merged trunk

114 files changed, 1333 insertions, 3557 deletions

diff --git a/Authors b/Authors
index 1a07946bd..0e5931462 100644
--- a/Authors
+++ b/Authors
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Lvov Maxim <usrleon@gmail.com>
 Mark Washenberger <mark.washenberger@rackspace.com>
 Masanori Itoh <itoumsn@nttdata.co.jp>
 Matt Dietz <matt.dietz@rackspace.com>
+Matthew Hooker <matt@cloudscaling.com>
 Michael Gundlach <michael.gundlach@rackspace.com>
 Mike Scherbakov <mihgen@gmail.com>
 Mohammed Naser <mnaser@vexxhost.com>
@@ -105,3 +106,4 @@ Yoshiaki Tamura <yoshi@midokura.jp>
 Youcef Laribi <Youcef.Laribi@eu.citrix.com>
 Yuriy Taraday <yorik.sar@gmail.com>
 Zhixue Wu <Zhixue.Wu@citrix.com>
+Zed Shaw <zedshaw@zedshaw.com>
diff --git a/bin/nova-instancemonitor b/bin/nova-instancemonitor
deleted file mode 100755
index b9d4e49d7..000000000
--- a/bin/nova-instancemonitor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
-# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
-# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    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.
-
-"""
-  Daemon for Nova RRD based instance resource monitoring.
-"""
-
-import gettext
-import os
-import sys
-from twisted.application import service
-
-# If ../nova/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
-# it will override what happens to be installed in /usr/(local/)lib/python...
-possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
-                                   os.pardir,
-                                   os.pardir))
-if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
-    sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
-
-gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
-
-from nova import log as logging
-from nova import utils
-from nova import twistd
-from nova.compute import monitor
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.instancemonitor')
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    utils.default_flagfile()
-    twistd.serve(__file__)
-
-if __name__ == '__builtin__':
-    LOG.warn(_('Starting instance monitor'))
-    # pylint: disable=C0103
-    monitor = monitor.InstanceMonitor()
-
-    # This is the parent service that twistd will be looking for when it
-    # parses this file, return it so that we can get it into globals below
-    application = service.Application('nova-instancemonitor')
-    monitor.setServiceParent(application)
diff --git a/bin/nova-logspool b/bin/nova-logspool
index 097459b12..a876f4c71 100644
--- a/bin/nova-logspool
+++ b/bin/nova-logspool
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class LogReader(object):
                 if level == 'ERROR':
                     self.handle_logged_error(line)
                 elif level == '[-]' and self.last_error:
-                    # twisted stack trace line
                     clean_line = " ".join(line.split(" ")[6:])
                     self.last_error.trace = self.last_error.trace + clean_line
                 else:
diff --git a/bin/nova-objectstore b/bin/nova-objectstore
index 1aef3a255..4d5aec445 100755
--- a/bin/nova-objectstore
+++ b/bin/nova-objectstore
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 """
-  Twisted daemon for nova objectstore. Supports S3 API.
+  Daemon for nova objectstore. Supports S3 API.
 """
 
 import gettext
diff --git a/contrib/nova.sh b/contrib/nova.sh
index eab680580..7994e5133 100755
--- a/contrib/nova.sh
+++ b/contrib/nova.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if [ "$CMD" == "install" ]; then
     sudo modprobe kvm
     sudo /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin restart
     sudo modprobe nbd
-    sudo apt-get install -y python-twisted python-mox python-ipy python-paste
+    sudo apt-get install -y python-mox python-ipy python-paste
     sudo apt-get install -y python-migrate python-gflags python-greenlet
     sudo apt-get install -y python-libvirt python-libxml2 python-routes
     sudo apt-get install -y python-netaddr python-pastedeploy python-eventlet
diff --git a/doc/source/api/autoindex.rst b/doc/source/api/autoindex.rst
index 329a465db..d99d16eaa 100644
--- a/doc/source/api/autoindex.rst
+++ b/doc/source/api/autoindex.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
    nova..compute.api.rst
    nova..compute.instance_types.rst
    nova..compute.manager.rst
-   nova..compute.monitor.rst
    nova..compute.power_state.rst
    nova..console.api.rst
    nova..console.fake.rst
@@ -115,13 +114,11 @@
    nova..tests.test_scheduler.rst
    nova..tests.test_service.rst
    nova..tests.test_test.rst
-   nova..tests.test_twistd.rst
    nova..tests.test_utils.rst
    nova..tests.test_virt.rst
    nova..tests.test_volume.rst
    nova..tests.test_xenapi.rst
    nova..tests.xenapi.stubs.rst
-   nova..twistd.rst
    nova..utils.rst
    nova..version.rst
    nova..virt.connection.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/api/nova..compute.monitor.rst b/doc/source/api/nova..compute.monitor.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a91169ecd..000000000
--- a/doc/source/api/nova..compute.monitor.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-The :mod:`nova..compute.monitor` Module
-==============================================================================
-.. automodule:: nova..compute.monitor
-  :members:
-  :undoc-members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/doc/source/api/nova..tests.test_twistd.rst b/doc/source/api/nova..tests.test_twistd.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index cae0c0a28..000000000
--- a/doc/source/api/nova..tests.test_twistd.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-The :mod:`nova..tests.test_twistd` Module
-==============================================================================
-.. automodule:: nova..tests.test_twistd
-  :members:
-  :undoc-members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/doc/source/api/nova..twistd.rst b/doc/source/api/nova..twistd.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d4145396d..000000000
--- a/doc/source/api/nova..twistd.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-The :mod:`nova..twistd` Module
-==============================================================================
-.. automodule:: nova..twistd
-  :members:
-  :undoc-members:
-  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/doc/source/code.rst b/doc/source/code.rst
index 6b8d5661f..73fc31e1a 100644
--- a/doc/source/code.rst
+++ b/doc/source/code.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Generating source/api/nova..cloudpipe.pipelib.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..compute.disk.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..compute.instance_types.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..compute.manager.rst
-Generating source/api/nova..compute.monitor.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..compute.power_state.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..context.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..crypto.rst
@@ -79,11 +78,9 @@ Generating source/api/nova..tests.rpc_unittest.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..tests.runtime_flags.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..tests.scheduler_unittest.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..tests.service_unittest.rst
-Generating source/api/nova..tests.twistd_unittest.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..tests.validator_unittest.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..tests.virt_unittest.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..tests.volume_unittest.rst
-Generating source/api/nova..twistd.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..utils.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..validate.rst
 Generating source/api/nova..virt.connection.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/devref/architecture.rst b/doc/source/devref/architecture.rst
index 233cd6f08..7f44ecdf2 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/architecture.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/architecture.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Below you will find a helpful explanation of the different components.
 * Web Dashboard: potential external component that talks to the api
 * api: component that receives http requests, converts commands and communicates with other components via the queue or http (in the case of objectstore)
 * Auth Manager: component responsible for users/projects/and roles.  Can backend to DB or LDAP.  This is not a separate binary, but rather a python class that is used by most components in the system.
-* objectstore: twisted http server that replicates s3 api and allows storage and retrieval of images
+* objectstore: http server that replicates s3 api and allows storage and retrieval of images
 * scheduler: decides which host gets each vm and volume
 * volume: manages dynamically attachable block devices.
 * network: manages ip forwarding, bridges, and vlans
diff --git a/doc/source/devref/compute.rst b/doc/source/devref/compute.rst
index 31cc2037f..50397cbec 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/compute.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/compute.rst
@@ -118,19 +118,6 @@ The :mod:`nova.virt.fake` Driver
     :show-inheritance:
 
 
-Monitoring
-----------
-
-The :mod:`nova.compute.monitor` Module
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: nova.compute.monitor
-    :noindex:
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
-
-
 Tests
 -----
 
diff --git a/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst b/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst
index f3c454d64..09f1eb2c2 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ To activate the Nova virtualenv for the extent of your current shell session
 
  Also, make test will automatically use the virtualenv.
 
-If you don't want to create a virtualenv every time you branch (which takes a while as long as we have the large Twisted project as a dependency) you can reuse a single virtualenv for all branches.
+If you don't want to create a virtualenv every time you branch you can reuse a single virtualenv for all branches.
 
  #. If you don't have a nova/ directory containing trunk/ and other branches, do so now.
  #. Go into nova/trunk and install a virtualenv.
diff --git a/doc/source/devref/nova.rst b/doc/source/devref/nova.rst
index 093fbb3ee..beca99ecd 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/nova.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/nova.rst
@@ -102,16 +102,6 @@ The :mod:`nova.test` Module
     :show-inheritance:  
 
 
-The :mod:`nova.twistd` Module
------------------------------
-
-.. automodule:: nova.twistd
-    :noindex:
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:  
-
-
 The :mod:`nova.utils` Module
 ----------------------------
 
@@ -215,16 +205,6 @@ The :mod:`runtime_flags` Module
     :show-inheritance:
 
 
-The :mod:`twistd_unittest` Module
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. automodule:: nova.tests.twistd_unittest
-    :noindex:
-    :members:
-    :undoc-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
-
-
 The :mod:`validator_unittest` Module
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/nova/api/direct.py b/nova/api/direct.py
index ec79151b1..993815fc7 100644
--- a/nova/api/direct.py
+++ b/nova/api/direct.py
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ class DelegatedAuthMiddleware(wsgi.Middleware):
     def process_request(self, request):
         os_user = request.headers['X-OpenStack-User']
         os_project = request.headers['X-OpenStack-Project']
-        context_ref = context.RequestContext(user=os_user, project=os_project)
+        context_ref = context.RequestContext(user_id=os_user,
+                                             project_id=os_project)
         request.environ['openstack.context'] = context_ref
 
 
diff --git a/nova/api/ec2/__init__.py b/nova/api/ec2/__init__.py
index cf1734281..af232edda 100644
--- a/nova/api/ec2/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/api/ec2/__init__.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class RequestLogging(wsgi.Middleware):
         else:
             controller = None
             action = None
-        ctxt = request.environ.get('ec2.context', None)
+        ctxt = request.environ.get('nova.context', None)
         delta = utils.utcnow() - start
         seconds = delta.seconds
         microseconds = delta.microseconds
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ class Lockout(wsgi.Middleware):
 
 
 class Authenticate(wsgi.Middleware):
-
-    """Authenticate an EC2 request and add 'ec2.context' to WSGI environ."""
+    """Authenticate an EC2 request and add 'nova.context' to WSGI environ."""
 
     @webob.dec.wsgify(RequestClass=wsgi.Request)
     def __call__(self, req):
@@ -157,8 +156,9 @@ class Authenticate(wsgi.Middleware):
         auth_params.pop('Signature')
 
         # Authenticate the request.
+        authman = manager.AuthManager()
         try:
-            (user, project) = manager.AuthManager().authenticate(
+            (user, project) = authman.authenticate(
                     access,
                     signature,
                     auth_params,
@@ -174,14 +174,17 @@ class Authenticate(wsgi.Middleware):
         remote_address = req.remote_addr
         if FLAGS.use_forwarded_for:
             remote_address = req.headers.get('X-Forwarded-For', remote_address)
-        ctxt = context.RequestContext(user=user,
-                                      project=project,
+        roles = authman.get_active_roles(user, project)
+        ctxt = context.RequestContext(user_id=user.id,
+                                      project_id=project.id,
+                                      is_admin=user.is_admin(),
+                                      roles=roles,
                                       remote_address=remote_address)
-        req.environ['ec2.context'] = ctxt
+        req.environ['nova.context'] = ctxt
         uname = user.name
         pname = project.name
         msg = _('Authenticated Request For %(uname)s:%(pname)s)') % locals()
-        LOG.audit(msg, context=req.environ['ec2.context'])
+        LOG.audit(msg, context=req.environ['nova.context'])
         return self.application
 
 
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ class Authorizer(wsgi.Middleware):
     """Authorize an EC2 API request.
 
     Return a 401 if ec2.controller and ec2.action in WSGI environ may not be
-    executed in ec2.context.
+    executed in nova.context.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, application):
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ class Authorizer(wsgi.Middleware):
 
     @webob.dec.wsgify(RequestClass=wsgi.Request)
     def __call__(self, req):
-        context = req.environ['ec2.context']
+        context = req.environ['nova.context']
         controller = req.environ['ec2.request'].controller.__class__.__name__
         action = req.environ['ec2.request'].action
         allowed_roles = self.action_roles[controller].get(action, ['none'])
@@ -295,28 +298,27 @@ class Authorizer(wsgi.Middleware):
 
     def _matches_any_role(self, context, roles):
         """Return True if any role in roles is allowed in context."""
-        if context.user.is_superuser():
+        if context.is_admin:
             return True
         if 'all' in roles:
             return True
         if 'none' in roles:
             return False
-        return any(context.project.has_role(context.user_id, role)
-                   for role in roles)
+        return any(role in context.roles for role in roles)
 
 
 class Executor(wsgi.Application):
 
     """Execute an EC2 API request.
 
-    Executes 'ec2.action' upon 'ec2.controller', passing 'ec2.context' and
+    Executes 'ec2.action' upon 'ec2.controller', passing 'nova.context' and
     'ec2.action_args' (all variables in WSGI environ.)  Returns an XML
     response, or a 400 upon failure.
     """
 
     @webob.dec.wsgify(RequestClass=wsgi.Request)
     def __call__(self, req):
-        context = req.environ['ec2.context']
+        context = req.environ['nova.context']
         api_request = req.environ['ec2.request']
         result = None
         try:
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/auth.py b/nova/api/openstack/auth.py
index 7c3e683d6..d42abe1f8 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/auth.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/auth.py
@@ -48,31 +48,35 @@ class AuthMiddleware(wsgi.Middleware):
     def __call__(self, req):
         if not self.has_authentication(req):
             return self.authenticate(req)
-        user = self.get_user_by_authentication(req)
-        if not user:
+        user_id = self.get_user_by_authentication(req)
+        if not user_id:
             token = req.headers["X-Auth-Token"]
-            msg = _("%(user)s could not be found with token '%(token)s'")
+            msg = _("%(user_id)s could not be found with token '%(token)s'")
             LOG.warn(msg % locals())
             return faults.Fault(webob.exc.HTTPUnauthorized())
 
         try:
-            account = req.headers["X-Auth-Project-Id"]
+            project_id = req.headers["X-Auth-Project-Id"]
         except KeyError:
             # FIXME(usrleon): It needed only for compatibility
             # while osapi clients don't use this header
-            accounts = self.auth.get_projects(user=user)
-            if accounts:
-                account = accounts[0]
+            projects = self.auth.get_projects(user_id)
+            if projects:
+                project_id = projects[0].id
             else:
                 return faults.Fault(webob.exc.HTTPUnauthorized())
 
-        if not self.auth.is_admin(user) and \
-           not self.auth.is_project_member(user, account):
-            msg = _("%(user)s must be an admin or a member of %(account)s")
+        is_admin = self.auth.is_admin(user_id)
+        req.environ['nova.context'] = context.RequestContext(user_id,
+                                                             project_id,
+                                                             is_admin)
+        if not is_admin and not self.auth.is_project_member(user_id,
+                                                            project_id):
+            msg = _("%(user_id)s must be an admin or a "
+                    "member of %(project_id)s")
             LOG.warn(msg % locals())
             return faults.Fault(webob.exc.HTTPUnauthorized())
 
-        req.environ['nova.context'] = context.RequestContext(user, account)
         return self.application
 
     def has_authentication(self, req):
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ class AuthMiddleware(wsgi.Middleware):
             if delta.days >= 2:
                 self.db.auth_token_destroy(ctxt, token['token_hash'])
             else:
-                return self.auth.get_user(token['user_id'])
+                return token['user_id']
         return None
 
     def _authorize_user(self, username, key, req):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/contrib/floating_ips.py b/nova/api/openstack/contrib/floating_ips.py
index b4a211857..3d8049324 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/contrib/floating_ips.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/contrib/floating_ips.py
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ from nova.api.openstack import extensions
 def _translate_floating_ip_view(floating_ip):
     result = {'id': floating_ip['id'],
               'ip': floating_ip['address']}
-    if 'fixed_ip' in floating_ip:
+    try:
         result['fixed_ip'] = floating_ip['fixed_ip']['address']
-    else:
+    except (TypeError, KeyError):
         result['fixed_ip'] = None
     if 'instance' in floating_ip:
         result['instance_id'] = floating_ip['instance']['id']
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/create_instance_helper.py b/nova/api/openstack/create_instance_helper.py
index 73ff191e8..53e814cd5 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/create_instance_helper.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/create_instance_helper.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import webob
 from webob import exc
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
+from nova import db
 from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
 from nova import log as logging
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ from nova import utils
 
 from nova.compute import instance_types
 from nova.api.openstack import wsgi
-from nova.auth import manager as auth_manager
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.api.openstack.create_instance_helper')
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ class CreateInstanceHelper(object):
 
         key_name = None
         key_data = None
-        key_pairs = auth_manager.AuthManager.get_key_pairs(context)
+        # TODO(vish): Key pair access should move into a common library
+        #             instead of being accessed directly from the db.
+        key_pairs = db.key_pair_get_all_by_user(context.elevated(),
+                                                context.user_id)
         if key_pairs:
             key_pair = key_pairs[0]
             key_name = key_pair['name']
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ class ServerXMLDeserializer(wsgi.MetadataXMLDeserializer):
 
         action_deserializer = {
             'createImage': self._action_create_image,
+            'createBackup': self._action_create_backup,
         }.get(action_name, self.default)
 
         action_data = action_deserializer(action_node)
@@ -307,9 +311,15 @@ class ServerXMLDeserializer(wsgi.MetadataXMLDeserializer):
         return {'body': {action_name: action_data}}
 
     def _action_create_image(self, node):
+        return self._deserialize_image_action(node, ('name',))
+
+    def _action_create_backup(self, node):
+        attributes = ('name', 'backup_type', 'rotation')
+        return self._deserialize_image_action(node, attributes)
+
+    def _deserialize_image_action(self, node, allowed_attributes):
         data = {}
-        attributes = ['name', 'image_type', 'backup_type', 'rotation']
-        for attribute in attributes:
+        for attribute in allowed_attributes:
             value = node.getAttribute(attribute)
             if value:
                 data[attribute] = value
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/images.py b/nova/api/openstack/images.py
index 491cf7c61..43d976b8f 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/images.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/images.py
@@ -102,72 +102,27 @@ class Controller(object):
         """Indicates that you must use a Controller subclass."""
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def _server_id_from_req(self, req, data):
-        raise NotImplementedError()
-
-    def _get_extra_properties(self, req, data):
-        return {}
-
 
 class ControllerV10(Controller):
     """Version 1.0 specific controller logic."""
 
     def create(self, req, body):
-        """Snapshot or backup a server instance and save the image.
-
-        Images now have an `image_type` associated with them, which can be
-        'snapshot' or the backup type, like 'daily' or 'weekly'.
-
-        If the image_type is backup-like, then the rotation factor can be
-        included and that will cause the oldest backups that exceed the
-        rotation factor to be deleted.
-
-        :param req: `wsgi.Request` object
-        """
-        def get_param(param):
-            try:
-                return body["image"][param]
-            except KeyError:
-                raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation="Missing required "
-                        "param: %s" % param)
-
-        context = req.environ['nova.context']
-        content_type = req.get_content_type()
-
-        if not body:
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest()
-
-        image_type = body["image"].get("image_type", "snapshot")
+        """Snapshot a server instance and save the image."""
+        try:
+            image = body["image"]
+        except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            msg = _("Invalid image entity")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
 
         try:
-            server_id = self._server_id_from_req(req, body)
-        except KeyError:
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest()
-
-        image_name = get_param("name")
-        props = self._get_extra_properties(req, body)
-
-        if image_type == "snapshot":
-            image = self._compute_service.snapshot(
-                        context, server_id, image_name,
-                        extra_properties=props)
-        elif image_type == "backup":
-            # NOTE(sirp): Unlike snapshot, backup is not a customer facing
-            # API call; rather, it's used by the internal backup scheduler
-            if not FLAGS.allow_admin_api:
-                raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(
-                        explanation="Admin API Required")
-
-            backup_type = get_param("backup_type")
-            rotation = int(get_param("rotation"))
-
-            image = self._compute_service.backup(
-                        context, server_id, image_name,
-                        backup_type, rotation, extra_properties=props)
-        else:
-            LOG.error(_("Invalid image_type '%s' passed") % image_type)
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation="Invalue image_type: "
-                   "%s" % image_type)
+            image_name = image["name"]
+            server_id = image["serverId"]
+        except KeyError as missing_key:
+            msg = _("Image entity requires %s") % missing_key
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        context = req.environ["nova.context"]
+        image = self._compute_service.snapshot(context, server_id, image_name)
 
         return dict(image=self.get_builder(req).build(image, detail=True))
 
@@ -202,13 +157,6 @@ class ControllerV10(Controller):
         builder = self.get_builder(req).build
         return dict(images=[builder(image, detail=True) for image in images])
 
-    def _server_id_from_req(self, req, data):
-        try:
-            return data['image']['serverId']
-        except KeyError:
-            msg = _("Expected serverId attribute on server entity.")
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
-
 
 class ControllerV11(Controller):
     """Version 1.1 specific controller logic."""
@@ -246,37 +194,8 @@ class ControllerV11(Controller):
         builder = self.get_builder(req).build
         return dict(images=[builder(image, detail=True) for image in images])
 
-    def _server_id_from_req(self, req, data):
-        try:
-            server_ref = data['image']['serverRef']
-        except KeyError:
-            msg = _("Expected serverRef attribute on server entity.")
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
-
-        if not server_ref.startswith('http'):
-            return server_ref
-
-        passed = urlparse.urlparse(server_ref)
-        expected = urlparse.urlparse(req.application_url)
-        version = expected.path.split('/')[1]
-        expected_prefix = "/%s/servers/" % version
-        _empty, _sep, server_id = passed.path.partition(expected_prefix)
-        scheme_ok = passed.scheme == expected.scheme
-        host_ok = passed.hostname == expected.hostname
-        port_ok = (passed.port == expected.port or
-                   passed.port == FLAGS.osapi_port)
-        if not (scheme_ok and port_ok and host_ok and server_id):
-            msg = _("serverRef must match request url")
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
-
-        return server_id
-
-    def _get_extra_properties(self, req, data):
-        server_ref = data['image']['serverRef']
-        if not server_ref.startswith('http'):
-            server_ref = os.path.join(req.application_url, 'servers',
-                                      server_ref)
-        return {'instance_ref': server_ref}
+    def create(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise webob.exc.HTTPMethodNotAllowed()
 
     def create(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise webob.exc.HTTPMethodNotAllowed()
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/servers.py b/nova/api/openstack/servers.py
index 6c8ab85c7..dfa150320 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/servers.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/servers.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import os
 import traceback
 
 from webob import exc
+from xml.dom import minidom
 import webob
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
 from nova import compute
-from nova import db
 from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
 from nova import log as logging
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ from nova import utils
 from nova.api.openstack import common
 from nova.api.openstack import create_instance_helper as helper
 from nova.api.openstack import ips
+from nova.api.openstack import wsgi
+from nova.compute import instance_types
+from nova.scheduler import api as scheduler_api
+import nova.api.openstack
 import nova.api.openstack.views.addresses
 import nova.api.openstack.views.flavors
 import nova.api.openstack.views.images
 import nova.api.openstack.views.servers
-from nova.api.openstack import wsgi
-import nova.api.openstack
-from nova.scheduler import api as scheduler_api
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.api.openstack.servers')
@@ -168,11 +169,78 @@ class Controller(object):
             'createImage': self._action_create_image,
         }
 
+        if FLAGS.allow_admin_api:
+            admin_actions = {
+                'createBackup': self._action_create_backup,
+            }
+            self.actions.update(admin_actions)
+
         for key in self.actions.keys():
             if key in body:
                 return self.actions[key](body, req, id)
         raise exc.HTTPNotImplemented()
 
+    def _action_create_backup(self, input_dict, req, instance_id):
+        """Backup a server instance.
+
+        Images now have an `image_type` associated with them, which can be
+        'snapshot' or the backup type, like 'daily' or 'weekly'.
+
+        If the image_type is backup-like, then the rotation factor can be
+        included and that will cause the oldest backups that exceed the
+        rotation factor to be deleted.
+
+        """
+        entity = input_dict["createBackup"]
+
+        try:
+            image_name = entity["name"]
+            backup_type = entity["backup_type"]
+            rotation = entity["rotation"]
+
+        except KeyError as missing_key:
+            msg = _("createBackup entity requires %s attribute") % missing_key
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        except TypeError:
+            msg = _("Malformed createBackup entity")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        try:
+            rotation = int(rotation)
+        except ValueError:
+            msg = _("createBackup attribute 'rotation' must be an integer")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        # preserve link to server in image properties
+        server_ref = os.path.join(req.application_url,
+                                  'servers',
+                                  str(instance_id))
+        props = {'instance_ref': server_ref}
+
+        metadata = entity.get('metadata', {})
+        try:
+            props.update(metadata)
+        except ValueError:
+            msg = _("Invalid metadata")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        context = req.environ["nova.context"]
+        image = self.compute_api.backup(context,
+                                        instance_id,
+                                        image_name,
+                                        backup_type,
+                                        rotation,
+                                        extra_properties=props)
+
+        # build location of newly-created image entity
+        image_id = str(image['id'])
+        image_ref = os.path.join(req.application_url, 'images', image_id)
+
+        resp = webob.Response(status_int=202)
+        resp.headers['Location'] = image_ref
+        return resp
+
     def _action_create_image(self, input_dict, req, id):
         return exc.HTTPNotImplemented()
 
@@ -410,6 +478,24 @@ class Controller(object):
                 error=item.error))
         return dict(actions=actions)
 
+    def resize(self, req, instance_id, flavor_id):
+        """Begin the resize process with given instance/flavor."""
+        context = req.environ["nova.context"]
+
+        try:
+            self.compute_api.resize(context, instance_id, flavor_id)
+        except exception.FlavorNotFound:
+            msg = _("Unable to locate requested flavor.")
+            raise exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+        except exception.CannotResizeToSameSize:
+            msg = _("Resize requires a change in size.")
+            raise exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+        except exception.CannotResizeToSmallerSize:
+            msg = _("Resizing to a smaller size is not supported.")
+            raise exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        return webob.Response(status_int=202)
+
 
 class ControllerV10(Controller):
 
