  <!--  specify the component name 
+    <ONAP-component-name>::= "MSO" | "DCAE" | "ASDC " | "AAI" |"Policy" | "SDNC" | "AC"  -->
+  <property name="componentName" value="policy"></property>
+  <property name="subComponentName" value="distribution"></property>
+  
+  <!--  log file names -->
+  <property name="errorLogName" value="error" />
+  <property name="metricsLogName" value="metrics" />
+  <property name="auditLogName" value="audit" />
+  <property name="debugLogName" value="debug" />
+  
+  
+      <!-- modified time stamp format -->
+ 
+   <!--    A U D I T 
+           <property name="defaultAuditPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{TargetVirtualEntity}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" />
+           <property name="defaultAuditPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{requestId}|%X{serviceInstanceId}|%t|%X{serverName}|%X{serviceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{instanceUuid}|%p|%X{severity}|%X{serverIpAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{server}|%X{clientIpAddress}|%c||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{TargetVirtualEntity}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" />
+   -->
+   <property name="defaultAuditPattern" value="%X{TransactionBeginTimestamp}|%X{TransactionEndTimestamp}|%X{requestId}|%X{serviceInstanceId}|%t|%X{serverName}|%X{serviceName}|%X{partnerName}|%X{statusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{instanceUuid}|%p|%X{severity}|%X{serverIpAddress}|%X{TransactionElapsedTime}|%X{server}|%X{clientIpAddress}|%c||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" />
+  
+  
+  
+   <!--    M E T R I C 
+          <property name="defaultMetricPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{TargetVirtualEntity}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" />
+   -->
+   <property name="defaultMetricPattern" value="%X{MetricBeginTimestamp}|%X{MetricEndTimestamp}|%X{requestId}|%X{serviceInstanceId}|%t|%X{serverName}|%X{serviceName}|%X{partnerName}|%X{targetEntity}|%X{targetServiceName}|%X{statusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%p|%X{severity}|%X{serverIpAddress}|%X{MetricElapsedTime}|%X{server}|%X{clientIpAddress}|%c||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{TargetVirtualEntity}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" />
+  
+     
+   
+   <!--   E R R O R
+          <property name="defaultErrorPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS+00:00, UTC}|%X{RequestId}|%thread|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{ErrorCategory}|%X{ErrorCode}|%X{ErrorDesciption}|%msg%n" />
+   -->
+   <property name="defaultErrorPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS+00:00, UTC}|%X{requestId}|%t|%X{serviceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{ErrorCategory}|%X{ErrorCode}|%X{ErrorDesciption}|%msg%n" />
+  
+  
+  
+   <!--   D E B U G
+          <property name="debugLoggerPatternOld" value="%d{MM/dd-HH:mm:ss.SSS}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServiceName}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{Timer}|[%caller{3}]|%msg%n" />
+          <property name="debugLoggerPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" /> -->
+   -->
+   <property name="debugLoggerPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS+00:00, UTC}|%X{RequestId}|%msg%n" />  
+   
+ 
+   
+   <!--   D E F A U L T 
+          <property name="defaultPatternOld" value="%d{MM/dd-HH:mm:ss.SSS}|%logger|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServiceName}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}|%X{Timer}|%msg%n" />
+          <property name="defaultPattern" value="%X{BeginTimestamp}|%X{EndTimestamp}|%X{RequestId}|%X{ServiceInstanceId}|%thread|%X{ServerName}|%X{ServiceName}|%X{PartnerName}|%X{TargetEntity}|%X{TargetServiceName}|%X{StatusCode}|%X{ResponseCode}|%X{ResponseDescription}|%X{InstanceUUID}|%.-5level|%X{AlertSeverity}|%X{ServerIPAddress}|%X{ElapsedTime}|%X{ServerFQDN}|%X{RemoteHost}|%X{ClassName}||%X{ProcessKey}|%X{TargetVirtualEntity}|%X{CustomField1}|%X{CustomField2}|%X{CustomField3}|%X{CustomField4}|%msg%n" />
+   -->
+   <property name="defaultPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX, UTC}|%X{requestId}|%X{serviceInstanceId}|%t|%X{serverName}|%X{serviceName}|%X{instanceUuid}|%p|%X{severity}|%X{serverIpAddress}|%X{server}|%X{clientIpAddress}|%c||%msg%n" />
+   
+ 
+ 
+   <!--   P A T H
+          <property name="logDirectory" value="${logDir}/${componentName}/${subComponentName}" />
+          <property name="debugLogDirectory" value="${debugDir}/${componentName}/${subComponentName}" />
+
+   -->   
+   <property name="logDirectory" value="${logDir}/${componentName}/${subComponentName}" />
+   <property name="debugLogDirectory" value="${debugDir}/${componentName}/${subComponentName}" />
+   
+
+ 
+ 
+  <!-- Example evaluator filter applied against console appender -->
+  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>${defaultPattern}</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+
+  <!-- ============================================================================ -->
+  <!-- EELF Appenders -->
+  <!-- ============================================================================ -->
+
+  <!-- The EELFAppender is used to record events to the general application 
+    log -->
+        
+  <!-- EELF Audit Appender. This appender is used to record audit engine 
+    related logging events. The audit logger and appender are specializations 
+    of the EELF application root logger and appender. This can be used to segregate 
+    Policy engine events from other components, or it can be eliminated to record 
+    these events as part of the application root log. -->
+    
+  <appender name="EELFAudit"
+    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+    <file>${logDirectory}/${auditLogName}.log</file>
+    <rollingPolicy
+      class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+      <fileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/${auditLogName}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+      
+      <!-- keep 30 days' worth of history capped at 3GB total size --> 
+      <maxFileSize>50MB</maxFileSize>
+      <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
