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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<html>
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="data/img/onos-logo.png">
+
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="data/img/apple-touch-icon.png">
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=/onos/ui">
+
+    <title>ONOS</title>
+
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>ONOS GUI not ready yet... stand by...</h1>
+</body>
+</html>