@@ -443,14 +529,13 @@ class ControllerV10(Controller):
 
     def _action_resize(self, input_dict, req, id):
         """ Resizes a given instance to the flavor size requested """
-        if 'resize' in input_dict and 'flavorId' in input_dict['resize']:
-            flavor_id = input_dict['resize']['flavorId']
-            self.compute_api.resize(req.environ['nova.context'], id,
-                    flavor_id)
-        else:
-            LOG.exception(_("Missing 'flavorId' argument for resize"))
-            raise exc.HTTPUnprocessableEntity()
-        return webob.Response(status_int=202)
+        try:
+            flavor_id = input_dict["resize"]["flavorId"]
+        except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            msg = _("Resize requests require 'flavorId' attribute.")
+            raise exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        return self.resize(req, id, flavor_id)
 
     def _action_rebuild(self, info, request, instance_id):
         context = request.environ['nova.context']
@@ -560,18 +645,12 @@ class ControllerV11(Controller):
     def _action_resize(self, input_dict, req, id):
         """ Resizes a given instance to the flavor size requested """
         try:
-            if 'resize' in input_dict and 'flavorRef' in input_dict['resize']:
-                flavor_ref = input_dict['resize']['flavorRef']
-                flavor_id = common.get_id_from_href(flavor_ref)
-                self.compute_api.resize(req.environ['nova.context'], id,
-                        flavor_id)
-            else:
-                LOG.exception(_("Missing 'flavorRef' argument for resize"))
-                raise exc.HTTPUnprocessableEntity()
-        except Exception, e:
-            LOG.exception(_("Error in resize %s"), e)
-            raise exc.HTTPBadRequest()
-        return webob.Response(status_int=202)
+            flavor_ref = input_dict["resize"]["flavorRef"]
+        except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            msg = _("Resize requests require 'flavorRef' attribute.")
+            raise exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+
+        return self.resize(req, id, flavor_ref)
 
     def _action_rebuild(self, info, request, instance_id):
         context = request.environ['nova.context']
@@ -602,29 +681,19 @@ class ControllerV11(Controller):
         return webob.Response(status_int=202)
 
     def _action_create_image(self, input_dict, req, instance_id):
-        """Snapshot or backup a server instance and save the image.
-
-        Images now have an `image_type` associated with them, which can be
-        'snapshot' or the backup type, like 'daily' or 'weekly'.
-
-        If the image_type is backup-like, then the rotation factor can be
-        included and that will cause the oldest backups that exceed the
-        rotation factor to be deleted.
-
-        """
-        entity = input_dict.get('createImage', {})
+        """Snapshot a server instance."""
+        entity = input_dict.get("createImage", {})
 
-        def get_param(param):
-            try:
-                return entity[param]
-            except KeyError:
-                msg = _("Missing required param: %s") % param
-                raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+        try:
+            image_name = entity["name"]
 
-        context = req.environ['nova.context']
+        except KeyError:
+            msg = _("createImage entity requires name attribute")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
 
-        image_name = get_param("name")
-        image_type = entity.get("image_type", "snapshot")
+        except TypeError:
+            msg = _("Malformed createImage entity")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
 
         # preserve link to server in image properties
         server_ref = os.path.join(req.application_url,
@@ -639,36 +708,15 @@ class ControllerV11(Controller):
             msg = _("Invalid metadata")
             raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
 
-        if image_type == "snapshot":
-            image = self.compute_api.snapshot(context,
-                                              instance_id,
-                                              image_name,
-                                              extra_properties=props)
-
-        elif image_type == "backup":
-            # NOTE(sirp): Unlike snapshot, backup is not a customer facing
-            # API call; rather, it's used by the internal backup scheduler
-            if not FLAGS.allow_admin_api:
-                msg = _("Admin API Required")
-                raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
-
-            backup_type = get_param("backup_type")
-            rotation = int(get_param("rotation"))
-
-            image = self.compute_api.backup(context,
-                                            instance_id,
-                                            image_name,
-                                            backup_type,
-                                            rotation,
-                                            extra_properties=props)
-        else:
-            msg = _("Invalid image_type '%s'") % image_type
-            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
+        context = req.environ['nova.context']
+        image = self.compute_api.snapshot(context,
+                                          instance_id,
+                                          image_name,
+                                          extra_properties=props)
 
         # build location of newly-created image entity
-        image_ref = os.path.join(req.application_url,
-                                 'images',
-                                 str(image['id']))
+        image_id = str(image['id'])
+        image_ref = os.path.join(req.application_url, 'images', image_id)
 
         resp = webob.Response(status_int=202)
         resp.headers['Location'] = image_ref
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/views/servers.py b/nova/api/openstack/views/servers.py
index 659a43522..2873a8e0f 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/views/servers.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/views/servers.py
@@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ class ViewBuilderV11(ViewBuilder):
 
     def _build_detail(self, inst):
         response = super(ViewBuilderV11, self)._build_detail(inst)
-        response['server']['created'] = \
-            self._convert_timeformat(inst['created_at'])
-        response['server']['updated'] =  \
-            self._convert_timeformat(inst['updated_at'])
+        response['server']['created'] = utils.isotime(inst['created_at'])
+        response['server']['updated'] = utils.isotime(inst['updated_at'])
         if 'status' in response['server']:
             if response['server']['status'] == "ACTIVE":
                 response['server']['progress'] = 100
@@ -224,11 +222,3 @@ class ViewBuilderV11(ViewBuilder):
         """Create an url that refers to a specific flavor id."""
         return os.path.join(common.remove_version_from_href(self.base_url),
             "servers", str(server_id))
-
-    def _convert_timeformat(self, date_time):
-        """Converts the given time into the common time format
-
-        :param date_time: the datetime object to convert
-
-        """
-        return date_time.strftime(utils.TIME_FORMAT)
diff --git a/nova/auth/manager.py b/nova/auth/manager.py
index b6131fb7f..6205cfb56 100644
--- a/nova/auth/manager.py
+++ b/nova/auth/manager.py
@@ -518,6 +518,14 @@ class AuthManager(object):
             return drv.get_user_roles(User.safe_id(user),
                                       Project.safe_id(project))
 
+    def get_active_roles(self, user, project=None):
+        """Get all active roles for context"""
+        if project:
+            roles = FLAGS.allowed_roles + ['projectmanager']
+        else:
+            roles = FLAGS.global_roles
+        return [role for role in roles if self.has_role(user, role, project)]
+
     def get_project(self, pid):
         """Get project object by id"""
         with self.driver() as drv:
@@ -730,10 +738,6 @@ class AuthManager(object):
         with self.driver() as drv:
             drv.modify_user(uid, access_key, secret_key, admin)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_key_pairs(context):
-        return db.key_pair_get_all_by_user(context.elevated(), context.user_id)
-
     def get_credentials(self, user, project=None, use_dmz=True):
         """Get credential zip for user in project"""
         if not isinstance(user, User):
@@ -785,7 +789,7 @@ class AuthManager(object):
         return read_buffer
 
     def get_environment_rc(self, user, project=None, use_dmz=True):
-        """Get credential zip for user in project"""
+        """Get environment rc for user in project"""
         if not isinstance(user, User):
             user = self.get_user(user)
         if project is None:
diff --git a/nova/cloudpipe/pipelib.py b/nova/cloudpipe/pipelib.py
index 7844d31e1..521525205 100644
--- a/nova/cloudpipe/pipelib.py
+++ b/nova/cloudpipe/pipelib.py
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ class CloudPipe(object):
     def launch_vpn_instance(self, project_id):
         LOG.debug(_("Launching VPN for %s") % (project_id))
         project = self.manager.get_project(project_id)
-        ctxt = context.RequestContext(user=project.project_manager,
-                                      project=project)
+        ctxt = context.RequestContext(user=project.project_manager_id,
+                                      project=project.id)
         key_name = self.setup_key_pair(ctxt)
         group_name = self.setup_security_group(ctxt)
 
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ class CloudPipe(object):
             security_group=[group_name])
 
     def setup_security_group(self, context):
-        group_name = '%s%s' % (context.project.id, FLAGS.vpn_key_suffix)
-        if db.security_group_exists(context, context.project.id, group_name):
+        group_name = '%s%s' % (context.project_id, FLAGS.vpn_key_suffix)
+        if db.security_group_exists(context, context.project_id, group_name):
             return group_name
-        group = {'user_id': context.user.id,
-                 'project_id': context.project.id,
+        group = {'user_id': context.user_id,
+                 'project_id': context.project_id,
                  'name': group_name,
                  'description': 'Group for vpn'}
         group_ref = db.security_group_create(context, group)
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ class CloudPipe(object):
         return group_name
 
     def setup_key_pair(self, context):
-        key_name = '%s%s' % (context.project.id, FLAGS.vpn_key_suffix)
+        key_name = '%s%s' % (context.project_id, FLAGS.vpn_key_suffix)
         try:
-            result = cloud._gen_key(context, context.user.id, key_name)
+            result = cloud._gen_key(context, context.user_id, key_name)
             private_key = result['private_key']
             try:
-                key_dir = os.path.join(FLAGS.keys_path, context.user.id)
+                key_dir = os.path.join(FLAGS.keys_path, context.user_id)
                 if not os.path.exists(key_dir):
                     os.makedirs(key_dir)
                 key_path = os.path.join(key_dir, '%s.pem' % key_name)
diff --git a/nova/compute/api.py b/nova/compute/api.py
index d1e5647d2..aae16d1da 100644
--- a/nova/compute/api.py
+++ b/nova/compute/api.py
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ class API(base.Base):
                     raise
                 instances = None
         elif project_id or not context.is_admin:
-            if not context.project:
+            if not context.project_id:
                 instances = self.db.instance_get_all_by_user(
                     context, context.user_id)
             else:
@@ -940,18 +940,15 @@ class API(base.Base):
         LOG.debug(_("Old instance type %(current_instance_type_name)s, "
                 " new instance type %(new_instance_type_name)s") % locals())
         if not new_instance_type:
-            raise exception.ApiError(_("Requested flavor %(flavor_id)d "
-                    "does not exist") % locals())
+            raise exception.FlavorNotFound(flavor_id=flavor_id)
 
         current_memory_mb = current_instance_type['memory_mb']
         new_memory_mb = new_instance_type['memory_mb']
         if current_memory_mb > new_memory_mb:
-            raise exception.ApiError(_("Invalid flavor: cannot downsize"
-                    "instances"))
+            raise exception.CannotResizeToSmallerSize()
 
         if (current_memory_mb == new_memory_mb) and flavor_id:
-            raise exception.ApiError(_("Invalid flavor: cannot use"
-                    "the same flavor. "))
+            raise exception.CannotResizeToSameSize()
 
         instance_ref = self._get_instance(context, instance_id, 'resize')
         self._cast_scheduler_message(context,
diff --git a/nova/compute/instance_types.py b/nova/compute/instance_types.py
index c13a629a9..824416514 100644
--- a/nova/compute/instance_types.py
+++ b/nova/compute/instance_types.py
@@ -132,11 +132,8 @@ def get_instance_type_by_name(name):
 #               flavors.
 def get_instance_type_by_flavor_id(flavor_id):
     """Retrieve instance type by flavor_id."""
-    if flavor_id is None:
-        return get_default_instance_type()
+    ctxt = context.get_admin_context()
     try:
-        ctxt = context.get_admin_context()
         return db.instance_type_get_by_flavor_id(ctxt, flavor_id)
-    except exception.DBError, e:
-        LOG.exception(_('DB error: %s') % e)
-        raise exception.ApiError(_("Unknown flavor: %s") % flavor_id)
+    except ValueError:
+        raise exception.FlavorNotFound(flavor_id=flavor_id)
diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 173469bc3..a2d84cd76 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
                 local_gb=instance_type['local_gb'],
                 instance_type_id=instance_type['id']))
 
-        self.driver.revert_resize(instance_ref)
+        self.driver.revert_migration(instance_ref)
         self.db.migration_update(context, migration_id,
                 {'status': 'reverted'})
         usage_info = utils.usage_from_instance(instance_ref)
@@ -845,20 +845,26 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
 
         """
         migration_ref = self.db.migration_get(context, migration_id)
+
+        resize_instance = False
         instance_ref = self.db.instance_get_by_uuid(context,
                 migration_ref.instance_uuid)
-        instance_type = self.db.instance_type_get_by_flavor_id(context,
-                migration_ref['new_flavor_id'])
-        self.db.instance_update(context, instance_ref.uuid,
-               dict(instance_type_id=instance_type['id'],
-                    memory_mb=instance_type['memory_mb'],
-                    vcpus=instance_type['vcpus'],
-                    local_gb=instance_type['local_gb']))
+        if migration_ref['old_flavor_id'] != migration_ref['new_flavor_id']:
+            instance_type = self.db.instance_type_get_by_flavor_id(context,
+                    migration_ref['new_flavor_id'])
+            self.db.instance_update(context, instance_ref.uuid,
+                   dict(instance_type_id=instance_type['id'],
+                        memory_mb=instance_type['memory_mb'],
+                        vcpus=instance_type['vcpus'],
+                        local_gb=instance_type['local_gb']))
+            resize_instance = True
 
         instance_ref = self.db.instance_get_by_uuid(context,
                                             instance_ref.uuid)
+
         network_info = self._get_instance_nw_info(context, instance_ref)
-        self.driver.finish_resize(instance_ref, disk_info, network_info)
+        self.driver.finish_migration(instance_ref, disk_info, network_info,
+                                  resize_instance)
 
         self.db.migration_update(context, migration_id,
                 {'status': 'finished', })
diff --git a/nova/compute/monitor.py b/nova/compute/monitor.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d8e2a25d..000000000
--- a/nova/compute/monitor.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,435 +0,0 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
-# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
-# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    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.
-
-"""
-Instance Monitoring:
-
-    Optionally may be run on each compute node. Provides RRD
-    based statistics and graphs and makes them internally available
-    in the object store.
-"""
-
-import datetime
-import os
-import time
-
-import boto
-import boto.s3
-import rrdtool
-from twisted.internet import task
-from twisted.application import service
-
-from nova import flags
-from nova import log as logging
-from nova import utils
-from nova.virt import connection as virt_connection
-
-
-FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
-flags.DEFINE_integer('monitoring_instances_delay', 5,
-                     'Sleep time between updates')
-flags.DEFINE_integer('monitoring_instances_step', 300,
-                     'Interval of RRD updates')
-flags.DEFINE_string('monitoring_rrd_path', '$state_path/monitor/instances',
-                    'Location of RRD files')
-
-
-RRD_VALUES = {
-    'cpu': [
-        'DS:cpu:GAUGE:600:0:100',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:1:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:6:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:24:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:288:800',
-        ],
-    'net': [
-        'DS:rx:COUNTER:600:0:1250000',
-        'DS:tx:COUNTER:600:0:1250000',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:1:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:6:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:24:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:288:800',
-        ],
-    'disk': [
-        'DS:rd:COUNTER:600:U:U',
-        'DS:wr:COUNTER:600:U:U',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:800',
-        'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:1:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:6:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:24:800',
-        'RRA:MAX:0.5:444:800',
-        ]}
-
-
-utcnow = utils.utcnow
-
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.compute.monitor')
-
-
-def update_rrd(instance, name, data):
-    """
-    Updates the specified RRD file.
-    """
-    filename = os.path.join(instance.get_rrd_path(), '%s.rrd' % name)
-
-    if not os.path.exists(filename):
-        init_rrd(instance, name)
-
-    timestamp = int(time.mktime(utcnow().timetuple()))
-    rrdtool.update(filename, '%d:%s' % (timestamp, data))
-
-
-def init_rrd(instance, name):
-    """
-    Initializes the specified RRD file.
-    """
-    path = os.path.join(FLAGS.monitoring_rrd_path, instance.instance_id)
-
-    if not os.path.exists(path):
-        os.makedirs(path)
-
-    filename = os.path.join(path, '%s.rrd' % name)
-
-    if not os.path.exists(filename):
-        rrdtool.create(
-            filename,
-            '--step', '%d' % FLAGS.monitoring_instances_step,
-            '--start', '0',
-            *RRD_VALUES[name])
-
-
-def graph_cpu(instance, duration):
-    """
-    Creates a graph of cpu usage for the specified instance and duration.
-    """
-    path = instance.get_rrd_path()
-    filename = os.path.join(path, 'cpu-%s.png' % duration)
-
-    rrdtool.graph(
-        filename,
-        '--disable-rrdtool-tag',
-        '--imgformat', 'PNG',
-        '--width', '400',
-        '--height', '120',
-        '--start', 'now-%s' % duration,
-        '--vertical-label', '% cpu used',
-        '-l', '0',
-        '-u', '100',
-        'DEF:cpu=%s:cpu:AVERAGE' % os.path.join(path, 'cpu.rrd'),
-        'AREA:cpu#eacc00:% CPU',)
-
-    store_graph(instance.instance_id, filename)
-
-
-def graph_net(instance, duration):
-    """
-    Creates a graph of network usage for the specified instance and duration.
-    """
-    path = instance.get_rrd_path()
-    filename = os.path.join(path, 'net-%s.png' % duration)
-
-    rrdtool.graph(
-        filename,
-        '--disable-rrdtool-tag',
-        '--imgformat', 'PNG',
-        '--width', '400',
-        '--height', '120',
-        '--start', 'now-%s' % duration,
-        '--vertical-label', 'bytes/s',
-        '--logarithmic',
-        '--units', 'si',
-        '--lower-limit', '1000',
-        '--rigid',
-        'DEF:rx=%s:rx:AVERAGE' % os.path.join(path, 'net.rrd'),
-        'DEF:tx=%s:tx:AVERAGE' % os.path.join(path, 'net.rrd'),
-        'AREA:rx#00FF00:In traffic',
-        'LINE1:tx#0000FF:Out traffic',)
-
-    store_graph(instance.instance_id, filename)
-
-
-def graph_disk(instance, duration):
-    """
-    Creates a graph of disk usage for the specified duration.
-    """
-    path = instance.get_rrd_path()
-    filename = os.path.join(path, 'disk-%s.png' % duration)
-
-    rrdtool.graph(
-        filename,
-        '--disable-rrdtool-tag',
-        '--imgformat', 'PNG',
-        '--width', '400',
-        '--height', '120',
-        '--start', 'now-%s' % duration,
-        '--vertical-label', 'bytes/s',
-        '--logarithmic',
-        '--units', 'si',
-        '--lower-limit', '1000',
-        '--rigid',
-        'DEF:rd=%s:rd:AVERAGE' % os.path.join(path, 'disk.rrd'),
-        'DEF:wr=%s:wr:AVERAGE' % os.path.join(path, 'disk.rrd'),
-        'AREA:rd#00FF00:Read',
-        'LINE1:wr#0000FF:Write',)
-
-    store_graph(instance.instance_id, filename)
-
-
-def store_graph(instance_id, filename):
-    """
-    Transmits the specified graph file to internal object store on cloud
-    controller.
-    """
-    # TODO(devcamcar): Need to use an asynchronous method to make this
-    #       connection. If boto has some separate method that generates
-    #       the request it would like to make and another method to parse
-    #       the response we can make our own client that does the actual
-    #       request and hands it off to the response parser.
-    s3 = boto.s3.connection.S3Connection(
-        aws_access_key_id=FLAGS.aws_access_key_id,
-        aws_secret_access_key=FLAGS.aws_secret_access_key,
-        is_secure=False,
-        calling_format=boto.s3.connection.OrdinaryCallingFormat(),
-        port=FLAGS.s3_port,
-        host=FLAGS.s3_host)
-    bucket_name = '_%s.monitor' % instance_id
-
-    # Object store isn't creating the bucket like it should currently
-    # when it is first requested, so have to catch and create manually.
-    try:
-        bucket = s3.get_bucket(bucket_name)
-    except Exception:
-        bucket = s3.create_bucket(bucket_name)
-
-    key = boto.s3.Key(bucket)
-    key.key = os.path.basename(filename)
-    key.set_contents_from_filename(filename)
-
-
-class Instance(object):
-    def __init__(self, conn, instance_id):
-        self.conn = conn
-        self.instance_id = instance_id
-        self.last_updated = datetime.datetime.min
-        self.cputime = 0
-        self.cputime_last_updated = None
-
-        init_rrd(self, 'cpu')
-        init_rrd(self, 'net')
-        init_rrd(self, 'disk')
-
-    def needs_update(self):
-        """
-        Indicates whether this instance is due to have its statistics updated.
-        """
-        delta = utcnow() - self.last_updated
-        return delta.seconds >= FLAGS.monitoring_instances_step
-
-    def update(self):
-        """
-        Updates the instances statistics and stores the resulting graphs
-        in the internal object store on the cloud controller.
-        """
-        LOG.debug(_('updating %s...'), self.instance_id)
-
-        try:
-            data = self.fetch_cpu_stats()
-            if data is not None:
-                LOG.debug('CPU: %s', data)
-                update_rrd(self, 'cpu', data)
-
-            data = self.fetch_net_stats()
-            LOG.debug('NET: %s', data)
-            update_rrd(self, 'net', data)
-
-            data = self.fetch_disk_stats()
-            LOG.debug('DISK: %s', data)
-            update_rrd(self, 'disk', data)
-
-            # TODO(devcamcar): Turn these into pool.ProcessPool.execute() calls
-            # and make the methods @defer.inlineCallbacks.
-            graph_cpu(self, '1d')
-            graph_cpu(self, '1w')
-            graph_cpu(self, '1m')
-
-            graph_net(self, '1d')
-            graph_net(self, '1w')
-            graph_net(self, '1m')
-
-            graph_disk(self, '1d')
-            graph_disk(self, '1w')
-            graph_disk(self, '1m')
-        except Exception:
-            LOG.exception(_('unexpected error during update'))
-
-        self.last_updated = utcnow()
-
-    def get_rrd_path(self):
-        """
-        Returns the path to where RRD files are stored.
-        """
-        return os.path.join(FLAGS.monitoring_rrd_path, self.instance_id)
-
-    def fetch_cpu_stats(self):
-        """
-        Returns cpu usage statistics for this instance.
-        """
-        info = self.conn.get_info(self.instance_id)
-
-        # Get the previous values.
-        cputime_last = self.cputime
-        cputime_last_updated = self.cputime_last_updated
-
-        # Get the raw CPU time used in nanoseconds.
-        self.cputime = float(info['cpu_time'])
-        self.cputime_last_updated = utcnow()
-
-        LOG.debug('CPU: %d', self.cputime)
-
-        # Skip calculation on first pass. Need delta to get a meaningful value.
-        if cputime_last_updated is None:
-            return None
-
-        # Calculate the number of seconds between samples.
-        d = self.cputime_last_updated - cputime_last_updated
-        t = d.days * 86400 + d.seconds
-
-        LOG.debug('t = %d', t)
-
-        # Calculate change over time in number of nanoseconds of CPU time used.
-        cputime_delta = self.cputime - cputime_last
-
-        LOG.debug('cputime_delta = %s', cputime_delta)
-
-        # Get the number of virtual cpus in this domain.
-        vcpus = int(info['num_cpu'])
-
-        LOG.debug('vcpus = %d', vcpus)
-
-        # Calculate CPU % used and cap at 100.
-        return min(cputime_delta / (t * vcpus * 1.0e9) * 100, 100)
-
-    def fetch_disk_stats(self):
-        """
-        Returns disk usage statistics for this instance.
-        """
-        rd = 0
-        wr = 0
-
-        disks = self.conn.get_disks(self.instance_id)
-
-        # Aggregate the read and write totals.
-        for disk in disks:
-            try:
-                rd_req, rd_bytes, wr_req, wr_bytes, errs = \
-                    self.conn.block_stats(self.instance_id, disk)
-                rd += rd_bytes
-                wr += wr_bytes
-            except TypeError:
-                iid = self.instance_id
-                LOG.error(_('Cannot get blockstats for "%(disk)s"'
-                        ' on "%(iid)s"') % locals())
-                raise
-
-        return '%d:%d' % (rd, wr)
-
-    def fetch_net_stats(self):
-        """
-        Returns network usage statistics for this instance.
-        """
-        rx = 0
-        tx = 0
-
-        interfaces = self.conn.get_interfaces(self.instance_id)
-
-        # Aggregate the in and out totals.
-        for interface in interfaces:
-            try:
-                stats = self.conn.interface_stats(self.instance_id, interface)
-                rx += stats[0]
-                tx += stats[4]
-            except TypeError:
-                iid = self.instance_id
-                LOG.error(_('Cannot get ifstats for "%(interface)s"'
-                        ' on "%(iid)s"') % locals())
-                raise
-
-        return '%d:%d' % (rx, tx)
-
-
-class InstanceMonitor(object, service.Service):
-    """
-    Monitors the running instances of the current machine.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        """
-        Initialize the monitoring loop.
-        """
-        self._instances = {}
-        self._loop = task.LoopingCall(self.updateInstances)
-
-    def startService(self):
-        self._instances = {}
-        self._loop.start(interval=FLAGS.monitoring_instances_delay)
-        service.Service.startService(self)
-
-    def stopService(self):
-        self._loop.stop()
-        service.Service.stopService(self)
-
-    def updateInstances(self):
-        """
-        Update resource usage for all running instances.
-        """
-        try:
-            conn = virt_connection.get_connection(read_only=True)
-        except Exception, exn:
-            LOG.exception(_('unexpected exception getting connection'))
-            time.sleep(FLAGS.monitoring_instances_delay)
-            return
-
-        domain_ids = conn.list_instances()
-        try:
-            self.updateInstances_(conn, domain_ids)
-        except Exception, exn:
-            LOG.exception('updateInstances_')
-
-    def updateInstances_(self, conn, domain_ids):
-        for domain_id in domain_ids:
-            if not domain_id in self._instances:
-                instance = Instance(conn, domain_id)
-                self._instances[domain_id] = instance
-                LOG.debug(_('Found instance: %s'), domain_id)
-
-        for key in self._instances.keys():
-            instance = self._instances[key]
-            if instance.needs_update():
-                instance.update()
diff --git a/nova/context.py b/nova/context.py
index 99085ed75..b917a1d81 100644
--- a/nova/context.py
+++ b/nova/context.py
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 
 """RequestContext: context for requests that persist through all of nova."""
 
