diff --git a/confluent_xcat/MANIFEST.in b/confluent_xcat/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67b65344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include confluent/plugins/console/*
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/Makefile b/confluent_xcat/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..737ddd04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+PKGNAME=confluent_xcat
+VERNUM=`cat VERSION`
+
+all: clean prepare confluent_xcat 
+
+prepare: 
+	@echo [${PKGNAME}] preparing...
+	mkdir -p rpmbuild/BUILD
+	mkdir -p rpmbuild/BUILDROOT
+	mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS
+	mkdir -p rpmbuild/SOURCES
+	mkdir -p rpmbuild/SPECS
+	mkdir -p rpmbuild/SRPMS
+
+
+confluent_xcat: 
+	@echo [${PKGNAME}] building...
+	sed -e "s/#VERSION#/${VERNUM}/" setup.py.tmpl > setup.py
+	python setup.py sdist > /dev/null 2>&1
+	cp dist/*.tar.gz rpmbuild/SOURCES
+	sed -e "s/#VERSION#/${VERNUM}/" ${PKGNAME}.spec.tmpl > rpmbuild/SPECS/${PKGNAME}.spec
+	rpmbuild -ba rpmbuild/SPECS/${PKGNAME}.spec 
+
+clean: 
+	@echo [${PKGNAME}] cleaning...
+	rm -rf rpmbuild
+	rm -f setup.py
+	rm -rf ${PKGNAME}.egg-info
+	rm -rf dist
+
+	
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/README.txt b/confluent_xcat/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d34e2f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xCAT integration with confluent systems management server
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/VERSION b/confluent_xcat/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3827e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/buildrpm b/confluent_xcat/buildrpm
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e3ac8f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/buildrpm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../confluent_server/buildrpm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/confluent/plugins/console/xcathmc.sh b/confluent_xcat/confluent/plugins/console/xcathmc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5b3a3cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/confluent/plugins/console/xcathmc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+exec /opt/xcat/share/xcat/cons/hmc $CONFLUENT_NODE
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/confluent_xcat.spec.tmpl b/confluent_xcat/confluent_xcat.spec.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..940a20b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/confluent_xcat.spec.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+%define name confluent_xcat
+%define version #VERSION#
+%define release 1
+
+Summary: xCAT integration with confluent systems management server
+Name: %{name}
+Version: %{version}
+Release: %{release}
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+License: Apache2
+Group: Development/Libraries
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
+Prefix: %{_prefix}
+BuildArch: noarch
+Requires: confluent_server
+Vendor: Victor Hu <vhu@us.ibm.com>
+Url: http://xcat.sf.net/
+
+%description
+xCAT integration with confluent system management server
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{name}-%{version} -n %{name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+python setup.py build
+
+%install
+python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed -O1 --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT --record=INSTALLED_FILES.bare --install-purelib=/opt/xcat/lib/python --install-scripts=/opt/xcat/bin
+for file in $(grep xcat/__init__.py INSTALLED_FILES.bare); do
+    rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$file
+done
+grep -v xcat/__init__.py INSTALLED_FILES.bare > INSTALLED_FILES
+cat INSTALLED_FILES
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files -f INSTALLED_FILES
+%defattr(-,root,root)
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/makesetup b/confluent_xcat/makesetup
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..4930d195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/makesetup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../confluent_server/makesetup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/requirements.txt b/confluent_xcat/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b761cf7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+confluent_server>=0.1
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/setup.cfg b/confluent_xcat/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9010fbb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[metadata]
+name = confluent_xcat
+summary = xCAT integration with confluent systems management server
+description-file =
+    README.txt
+author = Victor Hu
+author-email = vhu@us.ibm.com
+home-page = http://xcat.sf.net/
+classifier =
+    Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+
+[files]
+packages =
diff --git a/confluent_xcat/setup.py.tmpl b/confluent_xcat/setup.py.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98feda74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_xcat/setup.py.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+import os
+
+setup(
+    name='confluent_xcat',
+    version='#VERSION#',
+    author='Victor Hu',
+    author_email='vhu@us.ibm.com',
+    url='http://xcat.sf.net/',
+    description='xCAT integration with confluent systems management server',
+    #packages=['xcat'],
+    install_requires=['confluent_server > 1.0.0'],
+    data_files=[('/opt/confluent/lib/python/confluent/plugins/console/', ['confluent/plugins/console/xcathmc.sh'])],
+)