In preparation for dynamic clustering support:
- Added Cluster metadata service and metadata store interfaces
- Added a static cluster metadata store implementation that is backed by a local file.
- Consolidated the existing cluster.json and tablets.json metadata files into a single cluster.json file that has all the cluster related metadata.
- Removed dependency on ONOS_NIC env variable.

Change-Id: Ia0a8bb69740caecdcdde71a9408be37c56ae2504
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterAdminService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterAdminService.java
index 5f2b5ff..4794487 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterAdminService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterAdminService.java
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@
      * instance.
      *
      * @param nodes    set of nodes that form the cluster
-     * @param ipPrefix IP address prefix, e.g. 10.0.1.*
      */
-    void formCluster(Set<ControllerNode> nodes, String ipPrefix);
+    void formCluster(Set<ControllerNode> nodes);
 
     /**
      * Adds a new controller node to the cluster.
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterDefinitionService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterDefinitionService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ee78b1..0000000
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterDefinitionService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.cluster;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Service for obtaining the static definition of a controller cluster.
- */
-public interface ClusterDefinitionService {
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the local controller node.
-     * @return local controller node
-     */
-    ControllerNode localNode();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the set of seed nodes that should be used for discovering other members
-     * of the cluster.
-     * @return set of seed controller nodes
-     */
-    Set<ControllerNode> seedNodes();
-
-    /**
-     * Forms cluster configuration based on the specified set of node
-     * information. Assumes subsequent restart for the new configuration to
-     * take hold.
-     *
-     * @param nodes    set of nodes that form the cluster
-     * @param ipPrefix IP address prefix, e.g. 10.0.1.*
-     */
-    void formCluster(Set<ControllerNode> nodes, String ipPrefix);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadata.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadata.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..008886d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadata.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Verify.verifyNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Verify.verify;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
+/**
+ * Cluster metadata.
+ * <p>
+ * Metadata specifies the attributes that define a ONOS cluster and comprises the collection
+ * of {@link org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode nodes} and the collection of data
+ * {@link org.onosproject.cluster.Partition partitions}.
+ */
+public final class ClusterMetadata {
+
+    private String name;
+    private Set<ControllerNode> nodes;
+    private Set<Partition> partitions;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new cluster metadata builder.
+     * @return The cluster metadata builder.
+     */
+    public static Builder builder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the cluster.
+     *
+     * @return cluster name
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the collection of {@link org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode nodes} that make up the cluster.
+     * @return cluster nodes
+     */
+    public Collection<ControllerNode> getNodes() {
+        return this.nodes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the collection of data {@link org.onosproject.cluster.Partition partitions} that make up the cluster.
+     * @return collection of partitions.
+     */
+    public Collection<Partition> getPartitions() {
+        return this.partitions;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(ClusterMetadata.class)
+                .add("name", name)
+                .add("nodes", nodes)
+                .add("partitions", partitions)
+                .toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builder for a {@link ClusterMetadata} instance.
+     */
+    public static class Builder {
+
+        private final ClusterMetadata metadata;
+
+        public Builder() {
+            metadata = new ClusterMetadata();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the cluster name, returning the cluster metadata builder for method chaining.
+         * @param name cluster name
+         * @return this cluster metadata builder
+         */
+        public Builder withName(String name) {
+            metadata.name = checkNotNull(name);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the collection of cluster nodes, returning the cluster metadata builder for method chaining.
+         * @param controllerNodes collection of cluster nodes
+         * @return this cluster metadata builder
+         */
+        public Builder withControllerNodes(Collection<ControllerNode> controllerNodes) {
+            metadata.nodes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(controllerNodes));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the collection of data partitions, returning the cluster metadata builder for method chaining.
+         * @param partitions collection of partitions
+         * @return this cluster metadata builder
+         */
+        public Builder withPartitions(Collection<Partition> partitions) {
+            metadata.partitions = ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(partitions));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Builds the cluster metadata.
+         * @return cluster metadata
+         * @throws com.google.common.base.VerifyException VerifyException if the metadata is misconfigured
+         */
+        public ClusterMetadata build() {
+            verifyMetadata();
+            return metadata;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Validates the constructed metadata for semantic correctness.
+         * @throws VerifyException if the metadata is misconfigured.
+         */
+        private void verifyMetadata() {
+            verifyNotNull(metadata.getName(), "Cluster name must be specified");
+            verifyNotNull(metadata.getNodes(), "Cluster nodes must be specified");
+            verifyNotNull(metadata.getPartitions(), "Cluster partitions must be specified");
+            verify(!metadata.getNodes().isEmpty(), "Cluster nodes must not be empty");
+            verify(!metadata.getPartitions().isEmpty(), "Cluster nodes must not be empty");
+
+            // verify that partitions are constituted from valid cluster nodes.
+            boolean validPartitions = Collections2.transform(metadata.getNodes(), ControllerNode::id)
+                                                  .containsAll(metadata.getPartitions()
+                                                                       .stream()
+                                                                       .flatMap(r -> r.getMembers().stream())
+                                                                       .collect(Collectors.toSet()));
+            verify(validPartitions, "Partition locations must be valid cluster nodes");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0f461c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Describes a cluster metadata event.
+ */
+public class ClusterMetadataEvent extends AbstractEvent<ClusterMetadataEvent.Type, ClusterMetadata> {
