diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/BUCK b/protocols/rest/api/BUCK
index 95edc2e..74f33b2 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/api/BUCK
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/BUCK
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 COMPILE_DEPS = [
-    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//utils/rest:onlab-rest',
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+    '//lib:jersey-client',
+    '//lib:jersey-common',
+    '//lib:httpclient-osgi',
+    '//lib:httpcore-osgi',
+    '//lib:javax.ws.rs-api',
+    '//lib:hk2-api',
+    '//lib:jersey-guava',
+    '//lib:aopalliance-repackaged',
+    '//lib:javax.inject',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests (
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
index 26c5456..f6f05cb 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,29 @@
     <artifactId>onos-restsb-api</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
+    <dependencies>
+	    <dependency>
+	        <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+	        <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+	    </dependency>
+	    <dependency>
+	        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+	        <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
+	        <version>4.5.1</version>
+	    </dependency>
+	    <dependency>
+	        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+	        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+	        <version>2.4</version>
+	    </dependency>
+	    <dependency>
+	      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+	      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+	      <version>3.8.1</version>
+	      <scope>test</scope>
+	    </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <description>ONOS Rest southbound plugin API</description>
 
 
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/HttpSBController.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/HttpSBController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1694d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/HttpSBController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.protocol.http;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an HTTP controller. Serves as a one stop shop for obtaining
+ * HTTP southbound devices and (un)register listeners.
+ */
+public interface HttpSBController {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all the devices known to this controller.
+     *
+     * @return map of devices
+     */
+    Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDevices();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a device by node identifier.
+     *
+     * @param deviceInfo node identifier
+     * @return RestSBDevice rest device
+     */
+    RestSBDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceInfo);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a device by Ip and Port.
+     *
+     * @param ip   device ip
+     * @param port device port
+     * @return RestSBDevice rest device
+     */
+    RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port);
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a device to the device map.
+     *
+     * @param device to be added
+     */
+    void addDevice(RestSBDevice device);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the device from the devices map.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId to be removed
+     */
+    void removeDevice(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Does a HTTP POST request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param device    device to make the request to
+     * @param request   url of the request
+     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
+     * @param mediaType type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
+     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
+
+    /**
+     * Does a HTTP POST request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param <T>           post return type
+     * @param device        device to make the request to
+     * @param request       url of the request
+     * @param payload       payload of the request as an InputStream
+     * @param mediaType     type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
+     * @param responseClass the type of response object we are interested in,
+     *                      such as String, InputStream.
+     * @return Object of type requested via responseClass.
+     */
+    <T> T post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+               String mediaType, Class<T> responseClass);
+
+    /**
+     * Does a HTTP PUT request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param device    device to make the request to
+     * @param request   resource path of the request
+     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
+     * @param mediaType type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
+     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean put(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
+
+    /**
+     * Does a HTTP GET request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param device    device to make the request to
+     * @param request   url of the request
+     * @param mediaType format to retrieve the content in
+     * @return an inputstream of data from the reply.
+     */
+    InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType);
+
+    /**
+     * Does a HTTP PATCH request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param device    device to make the request to
+     * @param request   url of the request
+     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
+     * @param mediaType format to retrieve the content in
+     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
+
+    /**
+     * Does a HTTP DELETE request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param device    device to make the request to
+     * @param request   url of the request
+     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
+     * @param mediaType type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
+     * @return true if operation returned 200 false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
+
+}
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/ctl/HttpSBControllerImpl.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/ctl/HttpSBControllerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c2d1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/ctl/HttpSBControllerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.protocol.http.ctl;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPatch;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AllowAllHostnameVerifier;
+import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.authentication.HttpAuthenticationFeature;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.http.HttpSBController;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * The implementation of HttpSBController.
