diff --git a/quarkus/server/build.gradle.kts b/quarkus/server/build.gradle.kts
index 1fd0754646..33ab527349 100644
--- a/quarkus/server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/quarkus/server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ distributions {
   main {
     contents {
       from(project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("quarkus-app"))
+      from(project.layout.projectDirectory.dir("src/main/distribution"))
       from("../../NOTICE")
       from("../../LICENSE-BINARY-DIST").rename("LICENSE-BINARY-DIST", "LICENSE")
       exclude("lib/main/io.quarkus.quarkus-container-image*")
diff --git a/quarkus/server/src/main/distribution/config/application.properties b/quarkus/server/src/main/distribution/config/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..016a162679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quarkus/server/src/main/distribution/config/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# This is the main and classic Apache Polaris configuration
+
+# Log
+# if you want to change the log level for the whole Polaris server, default is INFO
+#quarkus.log.level=INFO
+# if you want to change the log level for a specific logger category, default is INFO
+#quarkus.log.category."org.apache.polaris".level=INFO
+#polaris.log.request-id-header-name=Polaris-Request-Id
+#polaris.log.mdc.aid=polaris
+#polaris.log.mdc.sid=polaris-service
+
+# Locale
+# By default, Polaris server is using the machine default local (LC_ALL). You can "force" the locale.
+#quarkus.default-locale=en_US
+
+# HTTP port
+# This is the port used by the Polaris server. By default, it's 8181
+#quarkus.http.port=8181
+# Enable the HTTP Basic Authentication
+#quarkus.http.auth.basic=false
+# You can have a limiter on the Polaris server.
+#quarkus.http.limits.max-body-size=10240K
+# CORS configuration
+#quarkus.http.cors.origins=http://localhost:8080
+#quarkus.http.cors.methods=PATCH, POST, DELETE, GET, PUT
+#quarkus.http.cors.headers=*
+#quarkus.http.cors.exposed-headers=*
+#quarkus.http.cors.access-control-max-age=PT10M
+#quarkus.http.cors.access-control-allow-credentials=true
+
+# HTTP Rate Limiter
+#polaris.rate-limiter.filter.type=no-op
+#polaris.rate-limiter.token-bucket.type=default
+#polaris.rate-limiter.token-bucket.requests-per-second=9999
+#polaris.rate-limiter.token-bucket.window=PT10S
+
+# Management
+# Enable the management server.
+#quarkus.management.enabled=true
+# This is the port used by the Polaris management server.
+#quarkus.management.port=8182
+# This is the root path where /metrics and /health endpoints are based on
+#quarkus.management.root-path=/foobar
+
+# OpenTelemetry
+# This flag allows you to enable or disable OpenTelemetry layer.
+#quarkus.otel.sdk.disabled=true
+
+# Metrics
+#polaris.metrics.tags.application=Polaris
+#polaris.metrics.tags.service=polaris
+#polaris.metrics.tags.environment=prod
+#polaris.metrics.tags.region=us-west-2
+
+# Tasks
+#polaris.tasks.max-concurrent-tasks=100
+#polaris.tasks.max-queued-tasks=1000
+
+# Persistence
+# You can use different persistence backend. You can specific the persistence type here (in-memory, eclipse-link).
+#polaris.persistence.type=in-memory
+
+# This is the configuration for the EclipseLink persistence adapter
+#polaris.persistence.eclipselink.configurationFile= # build-in by default
+#polaris.persistence.eclipselink.persistenceUnit=polaris
+
+# Polaris realm context configuration
+#polaris.realm-context.type=default
+#polaris.realm-context.realms=POLARIS
+#polaris.realm-context.header-name=Polaris-Realm
+#polaris.realm-context.require-header=false
+#polaris.features.defaults."ENFORCE_PRINCIPAL_CREDENTIAL_ROTATION_REQUIRED_CHECKING"=false
+#polaris.features.defaults."SUPPORTED_CATALOG_STORAGE_TYPES"=["S3","GCS","AZURE","FILE"]
+# realm overrides
+#polaris.features.realm-overrides."my-realm"."INITIALIZE_DEFAULT_CATALOG_FILEIO_FOR_TEST"=true
+#polaris.features.realm-overrides."my-realm"."SKIP_CREDENTIAL_SUBSCOPING_INDIRECTION"=true
+
+# Polaris authentication configuration
+#polaris.authentication.authenticator.type=default
+#polaris.authentication.token-service.type=default
+#polaris.authentication.token-broker.type=rsa-key-pair
+#polaris.authentication.token-broker.max-token-generation=PT1H
+#polaris.authentication.token-broker.rsa-key-pair.public-key-file=/tmp/public.key
+#polaris.authentication.token-broker.rsa-key-pair.private-key-file=/tmp/private.key
+#polaris.authentication.token-broker.symmetric-key.secret=secret
+#polaris.authentication.token-broker.symmetric-key.file=/tmp/symmetric.key
+
+# Polaris Storage configuration
+# If the following properties are unset, the default credential provider chain will be used
+#polaris.storage.aws.access-key=accessKey
+#polaris.storage.aws.secret-key=secretKey
+#polaris.storage.gcp.token=token
+#polaris.storage.gcp.lifespan=PT1H
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diff --git a/quarkus/server/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceInterceptor b/quarkus/server/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceInterceptor
deleted file mode 100644
index b92210f720..0000000000
--- a/quarkus/server/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.ConfigSourceInterceptor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# 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.
-#
-
-io.smallrye.config.LoggingConfigSourceInterceptor
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