diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index 4de4478..2a7b798 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 				<version>2.5</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
-						<id>copy-resources</id>
+						<id>copy-scripts</id>
 						<!-- here the phase you need -->
 						<phase>package</phase>
 						<goals>
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/bin</outputDirectory>
 							<resources>
 								<resource>
-									<directory>resource/bin</directory>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
 								</resource>
 							</resources>
 						</configuration>
@@ -434,87 +434,7 @@
 							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/conf</outputDirectory>
 							<resources>
 								<resource>
-									<directory>conf</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-asterix</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/asterix</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>resource/asterix</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-asterix-dbg</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/asterix_dbg</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>resource/asterix_dbg</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-hivesterix</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/hivesterix</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>resource/hivesterix</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-conf2</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/hivesterix/conf</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>conf</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-data</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>data</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>resource/data</directory>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/conf</directory>
 								</resource>
 							</resources>
 						</configuration>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d2401a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#The CC port for Hyracks clients
+CC_CLIENTPORT=3099
+
+#The CC port for Hyracks cluster management
+CC_CLUSTERPORT=1099
+
+#The directory of hyracks binaries
+HYRACKS_HOME=../../../../hyracks
+
+#The tmp directory for cc to install jars
+CCTMP_DIR=/tmp/t1
+
+#The tmp directory for nc to install jars
+NCTMP_DIR=/tmp/t2
+
+#The directory to put cc logs
+CCLOGS_DIR=$CCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#The directory to put nc logs
+NCLOGS_DIR=$NCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#Comma separated I/O directories for the spilling of external sort
+IO_DIRS="/tmp/t3,/tmp/t4"
+
+#The JAVA_HOME
+JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+
+#The frame size of the internal dataflow engine
+FRAME_SIZE=65536
+
+#CC JAVA_OPTS
+CCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7001,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+# Yourkit option: -agentpath:/grid/0/dev/vborkar/tools/yjp-10.0.4/bin/linux-x86-64/libyjpagent.so=port=20001"
+
+#NC JAVA_OPTS
+NCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7002,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/debugnc.properties b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/debugnc.properties
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..27afa26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/debugnc.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#The tmp directory for nc to install jars
+NCTMP_DIR2=/tmp/t-1
+
+#The directory to put nc logs
+NCLOGS_DIR2=$NCTMP_DIR/logs
+
+#Comma separated I/O directories for the spilling of external sort
+IO_DIRS2="/tmp/t-2,/tmp/t-3"
+
+#NC JAVA_OPTS
+NCJAVA_OPTS2="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7003,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/master b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/master
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fbb50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/master
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+localhost
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/slaves b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/slaves
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fbb50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/slaves
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+localhost
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/cli.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/cli.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..914aae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/cli.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# 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.
+
+THISSERVICE=cli
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+cli () {
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver
+  execHiveCmd $CLASS "$@"
+}
+
+cli_help () {
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver
+  execHiveCmd $CLASS "--help"
+} 
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/help.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/help.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..432859a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/help.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+THISSERVICE=help
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+help() {
+  echo "Usage ./hive <parameters> --service serviceName <service parameters>"
+  echo "Service List: $SERVICE_LIST"
+  echo "Parameters parsed:"
+  echo "  --auxpath : Auxillary jars "
+  echo "  --config : Hive configuration directory"
+  echo "  --service : Starts specific service/component. cli is default"
+  echo "Parameters used:"
+  echo "  HADOOP_HOME : Hadoop install directory"
+  echo "  HIVE_OPT : Hive options"
+  echo "For help on a particular service:"
+  echo "  ./hive --service serviceName --help"
+}
+
+help_help(){
+  help
+}
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/hiveserver.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/hiveserver.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5edce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/hiveserver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+THISSERVICE=hiveserver
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+hiveserver() {
+  echo "Starting Hive Thrift Server"
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.service.HiveServer
+  if $cygwin; then
+    HIVE_LIB=`cygpath -w "$HIVE_LIB"`
+  fi
+  JAR=${HIVE_LIB}/hive-service-*.jar
+
+  # hadoop 20 or newer - skip the aux_jars option and hiveconf
+  exec $HADOOP jar $JAR $CLASS $HIVE_PORT "$@"
+}
+
+hiveserver_help() {
+  echo "usage HIVE_PORT=xxxx ./hive --service hiveserver" 
+  echo "  HIVE_PORT : Specify the server port"
+}
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/hwi.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/hwi.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9cd8ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/hwi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# 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.
