diff --git a/local/http-channel/pom.xml b/local/http-channel/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6a367e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2015-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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.opencord.ce</groupId>
+        <artifactId>local</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>local-channel</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>Http communication channel between hierarchic ONOS controllers</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <onos.app.name>org.opencord.ce.local.channel.http</onos.app.name>
+        <web.context>/ecord</web.context>
+        <onos.app.title>ECORD-CE App</onos.app.title>
+        <onos.app.url>http://opencord.org</onos.app.url>
+        <project.version>1.0.0</project.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.opencord.ce</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bigswitch</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <instructions>
+                        <_wab>src/main/webapp/</_wab>
+                        <Bundle-SymbolicName>
+                            ${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}
+                        </Bundle-SymbolicName>
+                        <Import-Package>
+                            *,org.glassfish.jersey.servlet
+                        </Import-Package>
+                        <Web-ContextPath>${web.context}</Web-ContextPath>
+                    </instructions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>snapshots</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>snapshots</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/ConnectionConfig.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/ConnectionConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a98365b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/ConnectionConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.client;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+import org.onosproject.net.domain.DomainId;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.EndPoint;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration class for this bundle.
+ * Currently this configuration is simply the connection endpoint of the global ONOS.
+ *
+ * Look at config-samples/ecord-local-config.json for a sample configuration
+ */
+public class ConnectionConfig extends Config<ApplicationId> {
+
+    private static final String PORT = "port";
+    private static final String DOMAIN_IPS = "clusterIps";
+    private static final String USERNAME = "username";
+    private static final String PASSWD = "password";
+    private static final String TOPIC = "topic";
+
+    public EndPoint global() {
+        Set<IpAddress> ipAddresses = Sets.newHashSet();
+        object.path(DOMAIN_IPS).forEach(ipAddress -> ipAddresses.add(
+                IpAddress.valueOf(ipAddress.asText())
+        ));
+        int port = object.path(PORT).asInt();
+
+        String username = object.path(USERNAME).asText();
+        String password = object.path(PASSWD).asText();
+
+        String topic = object.path(TOPIC).asText();
+
+        return new EndPoint(DomainId.domainId("global"), ipAddresses, port,
+                username, password, topic);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e93625a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.client;
+
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.Timeout;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.TimerTask;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onlab.util.Timer;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.EndPoint;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.BASE_URL;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.COLON;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.DOUBLESLASH;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.HTTP;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.MASTER;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.MASTER_IP;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.OK;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.RESULT;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Executed periodically to find the leader node of a domain.
+ * Stops when the ip is found
+ */
+public class DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask implements TimerTask {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private Timeout timeout;
+    private volatile boolean isStopped;
+    private EndPoint endPoint;
+    private Client client;
+    private String localSiteId;
+
+    private ObjectMapper mapper;
+
+    public DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask(EndPoint endPoint, Client client,
+                                       ObjectMapper mapper, String localSiteId) {
+        this.endPoint = endPoint;
+        this.client = client;
+        this.mapper = mapper;
+        this.localSiteId = localSiteId;
+
+        isStopped = true;
+        start();
+
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void stop() {
+        if (!isStopped) {
+            isStopped = true;
+            timeout.cancel();
+        } else {
+            log.warn("IpDiscovery stopped multiple times?");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void start() {
+        if (isStopped) {
+            isStopped = false;
+            timeout = Timer.getTimer().newTimeout(this, 0, SECONDS);
+        } else {
+            log.warn("IpDiscovery started multiple times?");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public synchronized boolean isStopped() {
+        return isStopped || timeout.isCancelled();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run(Timeout t) {
+        if (isStopped()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        for (IpAddress ipAddress : endPoint.ipAddresses()) {
+            String url = HTTP + COLON + DOUBLESLASH + ipAddress.toString() + COLON +
+                    endPoint.port() + BASE_URL + "/global" + MASTER + "/" + localSiteId;
+            log.info("GET: " + url);
+            WebTarget wt = client.target(url);
+            Response response = wt.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+                    .get();
+            log.info("DEBUG response: " + response.toString());
+            if (response.getStatus() != Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode()) {
+
+                continue;
+            }
+            String stringBody = response.readEntity(String.class);
+            try {
+                ObjectNode responseBody = (ObjectNode) mapper.readTree(stringBody);
+                if (responseBody.path(RESULT).asText().equals(OK)) {
+                    IpAddress masterIpAdress =  IpAddress.valueOf(responseBody.path(MASTER_IP).asText());
+                    HttpClientInstance.INSTANCE.setMasterIp(endPoint, masterIpAdress);
+                    this.stop();
+                    return;
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                log.info("getLocalMasterIp() IOException, try next endpoint ip");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!isStopped()) {
+            timeout = Timer.getTimer().newTimeout(this, 3, SECONDS);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/HttpClientComponent.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/HttpClientComponent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99f0d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/HttpClientComponent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.client;
+
+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.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipService;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigFactory;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.basics.SubjectFactories;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortDescription;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.EndPoint;
+import org.opencord.ce.local.bigswitch.BigSwitchEvent;
+import org.opencord.ce.local.bigswitch.BigSwitchListener;
+import org.opencord.ce.local.bigswitch.BigSwitchService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+/**
+ * Component that reacts to the BigSwitch events by notifying the global ONOS orchestrator.
