diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 8d18cf80b..a613b766d 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 
 	"github.com/minio/cli"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/server"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/server/api"
 )
 
 func removeDuplicates(slice []string) []string {
@@ -58,16 +59,29 @@ EXAMPLES:
 `,
 }
 
+func getAPIServerConfig(c *cli.Context) api.Config {
+	certFile := c.GlobalString("cert")
+	keyFile := c.GlobalString("key")
+	if (certFile != "" && keyFile == "") || (certFile == "" && keyFile != "") {
+		Fatalln("Both certificate and key are required to enable https.")
+	}
+	tls := (certFile != "" && keyFile != "")
+	return api.Config{
+		Address:   c.GlobalString("address"),
+		TLS:       tls,
+		CertFile:  certFile,
+		KeyFile:   keyFile,
+		RateLimit: c.GlobalInt("ratelimit"),
+	}
+}
+
 func runServer(c *cli.Context) {
 	_, err := user.Current()
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Unable to determine current user. Reason: %s\n", err)
 	}
-	if len(c.Args()) < 1 {
-		cli.ShowCommandHelpAndExit(c, "server", 1) // last argument is exit code
-	}
 	apiServerConfig := getAPIServerConfig(c)
-	if err := api.StartServer(apiServerConfig); err != nil {
+	if err := server.StartServices(apiServerConfig); err != nil {
 		Fatalln(err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 82429440b..a372a4975 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/minio/cli"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/iodine"
 )
 