+
+THISSERVICE=hwi
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+hwi() {
+
+  if $cygwin; then
+    HIVE_LIB=`cygpath -w "$HIVE_LIB"`
+  fi
+
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.hwi.HWIServer
+  # The ls hack forces the * to be expanded which is required because 
+  # System.getenv doesn't do globbing
+  export HWI_JAR_FILE=$(ls ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-hwi-*.jar)
+  export HWI_WAR_FILE=$(ls ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-hwi-*.war)
+
+  #hwi requires ant jars
+  if [ "$ANT_LIB" = "" ] ; then
+    ANT_LIB=/opt/ant/lib
+  fi
+  for f in ${ANT_LIB}/*.jar; do
+    if [[ ! -f $f ]]; then
+      continue;
+    fi
+    HADOOP_CLASSPATH=${HADOOP_CLASSPATH}:$f
+  done
+
+  export HADOOP_CLASSPATH
+  
+  # hadoop 20 or newer - skip the aux_jars option and hiveconf
+  exec $HADOOP jar ${HWI_JAR_FILE} $CLASS $HIVE_OPTS "$@"
+}
+
+hwi_help(){
+  echo "Usage ANT_LIB=XXXX hive --service hwi"	
+}
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/jar.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/jar.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b52f9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/jar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# 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.
+
+THISSERVICE=jar
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+jar () {
+  RUNJAR=$1
+  shift
+
+  RUNCLASS=$1
+  shift
+
+  if $cygwin; then
+    HIVE_LIB=`cygpath -w "$HIVE_LIB"`
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$RUNJAR" ] ; then
+    echo "RUNJAR not specified"
+    exit 3
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$RUNCLASS" ] ; then
+    echo "RUNCLASS not specified"
+    exit 3
+  fi
+
+  # hadoop 20 or newer - skip the aux_jars option and hiveconf
+  exec $HADOOP jar $RUNJAR $RUNCLASS $HIVE_OPTS "$@"
+}
+
+jar_help () {
+  echo "Used for applications that require Hadoop and Hive classpath and environment."
+  echo "./hive --service jar <yourjar> <yourclass> HIVE_OPTS <your_args>"
+}
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/lineage.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/lineage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..993bc8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/lineage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# 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.
+
+THISSERVICE=lineage
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+lineage () {
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.tools.LineageInfo
+
+  # cli specific code
+  if [ ! -f ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-exec-*.jar ]; then
+    echo "Missing Hive exec Jar"
+    exit 3;
+  fi
+
+  if $cygwin; then
+    HIVE_LIB=`cygpath -w "$HIVE_LIB"`
+  fi
+
+  exec $HADOOP jar ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-exec-*.jar $CLASS  "$@"
+}
+
+lineage_help () {
+  echo "usage ./hive 'hql' "
+} 
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/metastore.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/metastore.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db15f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/metastore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# 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.
+
+THISSERVICE=metastore
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+metastore() {
+  echo "Starting Hive Metastore Server"
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore
+  if $cygwin; then
+    HIVE_LIB=`cygpath -w "$HIVE_LIB"`
+  fi
+  JAR=${HIVE_LIB}/hive-service-*.jar
+
+  # hadoop 20 or newer - skip the aux_jars option and hiveconf
+  exec $HADOOP jar $JAR $CLASS $METASTORE_PORT "$@"
+}
+
+metastore_help() {
+  echo "usage METASTORE_PORT=xxxx ./hive --service metastore"
+  echo "  METASTORE_PORT : Specify the metastore server port"
+}
+
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/rcfilecat.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/rcfilecat.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a9264b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/rcfilecat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# 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.
+
+THISSERVICE=rcfilecat
+export SERVICE_LIST="${SERVICE_LIST}${THISSERVICE} "
+
+rcfilecat () {
+  CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.RCFileCat
+  HIVE_OPTS=''
+  execHiveCmd $CLASS "$@"
+}
+
+rcfilecat_help () {
+  echo "usage ./hive rcfilecat [--start='startoffset'] [--length='len'] "
+} 
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/util/execHiveCmd.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/util/execHiveCmd.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..167cc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/ext/util/execHiveCmd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# 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.
+
+execHiveCmd () {
+  CLASS=$1;
+  shift;
+
+  # cli specific code
+  if [ ! -f ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-cli-*.jar ]; then
+    echo "Missing Hive CLI Jar"
+    exit 3;
+  fi
+
+  if $cygwin; then
+    HIVE_LIB=`cygpath -w "$HIVE_LIB"`
+  fi
+
+  # hadoop 20 or newer - skip the aux_jars option. picked up from hiveconf
+  exec $HADOOP jar ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-cli-*.jar $CLASS $HIVE_OPTS "$@"
+}
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e0cdf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#get the OS
+OS_NAME=`uname -a|awk '{print $1}'`
+LINUX_OS='Linux'
+
+if [ $OS_NAME = $LINUX_OS ];
+then
+        #Get IP Address
+        IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+		IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig lo | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi 
+else
+        IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig en1 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+                IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig lo0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi
+
+fi
+echo $IPADDR
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/hive b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/hive
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8a83bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/hive
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# 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.