+ */
+// TODO: better name
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class HttpClientComponent {
+    private static final String APP_NAME = "org.opencord.ce.local.channel.http";
+
+    // temporary
+    private static final String TOPIC_ONE = "ecord-domains-topic-one";
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+    private ApplicationId appId;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ClusterService clusterService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LeadershipService leadershipService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected NetworkConfigRegistry configRegistry;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected NetworkConfigService configService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CoreService coreService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected BigSwitchService bigSwitchService;
+
+    private EndPoint globalOnos;
+
+    private final ExecutorService eventExecutor =
+            Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+
+    private final ConfigFactory<ApplicationId, ConnectionConfig> configFactory =
+            new ConfigFactory<ApplicationId, ConnectionConfig>(SubjectFactories.APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY,
+                    ConnectionConfig.class, "global") {
+                @Override
+                public ConnectionConfig createConfig() {
+                    return new ConnectionConfig();
+                }
+            };
+
+    private final NetworkConfigListener configListener = new InternalConfigListener();
+    private final BigSwitchListener bigSwitchListener = new InternalBigSwitchListener();
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        log.info("Started");
+
+        appId = coreService.registerApplication(APP_NAME);
+        leadershipService.runForLeadership(TOPIC_ONE);
+        configRegistry.registerConfigFactory(configFactory);
+        configService.addListener(configListener);
+        bigSwitchService.addListener(bigSwitchListener);
+        HttpClientInstance.INSTANCE.configure(clusterService, leadershipService);
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        log.info("Stopped");
+
+        leadershipService.withdraw(TOPIC_ONE);
+        bigSwitchService.removeListener(bigSwitchListener);
+        configService.removeListener(configListener);
+        configRegistry.unregisterConfigFactory(configFactory);
+        HttpClientInstance.INSTANCE.stopNetworkTasks();
+    }
+
+    private void readConfig() {
+        globalOnos = configRegistry.getConfig(appId, ConnectionConfig.class)
+                        .global();
+        if (globalOnos == null) {
+            log.error("Configuration failure");
+            return;
+        }
+        HttpClientInstance.INSTANCE.setGlobalOnos(globalOnos);
+    }
+
+    private class InternalBigSwitchListener implements BigSwitchListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(BigSwitchEvent event) {
+            log.info(event.toString());
+            switch (event.type()) {
+                case DEVICE_CREATED:
+                    log.info("DEBUG: DEV_CREATED event");
+                    HttpClientInstance.INSTANCE.notifyBigSwitch();
+                case PORT_ADDED:
+                case PORT_UPDATED:
+                case PORT_REMOVED:
+                    // the subject is port last updated / added port
+                    // but we are not interested in it now
+                    List<PortDescription> ports = event.allPorts();
+                    HttpClientInstance.INSTANCE.notifyBigSwitchPorts(ports);
+                    break;
+                case DEVICE_REMOVED:
+                    // TODO
+                    break;
+                default:
+                        break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InternalConfigListener implements NetworkConfigListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
+            if (!event.configClass().equals(ConnectionConfig.class)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            switch (event.type()) {
+                case CONFIG_ADDED:
+                    log.info("Network configuration added");
+                    eventExecutor.execute(HttpClientComponent.this::readConfig);
+                    break;
+                case CONFIG_UPDATED:
+                    log.info("Network configuration updated");
+                    eventExecutor.execute(HttpClientComponent.this::readConfig);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/HttpClientInstance.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/HttpClientInstance.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d831d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/HttpClientInstance.java
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.client;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipService;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultDevice;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultPort;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.Port;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.onosproject.rest.AbstractWebResource;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.EndPoint;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.RequestCallback;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+
+import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.BASE_URL;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.COLON;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.DELETE;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.DOUBLESLASH;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.GET;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.HTTP;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.POST;
+
+/**
+ * HTTP client instance used to communicate
+ * to the global ONOS events related to the big switch topology abstraction.
