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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2020-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.
+  -->
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         id="ONOS" version="2.5">
+    <display-name> Vpls REST API v1.0</display-name>
+
+    <security-constraint>
+        <web-resource-collection>
+            <web-resource-name>Secured</web-resource-name>
+            <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+        </web-resource-collection>
+        <auth-constraint>
+            <role-name>admin</role-name>
+            <role-name>viewer</role-name>
+        </auth-constraint>
+    </security-constraint>
+
+    <security-role>
+        <role-name>admin</role-name>
+        <role-name>viewer</role-name>
+    </security-role>
+
+    <login-config>
+        <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
+        <realm-name>karaf</realm-name>
+    </login-config>
+
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>JAX-RS Service</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>javax.ws.rs.Application</param-name>
+            <param-value>org.onosproject.vpls.rest.VplsWebApplication</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+    </servlet>
+
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>JAX-RS Service</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+</web-app>