+
+cygwin=false
+case "`uname`" in
+   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true;;
+esac
+
+bin=`dirname "$0"`
+bin=`cd "$bin"; pwd`
+
+. "$bin"/hive-config.sh
+
+SERVICE=""
+HELP=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --service)
+      shift
+      SERVICE=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --rcfilecat)
+      SERVICE=rcfilecat
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      HELP=_help
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [ "$SERVICE" = "" ] ; then
+  if [ "$HELP" = "_help" ] ; then
+    SERVICE="help"
+  else
+    SERVICE="cli"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -f "${HIVE_CONF_DIR}/hive-env.sh" ]; then
+  . "${HIVE_CONF_DIR}/hive-env.sh"
+fi
+
+CLASSPATH="${HIVE_CONF_DIR}"
+
+HIVE_LIB=${HIVE_HOME}/lib
+
+# needed for execution
+if [ ! -f ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-exec-*.jar ]; then
+  echo "Missing Hive Execution Jar: ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-exec-*.jar"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-metastore-*.jar ]; then
+  echo "Missing Hive MetaStore Jar"
+  exit 2;
+fi
+
+# cli specific code
+if [ ! -f ${HIVE_LIB}/hive-cli-*.jar ]; then
+  echo "Missing Hive CLI Jar"
+  exit 3;
+fi
+
+CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${HIVE_LIB}/algebricks-hivesterix-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
+
+for f in ${HIVE_LIB}/*.jar; do
+  CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:$f;
+done
+
+# add the auxillary jars such as serdes
+if [ -d "${HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH}" ]; then
+  for f in ${HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH}/*.jar; do
+    if [[ ! -f $f ]]; then
+        continue;
+    fi
+    if $cygwin; then
+	f=`cygpath -w "$f"`
+    fi
+    AUX_CLASSPATH=${AUX_CLASSPATH}:$f
+    if [ "${AUX_PARAM}" == "" ]; then
+        AUX_PARAM=file://$f
+    else
+        AUX_PARAM=${AUX_PARAM},file://$f;
+    fi
+  done
+elif [ "${HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH}" != "" ]; then 
+  if $cygwin; then
+      HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH=`echo $HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH | sed 's/,/:/g'`
+      HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH=`cygpath -p -w "$HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH"`
+      HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH=`echo $HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH | sed 's/;/,/g'`
+  fi
+  AUX_CLASSPATH=${HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH}
+  AUX_PARAM=file://${HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH}
+  AUX_PARAM=`echo $AUX_PARAM | sed 's/,/,file:\/\//g'`
+fi
+
+# adding jars from auxlib directory
+for f in ${HIVE_HOME}/auxlib/*.jar; do
+  if [[ ! -f $f ]]; then
+      continue;
+  fi
+  if $cygwin; then
+      f=`cygpath -w "$f"`
+  fi
+  AUX_CLASSPATH=${AUX_CLASSPATH}:$f
+  if [ "${AUX_PARAM}" == "" ]; then
+    AUX_PARAM=file://$f
+  else
+    AUX_PARAM=${AUX_PARAM},file://$f;
+  fi
+done
+if $cygwin; then
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath -p -w "$CLASSPATH"`
+    CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH};${AUX_CLASSPATH}
+else
+    CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${AUX_CLASSPATH}
+fi
+
+# pass classpath to hadoop
+export HADOOP_CLASSPATH="${HADOOP_CLASSPATH}:${CLASSPATH}"
+
+# check for hadoop in the path
+HADOOP_IN_PATH=`which hadoop 2>/dev/null`
+if [ -f ${HADOOP_IN_PATH} ]; then
+  HADOOP_DIR=`dirname "$HADOOP_IN_PATH"`/..
+fi
+# HADOOP_HOME env variable overrides hadoop in the path
+HADOOP_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME:-$HADOOP_DIR}
+if [ "$HADOOP_HOME" == "" ]; then
+  echo "Cannot find hadoop installation: \$HADOOP_HOME must be set or hadoop must be in the path";
+  exit 4;
+fi
+
+HADOOP=$HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop
+if [ ! -f ${HADOOP} ]; then
+  echo "Cannot find hadoop installation: \$HADOOP_HOME must be set or hadoop must be in the path";
+  exit 4;
+fi
+
+# Make sure we're using a compatible version of Hadoop
+hadoop_version=$($HADOOP version | awk '{if (NR == 1) {print $2;}}');
+
+# Save the regex to a var to workaround quoting incompatabilities
+# between Bash 3.1 and 3.2
+hadoop_version_re="^([[:digit:]]+)\.([[:digit:]]+)(\.([[:digit:]]+))?.*$"
+
+if [[ "$hadoop_version" =~ $hadoop_version_re ]]; then
+    hadoop_major_ver=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    hadoop_minor_ver=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+    hadoop_patch_ver=${BASH_REMATCH[4]}
+else
+    echo "Unable to determine Hadoop version information."
