export PATH
 CLASSPATH=`echo $APP_ROOT/etc $APP_ROOT/lib/*.jar | tr ' ' ':'` 
 export CLASSPATH
-CONTAINER_CONFIG=/opt/app/config/conf
+CONFIGMAP_ROOT=/opt/app/config
+CONTAINER_CONFIG=$CONFIGMAP_ROOT/conf
 MAIN=org.onap.dmaap.dbcapi.server.Main 
 
 
        fi
 }
 
+init() {
+       if [ ! -d $CONFIGMAP_ROOT ]
+       then
+               echo $CONFIGMAP_ROOT does not exist
+               return
+       fi
+
+       cd $CONFIGMAP_ROOT
+       # order is important in this next list
+       for uri in dmaap dcaeLocations mr_clusters topics feeds
+       do
+               if [ -d ${uri} ]
+               then
+                       for j in `ls ${uri}/*.json`
+                       do
+                               curl -v -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @${j} http://dmaap-bc:8080/webapi/${uri}
+                       done
+               fi
+       done
+}
+
 set -x
 case "$1" in
 'deploy')
        config
        start
+       init
        wait
        ;;
 'start')
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <jettyVersion>9.3.7.v20160115</jettyVersion>
     <eelf.version>0.0.1</eelf.version>
-    <artifact.version>1.0.16</artifact.version>
+    <artifact.version>1.0.17</artifact.version>
                <!--  SONAR  -->
                 <jacoco.version>0.7.7.201606060606</jacoco.version>
            <sonar-jacoco-listeners.version>3.2</sonar-jacoco-listeners.version>