@@ -71,22 +70,6 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func getAPIServerConfig(c *cli.Context) api.Config {
-	certFile := c.GlobalString("cert")
-	keyFile := c.GlobalString("key")
-	if (certFile != "" && keyFile == "") || (certFile == "" && keyFile != "") {
-		Fatalln("Both certificate and key are required to enable https.")
-	}
-	tls := (certFile != "" && keyFile != "")
-	return api.Config{
-		Address:   c.GlobalString("address"),
-		TLS:       tls,
-		CertFile:  certFile,
-		KeyFile:   keyFile,
-		RateLimit: c.GlobalInt("ratelimit"),
-	}
-}
-
 // Tries to get os/arch/platform specific information
 // Returns a map of current os/arch/platform/memstats
 func getSystemData() map[string]string {
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-router.go b/pkg/api/api-router.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b6750b28d..000000000
--- a/pkg/api/api-router.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, Inc.
- *
- * 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 api
-
-import router "github.com/gorilla/mux"
-
-type minioAPI struct{}
-
-// New api
-func New(config Config) API {
-	var api = minioAPI{}
-
-	mux := router.NewRouter()
-	mux.HandleFunc("/", api.listBucketsHandler).Methods("GET")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.listObjectsHandler).Methods("GET")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.putBucketHandler).Methods("PUT")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.headBucketHandler).Methods("HEAD")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.headObjectHandler).Methods("HEAD")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.putObjectPartHandler).Queries("partNumber", "{partNumber:[0-9]+}", "uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("PUT")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.listObjectPartsHandler).Queries("uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("GET")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.completeMultipartUploadHandler).Queries("uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("POST")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.newMultipartUploadHandler).Methods("POST")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.abortMultipartUploadHandler).Queries("uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("DELETE")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.getObjectHandler).Methods("GET")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.putObjectHandler).Methods("PUT")
-
-	// not implemented yet
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.deleteBucketHandler).Methods("DELETE")
-
-	// unsupported API
-	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.deleteObjectHandler).Methods("DELETE")
-
-	handler := validContentTypeHandler(mux)
-	handler = timeValidityHandler(handler)
-	handler = ignoreResourcesHandler(handler)
-	handler = validateAuthHeaderHandler(handler)
-	handler = rateLimitHandler(handler, config.RateLimit)
-	handler = loggingHandler(handler)
-	return API{config, handler}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/api/web/web.go b/pkg/api/web/web.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e7ffeae9..000000000
--- a/pkg/api/web/web.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2015 Minio, Inc.
- *
- * 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 web
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/api/config"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/iodine"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/utils/crypto/keys"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/utils/log"
-)
-
-const (
-	defaultWeb = "polygon"
-)
-
-type webAPI struct {
-	conf    config.Config
-	webPath string
-}
-
-// No encoder interface exists, so we create one.
-type encoder interface {
-	Encode(v interface{}) error
-}
-
-// HTTPHandler - http wrapper handler
-func HTTPHandler() http.Handler {
-	mux := mux.NewRouter()
-	var api = webAPI{}
-
-	if err := api.conf.SetupConfig(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(iodine.New(err, nil))
-	}
-
-	api.webPath = filepath.Join(api.conf.GetConfigPath(), defaultWeb)
-	mux.Handle("/{polygon:.*}", http.FileServer(http.Dir(api.webPath))).Methods("GET")
-	mux.HandleFunc("/access", api.accessHandler).Methods("POST")
-	return mux
-}
-
-func writeResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, response interface{}) []byte {
-	var bytesBuffer bytes.Buffer
-	var encoder encoder
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	encoder = json.NewEncoder(&bytesBuffer)
-	w.Header().Set("Server", "Minio Management Console")
-	w.Header().Set("Connection", "close")
-	encoder.Encode(response)
-	return bytesBuffer.Bytes()
-}
-
-func (web *webAPI) accessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	var err error
-	var accesskey, secretkey []byte
-	username := req.FormValue("username")
-	if len(username) <= 0 {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = web.conf.ReadConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error.Println(iodine.New(err, nil))
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-
-	if web.conf.IsUserExists(username) {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusConflict)
-		return
-	}
-
-	var user = config.User{}
-	user.Name = username
-
-	accesskey, err = keys.GenerateRandomAlphaNumeric(keys.MinioAccessID)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error.Println(iodine.New(err, nil))
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-	user.AccessKey = string(accesskey)
-
-	secretkey, err = keys.GenerateRandomBase64(keys.MinioSecretID)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error.Println(iodine.New(err, nil))
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-	user.SecretKey = string(secretkey)
-
-	web.conf.AddUser(user)
-	err = web.conf.WriteConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error.Println(iodine.New(err, nil))
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = web.conf.ReadConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error.Println(iodine.New(err, nil))
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Get user back for sending it over HTTP reply
-	user = web.conf.GetUser(username)
-	w.Write(writeResponse(w, user))
-}
diff --git a/pkg/api/acl.go b/pkg/server/api/acl.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/acl.go
rename to pkg/server/api/acl.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-bucket-handlers.go b/pkg/server/api/api-bucket-handlers.go
similarity index 79%
rename from pkg/api/api-bucket-handlers.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-bucket-handlers.go
index cec239e98..bae237e0b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api-bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api-bucket-handlers.go
@@ -23,21 +23,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
-func (server *minioAPI) isValidOp(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, acceptsContentType contentType) bool {
+// MinioAPI -
+type MinioAPI struct{}
+
+func (api MinioAPI) isValidOp(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, acceptsContentType contentType) bool {
 	vars := mux.Vars(req)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 	log.Println(bucket)
 	return true
 }
 
-// GET Bucket (List Multipart uploads)
+// ListMultipartUploadsHandler - GET Bucket (List Multipart uploads)
 // -------------------------
 // This operation lists in-progress multipart uploads. An in-progress
 // multipart upload is a multipart upload that has been initiated,
 // using the Initiate Multipart Upload request, but has not yet been completed or aborted.
 // This operation returns at most 1,000 multipart uploads in the response.
 //
-func (server *minioAPI) listMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) ListMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	log.Println(acceptsContentType)
 
@@ -51,21 +54,21 @@ func (server *minioAPI) listMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *
 	log.Println(bucket)
 }
 