+
+    /**
+     * Type of cluster metadata events.
+     */
+    public enum Type {
+        /**
+         * Signifies that the cluster metadata has changed.
+         */
+        METADATA_CHANGED,
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an event of a given type and for the specified metadata and the
+     * current time.
+     *
+     * @param type     cluster metadata event type
+     * @param metadata cluster metadata subject
+     */
+    public ClusterMetadataEvent(Type type, ClusterMetadata metadata) {
+        super(type, metadata);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an event of a given type and for the specified metadata and time.
+     *
+     * @param type     cluster metadata event type
+     * @param metadata cluster metadata subject
+     * @param time     occurrence time
+     */
+    public ClusterMetadataEvent(Type type, ClusterMetadata metadata, long time) {
+        super(type, metadata, time);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataEventListener.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataEventListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdfaeed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataEventListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.EventListener;
+
+/**
+ * Entity capable of receiving cluster metadata related events.
+ */
+public interface ClusterMetadataEventListener  extends EventListener<ClusterMetadataEvent> {
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25a6df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+/**
+ * Service for obtaining metadata information about the cluster.
+ */
+public interface ClusterMetadataService {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current cluster metadata.
+     * @return cluster metadata
+     */
+    ClusterMetadata getClusterMetadata();
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the cluster metadata.
+     * @param metadata new metadata
+     */
+    void setClusterMetadata(ClusterMetadata metadata);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the local controller node representing this instance.
+     * @return local controller node
+     */
+    ControllerNode getLocalNode();
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataStore.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e83b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.Store;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.Versioned;
+
+/**
+ * Manages persistence of cluster metadata; not intended for direct use.
+ */
+public interface ClusterMetadataStore extends Store<ClusterMetadataEvent, ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate> {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the cluster metadata.
+     * <p>
+     * The returned metadata is versioned to aid determining if a metadata instance is more recent than another.
+     * @return cluster metadata
+     */
+    Versioned<ClusterMetadata> getClusterMetadata();
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the cluster metadata.
+     * @param metadata new metadata value
+     */
+    void setClusterMetadata(ClusterMetadata metadata);
+
+    // TODO: The below methods should move to a separate store interface that is responsible for
+    // tracking cluster partition operational state.
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a controller node as an active member of a partition.
+     * <p>
+     * Active members are those replicas that are up to speed with the rest of the system and are
+     * usually capable of participating in the replica state management activities in accordance with
+     * the data consistency and replication protocol in use.
+     * @param partitionId partition identifier
+     * @param nodeId id of controller node
+     */
+    void setActiveReplica(String partitionId, NodeId nodeId);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a controller node as an active member for a partition.
+     * <p>
+     * Active members are those replicas that are up to speed with the rest of the system and are
+     * usually capable of participating in the replica state management activities in accordance with
+     * the data consistency and replication protocol in use.
+     * @param partitionId partition identifier
+     * @param nodeId id of controller node
+     */
+    void unsetActiveReplica(String partitionId, NodeId nodeId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the collection of controller nodes that are the active replicas for a partition.
+     * <p>
+     * Active members are those replicas that are up to speed with the rest of the system and are
+     * usually capable of participating in the replica state management activities in accordance with
+     * the data consistency and replication protocol in use.
+     * @param partitionId partition identifier
+     * @return identifiers of controller nodes that are the active replicas
+     */
+    Collection<NodeId> getActiveReplicas(String partitionId);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b56b7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.StoreDelegate;
+
+/**
+ * Cluster metadata store delegate abstraction.
+ */
+public interface ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate extends StoreDelegate<ClusterMetadataEvent> {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/Partition.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/Partition.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7590275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/Partition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * 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.cluster;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * A data partition.
+ * <p>
+ * Partition represents a slice of the data space and is made up of a collection
+ * of {@link org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode nodes}
+ * that all maintain copies of this data.
+ */
+public class Partition {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final Set<NodeId> members;
+
+    private Partition() {
+        name = null;
+        members = null;
+    }
+
+    public Partition(String name, Collection<NodeId> members) {
+        this.name = checkNotNull(name);
+        this.members = ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(members));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the partition name.
+     * <p>
+     * Each partition is identified by a unique name.
+     * @return partition name
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the collection of controller node identifiers that make up this partition.
+     * @return collection of controller node identifiers
+     */
+    public Collection<NodeId> getMembers() {
+        return this.members;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java
index 04d1dfd..7ddac0c 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java
@@ -25,17 +25,26 @@
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterAdminService;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterDefinitionService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEvent;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEventListener;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadata;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterStore;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterStoreDelegate;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.Partition;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractListenerManager;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
@@ -44,8 +53,6 @@
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 import static org.onosproject.security.AppPermission.Type.*;
 
