diff --git a/framework/ipc/pom.xml b/framework/ipc/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c376acdd1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/ipc/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ cloudstack
+ cloud-framework-ipc
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/api/pom.xml b/platform/api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d59e0bc143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ cloudstack
+ cloud-platform-api
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ com.cloud
+ cloud-api
+ 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataMigrationSubSystem.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataMigrationSubSystem.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..30185b7835f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataMigrationSubSystem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface DataMigrationSubSystem {
+ void migrate(String volume, String storagePool, String reservationId);
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataObject.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c861bc40a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage.DataStore.DataStoreRef;
+
+/*
+ * Logic entity
+ */
+public interface DataObject {
+ String getURI();
+ String getUUID();
+ DataStoreRef getStoreRef();
+ long getSize();
+ //volume/snapshot/template
+ String getType();
+ //db id
+ Long getId();
+ DataObject getParent();
+ void setParent(DataObject obj);
+ List getChidren();
+ boolean lock();
+ boolean unlock();
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataStore.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3415a716fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface DataStore {
+ public class DataStoreRef {
+
+ }
+
+ public class DataStoreDriverRef {
+
+ }
+
+ public enum StoreType {
+ Primary,
+ Backup;
+ }
+ public class StoreScope {
+ public long zoneId;
+ private long clusterId;
+ private long hostId;
+ }
+
+ String getURI();
+ String getUUID();
+ StoreType getType();
+ StoreScope getScope();
+ Long getId();
+ DataStoreDriverRef getDataStoreDriver();
+ FileSystem getFileSystem();
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataStoreDriver.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataStoreDriver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8987f71508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DataStoreDriver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface DataStoreDriver {
+ String getDriverType();
+ DataObject create(DataObject obj);
+ DataObject copy(DataObject src, DataStore dest);
+ DataObject copy(DataObject src, DataObject dest);
+ DataObject move(DataObject src, DataObject dest);
+ boolean delete(DataObject obj);
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DistributedFileSystem.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DistributedFileSystem.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84eb8ad68d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/DistributedFileSystem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface DistributedFileSystem {
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/FileSystem.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/FileSystem.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0fba44761a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/FileSystem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface FileSystem {
+ DataObject create(DataObject obj);
+ DataObject copy(DataObject Obj, DataStore destStore);
+ DataObject copy(DataObject obj, DataObject destObj);
+ DataObject move(DataObject srcObj, DataObject destObj);
+ boolean delete(DataObject obj);
+ long getStats(DataObject obj);
+ String getFileType();
+ boolean isWritable(DataObject obj);
+ boolean contains(DataObject obj);
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Snapshot.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Snapshot.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5702e4c4717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Snapshot.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface Snapshot extends DataObject {
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/StorageSubSystem.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/StorageSubSystem.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e12ff797ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/StorageSubSystem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import com.cloud.org.Grouping;
+
+public interface StorageSubSystem {
+ String getType();
+ Class extends Grouping> getScope();
+
+ URI grantAccess(String vol, String reservationId);
+ URI RemoveAccess(String vol, String reservationId);
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Template.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Template.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efa7538abf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Template.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface Template extends DataObject {
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Volume.java b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Volume.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc72d8f654e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/subsystem/api/storage/Volume.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.cloudstack.platform.subsystem.api.storage;
+
+public interface Volume extends DataObject {
+}
diff --git a/platform/compute/pom.xml b/platform/compute/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23bd8e74c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/compute/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ cloudstack
+ cloud-platform-compute
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ cloudstack
+ cloud-framework-ipc
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+
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