diff --git a/manifests/nutch/params.pp b/manifests/nutch/params.pp
index cda9989..4a841cb 100644
--- a/manifests/nutch/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/nutch/params.pp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # params.pp
 #
 
-class plnxtools::nutch::params{
+class plnxtools::zookeeper::params{
 	$distfile = "apache-nutch-1.17-bin.tar.gz"
 	$srcdir = "https://downloads.apache.org/nutch/1.17/"
 	$checksum = "ab36cd1c158c9e0807313a103189588ccd9a0cd0fa990a0f8bb482dd078f6d701cc5369c3ce0fcac021ed2bc16614572b15b12b5d6929a9085cd43bd8e549fe9"
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 9d33ebf..d9efb23 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ class plnxtools::params{
 	}
 	default: {
 
-	}} 
+	}}
+	$logdir = "/var/log"
+
+
+  $zookeeper_version = "3.6.3"
+  $zookeeper_sourcesite = "https://downloads.apache.org"
+  $zookeeper_distfile = "apache-zookeeper-$zookeeper_version-bin.tar.gz"
+  $zookeeper_dirname = "apache-zookeeper-$zookeeper_version-bin"
+	$zookeeper_sourcedir = "$zookeeper_sourcesite/zookeeper/zookeeper-$zookeeper_version"
+
+	$zookeeper_instances = "/var/zookeeper"
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/zookeeper.pp b/manifests/zookeeper.pp
index 0045778..f8b882c 100644
--- a/manifests/zookeeper.pp
+++ b/manifests/zookeeper.pp
@@ -4,13 +4,97 @@
 