-import random
+import uuid
 
-from nova import exception
 from nova import utils
 
 
@@ -31,86 +30,54 @@ class RequestContext(object):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, user, project, is_admin=None, read_deleted=False,
-                 remote_address=None, timestamp=None, request_id=None):
-        if hasattr(user, 'id'):
-            self._user = user
-            self.user_id = user.id
-        else:
-            self._user = None
-            self.user_id = user
-        if hasattr(project, 'id'):
-            self._project = project
-            self.project_id = project.id
-        else:
-            self._project = None
-            self.project_id = project
-        if is_admin is None:
-            if self.user_id and self.user:
-                self.is_admin = self.user.is_admin()
-            else:
-                self.is_admin = False
-        else:
-            self.is_admin = is_admin
+    def __init__(self, user_id, project_id, is_admin=None, read_deleted=False,
+                 roles=None, remote_address=None, timestamp=None,
+                 request_id=None, auth_token=None):
+        self.user_id = user_id
+        self.project_id = project_id
+        self.roles = roles or []
+        self.is_admin = is_admin
+        if self.is_admin is None:
+            self.admin = 'admin' in self.roles
         self.read_deleted = read_deleted
         self.remote_address = remote_address
         if not timestamp:
             timestamp = utils.utcnow()
-        if isinstance(timestamp, str) or isinstance(timestamp, unicode):
-            timestamp = utils.parse_isotime(timestamp)
+        if isinstance(timestamp, basestring):
+            timestamp = utils.parse_strtime(timestamp)
         self.timestamp = timestamp
         if not request_id:
-            chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890-'
-            request_id = ''.join([random.choice(chars) for x in xrange(20)])
+            request_id = unicode(uuid.uuid4())
         self.request_id = request_id
-
-    @property
-    def user(self):
-        # NOTE(vish): Delay import of manager, so that we can import this
-        #             file from manager.
-        from nova.auth import manager
-        if not self._user:
-            try:
-                self._user = manager.AuthManager().get_user(self.user_id)
-            except exception.NotFound:
-                pass
-        return self._user
-
-    @property
-    def project(self):
-        # NOTE(vish): Delay import of manager, so that we can import this
-        #             file from manager.
-        from nova.auth import manager
-        if not self._project:
-            try:
-                auth_manager = manager.AuthManager()
-                self._project = auth_manager.get_project(self.project_id)
-            except exception.NotFound:
-                pass
-        return self._project
+        self.auth_token = auth_token
 
     def to_dict(self):
-        return {'user': self.user_id,
-                'project': self.project_id,
+        return {'user_id': self.user_id,
+                'project_id': self.project_id,
                 'is_admin': self.is_admin,
                 'read_deleted': self.read_deleted,
+                'roles': self.roles,
                 'remote_address': self.remote_address,
-                'timestamp': utils.isotime(self.timestamp),
-                'request_id': self.request_id}
+                'timestamp': utils.strtime(self.timestamp),
+                'request_id': self.request_id,
+                'auth_token': self.auth_token}
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, values):
         return cls(**values)
 
-    def elevated(self, read_deleted=False):
+    def elevated(self, read_deleted=None):
         """Return a version of this context with admin flag set."""
-        return RequestContext(self.user_id,
-                              self.project_id,
-                              True,
-                              read_deleted,
-                              self.remote_address,
-                              self.timestamp,
-                              self.request_id)
+        rd = self.read_deleted if read_deleted is None else read_deleted
+        return RequestContext(user_id=self.user_id,
+                              project_id=self.project_id,
+                              is_admin=True,
+                              read_deleted=rd,
+                              roles=self.roles,
+                              remote_address=self.remote_address,
+                              timestamp=self.timestamp,
+                              request_id=self.request_id,
+                              auth_token=self.auth_token)
 
 
 def get_admin_context(read_deleted=False):
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
index d7810098a..36614df1f 100644
--- a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def is_user_context(context):
 def authorize_project_context(context, project_id):
     """Ensures a request has permission to access the given project."""
     if is_user_context(context):
-        if not context.project:
+        if not context.project_id:
             raise exception.NotAuthorized()
         elif context.project_id != project_id:
             raise exception.NotAuthorized()
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def authorize_project_context(context, project_id):
 def authorize_user_context(context, user_id):
     """Ensures a request has permission to access the given user."""
     if is_user_context(context):
-        if not context.user:
+        if not context.user_id:
             raise exception.NotAuthorized()
         elif context.user_id != user_id:
             raise exception.NotAuthorized()
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ def instance_get_fixed_addresses_v6(context, instance_id):
         # combine prefixes, macs, and project_id into (prefix,mac,p_id) tuples
         prefix_mac_tuples = zip(prefixes, macs, [project_id for m in macs])
         # return list containing ipv6 address for each tuple
-        return [ipv6.to_global_ipv6(*t) for t in prefix_mac_tuples]
+        return [ipv6.to_global(*t) for t in prefix_mac_tuples]
 
 
 @require_context
@@ -3041,13 +3041,18 @@ def instance_type_get_by_name(context, name):
 @require_context
 def instance_type_get_by_flavor_id(context, id):
     """Returns a dict describing specific flavor_id"""
+    try:
+        flavor_id = int(id)
+    except ValueError:
+        raise exception.FlavorNotFound(flavor_id=id)
+
     session = get_session()
     inst_type = session.query(models.InstanceTypes).\
                                     options(joinedload('extra_specs')).\
-                                    filter_by(flavorid=int(id)).\
+                                    filter_by(flavorid=flavor_id).\
                                     first()
     if not inst_type:
-        raise exception.FlavorNotFound(flavor_id=id)
+        raise exception.FlavorNotFound(flavor_id=flavor_id)
     else:
         return _dict_with_extra_specs(inst_type)
 
@@ -3247,8 +3252,8 @@ def agent_build_destroy(context, agent_build_id):
     with session.begin():
         session.query(models.AgentBuild).\
                 filter_by(id=agent_build_id).\
-                update({'deleted': 1,
-                        'deleted_at': datetime.datetime.utcnow(),
+                update({'deleted': True,
+                        'deleted_at': utils.utcnow(),
                         'updated_at': literal_column('updated_at')})
 
 
@@ -3297,7 +3302,7 @@ def instance_type_extra_specs_delete(context, instance_type_id, key):
 def instance_type_extra_specs_get_item(context, instance_type_id, key):
     session = get_session()
 
-    sppec_result = session.query(models.InstanceTypeExtraSpecs).\
+    spec_result = session.query(models.InstanceTypeExtraSpecs).\
                     filter_by(instance_type_id=instance_type_id).\
                     filter_by(key=key).\
                     filter_by(deleted=False).\
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index 7e35c2cba..056259539 100644
--- a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -177,14 +177,6 @@ class Instance(BASE, NovaBase):
     user_id = Column(String(255))
     project_id = Column(String(255))
 
-    @property
-    def user(self):
-        return auth.manager.AuthManager().get_user(self.user_id)
-
-    @property
-    def project(self):
-        return auth.manager.AuthManager().get_project(self.project_id)
-
     image_ref = Column(String(255))
     kernel_id = Column(String(255))
     ramdisk_id = Column(String(255))
@@ -465,14 +457,6 @@ class SecurityGroup(BASE, NovaBase):
         'Instance.deleted == False)',
                              backref='security_groups')
 
-    @property
-    def user(self):
-        return auth.manager.AuthManager().get_user(self.user_id)
-
-    @property
-    def project(self):
-        return auth.manager.AuthManager().get_project(self.project_id)
-
 
 class SecurityGroupIngressRule(BASE, NovaBase):
     """Represents a rule in a security group."""
diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index 8c9b45a80..68e6ac937 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -692,3 +692,11 @@ class PasteConfigNotFound(NotFound):
 
 class PasteAppNotFound(NotFound):
     message = _("Could not load paste app '%(name)s' from %(path)s")
+
+
+class CannotResizeToSameSize(NovaException):
+    message = _("When resizing, instances must change size!")
+
+
+class CannotResizeToSmallerSize(NovaException):
+    message = _("Resizing to a smaller size is not supported.")
diff --git a/nova/image/s3.py b/nova/image/s3.py
index c313c7a13..ccbfa89cd 100644
--- a/nova/image/s3.py
+++ b/nova/image/s3.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from nova import flags
 from nova import image
 from nova import log as logging
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.image import service
 from nova.api.ec2 import ec2utils
 
@@ -43,6 +42,10 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger("nova.image.s3")
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 flags.DEFINE_string('image_decryption_dir', '/tmp',
                     'parent dir for tempdir used for image decryption')
+flags.DEFINE_string('s3_access_key', 'notchecked',
+                    'access key to use for s3 server for images')
+flags.DEFINE_string('s3_secret_key', 'notchecked',
+                    'secret key to use for s3 server for images')
 
 
 class S3ImageService(service.BaseImageService):
@@ -82,11 +85,10 @@ class S3ImageService(service.BaseImageService):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _conn(context):
-        # TODO(vish): is there a better way to get creds to sign
-        #             for the user?
-        access = manager.AuthManager().get_access_key(context.user,
-                                                      context.project)
-        secret = str(context.user.secret)
+        # NOTE(vish): access and secret keys for s3 server are not
+        #             checked in nova-objectstore
+        access = FLAGS.s3_access_key
+        secret = FLAGS.s3_secret_key
         calling = boto.s3.connection.OrdinaryCallingFormat()
         return boto.s3.connection.S3Connection(aws_access_key_id=access,
                                                aws_secret_access_key=secret,
diff --git a/nova/log.py b/nova/log.py
index 133ee45f8..222b8c5fb 100644
--- a/nova/log.py
+++ b/nova/log.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ from nova import version
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 flags.DEFINE_string('logging_context_format_string',
                     '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s '
-                    '[%(request_id)s %(user)s '
-                    '%(project)s] %(message)s',
+                    '[%(request_id)s %(user_id)s '
+                    '%(project_id)s] %(message)s',
                     'format string to use for log messages with context')
 flags.DEFINE_string('logging_default_format_string',
                     '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] '
diff --git a/nova/notifier/api.py b/nova/notifier/api.py
index 98969fd3e..e18f3e280 100644
--- a/nova/notifier/api.py
+++ b/nova/notifier/api.py
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ def notify(publisher_id, event_type, priority, payload):
     if priority not in log_levels:
         raise BadPriorityException(
                  _('%s not in valid priorities' % priority))
+
+    # Ensure everything is JSON serializable.
+    payload = utils.to_primitive(payload, convert_instances=True)
+
     driver = utils.import_object(FLAGS.notification_driver)
     msg = dict(message_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
                    publisher_id=publisher_id,
diff --git a/nova/rpc/__init__.py b/nova/rpc/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdf7f705b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/rpc/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+
+from nova.utils import import_object
+from nova.rpc.common import RemoteError, LOG
+from nova import flags
+
+FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+flags.DEFINE_string('rpc_backend',
+                    'nova.rpc.amqp',
+                    "The messaging module to use, defaults to AMQP.")
+
+RPCIMPL = import_object(FLAGS.rpc_backend)
+
+
+def create_connection(new=True):
+    return RPCIMPL.Connection.instance(new=True)
+
+
+def create_consumer(conn, topic, proxy, fanout=False):
+    if fanout:
+        return RPCIMPL.FanoutAdapterConsumer(
+                connection=conn,
+                topic=topic,
+                proxy=proxy)
+    else:
+        return RPCIMPL.TopicAdapterConsumer(
+                connection=conn,
+                topic=topic,
+                proxy=proxy)
+
+
+def create_consumer_set(conn, consumers):
+    return RPCIMPL.ConsumerSet(connection=conn, consumer_list=consumers)
+
+
+def call(context, topic, msg):
+    return RPCIMPL.call(context, topic, msg)
+
+
+def cast(context, topic, msg):
+    return RPCIMPL.cast(context, topic, msg)
+
+
+def fanout_cast(context, topic, msg):
+    return RPCIMPL.fanout_cast(context, topic, msg)
+
+
+def multicall(context, topic, msg):
+    return RPCIMPL.multicall(context, topic, msg)
diff --git a/nova/rpc.py b/nova/rpc/amqp.py
index e2771ca88..61555795a 100644
--- a/nova/rpc.py
+++ b/nova/rpc/amqp.py
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ from nova import fakerabbit
 from nova import flags
 from nova import log as logging
 from nova import utils
-
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.rpc')
+from nova.rpc.common import RemoteError, LOG
 
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -418,25 +416,6 @@ def msg_reply(msg_id, reply=None, failure=None):
         publisher.close()
 
 
-class RemoteError(exception.Error):
-    """Signifies that a remote class has raised an exception.
-
-    Containes a string representation of the type of the original exception,
-    the value of the original exception, and the traceback.  These are
-    sent to the parent as a joined string so printing the exception
-    contains all of the relevent info.
-
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, exc_type, value, traceback):
-        self.exc_type = exc_type
-        self.value = value
-        self.traceback = traceback
-        super(RemoteError, self).__init__('%s %s\n%s' % (exc_type,
-                                                         value,
-                                                         traceback))
-
-
 def _unpack_context(msg):
     """Unpack context from msg."""
     context_dict = {}
diff --git a/nova/rpc/common.py b/nova/rpc/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d3065a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/rpc/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from nova import exception
+from nova import log as logging
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.rpc')
+
+
+class RemoteError(exception.Error):
+    """Signifies that a remote class has raised an exception.
+
+    Containes a string representation of the type of the original exception,
+    the value of the original exception, and the traceback.  These are
+    sent to the parent as a joined string so printing the exception
+    contains all of the relevent info.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, exc_type, value, traceback):
+        self.exc_type = exc_type
+        self.value = value
+        self.traceback = traceback
+        super(RemoteError, self).__init__('%s %s\n%s' % (exc_type,
+                                                         value,
+                                                         traceback))
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/least_cost.py b/nova/scheduler/least_cost.py
index 6f5eb66fd..8c400d476 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/least_cost.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/least_cost.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from nova import flags
 from nova import log as logging
 from nova.scheduler import zone_aware_scheduler
 from nova import utils
+from nova import exception
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.scheduler.least_cost')
 
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/zone_aware_scheduler.py b/nova/scheduler/zone_aware_scheduler.py
index c429fdfcc..d99d7214c 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/zone_aware_scheduler.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/zone_aware_scheduler.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ZoneAwareScheduler(driver.Scheduler):
         decryptor = crypto.decryptor(FLAGS.build_plan_encryption_key)
         try:
             json_entry = decryptor(blob)
-            return json.dumps(entry)
+            return json.dumps(json_entry)
         except M2Crypto.EVP.EVPError:
             pass
         return None
diff --git a/nova/service.py b/nova/service.py
index 00e4f61e5..6e9eddc5a 100644
--- a/nova/service.py
+++ b/nova/service.py
@@ -149,26 +149,22 @@ class Service(object):
         if 'nova-compute' == self.binary:
             self.manager.update_available_resource(ctxt)
 
-        self.conn = rpc.Connection.instance(new=True)
+        self.conn = rpc.create_connection(new=True)
         logging.debug("Creating Consumer connection for Service %s" %
                       self.topic)
 
         # Share this same connection for these Consumers
-        consumer_all = rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(
-                connection=self.conn,
-                topic=self.topic,
-                proxy=self)
-        consumer_node = rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(
-                connection=self.conn,
-                topic='%s.%s' % (self.topic, self.host),
-                proxy=self)
-        fanout = rpc.FanoutAdapterConsumer(
-                connection=self.conn,
-                topic=self.topic,
-                proxy=self)
-        consumer_set = rpc.ConsumerSet(
-                connection=self.conn,
-                consumer_list=[consumer_all, consumer_node, fanout])
+        consumer_all = rpc.create_consumer(self.conn, self.topic, self,
+                                           fanout=False)
+
+        node_topic = '%s.%s' % (self.topic, self.host)
+        consumer_node = rpc.create_consumer(self.conn, node_topic, self,
+                                            fanout=False)
+
+        fanout = rpc.create_consumer(self.conn, self.topic, self, fanout=True)
+
+        consumers = [consumer_all, consumer_node, fanout]
+        consumer_set = rpc.create_consumer_set(self.conn, consumers)
 
         # Wait forever, processing these consumers
         def _wait():
diff --git a/nova/test.py b/nova/test.py
index 9790b0aa1..549aa6fcf 100644
--- a/nova/test.py
+++ b/nova/test.py
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.flag_overrides = {}
         self.injected = []
         self._services = []
-        self._monkey_patch_attach()
         self._original_flags = FLAGS.FlagValuesDict()
-        rpc.ConnectionPool = rpc.Pool(max_size=FLAGS.rpc_conn_pool_size)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         """Runs after each test method to tear down test environment."""
@@ -126,9 +124,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             # Reset any overriden flags
             self.reset_flags()
 
-            # Reset our monkey-patches
-            rpc.Consumer.attach_to_eventlet = self.original_attach
-
             # Stop any timers
             for x in self.injected:
                 try:
@@ -172,17 +167,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self._services.append(svc)
         return svc
 
-    def _monkey_patch_attach(self):
-        self.original_attach = rpc.Consumer.attach_to_eventlet
-
-        def _wrapped(inner_self):
-            rv = self.original_attach(inner_self)
-            self.injected.append(rv)
-            return rv
-
-        _wrapped.func_name = self.original_attach.func_name
-        rpc.Consumer.attach_to_eventlet = _wrapped
-
     # Useful assertions
     def assertDictMatch(self, d1, d2, approx_equal=False, tolerance=0.001):
         """Assert two dicts are equivalent.
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_floating_ips.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_floating_ips.py
index de006d088..ab7ae2e54 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_floating_ips.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_floating_ips.py
@@ -74,12 +74,8 @@ class FloatingIpTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(FloatingIpTest, self).setUp()
         self.controller = FloatingIPController()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         self.stubs.Set(network.api.API, "get_floating_ip",
                        network_api_get_floating_ip)
         self.stubs.Set(network.api.API, "list_floating_ips",
@@ -96,7 +92,6 @@ class FloatingIpTest(test.TestCase):
         self._create_floating_ip()
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
         self._delete_floating_ip()
         super(FloatingIpTest, self).tearDown()
 
@@ -111,6 +106,11 @@ class FloatingIpTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(view['floating_ip']['fixed_ip'], None)
         self.assertEqual(view['floating_ip']['instance_id'], None)
 
+    def test_translate_floating_ip_view_dict(self):
+        floating_ip = {'id': 0, 'address': '10.0.0.10', 'fixed_ip': None}
+        view = _translate_floating_ip_view(floating_ip)
+        self.assertTrue('floating_ip' in view)
+
     def test_floating_ips_list(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/os-floating-ips')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_multinic_xs.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_multinic_xs.py
index b0a9f7676..ac28f6be6 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_multinic_xs.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/contrib/test_multinic_xs.py
@@ -42,22 +42,14 @@ def compute_api_remove_fixed_ip(self, context, instance_id, address):
 class FixedIpTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(FixedIpTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         self.stubs.Set(compute.api.API, "add_fixed_ip",
                        compute_api_add_fixed_ip)
         self.stubs.Set(compute.api.API, "remove_fixed_ip",
                        compute_api_remove_fixed_ip)
         self.context = context.get_admin_context()
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        super(FixedIpTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_add_fixed_ip(self):
         global last_add_fixed_ip
         last_add_fixed_ip = (None, None)
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/fakes.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/fakes.py
index 26b1de818..28969d5f8 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/fakes.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/fakes.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from glance.common import exception as glance_exc
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception as exc
 from nova import utils
+from nova import wsgi
 import nova.api.openstack.auth
 from nova.api import openstack
 from nova.api.openstack import auth
@@ -40,14 +41,13 @@ import nova.image.fake
 from nova.image import glance
 from nova.image import service
 from nova.tests import fake_flags
-from nova.wsgi import Router
 
 
 class Context(object):
     pass
 
 
-class FakeRouter(Router):
+class FakeRouter(wsgi.Router):
     def __init__(self):
         pass
 
@@ -68,21 +68,30 @@ def fake_auth_init(self, application):
 
 @webob.dec.wsgify
 def fake_wsgi(self, req):
-    req.environ['nova.context'] = context.RequestContext(1, 1)
     return self.application
 
 
-def wsgi_app(inner_app10=None, inner_app11=None):
+def wsgi_app(inner_app10=None, inner_app11=None, fake_auth=True):
     if not inner_app10:
         inner_app10 = openstack.APIRouterV10()
     if not inner_app11:
         inner_app11 = openstack.APIRouterV11()
-    mapper = urlmap.URLMap()
-    api10 = openstack.FaultWrapper(auth.AuthMiddleware(
+
+    if fake_auth:
+        ctxt = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake')
+        api10 = openstack.FaultWrapper(wsgi.InjectContext(ctxt,
+              limits.RateLimitingMiddleware(inner_app10)))
+        api11 = openstack.FaultWrapper(wsgi.InjectContext(ctxt,
+              limits.RateLimitingMiddleware(
+                  extensions.ExtensionMiddleware(inner_app11))))
+    else:
+        api10 = openstack.FaultWrapper(auth.AuthMiddleware(
               limits.RateLimitingMiddleware(inner_app10)))
-    api11 = openstack.FaultWrapper(auth.AuthMiddleware(
+        api11 = openstack.FaultWrapper(auth.AuthMiddleware(
               limits.RateLimitingMiddleware(
                   extensions.ExtensionMiddleware(inner_app11))))
+        Auth = auth
+    mapper = urlmap.URLMap()
     mapper['/v1.0'] = api10
     mapper['/v1.1'] = api11
     mapper['/'] = openstack.FaultWrapper(versions.Versions())
@@ -359,17 +368,18 @@ class FakeAuthManager(object):
             if admin is not None:
                 user.admin = admin
 
-    def is_admin(self, user):
+    def is_admin(self, user_id):
+        user = self.get_user(user_id)
         return user.admin
 
-    def is_project_member(self, user, project):
+    def is_project_member(self, user_id, project):
         if not isinstance(project, Project):
             try:
                 project = self.get_project(project)
             except exc.NotFound:
                 raise webob.exc.HTTPUnauthorized()
-        return ((user.id in project.member_ids) or
-                (user.id == project.project_manager_id))
+        return ((user_id in project.member_ids) or
+                (user_id == project.project_manager_id))
 
     def create_project(self, name, manager_user, description=None,
                        member_users=None):
@@ -396,13 +406,13 @@ class FakeAuthManager(object):
         else:
             raise exc.NotFound
 
-    def get_projects(self, user=None):
-        if not user:
+    def get_projects(self, user_id=None):
+        if not user_id:
             return FakeAuthManager.projects.values()
         else:
             return [p for p in FakeAuthManager.projects.values()
-                    if (user.id in p.member_ids) or
-                       (user.id == p.project_manager_id)]
+                    if (user_id in p.member_ids) or
+                       (user_id == p.project_manager_id)]
 
 
 class FakeRateLimiter(object):
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_accounts.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_accounts.py
index 64abcf48c..89dbf5213 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_accounts.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_accounts.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import json
 
-import stubout
 import webob
 
 from nova import flags
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def fake_admin_check(self, req):
 class AccountsTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(AccountsTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         self.stubs.Set(accounts.Controller, '__init__',
                        fake_init)
         self.stubs.Set(accounts.Controller, '_check_admin',
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ class AccountsTest(test.TestCase):
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
 
-        self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
         fakemgr = fakes.FakeAuthManager()
         joeuser = User('id1', 'guy1', 'acc1', 'secret1', False)
         superuser = User('id2', 'guy2', 'acc2', 'secret2', True)
@@ -62,11 +59,6 @@ class AccountsTest(test.TestCase):
         fakemgr.create_project('test1', joeuser)
         fakemgr.create_project('test2', superuser)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = self.allow_admin
-        super(AccountsTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_get_account(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/accounts/test1')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_adminapi.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_adminapi.py
index e87255b18..b83de40cf 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_adminapi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_adminapi.py
@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 
-import stubout
 import webob
-from paste import urlmap
 
 from nova import flags
 from nova import test
-from nova.api import openstack
-from nova.api.openstack import auth
 from nova.tests.api.openstack import fakes
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -33,21 +29,12 @@ class AdminAPITest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(AdminAPITest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = self.allow_admin
-        super(AdminAPITest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_admin_enabled(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         # We should still be able to access public operations.
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/flavors')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
@@ -55,7 +42,7 @@ class AdminAPITest(test.TestCase):
         # TODO: Confirm admin operations are available.
 
     def test_admin_disabled(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = False
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=False)
         # We should still be able to access public operations.
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/flavors')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_auth.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_auth.py
index af3478c7d..306ae1aa0 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_auth.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_auth.py
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@
 
 import datetime
 
-import stubout
 import webob
 import webob.dec
 
 import nova.api
 import nova.api.openstack.auth
 import nova.auth.manager
-from nova import auth
 from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import test
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(Test, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
         self.stubs.Set(nova.api.openstack.auth.AuthMiddleware,
             '__init__', fakes.fake_auth_init)
         self.stubs.Set(context, 'RequestContext', fakes.FakeRequestContext)
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
         fakes.fake_data_store = {}
         super(Test, self).tearDown()
 
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'user1'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '204 No Content')
         self.assertEqual(len(result.headers['X-Auth-Token']), 40)
         self.assertEqual(result.headers['X-CDN-Management-Url'],
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/', {'HTTP_HOST': 'foo'})
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'user1'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '204 No Content')
         self.assertEqual(len(result.headers['X-Auth-Token']), 40)
         self.assertEqual(result.headers['X-Server-Management-Url'],
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.api.openstack, 'APIRouterV10', fakes.FakeRouter)
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/fake')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = token
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '200 OK')
         self.assertEqual(result.headers['X-Test-Success'], 'True')
 
@@ -110,7 +106,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
 
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = 'token_hash'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
         self.assertEqual(self.destroy_called, True)
 
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/', {'HTTP_HOST': 'foo'})
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'user1'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '204 No Content')
 
         token = result.headers['X-Auth-Token']
@@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/fake')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = token
         req.headers['X-Auth-Project-Id'] = 'user2_project'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '200 OK')
         self.assertEqual(result.headers['X-Test-Success'], 'True')
 
@@ -140,7 +136,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'unknown_user'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'unknown_user_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
     def test_bad_user_good_key(self):
@@ -151,18 +147,18 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'unknown_user'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
     def test_no_user(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
     def test_bad_token(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = 'unknown_token'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
     def test_bad_project(self):
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/', {'HTTP_HOST': 'foo'})
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'user1'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '204 No Content')
 
         token = result.headers['X-Auth-Token']
@@ -185,7 +181,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/fake')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = token
         req.headers['X-Auth-Project-Id'] = 'user2_project'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
     def test_not_existing_project(self):
@@ -197,7 +193,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/', {'HTTP_HOST': 'foo'})
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'user1'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '204 No Content')
 
         token = result.headers['X-Auth-Token']
@@ -205,7 +201,7 @@ class Test(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/fake')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = token
         req.headers['X-Auth-Project-Id'] = 'unknown_project'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
 
@@ -226,20 +222,19 @@ class TestFunctional(test.TestCase):
 
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = 'test_token_hash'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
     def test_token_doesnotexist(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = 'nonexistant_token_hash'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '401 Unauthorized')
 
 
 class TestLimiter(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestLimiter, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
         self.stubs.Set(nova.api.openstack.auth.AuthMiddleware,
             '__init__', fakes.fake_auth_init)
         self.stubs.Set(context, 'RequestContext', fakes.FakeRequestContext)
@@ -248,7 +243,6 @@ class TestLimiter(test.TestCase):
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
         fakes.fake_data_store = {}
         super(TestLimiter, self).tearDown()
 
@@ -261,7 +255,7 @@ class TestLimiter(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/')
         req.headers['X-Auth-User'] = 'user1'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Key'] = 'user1_key'
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(len(result.headers['X-Auth-Token']), 40)
 
         token = result.headers['X-Auth-Token']
@@ -269,6 +263,6 @@ class TestLimiter(test.TestCase):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/fake')
         req.method = 'POST'
         req.headers['X-Auth-Token'] = token
-        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        result = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app(fake_auth=False))
         self.assertEqual(result.status, '200 OK')
         self.assertEqual(result.headers['X-Test-Success'], 'True')
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_extensions.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_extensions.py
index d459c694f..47c37225c 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_extensions.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_extensions.py
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 
 import json
 import os.path
-import stubout
-import unittest
 import webob
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
 from nova import context
 from nova import flags
+from nova import test
 from nova.api import openstack
 from nova.api.openstack import extensions
 from nova.api.openstack import flavors
@@ -80,11 +79,12 @@ class StubExtensionManager(object):
         return request_extensions
 
