diff --git a/apps/openstackvtap/api/BUCK b/apps/openstackvtap/api/BUCK
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+++ b/apps/openstackvtap/api/BUCK
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+COMPILE_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+]
+
+TEST_DEPS = [
+    '//lib:TEST_ADAPTERS',
+    '//core/api:onos-api-tests',
+    '//core/common:onos-core-common-tests',
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+    test_deps = TEST_DEPS
+)
diff --git a/apps/openstackvtap/api/pom.xml b/apps/openstackvtap/api/pom.xml
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+++ b/apps/openstackvtap/api/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+  ~
+  ~ 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-apps-openstackvtap</artifactId>
+        <version>1.14.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-apps-openstackvtap-api</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>SONA Openstack vTap API Application</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/apps/openstackvtap/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstackvtap/api/OpenstackVtapService.java b/apps/openstackvtap/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstackvtap/api/OpenstackVtapService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d8fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openstackvtap/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstackvtap/api/OpenstackVtapService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.openstackvtap.api;
+
+/**
+ * Openstack vtap interface.
+ */
+public interface OpenstackVtapService {
+
+    /**
+     * A dummy method.
+     */
+    void dummy();
+}
diff --git a/apps/openstackvtap/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstackvtap/api/package-info.java b/apps/openstackvtap/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstackvtap/api/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77ad58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openstackvtap/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstackvtap/api/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Application API for Openstack vTap.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.openstackvtap.api;
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