diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36775c57a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "java-repo-tools"]
+	path = java-repo-tools
+	url = https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-repo-tools.git
diff --git a/google-checks.xml b/google-checks.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e567fc7f8d3..00000000000
--- a/google-checks.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
-          "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
-          "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
-
-<!--
-    Checkstyle configuration that checks the Google coding conventions from:
-
-    -  Google Java Style
-       https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn-history/r130/trunk/javaguide.html
-
-    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
-    http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
-    Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
-    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
-    Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
-
- -->
-
-<module name = "Checker">
-    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
-
-    <property name="severity" value="error"/>
-
-    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
-    <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
-        <module name="FileTabCharacter">
-            <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-
-    <module name="TreeWalker">
-        <module name="UnusedImports"/>
-        <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
-        <module name="IllegalTokenText">
-            <property name="tokens" value="STRING_LITERAL, CHAR_LITERAL"/>
-            <property name="format" value="\\u00(08|09|0(a|A)|0(c|C)|0(d|D)|22|27|5(C|c))|\\(0(10|11|12|14|15|42|47)|134)"/>
-            <property name="message" value="Avoid using corresponding octal or Unicode escape."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters">
-            <property name="allowEscapesForControlCharacters" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="LineLength">
-            <property name="max" value="100"/>
-            <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
-        <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
-        <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
-        <module name="EmptyBlock">
-            <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="NeedBraces"/>
-        <module name="LeftCurly">
-            <property name="maxLineLength" value="100"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="RightCurly"/>
-        <module name="RightCurly">
-            <property name="option" value="alone"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, LITERAL_DO, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
-            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
-            <message key="ws.notFollowed"
-             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as '{}' when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
-             <message key="ws.notPreceded"
-             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
-        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
-        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
-        <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
-        <module name="FallThrough"/>
-        <module name="UpperEll"/>
-        <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
-        <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
-            <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, ENUM_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, CTOR_DEF, METHOD_DEF, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT, VARIABLE_DEF" />
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
-            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
-            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="PackageName">
-            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Package name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="TypeName">
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="MemberName">
-            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Member name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="ParameterName">
-            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="LocalVariableName">
-            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
-            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
-            <property name="allowOneCharVarInForLoop" value="true"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Local variable name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="ClassTypeParameterName">
-            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Class type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
-            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Method type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
-        <module name="GenericWhitespace">
-            <message key="ws.followed"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
-             <message key="ws.preceded"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is preceded with whitespace."/>
-             <message key="ws.illegalFollow"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' should followed by whitespace."/>
-             <message key="ws.notPreceded"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="Indentation">
-            <property name="basicOffset" value="2"/>
-            <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/>
-            <property name="caseIndent" value="2"/>
-            <property name="throwsIndent" value="4"/>
-            <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="4"/>
-            <property name="arrayInitIndent" value="2"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName">
-            <property name="ignoreFinal" value="false"/>
-            <property name="allowedAbbreviationLength" value="1"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder"/>
-        <module name="CustomImportOrder">
-            <property name="specialImportsRegExp" value="com.google"/>
-            <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
-            <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###SPECIAL_IMPORTS###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE###STANDARD_JAVA_PACKAGE"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
-        <module name="OperatorWrap">
-            <property name="option" value="NL"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="BAND, BOR, BSR, BXOR, DIV, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_INSTANCEOF, LOR, LT, MINUS, MOD, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, QUESTION, SL, SR, STAR "/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
-            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
-            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
-            <property name="allowSamelineMultipleAnnotations" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="NonEmptyAtclauseDescription"/>
-        <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation"/>
-        <module name="SummaryJavadocCheck">
-            <property name="forbiddenSummaryFragments" value="^@return the *|^This method returns |^A [{]@code [a-zA-Z0-9]+[}]( is a )"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="AtclauseOrder">
-            <property name="tagOrder" value="@param, @return, @throws, @deprecated"/>
-            <property name="target" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="JavadocMethod">
-            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
-            <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
-            <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
-            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
-            <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="MethodName">
-            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"/>
-            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
-             value="Method name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SingleLineJavadoc">
-            <property name="ignoreInlineTags" value="false"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="EmptyCatchBlock">
-            <property name="exceptionVariableName" value="expected"/>
-        </module>
-    </module>
-</module>
diff --git a/java-repo-tools b/java-repo-tools
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..5c9a3169e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-repo-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5c9a3169e1ee8fd471c0fd7501b50e1b2bc16773
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bc94b812dd..ee71ff00948 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@
     <artifactId>doc-samples</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <!-- Parent POM defines common plugins and properties. -->
+    <parent>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+      <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <relativePath>java-repo-tools</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
     <properties>
         <appengine.sdk.version>1.9.32</appengine.sdk.version>
         <appengine.app.version>1</appengine.app.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.http.version>1.19.0</project.http.version>
         <project.oauth.version>1.19.0</project.oauth.version>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -52,52 +59,6 @@
         <module>unittests</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <configLocation>google-checks.xml</configLocation>
-                    <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
-                    <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
-                    <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution><goals><goal>check</goal></goals></execution>
-                </executions>
-             </plugin>
-             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
-                <artifactId>coveralls-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <coberturaReports>
-                        <coberturaReport>${basedir}/target/coverage.xml</coberturaReport>
-                    </coberturaReports>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target</outputDirectory>
-                    <formats>
-                        <format>xml</format>
-                        <format>html</format>
-                    </formats>
-                    <format>xml</format>
-                    <maxmem>256m</maxmem>
-                    <!-- aggregated reports for multi-module projects -->
-                    <aggregate>true</aggregate>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-
-    </build>
-
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
         <!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->