diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/credserver.py b/confluent_server/confluent/credserver.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2019 Lenovo
+#
+# 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 confluent.config.configmanager as cfm
+import datetime
+import eventlet
+import eventlet.green.socket as socket
+import eventlet.greenpool
+import os
+
+class CredServer(object):
+    def __init__(self, bindhost='::', bindport=301, ttl=1):
+        self.srv = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6)
+        self.srv.setsockopt(socket.SOL_IP, socket.IP_TTL, ttl)
+        self.srv.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+        self.srv.bind((bindhost, bindport))
+        self.srv.listen(32)
+        self.gpool = eventlet.greenpool.GreenPool(256)
+        self.cfm = cfm.ConfigManager(None)
+        self.runtime = eventlet.spawn(self.listen)
+
+    def listen(self):
+        while True:
+            client, info = self.srv.accept()
+            if info[1] > 1023:
+                client.close()
+                continue
+            self.gpool.spawn_n(self.handle_client, client)
+    
+    def handle_client(self, client):
+            client.send('\xc2\xd1-\xa8\x80\xd8j\xba')
+            tlv = bytearray(client.recv(2))
+            if tlv[0] != 1:
+                client.close()
+                return
+            nodename = client.recv(tlv[1])
+            tlv = bytearray(client.recv(2))
+            apiarmed = self.cfm.get_node_attributes(nodename, 'api.armed')
+            apiarmed = apiarmed.get(nodename, {}).get('api.armed', {}).get('value', None)
+            if not apiarmed:
+                client.close()
+                return
+            now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+            expiry = datetime.datetime.strptime(apiarmed, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+            if now > expiry:
+                self.cfm.set_node_attributes({nodename: {'api.armed': ''}})
+                client.close()
+                return
+            client.send(b'\x02\x20')
+            rttoken = os.urandom(32)
+            client.send(rttoken)
+            client.send('\x00\x00')
+            tlv = bytearray(client.recv(2))
+            if tlv[0] != 3:
+                client.close()
+                return
+            echotoken = client.recv(tlv[1])
+            if echotoken != rttoken:
+                client.close()
+                return
+            tlv = bytearray(client.recv(2))
+            if tlv[0] != 4:
+                client.close()
+                return
+            echotoken = client.recv(tlv[1])
+            self.cfm.set_node_attributes({nodename: {'api.key': echotoken, 'api.armed': ''}})
+            client.recv(2)  # drain end of message
+            client.send('\x05\x00') # report success                
+            client.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    a = CredServer()
+    while True:
+        eventlet.sleep(86400)
+
+            
+            
+