diff --git a/jenkins/SO/SETTINGS b/jenkins/SO/SETTINGS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786feb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/SO/SETTINGS
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#   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=ubuntu:16.04
+#
+# 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=SO-build
+#
+# this variable must be set to allow creating the build container in privileged mode
+# this variable should be removed in the future when no privileged mode is required
+#export OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER_PRIVILEGED=yes
+#
+# 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=SO-runtime
+#
+# this variable must be set to allow creating the runtime container in privileged mode
+# this variable should be removed in the future when no privileged mode is required
+#export OSM_RUNTIME_CONTAINER_PRIVILEGED=yes
+
diff --git a/jenkins/SO/start_build b/jenkins/SO/start_build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..27ca6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/SO/start_build
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/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.
+# 
+# TEMPLATE script to start a build. This is run inside a container
+#
+# 6 July 2016 -- Jeremy.Mordkoff@riftio.com -- adapted from the riftware version
+# 
+
+HERE=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+OSM_JENKINS=$(dirname $HERE)
+. $OSM_JENKINS/common/all_funcs
+
+# SET YOU MDG repository name here
+export OSM_MDG=SO
+OSM_load_config
+
+
+# Here is an example for how to handle an incremental build
+if [ -d $OSM_MDG ]; then
+	INFO "reusing existing workspace"
+	cd $OSM_MDG
+	git pull 
+else
+	INFO "cloning MDG $OSM_MDG from $OSM_GIT_URL/$OSM_MDG"
+	git clone $OSM_GIT_URL/$OSM_MDG
+	cd $OSM_MDG
+fi
+INFO "starting build"
+
+### for start_build
+### put your commands here to 
+### build, test and produce coverage reports
+
+RC=0
+
+INFO "done, RC=$RC"
+exit $RC
+
+
diff --git a/jenkins/UI/SETTINGS b/jenkins/UI/SETTINGS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c79217f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/UI/SETTINGS
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#   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=ubuntu:16.04
+#
+# 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=UI-build
+#
+# this variable must be set to allow creating the build container in privileged mode
+# this variable should be removed in the future when no privileged mode is required
+#export OSM_BUILD_CONTAINER_PRIVILEGED=yes
+#
+# 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=UI-runtime
+#
+# this variable must be set to allow creating the runtime container in privileged mode
+# this variable should be removed in the future when no privileged mode is required
+#export OSM_RUNTIME_CONTAINER_PRIVILEGED=yes
+
diff --git a/jenkins/UI/start_build b/jenkins/UI/start_build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5a54d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/UI/start_build
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/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.
+# 
+# TEMPLATE script to start a build. This is run inside a container
+#
+# 6 July 2016 -- Jeremy.Mordkoff@riftio.com -- adapted from the riftware version
+# 
+
+HERE=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+OSM_JENKINS=$(dirname $HERE)
+. $OSM_JENKINS/common/all_funcs
+
+# SET YOU MDG repository name here
+export OSM_MDG=UI
+OSM_load_config
+
+
+# Here is an example for how to handle an incremental build
+if [ -d $OSM_MDG ]; then
+	INFO "reusing existing workspace"
+	cd $OSM_MDG
+	git pull 
+else
+	INFO "cloning MDG $OSM_MDG from $OSM_GIT_URL/$OSM_MDG"
+	git clone $OSM_GIT_URL/$OSM_MDG
+	cd $OSM_MDG
+fi
+INFO "starting build"
+
+### for start_build
+### put your commands here to 
+### build, test and produce coverage reports
+
+RC=0
+
+INFO "done, RC=$RC"
+exit $RC
+
+
diff --git a/jenkins/common/container b/jenkins/common/container
index 5c0ef95..400e38a 100644
--- a/jenkins/common/container
+++ b/jenkins/common/container
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
 		FATAL "arg is container name"
 	fi
-	lxc config show $1 2>&1 >/dev/null
+	lxc config show $1 >/dev/null 2>&1
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		DEBUG "container $1 exists"
 		return 0
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
 	DEBUG "exec in $container \"$*\""
 	lxc exec "$container" -- $*
 }
+container_exec_stderr() { 
+	container="$1"
+	shift
+	DEBUG "exec in $container \"$*\""
+	lxc exec "$container" -- $* 2>&1
+}
 
 wait_container_up() {
 	[ $# -eq 1 ] || FATAL "arg is container name got $# args - $*"
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@
 	RE="1 received"
 	while [ $ct -lt 60 ]; do
 		let ct=ct+1
-		output=$(container_exec "$1" ping -c 1 google.com)
+		output=$(container_exec_stderr "$1" ping -c 1 google.com)
 		if [[ $output =~ $RE ]]; then	
 			DEBUG "$1 is up"
 			return
diff --git a/jenkins/riftware/start_build b/jenkins/riftware/start_build
index 0f31477..0e3101f 100755
--- a/jenkins/riftware/start_build
+++ b/jenkins/riftware/start_build
@@ -29,15 +29,27 @@
 	cd riftware
 	git pull 
 else
+	INFO "install pre-requisites"
+    yum install -y yum-utils curl 
+    curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/release.repo http://buildtracker.riftio.com/repo_file/fc20/OSM/
+    yum install -y --nogpgcheck rw.tools-container-tools rw.tools-scripts
+    /usr/rift/container_tools/mkcontainer  --modes build --internet --latest --repofile /usr/rift/container_tools/riftware.repo
+
+
 	INFO "cloning MDG riftware from $OSM_GIT_URL/riftware"
+    # these were missing once, so just to be safe, install them again here
+    yum -y install cmake wget lcov
 	git clone $OSM_GIT_URL/riftware
 	cd riftware
-	INFO "install pre-requisites"
-	bash ./scripts/vm_image/mkcontainer --modes build
 fi
 
-INFO "no build script yet"
-RC=1
+./rift-shell -r -- make rw.ext 
+RC=$?
+
+if [ $RC == 0 ]; then
+    ./rift-shell -r -- make -j16 
+    RC=$?
+fi
 
 INFO "done RC = $RC"
 exit $RC