diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/configuration.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/configuration.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0114c4eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/configuration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package topology
+
+import (
+  "encoding/xml"
+)
+
+type rack struct {
+  Name string `xml:"name,attr"`
+  Ips []string `xml:"Ip"`
+}
+type dataCenter struct {
+  Name string `xml:"name,attr"`
+  Racks []rack `xml:"Rack"`
+}
+type topology struct {
+  DataCenters []dataCenter `xml:"DataCenter"`
+}
+type configuration struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"Configuration"`
+	Topo topology `xml:"Topology"`
+}
+
+func NewConfiguration(b []byte) (*configuration, error){
+  c := &configuration{}
+  err := xml.Unmarshal(b, c)
+  return c, err
+}
+
+func (c *configuration) String() string{
+  if b, e := xml.MarshalIndent(c, "  ", "  "); e==nil {
+    return string(b)
+  }
+  return ""
+}
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/configuration_test.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/configuration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5542d1503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/configuration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package topology
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoadConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+
+	confContent := `
+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<Configuration>
+  <Topology>
+    <DataCenter name="dc1">
+      <Rack name="rack1">
+        <Ip>192.168.1.1</Ip>
+      </Rack>
+    </DataCenter>
+    <DataCenter name="dc2">
+      <Rack name="rack1">
+        <Ip>192.168.1.2</Ip>
+      </Rack>
+      <Rack name="rack2">
+        <Ip>192.168.1.3</Ip>
+        <Ip>192.168.1.4</Ip>
+      </Rack>
+    </DataCenter>
+  </Topology>
+</Configuration>
+`
+	c, err := NewConfiguration([]byte(confContent))
+	
+  fmt.Printf("%s\n", c)
+	if err!=nil{
+	  t.Fatalf("unmarshal error:%s",err.Error())
+	}
+	
+	if len(c.Topo.DataCenters) <= 0 || c.Topo.DataCenters[0].Name != "dc1" {
+    t.Fatalf("unmarshal error:%s",c)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/topo_test.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/topo_test.go
index 707aa60fe..a7815acb9 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/topo_test.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/topology/topo_test.go
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ func setup(topologyLayout string) *Topology {
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("error:", err)
 	}
-	//fmt.Println("data:", data)
-	//printMap(data)
 
 	//need to connect all nodes first before server adding volumes
 	topo := NewTopology("mynetwork","/tmp","test",234,5)
@@ -104,39 +102,9 @@ func setup(topologyLayout string) *Topology {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("topology:", *topo)
-
-	bytes, err := json.Marshal(topo.children)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("json error:", err)
-	}
-	fmt.Println("json topo:", string(bytes))
-
 	return topo
 }
 
-func printMap(mm interface{}) {
-	m := mm.(map[string]interface{})
-	for k, v := range m {
-		switch vv := v.(type) {
-		case string:
-			fmt.Println(k, "\"", vv, "\"")
-		case int, float64:
-			fmt.Println(k, ":", vv)
-		case []interface{}:
-			fmt.Println(k, ":[")
-			for _, u := range vv {
-				fmt.Println(u)
-				fmt.Println(",")
-			}
-			fmt.Println("]")
-		default:
-			fmt.Println(k, ":")
-			printMap(vv)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRemoveDataCenter(t *testing.T) {
 	topo := setup(topologyLayout)
 	topo.UnlinkChildNode(NodeId("dc2"))
@@ -154,7 +122,6 @@ func TestReserveOneVolume(t *testing.T) {
   rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
   rand.Seed(1)
 	ret, node, vid := topo.RandomlyReserveOneVolume()
-	fmt.Println("topology:", topo)
   fmt.Println("assigned :", ret, ", node :", node,", volume id:", vid)
 
 }