diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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+# Changelog for antiope-core
+
+## Unreleased changes
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Arbor Networks (c) 2018
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Alexey Raga nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# antiope-core
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/antiope-core.cabal b/antiope-core.cabal
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+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.20.0.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+--
+-- hash: 53c4a0dfa1e3b0dff9ab29a31e4deb8d999ce4e32446d1ad56bac161798af9f8
+
+name:           antiope-core
+version:        1.0.0
+description:    Please see the README on Github at <https://github.com/arbor/antiope#readme>
+category:       Services
+homepage:       https://github.com/arbor/antiope#readme
+bug-reports:    https://github.com/arbor/antiope/issues
+author:         Tyler Durden
+maintainer:     mayhem@arbor.net
+copyright:      Arbor Networks
+license:        MIT
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+cabal-version:  >= 1.10
+
+extra-source-files:
+    ChangeLog.md
+    README.md
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/arbor/antiope
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -O2 -msse4.2
+  build-depends:
+      amazonka
+    , amazonka-core
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , bytestring
+    , http-client
+    , lens
+    , resourcet
+    , transformers
+  exposed-modules:
+      Antiope.Core
+      Antiope.Env
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_antiope_core
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite antiope-core-test
+  type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is: Spec.hs
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      test
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -O2 -msse4.2 -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  build-depends:
+      amazonka
+    , amazonka-core
+    , antiope-core
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , bytestring
+    , http-client
+    , lens
+    , resourcet
+    , transformers
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_antiope_core
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Antiope/Core.hs b/src/Antiope/Core.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+
+module Antiope.Core
+( module Network.AWS.Data.Text
+, AWS.Env
+, AWS.HasEnv(..)
+, AWS.MonadAWS
+, AWS.runAWS
+, AWS.send
+, AWS.runResourceT
+, AWS.liftAWS
+, AWS.sinkMD5, AWS.sinkSHA256
+, AWS.AWS
+, AWS.catching
+, AWS.Error(..)
+, AWS.ErrorCode(..), AWS.errorCode
+, AWS.Region(..)
+, AWS.LogLevel(..)
+)
+where
+
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Class    (lift)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (ResourceT)
+import Network.AWS.Data.Text        (FromText (..), Text, ToText (..), fromText, toText)
+
+import qualified Network.AWS as AWS
+
+instance AWS.MonadAWS m => AWS.MonadAWS (ResourceT m) where
+  liftAWS = lift . AWS.liftAWS
diff --git a/src/Antiope/Env.hs b/src/Antiope/Env.hs
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+module Antiope.Env
+( mkEnv
+, AWS.Env
+, AWS.HasEnv(..)
+, AWS.LogLevel(..)
+, AWS.Region(..)
+)
+where
+
+import           Control.Lens
+import           Control.Monad.Trans.AWS       hiding (LogLevel)
+import qualified Data.ByteString               as BS
+import           Data.ByteString.Builder
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8         as C8
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy          as L
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Internal as LBS
+
+import qualified Network.AWS         as AWS
+import           Network.HTTP.Client (HttpException (..), HttpExceptionContent (..))
+
+mkEnv :: Region -> (AWS.LogLevel -> LBS.ByteString -> IO ()) -> IO AWS.Env
+mkEnv region lg = do
+  lgr <- newAwsLogger lg
+  newEnv Discover
+    <&> envLogger .~ lgr
+    <&> envRegion .~ region
+    <&> envRetryCheck .~ retryPolicy 5
+
+newAwsLogger :: Monad m => (AWS.LogLevel -> LBS.ByteString -> IO ()) -> m AWS.Logger
+newAwsLogger lg = return $ \y b ->
+  case toLazyByteString b of
+    msg | BS.isInfixOf (C8.pack "404 Not Found") (L.toStrict msg) -> pure ()
+    msg -> lg y msg
+
+retryPolicy :: Int -> Int -> HttpException -> Bool
+retryPolicy maxNum attempt ex = (attempt <= maxNum) && shouldRetry ex
+
+shouldRetry :: HttpException -> Bool
+shouldRetry ex = case ex of
+  HttpExceptionRequest _ ctx -> case ctx of
+    ResponseTimeout          -> True
+    ConnectionTimeout        -> True
+    ConnectionFailure _      -> True
+    InvalidChunkHeaders      -> True
+    ConnectionClosed         -> True
+    InternalException _      -> True
+    NoResponseDataReceived   -> True
+    ResponseBodyTooShort _ _ -> True
+    _                        -> False
+  _ -> False
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+main :: IO ()
+main = putStrLn "Test suite not yet implemented"