-- kubernetes: scripts for kubernetes related tasks
-- LICENSES.txt:
-- localize.sh: a script for inserting localized infrastructure parameters (docker registry host, port, etc) into helm charts and scripts in this repo
-- ricplt: RIC Platform Helm charts and related scripts
-- runric_env.sh: the env variables for local infrastructure
-- xapps: xapps Helm charts and chart templates
+.
+├── bin
+├── ci
+├── etc
+├── LICENSES.txt License information
+├── README.md This file
+├── RECIPE_EXAMPLE Directory that contains deploy recipe examples
+├── ric-aux Deployment scripts, charts and configuration files for RIC auxilary functions
+├── ric-common Deployment scripts, charts and configuration files for RIC common template
+├── ric-infra Deployment scripts, charts and configuration files for infrastructure support
+├── ric-platform Deployment scripts, charts and configuration files for RIC platform components
+└── ric-xapps xApp related scripts, charts and configuration files
+
+### Directory Naming Convention
+
+The root directories are organized according to the deployment plans. Each directory contains subdirectories for
+different deployable components. The prefixes of these subdirectories represent the deployment order. The smaller the
+prefix number the eariler the corresponding component will be deployed. Consider the following example,
+├── ric-aux
+│ ├── 80-Auxiliary-Functions
+│ ├── 85-Ext-Services
+│ └── README.md
+├── ric-infra
+│ ├── 00-Kubernetes
+│ ├── 10-Nexus
+│ ├── 20-Monitoring
+│ ├── 30-Kong
+│ ├── 40-Credential
+│ ├── 45-Tiller
+│ └── README.md
+├── ric-platform
+│ ├── 50-RIC-Platform
+│ ├── 55-Ext-Services
+│ └── README.md
+├── ric-aux
+│ ├── 80-Auxiliary-Functions
+│ ├── 85-Ext-Services
+│ └── README.md
+└── ric-xapps
+ ├── 90-xApps
+ └── README.md
+
+when deploying the ric-platform, the credential is deployed before RIC-Platform.
+
+In each of the component directories, ./bin contains the binary and script files and ./helm contains the helm charts,
+
+Some components contain an ./etc directory with configuration files and some contain a ./docker directory with docker related files for building the docker images.