diff --git a/examples/storm-elasticsearch-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-elasticsearch-examples/pom.xml
index 707d59daae7..f4faf60e182 100644
--- a/examples/storm-elasticsearch-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-elasticsearch-examples/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>235</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>20</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-hbase-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-hbase-examples/pom.xml
index 7fccde2898b..458d71daa45 100644
--- a/examples/storm-hbase-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-hbase-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>324</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>55</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-hdfs-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-hdfs-examples/pom.xml
index 7a03bcb8b71..c2271fe6090 100644
--- a/examples/storm-hdfs-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-hdfs-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>557</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>224</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-hive-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-hive-examples/pom.xml
index 87ec0233c47..c4cd8035bcd 100644
--- a/examples/storm-hive-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-hive-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>543</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>67</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-jdbc-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-jdbc-examples/pom.xml
index 95ef67994d5..f65df945056 100644
--- a/examples/storm-jdbc-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-jdbc-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>188</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>36</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-jms-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-jms-examples/pom.xml
index fc72bc998d7..db88127267e 100644
--- a/examples/storm-jms-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-jms-examples/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>197</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>78</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-kafka-client-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-kafka-client-examples/pom.xml
index 604dd13a56e..9c5796d1b71 100644
--- a/examples/storm-kafka-client-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-kafka-client-examples/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>67</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>2</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-kafka-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-kafka-examples/pom.xml
index 2afbe958a03..c3a1d6a8cd1 100644
--- a/examples/storm-kafka-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-kafka-examples/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>190</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>26</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-mongodb-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-mongodb-examples/pom.xml
index 85cecbdd038..980488c9d61 100644
--- a/examples/storm-mongodb-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-mongodb-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>349</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>38</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-mqtt-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-mqtt-examples/pom.xml
index 415195ee3ca..ca7c41882ac 100644
--- a/examples/storm-mqtt-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-mqtt-examples/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
             <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
             <configuration>
-                <maxAllowedViolations>82</maxAllowedViolations>
+                <maxAllowedViolations>16</maxAllowedViolations>
             </configuration>
         </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-opentsdb-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-opentsdb-examples/pom.xml
index e177957d969..7f6364b3653 100644
--- a/examples/storm-opentsdb-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-opentsdb-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>147</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>18</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-perf/pom.xml b/examples/storm-perf/pom.xml
index da0311f4006..7dc2579b0bc 100644
--- a/examples/storm-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-perf/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1179</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>207</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-pmml-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-pmml-examples/pom.xml
index 58fb5194314..7fd181e9afb 100644
--- a/examples/storm-pmml-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-pmml-examples/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>232</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>17</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-redis-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-redis-examples/pom.xml
index ed89992197d..ededcce0aa9 100644
--- a/examples/storm-redis-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-redis-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>650</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>54</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-rocketmq-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-rocketmq-examples/pom.xml
index 24fb3b15f46..772d1d058fa 100644
--- a/examples/storm-rocketmq-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-rocketmq-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>143</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>23</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-solr-examples/pom.xml b/examples/storm-solr-examples/pom.xml
index 44c4f62f5d3..7926ff052db 100644
--- a/examples/storm-solr-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-solr-examples/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>267</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>47</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/storm-starter/pom.xml b/examples/storm-starter/pom.xml
index 9725a595067..2ef18f27c65 100644
--- a/examples/storm-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storm-starter/pom.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
             <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
             <configuration>
-                <maxAllowedViolations>3064</maxAllowedViolations>
+                <maxAllowedViolations>1538</maxAllowedViolations>
             </configuration>
         </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-cassandra/pom.xml b/external/storm-cassandra/pom.xml
index 52f546925d3..2e728d40598 100644
--- a/external/storm-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>2764</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>577</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-druid/pom.xml b/external/storm-druid/pom.xml
index 48a8b5678f7..43bfff22ed5 100644
--- a/external/storm-druid/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-druid/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>193</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>29</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/external/storm-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index fe6f60b2eed..45b7d8d98b5 100644
--- a/external/storm-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>792</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>64</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-eventhubs/pom.xml b/external/storm-eventhubs/pom.xml