-// GET Bucket (List Objects)
+// ListObjectsHandler - GET Bucket (List Objects)
 // -------------------------
 // This implementation of the GET operation returns some or all (up to 1000)
 // of the objects in a bucket. You can use the request parameters as selection
 // criteria to return a subset of the objects in a bucket.
 //
-func (server *minioAPI) listObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) ListObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// verify if bucket allows this operation
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
 	if isRequestUploads(req.URL.Query()) {
-		server.listMultipartUploadsHandler(w, req)
+		api.ListMultipartUploadsHandler(w, req)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -80,11 +83,11 @@ func (server *minioAPI) listObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Requ
 
 }
 
-// GET Service
+// ListBucketsHandler - GET Service
 // -----------
 // This implementation of the GET operation returns a list of all buckets
 // owned by the authenticated sender of the request.
-func (server *minioAPI) listBucketsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) ListBucketsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// uncomment this when we have webcli
 	// without access key credentials one cannot list buckets
@@ -95,10 +98,10 @@ func (server *minioAPI) listBucketsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Requ
 	log.Println(acceptsContentType)
 }
 
-// PUT Bucket
+// PutBucketHandler - PUT Bucket
 // ----------
 // This implementation of the PUT operation creates a new bucket for authenticated request
-func (server *minioAPI) putBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) PutBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// uncomment this when we have webcli
 	// without access key credentials one cannot create a bucket
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 	//	return
 	// }
 	if isRequestBucketACL(req.URL.Query()) {
-		server.putBucketACLHandler(w, req)
+		api.PutBucketACLHandler(w, req)
 		return
 	}
 	// read from 'x-amz-acl'
@@ -122,10 +125,10 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 	log.Println(bucket)
 }
 
-// PUT Bucket ACL
+// PutBucketACLHandler - PUT Bucket ACL
 // ----------
 // This implementation of the PUT operation modifies the bucketACL for authenticated request
-func (server *minioAPI) putBucketACLHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) PutBucketACLHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// read from 'x-amz-acl'
 	aclType := getACLType(req)
@@ -139,13 +142,13 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putBucketACLHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Req
 	log.Println(bucket)
 }
 
-// HEAD Bucket
+// HeadBucketHandler - HEAD Bucket
 // ----------
 // This operation is useful to determine if a bucket exists.
 // The operation returns a 200 OK if the bucket exists and you
 // have permission to access it. Otherwise, the operation might
 // return responses such as 404 Not Found and 403 Forbidden.
-func (server *minioAPI) headBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) HeadBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	log.Println(acceptsContentType)
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-definitions.go b/pkg/server/api/api-definitions.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/api/api-definitions.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-definitions.go
index 526bfba6f..e4b2ffbdb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api-definitions.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api-definitions.go
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ package api
 
 import "encoding/xml"
 
+// Config - http server config
+type Config struct {
+	Address   string
+	TLS       bool
+	CertFile  string
+	KeyFile   string
+	RateLimit int
+}
+
 // Limit number of objects in a given response
 const (
 	maxObjectList = 1000
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-generic-handlers.go b/pkg/server/api/api-generic-handlers.go
similarity index 94%
rename from pkg/api/api-generic-handlers.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-generic-handlers.go
index 2f0cf251e..1cff82502 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api-generic-handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api-generic-handlers.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/api/config"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/server/config"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/utils/crypto/keys"
 )
 
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ func parseDate(req *http.Request) (time.Time, error) {
 	return time.Time{}, errors.New("invalid request")
 }
 
-func validContentTypeHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+// ValidContentTypeHandler -
+func ValidContentTypeHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return contentTypeHandler{h}
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ func (h contentTypeHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 
-func timeValidityHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+// TimeValidityHandler -
+func TimeValidityHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return timeHandler{h}
 }
 
@@ -170,9 +172,10 @@ func (h timeHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 
+// ValidateAuthHeaderHandler -
 // validate auth header handler is wrapper handler used for API request validation with authorization header.
 // Current authorization layer supports S3's standard HMAC based signature request.
-func validateAuthHeaderHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func ValidateAuthHeaderHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return validateAuthHandler{h}
 }
 