+    echo "'hadoop version' returned:"
+    echo `$HADOOP version`
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+if [ $hadoop_minor_ver -ne 20 -o $hadoop_patch_ver -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Hive requires Hadoop 0.20.x (x >= 1)."
+    echo "'hadoop version' returned:"
+    echo `$HADOOP version`
+    exit 6
+fi
+
+if [ "${AUX_PARAM}" != "" ]; then
+  HIVE_OPTS="$HIVE_OPTS -hiveconf hive.aux.jars.path=${AUX_PARAM}"
+  AUX_JARS_CMD_LINE="-libjars ${AUX_PARAM}"
+fi
+
+SERVICE_LIST=""
+
+for i in "$bin"/ext/*.sh ; do
+  . $i
+done
+
+for i in "$bin"/ext/util/*.sh ; do
+  . $i
+done
+
+TORUN=""
+for j in $SERVICE_LIST ; do
+  if [ "$j" = "$SERVICE" ] ; then
+    TORUN=${j}$HELP
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ "$TORUN" = "" ] ; then
+  echo "Service $SERVICE not found"
+  echo "Available Services: $SERVICE_LIST"
+  exit 7
+else
+  $TORUN "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/hive-config.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/hive-config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2524bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/hive-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# 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.
+
+#
+# processes --config option from command line
+#
+
+this="$0"
+while [ -h "$this" ]; do
+  ls=`ls -ld "$this"`
+  link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+  if expr "$link" : '.*/.*' > /dev/null; then
+    this="$link"
+  else
+    this=`dirname "$this"`/"$link"
+  fi
+done
+
+# convert relative path to absolute path
+bin=`dirname "$this"`
+script=`basename "$this"`
+bin=`cd "$bin"; pwd`
+this="$bin/$script"
+
+# the root of the Hadoop installation
+export HIVE_HOME=`dirname "$bin"`
+
+#check to see if the conf dir is given as an optional argument
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do    # Until you run out of parameters . . .
+  case "$1" in
+    --config)
+        shift
+        confdir=$1
+        shift
+        HIVE_CONF_DIR=$confdir
+        ;;
+    --auxpath)
+        shift
+        HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH=$1
+        shift
+        ;;
+    *)
+        break;
+        ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+
+# Allow alternate conf dir location.
+HIVE_CONF_DIR="${HIVE_CONF_DIR:-$HIVE_HOME/conf}"
+
+export HIVE_CONF_DIR=$HIVE_CONF_DIR
+export HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH=$HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH
+
+# Default to use 256MB 
+export HADOOP_HEAPSIZE=${HADOOP_HEAPSIZE:-256}
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/init-hive-dfs.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/init-hive-dfs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec3997a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/init-hive-dfs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# 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.
+
+
+# The purpose of this script is to set warehouse's directories on HDFS
+
+DEFAULT_WAREHOUSE_DIR="/user/hive/warehouse"
+DEFAULT_TMP_DIR="/tmp"
+
+WAREHOUSE_DIR=${DEFAULT_WAREHOUSE_DIR}
+TMP_DIR=${DEFAULT_TMP_DIR}
+HELP=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --warehouse-dir)
+      shift
+      WAREHOUSE_DIR=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --tmp-dir)
+      shift
+      TMP_DIR=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      HELP=_help
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Invalid parameter: $1"
+      HELP=_help
+      break
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [ "$HELP" = "_help" ] ; then
+  echo "Usage $0 [--warehouse-dir <Hive user>] [--tmp-dir <Tmp dir>]"
+  echo "Default value of warehouse directory is: [$DEFAULT_WAREHOUSE_DIR]"
+  echo "Default value of the temporary directory is: [$DEFAULT_TMP_DIR]"
+  exit -1
+fi
+
+
+# check for hadoop in the path
+HADOOP_IN_PATH=`which hadoop 2>/dev/null`
+if [ -f ${HADOOP_IN_PATH} ]; then
+  HADOOP_DIR=`dirname "$HADOOP_IN_PATH"`/..