+ */
+public class HttpSBControllerImpl implements HttpSBController {
+
+    private static final Logger log =
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpSBControllerImpl.class);
+    private static final String XML = "xml";
+    private static final String JSON = "json";
+    private static final String DOUBLESLASH = "//";
+    private static final String COLON = ":";
+    private static final int STATUS_OK = Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode();
+    private static final int STATUS_CREATED = Response.Status.CREATED.getStatusCode();
+    private static final int STATUS_ACCEPTED = Response.Status.ACCEPTED.getStatusCode();
+    private static final String HTTPS = "https";
+    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_PROPERTY = "authorization";
+    private static final String BASIC_AUTH_PREFIX = "Basic ";
+
+    private final Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> deviceMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final Map<DeviceId, Client> clientMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    public Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDeviceMap() {
+        return deviceMap;
+    }
+
+    public Map<DeviceId, Client> getClientMap() {
+        return clientMap;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDevices() {
+        return ImmutableMap.copyOf(deviceMap);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestSBDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceInfo) {
+        return deviceMap.get(deviceInfo);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port) {
+        return deviceMap.values().stream().filter(v -> v.ip().equals(ip)
+                && v.port() == port).findFirst().get();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addDevice(RestSBDevice device) {
+        if (!deviceMap.containsKey(device.deviceId())) {
+            Client client = ignoreSslClient();
+            if (device.username() != null) {
+                String username = device.username();
+                String password = device.password() == null ? "" : device.password();
+                authenticate(client, username, password);
+            }
+            clientMap.put(device.deviceId(), client);
+            deviceMap.put(device.deviceId(), device);
+        } else {
+            log.warn("Trying to add a device that is already existing {}", device.deviceId());
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeDevice(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        clientMap.remove(deviceId);
+        deviceMap.remove(deviceId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        Response response = getResponse(device, request, payload, mediaType);
+        return checkReply(response);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+                      String mediaType, Class<T> responseClass) {
+        Response response = getResponse(device, request, payload, mediaType);
+        if (response.hasEntity()) {
+            return response.readEntity(responseClass);
+        }
+        log.error("Response from device {} for request {} contains no entity", device, request);
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private Response getResponse(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
+
+        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
+
+        Response response = null;
+        if (payload != null) {
+            try {
+                response = wt.request(type)
+                        .post(Entity.entity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), type));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Cannot do POST {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
+                          request, device);
+            }
+        } else {
+            response = wt.request(type).post(Entity.entity(null, type));
+        }
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean put(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
+
+        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
+
+        Response response = null;
+        if (payload != null) {
+            try {
+                response = wt.request(type)
+                        .put(Entity.entity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), type));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Cannot do PUT {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
+                          request, device);
+            }
+        } else {
+            response = wt.request(type).put(Entity.entity(null, type));
+        }
+        return checkReply(response);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType) {
+        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
+
+        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
+
+        Response s = wt.request(type).get();
+
+        if (checkReply(s)) {
+            return new ByteArrayInputStream(s.readEntity((String.class))
+                    .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
+
+        try {
+            log.debug("Url request {} ", getUrlString(device, request));
+            HttpPatch httprequest = new HttpPatch(getUrlString(device, request));
+            if (deviceMap.get(device).username() != null) {
+                String pwd = deviceMap.get(device).password() == null ? "" : COLON + deviceMap.get(device).password();
+                String userPassword = deviceMap.get(device).username() + pwd;
+                String base64string = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(userPassword.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                httprequest.addHeader(AUTHORIZATION_PROPERTY, BASIC_AUTH_PREFIX + base64string);
+            }
+            if (payload != null) {
+                StringEntity input = new StringEntity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                input.setContentType(type);
+                httprequest.setEntity(input);
+            }
+            CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
+            if (deviceMap.containsKey(device) && deviceMap.get(device).protocol().equals(HTTPS)) {
+                httpClient = getApacheSslBypassClient();
+            } else {
+                httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
+            }
+            int responseStatusCode = httpClient
+                    .execute(httprequest)
+                    .getStatusLine()
+                    .getStatusCode();
+            return checkStatusCode(responseStatusCode);
+        } catch (IOException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException | KeyStoreException e) {
+            log.error("Cannot do PATCH {} request on device {}",
+                      request, device, e);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
+
+        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
+
+        // FIXME: do we need to delete an entry by enclosing data in DELETE request?
+        // wouldn't it be nice to use PUT to implement the similar concept?
