+Information Coordinator Service
+-------------------------------
+The Information Coordinator Service is a Java 11 web application built using the Spring Framework. Using Spring Boot
+dependencies, it runs as a standalone application.
+
+Its main functionality is to act as a data subscription broker and to decouple data producer from data consumers.
+
+See the ./config/README file in the *information-coordinator-service* directory Gerrit repo on how to create and setup
+the certificates and private keys needed for HTTPS.
+
+Start standalone
+++++++++++++++++
+
+The project uses Maven. To start the Information Coordinator Service as a freestanding application, run the following
+command in the *information-coordinator-service* directory:
+
+ +-----------------------------+
+ | mvn spring-boot:run |
+ +-----------------------------+
+
+There are a few files that needs to be available to run. These are referred to from the application.yaml file.
+The following properties have to be modified:
+
+* server.ssl.key-store=./config/keystore.jks
+* app.webclient.trust-store=./config/truststore.jks
+* app.vardata-directory=./target
+
+Start in Docker
++++++++++++++++
+
+To build and deploy the Information Coordinator Service, go to the "information-coordinator-service" folder and run the
+following command:
+
+ +-----------------------------+
+ | mvn clean install |
+ +-----------------------------+
+
+Then start the container by running the following command:
+
+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | docker run nonrtric-information-coordinator-service |
+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
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