 
-class ExtensionControllerTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ExtensionControllerTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        FLAGS.osapi_extensions_path = os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions")
+        super(ExtensionControllerTest, self).setUp()
+        ext_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions")
+        self.flags(osapi_extensions_path=ext_path)
 
     def test_list_extensions_json(self):
         app = openstack.APIRouterV11()
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class ExtensionControllerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 'updated': '2011-01-22T13:25:27-06:00',
                 'description': 'The Fox In Socks Extension',
                 'alias': 'FOXNSOX',
-                'links': []
-            }
+                'links': [],
+            },
         )
 
     def test_get_extension_json(self):
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ class ExtensionControllerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 "updated": "2011-01-22T13:25:27-06:00",
                 "description": "The Fox In Socks Extension",
                 "alias": "FOXNSOX",
-                "links": []
-            }
+                "links": [],
+            },
         )
 
     def test_list_extensions_xml(self):
@@ -176,7 +176,12 @@ class ExtensionControllerTest(unittest.TestCase):
             'The Fox In Socks Extension')
 
 
-class ResourceExtensionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ResourceExtensionTest(test.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ResourceExtensionTest, self).setUp()
+        ext_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions")
+        self.flags(osapi_extensions_path=ext_path)
 
     def test_no_extension_present(self):
         manager = StubExtensionManager(None)
@@ -214,13 +219,14 @@ class InvalidExtension(object):
         return "THIRD"
 
 
-class ExtensionManagerTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ExtensionManagerTest(test.TestCase):
 
     response_body = "Try to say this Mr. Knox, sir..."
 
     def setUp(self):
-        FLAGS.osapi_extensions_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                                                    "extensions")
+        super(ExtensionManagerTest, self).setUp()
+        ext_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions")
+        self.flags(osapi_extensions_path=ext_path)
 
     def test_get_resources(self):
         app = openstack.APIRouterV11()
@@ -239,11 +245,12 @@ class ExtensionManagerTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue('THIRD' not in ext_mgr.extensions)
 
 
-class ActionExtensionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ActionExtensionTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        FLAGS.osapi_extensions_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                                                    "extensions")
+        super(ActionExtensionTest, self).setUp()
+        ext_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions")
+        self.flags(osapi_extensions_path=ext_path)
 
     def _send_server_action_request(self, url, body):
         app = openstack.APIRouterV11()
@@ -277,19 +284,12 @@ class ActionExtensionTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(404, response.status_int)
 
 
-class RequestExtensionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class RequestExtensionTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(RequestExtensionTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
-        self.context = context.get_admin_context()
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        super(RequestExtensionTest, self).tearDown()
+        ext_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions")
+        self.flags(osapi_extensions_path=ext_path)
 
     def test_get_resources_with_stub_mgr(self):
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class RequestExtensionTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("Pig Bands!", response_data['big_bands'])
 
 
-class ExtensionsXMLSerializerTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ExtensionsXMLSerializerTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_serialize_extenstion(self):
         serializer = extensions.ExtensionsXMLSerializer()
@@ -342,15 +342,15 @@ class ExtensionsXMLSerializerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     {
                         'rel': 'describedby',
                         'type': 'application/pdf',
-                        'href': 'http://docs.rack.com/servers/api/ext/cs.pdf'
+                        'href': 'http://docs.rack.com/servers/api/ext/cs.pdf',
                     },
                     {
                         'rel': 'describedby',
                         'type': 'application/vnd.sun.wadl+xml',
-                        'href': 'http://docs.rack.com/servers/api/ext/cs.wadl'
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
+                        'href': 'http://docs.rack.com/servers/api/ext/cs.wadl',
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
         }
 
         xml = serializer.serialize(data, 'show')
@@ -382,14 +382,14 @@ class ExtensionsXMLSerializerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                         {
                             "rel": "describedby",
                             "type": "application/pdf",
-                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-pie.pdf"
+                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-pie.pdf",
                         },
                         {
                             "rel": "describedby",
                             "type": "application/vnd.sun.wadl+xml",
-                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-pie.wadl"
-                        }
-                    ]
+                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-pie.wadl",
+                        },
+                    ],
                 },
                 {
                     "name": "Cloud Block Storage",
@@ -401,16 +401,16 @@ class ExtensionsXMLSerializerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                         {
                             "rel": "describedby",
                             "type": "application/pdf",
-                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-cbs.pdf"
+                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-cbs.pdf",
                         },
                         {
                             "rel": "describedby",
                             "type": "application/vnd.sun.wadl+xml",
-                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-cbs.wadl"
-                        }
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
+                            "href": "http://foo.com/api/ext/cs-cbs.wadl",
+                        },
+                    ],
+                },
+            ],
         }
 
         xml = serializer.serialize(data, 'index')
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_flavors.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_flavors.py
index 4ac35b26b..d0fe72001 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_flavors.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_flavors.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import json
-import stubout
 import webob
 import xml.dom.minidom as minidom
 
@@ -56,12 +55,8 @@ def return_instance_type_not_found(context, flavor_id):
 class FlavorsTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(FlavorsTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, "instance_type_get_all",
                        return_instance_types)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, "instance_type_get_by_flavor_id",
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/extensions/test_flavors_extra_specs.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_flavors_extra_specs.py
index 2c1c335b0..d386958db 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/extensions/test_flavors_extra_specs.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_flavors_extra_specs.py
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 
 import json
 import stubout
-import unittest
 import webob
 import os.path
 
 
 from nova import flags
+from nova import test
 from nova.api import openstack
-from nova.api.openstack import auth
 from nova.api.openstack import extensions
 from nova.tests.api.openstack import fakes
 import nova.wsgi
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@ def return_flavor_extra_specs(context, flavor_id):
     return stub_flavor_extra_specs()
 
 
-def return_flavor_extra_specs(context, flavor_id):
-    return stub_flavor_extra_specs()
-
-
 def return_empty_flavor_extra_specs(context, flavor_id):
     return {}
 
@@ -62,30 +57,17 @@ def stub_flavor_extra_specs():
     return specs
 
 
-class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(FlavorsExtraSpecsTest, self).setUp()
-        FLAGS.osapi_extensions_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                                                    "extensions")
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.auth_data = {}
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_key_pair_funcs(self.stubs)
-        self.mware = auth.AuthMiddleware(
-                      extensions.ExtensionMiddleware(
-                      openstack.APIRouterV11()))
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsTest, self).tearDown()
 
     def test_index(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_type_extra_specs_get',
                        return_flavor_extra_specs)
-        request = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
-        res = request.get_response(self.mware)
+        request = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
+        res = request.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(200, res.status_int)
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
         self.assertEqual('application/json', res.headers['Content-Type'])
@@ -94,8 +76,8 @@ class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_index_no_data(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_type_extra_specs_get',
                        return_empty_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
         self.assertEqual(200, res.status_int)
         self.assertEqual('application/json', res.headers['Content-Type'])
@@ -104,8 +86,8 @@ class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_show(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_type_extra_specs_get',
                        return_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key5')
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key5')
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(200, res.status_int)
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
         self.assertEqual('application/json', res.headers['Content-Type'])
@@ -114,28 +96,28 @@ class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_show_spec_not_found(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_type_extra_specs_get',
                        return_empty_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key6')
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key6')
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
         self.assertEqual(404, res.status_int)
 
     def test_delete(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_type_extra_specs_delete',
                        delete_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key5')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key5')
         req.method = 'DELETE'
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(200, res.status_int)
 
     def test_create(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api,
                        'instance_type_extra_specs_update_or_create',
                        return_create_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
         req.method = 'POST'
         req.body = '{"extra_specs": {"key1": "value1"}}'
         req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
         self.assertEqual(200, res.status_int)
         self.assertEqual('application/json', res.headers['Content-Type'])
@@ -145,21 +127,21 @@ class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api,
                        'instance_type_extra_specs_update_or_create',
                        return_create_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs')
         req.method = 'POST'
         req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
 
     def test_update_item(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api,
                        'instance_type_extra_specs_update_or_create',
                        return_create_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key1')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key1')
         req.method = 'PUT'
         req.body = '{"key1": "value1"}'
         req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(200, res.status_int)
         self.assertEqual('application/json', res.headers['Content-Type'])
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
@@ -169,30 +151,30 @@ class FlavorsExtraSpecsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api,
                        'instance_type_extra_specs_update_or_create',
                        return_create_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key1')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key1')
         req.method = 'PUT'
         req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
 
     def test_update_item_too_many_keys(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api,
                        'instance_type_extra_specs_update_or_create',
                        return_create_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key1')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/key1')
         req.method = 'PUT'
         req.body = '{"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}'
         req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
 
     def test_update_item_body_uri_mismatch(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api,
                        'instance_type_extra_specs_update_or_create',
                        return_create_flavor_extra_specs)
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/bad')
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/flavors/1/os-extra_specs/bad')
         req.method = 'PUT'
         req.body = '{"key1": "value1"}'
         req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        res = req.get_response(self.mware)
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_image_metadata.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_image_metadata.py
index c9137cc24..56a0932e7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_image_metadata.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_image_metadata.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import json
-import stubout
-import unittest
 import webob
 
 
@@ -84,23 +82,13 @@ class ImageMetaDataTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(ImageMetaDataTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        self.orig_image_service = FLAGS.image_service
-        FLAGS.image_service = 'nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService'
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.auth_data = {}
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
+        self.flags(image_service='nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService')
         # NOTE(dprince) max out properties/metadata in image 3 for testing
         img3 = self.IMAGE_FIXTURES[2]
         for num in range(FLAGS.quota_metadata_items):
             img3['properties']['key%i' % num] = "blah"
         fakes.stub_out_glance(self.stubs, self.IMAGE_FIXTURES)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        FLAGS.image_service = self.orig_image_service
-        super(ImageMetaDataTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_index(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/images/1/metadata')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_images.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_images.py
index 50a6be66c..942c0b333 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_images.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_images.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class GlanceImageServiceTest(_BaseImageServiceTests):
         fakes.stub_out_compute_api_snapshot(self.stubs)
         service_class = 'nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService'
         self.service = utils.import_object(service_class)
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(1, None)
+        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake')
         self.service.delete_all()
         self.sent_to_glance = {}
         fakes.stub_out_glance_add_image(self.stubs, self.sent_to_glance)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class GlanceImageServiceTest(_BaseImageServiceTests):
         """Ensure instance_id is persisted as an image-property"""
         fixture = {'name': 'test image',
                    'is_public': False,
-                   'properties': {'instance_id': '42', 'user_id': '1'}}
+                   'properties': {'instance_id': '42', 'user_id': 'fake'}}
 
         image_id = self.service.create(self.context, fixture)['id']
         expected = fixture
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class GlanceImageServiceTest(_BaseImageServiceTests):
         expected = {'id': image_id,
                     'name': 'test image',
                     'is_public': False,
-                    'properties': {'instance_id': '42', 'user_id': '1'}}
+                    'properties': {'instance_id': '42', 'user_id': 'fake'}}
         self.assertDictMatch(image_meta, expected)
 
         image_metas = self.service.detail(self.context)
@@ -331,11 +331,8 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
         self.orig_image_service = FLAGS.image_service
         FLAGS.image_service = 'nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService'
         self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_key_pair_funcs(self.stubs)
         self.fixtures = self._make_image_fixtures()
         fakes.stub_out_glance(self.stubs, initial_fixtures=self.fixtures)
@@ -352,7 +349,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
         """Determine if this fixture is applicable for given user id."""
         is_public = fixture["is_public"]
         try:
-            uid = int(fixture["properties"]["user_id"])
+            uid = fixture["properties"]["user_id"]
         except KeyError:
             uid = None
         return uid == user_id or is_public
@@ -424,7 +421,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
                 },
                 "metadata": {
                     "instance_ref": "http://localhost/v1.1/servers/42",
-                    "user_id": "1",
+                    "user_id": "fake",
                 },
                 "links": [{
                     "rel": "self",
@@ -559,7 +556,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
         fixtures = copy.copy(self.fixtures)
 
         for image in fixtures:
-            if not self._applicable_fixture(image, 1):
+            if not self._applicable_fixture(image, "fake"):
                 fixtures.remove(image)
                 continue
 
@@ -666,7 +663,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
             'name': 'queued snapshot',
             'metadata': {
                 u'instance_ref': u'http://localhost/v1.1/servers/42',
-                u'user_id': u'1',
+                u'user_id': u'fake',
             },
             'updated': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
             'created': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
@@ -696,7 +693,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
             'name': 'saving snapshot',
             'metadata': {
                 u'instance_ref': u'http://localhost/v1.1/servers/42',
-                u'user_id': u'1',
+                u'user_id': u'fake',
             },
             'updated': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
             'created': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
@@ -727,7 +724,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
             'name': 'active snapshot',
             'metadata': {
                 u'instance_ref': u'http://localhost/v1.1/servers/42',
-                u'user_id': u'1',
+                u'user_id': u'fake',
             },
             'updated': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
             'created': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
@@ -757,7 +754,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
             'name': 'killed snapshot',
             'metadata': {
                 u'instance_ref': u'http://localhost/v1.1/servers/42',
-                u'user_id': u'1',
+                u'user_id': u'fake',
             },
             'updated': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
             'created': self.NOW_API_FORMAT,
@@ -1045,82 +1042,6 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
         response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
 
-    def test_create_backup_no_name(self):
-        """Name is also required for backups"""
-        body = dict(image=dict(serverId='123', image_type='backup',
-                               backup_type='daily', rotation=1))
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
-        req.method = 'POST'
-        req.body = json.dumps(body)
-        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
-
-    def test_create_backup_with_rotation_and_backup_type(self):
-        """The happy path for creating backups
-
-        Creating a backup is an admin-only operation, as opposed to snapshots
-        which are available to anybody.
-        """
-        # FIXME(sirp): teardown needed?
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
-
-        # FIXME(sirp): should the fact that backups are admin_only be a FLAG
-        body = dict(image=dict(serverId='123', image_type='backup',
-                               name='Backup 1',
-                               backup_type='daily', rotation=1))
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
-        req.method = 'POST'
-        req.body = json.dumps(body)
-        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_int)
-
-    def test_create_backup_no_rotation(self):
-        """Rotation is required for backup requests"""
-        # FIXME(sirp): teardown needed?
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
-
-        # FIXME(sirp): should the fact that backups are admin_only be a FLAG
-        body = dict(image=dict(serverId='123', name='daily',
-                               image_type='backup', backup_type='daily'))
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
-        req.method = 'POST'
-        req.body = json.dumps(body)
-        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
-
-    def test_create_backup_no_backup_type(self):
-        """Backup Type (daily or weekly) is required for backup requests"""
-        # FIXME(sirp): teardown needed?
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
-
-        # FIXME(sirp): should the fact that backups are admin_only be a FLAG
-        body = dict(image=dict(serverId='123', name='daily',
-                               image_type='backup', rotation=1))
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
-        req.method = 'POST'
-        req.body = json.dumps(body)
-        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
-
-    def test_create_image_with_invalid_image_type(self):
-        """Valid image_types are snapshot | daily | weekly"""
-        # FIXME(sirp): teardown needed?
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
-
-        # FIXME(sirp): should the fact that backups are admin_only be a FLAG
-        body = dict(image=dict(serverId='123', image_type='monthly',
-                               rotation=1))
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
-        req.method = 'POST'
-        req.body = json.dumps(body)
-        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
-        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
-
     def test_create_image_no_server_id(self):
 
         body = dict(image=dict(name='Snapshot 1'))
@@ -1152,7 +1073,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
 
         # Snapshot for User 1
         server_ref = 'http://localhost/v1.1/servers/42'
-        snapshot_properties = {'instance_ref': server_ref, 'user_id': '1'}
+        snapshot_properties = {'instance_ref': server_ref, 'user_id': 'fake'}
         for status in ('queued', 'saving', 'active', 'killed'):
             add_fixture(id=image_id, name='%s snapshot' % status,
                         is_public=False, status=status,
@@ -1160,7 +1081,7 @@ class ImageControllerWithGlanceServiceTest(test.TestCase):
             image_id += 1
 
         # Snapshot for User 2
-        other_snapshot_properties = {'instance_id': '43', 'user_id': '2'}
+        other_snapshot_properties = {'instance_id': '43', 'user_id': 'other'}
         add_fixture(id=image_id, name='someone elses snapshot',
                     is_public=False, status='active',
                     properties=other_snapshot_properties)
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_limits.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_limits.py
index 8a3fe681a..6c3d531e3 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_limits.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_limits.py
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ class LimitsViewBuilderV11Test(test.TestCase):
                 "verb": "POST",
                 "remaining": 2,
                 "unit": "MINUTE",
-                "resetTime": 1311272226
+                "resetTime": 1311272226,
             },
             {
                 "URI": "*/servers",
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ class LimitsViewBuilderV11Test(test.TestCase):
                 "verb": "POST",
                 "remaining": 10,
                 "unit": "DAY",
-                "resetTime": 1311272226
+                "resetTime": 1311272226,
             },
         ]
         self.absolute_limits = {
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ class LimitsViewBuilderV11Test(test.TestCase):
                                 "verb": "POST",
                                 "remaining": 2,
                                 "unit": "MINUTE",
-                                "next-available": "2011-07-21T18:17:06Z"
+                                "next-available": "2011-07-21T18:17:06Z",
                             },
                         ]
                     },
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ class LimitsViewBuilderV11Test(test.TestCase):
                                 "verb": "POST",
                                 "remaining": 10,
                                 "unit": "DAY",
-                                "next-available": "2011-07-21T18:17:06Z"
+                                "next-available": "2011-07-21T18:17:06Z",
                             },
                         ]
                     },
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ class LimitsViewBuilderV11Test(test.TestCase):
         expected_limits = {
             "limits": {
                 "rate": [],
-                "absolute": {}
+                "absolute": {},
             }
         }
 
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ class LimitsXMLSerializationTest(test.TestCase):
                                 "verb": "POST",
                                 "remaining": 2,
                                 "unit": "MINUTE",
-                                "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z"
+                                "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z",
                             },
                         ]
                     },
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ class LimitsXMLSerializationTest(test.TestCase):
         fixture = {
             "limits": {
                 "rate": [],
-                "absolute": {}
+                "absolute": {},
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_actions.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_actions.py
index 0bc7e4cf3..a4a126a71 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_actions.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_actions.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import webob
 
 from nova import context
 from nova import db
+from nova import flags
 from nova import utils
 from nova.api.openstack import create_instance_helper
 from nova.compute import instance_types
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ from nova.tests.api.openstack import common
 from nova.tests.api.openstack import fakes
 
 
+FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+FLAGS.verbose = True
+
+
 def return_server_by_id(context, id):
     return _get_instance()
 
@@ -104,17 +109,13 @@ class ServerActionsTest(test.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get', return_server_by_id)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_update', instance_update)
 
+        self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
+
         self.webreq = common.webob_factory('/v1.0/servers')
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.stubs.UnsetAll()
 
-    def test_server_actions(self):
-        req = webob.Request.blank("/v1.0/servers/1/actions")
-        req.method = "GET"
-        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 404)
-
     def test_server_change_password(self):
         body = {'changePassword': {'adminPass': '1234pass'}}
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/servers/1/action')
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ class ServerActionsTest(test.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.compute.api.API, 'resize', resize_mock)
 
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 422)
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 400)
         self.assertEqual(self.resize_called, False)
 
     def test_resize_raises_fails(self):
@@ -316,6 +317,132 @@ class ServerActionsTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
         self.assertEqual(self.resize_called, True)
 
+    def test_create_backup(self):
+        """The happy path for creating backups"""
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'name': 'Backup 1',
+                'backup_type': 'daily',
+                'rotation': 1,
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/servers/1/action')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(202, response.status_int)
+        self.assertTrue(response.headers['Location'])
+
+    def test_create_backup_admin_api_off(self):
+        """The happy path for creating backups"""
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = False
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'name': 'Backup 1',
+                'backup_type': 'daily',
+                'rotation': 1,
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/servers/1/action')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(501, response.status_int)
+
+    def test_create_backup_with_metadata(self):
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'name': 'Backup 1',
+                'backup_type': 'daily',
+                'rotation': 1,
+                'metadata': {'123': 'asdf'},
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/servers/1/action')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(202, response.status_int)
+        self.assertTrue(response.headers['Location'])
+
+    def test_create_backup_no_name(self):
+        """Name is required for backups"""
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'backup_type': 'daily',
+                'rotation': 1,
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
+
+    def test_create_backup_no_rotation(self):
+        """Rotation is required for backup requests"""
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'name': 'Backup 1',
+                'backup_type': 'daily',
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
+
+    def test_create_backup_no_backup_type(self):
+        """Backup Type (daily or weekly) is required for backup requests"""
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'name': 'Backup 1',
+                'rotation': 1,
+            },
+        }
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
+
+    def test_create_backup_bad_entity(self):
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {'createBackup': 'go'}
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/images')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
+
 
 class ServerActionsTestV11(test.TestCase):
 
@@ -588,6 +715,26 @@ class ServerActionsTestV11(test.TestCase):
         response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(400, response.status_int)
 
+    def test_create_backup(self):
+        """The happy path for creating backups"""
+        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+
+        body = {
+            'createBackup': {
+                'name': 'Backup 1',
+                'backup_type': 'daily',
+                'rotation': 1,
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.1/servers/1/action')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = json.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+        response = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(202, response.status_int)
+        self.assertTrue(response.headers['Location'])
+
 
 class TestServerActionXMLDeserializer(test.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_metadata.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_metadata.py
index 0431e68d2..f90485067 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_metadata.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_server_metadata.py
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import json
-import stubout
-import unittest
 import webob
 
 
 from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
-from nova.api import openstack
+from nova import test
 from nova.tests.api.openstack import fakes
 import nova.wsgi
 
@@ -76,21 +74,13 @@ def return_server_nonexistant(context, server_id):
     raise exception.InstanceNotFound()
 
 
-class ServerMetaDataTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ServerMetaDataTest(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(ServerMetaDataTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.auth_data = {}
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_key_pair_funcs(self.stubs)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get', return_server)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        super(ServerMetaDataTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_index(self):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_metadata_get',
                        return_server_metadata)
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_servers.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_servers.py
index b1002f6c0..f66b213a8 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_servers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_servers.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import json
 import unittest
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
-import stubout
 import webob
 
 from nova import context
@@ -104,8 +103,8 @@ def return_server_with_uuid_and_power_state(power_state):
     return _return_server
 
 
-def return_servers(context, user_id=1):
-    return [stub_instance(i, user_id) for i in xrange(5)]
+def return_servers(context, *args, **kwargs):
+    return [stub_instance(i, 'fake', 'fake') for i in xrange(5)]
 
 
 def return_servers_by_reservation(context, reservation_id=""):
@@ -148,10 +147,10 @@ def instance_addresses(context, instance_id):
     return None
 
 
-def stub_instance(id, user_id=1, private_address=None, public_addresses=None,
-                  host=None, power_state=0, reservation_id="",
-                  uuid=FAKE_UUID, image_ref="10", flavor_id="1",
-                  interfaces=None):
+def stub_instance(id, user_id='fake', project_id='fake', private_address=None,
+                  public_addresses=None, host=None, power_state=0,
+                  reservation_id="", uuid=FAKE_UUID, image_ref="10",
+                  flavor_id="1", interfaces=None):
     metadata = []
     metadata.append(InstanceMetadata(key='seq', value=id))
 
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ def stub_instance(id, user_id=1, private_address=None, public_addresses=None,
         "updated_at": datetime.datetime(2010, 11, 11, 11, 0, 0),
         "admin_pass": "",
         "user_id": user_id,
-        "project_id": "",
+        "project_id": project_id,
         "image_ref": image_ref,
         "kernel_id": "",
         "ramdisk_id": "",
@@ -236,12 +235,8 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.maxDiff = None
         super(ServersTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_key_pair_funcs(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_image_service(self.stubs)
         self.stubs.Set(utils, 'gen_uuid', fake_gen_uuid)
@@ -249,7 +244,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get', return_server_by_id)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db, 'instance_get_by_uuid',
                        return_server_by_uuid)
-        self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get_all_by_user',
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get_all_by_project',
                        return_servers)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_add_security_group',
                        return_security_group)
@@ -266,6 +261,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(nova.compute.API, "get_actions", fake_compute_api)
 
         self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
+        self.webreq = common.webob_factory('/v1.0/servers')
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.stubs.UnsetAll()
@@ -971,6 +967,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
 
+        self.assertEqual(len(res_dict['servers']), 5)
         i = 0
         for s in res_dict['servers']:
             self.assertEqual(s['id'], i)
@@ -1034,6 +1031,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         res_dict = json.loads(res.body)
 
+        self.assertEqual(len(res_dict['servers']), 5)
         for i, s in enumerate(res_dict['servers']):
             self.assertEqual(s['id'], i)
             self.assertEqual(s['name'], 'server%d' % i)
@@ -1196,7 +1194,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
     def test_create_instance_via_zones(self):
         """Server generated ReservationID"""
         self._setup_for_create_instance()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
 
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=3, flavorId=2,
@@ -1218,7 +1216,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
     def test_create_instance_via_zones_with_resid(self):
         """User supplied ReservationID"""
         self._setup_for_create_instance()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
 
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=3, flavorId=2,
@@ -1727,10 +1725,11 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         instances - 2 on one host and 3 on another.
         '''
 
-        def return_servers_with_host(context, user_id=1):
-            return [stub_instance(i, 1, None, None, i % 2) for i in xrange(5)]
+        def return_servers_with_host(context, *args, **kwargs):
+            return [stub_instance(i, 'fake', 'fake', None, None, i % 2)
+                    for i in xrange(5)]
 
-        self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get_all_by_user',
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.db.api, 'instance_get_all_by_project',
             return_servers_with_host)
 
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/servers/detail')
@@ -1750,7 +1749,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(s['flavorId'], 1)
 
     def test_server_pause(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=2, flavorId=2, metadata={},
             personality={}))
@@ -1762,7 +1761,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
 
     def test_server_unpause(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=2, flavorId=2, metadata={},
             personality={}))
@@ -1774,7 +1773,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
 
     def test_server_suspend(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=2, flavorId=2, metadata={},
             personality={}))
@@ -1786,7 +1785,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
 
     def test_server_resume(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=2, flavorId=2, metadata={},
             personality={}))
@@ -1798,7 +1797,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
 
     def test_server_reset_network(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=2, flavorId=2, metadata={},
             personality={}))
@@ -1810,7 +1809,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
 
     def test_server_inject_network_info(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = dict(server=dict(
             name='server_test', imageId=2, flavorId=2, metadata={},
             personality={}))
@@ -1828,6 +1827,12 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 404)
 
+    def test_server_actions(self):
+        req = webob.Request.blank("/v1.0/servers/1/actions")
+        req.method = "GET"
+        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 404)
+
     def test_delete_server_instance(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/servers/1')
         req.method = 'DELETE'
@@ -1845,7 +1850,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.server_delete_called, True)
 
     def test_rescue_accepted(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = {}
 
         self.called = False
@@ -1864,7 +1869,7 @@ class ServersTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 202)
 
     def test_rescue_raises_handled(self):
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         body = {}
 
         def rescue_mock(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -2442,18 +2447,8 @@ class TestServerInstanceCreation(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestServerInstanceCreation, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.auth_data = {}
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_image_service(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_key_pair_funcs(self.stubs)
-        self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = self.allow_admin
-        super(TestServerInstanceCreation, self).tearDown()
 
     def _setup_mock_compute_api_for_personality(self):
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_shared_ip_groups.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_shared_ip_groups.py
index c2bd7e45a..36fa1de0f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_shared_ip_groups.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_shared_ip_groups.py
@@ -15,26 +15,13 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import stubout
 import webob
 
 from nova import test
-from nova.api.openstack import shared_ip_groups
 from nova.tests.api.openstack import fakes
 
 
 class SharedIpGroupsTest(test.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(SharedIpGroupsTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        super(SharedIpGroupsTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_get_shared_ip_groups(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/shared_ip_groups')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_users.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_users.py
index effb2f592..705c02f6b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_users.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_users.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import json
 