@@ -206,10 +209,11 @@ func (h validateAuthHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+// IgnoreResourcesHandler -
 // Ignore resources handler is wrapper handler used for API request resource validation
 // Since we do not support all the S3 queries, it is necessary for us to throw back a
 // valid error message indicating such a feature is not implemented.
-func ignoreResourcesHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func IgnoreResourcesHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return resourceHandler{h}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-logging-handlers.go b/pkg/server/api/api-logging-handlers.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/api/api-logging-handlers.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-logging-handlers.go
index 87e12b98d..0ee9ca2fe 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api-logging-handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api-logging-handlers.go
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ func getLogMessage(logMessage *logMessage, w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Requ
 	return js
 }
 
-// loggingHandler logs requests
-func loggingHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+// LoggingHandler logs requests
+func LoggingHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	logger, _ := fileLogger("access.log")
 	return &logHandler{handler: h, logger: logger}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-object-handlers.go b/pkg/server/api/api-object-handlers.go
similarity index 78%
rename from pkg/api/api-object-handlers.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-object-handlers.go
index 409c4d571..0ec281500 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api-object-handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api-object-handlers.go
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ const (
 	maxPartsList = 1000
 )
 
-// GET Object
+// GetObjectHandler - GET Object
 // ----------
 // This implementation of the GET operation retrieves object. To use GET,
 // you must have READ access to the object.
-func (server *minioAPI) getObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// verify if this operation is allowed
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ func (server *minioAPI) getObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 
 }
 
-// HEAD Object
+// HeadObjectHandler - HEAD Object
 // -----------
 // The HEAD operation retrieves metadata from an object without returning the object itself.
-func (server *minioAPI) headObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// verify if this operation is allowed
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ func (server *minioAPI) headObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reque
 	log.Println(bucket, object)
 }
 
-// PUT Object
+// PutObjectHandler - PUT Object
 // ----------
 // This implementation of the PUT operation adds an object to a bucket.
-func (server *minioAPI) putObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+func (api MinioAPI) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// verify if this operation is allowed
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 
 /// Multipart API
 
-// New multipart upload
-func (server *minioAPI) newMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// NewMultipartUploadHandler - New multipart upload
+func (api MinioAPI) NewMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// handle ACL's here at bucket level
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ func (server *minioAPI) newMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *ht
 	log.Println(bucket, object)
 }
 
-// Upload part
-func (server *minioAPI) putObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// PutObjectPartHandler - Upload part
+func (api MinioAPI) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// handle ACL's here at bucket level
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ func (server *minioAPI) putObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Re
 	log.Println(uploadID, partID)
 }
 
-// Abort multipart upload
-func (server *minioAPI) abortMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// AbortMultipartUploadHandler - Abort multipart upload
+func (api MinioAPI) AbortMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// handle ACL's here at bucket level
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ func (server *minioAPI) abortMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *
 	log.Println(bucket, object)
 }
 
-// List object parts
-func (server *minioAPI) listObjectPartsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// ListObjectPartsHandler - List object parts
+func (api MinioAPI) ListObjectPartsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// handle ACL's here at bucket level
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ func (server *minioAPI) listObjectPartsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 	log.Println(bucket, object)
 }
 
-// Complete multipart upload
-func (server *minioAPI) completeMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// CompleteMultipartUploadHandler - Complete multipart upload
+func (api MinioAPI) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	acceptsContentType := getContentType(req)
 	// handle ACL's here at bucket level
-	if !server.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
+	if !api.isValidOp(w, req, acceptsContentType) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -261,14 +261,14 @@ func (server *minioAPI) completeMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, re
 
 /// Delete API
 
-// Delete bucket
-func (server *minioAPI) deleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// DeleteBucketHandler - Delete bucket
+func (api MinioAPI) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	error := getErrorCode(NotImplemented)
 	w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
 }
 
