+### Properties
+
+This section is intended to describe the behavior customization of Bus Controller that can be obtained via properties file used by the dbcapi library.
+By default, this file is located in etc/dmaapbc.properties.
+However, a java argument -DConfigFile can be set to a different path. (Our kubernetes deployment relies on this and points to a configmap, for example.)
+
+Refer to dbcapi/README.md for a table describing all the properties.
+
+
+### Environment Variables
+The following environment variables can be set in the container environment to further effect behavior:
+- DMAAPBC_WAIT_TOEXIT=Y when set this will attempt to keep the dmaap-bc container running. Sometimes needed to get a better look at logs when the main proces is exiting for some reason.
+
+- CONFIGMAP_ROOT defaults to /opt/app/config/conf but can be overwritten if needed. This value serves as the root to where the buscontroller.env file is found.
+
+- CONFIGMAP_PROPS defaults to /opt/app/config/conf/dmaapbc.properties but can be overwritten if needed