-
-
 /**
  * Implementation of the cluster service.
  */
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@
     private ClusterStoreDelegate delegate = new InternalStoreDelegate();
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ClusterDefinitionService clusterDefinitionService;
+    protected ClusterMetadataService clusterMetadataService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected ClusterStore store;
@@ -73,8 +80,9 @@
     public void activate() {
         store.setDelegate(delegate);
         eventDispatcher.addSink(ClusterEvent.class, listenerRegistry);
-        clusterDefinitionService.seedNodes()
-                                .forEach(node -> store.addNode(node.id(), node.ip(), node.tcpPort()));
+        clusterMetadataService.getClusterMetadata()
+                              .getNodes()
+                              .forEach(node -> store.addNode(node.id(), node.ip(), node.tcpPort()));
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
@@ -119,11 +127,16 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void formCluster(Set<ControllerNode> nodes, String ipPrefix) {
+    public void formCluster(Set<ControllerNode> nodes) {
         checkNotNull(nodes, "Nodes cannot be null");
         checkArgument(!nodes.isEmpty(), "Nodes cannot be empty");
-        checkNotNull(ipPrefix, "IP prefix cannot be null");
-        clusterDefinitionService.formCluster(nodes, ipPrefix);
+
+        ClusterMetadata metadata = ClusterMetadata.builder()
+                                                  .withName("default")
+                                                  .withControllerNodes(nodes)
+                                                  .withPartitions(buildDefaultPartitions(nodes))
+                                                  .build();
+        clusterMetadataService.setClusterMetadata(metadata);
         try {
             log.warn("Shutting down container for cluster reconfiguration!");
             systemService.reboot("now", SystemService.Swipe.NONE);
@@ -153,4 +166,21 @@
             post(event);
         }
     }
+
+    private static Collection<Partition> buildDefaultPartitions(Collection<ControllerNode> nodes) {
+        List<ControllerNode> sorted = new ArrayList<>(nodes);
+        Collections.sort(sorted, (o1, o2) -> o1.id().toString().compareTo(o2.id().toString()));
+        Collection<Partition> partitions = Lists.newArrayList();
+
+        int length = nodes.size();
+        int count = 3;
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            Set<NodeId> set = new HashSet<>(count);
+            for (int j = 0; j < count; j++) {
+                set.add(sorted.get((i + j) % length).id());
+            }
+            partitions.add(new Partition("p" + (i + 1), set));
+        }
+        return partitions;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterMetadataManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterMetadataManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0f7a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterMetadataManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package org.onosproject.cluster.impl;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+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.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadata;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataEvent;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataEventListener;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataStore;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
+import org.onosproject.event.AbstractListenerManager;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.Versioned;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of ClusterMetadataService.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class ClusterMetadataManager
+    extends AbstractListenerManager<ClusterMetadataEvent, ClusterMetadataEventListener>
+    implements ClusterMetadataService {
+
+    private ControllerNode localNode;
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate delegate = new InternalStoreDelegate();
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ClusterMetadataStore store;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        store.setDelegate(delegate);
+        eventDispatcher.addSink(ClusterMetadataEvent.class, listenerRegistry);
+        establishSelfIdentity();
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        store.unsetDelegate(delegate);
+        eventDispatcher.removeSink(ClusterMetadataEvent.class);
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ClusterMetadata getClusterMetadata() {
+        return Versioned.valueOrElse(store.getClusterMetadata(), null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ControllerNode getLocalNode() {
+        return localNode;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClusterMetadata(ClusterMetadata metadata) {
+        checkNotNull(metadata, "Cluster metadata cannot be null");
+        store.setClusterMetadata(metadata);
+    }
+
+    // Store delegate to re-post events emitted from the store.
+    private class InternalStoreDelegate implements ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate {
+        @Override
+        public void notify(ClusterMetadataEvent event) {
+            post(event);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private IpAddress findLocalIp(Collection<ControllerNode> controllerNodes) throws SocketException {
+        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces =
+                NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
+        while (interfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
+            NetworkInterface iface = interfaces.nextElement();
+            Enumeration<InetAddress> inetAddresses = iface.getInetAddresses();
+            while (inetAddresses.hasMoreElements()) {
+                IpAddress ip = IpAddress.valueOf(inetAddresses.nextElement());
+                if (controllerNodes.stream()
+                        .map(ControllerNode::ip)
+                        .anyMatch(nodeIp -> ip.equals(nodeIp))) {