-import stubout
 import webob
 
 from nova import flags
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def fake_admin_check(self, req):
 class UsersTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(UsersTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         self.stubs.Set(users.Controller, '__init__',
                        fake_init)
         self.stubs.Set(users.Controller, '_check_admin',
@@ -58,16 +57,10 @@ class UsersTest(test.TestCase):
         fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
 
         self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
         fakemgr = fakes.FakeAuthManager()
         fakemgr.add_user(User('id1', 'guy1', 'acc1', 'secret1', False))
         fakemgr.add_user(User('id2', 'guy2', 'acc2', 'secret2', True))
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = self.allow_admin
-        super(UsersTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_get_user_list(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/users')
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_zones.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_zones.py
index 6a6e13d93..3deb844aa 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_zones.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/test_zones.py
@@ -95,31 +95,15 @@ def zone_select(context, specs):
 class ZonesTest(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(ZonesTest, self).setUp()
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        fakes.FakeAuthManager.reset_fake_data()
-        fakes.FakeAuthDatabase.data = {}
+        self.flags(allow_admin_api=True)
         fakes.stub_out_networking(self.stubs)
         fakes.stub_out_rate_limiting(self.stubs)
-        fakes.stub_out_auth(self.stubs)
-
-        self.allow_admin = FLAGS.allow_admin_api
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = True
 
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db, 'zone_get', zone_get)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db, 'zone_update', zone_update)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db, 'zone_create', zone_create)
         self.stubs.Set(nova.db, 'zone_delete', zone_delete)
 
-        self.old_zone_name = FLAGS.zone_name
-        self.old_zone_capabilities = FLAGS.zone_capabilities
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-        FLAGS.allow_admin_api = self.allow_admin
-        FLAGS.zone_name = self.old_zone_name
-        FLAGS.zone_capabilities = self.old_zone_capabilities
-        super(ZonesTest, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_get_zone_list_scheduler(self):
         self.stubs.Set(api, '_call_scheduler', zone_get_all_scheduler)
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/zones')
@@ -190,8 +174,8 @@ class ZonesTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse('username' in res_dict['zone'])
 
     def test_zone_info(self):
-        FLAGS.zone_name = 'darksecret'
-        FLAGS.zone_capabilities = ['cap1=a;b', 'cap2=c;d']
+        caps = ['cap1=a;b', 'cap2=c;d']
+        self.flags(zone_name='darksecret', zone_capabilities=caps)
         self.stubs.Set(api, '_call_scheduler', zone_capabilities)
 
         body = dict(zone=dict(username='zeb', password='sneaky'))
@@ -205,7 +189,8 @@ class ZonesTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(res_dict['zone']['cap2'], 'c;d')
 
     def test_zone_select(self):
-        FLAGS.build_plan_encryption_key = 'c286696d887c9aa0611bbb3e2025a45a'
+        key = 'c286696d887c9aa0611bbb3e2025a45a'
+        self.flags(build_plan_encryption_key=key)
         self.stubs.Set(api, 'select', zone_select)
 
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v1.0/zones/select')
diff --git a/nova/tests/hyperv_unittest.py b/nova/tests/hyperv_unittest.py
index 042819b9c..0ea196950 100644
--- a/nova/tests/hyperv_unittest.py
+++ b/nova/tests/hyperv_unittest.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import flags
 from nova import test
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.virt import hyperv
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -34,11 +33,9 @@ class HyperVTestCase(test.TestCase):
     """Test cases for the Hyper-V driver"""
     def setUp(self):
         super(HyperVTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user, self.project)
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
 
     def test_create_destroy(self):
         """Create a VM and destroy it"""
diff --git a/nova/tests/scheduler/test_scheduler.py b/nova/tests/scheduler/test_scheduler.py
index daea826fd..6a56a57db 100644
--- a/nova/tests/scheduler/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/nova/tests/scheduler/test_scheduler.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import datetime
 import mox
 import novaclient.exceptions
 import stubout
-import webob
 
 from mox import IgnoreArg
 from nova import context
@@ -34,12 +33,10 @@ from nova import service
 from nova import test
 from nova import rpc
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager as auth_manager
 from nova.scheduler import api
 from nova.scheduler import manager
 from nova.scheduler import driver
 from nova.compute import power_state
-from nova.db.sqlalchemy import models
 
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -250,23 +247,17 @@ class SimpleDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
                    volume_driver='nova.volume.driver.FakeISCSIDriver',
                    scheduler_driver='nova.scheduler.simple.SimpleScheduler')
         self.scheduler = manager.SchedulerManager()
-        self.manager = auth_manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
         self.context = context.get_admin_context()
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        super(SimpleDriverTestCase, self).tearDown()
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
 
     def _create_instance(self, **kwargs):
         """Create a test instance"""
         inst = {}
         inst['image_id'] = 1
         inst['reservation_id'] = 'r-fakeres'
-        inst['user_id'] = self.user.id
-        inst['project_id'] = self.project.id
+        inst['user_id'] = self.user_id
+        inst['project_id'] = self.project_id
         inst['instance_type_id'] = '1'
         inst['vcpus'] = kwargs.get('vcpus', 1)
         inst['ami_launch_index'] = 0
@@ -485,11 +476,6 @@ class SimpleDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(host, 'host2')
         volume1.delete_volume(self.context, volume_id1)
         db.volume_destroy(self.context, volume_id2)
-        dic = {'service_id': s_ref['id'],
-               'vcpus': 16, 'memory_mb': 32, 'local_gb': 100,
-               'vcpus_used': 16, 'memory_mb_used': 12, 'local_gb_used': 10,
-               'hypervisor_type': 'qemu', 'hypervisor_version': 12003,
-               'cpu_info': ''}
 
     def test_doesnt_report_disabled_hosts_as_up(self):
         """Ensures driver doesn't find hosts before they are enabled"""
diff --git a/nova/tests/scheduler/test_zone_aware_scheduler.py b/nova/tests/scheduler/test_zone_aware_scheduler.py
index d74b71fb6..7833028c3 100644
--- a/nova/tests/scheduler/test_zone_aware_scheduler.py
+++ b/nova/tests/scheduler/test_zone_aware_scheduler.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 Tests For Zone Aware Scheduler.
 """
 
+import json
+
 import nova.db
 
 from nova import exception
@@ -327,3 +329,19 @@ class ZoneAwareSchedulerTestCase(test.TestCase):
         sched._provision_resource_from_blob(None, request_spec, 1,
                                             request_spec, {})
         self.assertTrue(was_called)
+
+    def test_decrypt_blob(self):
+        """Test that the decrypt method works."""
+
+        fixture = FakeZoneAwareScheduler()
+        test_data = {"foo": "bar"}
+
+        class StubDecryptor(object):
+            def decryptor(self, key):
+                return lambda blob: blob
+
+        self.stubs.Set(zone_aware_scheduler, 'crypto',
+                       StubDecryptor())
+
+        self.assertEqual(fixture._decrypt_blob(test_data),
+                         json.dumps(test_data))
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_access.py b/nova/tests/test_access.py
index e170ccee6..3b54fc249 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_access.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_access.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import unittest
 import webob
 
 from nova import context
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ class FakeApiRequest(object):
 class AccessTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def _env_for(self, ctxt, action):
         env = {}
-        env['ec2.context'] = ctxt
+        env['nova.context'] = ctxt
         env['ec2.request'] = FakeApiRequest(action)
         return env
 
@@ -93,7 +92,11 @@ class AccessTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(AccessTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def response_status(self, user, methodName):
-        ctxt = context.RequestContext(user, self.project)
+        roles = manager.AuthManager().get_active_roles(user, self.project)
+        ctxt = context.RequestContext(user.id,
+                                      self.project.id,
+                                      is_admin=user.is_admin(),
+                                      roles=roles)
         environ = self._env_for(ctxt, methodName)
         req = webob.Request.blank('/', environ)
         resp = req.get_response(self.mw)
@@ -105,30 +108,26 @@ class AccessTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def shouldDeny(self, user, methodName):
         self.assertEqual(401, self.response_status(user, methodName))
 
-    def test_001_allow_all(self):
+    def test_allow_all(self):
         users = [self.testadmin, self.testpmsys, self.testnet, self.testsys]
         for user in users:
             self.shouldAllow(user, '_allow_all')
 
-    def test_002_allow_none(self):
+    def test_allow_none(self):
         self.shouldAllow(self.testadmin, '_allow_none')
         users = [self.testpmsys, self.testnet, self.testsys]
         for user in users:
             self.shouldDeny(user, '_allow_none')
 
-    def test_003_allow_project_manager(self):
+    def test_allow_project_manager(self):
         for user in [self.testadmin, self.testpmsys]:
             self.shouldAllow(user, '_allow_project_manager')
         for user in [self.testnet, self.testsys]:
             self.shouldDeny(user, '_allow_project_manager')
 
-    def test_004_allow_sys_and_net(self):
+    def test_allow_sys_and_net(self):
         for user in [self.testadmin, self.testnet, self.testsys]:
             self.shouldAllow(user, '_allow_sys_and_net')
         # denied because it doesn't have the per project sysadmin
         for user in [self.testpmsys]:
             self.shouldDeny(user, '_allow_sys_and_net')
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # TODO: Implement use_fake as an option
-    unittest.main()
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_adminapi.py b/nova/tests/test_adminapi.py
index 877cf4ea1..06cc498ac 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_adminapi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_adminapi.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from nova import log as logging
 from nova import rpc
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.api.ec2 import admin
 from nova.image import fake
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ class AdminApiTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(AdminApiTestCase, self).setUp()
         self.flags(connection_type='fake')
 
-        self.conn = rpc.Connection.instance()
+        self.conn = rpc.create_connection()
 
         # set up our cloud
         self.api = admin.AdminController()
@@ -51,11 +50,11 @@ class AdminApiTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.volume = self.start_service('volume')
         self.image_service = utils.import_object(FLAGS.image_service)
 
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('admin', 'admin', 'admin', True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('proj', 'admin', 'proj')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(user=self.user,
-                                              project=self.project)
+        self.user_id = 'admin'
+        self.project_id = 'admin'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id,
+                                              self.project_id,
+                                              True)
 
         def fake_show(meh, context, id):
             return {'id': 1, 'properties': {'kernel_id': 1, 'ramdisk_id': 1,
@@ -73,11 +72,6 @@ class AdminApiTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         self.stubs.Set(rpc, 'cast', finish_cast)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        super(AdminApiTestCase, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_block_external_ips(self):
         """Make sure provider firewall rules are created."""
         result = self.api.block_external_addresses(self.context, '1.1.1.1/32')
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_api.py b/nova/tests/test_api.py
index fe7fd8402..d9b1d39c9 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_api.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import webob
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
 from nova import test
+from nova import wsgi
 from nova.api import ec2
 from nova.api.ec2 import apirequest
 from nova.api.ec2 import cloud
 from nova.api.ec2 import ec2utils
-from nova.auth import manager
 
 
 class FakeHttplibSocket(object):
@@ -192,10 +192,13 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
     """Unit test for the cloud controller on an EC2 API"""
     def setUp(self):
         super(ApiEc2TestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
         self.host = '127.0.0.1'
-        self.app = ec2.Authenticate(ec2.Requestify(ec2.Executor(),
-                       'nova.api.ec2.cloud.CloudController'))
+        # NOTE(vish): skipping the Authorizer
+        roles = ['sysadmin', 'netadmin']
+        ctxt = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake', roles=roles)
+        self.app = wsgi.InjectContext(ctxt,
+                ec2.Requestify(ec2.Authorizer(ec2.Executor()),
+                               'nova.api.ec2.cloud.CloudController'))
 
     def expect_http(self, host=None, is_secure=False, api_version=None):
         """Returns a new EC2 connection"""
@@ -246,39 +249,25 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.expect_http(api_version='2010-10-30')
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
 
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-
         # Any request should be fine
         self.ec2.get_all_instances()
         self.assertTrue(self.ec2.APIVersion in self.http.getresponsebody(),
                        'The version in the xmlns of the response does '
                        'not match the API version given in the request.')
 
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
-
     def test_describe_instances(self):
         """Test that, after creating a user and a project, the describe
         instances call to the API works properly"""
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
         self.assertEqual(self.ec2.get_all_instances(), [])
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
 
     def test_terminate_invalid_instance(self):
         """Attempt to terminate an invalid instance"""
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
         self.assertRaises(EC2ResponseError, self.ec2.terminate_instances,
                             "i-00000005")
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
 
     def test_get_all_key_pairs(self):
         """Test that, after creating a user and project and generating
@@ -287,16 +276,12 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
         keyname = "".join(random.choice("sdiuisudfsdcnpaqwertasd") \
                           for x in range(random.randint(4, 8)))
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
         # NOTE(vish): create depends on pool, so call helper directly
-        cloud._gen_key(context.get_admin_context(), user.id, keyname)
+        cloud._gen_key(context.get_admin_context(), 'fake', keyname)
 
         rv = self.ec2.get_all_key_pairs()
         results = [k for k in rv if k.name == keyname]
         self.assertEquals(len(results), 1)
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
 
     def test_create_duplicate_key_pair(self):
         """Test that, after successfully generating a keypair,
@@ -305,8 +290,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
         keyname = "".join(random.choice("sdiuisudfsdcnpaqwertasd") \
                           for x in range(random.randint(4, 8)))
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
         # NOTE(vish): create depends on pool, so call helper directly
         self.ec2.create_key_pair('test')
 
@@ -325,27 +308,16 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         """Test that we can retrieve security groups"""
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake', admin=True)
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
 
         rv = self.ec2.get_all_security_groups()
 
         self.assertEquals(len(rv), 1)
         self.assertEquals(rv[0].name, 'default')
 
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
-
     def test_create_delete_security_group(self):
         """Test that we can create a security group"""
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake', admin=True)
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-
-        # At the moment, you need both of these to actually be netadmin
-        self.manager.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
-        project.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
 
         security_group_name = "".join(random.choice("sdiuisudfsdcnpaqwertasd")
                                       for x in range(random.randint(4, 8)))
@@ -364,9 +336,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         self.ec2.delete_security_group(security_group_name)
 
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
-
     def test_authorize_revoke_security_group_cidr(self):
         """
         Test that we can add and remove CIDR based rules
@@ -374,12 +343,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         """
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-
-        # At the moment, you need both of these to actually be netadmin
-        self.manager.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
-        project.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
 
         security_group_name = "".join(random.choice("sdiuisudfsdcnpaqwertasd")
                                       for x in range(random.randint(4, 8)))
@@ -426,9 +389,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(rv), 1)
         self.assertEqual(rv[0].name, 'default')
 
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
-
         return
 
     def test_authorize_revoke_security_group_cidr_v6(self):
@@ -438,12 +398,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         """
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-
-        # At the moment, you need both of these to actually be netadmin
-        self.manager.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
-        project.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
 
         security_group_name = "".join(random.choice("sdiuisudfsdcnpaqwertasd")
                                       for x in range(random.randint(4, 8)))
@@ -489,9 +443,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(rv), 1)
         self.assertEqual(rv[0].name, 'default')
 
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
-
         return
 
     def test_authorize_revoke_security_group_foreign_group(self):
@@ -501,12 +452,6 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         """
         self.expect_http()
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake', admin=True)
-        project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-
-        # At the moment, you need both of these to actually be netadmin
-        self.manager.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
-        project.add_role('fake', 'netadmin')
 
         rand_string = 'sdiuisudfsdcnpaqwertasd'
         security_group_name = "".join(random.choice(rand_string)
@@ -560,8 +505,3 @@ class ApiEc2TestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
 
         self.ec2.delete_security_group(security_group_name)
-
-        self.manager.delete_project(project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(user)
-
-        return
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_auth.py b/nova/tests/test_auth.py
index 71e0d17c9..7c0f783bb 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class _AuthManagerBaseTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual('classified', u.secret)
             self.assertEqual('private-party', u.access)
 
-    def test_004_signature_is_valid(self):
+    def test_signature_is_valid(self):
         with user_generator(self.manager, name='admin', secret='admin',
                             access='admin'):
             with project_generator(self.manager, name="admin",
@@ -141,15 +141,14 @@ class _AuthManagerBaseTestCase(test.TestCase):
                         '127.0.0.1',
                         '/services/Cloud'))
 
-    def test_005_can_get_credentials(self):
-        return
-        credentials = self.manager.get_user('test1').get_credentials()
-        self.assertEqual(credentials,
-        'export EC2_ACCESS_KEY="access"\n' +
-        'export EC2_SECRET_KEY="secret"\n' +
-        'export EC2_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8773/services/Cloud"\n' +
-        'export S3_URL="http://127.0.0.1:3333/"\n' +
-        'export EC2_USER_ID="test1"\n')
+    def test_can_get_credentials(self):
+        st = {'access': 'access', 'secret': 'secret'}
+        with user_and_project_generator(self.manager, user_state=st) as (u, p):
+            credentials = self.manager.get_environment_rc(u, p)
+            LOG.debug(credentials)
+            self.assertTrue('export EC2_ACCESS_KEY="access:testproj"\n'
+                            in credentials)
+            self.assertTrue('export EC2_SECRET_KEY="secret"\n' in credentials)
 
     def test_can_list_users(self):
         with user_generator(self.manager):
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_cloud.py b/nova/tests/test_cloud.py
index e419e7a50..8c1a74c70 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_cloud.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_cloud.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from nova import network
 from nova import rpc
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.api.ec2 import cloud
 from nova.api.ec2 import ec2utils
 from nova.image import fake
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.flags(connection_type='fake',
                    stub_network=True)
 
-        self.conn = rpc.Connection.instance()
+        self.conn = rpc.create_connection()
 
         # set up our cloud
         self.cloud = cloud.CloudController()
@@ -62,12 +61,11 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.volume = self.start_service('volume')
         self.image_service = utils.import_object(FLAGS.image_service)
 
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('admin', 'admin', 'admin', True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('proj', 'admin', 'proj')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(user=self.user,
-                                              project=self.project)
-        host = self.network.host
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id,
+                                              self.project_id,
+                                              True)
 
         def fake_show(meh, context, id):
             return {'id': 1, 'container_format': 'ami',
@@ -87,17 +85,15 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.stubs.Set(rpc, 'cast', finish_cast)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        networks = db.project_get_networks(self.context, self.project.id,
+        networks = db.project_get_networks(self.context, self.project_id,
                                            associate=False)
         for network in networks:
             db.network_disassociate(self.context, network['id'])
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
         super(CloudTestCase, self).tearDown()
 
     def _create_key(self, name):
         # NOTE(vish): create depends on pool, so just call helper directly
-        return cloud._gen_key(self.context, self.context.user.id, name)
+        return cloud._gen_key(self.context, self.context.user_id, name)
 
     def test_describe_regions(self):
         """Makes sure describe regions runs without raising an exception"""
@@ -326,22 +322,15 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
         revoke = self.cloud.revoke_security_group_ingress
         self.assertTrue(revoke(self.context, group_name=sec['name'], **kwargs))
 
-    def test_revoke_security_group_ingress_by_id(self):
-        kwargs = {'project_id': self.context.project_id, 'name': 'test'}
-        sec = db.security_group_create(self.context, kwargs)
-        authz = self.cloud.authorize_security_group_ingress
-        kwargs = {'to_port': '999', 'from_port': '999', 'ip_protocol': 'tcp'}
-        authz(self.context, group_id=sec['id'], **kwargs)
-        revoke = self.cloud.revoke_security_group_ingress
-        self.assertTrue(revoke(self.context, group_id=sec['id'], **kwargs))
-
-    def test_authorize_security_group_ingress_by_id(self):
+    def test_authorize_revoke_security_group_ingress_by_id(self):
         sec = db.security_group_create(self.context,
                                        {'project_id': self.context.project_id,
                                         'name': 'test'})
         authz = self.cloud.authorize_security_group_ingress
         kwargs = {'to_port': '999', 'from_port': '999', 'ip_protocol': 'tcp'}
-        self.assertTrue(authz(self.context, group_id=sec['id'], **kwargs))
+        authz(self.context, group_id=sec['id'], **kwargs)
+        revoke = self.cloud.revoke_security_group_ingress
+        self.assertTrue(revoke(self.context, group_id=sec['id'], **kwargs))
 
     def test_authorize_security_group_ingress_missing_protocol_params(self):
         sec = db.security_group_create(self.context,
@@ -961,21 +950,6 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self._wait_for_running(ec2_instance_id)
         return ec2_instance_id
 
-    def test_rescue_unrescue_instance(self):
-        instance_id = self._run_instance(
-            image_id='ami-1',
-            instance_type=FLAGS.default_instance_type,
-            max_count=1)
-        self.cloud.rescue_instance(context=self.context,
-                                   instance_id=instance_id)
-        # NOTE(vish): This currently does no validation, it simply makes sure
-        #             that the code path doesn't throw an exception.
-        self.cloud.unrescue_instance(context=self.context,
-                                   instance_id=instance_id)
-        # TODO(soren): We need this until we can stop polling in the rpc code
-        #              for unit tests.
-        self.cloud.terminate_instances(self.context, [instance_id])
-
     def test_console_output(self):
         instance_id = self._run_instance(
             image_id='ami-1',
@@ -1004,7 +978,7 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
         key = RSA.load_key_string(private_key, callback=lambda: None)
         bio = BIO.MemoryBuffer()
         public_key = db.key_pair_get(self.context,
-                                    self.context.user.id,
+                                    self.context.user_id,
                                     'test')['public_key']
         key.save_pub_key_bio(bio)
         converted = crypto.ssl_pub_to_ssh_pub(bio.read())
@@ -1028,7 +1002,7 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                                'mytestfprint')
         self.assertTrue(result1)
         keydata = db.key_pair_get(self.context,
-                                  self.context.user.id,
+                                  self.context.user_id,
                                   'testimportkey1')
         self.assertEqual('mytestpubkey', keydata['public_key'])
         self.assertEqual('mytestfprint', keydata['fingerprint'])
@@ -1045,7 +1019,7 @@ class CloudTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                                dummypub)
         self.assertTrue(result2)
         keydata = db.key_pair_get(self.context,
-                                  self.context.user.id,
+                                  self.context.user_id,
                                   'testimportkey2')
         self.assertEqual(dummypub, keydata['public_key'])
         self.assertEqual(dummyfprint, keydata['fingerprint'])
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_compute.py b/nova/tests/test_compute.py
index 0ede4f469..879e4b9cb 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_compute.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_compute.py
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 Tests For Compute
 """
 
-import mox
-import stubout
-
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova import compute
 from nova.compute import instance_types
 from nova.compute import manager as compute_manager
@@ -67,10 +63,9 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
                    network_manager='nova.network.manager.FlatManager')
         self.compute = utils.import_object(FLAGS.compute_manager)
         self.compute_api = compute.API()
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake', False)
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         test_notifier.NOTIFICATIONS = []
 
         def fake_show(meh, context, id):
@@ -78,19 +73,14 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         self.stubs.Set(nova.image.fake._FakeImageService, 'show', fake_show)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        super(ComputeTestCase, self).tearDown()
-
     def _create_instance(self, params={}):
         """Create a test instance"""
         inst = {}
         inst['image_ref'] = 1
         inst['reservation_id'] = 'r-fakeres'
         inst['launch_time'] = '10'
-        inst['user_id'] = self.user.id
-        inst['project_id'] = self.project.id
+        inst['user_id'] = self.user_id
+        inst['project_id'] = self.project_id
         type_id = instance_types.get_instance_type_by_name('m1.tiny')['id']
         inst['instance_type_id'] = type_id
         inst['ami_launch_index'] = 0
@@ -115,8 +105,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def _create_group(self):
         values = {'name': 'testgroup',
                   'description': 'testgroup',
-                  'user_id': self.user.id,
-                  'project_id': self.project.id}
+                  'user_id': self.user_id,
+                  'project_id': self.project_id}
         return db.security_group_create(self.context, values)
 
     def _get_dummy_instance(self):
@@ -350,8 +340,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(msg['priority'], 'INFO')
         self.assertEquals(msg['event_type'], 'compute.instance.create')
         payload = msg['payload']
-        self.assertEquals(payload['tenant_id'], self.project.id)
-        self.assertEquals(payload['user_id'], self.user.id)
+        self.assertEquals(payload['tenant_id'], self.project_id)
+        self.assertEquals(payload['user_id'], self.user_id)
         self.assertEquals(payload['instance_id'], instance_id)
         self.assertEquals(payload['instance_type'], 'm1.tiny')
         type_id = instance_types.get_instance_type_by_name('m1.tiny')['id']
@@ -374,8 +364,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(msg['priority'], 'INFO')
         self.assertEquals(msg['event_type'], 'compute.instance.delete')
         payload = msg['payload']
-        self.assertEquals(payload['tenant_id'], self.project.id)
-        self.assertEquals(payload['user_id'], self.user.id)
+        self.assertEquals(payload['tenant_id'], self.project_id)
+        self.assertEquals(payload['user_id'], self.user_id)
         self.assertEquals(payload['instance_id'], instance_id)
         self.assertEquals(payload['instance_type'], 'm1.tiny')
         type_id = instance_types.get_instance_type_by_name('m1.tiny')['id']
@@ -420,7 +410,7 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         def fake(*args, **kwargs):
             pass
 
-        self.stubs.Set(self.compute.driver, 'finish_resize', fake)
+        self.stubs.Set(self.compute.driver, 'finish_migration', fake)
         self.stubs.Set(self.compute.network_api, 'get_instance_nw_info', fake)
         context = self.context.elevated()
         instance_id = self._create_instance()
@@ -457,8 +447,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(msg['priority'], 'INFO')
         self.assertEquals(msg['event_type'], 'compute.instance.resize.prep')
         payload = msg['payload']
-        self.assertEquals(payload['tenant_id'], self.project.id)
-        self.assertEquals(payload['user_id'], self.user.id)
+        self.assertEquals(payload['tenant_id'], self.project_id)
+        self.assertEquals(payload['user_id'], self.user_id)
         self.assertEquals(payload['instance_id'], instance_id)
         self.assertEquals(payload['instance_type'], 'm1.tiny')
         type_id = instance_types.get_instance_type_by_name('m1.tiny')['id']
@@ -506,8 +496,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         db.instance_update(self.context, instance_id,
                 {'instance_type_id': inst_type['id']})
 
-        self.assertRaises(exception.ApiError, self.compute_api.resize,
-                context, instance_id, 1)
+        self.assertRaises(exception.CannotResizeToSmallerSize,
+                          self.compute_api.resize, context, instance_id, 1)
 
         self.compute.terminate_instance(context, instance_id)
 
@@ -518,8 +508,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         self.compute.run_instance(self.context, instance_id)
 
-        self.assertRaises(exception.ApiError, self.compute_api.resize,
-                context, instance_id, 1)
+        self.assertRaises(exception.CannotResizeToSameSize,
+                          self.compute_api.resize, context, instance_id, 1)
 
         self.compute.terminate_instance(context, instance_id)
 