index 5b39b8c8e99..080c46b7aaa 100755
--- a/external/storm-eventhubs/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-eventhubs/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1156</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>1764</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-hbase/pom.xml b/external/storm-hbase/pom.xml
index 9506918ed45..02d2e175184 100644
--- a/external/storm-hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-hbase/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1572</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>370</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-hdfs/pom.xml b/external/storm-hdfs/pom.xml
index c8c97c9b2a3..9a81fdf1099 100644
--- a/external/storm-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>3370</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>2220</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-hive/pom.xml b/external/storm-hive/pom.xml
index 33d023f37ec..1a6d3d07dcb 100644
--- a/external/storm-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-hive/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
         <configuration>
-          <maxAllowedViolations>1350</maxAllowedViolations>
+          <maxAllowedViolations>259</maxAllowedViolations>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml b/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml
index 62ad926e948..759ddaed03b 100644
--- a/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>862</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>149</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-jms/pom.xml b/external/storm-jms/pom.xml
index 06033ce7f68..15323cb5c69 100644
--- a/external/storm-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-jms/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>941</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>273</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-kafka-client/pom.xml b/external/storm-kafka-client/pom.xml
index cac0018f27b..7fb219ac6f6 100644
--- a/external/storm-kafka-client/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-kafka-client/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>2439</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>338</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-kafka-monitor/pom.xml b/external/storm-kafka-monitor/pom.xml
index edd612b39ff..089a4c601d9 100644
--- a/external/storm-kafka-monitor/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-kafka-monitor/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>735</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>178</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-kafka/pom.xml b/external/storm-kafka/pom.xml
index f6d1e0de95b..14fd6093afa 100644
--- a/external/storm-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>2727</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>557</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-kinesis/pom.xml b/external/storm-kinesis/pom.xml
index b9826cd408b..0f6f16cc2d4 100644
--- a/external/storm-kinesis/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-kinesis/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1118</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>185</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-metrics/pom.xml b/external/storm-metrics/pom.xml
index 1168b18cf11..c1d49ac7a2c 100644
--- a/external/storm-metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-metrics/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
         <configuration>
-          <maxAllowedViolations>87</maxAllowedViolations>
+          <maxAllowedViolations>32</maxAllowedViolations>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-mongodb/pom.xml b/external/storm-mongodb/pom.xml
index 9095320eac7..977c779f73c 100644
--- a/external/storm-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>665</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>96</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml b/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml
index c8dfd7fb5f4..4546fcb0cca 100644
--- a/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>808</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>158</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml b/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml
index 2af8a6d3bbc..1613095598f 100644
--- a/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-opentsdb/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>541</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>94</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml b/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml
index ee550d0d553..839cb3c86c3 100644
--- a/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-pmml/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
 
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>373</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>65</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/pom.xml b/external/storm-redis/pom.xml
index 0cfe8ad15b9..b7c946f7182 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-redis/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>2041</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>598</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-rocketmq/pom.xml b/external/storm-rocketmq/pom.xml
index 9a90e927c03..4e3d729e6b5 100644
--- a/external/storm-rocketmq/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-rocketmq/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>705</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>100</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/external/storm-solr/pom.xml b/external/storm-solr/pom.xml
index 9e67027850b..fc43d8c1f9a 100644
--- a/external/storm-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-solr/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>781</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>108</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/flux/flux-core/pom.xml b/flux/flux-core/pom.xml
index c25d04f858a..7df517b8291 100644
--- a/flux/flux-core/pom.xml
+++ b/flux/flux-core/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1568</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>285</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/flux/flux-wrappers/pom.xml b/flux/flux-wrappers/pom.xml
index a9987b43662..103fb037860 100644
--- a/flux/flux-wrappers/pom.xml
+++ b/flux/flux-wrappers/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>479</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>38</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10dd4b945d9..bdcc716d634 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1092,14 +1092,23 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.17</version>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                            <!-- If you change this, you should also update the storm_checkstyle.xml file to be
+                                 based on the google_checks.xml from the version of checkstyle you are choosing. -->
+                            <version>7.7</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>validate</id>
                             <phase>validate</phase>
                             <configuration>
-                                <configLocation>google_checks.xml</configLocation>
+                                <configLocation>storm-buildtools/storm_checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                                 <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                                <failOnViolation></failOnViolation>