+                    return ip;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to determine local ip");
+    }
+
+    private void establishSelfIdentity() {
+        try {
+            IpAddress ip = findLocalIp(getClusterMetadata().getNodes());
+            localNode = getClusterMetadata().getNodes()
+                                            .stream()
+                                            .filter(node -> node.ip().equals(ip))
+                                            .findFirst()
+                                            .get();
+        } catch (SocketException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot determine local IP", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinition.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinition.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 75f05a3..0000000
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinition.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.store.cluster.impl;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-
-/**
- * Cluster definition.
- */
-public class ClusterDefinition {
-
-    private Set<NodeInfo> nodes;
-    private String ipPrefix;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new cluster definition.
-     * @param nodes cluster nodes information
-     * @param ipPrefix ip prefix common to all cluster nodes
-     * @return cluster definition
-     */
-    public static ClusterDefinition from(Set<NodeInfo> nodes, String ipPrefix) {
-        ClusterDefinition definition = new ClusterDefinition();
-        definition.ipPrefix = ipPrefix;
-        definition.nodes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(nodes);
-        return definition;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns set of cluster nodes info.
-     * @return cluster nodes info
-     */
-    public Set<NodeInfo> getNodes() {
-        return ImmutableSet.copyOf(nodes);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns ipPrefix in dotted decimal notion.
-     * @return ip prefix
-     */
-    public String getIpPrefix() {
-        return ipPrefix;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinitionManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinitionManager.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b0001d..0000000
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinitionManager.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,194 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.store.cluster.impl;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
-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.cluster.ClusterDefinitionService;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.DefaultControllerNode;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
-import org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl.DatabaseDefinition;
-import org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl.DatabaseDefinitionStore;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.NetworkInterface;
-import java.net.SocketException;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-import static java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces;
-import static java.util.Collections.list;
-import static org.onosproject.cluster.DefaultControllerNode.DEFAULT_PORT;
-import static org.onosproject.store.consistent.impl.DatabaseManager.PARTITION_DEFINITION_FILE;
-import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of ClusterDefinitionService.
- */
-@Component(immediate = true)
-@Service
-public class ClusterDefinitionManager implements ClusterDefinitionService {
-
-    public static final String CLUSTER_DEFINITION_FILE = "../config/cluster.json";
-    private static final String ONOS_NIC = "ONOS_NIC";
-    private static final Logger log = getLogger(ClusterDefinitionManager.class);
-    private ControllerNode localNode;
-    private Set<ControllerNode> seedNodes;
-
-    @Activate
-    public void activate() {
-        File clusterDefinitionFile = new File(CLUSTER_DEFINITION_FILE);
-        ClusterDefinitionStore clusterDefinitionStore =
-                new ClusterDefinitionStore(clusterDefinitionFile.getPath());
-
-        if (!clusterDefinitionFile.exists()) {
-            createDefaultClusterDefinition(clusterDefinitionStore);
-        }
-
-        try {
-            ClusterDefinition clusterDefinition = clusterDefinitionStore.read();
-            establishSelfIdentity(clusterDefinition);
-            seedNodes = ImmutableSet
-                    .copyOf(clusterDefinition.getNodes())
-                    .stream()
-                    .filter(n -> !localNode.id().equals(new NodeId(n.getId())))
-                    .map(n -> new DefaultControllerNode(new NodeId(n.getId()),
-                                                        IpAddress.valueOf(n.getIp()),
-                                                        n.getTcpPort()))
-                    .collect(Collectors.toSet());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to read cluster definition.", e);
-        }
-
-        log.info("Started");
-    }
-
-    @Deactivate
-    public void deactivate() {
-        log.info("Stopped");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ControllerNode localNode() {
-        return localNode;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Set<ControllerNode> seedNodes() {
-        return seedNodes;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void formCluster(Set<ControllerNode> nodes, String ipPrefix) {
-        try {
-            Set<NodeInfo> infos = Sets.newHashSet();
-            nodes.forEach(n -> infos.add(NodeInfo.from(n.id().toString(),
-                                                       n.ip().toString(),
-                                                       n.tcpPort())));
-
-            ClusterDefinition cdef = ClusterDefinition.from(infos, ipPrefix);
-            new ClusterDefinitionStore(CLUSTER_DEFINITION_FILE).write(cdef);
-
-            DatabaseDefinition ddef = DatabaseDefinition.from(infos);
