diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/README.md b/examples/ssl-2way-project/README.md
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+This project shows how to create an SSLContext to support deploying modules when 2-way SSL is configured 
+for an app server.
+
+2-way SSL requires a certificate template to be configured on the MarkLogic app server, 
+"ssl require client certificate" set to true and one or more "ssl client certificate authorities"
+selected indicating which CAs the client certificates must be signed by.
+
+Follow instructions here https://docs.marklogic.com/guide/security/SSL to setup SSL for
+the MarkLogic app server. 
+
+To make this work, you will need a certificate authority (CA) that can sign certificates for you.
+You can either use a known 3rd party or setup your own CA for testing. The rest of the instructions
+assume that the same CA is used to sign both the client and the server certificates.
+
+## Create a server certificate
+If the server does not yet have a certificate signed by your CA, you will need to get one and imort
+it to the server. If you already have server certificated signed by the CA, you can skip this step.
+
+1) Using the certificate template created above, generate and download a certificate request (CSR). Use
+that CSR to request a certificate from the CA (or generate one yourself if you have your own CA).
+
+_Important: Your CSR will have the values for country, state/province, city/town, organization, 
+organizational unit and email address from the certificate template. Your CA will have requirements 
+for what must be in each of those fields. If using your own CA to sign certificates, you will need 
+to configure openssl to be able to process CSRs with the values from the template or set the template
+values to the values needed for your openssl CA configuration before generating the server CSR._  
+
+The following are helpful resources if considering setting up your own CA for testing:
+* https://www.area536.com/projects/be-your-own-certificate-authority-with-openssl/
+* https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/create-the-root-pair.html
+
+1) Once you have the signed server certificate, import it into the server using the "Import" tab of
+the certificate template used to generate the CSR.
+
+_Important: The CN in the server cert will be the hostname of the MarkLogic host as seen from the "Hosts" list in
+the admin UI. This will need to be the hostname you use to connect to MarkLogic if hostname verification is
+being used._
+
+## Create a client certificate
+Since we are using ml-gradle which uses the MarkLogic Java Client under the covers, we need to use the
+Java SSL libraries to setup the client SSL configuration. Java uses a "keystore" to manage client and
+CA certificates. We will use the Java _keytool_ commandline tool to setup a keystore for the client.
+
+The follow instructions were guided by the following helpful resources:
+* https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19509-01/820-3503/ggfen/index.html
+* https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/java-keytool-essentials-working-with-java-keystores
+
+1) Create a keystore
+```
+keytool -keystore clientkeystore -genkey -alias client
+```
+
+You will be prompted for a password for the keystore. Remember this and use it as the `mlKeystorePassword`
+in the `gradle.properties` file.
+
+You will be propted to enter values for your name (CN), country, state/province, city/town, organization and 
+organizational unit. Enter values as required by your CA but make sure to use the MarkLogic username that will
+be using the certificate when propted for "your first and last name". This is the CN stored in the certificate.
+
+_Important: The CN in client certificate needs to match the user name that you will use to connect to
+MarkLogic or authentication will fail._
+
+If you want a different password on the client certificate, enter one when prompted and use this as the 
+`mlKeystoreCertPassword` in the `gradle.properties` file. Otherwise, hit enter to use the same password as the 
+keystore.
+
+When complete, this will create a file called `clientkeystore` (you can name this file whatever you want though).
+Use this as the value for `mlKeystore` in the `gradle.properties` file.
+
+1) Create a client CSR
+```
+keytool -keystore clientkeystore -certreq -alias client -keyalg rsa -file client.csr
+```
+
+1) Use the CSR to have a CA to generate a signed client certificate (or generate one using your own CA)
+
+1) Import the CA certificate
+```
+keytool -import -keystore clientkeystore -file ca.crt -alias theCARoot
+```
+
+1) Import the signed client certificate
+```
+keytool -import -keystore clientkeystore -file client.crt -alias client
+```
+
+
+
+
+s
diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/build.gradle b/examples/ssl-2way-project/build.gradle
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+plugins {
+  id "com.marklogic.ml-gradle" version "3.2.1"
+}
+
+
+/*
+You can use the Java keytool utility to import a MarkLogic certificate into a keystore.
+See the Java JSSE documentation for details on the use of the keytool and your keystore options.
