diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ZTE Corporation.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * and the Apache License 2.0 which both accompany this distribution,
+ * and are available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * and http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     ZTE - initial API and implementation and/or initial documentation
+ */
+-->
+<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">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-workflow-designer</groupId>
+        <artifactId>sdc-workflow-designer</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-workflow-designer</groupId>
+    <artifactId>distribution</artifactId>
+    <name>distribution</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+      
+    <properties>
+        <packagename>sdc-workflow-designer</packagename>
+        <linux64id>linux64</linux64id>
+        <win64id>win64</win64id>
+        <linux64outputdir>target/assembly/${linux64id}</linux64outputdir>
+        <win64outputdir>target/assembly/${win64id}</win64outputdir>
+        <version.output>target/version</version.output>
+    </properties>
+    
+ <build>
+       <plugins>
+			<plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>unpack-tomcat-to-temporary-dir</id>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>unpack</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifactItems>
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>tomcat</artifactId>
+                                    <type>zip</type>
+                                    <outputDirectory>target/tomcat</outputDirectory>
+                                </artifactItem>
+                            </artifactItems>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-resources-${linux64id}</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${linux64outputdir}</outputDirectory>
+                            <resources>
+                                <resource>
+                                    <directory>src/main/assembly/</directory>
+                                    <filtering>false</filtering>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*.bat</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </resource>
+                            </resources>
+                            <overwrite>true</overwrite>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+					<execution>
+                        <id>copy-tomcat-resources-${linux64id}</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${linux64outputdir}/tomcat</outputDirectory>
+                            <resources>
+                                <resource>
+                                    <directory>${basedir}/target/tomcat/apache-tomcat-${tomcat.version}</directory>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*</include>
+                                    </includes>
+									<excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*.bat</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </resource>
+                            </resources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-resources-${win64id}</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${win64outputdir}</outputDirectory>
+                            <resources>
+                                <resource>
+                                    <directory>src/main/assembly/</directory>
+                                    <filtering>false</filtering>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*.sh</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </resource>
+                            </resources>
+                            <overwrite>true</overwrite>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+					<execution>
+                        <id>copy-tomcat-resources-${win64id}</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${win64outputdir}/tomcat</outputDirectory>
+                            <resources>
+                                <resource>
+                                    <directory>${basedir}/target/tomcat/apache-tomcat-${tomcat.version}</directory>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*</include>
+                                    </includes>
+									<excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*.sh</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </resource>
+                            </resources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+					<execution>
+                        <id>copy-dockerfile</id>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${version.output}</outputDirectory>
+                            <resources>
+                                <resource>
+                                    <directory>src/main/assembly/</directory>
+                                    <filtering>false</filtering>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>Dockerfile</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </resource>
+                            </resources>
+                            <overwrite>true</overwrite>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+			
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>distribution</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target name="distribution">
+                                <tar destfile="${version.output}/${packagename}-${project.version}-linux64.tar.gz" longfile="posix" compression="gzip">
+                                    <tarfileset dir="target/assembly/linux64" filemode="0644" dirmode="0755">
+                                        <exclude name="**/*.sh"/>
+                                    </tarfileset>
+                                    <tarfileset dir="target/assembly/linux64" filemode="0755" dirmode="0755">
+                                        <include name="**/*.sh"/>
+                                    </tarfileset>
+                                </tar>
+                                <attachartifact file="${version.output}/${packagename}-${project.version}-linux64.tar.gz" classifier="linux64" type="tar.gz"/>
+                                <zip destfile="${version.output}/${packagename}-${project.version}-win64.zip" update="true">
+                                    <zipfileset dir="target/assembly/win64" includes="**"/>
+                                </zip>
+                                <attachartifact file="${version.output}/${packagename}-${project.version}-win64.zip" classifier="win64" type="zip"/>