@@ -531,8 +521,8 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         def fake(*args, **kwargs):
             pass
 
-        self.stubs.Set(self.compute.driver, 'finish_resize', fake)
-        self.stubs.Set(self.compute.driver, 'revert_resize', fake)
+        self.stubs.Set(self.compute.driver, 'finish_migration', fake)
+        self.stubs.Set(self.compute.driver, 'revert_migration', fake)
         self.stubs.Set(self.compute.network_api, 'get_instance_nw_info', fake)
 
         self.compute.run_instance(self.context, instance_id)
@@ -849,7 +839,6 @@ class ComputeTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_run_kill_vm(self):
         """Detect when a vm is terminated behind the scenes"""
-        self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
         self.stubs.Set(compute_manager.ComputeManager,
                 '_report_driver_status', nop_report_driver_status)
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_console.py b/nova/tests/test_console.py
index 1806cc1ea..cf7f592cf 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_console.py
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager
-from nova.console import manager as console_manager
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+flags.DECLARE('console_driver', 'nova.console.manager')
 
 
 class ConsoleTestCase(test.TestCase):
@@ -39,17 +38,11 @@ class ConsoleTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.flags(console_driver='nova.console.fake.FakeConsoleProxy',
                    stub_compute=True)
         self.console = utils.import_object(FLAGS.console_manager)
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.context = context.get_admin_context()
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         self.host = 'test_compute_host'
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        super(ConsoleTestCase, self).tearDown()
-
     def _create_instance(self):
         """Create a test instance"""
         inst = {}
@@ -58,8 +51,8 @@ class ConsoleTestCase(test.TestCase):
         inst['image_id'] = 1
         inst['reservation_id'] = 'r-fakeres'
         inst['launch_time'] = '10'
-        inst['user_id'] = self.user.id
-        inst['project_id'] = self.project.id
+        inst['user_id'] = self.user_id
+        inst['project_id'] = self.project_id
         inst['instance_type_id'] = 1
         inst['ami_launch_index'] = 0
         return db.instance_create(self.context, inst)['id']
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_db_api.py b/nova/tests/test_db_api.py
index 107fd03e3..54448f9d6 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_db_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_db_api.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from nova import test
 from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import flags
-from nova.auth import manager
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 
@@ -45,42 +44,35 @@ def _setup_networking(instance_id, ip='1.2.3.4', flo_addr='1.2.1.2'):
     db.fixed_ip_create(ctxt, fixed_ip)
     fix_ref = db.fixed_ip_get_by_address(ctxt, ip)
     db.floating_ip_create(ctxt, {'address': flo_addr,
-                                        'fixed_ip_id': fix_ref.id})
+                                 'fixed_ip_id': fix_ref['id']})
 
 
 class DbApiTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(DbApiTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('admin', 'admin', 'admin', True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('proj', 'admin', 'proj')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(user=self.user,
-                                              project=self.project)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        super(DbApiTestCase, self).tearDown()
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
 
     def test_instance_get_project_vpn(self):
-        result = db.fixed_ip_get_all(self.context)
         values = {'instance_type_id': FLAGS.default_instance_type,
                   'image_ref': FLAGS.vpn_image_id,
-                  'project_id': self.project.id
+                  'project_id': self.project_id
                  }
         instance = db.instance_create(self.context, values)
-        result = db.instance_get_project_vpn(self.context, self.project.id)
-        self.assertEqual(instance.id, result.id)
+        result = db.instance_get_project_vpn(self.context.elevated(),
+                                             self.project_id)
+        self.assertEqual(instance['id'], result['id'])
 
     def test_instance_get_project_vpn_joins(self):
-        result = db.fixed_ip_get_all(self.context)
         values = {'instance_type_id': FLAGS.default_instance_type,
                   'image_ref': FLAGS.vpn_image_id,
-                  'project_id': self.project.id
+                  'project_id': self.project_id
                  }
         instance = db.instance_create(self.context, values)
-        _setup_networking(instance.id)
-        result = db.instance_get_project_vpn(self.context, self.project.id)
-        self.assertEqual(instance.id, result.id)
+        _setup_networking(instance['id'])
+        result = db.instance_get_project_vpn(self.context.elevated(),
+                                             self.project_id)
+        self.assertEqual(instance['id'], result['id'])
         self.assertEqual(result['fixed_ips'][0]['floating_ips'][0].address,
                          '1.2.1.2')
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
index bab4d200b..c5c3151dc 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from nova import flags
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
 from nova.api.ec2 import cloud
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova.virt.libvirt import connection
 from nova.virt.libvirt import firewall
@@ -154,36 +153,15 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(LibvirtConnTestCase, self).setUp()
         connection._late_load_cheetah()
         self.flags(fake_call=True)
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-
-        try:
-            pjs = self.manager.get_projects()
-            pjs = [p for p in pjs if p.name == 'fake']
-            if 0 != len(pjs):
-                self.manager.delete_project(pjs[0])
-
-            users = self.manager.get_users()
-            users = [u for u in users if u.name == 'fake']
-            if 0 != len(users):
-                self.manager.delete_user(users[0])
-        except Exception, e:
-            pass
-
-        users = self.manager.get_users()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         self.network = utils.import_object(FLAGS.network_manager)
         self.context = context.get_admin_context()
         FLAGS.instances_path = ''
         self.call_libvirt_dependant_setup = False
         self.test_ip = '10.11.12.13'
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        super(LibvirtConnTestCase, self).tearDown()
-
     test_instance = {'memory_kb':     '1024000',
                      'basepath':      '/some/path',
                      'bridge_name':   'br100',
@@ -239,7 +217,7 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
                     'mac_address': 'fake',
                     'ip_address': 'fake',
                     'dhcp_server': 'fake',
-                    'extra_params': 'fake'
+                    'extra_params': 'fake',
                 }
 
         # Creating mocks
@@ -441,8 +419,8 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(parameters[1].get('value'), 'fake')
 
     def _check_xml_and_container(self, instance):
-        user_context = context.RequestContext(project=self.project,
-                                              user=self.user)
+        user_context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id,
+                                              self.project_id)
         instance_ref = db.instance_create(user_context, instance)
         _setup_networking(instance_ref['id'], self.test_ip)
 
@@ -470,11 +448,10 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def _check_xml_and_uri(self, instance, expect_ramdisk, expect_kernel,
                            rescue=False):
-        user_context = context.RequestContext(project=self.project,
-                                              user=self.user)
+        user_context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         instance_ref = db.instance_create(user_context, instance)
         network_ref = db.project_get_networks(context.get_admin_context(),
-                                             self.project.id)[0]
+                                             self.project_id)[0]
 
         _setup_networking(instance_ref['id'], self.test_ip)
 
@@ -802,11 +779,9 @@ class IptablesFirewallTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(IptablesFirewallTestCase, self).setUp()
 
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake')
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         self.network = utils.import_object(FLAGS.network_manager)
 
         class FakeLibvirtConnection(object):
@@ -832,11 +807,6 @@ class IptablesFirewallTestCase(test.TestCase):
         connection.libxml2 = __import__('libxml2')
         return True
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        super(IptablesFirewallTestCase, self).tearDown()
-
     in_nat_rules = [
       '# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.10 on Sat Feb 19 00:03:19 2011',
       '*nat',
@@ -1119,11 +1089,9 @@ class NWFilterTestCase(test.TestCase):
         class Mock(object):
             pass
 
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user, self.project)
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
 
         self.fake_libvirt_connection = Mock()
 
@@ -1131,11 +1099,6 @@ class NWFilterTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.fw = firewall.NWFilterFirewall(
                                          lambda: self.fake_libvirt_connection)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        super(NWFilterTestCase, self).tearDown()
-
     def test_cidr_rule_nwfilter_xml(self):
         cloud_controller = cloud.CloudController()
         cloud_controller.create_security_group(self.context,
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_objectstore.py b/nova/tests/test_objectstore.py
index 39b4e18d7..0b2dce20e 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_objectstore.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_objectstore.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ Unittets for S3 objectstore clone.
 """
 
 import boto
-import glob
-import hashlib
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -30,12 +28,9 @@ import tempfile
 from boto import exception as boto_exception
 from boto.s3 import connection as s3
 
-from nova import context
-from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
 from nova import wsgi
 from nova import test
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.objectstore import s3server
 
 
@@ -57,15 +52,9 @@ class S3APITestCase(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         """Setup users, projects, and start a test server."""
         super(S3APITestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.flags(auth_driver='nova.auth.ldapdriver.FakeLdapDriver',
-                   buckets_path=os.path.join(OSS_TEMPDIR, 'buckets'),
+        self.flags(buckets_path=os.path.join(OSS_TEMPDIR, 'buckets'),
                    s3_host='127.0.0.1')
 
-        self.auth_manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.admin_user = self.auth_manager.create_user('admin', admin=True)
-        self.admin_project = self.auth_manager.create_project('admin',
-                                                              self.admin_user)
-
         shutil.rmtree(FLAGS.buckets_path)
         os.mkdir(FLAGS.buckets_path)
 
@@ -80,8 +69,8 @@ class S3APITestCase(test.TestCase):
             boto.config.add_section('Boto')
 
         boto.config.set('Boto', 'num_retries', '0')
-        conn = s3.S3Connection(aws_access_key_id=self.admin_user.access,
-                               aws_secret_access_key=self.admin_user.secret,
+        conn = s3.S3Connection(aws_access_key_id='fake',
+                               aws_secret_access_key='fake',
                                host=FLAGS.s3_host,
                                port=FLAGS.s3_port,
                                is_secure=False,
@@ -104,11 +93,11 @@ class S3APITestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(buckets[0].name, name, "Wrong name")
         return True
 
-    def test_000_list_buckets(self):
+    def test_list_buckets(self):
         """Make sure we are starting with no buckets."""
         self._ensure_no_buckets(self.conn.get_all_buckets())
 
-    def test_001_create_and_delete_bucket(self):
+    def test_create_and_delete_bucket(self):
         """Test bucket creation and deletion."""
         bucket_name = 'testbucket'
 
@@ -117,7 +106,7 @@ class S3APITestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.conn.delete_bucket(bucket_name)
         self._ensure_no_buckets(self.conn.get_all_buckets())
 
-    def test_002_create_bucket_and_key_and_delete_key_again(self):
+    def test_create_bucket_and_key_and_delete_key_again(self):
         """Test key operations on buckets."""
         bucket_name = 'testbucket'
         key_name = 'somekey'
@@ -146,8 +135,6 @@ class S3APITestCase(test.TestCase):
                           bucket_name)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        """Tear down auth and test server."""
-        self.auth_manager.delete_user('admin')
-        self.auth_manager.delete_project('admin')
+        """Tear down test server."""
         self.server.stop()
         super(S3APITestCase, self).tearDown()
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_quota.py b/nova/tests/test_quota.py
index a35caadf8..92393b536 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_quota.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_quota.py
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ from nova import compute
 from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import flags
-from nova import network
 from nova import quota
 from nova import test
-from nova import utils
 from nova import volume
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.compute import instance_types
 
 
@@ -48,25 +45,20 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
                    quota_gigabytes=20,
                    quota_floating_ips=1)
 
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('admin', 'admin', 'admin', True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('admin', 'admin', 'admin')
         self.network = self.network = self.start_service('network')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext(project=self.project,
-                                              user=self.user)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        manager.AuthManager().delete_project(self.project)
-        manager.AuthManager().delete_user(self.user)
-        super(QuotaTestCase, self).tearDown()
+        self.user_id = 'admin'
+        self.project_id = 'admin'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id,
+                                              self.project_id,
+                                              True)
 
     def _create_instance(self, cores=2):
         """Create a test instance"""
         inst = {}
         inst['image_id'] = 1
         inst['reservation_id'] = 'r-fakeres'
-        inst['user_id'] = self.user.id
-        inst['project_id'] = self.project.id
+        inst['user_id'] = self.user_id
+        inst['project_id'] = self.project_id
         inst['instance_type_id'] = '3'  # m1.large
         inst['vcpus'] = cores
         return db.instance_create(self.context, inst)['id']
@@ -74,8 +66,8 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def _create_volume(self, size=10):
         """Create a test volume"""
         vol = {}
-        vol['user_id'] = self.user.id
-        vol['project_id'] = self.project.id
+        vol['user_id'] = self.user_id
+        vol['project_id'] = self.project_id
         vol['size'] = size
         return db.volume_create(self.context, vol)['id']
 
@@ -95,15 +87,15 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
             self._get_instance_type('m1.small'))
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 2)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'instances', 10)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'instances', 10)
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
             self._get_instance_type('m1.small'))
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 4)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'cores', 100)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'cores', 100)
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
             self._get_instance_type('m1.small'))
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 10)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'ram', 3 * 2048)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'ram', 3 * 2048)
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
             self._get_instance_type('m1.small'))
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 3)
@@ -113,13 +105,13 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         num_metadata_items = quota.allowed_metadata_items(self.context,
                                                           too_many_items)
         self.assertEqual(num_metadata_items, FLAGS.quota_metadata_items)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'metadata_items', 5)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'metadata_items', 5)
         num_metadata_items = quota.allowed_metadata_items(self.context,
                                                           too_many_items)
         self.assertEqual(num_metadata_items, 5)
 
         # Cleanup
-        db.quota_destroy_all_by_project(self.context, self.project.id)
+        db.quota_destroy_all_by_project(self.context, self.project_id)
 
     def test_unlimited_instances(self):
         FLAGS.quota_instances = 2
@@ -129,7 +121,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
                                                 instance_type)
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 2)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'instances', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'instances', None)
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
                                                 instance_type)
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 100)
@@ -145,7 +137,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
                                                 instance_type)
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 2)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'ram', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'ram', None)
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
                                                 instance_type)
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 100)
@@ -161,7 +153,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
                                                 instance_type)
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 2)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'cores', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'cores', None)
         num_instances = quota.allowed_instances(self.context, 100,
                                                 instance_type)
         self.assertEqual(num_instances, 100)
@@ -174,7 +166,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         FLAGS.quota_gigabytes = -1
         volumes = quota.allowed_volumes(self.context, 100, 1)
         self.assertEqual(volumes, 10)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'volumes', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'volumes', None)
         volumes = quota.allowed_volumes(self.context, 100, 1)
         self.assertEqual(volumes, 100)
         volumes = quota.allowed_volumes(self.context, 101, 1)
@@ -185,7 +177,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         FLAGS.quota_gigabytes = 10
         volumes = quota.allowed_volumes(self.context, 100, 1)
         self.assertEqual(volumes, 10)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'gigabytes', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'gigabytes', None)
         volumes = quota.allowed_volumes(self.context, 100, 1)
         self.assertEqual(volumes, 100)
         volumes = quota.allowed_volumes(self.context, 101, 1)
@@ -195,7 +187,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         FLAGS.quota_floating_ips = 10
         floating_ips = quota.allowed_floating_ips(self.context, 100)
         self.assertEqual(floating_ips, 10)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'floating_ips', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'floating_ips', None)
         floating_ips = quota.allowed_floating_ips(self.context, 100)
         self.assertEqual(floating_ips, 100)
         floating_ips = quota.allowed_floating_ips(self.context, 101)
@@ -205,7 +197,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         FLAGS.quota_metadata_items = 10
         items = quota.allowed_metadata_items(self.context, 100)
         self.assertEqual(items, 10)
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'metadata_items', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'metadata_items', None)
         items = quota.allowed_metadata_items(self.context, 100)
         self.assertEqual(items, 100)
         items = quota.allowed_metadata_items(self.context, 101)
@@ -273,11 +265,11 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
         address = '192.168.0.100'
         db.floating_ip_create(context.get_admin_context(),
                               {'address': address,
-                               'project_id': self.project.id})
+                               'project_id': self.project_id})
         self.assertRaises(quota.QuotaError,
                           self.network.allocate_floating_ip,
                           self.context,
-                          self.project.id)
+                          self.project_id)
         db.floating_ip_destroy(context.get_admin_context(), address)
 
     def test_too_many_metadata_items(self):
@@ -299,7 +291,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_overridden_allowed_injected_files(self):
         FLAGS.quota_max_injected_files = 5
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'injected_files', 77)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'injected_files', 77)
         self.assertEqual(quota.allowed_injected_files(self.context, 100), 77)
 
     def test_unlimited_default_allowed_injected_files(self):
@@ -308,7 +300,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_unlimited_db_allowed_injected_files(self):
         FLAGS.quota_max_injected_files = 5
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id, 'injected_files', None)
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id, 'injected_files', None)
         self.assertEqual(quota.allowed_injected_files(self.context, 100), 100)
 
     def test_default_allowed_injected_file_content_bytes(self):
@@ -318,7 +310,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_overridden_allowed_injected_file_content_bytes(self):
         FLAGS.quota_max_injected_file_content_bytes = 12345
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id,
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id,
                         'injected_file_content_bytes', 5678)
         limit = quota.allowed_injected_file_content_bytes(self.context, 23456)
         self.assertEqual(limit, 5678)
@@ -330,7 +322,7 @@ class QuotaTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_unlimited_db_allowed_injected_file_content_bytes(self):
         FLAGS.quota_max_injected_file_content_bytes = 12345
-        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project.id,
+        db.quota_create(self.context, self.project_id,
                         'injected_file_content_bytes', None)
         limit = quota.allowed_injected_file_content_bytes(self.context, 23456)
         self.assertEqual(limit, 23456)
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_rpc.py b/nova/tests/test_rpc.py
index ffd748efe..2d2436175 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_rpc.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_rpc.py
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.tests.rpc')
 class RpcTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(RpcTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.conn = rpc.Connection.instance(True)
+        self.conn = rpc.create_connection(True)
         self.receiver = TestReceiver()
-        self.consumer = rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection=self.conn,
-                                            topic='test',
-                                            proxy=self.receiver)
+        self.consumer = rpc.create_consumer(self.conn,
+                                            'test',
+                                            self.receiver,
+                                            False)
         self.consumer.attach_to_eventlet()
         self.context = context.get_admin_context()
 
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ class RpcTestCase(test.TestCase):
                 """Calls echo in the passed queue"""
                 LOG.debug(_("Nested received %(queue)s, %(value)s")
                         % locals())
+                # TODO: so, it will replay the context and use the same REQID?
+                # that's bizarre.
                 ret = rpc.call(context,
                                queue,
                                {"method": "echo",
@@ -137,10 +140,11 @@ class RpcTestCase(test.TestCase):
                 return value
 
         nested = Nested()
-        conn = rpc.Connection.instance(True)
-        consumer = rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection=conn,
-                                       topic='nested',
-                                       proxy=nested)
+        conn = rpc.create_connection(True)
+        consumer = rpc.create_consumer(conn,
+                                       'nested',
+                                       nested,
+                                       False)
         consumer.attach_to_eventlet()
         value = 42
         result = rpc.call(self.context,
@@ -149,47 +153,6 @@ class RpcTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                               "value": value}})
         self.assertEqual(value, result)
 
-    def test_connectionpool_single(self):
-        """Test that ConnectionPool recycles a single connection."""
-        conn1 = rpc.ConnectionPool.get()
-        rpc.ConnectionPool.put(conn1)
-        conn2 = rpc.ConnectionPool.get()
-        rpc.ConnectionPool.put(conn2)
-        self.assertEqual(conn1, conn2)
-
-    def test_connectionpool_double(self):
-        """Test that ConnectionPool returns and reuses separate connections.
-
-        When called consecutively we should get separate connections and upon
-        returning them those connections should be reused for future calls
-        before generating a new connection.
-
-        """
-        conn1 = rpc.ConnectionPool.get()
-        conn2 = rpc.ConnectionPool.get()
-
-        self.assertNotEqual(conn1, conn2)
-        rpc.ConnectionPool.put(conn1)
-        rpc.ConnectionPool.put(conn2)
-
-        conn3 = rpc.ConnectionPool.get()
-        conn4 = rpc.ConnectionPool.get()
-        self.assertEqual(conn1, conn3)
-        self.assertEqual(conn2, conn4)
-
-    def test_connectionpool_limit(self):
-        """Test connection pool limit and connection uniqueness."""
-        max_size = FLAGS.rpc_conn_pool_size
-        conns = []
-
-        for i in xrange(max_size):
-            conns.append(rpc.ConnectionPool.get())
-
-        self.assertFalse(rpc.ConnectionPool.free_items)
-        self.assertEqual(rpc.ConnectionPool.current_size,
-                rpc.ConnectionPool.max_size)
-        self.assertEqual(len(set(conns)), max_size)
-
 
 class TestReceiver(object):
     """Simple Proxy class so the consumer has methods to call.
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_rpc_amqp.py b/nova/tests/test_rpc_amqp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d29f7ae32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/test_rpc_amqp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from nova import context
+from nova import flags
+from nova import log as logging
+from nova import rpc
+from nova.rpc import amqp
+from nova import test
+
+
+FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.tests.rpc')
+
+
+class RpcAMQPTestCase(test.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(RpcAMQPTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.conn = rpc.create_connection(True)
+        self.receiver = TestReceiver()
+        self.consumer = rpc.create_consumer(self.conn,
+                                            'test',
+                                            self.receiver,
+                                            False)
+        self.consumer.attach_to_eventlet()
+        self.context = context.get_admin_context()
+
+    def test_connectionpool_single(self):
+        """Test that ConnectionPool recycles a single connection."""
+        conn1 = amqp.ConnectionPool.get()
+        amqp.ConnectionPool.put(conn1)
+        conn2 = amqp.ConnectionPool.get()
+        amqp.ConnectionPool.put(conn2)
+        self.assertEqual(conn1, conn2)
+
+
+class TestReceiver(object):
+    """Simple Proxy class so the consumer has methods to call.
+
+    Uses static methods because we aren't actually storing any state.
+
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def echo(context, value):
+        """Simply returns whatever value is sent in."""
+        LOG.debug(_("Received %s"), value)
+        return value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def context(context, value):
+        """Returns dictionary version of context."""
+        LOG.debug(_("Received %s"), context)
+        return context.to_dict()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def echo_three_times(context, value):
+        context.reply(value)
+        context.reply(value + 1)
+        context.reply(value + 2)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def echo_three_times_yield(context, value):
+        yield value
+        yield value + 1
+        yield value + 2
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def fail(context, value):
+        """Raises an exception with the value sent in."""
+        raise Exception(value)
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_service.py b/nova/tests/test_service.py
index f45f76b73..bbf47b50f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_service.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_service.py
@@ -109,103 +109,8 @@ class ServiceTestCase(test.TestCase):
         #             the looping calls are created in StartService.
         app = service.Service.create(host=host, binary=binary, topic=topic)
 
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(service.rpc.Connection, 'instance')
-        service.rpc.Connection.instance(new=mox.IgnoreArg())
-
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(rpc,
-                                 'TopicAdapterConsumer',
-                                 use_mock_anything=True)
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(rpc,
-                                 'FanoutAdapterConsumer',
-                                 use_mock_anything=True)
-
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(rpc,
-                                 'ConsumerSet',
-                                 use_mock_anything=True)
-
-        rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                            topic=topic,
-                            proxy=mox.IsA(service.Service)).AndReturn(
-                                    rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer)
-
-        rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                            topic='%s.%s' % (topic, host),
-                            proxy=mox.IsA(service.Service)).AndReturn(
-                                    rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer)
-
-        rpc.FanoutAdapterConsumer(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                            topic=topic,
-                            proxy=mox.IsA(service.Service)).AndReturn(
-                                    rpc.FanoutAdapterConsumer)
-
-        def wait_func(self, limit=None):
-            return None
-
-        mock_cset = self.mox.CreateMock(rpc.ConsumerSet,
-                {'wait': wait_func})
-        rpc.ConsumerSet(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                        consumer_list=mox.IsA(list)).AndReturn(mock_cset)
-        wait_func(mox.IgnoreArg())
-
-        service_create = {'host': host,
-                          'binary': binary,
-                          'topic': topic,
-                          'report_count': 0,
-                          'availability_zone': 'nova'}
-        service_ref = {'host': host,
-                       'binary': binary,
-                       'report_count': 0,
-                       'id': 1}
-
-        service.db.service_get_by_args(mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                                       host,
-                                       binary).AndRaise(exception.NotFound())
-        service.db.service_create(mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                                  service_create).AndReturn(service_ref)
-        self.mox.ReplayAll()
-
-        app.start()
-        app.stop()
         self.assert_(app)
 
-    # We're testing sort of weird behavior in how report_state decides
-    # whether it is disconnected, it looks for a variable on itself called
-    # 'model_disconnected' and report_state doesn't really do much so this
-    # these are mostly just for coverage
-    def test_report_state_no_service(self):
-        host = 'foo'
-        binary = 'bar'
-        topic = 'test'
-        service_create = {'host': host,
-                          'binary': binary,
-                          'topic': topic,
-                          'report_count': 0,
-                          'availability_zone': 'nova'}
-        service_ref = {'host': host,
-                          'binary': binary,
-                          'topic': topic,
-                          'report_count': 0,
-                          'availability_zone': 'nova',
-                          'id': 1}
-
-        service.db.service_get_by_args(mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                                      host,
-                                      binary).AndRaise(exception.NotFound())
-        service.db.service_create(mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                                  service_create).AndReturn(service_ref)
-        service.db.service_get(mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                               service_ref['id']).AndReturn(service_ref)
-        service.db.service_update(mox.IgnoreArg(), service_ref['id'],
-                                  mox.ContainsKeyValue('report_count', 1))
-
-        self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        serv = service.Service(host,
-                               binary,
-                               topic,
-                               'nova.tests.test_service.FakeManager')
-        serv.start()
-        serv.report_state()
-
     def test_report_state_newly_disconnected(self):
         host = 'foo'
         binary = 'bar'
@@ -276,81 +181,6 @@ class ServiceTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         self.assert_(not serv.model_disconnected)
 
