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+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+  openECOMP : SDN-C
+  ================================================================================
+  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=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<!-- Defines how we build the .zip file which is our distribution. -->
+
+<assembly
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+	<formats>
+		<format>zip</format>
+	</formats>
+
+	 <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+
+	 <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>bin</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/bin</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>certs</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/certs</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>config</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/config</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>lib</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>node_modules</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/node_modules</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>public</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/public</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>routes</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/routes</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>server</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/server</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>shell</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/shell</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>uploads</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/uploads</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>test</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/test</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>views</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/views</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+            <directory>.</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>admportal/</outputDirectory>
+                <includes>
+                	<include>*.json</include>
+                	<include>README</include>
+            	</includes>
+        </fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>target/lib</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>admportal/lib</outputDirectory>
+			<includes>
+				<include>*.jar</include>
+			</includes>
+		</fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+
+
+</assembly>