+        Response response = wt.request(type).delete();
+
+        return checkReply(response);
+    }
+
+    private String typeOfMediaType(String mediaType) {
+        String type;
+        switch (mediaType) {
+            case XML:
+                type = MediaType.APPLICATION_XML;
+                break;
+            case JSON:
+                type = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON;
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported media type " + mediaType);
+
+        }
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    private void authenticate(Client client, String username, String password) {
+        client.register(HttpAuthenticationFeature.basic(username, password));
+    }
+
+    protected WebTarget getWebTarget(DeviceId device, String request) {
+        log.debug("Sending request to URL {} ", getUrlString(device, request));
+        return clientMap.get(device).target(getUrlString(device, request));
+    }
+
+    //FIXME security issue: this trusts every SSL certificate, even if is self-signed. Also deprecated methods.
+    private CloseableHttpClient getApacheSslBypassClient() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException,
+            KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException {
+        return HttpClients.custom().
+                setHostnameVerifier(new AllowAllHostnameVerifier()).
+                setSslcontext(new SSLContextBuilder()
+                                      .loadTrustMaterial(null, (arg0, arg1) -> true)
+                                      .build()).build();
+    }
+
+    private String getUrlString(DeviceId device, String request) {
+        if (deviceMap.get(device).url() != null) {
+            return deviceMap.get(device).protocol() + COLON + DOUBLESLASH
+                    + deviceMap.get(device).url() + request;
+        } else {
+            return deviceMap.get(device).protocol() + COLON +
+                    DOUBLESLASH +
+                    deviceMap.get(device).ip().toString() +
+                    COLON + deviceMap.get(device).port() + request;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkReply(Response response) {
+        if (response != null) {
+            return checkStatusCode(response.getStatus());
+        }
+        log.error("Null reply from device");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkStatusCode(int statusCode) {
+        if (statusCode == STATUS_OK ||
+                statusCode == STATUS_CREATED ||
+                statusCode == STATUS_ACCEPTED) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            log.error("Failed request, HTTP error code : "
+                              + statusCode);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Client ignoreSslClient() {
+        SSLContext sslcontext = null;
+
+        try {
+            sslcontext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
+            sslcontext.init(null, new TrustManager[]{new X509TrustManager() {
+                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
+                }
+
+                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
+                }
+
+                public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+                    return new X509Certificate[0];
+                }
+            } }, new java.security.SecureRandom());
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        return ClientBuilder.newBuilder().sslContext(sslcontext).hostnameVerifier((s1, s2) -> true).build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/ctl/package-info.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/ctl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6fe54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/ctl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author onos
+ *
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.http.ctl;
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/package-info.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c54b035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/http/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author onos
+ *
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.http;
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/DefaultRestSBDevice.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/DefaultRestSBDevice.java
index 6a8e5a9..40816a4 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/DefaultRestSBDevice.java
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/DefaultRestSBDevice.java
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.protocol.rest;
 
-import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.util.Objects;
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation for Rest devices.
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
index b51b12f..2fe3791 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
@@ -16,123 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.protocol.rest;
 
-import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
-import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.Map;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.http.HttpSBController;
 
 /**
  * Abstraction of an REST controller. Serves as a one stop shop for obtaining
  * Rest southbound devices and (un)register listeners.
  */
-public interface RestSBController {
-
-    /**
-     * Returns all the devices known to this controller.
-     *
-     * @return map of devices
-     */
-    Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDevices();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a device by node identifier.
-     *
-     * @param deviceInfo node identifier
-     * @return RestSBDevice rest device
-     */
-    RestSBDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceInfo);
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a device by Ip and Port.
-     *
-     * @param ip   device ip
-     * @param port device port
-     * @return RestSBDevice rest device
-     */
-    RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port);
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a device to the device map.
-     *
-     * @param device to be added
-     */
-    void addDevice(RestSBDevice device);
-
-    /**
-     * Removes the device from the devices map.
-     *
-     * @param deviceId to be removed
-     */
-    void removeDevice(DeviceId deviceId);
-
-    /**
-     * Does a REST POST request with specified parameters to the device.