-            new DatabaseDefinitionStore(PARTITION_DEFINITION_FILE).write(ddef);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Unable to form cluster", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private IpAddress findLocalIp(ClusterDefinition clusterDefinition) throws SocketException {
-        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces =
-                NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
-        while (interfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
-            NetworkInterface iface = interfaces.nextElement();
-            Enumeration<InetAddress> inetAddresses = iface.getInetAddresses();
-            while (inetAddresses.hasMoreElements()) {
-                IpAddress ip = IpAddress.valueOf(inetAddresses.nextElement());
-                if (clusterDefinition.getNodes().stream()
-                        .map(NodeInfo::getIp)
-                        .map(IpAddress::valueOf)
-                        .anyMatch(nodeIp -> ip.equals(nodeIp))) {
-                    return ip;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to determine local ip");
-    }
-
-    private void establishSelfIdentity(ClusterDefinition clusterDefinition) {
-        try {
-            IpAddress ip = findLocalIp(clusterDefinition);
-            localNode = new DefaultControllerNode(new NodeId(ip.toString()), ip);
-        } catch (SocketException e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot determine local IP", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void createDefaultClusterDefinition(ClusterDefinitionStore store) {
-        // Assumes IPv4 is returned.
-        String ip = getSiteLocalAddress();
-        String ipPrefix = ip.replaceFirst("\\.[0-9]*$", ".*");
-        NodeInfo node = NodeInfo.from(ip, ip, DEFAULT_PORT);
-        try {
-            store.write(ClusterDefinition.from(ImmutableSet.of(node), ipPrefix));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.warn("Unable to write default cluster definition", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the address that matches the IP prefix given in ONOS_NIC
-     * environment variable if one was specified, or the first site local
-     * address if one can be found or the loopback address otherwise.
-     *
-     * @return site-local address in string form
-     */
-    public static String getSiteLocalAddress() {
-        try {
-            String ipPrefix = System.getenv(ONOS_NIC);
-            for (NetworkInterface nif : list(getNetworkInterfaces())) {
-                for (InetAddress address : list(nif.getInetAddresses())) {
-                    IpAddress ip = IpAddress.valueOf(address);
-                    if (ipPrefix == null && address.isSiteLocalAddress() ||
-                            ipPrefix != null && matchInterface(ip.toString(), ipPrefix)) {
-                        return ip.toString();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (SocketException e) {
-            log.error("Unable to get network interfaces", e);
-        }
-
-        return IpAddress.valueOf(InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress()).toString();
-    }
-
-    // Indicates whether the specified interface address matches the given prefix.
-    // FIXME: Add a facility to IpPrefix to make this more robust
-    private static boolean matchInterface(String ip, String ipPrefix) {
-        String s = ipPrefix.replaceAll("\\.\\*", "");
-        return ip.startsWith(s);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinitionStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinitionStore.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a2f4dc..0000000
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/ClusterDefinitionStore.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2014-2015 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.store.cluster.impl;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.google.common.io.Files;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-/**
- * Allows for reading and writing cluster definition as a JSON file.
- */
-public class ClusterDefinitionStore {
-
-    private final File file;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a reader/writer of the cluster definition file.
-     * @param filePath location of the definition file
-     */
-    public ClusterDefinitionStore(String filePath) {
-        file = new File(filePath);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the cluster definition.
-     * @return cluster definition
-     * @throws IOException when I/O exception of some sort has occurred
-     */
-    public ClusterDefinition read() throws IOException {
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        return mapper.readValue(file, ClusterDefinition.class);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes the specified cluster definition to file.
-     * @param definition cluster definition
-     * @throws IOException when I/O exception of some sort has occurred
-     */
-    public void write(ClusterDefinition definition) throws IOException {
-        checkNotNull(definition);
-        // write back to file
-        Files.createParentDirs(file);
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        mapper.writeValue(file, definition);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java
index 859efeb..3bb6a70 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterDefinitionService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEvent;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterStore;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterStoreDelegate;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@
     private ControllerNode localNode;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ClusterDefinitionService clusterDefinitionService;
+    protected ClusterMetadataService clusterMetadataService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected MessagingService messagingService;
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
-        localNode = clusterDefinitionService.localNode();
+        localNode = clusterMetadataService.getLocalNode();
 