-    def test_compute_can_update_available_resource(self):
-        """Confirm compute updates their record of compute-service table."""
-        host = 'foo'
-        binary = 'nova-compute'
-        topic = 'compute'
-
-        # Any mocks are not working without UnsetStubs() here.
-        self.mox.UnsetStubs()
-        ctxt = context.get_admin_context()
-        service_ref = db.service_create(ctxt, {'host': host,
-                                               'binary': binary,
-                                               'topic': topic})
-        serv = service.Service(host,
-                               binary,
-                               topic,
-                               'nova.compute.manager.ComputeManager')
-
-        # This testcase want to test calling update_available_resource.
-        # No need to call periodic call, then below variable must be set 0.
-        serv.report_interval = 0
-        serv.periodic_interval = 0
-
-        # Creating mocks
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(service.rpc.Connection, 'instance')
-        service.rpc.Connection.instance(new=mox.IgnoreArg())
-
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(rpc,
-                                 'TopicAdapterConsumer',
-                                 use_mock_anything=True)
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(rpc,
-                                 'FanoutAdapterConsumer',
-                                 use_mock_anything=True)
-
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(rpc,
-                                 'ConsumerSet',
-                                 use_mock_anything=True)
-
-        rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                            topic=topic,
-                            proxy=mox.IsA(service.Service)).AndReturn(
-                                    rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer)
-
-        rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                            topic='%s.%s' % (topic, host),
-                            proxy=mox.IsA(service.Service)).AndReturn(
-                                    rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer)
-
-        rpc.FanoutAdapterConsumer(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                            topic=topic,
-                            proxy=mox.IsA(service.Service)).AndReturn(
-                                    rpc.FanoutAdapterConsumer)
-
-        def wait_func(self, limit=None):
-            return None
-
-        mock_cset = self.mox.CreateMock(rpc.ConsumerSet,
-                {'wait': wait_func})
-        rpc.ConsumerSet(connection=mox.IgnoreArg(),
-                        consumer_list=mox.IsA(list)).AndReturn(mock_cset)
-        wait_func(mox.IgnoreArg())
-
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(serv.manager.driver,
-                                 'update_available_resource')
-        serv.manager.driver.update_available_resource(mox.IgnoreArg(), host)
-
-        # Just doing start()-stop(), not confirm new db record is created,
-        # because update_available_resource() works only in
-        # libvirt environment. This testcase confirms
-        # update_available_resource() is called. Otherwise, mox complains.
-        self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        serv.start()
-        serv.stop()
-
-        db.service_destroy(ctxt, service_ref['id'])
-
 
 class TestWSGIService(test.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_test.py b/nova/tests/test_test.py
index 35c838065..64f11fa45 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_test.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_test.py
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ class IsolationTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.start_service('compute')
 
     def test_rpc_consumer_isolation(self):
-        connection = rpc.Connection.instance(new=True)
-        consumer = rpc.TopicAdapterConsumer(connection, topic='compute')
-        consumer.register_callback(
-                lambda x, y: self.fail('I should never be called'))
+        class NeverCalled(object):
+
+            def __getattribute__(*args):
+                assert False, "I should never get called."
+
+        connection = rpc.create_connection(new=True)
+        proxy = NeverCalled()
+        consumer = rpc.create_consumer(connection, 'compute',
+                                       proxy, fanout=False)
         consumer.attach_to_eventlet()
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_twistd.py b/nova/tests/test_twistd.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ff8627c3b..000000000
--- a/nova/tests/test_twistd.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
-# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
-# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    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.
-
-import StringIO
-import sys
-
-from nova import twistd
-from nova import exception
-from nova import flags
-from nova import test
-
-
-FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
-
-
-class TwistdTestCase(test.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TwistdTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.Options = twistd.WrapTwistedOptions(twistd.TwistdServerOptions)
-        sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        super(TwistdTestCase, self).tearDown()
-        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
-
-    def test_basic(self):
-        options = self.Options()
-        argv = options.parseOptions()
-
-    def test_logfile(self):
-        options = self.Options()
-        argv = options.parseOptions(['--logfile=foo'])
-        self.assertEqual(FLAGS.logfile, 'foo')
-
-    def test_help(self):
-        options = self.Options()
-        self.assertRaises(SystemExit, options.parseOptions, ['--help'])
-        self.assert_('pidfile' in sys.stdout.getvalue())
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/test_utils.py
index 0c359e981..ec5098a37 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import datetime
 import os
 import tempfile
 
@@ -306,3 +307,80 @@ class IsUUIDLikeTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def test_non_uuid_string_passed(self):
         val = 'foo-fooo'
         self.assertUUIDLike(val, False)
+
+
+class ToPrimitiveTestCase(test.TestCase):
+    def test_list(self):
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive([1, 2, 3]), [1, 2, 3])
+
+    def test_empty_list(self):
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive([]), [])
+
+    def test_tuple(self):
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive((1, 2, 3)), [1, 2, 3])
+
+    def test_dict(self):
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive(dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)),
+                          dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))
+
+    def test_empty_dict(self):
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive({}), {})
+
+    def test_datetime(self):
+        x = datetime.datetime(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive(x), "0001-02-03 04:05:06.000007")
+
+    def test_iter(self):
+        class IterClass(object):
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+                self.index = 0
+
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+
+            def next(self):
+                if self.index == len(self.data):
+                    raise StopIteration
+                self.index = self.index + 1
+                return self.data[self.index - 1]
+
+        x = IterClass()
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive(x), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+
+    def test_iteritems(self):
+        class IterItemsClass(object):
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.data = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3).items()
+                self.index = 0
+
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+
+            def next(self):
+                if self.index == len(self.data):
+                    raise StopIteration
+                self.index = self.index + 1
+                return self.data[self.index - 1]
+
+        x = IterItemsClass()
+        ordered = utils.to_primitive(x)
+        ordered.sort()
+        self.assertEquals(ordered, [['a', 1], ['b', 2], ['c', 3]])
+
+    def test_instance(self):
+        class MysteryClass(object):
+            a = 10
+
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.b = 1
+
+        x = MysteryClass()
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive(x, convert_instances=True),
+                          dict(b=1))
+
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive(x), x)
+
+    def test_typeerror(self):
+        x = bytearray  # Class, not instance
+        self.assertEquals(utils.to_primitive(x), u"<type 'bytearray'>")
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_vmwareapi.py b/nova/tests/test_vmwareapi.py
index 7313508a6..3d87d67ad 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_vmwareapi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_vmwareapi.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 Test suite for VMWareAPI.
 """
 
+from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import flags
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova.tests.glance import stubs as glance_stubs
 from nova.tests.vmwareapi import db_fakes
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ class VMWareAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.flags(vmwareapi_host_ip='test_url',
                    vmwareapi_host_username='test_username',
                    vmwareapi_host_password='test_pass')
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         self.network = utils.import_object(FLAGS.network_manager)
         vmwareapi_fake.reset()
         db_fakes.stub_out_db_instance_api(self.stubs)
@@ -77,14 +76,12 @@ class VMWareAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         super(VMWareAPIVMTestCase, self).tearDown()
         vmwareapi_fake.cleanup()
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
 
     def _create_instance_in_the_db(self):
         values = {'name': 1,
                   'id': 1,
-                  'project_id': self.project.id,
-                  'user_id': self.user.id,
+                  'project_id': self.project_id,
+                  'user_id': self.user_id,
                   'image_ref': "1",
                   'kernel_id': "1",
                   'ramdisk_id': "1",
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py b/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py
index 8b3b5fa28..6b7d5df76 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_xenapi.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from nova import flags
 from nova import log as logging
 from nova import test
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.compute import instance_types
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova import exception
@@ -69,7 +68,9 @@ class XenAPIVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(XenAPIVolumeTestCase, self).setUp()
         self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
-        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake', False)
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         FLAGS.target_host = '127.0.0.1'
         FLAGS.xenapi_connection_url = 'test_url'
         FLAGS.xenapi_connection_password = 'test_pass'
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class XenAPIVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         stubs.stub_out_get_target(self.stubs)
         xenapi_fake.reset()
         self.values = {'id': 1,
-                  'project_id': 'fake',
+                  'project_id': self.user_id,
                   'user_id': 'fake',
                   'image_ref': 1,
                   'kernel_id': 2,
@@ -173,10 +174,6 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
     """Unit tests for VM operations."""
     def setUp(self):
         super(XenAPIVMTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
         self.network = utils.import_object(FLAGS.network_manager)
         self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
         self.flags(xenapi_connection_url='test_url',
@@ -195,7 +192,9 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         stubs.stub_out_vm_methods(self.stubs)
         glance_stubs.stubout_glance_client(self.stubs)
         fake_utils.stub_out_utils_execute(self.stubs)
-        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake', False)
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         self.conn = xenapi_conn.get_connection(False)
 
     def test_parallel_builds(self):
@@ -229,8 +228,8 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
             instance = db.instance_create(self.context, values)
             self.conn.spawn(instance, network_info)
 
-        gt1 = eventlet.spawn(_do_build, 1, self.project.id, self.user.id)
-        gt2 = eventlet.spawn(_do_build, 2, self.project.id, self.user.id)
+        gt1 = eventlet.spawn(_do_build, 1, self.project_id, self.user_id)
+        gt2 = eventlet.spawn(_do_build, 2, self.project_id, self.user_id)
         gt1.wait()
         gt2.wait()
 
@@ -401,8 +400,8 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         stubs.stubout_loopingcall_start(self.stubs)
         if create_record:
             values = {'id': instance_id,
-                      'project_id': self.project.id,
-                      'user_id': self.user.id,
+                      'project_id': self.project_id,
+                      'user_id': self.user_id,
                       'image_ref': image_ref,
                       'kernel_id': kernel_id,
                       'ramdisk_id': ramdisk_id,
@@ -433,7 +432,6 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(instance.architecture)
 
     def test_spawn_not_enough_memory(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self.assertRaises(Exception,
                           self._test_spawn,
                           1, 2, 3, "4")  # m1.xlarge
@@ -445,7 +443,6 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         """
         vdi_recs_start = self._list_vdis()
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         stubs.stubout_fetch_image_glance_disk(self.stubs)
         self.assertRaises(xenapi_fake.Failure,
                           self._test_spawn, 1, 2, 3)
@@ -460,7 +457,6 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         """
         vdi_recs_start = self._list_vdis()
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         stubs.stubout_create_vm(self.stubs)
         self.assertRaises(xenapi_fake.Failure,
                           self._test_spawn, 1, 2, 3)
@@ -468,22 +464,12 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         vdi_recs_end = self._list_vdis()
         self._check_vdis(vdi_recs_start, vdi_recs_end)
 
-    def test_spawn_raw_objectstore(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'objectstore'
-        self._test_spawn(1, None, None)
-
-    def test_spawn_objectstore(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'objectstore'
-        self._test_spawn(1, 2, 3)
-
     @stub_vm_utils_with_vdi_attached_here
     def test_spawn_raw_glance(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self._test_spawn(glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_RAW, None, None)
         self.check_vm_params_for_linux()
 
     def test_spawn_vhd_glance_linux(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self._test_spawn(glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_VHD, None, None,
                          os_type="linux", architecture="x86-64")
         self.check_vm_params_for_linux()
@@ -512,20 +498,17 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(self.vm['VBDs']), 1)
 
     def test_spawn_vhd_glance_windows(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self._test_spawn(glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_VHD, None, None,
                          os_type="windows", architecture="i386")
         self.check_vm_params_for_windows()
 
     def test_spawn_glance(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self._test_spawn(glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_MACHINE,
                          glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_KERNEL,
                          glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_RAMDISK)
         self.check_vm_params_for_linux_with_external_kernel()
 
     def test_spawn_netinject_file(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         db_fakes.stub_out_db_instance_api(self.stubs, injected=True)
 
         self._tee_executed = False
@@ -551,7 +534,6 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
             # Capture the sudo tee .../etc/network/interfaces command
             (r'(sudo\s+)?tee.*interfaces', _tee_handler),
         ])
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self._test_spawn(glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_MACHINE,
                          glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_KERNEL,
                          glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_RAMDISK,
@@ -559,7 +541,6 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(self._tee_executed)
 
     def test_spawn_netinject_xenstore(self):
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         db_fakes.stub_out_db_instance_api(self.stubs, injected=True)
 
         self._tee_executed = False
@@ -604,7 +585,7 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(self._tee_executed)
 
     def test_spawn_vlanmanager(self):
-        self.flags(xenapi_image_service='glance',
+        self.flags(image_service='nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService',
                    network_manager='nova.network.manager.VlanManager',
                    vlan_interface='fake0')
 
@@ -626,7 +607,7 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                            host=FLAGS.host,
                                            vpn=None,
                                            instance_type_id=1,
-                                           project_id=self.project.id)
+                                           project_id=self.project_id)
         self._test_spawn(glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_MACHINE,
                          glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_KERNEL,
                          glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_RAMDISK,
@@ -656,21 +637,13 @@ class XenAPIVMTestCase(test.TestCase):
         # Ensure that it will not unrescue a non-rescued instance.
         self.assertRaises(Exception, conn.unrescue, instance, None)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        super(XenAPIVMTestCase, self).tearDown()
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        self.vm_info = None
-        self.vm = None
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-
     def _create_instance(self, instance_id=1, spawn=True):
         """Creates and spawns a test instance."""
         stubs.stubout_loopingcall_start(self.stubs)
         values = {
             'id': instance_id,
-            'project_id': self.project.id,
-            'user_id': self.user.id,
+            'project_id': self.project_id,
+            'user_id': self.user_id,
             'image_ref': 1,
             'kernel_id': 2,
             'ramdisk_id': 3,
@@ -752,14 +725,12 @@ class XenAPIMigrateInstance(test.TestCase):
         stubs.stub_out_get_target(self.stubs)
         xenapi_fake.reset()
         xenapi_fake.create_network('fake', FLAGS.flat_network_bridge)
-        self.manager = manager.AuthManager()
-        self.user = self.manager.create_user('fake', 'fake', 'fake',
-                                             admin=True)
-        self.project = self.manager.create_project('fake', 'fake', 'fake')
-        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake', 'fake', False)
+        self.user_id = 'fake'
+        self.project_id = 'fake'
+        self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
         self.values = {'id': 1,
-                  'project_id': self.project.id,
-                  'user_id': self.user.id,
+                  'project_id': self.project_id,
+                  'user_id': self.user_id,
                   'image_ref': 1,
                   'kernel_id': None,
                   'ramdisk_id': None,
@@ -773,20 +744,81 @@ class XenAPIMigrateInstance(test.TestCase):
         stubs.stubout_get_this_vm_uuid(self.stubs)
         glance_stubs.stubout_glance_client(self.stubs)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        super(XenAPIMigrateInstance, self).tearDown()
-        self.manager.delete_project(self.project)
-        self.manager.delete_user(self.user)
-        self.stubs.UnsetAll()
-
     def test_migrate_disk_and_power_off(self):
         instance = db.instance_create(self.context, self.values)
         stubs.stubout_session(self.stubs, stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests)
         conn = xenapi_conn.get_connection(False)
         conn.migrate_disk_and_power_off(instance, '127.0.0.1')
 
-    def test_finish_resize(self):
+    def test_finish_migrate(self):
+        instance = db.instance_create(self.context, self.values)
+        self.called = False
+
+        def fake_vdi_resize(*args, **kwargs):
+            self.called = True
+
+        self.stubs.Set(stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests,
+                "VDI_resize_online", fake_vdi_resize)
+        stubs.stubout_session(self.stubs, stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests)
+        stubs.stubout_loopingcall_start(self.stubs)
+        conn = xenapi_conn.get_connection(False)
+        network_info = [({'bridge': 'fa0', 'id': 0, 'injected': False},
+                          {'broadcast': '192.168.0.255',
+                           'dns': ['192.168.0.1'],
+                           'gateway': '192.168.0.1',
+                           'gateway6': 'dead:beef::1',
+                           'ip6s': [{'enabled': '1',
+                                     'ip': 'dead:beef::dcad:beff:feef:0',
+                                           'netmask': '64'}],
+                           'ips': [{'enabled': '1',
+                                    'ip': '192.168.0.100',
+                                    'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}],
+                           'label': 'fake',
+                           'mac': 'DE:AD:BE:EF:00:00',
+                           'rxtx_cap': 3})]
+        conn.finish_migration(instance, dict(base_copy='hurr', cow='durr'),
+                           network_info, resize_instance=True)
+        self.assertEqual(self.called, True)
+
+    def test_finish_migrate_no_local_storage(self):
+        tiny_type_id = \
+                instance_types.get_instance_type_by_name('m1.tiny')['id']
+        self.values.update({'instance_type_id': tiny_type_id, 'local_gb': 0})
+        instance = db.instance_create(self.context, self.values)
+
+        def fake_vdi_resize(*args, **kwargs):
+            raise Exception("This shouldn't be called")
+
+        self.stubs.Set(stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests,
+                "VDI_resize_online", fake_vdi_resize)
+        stubs.stubout_session(self.stubs, stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests)
+        stubs.stubout_loopingcall_start(self.stubs)
+        conn = xenapi_conn.get_connection(False)
+        network_info = [({'bridge': 'fa0', 'id': 0, 'injected': False},
+                          {'broadcast': '192.168.0.255',
+                           'dns': ['192.168.0.1'],
+                           'gateway': '192.168.0.1',
+                           'gateway6': 'dead:beef::1',
+                           'ip6s': [{'enabled': '1',
+                                     'ip': 'dead:beef::dcad:beff:feef:0',
+                                           'netmask': '64'}],
+                           'ips': [{'enabled': '1',
+                                    'ip': '192.168.0.100',
+                                    'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}],
+                           'label': 'fake',
+                           'mac': 'DE:AD:BE:EF:00:00',
+                           'rxtx_cap': 3})]
+        conn.finish_migration(instance, dict(base_copy='hurr', cow='durr'),
+                           network_info, resize_instance=True)
+
+    def test_finish_migrate_no_resize_vdi(self):
         instance = db.instance_create(self.context, self.values)
+
+        def fake_vdi_resize(*args, **kwargs):
+            raise Exception("This shouldn't be called")
+
+        self.stubs.Set(stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests,
+                "VDI_resize_online", fake_vdi_resize)
         stubs.stubout_session(self.stubs, stubs.FakeSessionForMigrationTests)
         stubs.stubout_loopingcall_start(self.stubs)
         conn = xenapi_conn.get_connection(False)
@@ -804,8 +836,26 @@ class XenAPIMigrateInstance(test.TestCase):
                            'label': 'fake',
                            'mac': 'DE:AD:BE:EF:00:00',
                            'rxtx_cap': 3})]
-        conn.finish_resize(instance, dict(base_copy='hurr', cow='durr'),
-                                                           network_info)
+
+        # Resize instance would be determined by the compute call
+        conn.finish_migration(instance, dict(base_copy='hurr', cow='durr'),
+                           network_info, resize_instance=False)
+
+
+class XenAPIImageTypeTestCase(test.TestCase):
+    """Test ImageType class."""
+
+    def test_to_string(self):
+        """Can convert from type id to type string."""
+        self.assertEquals(
+            vm_utils.ImageType.to_string(vm_utils.ImageType.KERNEL),
+            vm_utils.ImageType.KERNEL_STR)
+
+    def test_from_string(self):
+        """Can convert from string to type id."""
+        self.assertEquals(
+            vm_utils.ImageType.from_string(vm_utils.ImageType.KERNEL_STR),
+            vm_utils.ImageType.KERNEL)
 
 
 class XenAPIDetermineDiskImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
@@ -829,7 +879,6 @@ class XenAPIDetermineDiskImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     def test_instance_disk(self):
         """If a kernel is specified, the image type is DISK (aka machine)."""
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'objectstore'
         self.fake_instance.image_ref = glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_MACHINE
         self.fake_instance.kernel_id = glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_KERNEL
         self.assert_disk_type(vm_utils.ImageType.DISK)
@@ -839,7 +888,6 @@ class XenAPIDetermineDiskImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
         If the kernel isn't specified, and we're not using Glance, then
         DISK_RAW is assumed.
         """
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'objectstore'
         self.fake_instance.image_ref = glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_RAW
         self.fake_instance.kernel_id = None
         self.assert_disk_type(vm_utils.ImageType.DISK_RAW)
@@ -849,7 +897,6 @@ class XenAPIDetermineDiskImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
         If we're using Glance, then defer to the image_type field, which in
         this case will be 'raw'.
         """
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self.fake_instance.image_ref = glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_RAW
         self.fake_instance.kernel_id = None
         self.assert_disk_type(vm_utils.ImageType.DISK_RAW)
@@ -859,7 +906,6 @@ class XenAPIDetermineDiskImageTestCase(test.TestCase):
         If we're using Glance, then defer to the image_type field, which in
         this case will be 'vhd'.
         """
-        FLAGS.xenapi_image_service = 'glance'
         self.fake_instance.image_ref = glance_stubs.FakeGlance.IMAGE_VHD
         self.fake_instance.kernel_id = None
         self.assert_disk_type(vm_utils.ImageType.DISK_VHD)
diff --git a/nova/twistd.py b/nova/twistd.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cf67825..000000000
--- a/nova/twistd.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,267 +0,0 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
-# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
-# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    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.
-
-"""
-Twisted daemon helpers, specifically to parse out gFlags from twisted flags,
-manage pid files and support syslogging.
-"""
-
-import gflags
-import os
-import signal
-import sys
-import time
-from twisted.scripts import twistd
-from twisted.python import log
-from twisted.python import reflect
-from twisted.python import runtime
-from twisted.python import usage
-
-from nova import flags
-from nova import log as logging
-
-
-if runtime.platformType == "win32":
-    from twisted.scripts._twistw import ServerOptions
-else:
-    from twisted.scripts._twistd_unix import ServerOptions
-
-
-FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
-
-
-class TwistdServerOptions(ServerOptions):
-    def parseArgs(self, *args):
-        return
-
-
-class FlagParser(object):
-    # this is a required attribute for gflags
-    syntactic_help = ''
-
-    def __init__(self, parser):
-        self.parser = parser
-
-    def Parse(self, s):
-        return self.parser(s)
-
-
-def WrapTwistedOptions(wrapped):
-    class TwistedOptionsToFlags(wrapped):
-        subCommands = None
-
-        def __init__(self):
-            # NOTE(termie): _data exists because Twisted stuff expects
-            #               to be able to set arbitrary things that are
-            #               not actual flags
-            self._data = {}
-            self._flagHandlers = {}
-            self._paramHandlers = {}
-
-            # Absorb the twistd flags into our FLAGS
-            self._absorbFlags()
-            self._absorbParameters()
-            self._absorbHandlers()
-
-            wrapped.__init__(self)
-
-        def _absorbFlags(self):
-            twistd_flags = []
-            reflect.accumulateClassList(self.__class__, 'optFlags',
-                                        twistd_flags)
-            for flag in twistd_flags:
-                key = flag[0].replace('-', '_')
-                if hasattr(FLAGS, key):
-                    continue
-                flags.DEFINE_boolean(key, None, str(flag[-1]))
-
-        def _absorbParameters(self):
-            twistd_params = []
-            reflect.accumulateClassList(self.__class__, 'optParameters',
-                                        twistd_params)
-            for param in twistd_params:
-                key = param[0].replace('-', '_')
-                if hasattr(FLAGS, key):
-                    continue
-                if len(param) > 4:
-                    flags.DEFINE(FlagParser(param[4]),
-                                 key, param[2], str(param[3]),
-                                 serializer=gflags.ArgumentSerializer())
-                else:
-                    flags.DEFINE_string(key, param[2], str(param[3]))
-
-        def _absorbHandlers(self):
-            twistd_handlers = {}
-            reflect.addMethodNamesToDict(self.__class__, twistd_handlers,
-                                         "opt_")
-
-            # NOTE(termie): Much of the following is derived/copied from
-            #               twisted.python.usage with the express purpose of
-            #               providing compatibility
-            for name in twistd_handlers.keys():
-                method = getattr(self, 'opt_' + name)
-
-                takesArg = not usage.flagFunction(method, name)
-                doc = getattr(method, '__doc__', None)
-                if not doc:
-                    doc = 'undocumented'
-
-                if not takesArg:
-                    if name not in FLAGS:
-                        flags.DEFINE_boolean(name, None, doc)
-                    self._flagHandlers[name] = method
-                else:
-                    if name not in FLAGS:
-                        flags.DEFINE_string(name, None, doc)
-                    self._paramHandlers[name] = method
-
-        def _doHandlers(self):
-            for flag, handler in self._flagHandlers.iteritems():
-                if self[flag]:
-                    handler()
-            for param, handler in self._paramHandlers.iteritems():
-                if self[param] is not None:
-                    handler(self[param])
-
-        def __str__(self):
-            return str(FLAGS)
-
-        def parseOptions(self, options=None):
-            if options is None:
-                options = sys.argv
-            else:
-                options.insert(0, '')
-
-            args = FLAGS(options)
-            logging.setup()
-            argv = args[1:]
-            # ignore subcommands
-
-            try:
-                self.parseArgs(*argv)
-            except TypeError:
-                raise usage.UsageError(_("Wrong number of arguments."))
-
-            self.postOptions()
-            return args
-
-        def parseArgs(self, *args):
-            # TODO(termie): figure out a decent way of dealing with args
-            #return
-            wrapped.parseArgs(self, *args)
-
-        def postOptions(self):
-            self._doHandlers()
-
-            wrapped.postOptions(self)
-
-        def __getitem__(self, key):
-            key = key.replace('-', '_')
-            try:
-                return getattr(FLAGS, key)
-            except (AttributeError, KeyError):
-                return self._data[key]
-
-        def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-            key = key.replace('-', '_')
-            try:
-                return setattr(FLAGS, key, value)
-            except (AttributeError, KeyError):
-                self._data[key] = value
-
-        def get(self, key, default):
-            key = key.replace('-', '_')
-            try:
-                return getattr(FLAGS, key)
-            except (AttributeError, KeyError):
-                self._data.get(key, default)
-
-    return TwistedOptionsToFlags
-
-
-def stop(pidfile):
-    """
-    Stop the daemon
-    """
-    # Get the pid from the pidfile
-    try:
-        pf = file(pidfile, 'r')
-        pid = int(pf.read().strip())
-        pf.close()
-    except IOError:
-        pid = None
-
-    if not pid:
-        message = _("pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n")
-        sys.stderr.write(message % pidfile)
-        # Not an error in a restart
-        return
-
-    # Try killing the daemon process
-    try:
-        while 1:
-            os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-            time.sleep(0.1)
-    except OSError, err:
-        err = str(err)
-        if err.find(_("No such process")) > 0:
-            if os.path.exists(pidfile):
-                os.remove(pidfile)
-        else:
-            print str(err)
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-
-def serve(filename):
-    logging.debug(_("Serving %s") % filename)
-    name = os.path.basename(filename)
-    OptionsClass = WrapTwistedOptions(TwistdServerOptions)
-    options = OptionsClass()
-    argv = options.parseOptions()
-    FLAGS.python = filename
-    FLAGS.no_save = True
-    if not FLAGS.pidfile:
-        FLAGS.pidfile = '%s.pid' % name
-    elif FLAGS.pidfile.endswith('twistd.pid'):
-        FLAGS.pidfile = FLAGS.pidfile.replace('twistd.pid', '%s.pid' % name)
-    if not FLAGS.prefix:
-        FLAGS.prefix = name
-    elif FLAGS.prefix.endswith('twisted'):
-        FLAGS.prefix = FLAGS.prefix.replace('twisted', name)
-
-    action = 'start'
-    if len(argv) > 1:
-        action = argv.pop()
-
-    if action == 'stop':
-        stop(FLAGS.pidfile)
-        sys.exit()
-    elif action == 'restart':
-        stop(FLAGS.pidfile)
-    elif action == 'start':
-        pass
-    else:
-        print 'usage: %s [options] [start|stop|restart]' % argv[0]
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    logging.debug(_("Full set of FLAGS:"))
-    for flag in FLAGS:
-        logging.debug("%s : %s" % (flag, FLAGS.get(flag, None)))
-
-    logging.audit(_("Starting %s"), name)
-    twistd.runApp(options)
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 8784a227d..4ea623cc1 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 """Utilities and helper functions."""
 
