diff --git a/src/test/resources/conf/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/src/test/resources/conf/asterix-build-configuration.xml
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+<!--
+ ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ ! distributed with this work for additional information
+ ! regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ ! to you 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.
+ !-->
+<asterixConfiguration xmlns="asterixconf">
+  <metadataNode>asterix_nc1</metadataNode>
+  <store>
+    <ncId>asterix_nc1</ncId>
+    <storeDirs>iodevice0,iodevice1</storeDirs>
+  </store>
+  <store>
+    <ncId>asterix_nc2</ncId>
+    <storeDirs>iodevice0,iodevice1</storeDirs>
+  </store>
+  <transactionLogDir>
+    <ncId>asterix_nc1</ncId>
+    <txnLogDirPath>target/txnLogDir/asterix_nc1</txnLogDirPath>
+  </transactionLogDir>
+  <transactionLogDir>
+    <ncId>asterix_nc2</ncId>
+    <txnLogDirPath>target/txnLogDir/asterix_nc2</txnLogDirPath>
+  </transactionLogDir>
+  <extensions>
+    <extension>
+      <extensionClassName>org.apache.asterix.bad.lang.BADQueryTranslatorExtension</extensionClassName>
+    </extension>
+    <extension>
+      <extensionClassName>org.apache.asterix.bad.lang.BADLangExtension</extensionClassName>
+    </extension>
+    <extension>
+      <extensionClassName>org.apache.asterix.bad.metadata.BADMetadataExtension</extensionClassName>
+    </extension>
+  </extensions>
+  <property>
+    <name>max.wait.active.cluster</name>
+    <value>60</value>
+    <description>Maximum wait (in seconds) for a cluster to be ACTIVE (all
+      nodes are available)
+      before a submitted query/statement can be
+      executed. (Default = 60 seconds)
+    </description>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>log.level</name>
+    <value>WARNING</value>
+    <description>Log level for running tests/build</description>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>compiler.framesize</name>
+    <value>32768</value>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>compiler.sortmemory</name>
+    <value>327680</value>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>compiler.groupmemory</name>
+    <value>163840</value>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>compiler.joinmemory</name>
+    <value>163840</value>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>compiler.pregelix.home</name>
+    <value>~/pregelix</value>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>storage.buffercache.pagesize</name>
+    <value>32768</value>
+    <description>The page size in bytes for pages in the buffer cache.
+      (Default = "32768" // 32KB)
+    </description>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>storage.buffercache.size</name>
+    <value>33554432</value>
+    <description>The size of memory allocated to the disk buffer cache.
+      The value should be a multiple of the buffer cache page size(Default
+      = "33554432" // 32MB)
+    </description>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>storage.memorycomponent.numpages</name>
+    <value>8</value>
+    <description>The number of pages to allocate for a memory component.
+      (Default = 8)
+    </description>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>plot.activate</name>
+    <value>false</value>
+    <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
+    </description>
+  </property>
+</asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/conf/cluster.xml b/src/test/resources/conf/cluster.xml
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+<!--
+ ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ ! distributed with this work for additional information
+ ! regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ ! to you 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.
+ !-->
+<cluster xmlns="cluster">
+  <instance_name>asterix</instance_name>
+  <store>storage</store>
+
+  <data_replication>
+    <enabled>false</enabled>
+    <replication_port>2016</replication_port>
+    <replication_factor>2</replication_factor>
+    <auto_failover>false</auto_failover>
+    <replication_time_out>30</replication_time_out>
+  </data_replication>
+
+  <master_node>
+    <id>master</id>
+    <client_ip>127.0.0.1</client_ip>
+    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+    <client_port>1098</client_port>
+    <cluster_port>1099</cluster_port>
+    <http_port>8888</http_port>
+  </master_node>
+  <node>
+    <id>nc1</id>
+    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+    <replication_port>2016</replication_port>
+  </node>
+  <node>
+    <id>nc2</id>
+    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+    <replication_port>2017</replication_port>
+  </node>
+</cluster>
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/conf/hyracks-deployment.properties b/src/test/resources/conf/hyracks-deployment.properties
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+#/*
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+cc.bootstrap.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.CCBootstrapImpl
+nc.bootstrap.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.NCBootstrapImpl
+cc.ip=127.0.0.1
+cc.port=1098
diff --git a/src/test/resources/conf/test.properties b/src/test/resources/conf/test.properties
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+#/*
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+MetadataNode=nc1
+NewUniverse=true
+nc1.stores=nc1data
+nc2.stores=nc2data
+OutputDir=/tmp/asterix_output/