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-# Introduction
-
-The A&AI Model Loader Service is an application that facilitates
-distribution, ingestion of new service and resource models, and vnf
-catalogs from the SDC to the A&AI.
-
-## Features
-
-The Model Loader:
-
-* registers with the SDC to receive notification events
-* polls the UEB/DMaap cluster for notification events
-* downloads artifacts from SDC upon receipt of a distribution event
-* pushes distribution components to A&AI
-
-## Compiling Model Loader
-
-Model Loader can be compiled by running `mvn clean install`
-
-## Running Model Loader
-
-### Create a config file with the following key/values:
-
-```
-DISTR_CLIENT_ASDC_ADDRESS=<SDC_ADDRESS>
-DISTR_CLIENT_CONSUMER_GROUP=<UEB_CONSUMER_GROUP> ;; Uniquely identiy this group of model loaders.
-DISTR_CLIENT_CONSUMER_ID=<UEB_CONSUMER_GROUP_ID> ;; Uniquely identiythis model loader.
-DISTR_CLIENT_ENVIRONMENT_NAME=<ENVIRONMENT_NAME> ;; Environment name configured on the SDC
-DISTR_CLIENT_PASSWORD=<DISTR_PASSWORD> ;; Password to connect to SDC
-DISTR_CLIENT_USER=<USER_ID> ;; User name to connect to SDC
-
-APP_SERVER_BASE_URL=https://<aai-address>:8443 ;; AAI Address (URL)
-APP_SERVER_AUTH_USER=<USER_ID> ;; User name to connect to AAI
-APP_SERVER_AUTH_PASSWORD=<PASSWORD> ;; Password to connect to AAi
-
-```
-
-### Docker
-
-#### Build your own Model Loader docker image and create docker containers
-1. mvn clean package docker:build ;; Build a docker image of Model Loader
-2. sudo docker images ;; list docker images and check if the image you build is listed.
-3. sudo docker run --env-file <config-filename> <model-loader-image> /opt/jetty/jetty*/bin/startup.sh
-
-
-#### Retrieve logs from stopped container
-* docker cp <container-id>:/opt/jetty/jetty-distribution-9.3.9.v20160517/logs/AAI-ML/error.log /tmp/