+ */
+public enum HttpClientInstance {
+    INSTANCE;
+    private final Logger log =
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpClientInstance.class);
+    private static final Object MONITOR = new Object();
+
+    private static final int STATUS_OK = Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode();
+    private static final int STATUS_REQ_UNPROCESSABLE = Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE.getStatusCode();
+
+    private final AbstractWebResource codecContext = new AbstractWebResource();
+    private final Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
+
+    private ClusterService clusterService;
+    private LeadershipService leadershipService;
+    private EndPoint globalOnos;
+    private IpAddress currentRemoteMasterIp;
+    private DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask globalMasterIpDiscoveryTask;
+
+    private final ExecutorService networkExecutor =
+            newSingleThreadExecutor();
+
+    public void configure(ClusterService clusterService, LeadershipService leadershipService) {
+            this.clusterService = clusterService;
+            this.leadershipService = leadershipService;
+    }
+
+    protected void setGlobalOnos(EndPoint globalOnos) {
+        synchronized (MONITOR) {
+            this.globalOnos = globalOnos;
+        }
+        // TODO: add leadership listeners to react to changes
+        if (isLeader(globalOnos.topic())) {
+            globalMasterIpDiscoveryTask =
+                    new DomainMasterIpDiscoveryTask(globalOnos, client, codecContext.mapper(),
+                            clusterService.getLocalNode().id().id());
+        }  else {
+            log.info("I am NOT the leader for the communication with the global");
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void setMasterIp(EndPoint endPoint, IpAddress ipAddress) {
+        synchronized (MONITOR) {
+            currentRemoteMasterIp = ipAddress;
+            MONITOR.notify();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isLeader(String topic) {
+        return leadershipService.getLeader(topic).id()
+                .equals(clusterService.getLocalNode().id().id());
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkReply(Response response) {
+        if (response != null) {
+            return checkStatusCode(response.getStatus());
+        }
+        log.error("Null reply from end point");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkStatusCode(int statusCode) {
+        if (statusCode == STATUS_OK) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            log.error("Failed request, HTTP error code : "
+                    + statusCode);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void stopNetworkTasks() {
+        globalMasterIpDiscoveryTask.stop();
+    }
+
+    public void notifyBigSwitch() {
+        String siteId = clusterService.getLocalNode().id().id();
+        String deviceId = "domain:" + siteId;
+        String resource = "/" + siteId + "/" + deviceId;
+        ObjectNode body = codecContext.mapper().createObjectNode();
+        // body is empty for now
+        networkExecutor.execute(new NetworkTask(POST, resource, body.toString(), new RequestCallback() {
+            @Override
+            public void onSuccess(Response response) {
+
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onError(Response response) {
+
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    public void notifyBigSwitchPorts(List<PortDescription> ports) {
+        String siteId = clusterService.getLocalNode().id().id();
+        JsonCodec<Port> portCodec = codecContext.codec(Port.class);
+        ArrayNode body = codecContext.mapper().createArrayNode();
+        DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId("domain:" + siteId);
+        ports.forEach(portDescription ->
+            body.add(portCodec.encode(new DefaultPort(new DummyDevice(deviceId), portDescription.portNumber(),
+                    portDescription.isEnabled(), portDescription.type(),
+                    portDescription.portSpeed(), portDescription.annotations()), codecContext)));
+        String resource = "/" + siteId + "/" + deviceId + "/ports";
+        networkExecutor.execute(new NetworkTask(POST, resource, body.toString(), new RequestCallback() {
+            @Override
+            public void onSuccess(Response response) {
+
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onError(Response response) {
+
+            }
+        }));
+
+    }
+
+    private class NetworkTask implements Runnable {
+        private String method;
+        private String resource;
+        private String body;
+        private RequestCallback callback;
+
+        NetworkTask(String method, String resource, String body,
+                    RequestCallback callback) {
+            this.method = method;
+            this.resource = resource;
+            this.body = body;
+            this.callback = callback;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            synchronized (MONITOR) {
+                while (globalOnos == null || currentRemoteMasterIp == null) {
+                    try {
+                        log.info("wait() global-ONOS endpoint");
+                        MONITOR.wait();
+                    } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+                        log.info("Interrupted exception: " + ie.getMessage());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            String url = HTTP + COLON + DOUBLESLASH + currentRemoteMasterIp + COLON +
+                    globalOnos.port() + BASE_URL + "/global/topology" + resource;