+fi
+# HADOOP_HOME env variable overrides hadoop in the path
+HADOOP_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME:-$HADOOP_DIR}
+if [ "$HADOOP_HOME" == "" ]; then
+  echo "Cannot find hadoop installation: \$HADOOP_HOME must be set or hadoop must be in the path";
+  exit 4;
+fi
+
+HADOOP_EXEC=$HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop
+if [ ! -f ${HADOOP} ]; then
+  echo "Cannot find hadoop installation: \$HADOOP_HOME must be set or hadoop must be in the path";
+  exit 4;
+fi
+
+
+# Ensure /tmp exist
+$HADOOP_EXEC fs -test -d ${TMP_DIR} > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] 
+then
+  echo "Creating directory [${TMP_DIR}]"
+  $HADOOP_EXEC fs -mkdir ${TMP_DIR}
+fi
+
+echo "Setting writeable group rights for directory [${TMP_DIR}]"
+$HADOOP_EXEC fs -chmod g+w ${TMP_DIR}
+
+
+# Ensure warehouse dir exist
+$HADOOP_EXEC fs -test -d ${WAREHOUSE_DIR} > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] 
+then
+  echo "Creating directory [${WAREHOUSE_DIR}]"
+  $HADOOP_EXEC fs -mkdir ${WAREHOUSE_DIR}
+fi
+
+echo "Setting writeable group rights for directory [${WAREHOUSE_DIR}]"
+$HADOOP_EXEC fs -chmod g+w ${WAREHOUSE_DIR}
+
+echo "Initialization done."
+echo
+echo "Please, do not forget to set the following configuration properties in hive-site.xml:"
+echo "hive.metastore.warehouse.dir=${WAREHOUSE_DIR}"
+echo "hive.exec.scratchdir=${TMP_DIR}"
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6997078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+#
+#  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.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+#   reserved.
+
+
+# resolve links - $0 may be a softlink
+PRG="$0"
+
+while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
+  ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+  link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+  if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+    PRG="$link"
+  else
+    PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`/"$link"
+  fi
+done
+
+PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
+BASEDIR=`cd "$PRGDIR/.." >/dev/null; pwd`
+
+
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+  Darwin*) darwin=true
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_VERSION" ] ; then
+             JAVA_VERSION="CurrentJDK"
+           else
+             echo "Using Java version: $JAVA_VERSION"
+           fi
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+             JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/${JAVA_VERSION}/Home
+           fi
+           ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+    JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+  fi
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] && CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# If a specific java binary isn't specified search for the standard 'java' binary
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME"  ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD=`which java`
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly." 1>&2
+  echo "  We cannot execute $JAVACMD" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$REPO" ]
+then
+  REPO="$BASEDIR"/lib
+fi
+
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH_PREFIX:"$HADOOP_HOME"/conf:"$BASEDIR"/etc:$1
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] && CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$HOME" ] && HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$HOME"`
+  [ -n "$BASEDIR" ] && BASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$BASEDIR"`
+  [ -n "$REPO" ] && REPO=`cygpath --path --windows "$REPO"`
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" $JAVA_OPTS  \
+  -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+  -Dapp.name="pregelix" \
+  -Dapp.pid="$$" \
+  -Dapp.repo="$REPO" \
+  -Dapp.home="$BASEDIR" \
+  -Dbasedir="$BASEDIR" \
+  org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar \
+  "$@"
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix.bat b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..536e3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM  Copyright 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+@REM
+@REM  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@REM  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@REM  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM  limitations under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM
+@REM   Copyright (c) 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+@REM   reserved.
+
+@echo off
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+:init
+@REM Decide how to startup depending on the version of windows
+
+@REM -- Win98ME
+if NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto Win9xArg
+
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @setlocal
+
+@REM -- 4NT shell
+if "%eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTArgs
+
+@REM -- Regular WinNT shell
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto WinNTGetScriptDir
+
+@REM The 4NT Shell from jp software
+:4NTArgs
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+goto WinNTGetScriptDir
+
+:Win9xArg
+@REM Slurp the command line arguments.  This loop allows for an unlimited number
+@REM of arguments (up to the command line limit, anyway).
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+:Win9xApp
+if %1a==a goto Win9xGetScriptDir
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1
+shift
+goto Win9xApp
+
+:Win9xGetScriptDir
+set SAVEDIR=%CD%
+%0\
+cd %0\..\.. 
+set BASEDIR=%CD%
+cd %SAVEDIR%
+set SAVE_DIR=
+goto repoSetup
+
+:WinNTGetScriptDir
+set BASEDIR=%~dp0\..