-// Delete object
-func (server *minioAPI) deleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+// DeleteObjectHandler - Delete object
+func (api MinioAPI) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	error := getErrorCode(NotImplemented)
 	w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-ratelimit-handlers.go b/pkg/server/api/api-ratelimit-handlers.go
similarity index 90%
rename from pkg/api/api-ratelimit-handlers.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-ratelimit-handlers.go
index 03e31102c..ab35284de 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api-ratelimit-handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api-ratelimit-handlers.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ func (c rateLimit) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	c.Remove()                  // remove
 }
 
-// rateLimitHandler limits the number of concurrent http requests
-func rateLimitHandler(handle http.Handler, limit int) http.Handler {
+// RateLimitHandler limits the number of concurrent http requests
+func RateLimitHandler(handle http.Handler, limit int) http.Handler {
 	return rateLimit{
 		handler:   handle,
 		rateQueue: make(chan bool, limit),
diff --git a/pkg/api/api-response.go b/pkg/server/api/api-response.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/api-response.go
rename to pkg/server/api/api-response.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/contenttype.go b/pkg/server/api/contenttype.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/contenttype.go
rename to pkg/server/api/contenttype.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/errors.go b/pkg/server/api/errors.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/errors.go
rename to pkg/server/api/errors.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/headers.go b/pkg/server/api/headers.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/headers.go
rename to pkg/server/api/headers.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/range.go b/pkg/server/api/range.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/range.go
rename to pkg/server/api/range.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/resources.go b/pkg/server/api/resources.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/resources.go
rename to pkg/server/api/resources.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/utils.go b/pkg/server/api/utils.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/utils.go
rename to pkg/server/api/utils.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/config/config.go b/pkg/server/config/config.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/config/config.go
rename to pkg/server/config/config.go
diff --git a/pkg/api/config/config_test.go b/pkg/server/config/config_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/api/config/config_test.go
rename to pkg/server/config/config_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/server/router.go b/pkg/server/router.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..416f45da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/server/router.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	router "github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	jsonRPC "github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/server/api"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/server/rpc"
+)
+
+func registerAPI(mux *router.Router) http.Handler {
+	api := api.MinioAPI{}
+
+	mux.HandleFunc("/", api.ListBucketsHandler).Methods("GET")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.ListObjectsHandler).Methods("GET")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.PutBucketHandler).Methods("PUT")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.HeadBucketHandler).Methods("HEAD")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.HeadObjectHandler).Methods("HEAD")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.PutObjectPartHandler).Queries("partNumber", "{partNumber:[0-9]+}", "uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("PUT")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.ListObjectPartsHandler).Queries("uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("GET")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.CompleteMultipartUploadHandler).Queries("uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("POST")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.NewMultipartUploadHandler).Methods("POST")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.AbortMultipartUploadHandler).Queries("uploadId", "{uploadId:.*}").Methods("DELETE")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.GetObjectHandler).Methods("GET")
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.PutObjectHandler).Methods("PUT")
+
+	// not implemented yet
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}", api.DeleteBucketHandler).Methods("DELETE")
+
+	// unsupported API
+	mux.HandleFunc("/{bucket}/{object:.*}", api.DeleteObjectHandler).Methods("DELETE")
+
+	return mux
+}
+
+func registerOthers(mux http.Handler, conf api.Config) http.Handler {
+	mux = api.ValidContentTypeHandler(mux)
+	mux = api.TimeValidityHandler(mux)
+	mux = api.IgnoreResourcesHandler(mux)
+	mux = api.ValidateAuthHeaderHandler(mux)
+	mux = api.RateLimitHandler(mux, conf.RateLimit)
+	mux = api.LoggingHandler(mux)
+	return mux
+}
+
+func registerRPC(mux *router.Router, r *jsonRPC.Server) http.Handler {
+	mux.Handle("/rpc", r)
+	return mux
+}
+
+// APIHandler api handler
+func APIHandler(conf api.Config) http.Handler {
+	mux := router.NewRouter()
+	return registerOthers(registerAPI(mux), conf)
+}
+
+// RPCHandler rpc handler
+func RPCHandler() http.Handler {
+	return registerRPC(router.NewRouter(), rpc.HelloServiceHandler())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/server/rpc/methods.go b/pkg/server/rpc/methods.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c654264b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/server/rpc/methods.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2015 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 rpc
+
+import "net/http"
+
+// HelloArgs - hello args
+type HelloArgs struct {
+	Who string
+}
+
+// HelloReply - hello reply
+type HelloReply struct {
+	Message string
+}
+
+// HelloService -
+type HelloService struct{}
+
+// Say -
+func (h *HelloService) Say(r *http.Request, args *HelloArgs, reply *HelloReply) error {
+	reply.Message = "Hello, " + args.Who + "!"
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/server/rpc/server.go b/pkg/server/rpc/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b98b5213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/server/rpc/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2015 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 rpc
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2"
+	"github.com/gorilla/rpc/v2/json"
+)
+
+// HelloServiceHandler -
+func HelloServiceHandler() *rpc.Server {
+	s := rpc.NewServer()
+	s.RegisterCodec(json.NewCodec(), "application/json")
+	s.RegisterService(new(HelloService), "")
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
similarity index 63%
rename from pkg/api/server.go
rename to pkg/server/server.go
index 4aaf179b8..bf76caa06 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -14,43 +14,29 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package api
+package server
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/server/api"
 )
 