+
+            log.info("Sending data via http: url: {}\n body: {}", url, body);
+
+            WebTarget webTarget = client.target(url);
+            Response response;
+            switch (method) {
+                case POST:
+                    response = webTarget.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+                            .post(Entity.entity(body, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+                    break;
+                case DELETE:
+                    response = webTarget.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).delete();
+                    break;
+                case GET:
+                default:
+                    response = webTarget.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get();
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if (!checkReply(response)) {
+                callback.onError(response);
+            } else {
+                callback.onSuccess(response);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Dummy Device which only holds DeviceId.
+     */
+    private static final class DummyDevice extends DefaultDevice {
+        /**
+         * Constructs Dummy Device which only holds DeviceId.
+         *
+         * @param did device Id
+         */
+        public DummyDevice(DeviceId did) {
+            super(new ProviderId(did.uri().getScheme(), "PortCodec"), did,
+                    Type.SWITCH, "dummy", "0", "0", "0", new ChassisId(),
+                    DefaultAnnotations.EMPTY);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/TestTopology.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/TestTopology.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..725a3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/TestTopology.java
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.client;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.Link;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onosproject.net.Port;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onosproject.net.SparseAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultDeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultPortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.DefaultLinkDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkProviderService;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Inject fake topology elements.
+ */
+//@Component(immediate = true)
+public class TestTopology implements DeviceProvider,
+        LinkProvider {
+    public static final String PROVIDER_NAME = "org.opencord.ce.local.test";
+    public static final ProviderId PROVIDER_ID = new ProviderId("test", PROVIDER_NAME);
+    private static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+    public static final String TEST_DEV_PREFIX = "test:0000";
+    public static final int NUM = 1;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CoreService coreService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceProviderRegistry deviceProviderRegistry;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LinkProviderRegistry linkProviderRegistry;
+
+    protected DeviceProviderService deviceProviderService;
+    protected LinkProviderService linkProviderService;
+
+    @Override
+    public ProviderId id() {
+        return PROVIDER_ID;
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        coreService.registerApplication(PROVIDER_NAME);
+        deviceProviderService = deviceProviderRegistry.register(this);
+        linkProviderService = linkProviderRegistry.register(this);
+
+        new Thread(this::buildFakeNetwork).start();
+
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        deviceProviderRegistry.unregister(this);
+        linkProviderRegistry.unregister(this);
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void triggerProbe(DeviceId deviceId){
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void roleChanged(DeviceId deviceId, MastershipRole newRole) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReachable(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void changePortState(DeviceId deviceId, PortNumber portNumber,
+                                boolean enable) {
+
+    }
+
+    private void buildFakeNetwork() {
+        ChassisId chassisId = new ChassisId();
+        SparseAnnotations annotations = DefaultAnnotations.builder()
+                .set("no-lldp", "any")
+                .set("test", "test")
+                .build();
+        int i;
+        int j;
+        for (i = 1; i <= NUM; i++) {
+            DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(TEST_DEV_PREFIX + i);
+            DeviceDescription deviceDescription = new DefaultDeviceDescription(
+                    deviceId.uri(),
+                    Device.Type.SWITCH,
+                    UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN,
+                    chassisId, annotations);
+            deviceProviderService.deviceConnected(deviceId, deviceDescription);
+            List<PortDescription> ports = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (j = 1; j <= NUM; j++) {
+                ports.add(new DefaultPortDescription(PortNumber.portNumber(j),
+                        true, Port.Type.FIBER, 10000,
+                        annotations));
+
+            }
+            deviceProviderService.updatePorts(deviceId, ports);
+
+            String macString = randomMCAddress();
+            log.info("MacString: {}", macString);
+/*
+            HostDescription hostDescription = new DefaultHostDescription(MacAddress.valueOf(macString),
+                    VlanId.NONE,