+
+:repoSetup
+
+
+if "%JAVACMD%"=="" set JAVACMD=java
+
+if "%REPO%"=="" set REPO=%BASEDIR%\lib
+
+cp $BASEDIR"\..\a-hadoop-patch.jar "$REPO"\
+
+set CLASSPATH="%BASEDIR%"\etc;"%REPO%"\a-hadoop-patch.jar;"%REPO%"\pregelix-api-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-dataflow-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-api-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\json-20090211.jar;"%REPO%"\httpclient-4.1-alpha2.jar;"%REPO%"\httpcore-4.1-beta1.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-logging-1.1.1.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-codec-1.3.jar;"%REPO%"\args4j-2.0.12.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-ipc-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-data-std-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hadoop-core-0.20.2.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-cli-1.2.jar;"%REPO%"\xmlenc-0.52.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-net-1.4.1.jar;"%REPO%"\oro-2.0.8.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-6.1.14.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-util-6.1.14.jar;"%REPO%"\servlet-api-2.5-6.1.14.jar;"%REPO%"\jasper-runtime-5.5.12.jar;"%REPO%"\jasper-compiler-5.5.12.jar;"%REPO%"\jsp-api-2.1-6.1.14.jar;"%REPO%"\jsp-2.1-6.1.14.jar;"%REPO%"\core-3.1.1.jar;"%REPO%"\ant-1.6.5.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-el-1.0.jar;"%REPO%"\jets3t-0.7.1.jar;"%REPO%"\kfs-0.3.jar;"%REPO%"\hsqldb-1.8.0.10.jar;"%REPO%"\pregelix-dataflow-std-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\pregelix-dataflow-std-base-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-dataflow-std-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-dataflow-hadoop-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\dcache-client-0.0.1.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-client-8.0.0.M0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-http-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-io-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-util-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-storage-am-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-storage-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-storage-am-btree-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\btreehelper-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-control-cc-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-control-common-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\commons-io-1.3.1.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-server-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\servlet-api-3.0.20100224.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-continuation-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-webapp-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-xml-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-servlet-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\jetty-security-8.0.0.RC0.jar;"%REPO%"\wicket-core-1.5.2.jar;"%REPO%"\wicket-util-1.5.2.jar;"%REPO%"\slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar;"%REPO%"\wicket-request-1.5.2.jar;"%REPO%"\slf4j-jcl-1.6.3.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-control-nc-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-net-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hyracks-hadoop-compat-0.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\pregelix-dataflow-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\pregelix-runtime-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;"%REPO%"\hadoop-test-0.20.2.jar;"%REPO%"\ftplet-api-1.0.0.jar;"%REPO%"\mina-core-2.0.0-M5.jar;"%REPO%"\ftpserver-core-1.0.0.jar;"%REPO%"\ftpserver-deprecated-1.0.0-M2.jar;"%REPO%"\javax.servlet-api-3.0.1.jar;"%REPO%"\pregelix-core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
+goto endInit
+
+@REM Reaching here means variables are defined and arguments have been captured
+:endInit
+
+%JAVACMD% %JAVA_OPTS%  -classpath %CLASSPATH_PREFIX%;%CLASSPATH% -Dapp.name="pregelix" -Dapp.repo="%REPO%" -Dapp.home="%BASEDIR%" -Dbasedir="%BASEDIR%" org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" @endlocal
+set ERROR_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+
+:end
+@REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto endNT
+
+@REM For old DOS remove the set variables from ENV - we assume they were not set
+@REM before we started - at least we don't leave any baggage around
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+goto postExec
+
+:endNT
+@REM If error code is set to 1 then the endlocal was done already in :error.