         messagingService.registerHandler(HEARTBEAT_MESSAGE,
                                          new HeartbeatMessageHandler(), heartBeatMessageHandler);
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@
         heartBeatSender.scheduleWithFixedDelay(this::heartbeat, 0,
                                                HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
-        addNode(localNode);
-        updateState(localNode.id(), State.ACTIVE);
-
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@
 
     private void addNode(ControllerNode node) {
         allNodes.put(node.id(), node);
-        updateState(node.id(), State.INACTIVE);
+        updateState(node.id(), node.equals(localNode) ? State.ACTIVE : State.INACTIVE);
         notifyDelegate(new ClusterEvent(ClusterEvent.Type.INSTANCE_ADDED, node));
     }
 
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/StaticClusterMetadataStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/StaticClusterMetadataStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f6c413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/StaticClusterMetadataStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+package org.onosproject.store.cluster.impl;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+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.cluster.ClusterMetadata;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataEvent;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataStore;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.DefaultControllerNode;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.Partition;
+import org.onosproject.store.AbstractStore;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.Versioned;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.io.Files;
+
+/**
+ * ClusterMetadataStore backed by a local file.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true, enabled = true)
+@Service
+public class StaticClusterMetadataStore
+    extends AbstractStore<ClusterMetadataEvent, ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate>
+    implements ClusterMetadataStore {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+    private static final String CLUSTER_METADATA_FILE = "../config/cluster.json";
+    private static final int DEFAULT_ONOS_PORT = 9876;
+    private final File metadataFile = new File(CLUSTER_METADATA_FILE);
+    private AtomicReference<ClusterMetadata> metadata = new AtomicReference<>();
+    private ObjectMapper mapper;
+    private long version;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
+        module.addSerializer(NodeId.class, new NodeIdSerializer());
+        module.addDeserializer(NodeId.class, new NodeIdDeserializer());
+        module.addSerializer(ControllerNode.class, new ControllerNodeSerializer());
+        module.addDeserializer(ControllerNode.class, new ControllerNodeDeserializer());
+        mapper.registerModule(module);
+        File metadataFile = new File(CLUSTER_METADATA_FILE);
+        if (metadataFile.exists()) {
+            try {
+                metadata.set(mapper.readValue(metadataFile, ClusterMetadata.class));
+                version = metadataFile.lastModified();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                Throwables.propagate(e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            String localIp = getSiteLocalAddress();
+            ControllerNode localNode =
+                    new DefaultControllerNode(new NodeId(localIp), IpAddress.valueOf(localIp), DEFAULT_ONOS_PORT);
+            metadata.set(ClusterMetadata.builder()
+                    .withName("default")
+                    .withControllerNodes(Arrays.asList(localNode))
+                    .withPartitions(Lists.newArrayList(new Partition("p1", Lists.newArrayList(localNode.id()))))
+                    .build());
+            version = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        }
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDelegate(ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate delegate) {
+        checkNotNull(delegate, "Delegate cannot be null");
+        this.delegate = delegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unsetDelegate(ClusterMetadataStoreDelegate delegate) {
+        this.delegate = null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasDelegate() {
+        return this.delegate != null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Versioned<ClusterMetadata> getClusterMetadata() {
+        return new Versioned<>(metadata.get(), version);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setClusterMetadata(ClusterMetadata metadata) {
+        checkNotNull(metadata);
+        try {
+            Files.createParentDirs(metadataFile);
+            mapper.writeValue(metadataFile, metadata);
+            this.metadata.set(metadata);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Throwables.propagate(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setActiveReplica(String partitionId, NodeId nodeId) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unsetActiveReplica(String partitionId, NodeId nodeId) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<NodeId> getActiveReplicas(String partitionId) {
+        return metadata.get().getPartitions()
+                       .stream()
+                       .filter(r -> r.getName().equals(partitionId))
+                       .findFirst()
+                       .map(r -> r.getMembers())
+                       .orElse(null);
+    }
+
+    private static class ControllerNodeSerializer extends JsonSerializer<ControllerNode> {
+        @Override
+        public void serialize(ControllerNode node, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+          throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+            jgen.writeStartObject();
+            jgen.writeStringField("id", node.id().toString());
+            jgen.writeStringField("ip", node.ip().toString());
+            jgen.writeNumberField("port", node.tcpPort());
+            jgen.writeEndObject();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class ControllerNodeDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<ControllerNode> {
+        @Override
+        public ControllerNode deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
+                throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+            JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
+            NodeId nodeId = new NodeId(node.get("id").textValue());
+            IpAddress ip = IpAddress.valueOf(node.get("ip").textValue());
+            int port = node.get("port").asInt();
+            return new DefaultControllerNode(nodeId, ip, port);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class NodeIdSerializer extends JsonSerializer<NodeId> {
+        @Override
+        public void serialize(NodeId nodeId, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+          throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+            jgen.writeString(nodeId.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class NodeIdDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<NodeId> {
+        @Override
+        public NodeId deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
+          throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+            JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
+            return new NodeId(node.asText());
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private static String getSiteLocalAddress() {
+        Function<NetworkInterface, IpAddress> ipLookup = nif -> {
+            for (InetAddress address : Collections.list(nif.getInetAddresses())) {
+                if (address.isSiteLocalAddress()) {
+                    return IpAddress.valueOf(address);
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        };
+        try {
+            IpAddress ip = ipLookup.apply(NetworkInterface.getByName("eth0"));
+            if (ip != null) {
+                return ip.toString();
+            }
+            for (NetworkInterface nif : Collections.list(getNetworkInterfaces())) {
+                ip = ipLookup.apply(nif);
+                if (ip != null) {
+                    return ip.toString();
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to get network interfaces", e);
+        }