-     *
-     * @param device    device to make the request to
-     * @param request   url of the request
-     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
-     * @param mediaType type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
-     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
-
-    /**
-     * Does a REST POST request with specified parameters to the device.
-     *
-     * @param <T>           post return type
-     * @param device        device to make the request to
-     * @param request       url of the request
-     * @param payload       payload of the request as an InputStream
-     * @param mediaType     type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
-     * @param responseClass the type of response object we are interested in,
-     *                      such as String, InputStream.
-     * @return Object of type requested via responseClass.
-     */
-    <T> T post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
-               String mediaType, Class<T> responseClass);
-
-    /**
-     * Does a REST PUT request with specified parameters to the device.
-     *
-     * @param device    device to make the request to
-     * @param request   resource path of the request
-     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
-     * @param mediaType type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
-     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean put(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
-
-    /**
-     * Does a REST GET request with specified parameters to the device.
-     *
-     * @param device    device to make the request to
-     * @param request   url of the request
-     * @param mediaType format to retrieve the content in
-     * @return an inputstream of data from the reply.
-     */
-    InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType);
-
-    /**
-     * Does a REST PATCH request with specified parameters to the device.
-     *
-     * @param device    device to make the request to
-     * @param request   url of the request
-     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
-     * @param mediaType format to retrieve the content in
-     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
-
-    /**
-     * Does a REST DELETE request with specified parameters to the device.
-     *
-     * @param device    device to make the request to
-     * @param request   url of the request
-     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
-     * @param mediaType type of content in the payload i.e. application/json
-     * @return true if operation returned 200 false otherwise
-     */
-    boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
-
+public interface RestSBController extends HttpSBController {
 }
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
index a420fb7..e85ffcd 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -34,32 +34,10 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-restsb-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpcore-osgi</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.4</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <type>bundle</type>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
index 5b0eca2..37dfc85 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
@@ -16,70 +16,24 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.protocol.rest.ctl;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPatch;
-import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AllowAllHostnameVerifier;
-import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
-import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
-import org.glassfish.jersey.client.authentication.HttpAuthenticationFeature;
-import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
-import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.http.ctl.HttpSBControllerImpl;
 import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
-import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
-import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
-import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
-import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
-import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
-import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
-import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.security.KeyManagementException;
-import java.security.KeyStoreException;
-import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
-import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
-import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
-import java.util.Base64;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-
 /**
  * The implementation of RestSBController.
  */
 @Component(immediate = true)
 @Service
-public class RestSBControllerImpl implements RestSBController {
+public class RestSBControllerImpl extends HttpSBControllerImpl implements RestSBController {
 
     private static final Logger log =
             LoggerFactory.getLogger(RestSBControllerImpl.class);
-    private static final String XML = "xml";
-    private static final String JSON = "json";
-    private static final String DOUBLESLASH = "//";
-    private static final String COLON = ":";
-    private static final int STATUS_OK = Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode();
-    private static final int STATUS_CREATED = Response.Status.CREATED.getStatusCode();
-    private static final int STATUS_ACCEPTED = Response.Status.ACCEPTED.getStatusCode();
-    private static final String HTTPS = "https";
-    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_PROPERTY = "authorization";
-    private static final String BASIC_AUTH_PREFIX = "Basic ";
-
-    private final Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> deviceMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    private final Map<DeviceId, Client> clientMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
@@ -88,259 +42,9 @@
 
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() {
-        clientMap.clear();
-        deviceMap.clear();
+        this.getClientMap().clear();
+        this.getDeviceMap().clear();
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDevices() {
-        return ImmutableMap.copyOf(deviceMap);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public RestSBDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceInfo) {
-        return deviceMap.get(deviceInfo);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port) {
-        return deviceMap.values().stream().filter(v -> v.ip().equals(ip)
-                && v.port() == port).findFirst().get();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void addDevice(RestSBDevice device) {
-        if (!deviceMap.containsKey(device.deviceId())) {
-            Client client = ignoreSslClient();
