diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+*.orig
+*.rej
+**/.keep
+*.sdf
+*.suo
+*.vcxproj.user
+.idea
+.svn
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+target
+build
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
+-->
+<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>
+
+  <artifactId>raft-main</artifactId>
+  <groupId>com.hortonworks.raft</groupId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Raft Main</name>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+
+    <maven-deploy-plugin.version>2.8.1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
+    <maven-site-plugin.version>3.5</maven-site-plugin.version>
+    <maven-stylus-skin.version>1.5</maven-stylus-skin.version>
+    <maven-antrun-plugin.version>1.7</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
+    <maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.4</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
+    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.8</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>1.3.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
+    <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>2.9.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+    <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.10</apache-rat-plugin.version>
+    <wagon-ssh.version>1.0</wagon-ssh.version>
+    <maven-clover2-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-clover2-plugin.version>
+    <maven-bundle-plugin.version>2.5.0</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
+    <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>
+    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.15</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>6.6</checkstyle.version>
+
+    <shell-executable>bash</shell-executable>
+  </properties>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>raft-project</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-enforcer-plugin.version}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <rules>
+              <requireMavenVersion>
+                <version>[3.0.2,)</version>
+              </requireMavenVersion>
+              <requireJavaVersion>
+                <version>[1.8,)</version>
+              </requireJavaVersion>
+            </rules>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-assembly-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-deploy-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${apache-rat-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-antrun-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-site-plugin.version}</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency><!-- add support for ssh/scp -->
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+              <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
+              <version>${wagon-ssh.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-clover2-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-bundle-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+
+      </plugins>
+
+
+    </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <inherited>false</inherited>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>pre-clean</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>.gitattributes</exclude>
+            <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
+            <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>.idea/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/patchprocess/**</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <inherited>true</inherited>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven-checkstyle-plugin.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>