+
+You can explicitly specify a keystore, as shown in this example, or you can specify a null
+keystore. Specifying a null keystore causes the TrustManagerFactory to locate your default
+keystore, as described in the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) Reference Guide.
+*/
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.sslContext;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import com.marklogic.client.DatabaseClientFactory;
+
+if (project.hasProperty("mlKeystore")) {
+
+  ext {
+    // mlAppConfig is an instance of com.marklogic.appdeployer.AppConfig
+    mlAppConfig {
+
+      // This uses the same keystore for server cert validation as well as the client cert
+      // These could be different though
+      KeyStore trustedKeyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS")
+      trustedKeyStore.load(new FileInputStream(mlKeystore), mlKeystorePassword.toCharArray())
+
+      TrustManager[] trust = null
+
+      // This doesn't validate the server cert unless you set mlValidateServerCert=true
+      if (project.hasProperty("mlValidateServerCert") && mlValidateServerCert.toBoolean()) {
+        // Build trust manager to validate server certificates using the specified key store.
+        TrustManagerFactory trustManagerFactory = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509")
+        trustManagerFactory.init(trustedKeyStore)
+
+        trust = trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers()
+      } else {
+        trust =  [
+          new X509TrustManager() {
+            public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+              return [];
+            }
+
+            public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain,
+                            String authType) throws CertificateException {
+            }
+
+            public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain,
+                            String authType) throws CertificateException {
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+
+      // Load key store with client certificates.
+      KeyStore clientKeyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS")
+      clientKeyStore.load(new FileInputStream(mlKeystore), mlKeystorePassword.toCharArray())
+
+      if (! project.hasProperty("mlKeystoreCertPassword")) {
+        mlKeystoreCertPassword = mlKeystorePassword
+      }
+
+      // Get key manager to provide client certificate
+      KeyManagerFactory keyManagerFactory = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509")
+      keyManagerFactory.init(clientKeyStore, mlKeystoreCertPassword.toCharArray())
+
+      KeyManager[] key = keyManagerFactory.getKeyManagers()
+
+      // Initialize the SSL context with key and trust managers.
+      SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSLv3")
+      sslContext.init(key, trust, null)
+
+      restSslContext = sslContext
+
+      // This turns off hostname verification unless mlVerifyServerHostname=true
+      if (project.hasProperty("mlVerifyServerHostname") && mlVerifyServerHostname.toBoolean()) {
+        restSslHostnameVerifier = DatabaseClientFactory.SSLHostnameVerifier.COMMON // change to STRICT if needed
+      } else {
+        restSslHostnameVerifier = DatabaseClientFactory.SSLHostnameVerifier.ANY
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradle.properties b/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradle.properties
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+mlAppName=2way-ssl
+
+mlHost=localhost
+mlRestPort=8180
+
+# This username must be the CN in the client certificate
+mlUsername=<client user>
+mlPassword=<client password>
+
+# Use this for 1-way SSL with no server cert validation and no hostname verification
+#mlSimpleSsl=true
+
+# If this is set, additional SSL configuration will be done
+# This needs to be a JKS created with the keytool utility
+mlKeystore=<keystore file>
+mlKeystorePassword=<password>
+
+# This is the password on the client cert. If not set, the mlKeystorePassword will be used
+#mlKeystoreCertPassword=<password>
+
+# If this is true, the CA that signed the server cert must be in the specified keystore
+mlValidateServerCert=false
+
+# If this is true, the CN in server cert needs to match the hostname used to connect
+# (the mlHost parameter above)
+mlVerifyServerHostname=false
diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
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+#Mon Oct 30 21:26:19 EDT 2017
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.5-bin.zip
diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradlew b/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradlew
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+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
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save ( ) {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradlew.bat b/examples/ssl-2way-project/gradlew.bat
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+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/examples/ssl-2way-project/src/main/ml-modules/services/echo.xqy b/examples/ssl-2way-project/src/main/ml-modules/services/echo.xqy
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+xquery version "1.0-ml";
+
+module namespace service = "http://marklogic.com/rest-api/resource/echo";
+
+declare function get(
+  $context as map:map,
+  $params  as map:map
+  ) as document-node()*
+{
+  document {
+    text {
+      "Echo 7 - You said:",
+      map:get($params, "text")
+    }
+  }
+};