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;
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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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