-            if (device.username() != null) {
-                String username = device.username();
-                String password = device.password() == null ? "" : device.password();
-                authenticate(client, username, password);
-            }
-            clientMap.put(device.deviceId(), client);
-            deviceMap.put(device.deviceId(), device);
-        } else {
-            log.warn("Trying to add a device that is already existing {}", device.deviceId());
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void removeDevice(DeviceId deviceId) {
-        clientMap.remove(deviceId);
-        deviceMap.remove(deviceId);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
-        Response response = getResponse(device, request, payload, mediaType);
-        return checkReply(response);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public <T> T post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
-                      String mediaType, Class<T> responseClass) {
-        Response response = getResponse(device, request, payload, mediaType);
-        if (response.hasEntity()) {
-            return response.readEntity(responseClass);
-        }
-        log.error("Response from device {} for request {} contains no entity", device, request);
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private Response getResponse(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
-        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
-
-        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
-
-        Response response = null;
-        if (payload != null) {
-            try {
-                response = wt.request(type)
-                        .post(Entity.entity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), type));
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error("Cannot do POST {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
-                          request, device);
-            }
-        } else {
-            response = wt.request(type).post(Entity.entity(null, type));
-        }
-        return response;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean put(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
-        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
-
-        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
-
-        Response response = null;
-        if (payload != null) {
-            try {
-                response = wt.request(type)
-                        .put(Entity.entity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), type));
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error("Cannot do PUT {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
-                          request, device);
-            }
-        } else {
-            response = wt.request(type).put(Entity.entity(null, type));
-        }
-        return checkReply(response);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType) {
-        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
-
-        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
-
-        Response s = wt.request(type).get();
-
-        if (checkReply(s)) {
-            return new ByteArrayInputStream(s.readEntity((String.class))
-                    .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
-        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
-
-        try {
-            log.debug("Url request {} ", getUrlString(device, request));
-            HttpPatch httprequest = new HttpPatch(getUrlString(device, request));
-            if (deviceMap.get(device).username() != null) {
-                String pwd = deviceMap.get(device).password() == null ? "" : COLON + deviceMap.get(device).password();
-                String userPassword = deviceMap.get(device).username() + pwd;
-                String base64string = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(userPassword.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-                httprequest.addHeader(AUTHORIZATION_PROPERTY, BASIC_AUTH_PREFIX + base64string);
-            }
-            if (payload != null) {
-                StringEntity input = new StringEntity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-                input.setContentType(type);
-                httprequest.setEntity(input);
-            }
-            CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
-            if (deviceMap.containsKey(device) && deviceMap.get(device).protocol().equals(HTTPS)) {
-                httpClient = getApacheSslBypassClient();
-            } else {
-                httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();
-            }
-            int responseStatusCode = httpClient
-                    .execute(httprequest)
-                    .getStatusLine()
-                    .getStatusCode();
-            return checkStatusCode(responseStatusCode);
-        } catch (IOException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException | KeyStoreException e) {
-            log.error("Cannot do PATCH {} request on device {}",
-                      request, device, e);
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
-        String type = typeOfMediaType(mediaType);
-
-        WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
-
-        // FIXME: do we need to delete an entry by enclosing data in DELETE request?
-        // wouldn't it be nice to use PUT to implement the similar concept?
-        Response response = wt.request(type).delete();
-
-        return checkReply(response);
-    }
-
-    private String typeOfMediaType(String mediaType) {
-        String type;
-        switch (mediaType) {
-            case XML:
-                type = MediaType.APPLICATION_XML;
-                break;
-            case JSON:
-                type = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON;
-                break;
-            default:
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported media type " + mediaType);
-
-        }
-        return type;
-    }
-
-    private void authenticate(Client client, String username, String password) {
-        client.register(HttpAuthenticationFeature.basic(username, password));
-    }
-
-    protected WebTarget getWebTarget(DeviceId device, String request) {
-        log.debug("Sending request to URL {} ", getUrlString(device, request));
-        return clientMap.get(device).target(getUrlString(device, request));
-    }
-
-    //FIXME security issue: this trusts every SSL certificate, even if is self-signed. Also deprecated methods.
-    private CloseableHttpClient getApacheSslBypassClient() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException,
-            KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException {
-        return HttpClients.custom().
-                setHostnameVerifier(new AllowAllHostnameVerifier()).
