diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/RoleInfoCodec.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/RoleInfoCodec.java
index c63c078..2bed282 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/RoleInfoCodec.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/RoleInfoCodec.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     private static final String MASTER = "master";
     private static final String BACKUPS = "backups";
 
-    private static final String MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE = " member is required in MastershipTerm";
+    private static final String MISSING_MEMBER_MESSAGE = " member is required in RoleInfo";
 
     @Override
     public ObjectNode encode(RoleInfo roleInfo, CodecContext context) {
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
index 237ffb1..2a03671 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/CoreWebApplication.java
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
                 DeviceKeyWebResource.class,
                 RegionsWebResource.class,
                 TenantWebResource.class,
-                VirtualNetworkWebResource.class
+                VirtualNetworkWebResource.class,
+                MastershipWebResource.class
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipWebResource.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipWebResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dfc28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipWebResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.rest.resources;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.RoleInfo;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onosproject.rest.AbstractWebResource;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsNotFound;
+
+/**
+ * Manage the mastership of ONOS instances.
+ */
+@Path("mastership")
+public final class MastershipWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+
+    private static final String NODE = "node";
+    private static final String DEVICES = "devices";
+    private static final String DEVICE_ID = "deviceId";
+    private static final String NODE_ID = "nodeId";
+
+    private static final String DEVICE_ID_INVALID = "Invalid deviceId for setting role";
+    private static final String NODE_ID_INVALID = "Invalid nodeId for setting role";
+
+    private static final String NODE_ID_NOT_FOUND = "Node id is not found";
+    private static final String ROLE_INFO_NOT_FOUND = "Role info is not found";
+    private static final String MASTERSHIP_ROLE_NOT_FOUND = "Mastership role is not found";
+    private static final String RESULT_NOT_FOUND = "Result is not found";
+
+    private final MastershipService mastershipService = get(MastershipService.class);
+    private final MastershipAdminService mastershipAdminService =
+                                         get(MastershipAdminService.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the role of the local node for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return role of the current node
+     * @onos.rsModel MastershipRole
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/local")
+    public Response getLocalRole(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        MastershipRole role = mastershipService.getLocalRole(DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId));
+        ObjectNode root = codec(MastershipRole.class).encode(role, this);
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current master for a given device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return the identifier of the master controller for the device
+     * // TODO: add swagger doc
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/master")
+    public Response getMasterFor(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        NodeId id = nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.getMasterFor(
+                    DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId)), NODE_ID_NOT_FOUND);
+
+        ObjectNode root = mapper().createObjectNode();
+        root.put(NODE, id.id());
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns controllers connected to a given device, in order of
+     * preference. The first entry in the list is the current master.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return a list of controller identifiers
+     * @onos.rsModel RoleInfo
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/role")
+    public Response getNodesFor(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        RoleInfo info = nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.getNodesFor(
+                        DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId)), ROLE_INFO_NOT_FOUND);
+        ObjectNode root = codec(RoleInfo.class).encode(info, this);
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the devices for which a controller is master.
+     *
+     * @param nodeId controller identifier
+     * @return a set of device identifiers
+     * // TODO: add swagger doc
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{nodeId}/device")
+    public Response getDeviceOf(@PathParam("nodeId") String nodeId) {
+        ObjectNode root = mapper().createObjectNode();
+        ArrayNode devicesNode = root.putArray(DEVICES);
+
+        Set<DeviceId> devices = mastershipService.getDevicesOf(NodeId.nodeId(nodeId));
+        if (devices != null) {
+            devices.forEach(id -> devicesNode.add(id.toString()));
+        }
+
+        return ok(root).build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the mastership status of the local controller for a given
+     * device forcing master selection if necessary.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return the role of this controller instance
+     * @onos.rsModel MastershipRole
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/request")
+    public Response requestRoleFor(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+
+        // TODO: will not use CompletableFuture when MastershipService
+        // provides a non CompletableFuture object as an output
+        CompletableFuture<MastershipRole> result =
+                nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.requestRoleFor(
+                        DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId)), MASTERSHIP_ROLE_NOT_FOUND);
+
+        try {
+            MastershipRole role = result.get();
+            ObjectNode root = codec(MastershipRole.class).encode(role, this);
+            return ok(root).build();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Abandons mastership of the specified device on the local node thus
+     * forcing selection of a new master. If the local node is not a master
+     * for this device, no master selection will occur.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return status of the request
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{deviceId}/relinquish")
+    public Response relinquishMastership(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId) {