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+	
+	<profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>docker</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.16.5</version>
+                        <inherited>false</inherited>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <images>
+                                <image>
+                                    <name>onap/sdc/sdc-workflow-designer</name>
+                                    <build>
+                                        <cleanup>try</cleanup>
+                                        <dockerFileDir>${basedir}/${version.output}</dockerFileDir>
+                                        <dockerFile>${basedir}/target/version/Dockerfile</dockerFile>
+                                        <tags>
+                                            <tag>${project.version}-STAGING-latest</tag>
+                                        </tags>
+                                    </build>
+                                </image>
+                            </images>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>generate-images</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>build</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>push-images</id>
+                                <phase>deploy</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>build</goal>
+                                    <goal>push</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+	
+</project>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/Dockerfile b/distribution/src/main/assembly/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3073ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+MAINTAINER "Lv Bo" <lv.bo163@zte.com.cn>
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+#install openjdk-1.8
+#RUN sed -i 's#http://archive.ubuntu.com#http://mirrors.163.com#g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk
+
+#configure the JDK
+RUN sed -i 's|#networkaddress.cache.ttl=-1|networkaddress.cache.ttl=10|' /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/security/java.security
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
+ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin
+ENV CLASSPATH .:${JAVA_HOME}/lib:${JRE_HOME}/lib
+ENV JRE_HOME ${JAVA_HOME}/jre
+
+#add workflow designer related resources to the docker image
+RUN mkdir /home/sdc-workflow-designer
+WORKDIR /home/sdc-workflow-designer
+ADD sdc-workflow-designer-*-linux64.tar.gz /home/sdc-workflow-designer/
+RUN chmod 755 /home/sdc-workflow-designer/**/*.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT /home/sdc-workflow-designer/startup.sh
+
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/shutdown.bat b/distribution/src/main/assembly/shutdown.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2178a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/shutdown.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+@REM
+@REM Copyright 2017 ZTE Corporation.
+@REM
+@REM Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@REM you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@REM You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM limitations under the License.
+@REM
+
+@echo off
+title catalog
+
+set RUNHOME=%~dp0
+echo ##RUNHOME %RUNHOME%
+
+echo ### shutdown blueprint
+start /D %RUNHOME%tomcat bin\shutdown.bat 
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/shutdown.sh b/distribution/src/main/assembly/shutdown.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1762c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/shutdown.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2017 ZTE Corporation.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
+RUNHOME=`cd $DIRNAME/; pwd`
+echo @RUNHOME@ $RUNHOME
+
+echo "### shutdown blueprint";
+cd $RUNHOME
+cd ./tomcat
+export CATALINA_HOME=$RUNHOME/tomcat
+export CATALINA_BASE=$RUNHOME/tomcat
+$RUNHOME/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh &
+echo "### shutdown blueprint end";
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/startup.bat b/distribution/src/main/assembly/startup.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52bfe3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/startup.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+@REM
+@REM Copyright 2017 ZTE Corporation.
+@REM
+@REM Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@REM you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@REM You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM limitations under the License.
+@REM
+
+@echo off
+title catalog
+
+set RUNHOME=%~dp0
+echo ##RUNHOME %RUNHOME%
+
+set CATALINA_HOME=%RUNHOME%tomcat
+set CATALINA_BASE=%RUNHOME%tomcat
+echo ### Starting tomcat
+start /D %RUNHOME%tomcat bin\startup.bat 
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/startup.sh b/distribution/src/main/assembly/startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d95c99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2017 ZTE Corporation.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+
+DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
+RUNHOME=`cd $DIRNAME/; pwd`
+echo @RUNHOME@ $RUNHOME
+echo "### Starting blueprint";
+cd ./tomcat
+if [ ! -d "$RUNHOME/tomcat/logs" ]; then
+  mkdir $RUNHOME/tomcat/logs
+fi
+export CATALINA_HOME=$RUNHOME/tomcat
+export CATALINA_BASE=$RUNHOME/tomcat
+$RUNHOME/tomcat/bin/startup.sh &
+echo "### Starting blueprint end";
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89f97ec..05d9fb1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,10 +24,42 @@
     <groupId>org.onap.sdc.sdc-workflow-designer</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdc-workflow-designer</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>sdc-sdc-workflow-designer</name>
 
     <modules>
         <module>sdc-workflow-designer-ui</module>
+        <module>distribution</module>
     </modules>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <tomcat.version>8.5.6</tomcat.version>
+    </properties>
+    
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tomcat</artifactId>
+                <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+                <type>zip</type>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+    
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.10</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.8</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
 </project>