diff --git a/jenkins/README b/jenkins/README
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+This directory holds the scripts and tools needed by jenkins to run jobs
+
+The 'host' subdirectory is meant to be invoked directly by jenkins either in its own container or on the host.
+
+The 'template' subdirectory contains sample files needed to configure a new MDG
+
+The other subdirectories correspond to MDGs and contain the scripts that are run inside the container
diff --git a/jenkins/SETTINGS b/jenkins/SETTINGS
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+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+# 
+# Settings that are global to this installation
+# MDG specific settings can be found in each MDG directory
+# 
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+#
+# base url for all repositories
+OSM_GIT_URL=https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm
diff --git a/jenkins/common/all_funcs b/jenkins/common/all_funcs
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+# this file is meant to be sourced
+#
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+#
+# import all functions
+#
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+
+if [ -z "$OSM_JENKINS" ]; then
+	export OSM_JENKINS=$(realpath $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} ))
+fi
+
+. ${OSM_JENKINS}/common/logging
+INFO "logging sourced"
+. ${OSM_JENKINS}/common/config
+INFO "config sourced"
+. ${OSM_JENKINS}/common/container
+INFO "container sourced"
diff --git a/jenkins/common/config b/jenkins/common/config
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This file is meant to be SOURCED
+#
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+#
+#  config functions
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+
+
+OSM_load_config() { 
+	OSM_load_config_file ${OSM_JENKINS}/SETTINGS
+	if [ -z "$OSM_MDG" ]; then
+		WARNING "OSM_MDG not set" 
+	else 
+		OSM_load_config_file ${OSM_JENKINS}/${OSM_MDG}/SETTINGS
+	fi
+}
+
+OSM_load_config_file() { 
+	[ $# -eq 1 ] || FATAL "arg is filename"
+	if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+		. "$1"
+		INFO "config file $1 loaded"
+	else
+		WARNING "$1 not found"
+	fi
+}
+		
diff --git a/jenkins/common/container b/jenkins/common/container
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+# This file is meant to be SOURCED
+#
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+#
+# container_funcs
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+
+container_exists() { 
+	if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+		FATAL "arg is container name"
+	fi
+	lxc config show $1 2>&1 >/dev/null
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		DEBUG "container $1 exists"
+		return 0
+	else
+		DEBUG "container $1 not found"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+create_container() { 
+	if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+		FATAL "args are image container"
+	fi
+	INFO "creating container $2 using image $1"
+	DEBUG "lxc launch $1 $2"
+	sudo lxc launch "$1" "$2"
+}
+
+container_exec() { 
+	container="$1"
+	shift
+	DEBUG "exec in $1 \"$*\""
+	lxc exec "$container" -- $*
+}
+
+wait_container_up() {
+	[ $# -eq 1 ] || FATAL "arg is container name got $# args - $*"
+	ct=0
+	RE="1 received"
+	while [ $ct -lt 60 ]; do
+		let ct=ct+1
+		output=$(container_exec "$1" ping -c 1 google.com)
+		if [[ $output =~ $RE ]]; then	
+			DEBUG "$1 is up"
+			return
+		fi
+		INFO "waiting for container $1 to start"
+		DEBUG "expected '$RE' in $output"
+		sleep 1
+	done
+	FATAL "container $1 did not start"
+}
diff --git a/jenkins/common/logging b/jenkins/common/logging
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This file is meant to be SOURCED
+#
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# container_funcs
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+
+print_stack() {
+   local i
+   local stack_size=${#FUNCNAME[1]}
+   echo  "BACKTRACE:" >&2
+   for (( i=1; i<$stack_size ; i++ )); do
+      local func="${FUNCNAME[$i]}"
+      [ x$func = x ] && func=MAIN
+      local linen="${BASH_LINENO[(( i - 1 ))]}"
+      local src="${BASH_SOURCE[$i]}"
+      [ x"$src" = x ] && src=non_file_source
+      echo "### $func $src $linen" >&2
+   done
+   echo "-------" >&2
+}
+
+
+FATAL() { 
+	echo "### $(date) ${FUNCNAME[1]}: FATAL error: $*" >&2
+	print_stack
+	exit 1
+}
+	
+WARNING() { 
+	echo "### $(date) ${FUNCNAME[1]}: WARNING error: $*" >&2
+}
+
+INFO() { 
+	echo "##  $(date) ${FUNCNAME[1]}: $*" >&2
+}
+
+DEBUG() { 
+	echo "#   $(date) ${FUNCNAME[1]}: $*" >&2
+}
diff --git a/jenkins/host/start_build b/jenkins/host/start_build
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+#!/bin/bash
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# start-build is run on a host to start a MDG build
+#
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+
+
+HERE=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+OSM_JENKINS=$(dirname $HERE)
+. $OSM_JENKINS/common/all_funcs
+
+[ $# -eq 1 ] || FATAL "arg is MDG name"
+
+export OSM_MDG=$1
+OSM_load_config
+
+if ! container_exists $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER; then
+	create_container $OSM_BASE_IMAGE $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER
+	wait_container_up $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER
+	RE="fedora|fc[0-9]"
+	if [[ $OSM_BASE_IMAGE =~ $RE ]]; then
+		container_exec $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER yum -y install git
+	else
+		container_exec $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER apt install git
+	fi
+	container_exec $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER git clone ${OSM_GIT_URL}/devops
+else
+	container_exec $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER git -C devops pull
+fi
+
+
+container_exec $OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER ./devops/jenkins/$OSM_MDG/start_build
diff --git a/jenkins/riftware/SETTINGS b/jenkins/riftware/SETTINGS
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+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+# 
+# Settings specific to the riftware MDG
+# 
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+#
+# see ../template/SETTINGS for descriptions
+export OSM_BASE_IMAGE=fc20
+export OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER=rift-build
+export OSM_RUNTIME_CONTAINER=rift-runtime
diff --git a/jenkins/riftware/start_build b/jenkins/riftware/start_build
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+#!/bin/bash
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+# 
+# script to start a build. This is run inside a container
+#
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis
+
+HERE=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+OSM_JENKINS=$(dirname $HERE)
+. $OSM_JENKINS/common/all_funcs
+export OSM_MDG=riftware
+OSM_load_config
+
+
+if [ -d riftware ]; then
+	INFO "reusing existing workspace"
+	cd riftware
+	git pull 
+else
+	INFO "cloning MDG riftware from $OSM_GIT_URL/riftware"
+	git clone $OSM_GIT_URL/riftware
+	cd riftware
+	INFO "install pre-requisites"
+	bash ./scripts/vm_image/mkvmimg --container --modes build
+fi
+
+INFO "done"
+
+
+
diff --git a/jenkins/template/SETTINGS b/jenkins/template/SETTINGS
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+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+#
+# sample SETTINGS file
+#
+# 24 June 2016 -- Jeremy Mordkoff -- Genesis 
+#
+# this variable holds the name of the container image needed to build or run this product
+export OSM_BASE_IMAGE=fc20
+#
+# this variable holds the name of the container to be used to build a package
+# if this container already exists, the build process can skip the container build
+export OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER=rift-build
+#
+# this variable holds the name of the container to be used to run a package
+# if this container already exists, the run processes can skip the container build
+export OSM_RUNTIME_CONTAINER=rift-runtime