diff --git a/drivers/src/main/resources/onos-drivers.xml b/drivers/src/main/resources/onos-drivers.xml
index 1185794..1ab3d6e 100644
--- a/drivers/src/main/resources/onos-drivers.xml
+++ b/drivers/src/main/resources/onos-drivers.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
         <behaviour api="org.onosproject.net.behaviour.Pipeliner"
                    impl="org.onosproject.driver.pipeline.OltPipeline"/>
     </driver>
+    <driver name="rest" manufacturer="" hwVersion="" swVersion="">
+    </driver>
     <!--  The SoftRouter driver is meant to be used by any software/NPU based
        ~  switch that wishes to implement a simple 2-table router. To use this
        ~  driver, configure ONOS with the dpid of the device, or extend the
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b43e246..5707379 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+                <version>${jersey.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
                 <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
diff --git a/protocols/pom.xml b/protocols/pom.xml
index a4e3faa..4daacfe 100644
--- a/protocols/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         <module>pcep</module>
         <module>ovsdb</module>
         <module>bgp</module>
+        <module>rest</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e50a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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>
+        <artifactId>onos-restsb</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-restsb-api</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS Rest southbound plugin API</description>
+
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf26cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/DefaultRestSBDevice.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.rest;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation for Rest devices.
+ */
+public class DefaultRestSBDevice implements RestSBDevice {
+    private static final String REST = "rest";
+    private static final String COLON = ":";
+    private final IpAddress ip;
+    private final int port;
+    private final String name;
+    private final String password;
+    private boolean isActive;
+    private String protocol;
+
+    public DefaultRestSBDevice(IpAddress ip, int port, String name, String password,
+                               String protocol, boolean isActive) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(ip, "IP address cannot be null");
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(port > 0, "Port address cannot be negative");
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(protocol, "protocol address cannot be null");
+        this.ip = ip;
+        this.port = port;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.password = password;
+        this.isActive = isActive;
+        this.protocol = protocol;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IpAddress ip() {
+        return ip;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int port() {
+        return port;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String name() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String password() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DeviceId deviceId() {
+        return DeviceId.deviceId(REST + COLON + ip + COLON + port);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setActive(boolean active) {
+        isActive = active;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isActive() {
+        return isActive;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String protocol() {
+        return protocol;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof RestSBDevice)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        RestSBDevice device = (RestSBDevice) obj;
+        return this.name.equals(device.name()) && this.ip.equals(device.ip()) &&
+                this.port == device.port();
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(ip, port);
+    }
+
+}
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28d5617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.rest;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * 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 device to be removed
+     */
+    void removeDevice(RestSBDevice device);
+
+    /**
+     * 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 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 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/rest/RestSBDevice.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBDevice.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b76989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBDevice.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.rest;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an abstraction of a Rest Device in ONOS.
+ */
+public interface RestSBDevice {
+    /**
+     * Returns the ip of this device.
+     *
+     * @return ip
+     */
+    IpAddress ip();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the password of this device.
+     *
+     * @return port
+     */
+    int port();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of this device.
+     *
+     * @return name
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the password of this device.
+     *
+     * @return password
+     */
+    String password();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the ONOS deviceID for this device.
+     *
+     * @return DeviceId
+     */
+    DeviceId deviceId();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets or unsets the state of the device.
+     *
+     * @param active boolean
+     */
+    void setActive(boolean active);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the state of this device.
+     *
+     * @return state
+     */
+    boolean isActive();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the protocol for the REST request, usually HTTP o HTTPS.