+        return IpAddress.valueOf(InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress()).toString();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/IOLoopMessagingManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/IOLoopMessagingManager.java
index ffdd25f..ddb45f7 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/IOLoopMessagingManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/IOLoopMessagingManager.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
 import org.onlab.nio.service.IOLoopMessaging;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterDefinitionService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.Endpoint;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ClusterDefinitionService clusterDefinitionService;
+    protected ClusterMetadataService clusterMetadataService;
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() throws Exception {
-        ControllerNode localNode = clusterDefinitionService.localNode();
+        ControllerNode localNode = clusterMetadataService.getLocalNode();
         super.start(new Endpoint(localNode.ip(), localNode.tcpPort()));
         log.info("Started");
     }
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/NettyMessagingManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/NettyMessagingManager.java
index 9328817..23c8186 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/NettyMessagingManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/messaging/impl/NettyMessagingManager.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.impl;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
 import org.onlab.netty.NettyMessaging;
-import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterDefinitionService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.Endpoint;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@
     private static final short MIN_KS_LENGTH = 6;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ClusterDefinitionService clusterDefinitionService;
+    protected ClusterMetadataService clusterMetadataService;
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() throws Exception {
-        ControllerNode localNode = clusterDefinitionService.localNode();
+        ControllerNode localNode = clusterMetadataService.getLocalNode();
         getTLSParameters();
         super.start(new Endpoint(localNode.ip(), localNode.tcpPort()));
         log.info("Started");
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseDefinition.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseDefinition.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 11b56c1..0000000
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseDefinition.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.store.consistent.impl;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
-import org.onosproject.store.cluster.impl.NodeInfo;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-
-/**
- * Partitioned database configuration.
- */
-public class DatabaseDefinition {
-    private Map<String, Set<NodeInfo>> partitions;
-    private Set<NodeInfo> nodes;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new DatabaseDefinition.
-     *
-     * @param partitions partition map
-     * @param nodes      set of nodes
-     * @return database definition
-     */
-    public static DatabaseDefinition from(Map<String, Set<NodeInfo>> partitions,
-                                          Set<NodeInfo> nodes) {
-        checkNotNull(partitions);
-        checkNotNull(nodes);
-        DatabaseDefinition definition = new DatabaseDefinition();
-        definition.partitions = ImmutableMap.copyOf(partitions);
-        definition.nodes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(nodes);
-        return definition;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new DatabaseDefinition using default partitions.
-     *
-     * @param nodes set of nodes
-     * @return database definition
-     */
-    public static DatabaseDefinition from(Set<NodeInfo> nodes) {
-        return from(generateDefaultPartitions(nodes), nodes);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the map of database partitions.
-     *
-     * @return db partition map
-     */
-    public Map<String, Set<NodeInfo>> getPartitions() {
-        return partitions;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the set of nodes.
-     *
-     * @return nodes
-     */
-    public Set<NodeInfo> getNodes() {
-        return nodes;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Generates set of default partitions using permutations of the nodes.
-     *
-     * @param nodes information about cluster nodes
-     * @return default partition map
-     */
-    private static Map<String, Set<NodeInfo>> generateDefaultPartitions(Set<NodeInfo> nodes) {
-        List<NodeInfo> sorted = new ArrayList<>(nodes);
-        Collections.sort(sorted, (o1, o2) -> o1.getId().compareTo(o2.getId()));
-        Map<String, Set<NodeInfo>> partitions = Maps.newHashMap();
-
-        int length = nodes.size();
-        int count = 3;
-        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-            Set<NodeInfo> set = new HashSet<>(count);
-            for (int j = 0; j < count; j++) {
-                set.add(sorted.get((i + j) % length));
-            }
-            partitions.put("p" + (i + 1), set);
-        }
-        return partitions;
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseDefinitionStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseDefinitionStore.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b77667b..0000000
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseDefinitionStore.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.store.consistent.impl;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.google.common.io.Files;
-
-/**
- * Allows for reading and writing partitioned database definition as a JSON file.
- */
-public class DatabaseDefinitionStore {
-
-    private final File file;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a reader/writer of the database definition file.
-     *
-     * @param filePath location of the definition file
-     */
-    public DatabaseDefinitionStore(String filePath) {
-        file = new File(checkNotNull(filePath));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a reader/writer of the database definition file.
-     *
-     * @param filePath location of the definition file
-     */
-    public DatabaseDefinitionStore(File filePath) {
-        file = checkNotNull(filePath);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the database definition.
-     *
-     * @return database definition
-     * @throws IOException when I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
-     */
-    public DatabaseDefinition read() throws IOException {
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        return mapper.readValue(file, DatabaseDefinition.class);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes the specified database definition to file.
-     *
-     * @param definition database definition
-     * @throws IOException when I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
-     */
-    public void write(DatabaseDefinition definition) throws IOException {
-        checkNotNull(definition);
-        // write back to file
-        Files.createParentDirs(file);
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        mapper.writeValue(file, definition);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java
index 6ea7c22..3e89635 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/consistent/impl/DatabaseManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
@@ -50,12 +49,12 @@
 import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationListener;
 import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadataService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.core.IdGenerator;
-import org.onosproject.store.cluster.impl.ClusterDefinitionManager;
-import org.onosproject.store.cluster.impl.NodeInfo;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
 import org.onosproject.store.ecmap.EventuallyConsistentMapBuilderImpl;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicCounterBuilder;
@@ -73,8 +72,6 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.service.TransactionContextBuilder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -99,8 +96,6 @@
 