-// Config - http server config
-type Config struct {
-	Address   string
-	TLS       bool
-	CertFile  string
-	KeyFile   string
-	RateLimit int
-}
-
-// Start http server
-func Start(a API) <-chan error {
-	errCh := make(chan error)
-	go start(errCh, a)
-	return errCh
-}
-
-func start(errCh chan error, a API) {
+func startAPI(errCh chan error, conf api.Config) {
 	defer close(errCh)
 
 	var err error
 	// Minio server config
 	httpServer := &http.Server{
-		Addr:           a.config.Address,
-		Handler:        a.handler,
+		Addr:           conf.Address,
+		Handler:        APIHandler(conf),
 		MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
 	}
 
-	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(a.config.Address)
+	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(conf.Address)
 	if err != nil {
 		errCh <- err
 		return
@@ -81,11 +67,11 @@ func start(errCh chan error, a API) {
 			fmt.Printf("Starting minio server on: http://%s:%s\n", host, port)
 		}
 		err = httpServer.ListenAndServe()
-	case a.config.TLS == true:
+	case conf.TLS == true:
 		for _, host := range hosts {
 			fmt.Printf("Starting minio server on: https://%s:%s\n", host, port)
 		}
-		err = httpServer.ListenAndServeTLS(a.config.CertFile, a.config.KeyFile)
+		err = httpServer.ListenAndServeTLS(conf.CertFile, conf.KeyFile)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		errCh <- err
@@ -94,15 +80,39 @@ func start(errCh chan error, a API) {
 	return
 }
 
-// API is used to build api server
-type API struct {
-	config  Config
-	handler http.Handler
+func startRPC(errCh chan error) {
+	defer close(errCh)
+
+	rpcHandler := RPCHandler()
+	var err error
+	// Minio server config
+	httpServer := &http.Server{
+		Addr:           "127.0.0.1:9001",
+		Handler:        rpcHandler,
+		MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
+	}
+	err = httpServer.ListenAndServe()
+	if err != nil {
+		errCh <- err
+	}
+	errCh <- nil
+	return
 }
 
-// StartServer APIFactory builds api server
-func StartServer(conf Config) error {
-	for err := range Start(New(conf)) {
+// StartServices starts basic services for a server
+func StartServices(conf api.Config) error {
+	apiErrCh := make(chan error)
+	rpcErrCh := make(chan error)
+
+	go startAPI(apiErrCh, conf)
+	go startRPC(rpcErrCh)
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-apiErrCh:
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case err := <-rpcErrCh:
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}