+     *
+     * @return protocol
+     */
+    String protocol();
+
+}
diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/package-info.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ad7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * REST southbound protocols libraries.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.rest;
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce280e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>onos-restsb</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-restsb-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-restsb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+        </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>
\ No newline at end of file
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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66f2530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.rest.ctl;
+
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
+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.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+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.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * The implementation of RestSBController.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class RestSBControllerImpl implements RestSBController {
+
+    private static final Logger log =
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(RestSBControllerImpl.class);
+    private static final String APPLICATION = "application/";
+    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 SLASH = "/";
+
+    private final Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> deviceMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    Client client;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate(ComponentContext context) {
+        client = Client.create();
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        deviceMap.clear();
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<DeviceId, RestSBDevice> getDevices() {
+        return deviceMap;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestSBDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceInfo) {
+        return deviceMap.get(deviceInfo);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port) {
+        for (DeviceId info : deviceMap.keySet()) {
+            if (IpAddress.valueOf(info.uri().getHost()).equals(ip) &&
+                    info.uri().getPort() == port) {
+                return deviceMap.get(info);
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addDevice(RestSBDevice device) {
+        deviceMap.put(device.deviceId(), device);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeDevice(RestSBDevice device) {
+        deviceMap.remove(device.deviceId());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean post(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        WebResource webResource = getWebResource(device, request);
+
+        ClientResponse response = null;
+        if (payload != null) {
+            try {
+                response = webResource.accept(mediaType)
+                        .post(ClientResponse.class, IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Cannot do POST {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
+                          request, device);
+            }
+        } else {
+            response = webResource.accept(mediaType)
+                    .post(ClientResponse.class);
+        }
+        return checkReply(response);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean put(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        WebResource webResource = getWebResource(device, request);
+        ClientResponse response = null;
+        if (payload != null) {
+            try {
+                response = webResource.accept(mediaType)
+                        .put(ClientResponse.class, IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Cannot do PUT {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
+                          request, device);
+            }
+        } else {
+            response = webResource.accept(mediaType)
+                    .put(ClientResponse.class);
+        }
+        return checkReply(response);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType) {
+        WebResource webResource = getWebResource(device, request);
+        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 new ByteArrayInputStream(webResource.accept(type).get(ClientResponse.class)
+                                                .getEntity(String.class)
+                                                .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        WebResource webResource = getWebResource(device, request);
+        ClientResponse response = null;
+        if (payload != null) {
+            try {
+                response = webResource.accept(mediaType)
+                        .delete(ClientResponse.class, IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Cannot do PUT {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
+                          request, device);
+            }
+        } else {
+            response = webResource.accept(mediaType)
+                    .delete(ClientResponse.class);
+        }
+        return checkReply(response);
+    }
+
+    private WebResource getWebResource(DeviceId device, String request) {
+        return Client.create().resource(deviceMap.get(device).protocol() + COLON +
+                                                DOUBLESLASH +
+                                                deviceMap.get(device).ip().toString() +
+                                                COLON + deviceMap.get(device).port() +
+                                                SLASH + request);
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkReply(ClientResponse response) {
+        if (response != null) {
+            if (response.getStatus() == STATUS_OK ||
+                    response.getStatus() == STATUS_CREATED ||
+                    response.getStatus() == STATUS_ACCEPTED) {
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                log.error("Failed request: HTTP error code : "
+                                  + response.getStatus());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        log.error("Null reply from device");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/package-info.java b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..238e9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * NETCONF libraries.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.protocol.rest.ctl;
diff --git a/protocols/rest/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0c7200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>onos-protocols</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-restsb</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <modules>
+        <module>api</module>
+        <module>ctl</module>
+    </modules>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/netconf/app/pom.xml b/providers/netconf/app/pom.xml
index 0a982ce..6323eb3 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/netconf/app/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Add other dependencies here as more bundles are added to the app -->
+
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/providers/pom.xml b/providers/pom.xml
index 31f31c4..f72090b 100644
--- a/providers/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         <module>ovsdb</module>
         <module>bgp</module>
         <module>snmp</module>
+        <module>rest</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/providers/rest/app/app.xml b/providers/rest/app/app.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b4d681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/app/app.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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.
+  -->
+<app name="org.onosproject.restsb" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
+     features="${project.artifactId}">
+    <description>${project.description}</description>
+
+    <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-api/${project.version}</artifact>
+    <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-ctl/${project.version}</artifact>
+    <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-drivers/${project.version}</artifact>
+
+    <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-provider-device/${project.version}</artifact>
+
+</app>
diff --git a/providers/rest/app/features.xml b/providers/rest/app/features.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..168ae55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/app/features.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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.