+                    new HostLocation(deviceId, PortNumber.portNumber(1), 0),
+                    annotations);
+            hostProviderService.hostDetected(hostId, hostDescription, true);
+            */
+        }
+
+        long seed = (long) ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextDouble();
+        Random rand = new Random(seed);
+        for (i = 1; i <= NUM; i++) {
+            for (j = i + 1; j <= NUM; j++) {
+
+
+                if (rand.nextDouble() > 0.5) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                LinkDescription linkDescription = new DefaultLinkDescription(
+                        ConnectPoint.deviceConnectPoint(TEST_DEV_PREFIX + i + "/" + j),
+                        ConnectPoint.deviceConnectPoint(TEST_DEV_PREFIX + j + "/" + (i + 1)),
+                        Link.Type.DIRECT,
+                        true,
+                        annotations
+                );
+                LinkDescription linkDescription1 = new DefaultLinkDescription(
+                        ConnectPoint.deviceConnectPoint(TEST_DEV_PREFIX + j + "/" + (i + 1)),
+                        ConnectPoint.deviceConnectPoint(TEST_DEV_PREFIX + i + "/" + j),
+                        Link.Type.DIRECT,
+                        true,
+                        annotations
+                );
+                linkProviderService.linkDetected(linkDescription);
+                linkProviderService.linkDetected(linkDescription1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private String randomMCAddress() {
+        Random rand = new Random();
+        byte[] macAddr = new byte[6];
+        rand.nextBytes(macAddr);
+
+        macAddr[0] = (byte) (macAddr[0] & (byte) 254);  //zeroing last 2
+        // bytes to make it unicast and locally adminstrated
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(18);
+        for (byte b : macAddr) {
+
+            if (sb.length() > 0) {
+                sb.append(":");
+            }
+            sb.append(String.format("%02x", b));
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/package-info.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93ee03f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/client/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the client-side communication channel APIs.
+ */
+package org.opencord.ce.local.channel.client;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/DomainMasterIpResource.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/DomainMasterIpResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f906c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/DomainMasterIpResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.server;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onosproject.rest.AbstractWebResource;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.MASTER_API_NO_IP_BODY;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.MASTER_IP;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.OK;
+import static org.opencord.ce.api.services.channel.Symbols.RESULT;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Gets the ip of the instance leader of the communication with the specified
+ * domainId.
+ */
+@Path("master")
+public class DomainMasterIpResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @GET
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response getMasterIp() {
+        log.info("Global domain asks who is the master for him");
+
+        //IpAddress ip = get(ConnectionService.class).getLocalMasterIp(id);
+
+        // testing
+        IpAddress ip = get(ClusterService.class).getLocalNode().ip();
+        if (ip != null) {
+            ObjectNode body = mapper().createObjectNode();
+            body.put(RESULT, OK);
+            body.put(MASTER_IP, ip.toString());
+
+            return ok(body.toString()).build();
+        } else {
+            return ok(MASTER_API_NO_IP_BODY).build();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/EcordLocalRestApp.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/EcordLocalRestApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..810fa2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/EcordLocalRestApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.server;
+
+import org.onlab.rest.AbstractWebApplication;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+
+/**
+ * Loader class for web resource APIs.
+ */
+public class EcordLocalRestApp extends AbstractWebApplication {
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {
+        return getClasses(MetroNetworkResource.class, DomainMasterIpResource.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/MetroNetworkResource.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/MetroNetworkResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281315a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/MetroNetworkResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.opencord.ce.local.channel.server;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.rest.AbstractWebResource;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.models.CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.models.CarrierEthernetNetworkInterface;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.models.CarrierEthernetUni;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.models.EvcConnId;
+import org.opencord.ce.api.services.MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+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.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Web resource for {@link MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService}
+ * APIs.