-                setSslcontext(new SSLContextBuilder()
-                                      .loadTrustMaterial(null, (arg0, arg1) -> true)
-                                      .build()).build();
-    }
-
-    private String getUrlString(DeviceId device, String request) {
-        if (deviceMap.get(device).url() != null) {
-            return deviceMap.get(device).protocol() + COLON + DOUBLESLASH
-                    + deviceMap.get(device).url() + request;
-        } else {
-            return deviceMap.get(device).protocol() + COLON +
-                    DOUBLESLASH +
-                    deviceMap.get(device).ip().toString() +
-                    COLON + deviceMap.get(device).port() + request;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean checkReply(Response response) {
-        if (response != null) {
-            return checkStatusCode(response.getStatus());
-        }
-        log.error("Null reply from device");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private boolean checkStatusCode(int statusCode) {
-        if (statusCode == STATUS_OK ||
-                statusCode == STATUS_CREATED ||
-                statusCode == STATUS_ACCEPTED) {
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            log.error("Failed request, HTTP error code : "
-                              + statusCode);
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private Client ignoreSslClient() {
-        SSLContext sslcontext = null;
-
-        try {
-            sslcontext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
-            sslcontext.init(null, new TrustManager[]{new X509TrustManager() {
-                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
-                }
-
-                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] arg0, String arg1) throws CertificateException {
-                }
-
-                public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
-                    return new X509Certificate[0];
-                }
-            } }, new java.security.SecureRandom());
-        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-
-        return ClientBuilder.newBuilder().sslContext(sslcontext).hostnameVerifier((s1, s2) -> true).build();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/protocols/rest/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/pom.xml
index ca42451..e62f956 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/rest/pom.xml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
     </dependencies>
 
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/api/BUCK b/protocols/restconf/client/api/BUCK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1f3e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/api/BUCK
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+COMPILE_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+    '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
+    '//utils/rest:onlab-rest',
+    '//protocols/rest/api:onos-protocols-rest-api',
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+)
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/api/pom.xml b/protocols/restconf/client/api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5925337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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.
+  -->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+    <artifactId>onos-restconf-client</artifactId>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>onos-restconf-client-api</artifactId>
+  <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+  <description>ONOS RESTCONF southbound plugin API</description>
+  <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>onos-restsb-api</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+          <type>bundle</type>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/RestConfNotificationEventListener.java b/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/RestConfNotificationEventListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc49a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/RestConfNotificationEventListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.restconf;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+/**
+ * Notifies providers about incoming RESTCONF notification events.
+ */
+public interface RestConfNotificationEventListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Handles the notification event.
+     *
+     * @param <T>
+     *
+     * @param deviceId of the restconf device
+     * @param eventJsonString the json string representation of the event
+     */
+    <T> void handleNotificationEvent(DeviceId deviceId, T eventJsonString);
+
+}
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/RestConfSBController.java b/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/RestConfSBController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..772aaea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/RestConfSBController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.restconf;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.http.HttpSBController;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of a RESTCONF controller. Serves as a one stop shop for obtaining
+ * RESTCONF southbound devices and (un)register listeners.
+ */
+public interface RestConfSBController extends HttpSBController {
+
+    /**
+     * This method is to be called by whoever is interested to receive
+     * Notifications from a specific device. It does a REST GET request
+     * with specified parameters to the device, and calls the provided
+     * callBackListener upon receiving notifications to notify the requester
+     * about notifications.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param device device to make the request to
+     * @param request url of the request
+     * @param mediaType format to retrieve the content in
+     * @param callBackListener method to call when notifications arrives
+     */
+    void enableNotifications(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType,
+                          RestConfNotificationEventListener callBackListener);
+
+    /**
+     * Register a listener for notification events that occur to restconf
+     * devices.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId the deviceId
+     * @param listener the listener to notify
+     */
+    void addNotificationListener(DeviceId deviceId,
+                                 RestConfNotificationEventListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregister the listener for the device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId the deviceId
+     */
+    void removeNotificationListener(DeviceId deviceId);
+}
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/package-info.java b/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15f2308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * RESTCONF southbound protocols libraries.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.restconf;
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/BUCK b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/BUCK
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce0292e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/BUCK
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+COMPILE_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+    '//lib:jersey-client',
+    '//lib:jersey-common',
+    '//lib:httpclient-osgi',
+    '//lib:httpcore-osgi',
+    '//lib:javax.ws.rs-api',
+    '//lib:hk2-api',
+    '//lib:jersey-guava',
+    '//lib:aopalliance-repackaged',
+    '//lib:javax.inject',
+    '//protocols/restconf/client/api:onos-protocols-restconf-client-api',
+    '//protocols/rest/api:onos-protocols-rest-api',
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+)
+
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/pom.xml b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6878151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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.