+        DeviceId id = DeviceId.deviceId(deviceId);
+
+        // TODO: will not use CompletableFuture when MastershipService
+        // provides a non CompletableFuture object as an output
+        CompletableFuture<Void> result =
+                nullIsNotFound(mastershipService.relinquishMastership(id), RESULT_NOT_FOUND);
+
+        try {
+            result.get();
+            return Response.created(id.uri()).build();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies the current mastership role for the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param stream JSON representation of device, node, mastership info
+     * @return status of the request - CREATED if the JSON is correct,
+     * BAD_REQUEST if the JSON is invalid
+     * @onos.rsModel MastershipPut
+     */
+    @PUT
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response setRole(InputStream stream) {
+
+        try {
+            ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
+            JsonNode deviceIdJson = jsonTree.get(DEVICE_ID);
+            JsonNode nodeIdJson = jsonTree.get(NODE_ID);
+            MastershipRole role = codec(MastershipRole.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
+
+            if (deviceIdJson == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(DEVICE_ID_INVALID);
+            }
+
+            if (nodeIdJson == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(NODE_ID_INVALID);
+            }
+
+            // TODO: will not use CompletableFuture when MastershipAdminService
+            // provides a non CompletableFuture object as an output
+            CompletableFuture<Void> result =
+                    nullIsNotFound(mastershipAdminService.setRole(NodeId.nodeId(nodeIdJson.asText()),
+                    DeviceId.deviceId(deviceIdJson.asText()), role), RESULT_NOT_FOUND);
+            result.get();
+
+            return Response.ok().build();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Balances the mastership to be shared as evenly as possibly by all
+     * online instances.
+     *
+     * @return status of the request - OK if the request is successfully processed
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response balanceRoles() {
+        mastershipAdminService.balanceRoles();
+        return Response.ok().build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MastershipPut.json b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MastershipPut.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67f0437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MastershipPut.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "title": "mastership",
+  "required": [
+    "deviceId",
+    "nodeId",
+    "mastershipRole"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "deviceId": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "example": "of:0000000000000001"
+    },
+    "nodeId": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "example": "1"
+    },
+    "mastershipRole": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "example": "MASTER"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MastershipRole.json b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MastershipRole.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..add66aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/MastershipRole.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "title": "mastershipRole",
+  "required": [
+    "role"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "role": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "example": "MASTER"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/RoleInfo.json b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/RoleInfo.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e1e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/main/resources/definitions/RoleInfo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "title": "roleInfo",
+  "required": [
+    "master",
+    "backups"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "master": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "example": "1"
+    },
+    "backups": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "xml": {
+        "name": "backups",
+        "wrapped": true
+      },
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "example": "1"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipResourceTest.java b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipResourceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de92cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MastershipResourceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.rest.resources;
+
+import com.eclipsesource.json.Json;
+import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonArray;
+import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonObject;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.osgi.TestServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.rest.BaseResource;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.RoleInfo;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecService;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.anyObject;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expectLastCall;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole.MASTER;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for Mastership REST APIs.
+ */
+public final class MastershipResourceTest extends ResourceTest {
+
+    private final MastershipService mockService = createMock(MastershipService.class);
+    private final MastershipAdminService mockAdminService =
+                  createMock(MastershipAdminService.class);
+
+    private final DeviceId deviceId1 = DeviceId.deviceId("dev:1");
+    private final DeviceId deviceId2 = DeviceId.deviceId("dev:2");
+    private final DeviceId deviceId3 = DeviceId.deviceId("dev:3");
+
+    private final NodeId nodeId1 = NodeId.nodeId("node:1");
+    private final NodeId nodeId2 = NodeId.nodeId("node:2");
+    private final NodeId nodeId3 = NodeId.nodeId("node:3");
+    private final MastershipRole role1 = MASTER;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a mock role info which is comprised of one master and three backups.
+     *
+     * @return a mock role info instance
+     */
+    private RoleInfo createMockRoleInfo() {
+        NodeId master = NodeId.nodeId("master");
+        List<NodeId> backups = ImmutableList.of(nodeId1, nodeId2, nodeId3);
+
+        return new RoleInfo(master, backups);
+    }
+
+    private static final class RoleInfoJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeMatcher<JsonObject> {
+        private final RoleInfo roleInfo;
+        private String reason = "";
+
+        private RoleInfoJsonMatcher(RoleInfo roleInfo) {
+            this.roleInfo = roleInfo;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonObject jsonNode) {
+
+            // check master node identifier
+            String jsonNodeId = jsonNode.get("master") != null ?
