diff --git a/src/vpp-api/vom/connection.cpp b/src/vpp-api/vom/connection.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "vom/connection.hpp"
+
+namespace VOM {
+connection::connection()
+  : m_app_name("vpp-OM")
+{
+}
+
+connection::~connection()
+{
+  disconnect();
+}
+
+void
+connection::disconnect()
+{
+  m_vapi_conn.disconnect();
+}
+
+void
+connection::connect()
+{
+  vapi_error_e rv;
+
+  do {
+    rv = m_vapi_conn.connect(m_app_name.c_str(),
+                             NULL, // m_api_prefix.c_str(),
+                             128, 128);
+  } while (VAPI_OK != rv);
+}
+
+vapi::Connection&
+connection::ctx()
+{
+  return (m_vapi_conn);
+}
+}
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "mozilla")
+ * End:
+ */