diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d9616a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+${gcube.license}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3678c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/README
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+The gCube System - ${name}
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+${description}
+
+
+${gcube.description}
+
+${gcube.funding}
+
+
+Version
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+${version} (${buildDate})
+
+Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
+
+
+Authors
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+* Francesco Mangiacrapa (francesco.mangiacrapa-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
+
+Maintainers
+-----------
+
+* Francesco Mangiacrapa (francesco.mangiacrapa-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
+
+Download information
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Source code is available from SVN:
+ ${scm.url}
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website:
+ ${gcube.website}
+
+
+Installation
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+
+Documentation
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+ ${gcube.wikiRoot}
+
+Support
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
+ ${gcube.issueTracking}
+
+
+Licensing
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a9dc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+ first release
+
+
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eec2ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+ servicearchive
+
+ tar.gz
+
+ /
+
+
+ ${distroDirectory}
+ /
+ true
+
+ README
+ LICENSE
+ changelog.xml
+ profile.xml
+
+ 755
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
+ /${artifactId}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51c3b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/profile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+
+
+ Service
+
+ ${description}
+ PortletUser
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+ ${groupId}
+ ${artifactId}
+ ${version}
+
+
+ target/${build.finalName}.war
+
+
+
+
+