+  -->
+
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+    <artifactId>onos-restconf-client</artifactId>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>onos-restconf-client-ctl</artifactId>
+
+  <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-restconf-client-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpcore-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>4.4.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-restsb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>bundle</type>
+        </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/RestConfSBControllerImpl.java b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/RestConfSBControllerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5fb377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/RestConfSBControllerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.restconf.ctl;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.GenericType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.ChunkedInput;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.http.ctl.HttpSBControllerImpl;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.restconf.RestConfNotificationEventListener;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.restconf.RestConfSBController;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The implementation of RestConfSBController.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class RestConfSBControllerImpl extends HttpSBControllerImpl
+        implements RestConfSBController {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory
+            .getLogger(RestConfSBControllerImpl.class);
+
+    // TODO: for the Ibis release when both RESTCONF server and RESTCONF client
+    // fully support root resource discovery, ROOT_RESOURCE constant will be
+    // removed and rather the value would get discovered dynamically.
+    private static final String ROOT_RESOURCE = "/onos/restconf";
+
+    private static final String RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX = "/data/";
+    private static final String NOTIFICATION_PATH_PREFIX = "/data/";
+
+    private Map<DeviceId, RestConfNotificationEventListener>
+                                            restconfNotificationListenerMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private Map<DeviceId, GetChunksRunnable> runnableTable = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        log.info("RESTCONF SBI Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        log.info("RESTCONF SBI Stopped");
+        executor.shutdown();
+        this.getClientMap().clear();
+        this.getDeviceMap().clear();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDevices() {
+        log.trace("RESTCONF SBI::getDevices");
+        return super.getDevices();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestSBDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceInfo) {
+        log.trace("RESTCONF SBI::getDevice with deviceId");
+        return super.getDevice(deviceInfo);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port) {
+        log.trace("RESTCONF SBI::getDevice with ip and port");
+        return super.getDevice(ip, port);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addDevice(RestSBDevice device) {
+        log.trace("RESTCONF SBI::addDevice");
+        super.addDevice(device);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeDevice(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        log.trace("RESTCONF SBI::removeDevice");
+        super.removeDevice(deviceId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+                        String mediaType) {
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+        return super.post(device, request, payload, mediaType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+                      String mediaType, Class<T> responseClass) {
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+        return super.post(device, request, payload, mediaType, responseClass);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean put(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+                       String mediaType) {
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+        return super.put(device, request, payload, mediaType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType) {
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+        return super.get(device, request, mediaType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+                         String mediaType) {
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+        return super.patch(device, request, payload, mediaType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload,
+                          String mediaType) {
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + RESOURCE_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+        return super.delete(device, request, payload, mediaType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void enableNotifications(DeviceId device, String request,
+                                 String mediaType,
+                                 RestConfNotificationEventListener listener) {
+
+        request = discoverRootResource(device) + NOTIFICATION_PATH_PREFIX
+                + request;
+
+        addNotificationListener(device, listener);
+
+        GetChunksRunnable runnable = new GetChunksRunnable(request, mediaType,
+                                                           device);
+        runnableTable.put(device, runnable);
+        executor.execute(runnable);
+    }
+
+    public void stopNotifications(DeviceId device) {
+
+        runnableTable.get(device).terminate();
+        runnableTable.remove(device);
+        removeNotificationListener(device);
+        log.debug("Stop sending notifications for device URI: " + device.uri().toString());
+
+    }
+
+    public class GetChunksRunnable implements Runnable {
+        private String request;
+        private String mediaType;
+        private DeviceId device;
+
+        private volatile boolean running = true;
+
+        public void terminate() {
+            running = false;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @param request
+         * @param mediaType
+         * @param device
+         */
+        public GetChunksRunnable(String request, String mediaType,
+                                 DeviceId device) {
+            this.request = request;
+            this.mediaType = mediaType;
+            this.device = device;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            WebTarget wt = getWebTarget(device, request);
+            Response clientResp = wt.request(mediaType).get();
+            RestConfNotificationEventListener listener = restconfNotificationListenerMap
+                    .get(device);
+            final ChunkedInput<String> chunkedInput = (ChunkedInput<String>) clientResp
+                    .readEntity(new GenericType<ChunkedInput<String>>() {
+                    });
+
+            String chunk;
+            // Note that the read() is a blocking operation and the invoking
+            // thread is blocked until a new chunk comes. Jersey implementation
+            // of this IO operation is in a way that it does not respond to
+            // interrupts.