+if %ERROR_CODE% EQU 0 @endlocal
+
+
+:postExec
+
+if "%FORCE_EXIT_ON_ERROR%" == "on" (
+  if %ERROR_CODE% NEQ 0 exit %ERROR_CODE%
+)
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30da26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startAllNCs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+PREGELIX_PATH=`pwd`
+
+for i in `cat conf/slaves`
+do
+   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}; bin/startnc.sh"
+done
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startCluster.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startCluster.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0c2063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startCluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/startcc.sh
+sleep 5
+bin/startAllNCs.sh
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startDebugNc.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startDebugNc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fe6cf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startDebugNc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+hostname
+
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CURRENT_PATH=`pwd`
+CCHOST=`ssh ${CCHOST_NAME} "cd ${CURRENT_PATH}; bin/getip.sh"`
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+. conf/debugnc.properties
+
+#Clean up temp dir
+
+rm -rf $NCTMP_DIR2
+mkdir $NCTMP_DIR2
+
+#Clean up log dir
+rm -rf $NCLOGS_DIR2
+mkdir $NCLOGS_DIR2
+
+
+#Clean up I/O working dir
+io_dirs=$(echo $IO_DIRS2 | tr "," "\n")
+for io_dir in $io_dirs
+do
+	rm -rf $io_dir
+	mkdir $io_dir
+done
+
+#Set JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+
+#Get OS
+IPADDR=`bin/getip.sh`
+
+#Get node ID
+NODEID=`hostname | cut -d '.' -f 1`
+NODEID=${NODEID}2
+
+#Set JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_OPTS=$NCJAVA_OPTS2
+
+cd $HYRACKS_HOME
+HYRACKS_HOME=`pwd`
+
+#Enter the temp dir
+cd $NCTMP_DIR2
+
+#Launch hyracks nc
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyracksnc -cc-host $CCHOST -cc-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -cluster-net-ip-address $IPADDR  -data-ip-address $IPADDR -node-id $NODEID -iodevices "${IO_DIRS2}" &> $NCLOGS_DIR2/$NODEID.log &
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe2551d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+hostname
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CCHOST=`bin/getip.sh`
+
+#Remove the temp dir
+rm -rf $CCTMP_DIR
+mkdir $CCTMP_DIR
+
+#Remove the logs dir
+rm -rf $CCLOGS_DIR
+mkdir $CCLOGS_DIR
+
+#Export JAVA_HOME and JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_OPTS=$CCJAVA_OPTS
+
+#Launch hyracks cc script
+chmod -R 755 $HYRACKS_HOME
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 3 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e0f90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startnc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+hostname
+
+MY_NAME=`hostname`
+#Get the IP address of the cc
+CCHOST_NAME=`cat conf/master`
+CURRENT_PATH=`pwd`
+CCHOST=`ssh ${CCHOST_NAME} "cd ${CURRENT_PATH}; bin/getip.sh"`
+
+#Import cluster properties
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Clean up temp dir
+
+rm -rf $NCTMP_DIR
+mkdir $NCTMP_DIR
+
+#Clean up log dir
+rm -rf $NCLOGS_DIR
+mkdir $NCLOGS_DIR
+
+
+#Clean up I/O working dir
+io_dirs=$(echo $IO_DIRS | tr "," "\n")
+for io_dir in $io_dirs
+do
+	rm -rf $io_dir
+	mkdir $io_dir
+done
+
+#Set JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
+
+IPADDR=`bin/getip.sh`
+#echo $IPADDR
+
+#Get node ID
+NODEID=`hostname | cut -d '.' -f 1`
+
+#Set JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_OPTS=$NCJAVA_OPTS
+
+cd $HYRACKS_HOME
+HYRACKS_HOME=`pwd`
+
+#Enter the temp dir
+cd $NCTMP_DIR
+
+#Launch hyracks nc
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyracksnc -cc-host $CCHOST -cc-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -cluster-net-ip-address $IPADDR  -data-ip-address $IPADDR -node-id $NODEID -iodevices "${IO_DIRS}" &> $NCLOGS_DIR/$NODEID.log &
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopAllNCs.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopAllNCs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12367c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopAllNCs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+PREGELIX_PATH=`pwd`
+
+for i in `cat conf/slaves`
+do
+   ssh $i "cd ${PREGELIX_PATH}; bin/stopnc.sh"
+done
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopCluster.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopCluster.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4889934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopCluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/stopAllNCs.sh
+sleep 2
+bin/stopcc.sh
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopcc.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopcc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2f525a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopcc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+hostname
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Kill process
+PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USER}|grep java|grep hyracks|awk '{print $2}'`
+echo $PID
+kill -9 $PID
+
+#Clean up CC temp dir
+rm -rf $CCTMP_DIR/*
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopnc.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopnc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03ce4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/stopnc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+hostname
+. conf/cluster.properties
+
+#Kill process
+PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USER}|grep java|grep 'Dapp.name=hyracksnc'|awk '{print $2}'`
+
+if [ "$PID" == "" ]; then
+  USERID=`id | sed 's/^uid=//;s/(.*$//'`
+  PID=`ps -ef|grep ${USERID}|grep java|grep 'Dapp.name=hyracksnc'|awk '{print $2}'`
+fi
+
+echo $PID
+kill -9 $PID
+
+#Clean up I/O working dir
+io_dirs=$(echo $IO_DIRS | tr "," "\n")
+for io_dir in $io_dirs
+do
+	rm -rf $io_dir/*
+done
+
+#Clean up NC temp dir
+rm -rf $NCTMP_DIR/*
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/scripts/run.cmd b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/scripts/run.cmd
deleted file mode 100755
index b8eb4a0..0000000
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/scripts/run.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-SETLOCAL
-
-:: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-:: contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-:: this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-:: The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-:: (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-:: the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-::
-::     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-::
-:: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-:: distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-:: WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-:: See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-:: limitations under the License.
