diff --git a/modules/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml b/modules/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
index d9f3eebd..c5700b69 100644
--- a/modules/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/modules/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@
             <includes>
                 <include>**/*.sh</include>
             </includes>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>bin/wso2server.sh</exclude>
+            </excludes>
             <fileMode>755</fileMode>
         </fileSet>
 
@@ -607,6 +610,13 @@
     </dependencySets>
 
     <files>
+
+        <file>
+            <source>src/repository/bin/wso2server.sh</source>
+            <outputDirectory>${pom.artifactId}-${pom.version}/bin/wso2server.sh</outputDirectory>
+            <fileMode>755</fileMode>
+        </file>
+
         <!-- Copying the "api-store" app specific files that uses the edited "apimstore" jaggery module -->
         <file>
             <source>src/repository/jaggeryapps/api-store/jagg.jag</source>
diff --git a/modules/distribution/src/repository/bin/wso2server.sh b/modules/distribution/src/repository/bin/wso2server.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b7169060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/distribution/src/repository/bin/wso2server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright 2005-2012 WSO2, Inc. http://www.wso2.org
+#
+#  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.
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main Script for the WSO2 Carbon Server
+#
+# Environment Variable Prequisites
+#
+#   CARBON_HOME   Home of WSO2 Carbon installation. If not set I will  try
+#                   to figure it out.
+#
+#   JAVA_HOME       Must point at your Java Development Kit installation.
+#
+#   JAVA_OPTS       (Optional) Java runtime options used when the commands
+#                   is executed.
+#
+# NOTE: Borrowed generously from Apache Tomcat startup scripts.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+#ulimit -n 100000
+
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+os400=false;
+mingw=false;
+case "`uname`" in
+CYGWIN*) cygwin=true;;
+MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+OS400*) os400=true;;
+Darwin*) darwin=true
+        if [ -z "$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
+
+# 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"`/"$link"
+  fi
+done
+
+# Get standard environment variables
+PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
+
+# Only set CARBON_HOME if not already set
+[ -z "$CARBON_HOME" ] && CARBON_HOME=`cd "$PRGDIR/.." ; pwd`
+
+# Set AXIS2_HOME. Needed for One Click JAR Download
+AXIS2_HOME=$CARBON_HOME
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CARBON_HOME" ] && CARBON_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$CARBON_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$AXIS2_HOME" ] && CARBON_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$CARBON_HOME"`
+fi
+
+# For OS400
+if $os400; then
+  # Set job priority to standard for interactive (interactive - 6) by using
+  # the interactive priority - 6, the helper threads that respond to requests
+  # will be running at the same priority as interactive jobs.
+  COMMAND='chgjob job('$JOBNAME') runpty(6)'
+  system $COMMAND
+
+  # Enable multi threading
+  QIBM_MULTI_THREADED=Y
+  export QIBM_MULTI_THREADED
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+  [ -n "$CARBON_HOME" ] &&
+    CARBON_HOME="`(cd "$CARBON_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  [ -n "$AXIS2_HOME" ] &&
+    CARBON_HOME="`(cd "$CARBON_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$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=java
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly."
+  echo " CARBON cannot execute $JAVACMD"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# if JAVA_HOME is not set we're not happy
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+  echo "You must set the JAVA_HOME variable before running CARBON."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -e "$CARBON_HOME/wso2carbon.pid" ]; then
+  PID=`cat "$CARBON_HOME"/wso2carbon.pid`
+fi
+
+# ----- Process the input command ----------------------------------------------
+args=""
+for c in $*
+do
+    if [ "$c" = "--debug" ] || [ "$c" = "-debug" ] || [ "$c" = "debug" ]; then
+          CMD="--debug"
+          continue
+    elif [ "$CMD" = "--debug" ]; then
+          if [ -z "$PORT" ]; then
+                PORT=$c
+          fi
+    elif [ "$c" = "--stop" ] || [ "$c" = "-stop" ] || [ "$c" = "stop" ]; then
+          CMD="stop"
+    elif [ "$c" = "--start" ] || [ "$c" = "-start" ] || [ "$c" = "start" ]; then
+          CMD="start"
+    elif [ "$c" = "--version" ] || [ "$c" = "-version" ] || [ "$c" = "version" ]; then
+          CMD="version"
+    elif [ "$c" = "--restart" ] || [ "$c" = "-restart" ] || [ "$c" = "restart" ]; then
+          CMD="restart"
+    elif [ "$c" = "--test" ] || [ "$c" = "-test" ] || [ "$c" = "test" ]; then
+          CMD="test"
+    else
+        args="$args $c"
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ "$CMD" = "--debug" ]; then
+  if [ "$PORT" = "" ]; then
+    echo " Please specify the debug port after the --debug option"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_OPTS" ]; then
+    echo "Warning !!!. User specified JAVA_OPTS will be ignored, once you give the --debug option."
+  fi
+  CMD="RUN"
+  JAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=$PORT"
+  echo "Please start the remote debugging client to continue..."