+ */
+@Path("carrierethernet")
+public class MetroNetworkResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+    private static final String FC = "fc";
+    private static final String SRC_NI = "srcNi";
+    private static final String DST_NI_LIST = "dstNiList";
+    private static final String UNI = "uni";
+
+    private JsonCodec<CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct> fcCodec =
+            codec(CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct.class);
+    private JsonCodec<CarrierEthernetNetworkInterface> niCodec =
+            codec(CarrierEthernetNetworkInterface.class);
+
+    @Path("ForwardingConstruct")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @POST
+    public Response setNodeForwarding(InputStream stream) {
+        try {
+            JsonNode responseBody = mapper().readTree(stream);
+            log.info(responseBody.toString());
+            MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService localNodeService =
+                    get(MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService.class);
+
+            CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct fc =
+                    fcCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(FC), this);
+            CarrierEthernetNetworkInterface srcNi =
+                    niCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(SRC_NI), this);
+            Set<CarrierEthernetNetworkInterface> dstNiSet = new HashSet<>();
+            responseBody.path(DST_NI_LIST).forEach(jsonDstNi ->
+                dstNiSet.add(niCodec.decode((ObjectNode) jsonDstNi, this)));
+
+            localNodeService.setNodeForwarding(fc, srcNi, dstNiSet);
+            return Response.status(200).build();
+        } catch (IOException io) {
+            log.info("Json parse error");
+            return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Path("createBwp")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @POST
+    public Response createBandwidthProfileResources(InputStream stream) {
+        try {
+            MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService localNodeService =
+                    get(MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService.class);
+
+            JsonNode responseBody = mapper().readTree(stream);
+            log.info(responseBody.toString());
+
+            CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct fc =
+                    fcCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(FC), this);
+            CarrierEthernetUni uni = (CarrierEthernetUni)
+                    niCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(UNI), this);
+            localNodeService.createBandwidthProfileResources(fc, uni);
+            return Response.status(200).build();
+        } catch (IOException io) {
+            log.info("Json parse error");
+            return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Path("applyBwp")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @POST
+    public Response applyBandwidthProfileResources(InputStream stream) {
+        try {
+            MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService localNodeService =
+                    get(MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService.class);
+
+            JsonNode responseBody = mapper().readTree(stream);
+            log.info(responseBody.toString());
+
+            CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct fc =
+                fcCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(FC), this);
+            CarrierEthernetUni uni = (CarrierEthernetUni)
+                niCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(UNI), this);
+
+            localNodeService.applyBandwidthProfileResources(fc, uni);
+            return Response.status(200).build();
+        } catch (IOException io) {
+            log.info("Json parse error");
+            return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Path("deleteBwp")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @POST
+    public Response removeBandwidthProfileResources(InputStream stream) {
+        try {
+            MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService localNodeService =
+                    get(MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService.class);
+
+            JsonNode responseBody = mapper().readTree(stream);
+            log.info(responseBody.toString());
+
+            CarrierEthernetForwardingConstruct fc =
+                    fcCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(FC), this);
+
+            CarrierEthernetUni uni = (CarrierEthernetUni)
+                    niCodec.decode((ObjectNode) responseBody.path(UNI), this);
+
+            localNodeService.applyBandwidthProfileResources(fc, uni);
+            return Response.status(200).build();
+        } catch (IOException io) {
+            log.info("Json parse error");
+            return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_ACCEPTABLE).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Path("deleteFcResources/{fcId}")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @GET
+    public Response removeAllForwardingResources(@PathParam("{fcId}") String fcId) {
+        EvcConnId evcId = EvcConnId.of(fcId);
+        MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService localNodeService =
+                get(MetroNetworkVirtualNodeService.class);
+
+        localNodeService.removeAllForwardingResources(evcId);
+        return Response.status(200).build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/package-info.java b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab612ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/java/org/opencord/ce/local/channel/server/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the server-side communication channel APIs.
+ */
+package org.opencord.ce.local.channel.server;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local/http-channel/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/local/http-channel/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32cc06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/http-channel/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         id="ONOS" version="2.5">
+    <display-name>ICONA REST API v1.0</display-name>
+
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>JAX-RS Service</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>javax.ws.rs.Application</param-name>
+            <param-value>org.opencord.ce.local.channel.server.EcordLocalRestApp</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <load-on-startup>10</load-on-startup>
+    </servlet>
+
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>JAX-RS Service</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+</web-app>