+                                <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
                                 <logViolationsToConsole>false</logViolationsToConsole>
                                 <outputFile></outputFile>
                                 <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>
diff --git a/sql/storm-sql-core/pom.xml b/sql/storm-sql-core/pom.xml
index 1136319d4c9..e0ea09952ca 100644
--- a/sql/storm-sql-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/storm-sql-core/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1217</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>1283</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-hdfs/pom.xml b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-hdfs/pom.xml
index b06fe1fb4c6..eedd789f079 100644
--- a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>43</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>54</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-kafka/pom.xml b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-kafka/pom.xml
index fc6b2d30a26..b723329f337 100644
--- a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>61</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>96</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-mongodb/pom.xml b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-mongodb/pom.xml
index 0944d4d294e..87dc564a0f1 100644
--- a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>47</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>54</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-redis/pom.xml b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-redis/pom.xml
index 7d0cc06f4fe..c2fb1d1adf5 100644
--- a/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/storm-sql-external/storm-sql-redis/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>92</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>129</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/sql/storm-sql-runtime/pom.xml b/sql/storm-sql-runtime/pom.xml
index 2f57d7c020f..511c792c184 100644
--- a/sql/storm-sql-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/storm-sql-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>639</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>485</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml b/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml
index b2e2575ff91..cdb6fa87d9b 100644
--- a/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-buildtools/maven-shade-clojure-transformer/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>44</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>16</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 0b9eb1c5e7b..3f0a27d437c 100644
--- a/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-buildtools/storm-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
         <configuration>
-          <maxAllowedViolations>78</maxAllowedViolations>
+          <maxAllowedViolations>269</maxAllowedViolations>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-buildtools/storm_checkstyle.xml b/storm-buildtools/storm_checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..248e3ce3493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storm-buildtools/storm_checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+ 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.
+-->
+
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+          "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+          "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<!--
+    The original file came from here:
+      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/checkstyle-7.7/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml
+    It has been slightly modified for use in Apache Storm, as follows:
+      * 4 space indents instead of 2
+      * line-length limit is 140 instead of 100
+    Once checkstyle has the ability to override selected configuration elements from within the Maven
+    pom.xml file, then we can remove this file in favor of overriding the provided google_checks.xml file.
+    See this issue to track that functionality:
+      https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2873
+ -->
+
+<!--
+    Checkstyle configuration that checks the Google coding conventions from Google Java Style
+    that can be found at https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html.
+
+    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
+    http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
+
+    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
+
+    Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
+ -->
+
+<module name = "Checker">
+    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+
+    <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+    <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+        <module name="FileTabCharacter">
+            <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
+        <module name="IllegalTokenText">
+            <property name="tokens" value="STRING_LITERAL, CHAR_LITERAL"/>
+            <property name="format" value="\\u00(09|0(a|A)|0(c|C)|0(d|D)|22|27|5(C|c))|\\(0(10|11|12|14|15|42|47)|134)"/>
+            <property name="message" value="Consider using special escape sequence instead of octal value or Unicode escaped value."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters">
+            <property name="allowEscapesForControlCharacters" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LineLength">
+            <property name="max" value="140"/>
+            <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
+        <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
+        <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
+        <module name="EmptyBlock">
+            <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+        <module name="LeftCurly">
+            <property name="maxLineLength" value="140"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="RightCurly">
+            <property name="id" value="RightCurlySame"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_DO"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="RightCurly">
+            <property name="id" value="RightCurlyAlone"/>
+            <property name="option" value="alone"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
+            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
+            <message key="ws.notFollowed"
+             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as '{}' when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
+             <message key="ws.notPreceded"
+             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
+        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
+        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+        <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
+        <module name="FallThrough"/>
+        <module name="UpperEll"/>
+        <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
+        <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
+            <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapDot"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapComma"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
+            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapMethodRef"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_REF"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="PackageName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Package name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="TypeName">