-
-:: JAVA classpath
-:: Use the local variable CLASSPATH to add custom entries (e.g. JDBC drivers) to
-:: the classpath. Separate multiple paths with ":". Enclose the value
-:: in double quotes. Adding additional files or locations on separate
-:: lines makes things clearer.
-:: Note: If under running under cygwin use "/cygdrive/c/..." for "C:/..."
-:: Example:
-::
-::     Set the CLASSPATH to a jar file and a directory.  Note that
-::     "classes dir" is a directory of class files with a space in the name.
-::
-:: CLASSPATH="usr/local/Product1/lib/product.jar"
-:: CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}:../MyProject/classes dir"
-::
-SET CLASSPATH="@classpath@"
-
-:: JVM parameters
-:: If you want to modify the default parameters (e.g. maximum heap size -Xmx)
-:: for the Java virtual machine set the local variable JVM_PARAMETERS below
-:: Example:
-:: JVM_PARAMETERS=-Xms100M -Xmx200M
-::
-:: Below are the JVM parameters needed to do remote debugging using Intellij
-:: IDEA.  Uncomment and then do: JVM_PARAMETERS="$IDEA_REMOTE_DEBUG_PARAMS"
-:: IDEA_REMOTE_DEBUG_PARAMS="-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005"
-::
-:: JVM_PARAMETERS=
-
-:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-:: Default configuration. Do not modify below this line.
-:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-:: Application specific parameters
-
-SET MAIN_CLASS=@main.class@
-SET JVM_PARAMS=@jvm.params@
-SET PROGRAM_PARAMS=@program.params@
-
-:: Try to find java virtual machine
-IF NOT DEFINED JAVA (
-  IF NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME SET JAVA="java.exe"
-  IF DEFINED JAVA_HOME SET JAVA="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-)
-
-:: Run program
-%JAVA% %JVM_PARAMS% %JVM_PARAMETERS% -classpath %CLASSPATH% %MAIN_CLASS% %PROGRAM_PARAMS% %*
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a998626..0000000
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/scripts/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# JAVA classpath
-# Use the local variable CLASSPATH to add custom entries (e.g. JDBC drivers) to
-# the classpath. Separate multiple paths with ":". Enclose the value
-# in double quotes. Adding additional files or locations on separate
-# lines makes things clearer.
-# Note: If under running under cygwin use "/cygdrive/c/..." for "C:/..."
-# Example:
-#
-#     Set the CLASSPATH to a jar file and a directory.  Note that
-#     "classes dir" is a directory of class files with a space in the name.
-#
-# CLASSPATH="usr/local/Product1/lib/product.jar"
-# CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}:../MyProject/classes dir"
-#
-CLASSPATH="@classpath@"
-
-# JVM parameters
-# If you want to modify the default parameters (e.g. maximum heap size -Xmx)
-# for the Java virtual machine set the local variable JVM_PARAMETERS below
-# Example:
-# JVM_PARAMETERS=-Xms100M -Xmx200M
-#
-# Below are the JVM parameters needed to do remote debugging using Intellij
-# IDEA.  Uncomment and then do: JVM_PARAMETERS="$IDEA_REMOTE_DEBUG_PARAMS"
-# IDEA_REMOTE_DEBUG_PARAMS="-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005"
-#
-# JVM_PARAMETERS=
-
-#run with shared memory setup
-#if [ -n "${RUN_SHARED_MEM}"]; then
-#  JVM_PARAMETERS="${JVM_PARAMETERS} -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_shmem,server=n,address=javadebug,suspend=y"
-#fi
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Default configuration. Do not modify below this line.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Application specific parameters
-
-MAIN_CLASS="@main.class@"
-JVM_PARAMS="@jvm.params@"
-PROGRAM_PARAMS="@program.params@"
-
-# Cygwin support.  $cygwin _must_ be set to either true or false.
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
-  *) cygwin=false ;;
-esac
-
-# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
-# Try to find java virtual machine
-if [ -z "${JAVA}" ];  then
-  if [ -z "${JAVA_HOME}" ]; then
-    JAVA=java
-  else
-    JAVA=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Try to find directory where this script is located
-COMMAND="${PWD}/$0"
-if [ ! -f "${COMMAND}" ]; then
-	COMMAND="$0"
-fi
-BASEDIR=`expr "${COMMAND}" : '\(.*\)/\.*'`
-
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-#  JAVA=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA"`
-  CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
-# Run program
-${JAVA} ${JVM_PARAMS} ${JVM_PARAMETERS} -classpath "${CLASSPATH}" ${MAIN_CLASS} ${PROGRAM_PARAMS} $*