diff --git a/pkg/zones/env.go b/pkg/zones/env.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb181a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/zones/env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Package zones abstracts the cluster zones
+package zones
+
+import "io"
+
+// WriteEnv generates environment variables for shell scripts
+func (*Zones) WriteEnv(io.Writer) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/zones/scan.go b/pkg/zones/scan.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/zones/scan.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package zones
+
+func (*Zones) Scan() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/zones/zones.go b/pkg/zones/zones.go
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index 0000000..e472a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/zones/zones.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package zones
+
+type Zones struct {
+	basedir string
+}
+
+func New(dir string) (*Zones, error) {
+	z := &Zones{
+		basedir: dir,
+	}
+
+	if err := z.Scan(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return z, nil
+}