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MemberName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Member name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="ParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="CatchParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Catch parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LocalVariableName">
+            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Local variable name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="ClassTypeParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Class type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Method type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="InterfaceTypeParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Interface type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
+        <module name="GenericWhitespace">
+            <message key="ws.followed"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
+             <message key="ws.preceded"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is preceded with whitespace."/>
+             <message key="ws.illegalFollow"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' should followed by whitespace."/>
+             <message key="ws.notPreceded"
+             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="Indentation">
+            <property name="basicOffset" value="4"/>
+            <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/>
+            <property name="caseIndent" value="4"/>
+            <property name="throwsIndent" value="4"/>
+            <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="4"/>
+            <property name="arrayInitIndent" value="4"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName">
+            <property name="ignoreFinal" value="false"/>
+            <property name="allowedAbbreviationLength" value="1"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder"/>
+        <module name="VariableDeclarationUsageDistance"/>
+        <module name="CustomImportOrder">
+            <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
+            <property name="separateLineBetweenGroups" value="true"/>
+            <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
+        <module name="ParenPad"/>
+        <module name="OperatorWrap">
+            <property name="option" value="NL"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="BAND, BOR, BSR, BXOR, DIV, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_INSTANCEOF, LOR, LT, MINUS, MOD, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, QUESTION, SL, SR, STAR, METHOD_REF "/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
+            <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationMostCases"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
+            <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationVariables"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+            <property name="allowSamelineMultipleAnnotations" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NonEmptyAtclauseDescription"/>
+        <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation"/>
+        <module name="SummaryJavadoc">
+            <property name="forbiddenSummaryFragments" value="^@return the *|^This method returns |^A [{]@code [a-zA-Z0-9]+[}]( is a )"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="JavadocParagraph"/>
+        <module name="AtclauseOrder">
+            <property name="tagOrder" value="@param, @return, @throws, @deprecated"/>
+            <property name="target" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="JavadocMethod">
+            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
+            <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
+            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
+            <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Method name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SingleLineJavadoc">
+            <property name="ignoreInlineTags" value="false"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="EmptyCatchBlock">
+            <property name="exceptionVariableName" value="expected"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="CommentsIndentation"/>
+    </module>
+</module>
diff --git a/storm-client-misc/pom.xml b/storm-client-misc/pom.xml
index 5543426f593..91615695b42 100644
--- a/storm-client-misc/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-client-misc/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>137</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>39</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-client/pom.xml b/storm-client/pom.xml
index 706cc169828..30d7685d6c1 100644
--- a/storm-client/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-client/pom.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>92181</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <excludes>**/generated/**</excludes>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>10785</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/storm-clojure/pom.xml b/storm-clojure/pom.xml
index f2eed1668c0..d436f19ec5b 100644
--- a/storm-clojure/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-clojure/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>796</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>173</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-core/pom.xml b/storm-core/pom.xml
index 4ff298ebc8b..ad4972e141d 100644
--- a/storm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-core/pom.xml
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>1950</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>254</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml b/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml
index 5d9b712c0ad..d602872daeb 100644
--- a/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-rename-hack/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
         <configuration>
-          <maxAllowedViolations>565</maxAllowedViolations>
+          <maxAllowedViolations>408</maxAllowedViolations>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-server/pom.xml b/storm-server/pom.xml
index 8872171f6d1..311b58f5159 100644
--- a/storm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-server/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>14979</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>3584</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/logging/filters/AccessLoggingFilter.java b/storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/logging/filters/AccessLoggingFilter.java
index 46d19215977..864b053c4ee 100644
--- a/storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/logging/filters/AccessLoggingFilter.java
+++ b/storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/logging/filters/AccessLoggingFilter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package org.apache.storm.logging.filters;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import javax.servlet.Filter;
diff --git a/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml b/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml
index 9be5a52f47f..1cdf04cff49 100644
--- a/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-submit-tools/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>269</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>38</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/storm-webapp/pom.xml b/storm-webapp/pom.xml
index 52e1eb4de98..4cdc1ae6a72 100644
--- a/storm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!--Note - the version would be inherited-->
                 <configuration>
-                    <maxAllowedViolations>290</maxAllowedViolations>
+                    <maxAllowedViolations>41</maxAllowedViolations>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>