+  -->
+<features xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0" name="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}">
+    <feature name="${project.artifactId}" version="${project.version}"
+             description="${project.description}">
+        <feature>onos-api</feature>
+        <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-api/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-ctl/${project.version}</bundle>
+
+        <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-restsb-provider-device/${project.version}</bundle>
+
+        <bundle>mvn:com.sun.jersey/jersey-client/1.19</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:commons-io/commons-io/2.4</bundle>
+    </feature>
+</features>
+
diff --git a/providers/rest/app/pom.xml b/providers/rest/app/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4622b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/app/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-restsb-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-restsb-app</artifactId>
+
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>REST protocol southbound providers</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-restsb-provider-device</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Add other dependencies here as more bundles are added to the app -->
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/rest/device/pom.xml b/providers/rest/device/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8006f8edaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/device/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>onos-restsb-providers</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-restsb-provider-device</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-restsb-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-restsb-ctl</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8638561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.provider.rest.device.impl;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+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.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.config.basics.ConfigException;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onosproject.net.SparseAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigFactory;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultDeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent.Type.CONFIG_ADDED;
+import static org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent.Type.CONFIG_UPDATED;
+import static org.onosproject.net.config.basics.SubjectFactories.APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Provider for devices that use REST as means of configuration communication.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class RestDeviceProvider extends AbstractProvider
+        implements DeviceProvider {
+    private static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.restsb";
+    private static final String REST = "rest";
+    private static final String PROVIDER = "org.onosproject.provider.rest.device";
+    private static final String IPADDRESS = "ipaddress";
+    private static final int TEST_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 1000;
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceProviderRegistry providerRegistry;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected RestSBController controller;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected NetworkConfigRegistry cfgService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CoreService coreService;
+
+
+    private DeviceProviderService providerService;
+    protected static final String ISNOTNULL = "Rest device is not null";
+    private static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
+
+    private final ConfigFactory factory =
+            new ConfigFactory<ApplicationId, RestProviderConfig>(APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY,
+                                                                 RestProviderConfig.class,
+                                                                 "restDevices",
+                                                                 true) {
+                @Override
+                public RestProviderConfig createConfig() {
+                    return new RestProviderConfig();
+                }
+            };
+    private final NetworkConfigListener cfgLister = new InternalNetworkConfigListener();
+    private ApplicationId appId;
+
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        appId = coreService.registerApplication(APP_NAME);
+        providerService = providerRegistry.register(this);
+        cfgService.registerConfigFactory(factory);
+        cfgService.addListener(cfgLister);
+        connectDevices();
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        providerRegistry.unregister(this);
+        providerService = null;
+        cfgService.unregisterConfigFactory(factory);
+        cfgService.removeListener(cfgLister);
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    public RestDeviceProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId(REST, PROVIDER));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void triggerProbe(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        // TODO: This will be implemented later.
+        log.info("Triggering probe on device {}", deviceId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void roleChanged(DeviceId deviceId, MastershipRole newRole) {
+        // TODO: This will be implemented later.
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReachable(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        RestSBDevice restDevice = controller.getDevice(deviceId);
+        if (restDevice == null) {
+            log.warn("BAD REQUEST: the requested device id: " +
+                             deviceId.toString() +
+                             "  is not associated to any REST Device");
+            return false;
+        }
+        return restDevice.isActive();
+    }
+
+    private void deviceAdded(RestSBDevice nodeId) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(nodeId, ISNOTNULL);
+        DeviceId deviceId = nodeId.deviceId();
+        ChassisId cid = new ChassisId();
+        String ipAddress = nodeId.ip().toString();
+        SparseAnnotations annotations = DefaultAnnotations.builder()
+                .set(IPADDRESS, ipAddress).build();
+        DeviceDescription deviceDescription = new DefaultDeviceDescription(
+                deviceId.uri(),
+                Device.Type.SWITCH,
+                UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN,
+                UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN,
+                cid,
+                annotations);
+        providerService.deviceConnected(deviceId, deviceDescription);
+        nodeId.setActive(true);
+        controller.addDevice(nodeId);
+    }
+
+    private void updatePorts(DeviceId deviceId, List<PortDescription> portDescriptions) {
+        // TODO get driver and call behavior to get ports
+        //signal the ports to onos
+    }
+
+    //when do I call it ?
