diff --git a/agent/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/agent/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/awsapi/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/awsapi/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awsapi/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/core/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/core/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/deps/XenServerJava/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/deps/XenServerJava/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/XenServerJava/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/components-api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/components-api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/components-api/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/network/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/network/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/network/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/orchestration/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/orchestration/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/orchestration/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/schema/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/schema/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/schema/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/service/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/service/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/service/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/storage/cache/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/cache/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/storage/cache/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/storage/datamotion/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/datamotion/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/storage/datamotion/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/storage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/storage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/storage/image/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/image/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/storage/image/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/storage/snapshot/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/snapshot/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/storage/snapshot/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/engine/storage/volume/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/volume/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/storage/volume/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c3fd2f712c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/cluster/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/cluster/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/cluster/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/config/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/config/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/config/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/db/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/db/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/db/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/events/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/events/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/events/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/ipc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/ipc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/ipc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/jobs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/jobs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/jobs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/managed-context/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/managed-context/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/managed-context/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/rest/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/rest/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/rest/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/security/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/security/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/security/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/spring/lifecycle/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/spring/lifecycle/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/spring/lifecycle/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/spring/module/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/spring/module/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef75dbd300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/spring/module/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+ -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/acl/static-role-based/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/acl/static-role-based/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/acl/static-role-based/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/affinity-group-processors/explicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/affinity-group-processors/explicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/affinity-group-processors/explicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/affinity-group-processors/host-anti-affinity/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/affinity-group-processors/host-anti-affinity/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/affinity-group-processors/host-anti-affinity/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/api/discovery/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/api/discovery/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/api/discovery/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/api/rate-limit/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/api/rate-limit/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/api/rate-limit/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/dedicated-resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/dedicated-resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dedicated-resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/deployment-planners/implicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/deployment-planners/implicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/deployment-planners/implicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/event-bus/inmemory/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/event-bus/inmemory/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/event-bus/inmemory/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/event-bus/rabbitmq/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/event-bus/rabbitmq/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/event-bus/rabbitmq/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/file-systems/netapp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/file-systems/netapp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/file-systems/netapp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/ha-planners/skip-heurestics/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/ha-planners/skip-heurestics/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/ha-planners/skip-heurestics/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/host-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/host-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/host-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/hyperv/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/hyperv/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/hyperv/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/simulator/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/simulator/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/simulator/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b341889e9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+     <!-- Match all XYZ violations. -->
+     <Match>
+       <Class name="CitrixResourceBase" />
+       <Method name="getStatsRawXML" />
+       <Bug pattern="DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING" />
+     </Match>
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/bigswitch-vns/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/bigswitch-vns/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/bigswitch-vns/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/cisco-vnmc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/cisco-vnmc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/cisco-vnmc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/f5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/f5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/f5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/midonet/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/midonet/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/midonet/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/vxlan/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/vxlan/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/vxlan/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/image/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/s3/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/s3/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/image/s3/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/image/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/swift/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/swift/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/image/swift/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/cloudbyte/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/cloudbyte/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/cloudbyte/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/nexenta/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/nexenta/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/nexenta/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/solidfire/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/solidfire/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/solidfire/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/md5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/md5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/md5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/plain-text/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/plain-text/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/plain-text/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/sha256salted/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/sha256salted/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/sha256salted/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f49a8952cc2..98383060910 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
             <failOnError>false</failOnError>
             <maxHeap>2048</maxHeap>
             <excludeFilterFile>
-              findbugsCharEncodingFilter.xml
+              ${basedir}/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
             </excludeFilterFile>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
diff --git a/quickcloud/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/quickcloud/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickcloud/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/console-proxy-rdp/rdpconsole/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/console-proxy-rdp/rdpconsole/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/console-proxy-rdp/rdpconsole/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/console-proxy/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/console-proxy/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/console-proxy/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/iam/plugin/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/iam/plugin/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/iam/plugin/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/iam/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/iam/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/iam/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/controller/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/secondary-storage/controller/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/controller/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/secondary-storage/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/usage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/usage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/utils/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/utils/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4b62264958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+     <!-- Match all XYZ violations. -->
+     <Match>
+       <Class name="SshCmdHelper" />
+       <Method name="sshExecuteCmdOneShotWithExitCode" />
+       <Bug pattern="DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING" />
+     </Match>
+
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/vmware-base/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/vmware-base/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37285017e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmware-base/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+
+
+</FindBugsFilter>