+      <totalSizeCap>10GB</totalSizeCap>
+    </rollingPolicy>
+    
+    <encoder>
+         <pattern>${defaultAuditPattern}</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+
+  <appender name="asyncEELFAudit" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+    <queueSize>256</queueSize>
+    <appender-ref ref="EELFAudit" />
+  </appender>
+
+
+
+
+<appender name="EELFMetrics"
+    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+    <file>${logDirectory}/${metricsLogName}.log</file>
+    <rollingPolicy
+      class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+      <fileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/${metricsLogName}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+      
+      <!-- keep 30 days' worth of history capped at 3GB total size --> 
+      <maxFileSize>50MB</maxFileSize>
+      <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
+      <totalSizeCap>10GB</totalSizeCap>
+    </rollingPolicy>
+    
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>${defaultMetricPattern}</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+  
+  <appender name="asyncEELFMetrics" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+    <queueSize>256</queueSize>
+    <appender-ref ref="EELFMetrics"/>
+  </appender>
+
+
+
+   
+  <appender name="EELFError"
+    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+    <file>${logDirectory}/${errorLogName}.log</file>
+    <rollingPolicy
+      class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+      <fileNamePattern>${logDirectory}/${errorLogName}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+     
+     <!-- keep 30 days' worth of history capped at 3GB total size --> 
+      <maxFileSize>50MB</maxFileSize>
+      <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
+      <totalSizeCap>10GB</totalSizeCap>
+    </rollingPolicy>
+    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+     <level>ERROR</level>
+    </filter>
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>${defaultErrorPattern}</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+  
+  <appender name="asyncEELFError" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+    <queueSize>256</queueSize>
+    <appender-ref ref="EELFError"/>
+  </appender>
+
+
+  
+  <appender name="EELFDebug"
+    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+    <file>${debugLogDirectory}/${debugLogName}.log</file>
+    <rollingPolicy
+      class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+      <fileNamePattern>${debugLogDirectory}/${debugLogName}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+      
+      <!-- keep 30 days' worth of history capped at 3GB total size --> 
+      <maxFileSize>50MB</maxFileSize>
+      <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
+      <totalSizeCap>10GB</totalSizeCap>
+    </rollingPolicy>
+    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+     <level>DEBUG</level>
+     </filter>
+ 
+    <encoder>
+      <pattern>${debugLoggerPattern}</pattern>
+    </encoder>
+  </appender>
+  
+  <appender name="asyncEELFDebug" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+    <queueSize>256</queueSize>
+    <appender-ref ref="EELFDebug" />
+    <includeCallerData>true</includeCallerData>
+  </appender>
+ 
+  
+  <!-- ============================================================================ -->
+  <!--  EELF loggers -->
+  <!-- ============================================================================ -->
+ 
+  <logger name="com.att.eelf.audit" level="info" additivity="false">
+    <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFAudit" />
+  </logger>
+  
+  <logger name="com.att.eelf.metrics" level="info" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFMetrics" />
+  </logger>
+ 
+    <logger name="com.att.eelf.error" level="error" additivity="false">
+  <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFError" />
+  </logger>
+  
+   <logger name="com.att.eelf.debug" level="info" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFDebug" />
+  </logger>
+  
+  
+  
+  <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFDebug" />
+        <appender-ref ref="asyncEELFError" />
+  </root>
+
+</configuration>
diff --git a/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/policyLogger.properties b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/policyLogger.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ff9ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/policy-distribution-tarball/src/main/resources/policyLogger.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+###
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. 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.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+###
+
+################################## Set concurrentHashMap and timer info  #######################
+#Timer initial delay and the delay between in milliseconds before task is to be execute.
+timer.delay.time=1000
+#Timer scheduleAtFixedRate period - time in milliseconds between successive task executions.
+check.interval= 30000
+#Longest time an event info can be stored in the concurrentHashMap for logging - in seconds. 
+event.expired.time=86400
+#Size of the concurrentHashMap which stores the event starting time, etc - when its size reaches this limit, the Timer gets executed 
+#to remove all expired records from this concurrentHashMap.
+concurrentHashMap.limit=5000
+#Size of the concurrentHashMap - when its size drops to this point, stop the Timer
+stop.check.point=2500
+################################### Set logging format #############################################
+# set EELF for EELF logging format, set LOG4J for using log4j, set SYSTEMOUT for using system.out.println
+logger.type=EELF
+#################################### Set level for EELF or SYSTEMOUT logging ##################################
+# Set level for debug file. Set DEBUG to enable .info, .warn and .debug; set INFO for enable .info and .warn; set OFF to disable all 
+debugLogger.level=INFO
+# Set level for metrics file. Set OFF to disable; set ON to enable
+metricsLogger.level=ON
+# Set level for error file. Set OFF to disable; set ON to enable
+error.level=ON
+# Set level for audit file. Set OFF to disable; set ON to enable
+audit.level=ON