 
 class plnxtools::zookeeper
-() inherits plnxtools::nutch::params
+(
+	$appname = "zookeeper",
+  $zookeeper_logdir = "$::plnxtools::params::logdir/$appname"
+
+) inherits plnxtools::params
 {
-	class {"plnxtools": } 
-	->
 	plnxtools::install{"zookeeper":
-		sourcedir => "https://downloads.apache.org/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.6.1",
-		distfile => "apache-zookeeper-3.6.1-bin.tar.gz",
-		dirname => "apache-zookeeper-3.6.1-bin",
+		sourcedir => $zookeeper_sourcedir,
+		distfile => $zookeeper_distfile,
+		dirname => $zookeeper_dirname,
+	} ->
+	file {"$zookeeper_instances":
+		ensure => directory
+	}
+	file {"$zookeeper_logdir":
+		ensure => directory
 	}
 }
+
+
+define plnxtools::zookeeper::instancedir
+( $dirname,
+  $log_file)
+{
+		file{"$dirname/$title":
+			ensure => directory
+		} ->
+		file{"$dirname/$title/conf":
+			ensure => directory
+		} ->
+		file{"$dirname/$title/log":
+			ensure => directory
+		} ->
+		file{"$dirname/$title/run":
+			ensure => directory
+		} ->
+		file{"$dirname/$title/data":
+			ensure => directory
+		} 
+		file{"$dirname/$title/conf/log4j.properties":
+			ensure => file,
+			content => template ("plnxtools/log4j.properties.erb"),
+		}
+}
+
+define plnxtools::zookeeper::instance(
+	$ensure = running,
+
+  $servers = {
+    '1' => "localhost:2888:3888"
+  },
+
+  $myid = '1',
+  $client_port = '2181'
+
+
+) {
+  $zookeeper_instances = $plnxtools::zookeeper::zookeeper_instances
+	if $ensure != purged { 
+		$log_file = "$plnxtools::zookeeper::zookeeper_logdir/$title.log"
+    $conf_dir = "$zookeeper_instances/$title/conf"
+    $conf_file = "$conf_dir/zoo.cfg"
+    $data_dir = "$zookeeper_instances/$title/data"
+    $myid_file = "$data_dir/myid"
+		$bin_dir = "${plnxtools::zookeeper::opt_dir}/${plnxtools::zookeeper::appname}/bin"
+
+    plnxtools::zookeeper::instancedir {"$title":
+      dirname => $zookeeper_instances,
+      log_file => $log_file,
+
+    } ->
+    file {$conf_file:
+      ensure =>  file,
+      content => template("plnxtools/zookeeper/zoo.cfg.erb"),
+    }->
+    file {$myid_file:
+      ensure   => file,
+      content => $myid
+    }
+    service {"zookeeper_${title}":
+      start     => "$bin_dir/zkServer.sh --config $conf_dir start",
+      stop      => "$bin_dir/zkServer.sh --config $conf_dir stop",
+      status    => "/bin/kill -0 `cat $data_dir/zookeeper_server.pid`",
+      ensure    => $ensure,
+      subscribe =>  File[$conf_file],
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/templates/log4j.properties.erb b/templates/log4j.properties.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fda42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/log4j.properties.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# 
+# managed by puppet
+#
+
+log4j.rootCategory=WARN, F, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.F=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.F.File=<%= @log_file %>
+log4j.appender.F.MaxFileSize=100MB
+log4j.appender.F.MaxBackupIndex=3
+log4j.appender.F.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.F.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{HH:mm:ss}] %p [%c] - %m%n
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{HH:mm:ss}] %p [%c] - %m%n
+
diff --git a/templates/zookeeper/configuration.xsl b/templates/zookeeper/configuration.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..377cdbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/zookeeper/configuration.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
+<xsl:output method="html"/>
+<xsl:template match="configuration">
+<html>
+<body>
+<table border="1">
+<tr>
+ <td>name</td>
+ <td>value</td>
+ <td>description</td>
+</tr>
+<xsl:for-each select="property">
+<tr>
+  <td><a name="{name}"><xsl:value-of select="name"/></a></td>
+  <td><xsl:value-of select="value"/></td>
+  <td><xsl:value-of select="description"/></td>
+</tr>
+</xsl:for-each>
+</table>
+</body>
+</html>
+</xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/templates/zookeeper/log4j.properties b/templates/zookeeper/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e12a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/zookeeper/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright 2012 The Apache Software Foundation
+# 
+# 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.
+
+# Define some default values that can be overridden by system properties
+zookeeper.root.logger=INFO, CONSOLE
+
+zookeeper.console.threshold=INFO
+
+zookeeper.log.dir=.
+zookeeper.log.file=zookeeper.log
+zookeeper.log.threshold=INFO
+zookeeper.log.maxfilesize=256MB
+zookeeper.log.maxbackupindex=20
+
+zookeeper.tracelog.dir=${zookeeper.log.dir}
+zookeeper.tracelog.file=zookeeper_trace.log
+
+log4j.rootLogger=${zookeeper.root.logger}
+
+#
+# console
+# Add "console" to rootlogger above if you want to use this 
+#
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=${zookeeper.console.threshold}
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n
+
+#
+# Add ROLLINGFILE to rootLogger to get log file output
+#
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.Threshold=${zookeeper.log.threshold}
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.File=${zookeeper.log.dir}/${zookeeper.log.file}
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.MaxFileSize=${zookeeper.log.maxfilesize}
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.MaxBackupIndex=${zookeeper.log.maxbackupindex}
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n
+
+#
+# Add TRACEFILE to rootLogger to get log file output
+#    Log TRACE level and above messages to a log file
+#
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.Threshold=TRACE
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.File=${zookeeper.tracelog.dir}/${zookeeper.tracelog.file}
+
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+### Notice we are including log4j's NDC here (%x)
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L][%x] - %m%n
+#
+# zk audit logging
+#
+zookeeper.auditlog.file=zookeeper_audit.log
+zookeeper.auditlog.threshold=INFO
+audit.logger=INFO, RFAAUDIT
+log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper.audit.Log4jAuditLogger=${audit.logger}
+log4j.additivity.org.apache.zookeeper.audit.Log4jAuditLogger=false
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT.File=${zookeeper.log.dir}/${zookeeper.auditlog.file}
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %p %c{2}: %m%n
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT.Threshold=${zookeeper.auditlog.threshold}
+
+# Max log file size of 10MB
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT.MaxFileSize=10MB
+log4j.appender.RFAAUDIT.MaxBackupIndex=10
diff --git a/templates/zookeeper/zoo.cfg.erb b/templates/zookeeper/zoo.cfg.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81f1a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/zookeeper/zoo.cfg.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# The number of milliseconds of each tick
+tickTime=2000
+# The number of ticks that the initial 
+# synchronization phase can take
+initLimit=10
+# The number of ticks that can pass between 
+# sending a request and getting an acknowledgement
+syncLimit=5
+# the directory where the snapshot is stored.
+# do not use /tmp for storage, /tmp here is just 
+# example sakes.
+dataDir=<%=@data_dir%>
+# the port at which the clients will connect
+clientPort=<%=@client_port%>
+# the maximum number of client connections.
+# increase this if you need to handle more clients
+#maxClientCnxns=60
+#
+# Be sure to read the maintenance section of the 
+# administrator guide before turning on autopurge.
+#
+# http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/current/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_maintenance
+#
+# The number of snapshots to retain in dataDir
+#autopurge.snapRetainCount=3
+# Purge task interval in hours
+# Set to "0" to disable auto purge feature
+#autopurge.purgeInterval=1
+
+## Metrics Providers
+#
+# https://prometheus.io Metrics Exporter
+#metricsProvider.className=org.apache.zookeeper.metrics.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsProvider
+#metricsProvider.httpPort=7000
+#metricsProvider.exportJvmInfo=true
+
+
+<% @servers.each do |id,val| -%>
+server.<%= id %>=<%= val %>
+<% end -%>
diff --git a/templates/zookeeper/zoo_sample.cfg b/templates/zookeeper/zoo_sample.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24a97d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/zookeeper/zoo_sample.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# The number of milliseconds of each tick
+tickTime=2000
+# The number of ticks that the initial 
+# synchronization phase can take
+initLimit=10
+# The number of ticks that can pass between 
+# sending a request and getting an acknowledgement
+syncLimit=5
+# the directory where the snapshot is stored.
+# do not use /tmp for storage, /tmp here is just 
+# example sakes.
+dataDir=/tmp/zookeeper
+# the port at which the clients will connect
+clientPort=2181
+# the maximum number of client connections.
+# increase this if you need to handle more clients
+#maxClientCnxns=60
+#
+# Be sure to read the maintenance section of the 
+# administrator guide before turning on autopurge.
+#
+# http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/current/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_maintenance
+#
+# The number of snapshots to retain in dataDir
+#autopurge.snapRetainCount=3
+# Purge task interval in hours
+# Set to "0" to disable auto purge feature
+#autopurge.purgeInterval=1
+
+## Metrics Providers
+#
+# https://prometheus.io Metrics Exporter
+#metricsProvider.className=org.apache.zookeeper.metrics.prometheus.PrometheusMetricsProvider
+#metricsProvider.httpPort=7000
+#metricsProvider.exportJvmInfo=true
+