     private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
 
-    public static final int COPYCAT_TCP_PORT = 9876;
-    public static final String PARTITION_DEFINITION_FILE = "../config/tablets.json";
     public static final String BASE_PARTITION_NAME = "p0";
 
     private static final int RAFT_ELECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 3000;
@@ -122,6 +117,9 @@
             Multimaps.synchronizedMultimap(ArrayListMultimap.create());
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ClusterMetadataService clusterMetadataService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected ClusterService clusterService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.OPTIONAL_UNARY, policy = ReferencePolicy.DYNAMIC)
@@ -130,8 +128,9 @@
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected ClusterCommunicationService clusterCommunicator;
 
-    protected String nodeToUri(NodeInfo node) {
-        return String.format("onos://%s:%d", node.getIp(), node.getTcpPort());
+    protected String nodeIdToUri(NodeId nodeId) {
+        ControllerNode node = clusterService.getNode(nodeId);
+        return String.format("onos://%s:%d", node.ip(), node.tcpPort());
     }
 
     protected void bindApplicationService(ApplicationService service) {
@@ -147,30 +146,22 @@
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
         localNodeId = clusterService.getLocalNode().id();
-        // load database configuration
-        File databaseDefFile = new File(PARTITION_DEFINITION_FILE);
-        log.info("Loading database definition: {}", databaseDefFile.getAbsolutePath());
 
-        Map<String, Set<NodeInfo>> partitionMap;
-        try {
-            DatabaseDefinitionStore databaseDefStore = new DatabaseDefinitionStore(databaseDefFile);
-            if (!databaseDefFile.exists()) {
-                createDefaultDatabaseDefinition(databaseDefStore);
-            }
-            partitionMap = databaseDefStore.read().getPartitions();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to load database config", e);
-        }
+        Map<String, Set<NodeId>> partitionMap = Maps.newHashMap();
+        clusterMetadataService.getClusterMetadata().getPartitions().forEach(p -> {
+            partitionMap.put(p.getName(), Sets.newHashSet(p.getMembers()));
+        });
+
 
         String[] activeNodeUris = partitionMap.values()
                     .stream()
                     .reduce((s1, s2) -> Sets.union(s1, s2))
                     .get()
                     .stream()
-                    .map(this::nodeToUri)
+                    .map(this::nodeIdToUri)
                     .toArray(String[]::new);
 
-        String localNodeUri = nodeToUri(NodeInfo.of(clusterService.getLocalNode()));
+        String localNodeUri = nodeIdToUri(clusterMetadataService.getLocalNode().id());
         Protocol protocol = new CopycatCommunicationProtocol(clusterService, clusterCommunicator);
 
         ClusterConfig clusterConfig = new ClusterConfig()
@@ -198,7 +189,7 @@
         List<Database> partitions = partitionMap.entrySet()
             .stream()
             .map(entry -> {
-                String[] replicas = entry.getValue().stream().map(this::nodeToUri).toArray(String[]::new);
+                String[] replicas = entry.getValue().stream().map(this::nodeIdToUri).toArray(String[]::new);
                 return newDatabaseConfig(entry.getKey(), newPersistentLog(), replicas);
                 })
             .map(config -> {
@@ -229,17 +220,6 @@
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
-    private void createDefaultDatabaseDefinition(DatabaseDefinitionStore store) {
-        // Assumes IPv4 is returned.
-        String ip = ClusterDefinitionManager.getSiteLocalAddress();
-        NodeInfo node = NodeInfo.from(ip, ip, COPYCAT_TCP_PORT);
-        try {
-            store.write(DatabaseDefinition.from(ImmutableSet.of(node)));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.warn("Unable to write default cluster definition", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() {
         CompletableFuture.allOf(inMemoryDatabase.close(), partitionedDatabase.close())