+                                jsonNode.get("master").asString() : null;
+            String nodeId = roleInfo.master().id();
+            if (!StringUtils.equals(jsonNodeId, nodeId)) {
+                reason = "master's node id was " + jsonNodeId;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // check backup nodes size
+            final JsonArray jsonBackupNodeIds = jsonNode.get("backups").asArray();
+            if (jsonBackupNodeIds.size() != roleInfo.backups().size()) {
+                reason = "backup nodes size was " + jsonBackupNodeIds.size();
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // check backup nodes' identifier
+            for (NodeId backupNodeId : roleInfo.backups()) {
+                boolean backupFound = false;
+                for (int idx = 0; idx < jsonBackupNodeIds.size(); idx++) {
+                    if (backupNodeId.id().equals(jsonBackupNodeIds.get(idx).asString())) {
+                        backupFound = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!backupFound) {
+                    reason = "backup not found " + backupNodeId.id();
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeTo(Description description) {
+            description.appendText(reason);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate a role info json matcher.
+     *
+     * @param roleInfo role info object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    private static RoleInfoJsonMatcher matchesRoleInfo(RoleInfo roleInfo) {
+        return new RoleInfoJsonMatcher(roleInfo);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the global values for all the tests.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUpTest() {
+
+        final CodecManager codecService = new CodecManager();
+        codecService.activate();
+        ServiceDirectory testDirectory =
+                new TestServiceDirectory()
+                        .add(MastershipService.class, mockService)
+                        .add(MastershipAdminService.class, mockAdminService)
+                        .add(CodecService.class, codecService);
+
+        BaseResource.setServiceDirectory(testDirectory);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET when there are active master roles.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLocalRole() {
+        expect(mockService.getLocalRole(anyObject())).andReturn(role1).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final String response = wt.path("mastership/" + deviceId1.toString() +
+                                "/local").request().get(String.class);
+        final JsonObject result = Json.parse(response).asObject();
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(result.names(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(result.names().get(0), is("role"));
+
+        final String role = result.get("role").asString();
+        assertThat(role, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(role, is("MASTER"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET when there is no active master.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetMasterForNull() {
+        expect(mockService.getMasterFor(anyObject())).andReturn(null).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final Response response = wt.path("mastership/" + deviceId1.toString() +
+                "/master").request().get();
+        assertEquals(404, response.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET when there is active master.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetMasterFor() {
+        expect(mockService.getMasterFor(anyObject())).andReturn(nodeId1).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final String response = wt.path("mastership/" + deviceId1.toString() +
+                                "/master").request().get(String.class);
+        final JsonObject result = Json.parse(response).asObject();
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(result.names(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(result.names().get(0), is("node"));
+
+        final String node = result.get("node").asString();
+        assertThat(node, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(node, is("node:1"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET when there are no active nodes.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNodesForNull() {
+        expect(mockService.getNodesFor(anyObject())).andReturn(null).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final Response response = wt.path("mastership/" + deviceId1.toString() +
+                "/role").request().get();
+        assertEquals(404, response.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET when there are active nodes.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNodesFor() {
+        RoleInfo mockRoleInfo = createMockRoleInfo();
+        expect(mockService.getNodesFor(anyObject())).andReturn(mockRoleInfo).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final String response = wt.path("mastership/" + deviceId1.toString() +
+                                "/role").request().get(String.class);
+        final JsonObject result = Json.parse(response).asObject();
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(result, matchesRoleInfo(mockRoleInfo));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET when there are active devices.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDevicesOf() {
+        Set<DeviceId> deviceIds = ImmutableSet.of(deviceId1, deviceId2, deviceId3);
+        expect(mockService.getDevicesOf(anyObject())).andReturn(deviceIds).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final String response = wt.path("mastership/" + deviceId1.toString() +
+                                "/device").request().get(String.class);
+        final JsonObject result = Json.parse(response).asObject();
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(result.names(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(result.names().get(0), is("devices"));
+
+        final JsonArray jsonDevices = result.get("devices").asArray();
+        assertThat(jsonDevices, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(jsonDevices.size(), is(3));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET for requesting mastership role.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestRoleFor() {
+        // TODO: will be added when CompletableFuture is removed
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET for relinquishing mastership role.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRelinquishMastership() {
+        // TODO: will be added when CompletableFuture is removed
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API PUT for setting role.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testSetRole() {
+        // TODO: will be added when CompletableFuture is removed
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the result of the REST API GET for balancing roles.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testBalanceRoles() {
+        mockAdminService.balanceRoles();
+        expectLastCall();
+        replay(mockAdminService);
+
+        final WebTarget wt = target();
+        final Response response = wt.path("mastership").request().get();
+        assertThat(response.getStatus(), is(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/resources/put-set-roles.json b/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/resources/put-set-roles.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01cf1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/api/src/test/resources/org/onosproject/rest/resources/put-set-roles.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "deviceId": "of:0000000000000001",
+  "nodeId": "1",
+  "role": "MASTER"
+}
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