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+.. _JVPP:
+
+.. toctree::
+
+Building JVPP from source
+=========================
+
+JVPP uses cmake to configure and build source code. The minimal version of cmake is 3.5.
+Ensure that you have proper version of cmake installed.
+
+JVPP depends on VPP packages (Debian or Centos):
+* vpp
+* vpp-plugins
+* vpp-dev (vpp-devel on Centos)
+
+Vpp and vpp-plugins packages contain API source file, which are used to generate Java API bindings. Vpp dev package
+contains header files needed for build.
+
+Obtaining the source
+--------------------
+
+You can get JVPP source code from gerrit.fd.io using git:
+git clone https://gerrit.fd.io/r/jvpp
+
+or from github:
+https://github.com/FDio/jvpp.git
+
+
+Install dependencies (Optional, one time only)
+------------------
+
+You can install all dependencies using provided install-dep target:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  make install-dep
+
+Cleanup (Optional)
+------------------
+
+Whenever you need to clean the setup you can use "clean.sh" script in the root folder. This cleans the build and clears
+the cache. This is usefull mostly when you change something in JVPP to ensure everything is rebuild from scratch.
+
+Configuring using cmake
+-----------------------
+
+Configuration using cmake is very easy, the whole process is automated. All you need to do is issue following command
+from JVPP's root directory:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  cmake .
+
+This will configure all variables and setup the build.
+
+Building the source
+-------------------
+
+To build the source use make command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  make
+
+You can also install the library using (you need to use sudo or have root privileges to install libraries):
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  sudo make install
+
+Building the packages
+---------------------
+
+During the setup using cmake the operating system is automatically recognised and everything is set up so you can build
+packages for your current operating system. Only Debian based (tested on Ubuntu) and Centos (tested on Centos 7)
+are supported for now.
+
+To build the package you need to call:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  make package
+
+You can find the packages in build-root/packages folder.
+
+Getting JVPP jar
+================
+
+VPP provides java bindings which can be downloaded at:
+
+* https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.release/io/fd/vpp/jvpp-core/19.01/jvpp-core-19.01.jar
+
+Getting JVPP via maven
+------------------------------------
+
+**1. Add the following to the repositories section in your ~/.m2/settings.xml to pick up the fd.io maven repo:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  <repository>
+   <id>fd.io-release</id>
+   <name>fd.io-release</name>
+   <url>https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.release/</url>
+   <releases>
+     <enabled>false</enabled>
+   </releases>
+   <snapshots>
+     <enabled>true</enabled>
+   </snapshots>
+ </repository>
+
+For more information on setting up maven repositories in settings.xml, please look at:
+
+* https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-multiple-repositories.html 
+
+**2. Then you can get JVPP by putting in the dependencies section of your pom.xml file:**
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ <dependency>
+   <groupId>io.fd.vpp</groupId>
+   <artifactId>jvpp-core</artifactId>
+   <version>19.01</version>
+ </dependency>
+
+For more information on maven dependency managment, please look at:
+
+* https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html
+
+
+Installing JVPP manually to local maven repository
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Once JVPP is successfully built, you can install it to local .m2 repository.
+To do so use provided script in JVPP root directory:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  ./install_jvpp.sh
+