+            while (running) {
+                chunk = chunkedInput.read();
+                if (chunk != null) {
+                    if (running) {
+                        listener.handleNotificationEvent(device, chunk);
+                    } else {
+                        log.trace("the requesting client is no more interested "
+                                + "to receive such notifications.");
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    log.trace("The received notification chunk is null. do not continue any more.");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            log.trace("out of while loop -- end of run");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String discoverRootResource(DeviceId device) {
+        // FIXME: send a GET command to the device to discover the root resource.
+        // The plan to fix this is for the Ibis release when the RESTCONF server and
+        // the RESTCONF client both support root resource discovery.
+        return ROOT_RESOURCE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addNotificationListener(DeviceId deviceId,
+                                        RestConfNotificationEventListener listener) {
+        if (!restconfNotificationListenerMap.containsKey(deviceId)) {
+            this.restconfNotificationListenerMap.put(deviceId, listener);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeNotificationListener(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        this.restconfNotificationListenerMap.remove(deviceId);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/package-info.java b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e0043b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * RESTCONF southbound protocol implementation.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.restconf.ctl;
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/test/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/RestConfSBControllerImplTest.java b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/test/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/RestConfSBControllerImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7f363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/ctl/src/test/java/org/onosproject/protocol/restconf/ctl/RestConfSBControllerImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.protocol.restconf.ctl;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.DefaultRestSBDevice;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+
+/**
+ * Basic testing for RestSBController.
+ */
+public class RestConfSBControllerImplTest {
+
+    RestConfSBControllerImpl restConfController;
+
+    RestSBDevice device3;
+
+    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        restConfController = new RestConfSBControllerImpl();
+        restConfController.activate();
+        device3 = new DefaultRestSBDevice(IpAddress.valueOf("127.0.0.1"), 8181,
+                                          "", "", "http", null, true);
+        restConfController.addDevice(device3);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void basics() {
+        assertTrue("Device3 non added",
+                   restConfController.getDevices().containsValue(device3));
+        assertEquals("Device3 added but with wrong key",
+                     restConfController.getDevices().get(device3.deviceId()),
+                     device3);
+        assertEquals("Incorrect Get Device by ID",
+                     restConfController.getDevice(device3.deviceId()), device3);
+        assertEquals("Incorrect Get Device by IP, Port",
+                     restConfController.getDevice(device3.ip(), device3.port()),
+                     device3);
+        restConfController.removeDevice(device3.deviceId());
+        assertFalse("Device3 not removed",
+                    restConfController.getDevices().containsValue(device3));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/client/pom.xml b/protocols/restconf/client/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84dc398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/restconf/client/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+    <artifactId>onos-restconf</artifactId>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>onos-restconf-client</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <modules>
+    <module>api</module>
+    <module>ctl</module>
+  </modules>
+  <description>RESTCONF Client Module</description>
+</project>
diff --git a/protocols/restconf/pom.xml b/protocols/restconf/pom.xml
index 6abb229..9bde8d0 100644
--- a/protocols/restconf/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/restconf/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
   <modules>
     <module>server</module>
+    <module>client</module>
   </modules>
 
 </project>