+elif [ "$CMD" = "start" ]; then
+  if [ -e "$CARBON_HOME/wso2carbon.pid" ]; then
+    if  ps -p $PID > /dev/null ; then
+      echo "Process is already running"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+  fi
+  export CARBON_HOME=$CARBON_HOME
+# using nohup sh to avoid erros in solaris OS.TODO
+  nohup sh $CARBON_HOME/bin/wso2server.sh $args > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+  exit 0
+elif [ "$CMD" = "stop" ]; then
+  export CARBON_HOME=$CARBON_HOME
+  kill -term `cat $CARBON_HOME/wso2carbon.pid`
+  exit 0
+elif [ "$CMD" = "restart" ]; then
+  export CARBON_HOME=$CARBON_HOME
+  kill -term `cat $CARBON_HOME/wso2carbon.pid`
+  process_status=0
+  pid=`cat $CARBON_HOME/wso2carbon.pid`
+  while [ "$process_status" -eq "0" ]
+  do
+        sleep 1;
+        ps -p$pid 2>&1 > /dev/null
+        process_status=$?
+  done
+
+# using nohup sh to avoid erros in solaris OS.TODO
+  nohup sh $CARBON_HOME/bin/wso2server.sh $args > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+  exit 0
+elif [ "$CMD" = "test" ]; then
+    JAVACMD="exec "$JAVACMD""
+elif [ "$CMD" = "version" ]; then
+  cat $CARBON_HOME/bin/version.txt
+  cat $CARBON_HOME/bin/wso2carbon-version.txt
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# ---------- Handle the SSL Issue with proper JDK version --------------------
+jdk_17=`$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep "1.[7|8]"`
+if [ "$jdk_17" = "" ]; then
+   echo " Starting WSO2 Carbon (in unsupported JDK)"
+   echo " [ERROR] CARBON is supported only on JDK 1.7 and 1.8"
+fi
+
+CARBON_XBOOTCLASSPATH=""
+for f in "$CARBON_HOME"/lib/xboot/*.jar
+do
+    if [ "$f" != "$CARBON_HOME/lib/xboot/*.jar" ];then
+        CARBON_XBOOTCLASSPATH="$CARBON_XBOOTCLASSPATH":$f
+    fi
+done
+
+JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS="$CARBON_HOME/lib/endorsed":"$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed":"$JAVA_HOME/lib/endorsed"
+
+CARBON_CLASSPATH=""
+if [ -e "$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar" ]; then
+    CARBON_CLASSPATH="$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar"
+fi
+for f in "$CARBON_HOME"/bin/*.jar
+do
+    if [ "$f" != "$CARBON_HOME/bin/*.jar" ];then
+        CARBON_CLASSPATH="$CARBON_CLASSPATH":$f
+    fi
+done
+for t in "$CARBON_HOME"/lib/commons-lang*.jar
+do
+    CARBON_CLASSPATH="$CARBON_CLASSPATH":$t
+done
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  CARBON_HOME=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$CARBON_HOME"`
+  AXIS2_HOME=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$CARBON_HOME"`
+  CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS"`
+  CARBON_CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CARBON_CLASSPATH"`
+  CARBON_XBOOTCLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CARBON_XBOOTCLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# ----- Execute The Requested Command -----------------------------------------
+
+echo JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to $JAVA_HOME
+echo CARBON_HOME environment variable is set to $CARBON_HOME
+
+cd "$CARBON_HOME"
+
+TMP_DIR=$CARBON_HOME/tmp
+if [ -d "$TMP_DIR" ]; then
+rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
+fi
+
+START_EXIT_STATUS=121
+status=$START_EXIT_STATUS
+
+#To monitor a Carbon server in remote JMX mode on linux host machines, set the below system property.
+#   -Djava.rmi.server.hostname="your.IP.goes.here"
+
+while [ "$status" = "$START_EXIT_STATUS" ]
+do
+    $JAVACMD \
+    -Xbootclasspath/a:"$CARBON_XBOOTCLASSPATH" \
+    -Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m \
+    -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError \
+    -XX:HeapDumpPath="$CARBON_HOME/repository/logs/heap-dump.hprof" \
+    $JAVA_OPTS \
+    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote \
+    -classpath "$CARBON_CLASSPATH" \
+    -Djava.endorsed.dirs="$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" \
+    -Djava.io.tmpdir="$CARBON_HOME/tmp" \
+    -Dcatalina.base="$CARBON_HOME/lib/tomcat" \
+    -Dwso2.server.standalone=true \
+    -Dcarbon.registry.root=/ \
+    -Djava.command="$JAVACMD" \
+    -Dcarbon.home="$CARBON_HOME" \
+    -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager \
+    -Dcarbon.config.dir.path="$CARBON_HOME/repository/conf" \
+    -Djava.util.logging.config.file="$CARBON_HOME/repository/conf/etc/logging-bridge.properties" \
+    -Dcomponents.repo="$CARBON_HOME/repository/components/plugins" \
+    -Dconf.location="$CARBON_HOME/repository/conf"\
+    -Dcom.atomikos.icatch.file="$CARBON_HOME/lib/transactions.properties" \
+    -Dcom.atomikos.icatch.hide_init_file_path=true \
+    -Dorg.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING=false \
+    -Dorg.apache.jasper.runtime.BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER=true \
+    -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool.authentication=simple  \
+    -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool.timeout=3000  \
+    -Dorg.terracotta.quartz.skipUpdateCheck=true \
+    -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom \
+    -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 \
+    -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true \
+    -Dcom.ibm.cacheLocalHost=true \
+    -DworkerNode=false \
+    org.wso2.carbon.bootstrap.Bootstrap $*
+    status=$?
+done