+    public void deviceRemoved(RestSBDevice nodeId) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(nodeId, ISNOTNULL);
+        DeviceId deviceId = nodeId.deviceId();
+        providerService.deviceDisconnected(deviceId);
+        controller.removeDevice(nodeId);
+    }
+
+    private void connectDevices() {
+        RestProviderConfig cfg = cfgService.getConfig(appId, RestProviderConfig.class);
+        try {
+            if (cfg != null && cfg.getDevicesAddresses() != null) {
+                //Precomputing the devices to be removed
+                Set<RestSBDevice> toBeRemoved = new HashSet<>(controller.getDevices().values());
+                toBeRemoved.removeAll(cfg.getDevicesAddresses());
+                //Adding new devices
+                cfg.getDevicesAddresses().stream()
+                        .filter(device -> testDeviceConnection(device))
+                        .forEach(device -> {
+                            deviceAdded(device);
+                        });
+                //Removing devices not wanted anymore
+                toBeRemoved.stream().forEach(device -> deviceRemoved(device));
+
+            }
+        } catch (ConfigException e) {
+            log.error("Configuration error {}", e);
+        }
+        log.info("REST Devices {}", controller.getDevices());
+        //TODO ask for ports then call update ports.
+
+    }
+
+    private boolean testDeviceConnection(RestSBDevice device) {
+        try {
+            URL url = new URL(device.protocol(), device.ip().toString(), device.port(), "/");
+            HttpURLConnection urlConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            urlConn.setConnectTimeout(TEST_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
+            boolean open = urlConn.getResponseCode() == (HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
+            urlConn.disconnect();
+            return open;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Device {} not reachable, error creating HTTP connection", device, e);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private class InternalNetworkConfigListener implements NetworkConfigListener {
+
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
+            connectDevices();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isRelevant(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
+            //TODO refactor
+            return event.configClass().equals(RestProviderConfig.class) &&
+                    (event.type() == CONFIG_ADDED ||
+                            event.type() == CONFIG_UPDATED);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestProviderConfig.java b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestProviderConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2056dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestProviderConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.provider.rest.device.impl;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.config.basics.ConfigException;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.DefaultRestSBDevice;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for RestSB provider.
+ */
+@Beta
+public class RestProviderConfig extends Config<ApplicationId> {
+
+    public static final String CONFIG_VALUE_ERROR = "Error parsing config value";
+    private static final String IP = "ip";
+    private static final int DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 80;
+    private static final String PORT = "port";
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String PASSWORD = "password";
+    private static final String PROTOCOL = "protocol";
+
+    public Set<RestSBDevice> getDevicesAddresses() throws ConfigException {
+        Set<RestSBDevice> devicesAddresses = Sets.newHashSet();
+
+        try {
+            for (JsonNode node : array) {
+                String ip = node.path(IP).asText();
+                IpAddress ipAddr = ip.isEmpty() ? null : IpAddress.valueOf(ip);
+                int port = node.path(PORT).asInt(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT);
+                String name = node.path(NAME).asText();
+                String password = node.path(PASSWORD).asText();
+                String protocol = node.path(PROTOCOL).asText();
+                devicesAddresses.add(new DefaultRestSBDevice(ipAddr, port, name,
+                                                             password, protocol, false));
+
+            }
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw new ConfigException(CONFIG_VALUE_ERROR, e);
+        }
+
+        return devicesAddresses;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/package-info.java b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b4fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provider that uses REST calls request as a means of device discovery and setup.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.rest.device.impl;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/rest/pom.xml b/providers/rest/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fde493c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/rest/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 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">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>onos-providers</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-restsb-providers</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <modules>
+        <module>app</module>
+        <module>device</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
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diff --git a/tools/test/configs/restSB-cfg.json b/tools/test/configs/restSB-cfg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19bf776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/configs/restSB-cfg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "devices": {
+    "rest:127.0.0.1:8080": {
+      "basic": {
+        "driver": "rest"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "apps": {
+    "org.onosproject.restsb": {
+      "restDevices": [{
+        "name": "local",
+        "password": "local",
+        "ip": "127.0.0.1",
+        "port": 8080,
+        "protocol": "http"
+      }]
+    }
+  }
+}
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