-import base64
 import datetime
 import functools
 import inspect
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ import os
 import random
 import re
 import socket
-import string
 import struct
 import sys
 import time
@@ -50,7 +48,8 @@ from nova import version
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("nova.utils")
-TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+ISO_TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 
 
@@ -361,16 +360,26 @@ def clear_time_override():
     utcnow.override_time = None
 
 
-def isotime(at=None):
-    """Returns iso formatted utcnow."""
+def strtime(at=None, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
+    """Returns formatted utcnow."""
     if not at:
         at = utcnow()
-    return at.strftime(TIME_FORMAT)
+    return at.strftime(fmt)
+
+
+def parse_strtime(timestr, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
+    """Turn a formatted time back into a datetime."""
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(timestr, fmt)
+
+
+def isotime(at=None):
+    """Returns iso formatted utcnow."""
+    return strtime(at, ISO_TIME_FORMAT)
 
 
 def parse_isotime(timestr):
     """Turn an iso formatted time back into a datetime."""
-    return datetime.datetime.strptime(timestr, TIME_FORMAT)
+    return parse_strtime(timestr, ISO_TIME_FORMAT)
 
 
 def parse_mailmap(mailmap='.mailmap'):
@@ -504,25 +513,61 @@ def utf8(value):
     return value
 
 
-def to_primitive(value):
-    if type(value) is type([]) or type(value) is type((None,)):
-        o = []
-        for v in value:
-            o.append(to_primitive(v))
-        return o
-    elif type(value) is type({}):
-        o = {}
-        for k, v in value.iteritems():
-            o[k] = to_primitive(v)
-        return o
-    elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
-        return str(value)
-    elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
-        return to_primitive(dict(value.iteritems()))
-    elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
-        return to_primitive(list(value))
-    else:
-        return value
+def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, level=0):
+    """Convert a complex object into primitives.
+
+    Handy for JSON serialization. We can optionally handle instances,
+    but since this is a recursive function, we could have cyclical
+    data structures.
+
+    To handle cyclical data structures we could track the actual objects
+    visited in a set, but not all objects are hashable. Instead we just
+    track the depth of the object inspections and don't go too deep.
+
+    Therefore, convert_instances=True is lossy ... be aware.
+
+    """
+    if inspect.isclass(value):
+        return unicode(value)
+
+    if level > 3:
+        return []
+
+    # The try block may not be necessary after the class check above,
+    # but just in case ...
+    try:
+        if type(value) is type([]) or type(value) is type((None,)):
+            o = []
+            for v in value:
+                o.append(to_primitive(v, convert_instances=convert_instances,
+                                      level=level))
+            return o
+        elif type(value) is type({}):
+            o = {}
+            for k, v in value.iteritems():
+                o[k] = to_primitive(v, convert_instances=convert_instances,
+                                    level=level)
+            return o
+        elif isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+            return str(value)
+        elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
+            return to_primitive(dict(value.iteritems()),
+                                convert_instances=convert_instances,
+                                level=level)
+        elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+            return to_primitive(list(value), level)
+        elif convert_instances and hasattr(value, '__dict__'):
+            # Likely an instance of something. Watch for cycles.
+            # Ignore class member vars.
+            return to_primitive(value.__dict__,
+                                convert_instances=convert_instances,
+                                level=level + 1)
+        else:
+            return value
+    except TypeError, e:
+        # Class objects are tricky since they may define something like
+        # __iter__ defined but it isn't callable as list().
+        return unicode(value)
 
 
 def dumps(value):
diff --git a/nova/virt/driver.py b/nova/virt/driver.py
index 34dc5f544..b219fb2cb 100644
--- a/nova/virt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/driver.py
@@ -122,11 +122,12 @@ class ComputeDriver(object):
         """Create snapshot from a running VM instance."""
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def finish_resize(self, instance, disk_info):
+    def finish_migration(self, instance, disk_info, network_info,
+                         resize_instance):
         """Completes a resize, turning on the migrated instance"""
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def revert_resize(self, instance):
+    def revert_migration(self, instance):
         """Reverts a resize, powering back on the instance"""
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/fake.py b/nova/virt/fake.py
index 26bc421c0..2898f23a4 100644
--- a/nova/virt/fake.py
+++ b/nova/virt/fake.py
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ class FakeConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         only useful for giving back to this layer as a parameter to
         disk_stats).  These IDs only need to be unique for a given instance.
 
-        Note that this function takes an instance ID, not a
-        compute.service.Instance, so that it can be called by compute.monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance ID.
         """
         return ['A_DISK']
 
@@ -353,8 +352,7 @@ class FakeConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         interface_stats).  These IDs only need to be unique for a given
         instance.
 
-        Note that this function takes an instance ID, not a
-        compute.service.Instance, so that it can be called by compute.monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance ID.
         """
         return ['A_VIF']
 
@@ -374,8 +372,7 @@ class FakeConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         having to do the aggregation.  On those platforms, this method is
         unused.
 
-        Note that this function takes an instance ID, not a
-        compute.service.Instance, so that it can be called by compute.monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance ID.
         """
         return [0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, None]
 
@@ -395,8 +392,7 @@ class FakeConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         having to do the aggregation.  On those platforms, this method is
         unused.
 
-        Note that this function takes an instance ID, not a
-        compute.service.Instance, so that it can be called by compute.monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance ID.
         """
         return [0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L]
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/hyperv.py b/nova/virt/hyperv.py
index 81c7dea58..c26fe108b 100644
--- a/nova/virt/hyperv.py
+++ b/nova/virt/hyperv.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ import time
 from nova import exception
 from nova import flags
 from nova import log as logging
-from nova.auth import manager
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova.virt import driver
 from nova.virt import images
@@ -145,13 +144,12 @@ class HyperVConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         if vm is not None:
             raise exception.InstanceExists(name=instance.name)
 
-        user = manager.AuthManager().get_user(instance['user_id'])
-        project = manager.AuthManager().get_project(instance['project_id'])
         #Fetch the file, assume it is a VHD file.
         base_vhd_filename = os.path.join(FLAGS.instances_path,
                                          instance.name)
         vhdfile = "%s.vhd" % (base_vhd_filename)
-        images.fetch(instance['image_ref'], vhdfile, user, project)
+        images.fetch(instance['image_ref'], vhdfile,
+                     instance['user_id'], instance['project_id'])
 
         try:
             self._create_vm(instance)
diff --git a/nova/virt/images.py b/nova/virt/images.py
index 40bf6107c..2e9fca3d6 100644
--- a/nova/virt/images.py
+++ b/nova/virt/images.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.virt.images')
 
 
-def fetch(image_href, path, _user, _project):
+def fetch(image_href, path, _user_id, _project_id):
     # TODO(vish): Improve context handling and add owner and auth data
     #             when it is added to glance.  Right now there is no
     #             auth checking in glance, so we assume that access was
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py
index c27e92feb..b9b247aab 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py
@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
             else:
                 utils.execute('cp', base, target)
 
-    def _fetch_image(self, target, image_id, user, project, size=None):
+    def _fetch_image(self, target, image_id, user_id, project_id, size=None):
         """Grab image and optionally attempt to resize it"""
-        images.fetch(image_id, target, user, project)
+        images.fetch(image_id, target, user_id, project_id)
         if size:
             disk.extend(target, size)
 
@@ -809,9 +809,6 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         os.close(os.open(basepath('console.log', ''),
                          os.O_CREAT | os.O_WRONLY, 0660))
 
-        user = manager.AuthManager().get_user(inst['user_id'])
-        project = manager.AuthManager().get_project(inst['project_id'])
-
         if not disk_images:
             disk_images = {'image_id': inst['image_ref'],
                            'kernel_id': inst['kernel_id'],
@@ -823,16 +820,16 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
                               target=basepath('kernel'),
                               fname=fname,
                               image_id=disk_images['kernel_id'],
-                              user=user,
-                              project=project)
+                              user_id=inst['user_id'],
+                              project_id=inst['project_id'])
             if disk_images['ramdisk_id']:
                 fname = '%08x' % int(disk_images['ramdisk_id'])
                 self._cache_image(fn=self._fetch_image,
                                   target=basepath('ramdisk'),
                                   fname=fname,
                                   image_id=disk_images['ramdisk_id'],
-                                  user=user,
-                                  project=project)
+                                  user_id=inst['user_id'],
+                                  project_id=inst['project_id'])
 
         root_fname = hashlib.sha1(disk_images['image_id']).hexdigest()
         size = FLAGS.minimum_root_size
@@ -850,8 +847,8 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
                               fname=root_fname,
                               cow=FLAGS.use_cow_images,
                               image_id=disk_images['image_id'],
-                              user=user,
-                              project=project,
+                              user_id=inst['user_id'],
+                              project_id=inst['project_id'],
                               size=size)
 
         if inst_type['local_gb'] and not self._volume_in_mapping(
@@ -1090,8 +1087,7 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
     def get_disks(self, instance_name):
         """
-        Note that this function takes an instance name, not an Instance, so
-        that it can be called by monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance name.
 
         Returns a list of all block devices for this domain.
         """
@@ -1132,8 +1128,7 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
     def get_interfaces(self, instance_name):
         """
-        Note that this function takes an instance name, not an Instance, so
-        that it can be called by monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance name.
 
         Returns a list of all network interfaces for this instance.
         """
@@ -1348,16 +1343,14 @@ class LibvirtConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
     def block_stats(self, instance_name, disk):
         """
-        Note that this function takes an instance name, not an Instance, so
-        that it can be called by monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance name.
         """
         domain = self._lookup_by_name(instance_name)
         return domain.blockStats(disk)
 
     def interface_stats(self, instance_name, interface):
         """
-        Note that this function takes an instance name, not an Instance, so
-        that it can be called by monitor.
+        Note that this function takes an instance name.
         """
         domain = self._lookup_by_name(instance_name)
         return domain.interfaceStats(interface)
diff --git a/nova/virt/xenapi/vm_utils.py b/nova/virt/xenapi/vm_utils.py
index 62863c6d8..60ef0df43 100644
--- a/nova/virt/xenapi/vm_utils.py
+++ b/nova/virt/xenapi/vm_utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import nova.image
 from nova.image import glance as glance_image_service
 from nova import log as logging
 from nova import utils
-from nova.auth.manager import AuthManager
 from nova.compute import instance_types
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova.virt import disk
@@ -85,38 +84,22 @@ class ImageType:
     DISK = 2
     DISK_RAW = 3
     DISK_VHD = 4
+    _ids = (KERNEL, RAMDISK, DISK, DISK_RAW, DISK_VHD)
 
     KERNEL_STR = "kernel"
     RAMDISK_STR = "ramdisk"
     DISK_STR = "os"
     DISK_RAW_STR = "os_raw"
     DISK_VHD_STR = "vhd"
+    _strs = (KERNEL_STR, RAMDISK_STR, DISK_STR, DISK_RAW_STR, DISK_VHD_STR)
 
     @classmethod
     def to_string(cls, image_type):
-        if image_type == ImageType.KERNEL:
-            return ImageType.KERNEL_STR
-        elif image_type == ImageType.RAMDISK:
-            return ImageType.RAMDISK_STR
-        elif image_type == ImageType.DISK:
-            return ImageType.DISK_STR
-        elif image_type == ImageType.DISK_RAW:
-            return ImageType.DISK_RAW_STR
-        elif image_type == ImageType.DISK_VHD:
-            return ImageType.VHD_STR
+        return dict(zip(ImageType._ids, ImageType._strs)).get(image_type)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_string(cls, image_type_str):
-        if image_type_str == ImageType.KERNEL_STR:
-            return ImageType.KERNEL
-        elif image_type == ImageType.RAMDISK_STR:
-            return ImageType.RAMDISK
-        elif image_type == ImageType.DISK_STR:
-            return ImageType.DISK
-        elif image_type == ImageType.DISK_RAW_STR:
-            return ImageType.DISK_RAW
-        elif image_type == ImageType.DISK_VHD_STR:
-            return ImageType.VHD
+        return dict(zip(ImageType._strs, ImageType._ids)).get(image_type_str)
 
 
 class VMHelper(HelperBase):
@@ -384,30 +367,22 @@ class VMHelper(HelperBase):
         session.wait_for_task(task, instance.id)
 
     @classmethod
-    def fetch_image(cls, session, instance_id, image, user, project,
+    def fetch_image(cls, session, instance_id, image, user_id, project_id,
                     image_type):
-        """
-        image_type is interpreted as an ImageType instance
-        Related flags:
-            xenapi_image_service = ['glance', 'objectstore']
-            glance_address = 'address for glance services'
-            glance_port = 'port for glance services'
+        """Fetch image from glance based on image type.
 
-        Returns: A single filename if image_type is KERNEL_RAMDISK
+        Returns: A single filename if image_type is KERNEL or RAMDISK
                  A list of dictionaries that describe VDIs, otherwise
         """
-        access = AuthManager().get_access_key(user, project)
-
-        if FLAGS.xenapi_image_service == 'glance':
-            return cls._fetch_image_glance(session, instance_id, image,
-                                           access, image_type)
+        if image_type == ImageType.DISK_VHD:
+            return cls._fetch_image_glance_vhd(
+                session, instance_id, image, image_type)
         else:
-            return cls._fetch_image_objectstore(session, instance_id, image,
-                                                access, user.secret,
-                                                image_type)
+            return cls._fetch_image_glance_disk(
+                session, instance_id, image, image_type)
 
     @classmethod
-    def _fetch_image_glance_vhd(cls, session, instance_id, image, access,
+    def _fetch_image_glance_vhd(cls, session, instance_id, image,
                                 image_type):
         """Tell glance to download an image and put the VHDs into the SR
 
@@ -455,7 +430,7 @@ class VMHelper(HelperBase):
         return vdis
 
     @classmethod
-    def _fetch_image_glance_disk(cls, session, instance_id, image, access,
+    def _fetch_image_glance_disk(cls, session, instance_id, image,
                                  image_type):
         """Fetch the image from Glance
 
@@ -578,136 +553,38 @@ class VMHelper(HelperBase):
             else:
                 return ImageType.DISK_RAW
 
-        # FIXME(sirp): can we unify the ImageService and xenapi_image_service
-        # abstractions?
-        if FLAGS.xenapi_image_service == 'glance':
-            image_type = determine_from_glance()
-        else:
-            image_type = determine_from_instance()
+        image_type = determine_from_glance()
 
         log_disk_format(image_type)
         return image_type
 
     @classmethod
-    def _fetch_image_glance(cls, session, instance_id, image, access,
-                            image_type):
-        """Fetch image from glance based on image type.
-
-        Returns: A single filename if image_type is KERNEL or RAMDISK
-                 A list of dictionaries that describe VDIs, otherwise
-        """
-        if image_type == ImageType.DISK_VHD:
-            return cls._fetch_image_glance_vhd(
-                session, instance_id, image, access, image_type)
-        else:
-            return cls._fetch_image_glance_disk(
-                session, instance_id, image, access, image_type)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _fetch_image_objectstore(cls, session, instance_id, image, access,
-                                 secret, image_type):
-        """Fetch an image from objectstore.
-
-        Returns: A single filename if image_type is KERNEL or RAMDISK
-                 A list of dictionaries that describe VDIs, otherwise
-        """
-        url = "http://%s:%s/_images/%s/image" % (FLAGS.s3_host, FLAGS.s3_port,
-                                                 image)
-        LOG.debug(_("Asking xapi to fetch %(url)s as %(access)s") % locals())
-        if image_type in (ImageType.KERNEL, ImageType.RAMDISK):
-            fn = 'get_kernel'
-        else:
-            fn = 'get_vdi'
-        args = {}
-        args['src_url'] = url
-        args['username'] = access
-        args['password'] = secret
-        args['add_partition'] = 'false'
-        args['raw'] = 'false'
-        if not image_type in (ImageType.KERNEL, ImageType.RAMDISK):
-            args['add_partition'] = 'true'
-            if image_type == ImageType.DISK_RAW:
-                args['raw'] = 'true'
-        task = session.async_call_plugin('objectstore', fn, args)
-        vdi_uuid = None
-        filename = None
-        if image_type in (ImageType.KERNEL, ImageType.RAMDISK):
-            filename = session.wait_for_task(task, instance_id)
-        else:
-            vdi_uuid = session.wait_for_task(task, instance_id)
-        return [dict(vdi_type=ImageType.to_string(image_type),
-                     vdi_uuid=vdi_uuid,
-                     file=filename)]
-
-    @classmethod
     def determine_is_pv(cls, session, instance_id, vdi_ref, disk_image_type,
                         os_type):
         """
         Determine whether the VM will use a paravirtualized kernel or if it
         will use hardware virtualization.
 
-            1. Objectstore (any image type):
-               We use plugin to figure out whether the VDI uses PV
-
-            2. Glance (VHD): then we use `os_type`, raise if not set
-
-            3. Glance (DISK_RAW): use Pygrub to figure out if pv kernel is
-               available
-
-            4. Glance (DISK): pv is assumed
-        """
-        if FLAGS.xenapi_image_service == 'glance':
-            # 2, 3, 4: Glance
-            return cls._determine_is_pv_glance(
-              session, vdi_ref, disk_image_type, os_type)
-        else:
-            # 1. Objecstore
-            return cls._determine_is_pv_objectstore(session, instance_id,
-                                                    vdi_ref)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _determine_is_pv_objectstore(cls, session, instance_id, vdi_ref):
-        LOG.debug(_("Looking up vdi %s for PV kernel"), vdi_ref)
-        fn = "is_vdi_pv"
-        args = {}
-        args['vdi-ref'] = vdi_ref
-        task = session.async_call_plugin('objectstore', fn, args)
-        pv_str = session.wait_for_task(task, instance_id)
-        pv = None
-        if pv_str.lower() == 'true':
-            pv = True
-        elif pv_str.lower() == 'false':
-            pv = False
-        LOG.debug(_("PV Kernel in VDI:%s"), pv)
-        return pv
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _determine_is_pv_glance(cls, session, vdi_ref, disk_image_type,
-                                os_type):
-        """
-        For a Glance image, determine if we need paravirtualization.
-
-        The relevant scenarios are:
-            2. Glance (VHD): then we use `os_type`, raise if not set
+            1. Glance (VHD): then we use `os_type`, raise if not set
 
-            3. Glance (DISK_RAW): use Pygrub to figure out if pv kernel is
+            2. Glance (DISK_RAW): use Pygrub to figure out if pv kernel is
                available
 
-            4. Glance (DISK): pv is assumed
+            3. Glance (DISK): pv is assumed
         """
 
         LOG.debug(_("Looking up vdi %s for PV kernel"), vdi_ref)
         if disk_image_type == ImageType.DISK_VHD:
-            # 2. VHD
+            # 1. VHD
             if os_type == 'windows':
                 is_pv = False
             else:
                 is_pv = True
         elif disk_image_type == ImageType.DISK_RAW:
-            # 3. RAW
+            # 2. RAW
             is_pv = with_vdi_attached_here(session, vdi_ref, True, _is_vdi_pv)
         elif disk_image_type == ImageType.DISK:
-            # 4. Disk
+            # 3. Disk
             is_pv = True
         else:
             raise exception.Error(_("Unknown image format %(disk_image_type)s")
diff --git a/nova/virt/xenapi/vmops.py b/nova/virt/xenapi/vmops.py
index 77efe1bf0..7e02e1def 100644
--- a/nova/virt/xenapi/vmops.py
+++ b/nova/virt/xenapi/vmops.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ from nova import ipv6
 from nova import log as logging
 from nova import utils
 
-from nova.auth.manager import AuthManager
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova.virt import driver
 from nova.virt.xenapi.network_utils import NetworkHelper
@@ -110,17 +109,19 @@ class VMOps(object):
                 instance_infos.append(instance_info)
         return instance_infos
 
-    def revert_resize(self, instance):
+    def revert_migration(self, instance):
         vm_ref = VMHelper.lookup(self._session, instance.name)
         self._start(instance, vm_ref)
 
-    def finish_resize(self, instance, disk_info, network_info):
+    def finish_migration(self, instance, disk_info, network_info,
+                      resize_instance):
         vdi_uuid = self.link_disks(instance, disk_info['base_copy'],
                 disk_info['cow'])
         vm_ref = self._create_vm(instance,
                                  [dict(vdi_type='os', vdi_uuid=vdi_uuid)],
                                  network_info)
-        self.resize_instance(instance, vdi_uuid)
+        if resize_instance:
+            self.resize_instance(instance, vdi_uuid)
         self._spawn(instance, vm_ref)
 
     def _start(self, instance, vm_ref=None):
@@ -134,11 +135,10 @@ class VMOps(object):
         self._session.call_xenapi('VM.start', vm_ref, False, False)
 
     def _create_disks(self, instance):
-        user = AuthManager().get_user(instance.user_id)
-        project = AuthManager().get_project(instance.project_id)
         disk_image_type = VMHelper.determine_disk_image_type(instance)
         vdis = VMHelper.fetch_image(self._session,
-                instance.id, instance.image_ref, user, project,
+                instance.id, instance.image_ref,
+                instance.user_id, instance.project_id,
                 disk_image_type)
         return vdis
 
@@ -176,21 +176,18 @@ class VMOps(object):
                                   power_state.SHUTDOWN)
             return
 
-        user = AuthManager().get_user(instance.user_id)
-        project = AuthManager().get_project(instance.project_id)
-
         disk_image_type = VMHelper.determine_disk_image_type(instance)
         kernel = None
         ramdisk = None
         try:
             if instance.kernel_id:
                 kernel = VMHelper.fetch_image(self._session, instance.id,
-                        instance.kernel_id, user, project,
-                        ImageType.KERNEL)[0]
+                        instance.kernel_id, instance.user_id,
+                        instance.project_id, ImageType.KERNEL)[0]
             if instance.ramdisk_id:
                 ramdisk = VMHelper.fetch_image(self._session, instance.id,
-                        instance.ramdisk_id, user, project,
-                        ImageType.RAMDISK)[0]
+                        instance.kernel_id, instance.user_id,
+                        instance.project_id, ImageType.RAMDISK)[0]
             # Create the VM ref and attach the first disk
             first_vdi_ref = self._session.call_xenapi('VDI.get_by_uuid',
                     vdis[0]['vdi_uuid'])
@@ -568,18 +565,22 @@ class VMOps(object):
         return new_cow_uuid
 
     def resize_instance(self, instance, vdi_uuid):
-        """Resize a running instance by changing it's RAM and disk size."""
+        """Resize a running instance by changing its RAM and disk size."""
         #TODO(mdietz): this will need to be adjusted for swap later
         #The new disk size must be in bytes
 
-        new_disk_size = str(instance.local_gb * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
-        instance_name = instance.name
-        instance_local_gb = instance.local_gb
-        LOG.debug(_("Resizing VDI %(vdi_uuid)s for instance %(instance_name)s."
-                " Expanding to %(instance_local_gb)d GB") % locals())
-        vdi_ref = self._session.call_xenapi('VDI.get_by_uuid', vdi_uuid)
-        self._session.call_xenapi('VDI.resize_online', vdi_ref, new_disk_size)
-        LOG.debug(_("Resize instance %s complete") % (instance.name))
+        new_disk_size = instance.local_gb * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+        if new_disk_size > 0:
+            instance_name = instance.name
+            instance_local_gb = instance.local_gb
+            LOG.debug(_("Resizing VDI %(vdi_uuid)s for instance"
+                        "%(instance_name)s. Expanding to %(instance_local_gb)d"
+                        " GB") % locals())
+            vdi_ref = self._session.call_xenapi('VDI.get_by_uuid', vdi_uuid)
+            # for an instance with no local storage
+            self._session.call_xenapi('VDI.resize_online', vdi_ref,
+                    str(new_disk_size))
+            LOG.debug(_("Resize instance %s complete") % (instance.name))
 
     def reboot(self, instance):
         """Reboot VM instance."""
diff --git a/nova/virt/xenapi_conn.py b/nova/virt/xenapi_conn.py
index cddb8203b..a3d0abf9f 100644
--- a/nova/virt/xenapi_conn.py
+++ b/nova/virt/xenapi_conn.py
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ flags.DEFINE_float('xenapi_task_poll_interval',
                    'The interval used for polling of remote tasks '
                    '(Async.VM.start, etc). Used only if '
                    'connection_type=xenapi.')
-flags.DEFINE_string('xenapi_image_service',
-                    'glance',
-                    'Where to get VM images: glance or objectstore.')
 flags.DEFINE_float('xenapi_vhd_coalesce_poll_interval',
                    5.0,
                    'The interval used for polling of coalescing vhds.'
@@ -191,13 +188,15 @@ class XenAPIConnection(driver.ComputeDriver):
         """Create VM instance"""
         self._vmops.spawn(instance, network_info)
 
-    def revert_resize(self, instance):
+    def revert_migration(self, instance):
         """Reverts a resize, powering back on the instance"""
         self._vmops.revert_resize(instance)
 
-    def finish_resize(self, instance, disk_info, network_info):
+    def finish_migration(self, instance, disk_info, network_info,
+                         resize_instance=False):
         """Completes a resize, turning on the migrated instance"""
-        self._vmops.finish_resize(instance, disk_info, network_info)
+        self._vmops.finish_migration(instance, disk_info, network_info,
+                                  resize_instance)
 
     def snapshot(self, instance, image_id):
         """ Create snapshot from a running VM instance """
diff --git a/nova/wsgi.py b/nova/wsgi.py
index eae3afcb4..c8ddb97d7 100644
--- a/nova/wsgi.py
+++ b/nova/wsgi.py
@@ -274,6 +274,18 @@ class Middleware(Application):
         return self.process_response(response)
 
 
+class InjectContext(Middleware):
+    """Add a 'nova.context' to WSGI environ."""
+    def __init__(self, context, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.context = context
+        super(InjectContext, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @webob.dec.wsgify(RequestClass=Request)
+    def __call__(self, req):
+        req.environ['nova.context'] = self.context
+        return self.application
+
+
 class Debug(Middleware):
     """Helper class for debugging a WSGI application.
 
diff --git a/po/ast.po b/po/ast.po
index ac6190424..449cddb07 100644
--- a/po/ast.po
+++ b/po/ast.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2263,10 +2208,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/cs.po b/po/cs.po
index 33f7808a5..2dc763838 100644
--- a/po/cs.po
+++ b/po/cs.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2265,10 +2210,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/da.po b/po/da.po
index 5aead53c3..570629119 100644
--- a/po/da.po
+++ b/po/da.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2263,10 +2208,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/de.po b/po/de.po
index cf40a0f5e..772ae236c 100644
--- a/po/de.po
+++ b/po/de.po
@@ -131,33 +131,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "PID-Datei %s existiert nicht. Läuft der Daemon nicht?\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "Kein passender Prozess gefunden"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "Bedient %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "Alle vorhandenen FLAGS:"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "%s wird gestartet"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1785,34 +1758,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2270,10 +2215,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/en_AU.po b/po/en_AU.po
index e53f9fc07..3fa62c006 100644
--- a/po/en_AU.po
+++ b/po/en_AU.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2263,10 +2208,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/en_GB.po b/po/en_GB.po
index 601f6170b..b204c93a1 100644
--- a/po/en_GB.po
+++ b/po/en_GB.po
@@ -130,33 +130,6 @@ msgstr "compute.api::suspend %s"
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr "compute.api::resume %s"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "Wrong number of arguments."
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "No such process"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "Serving %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "Full set of FLAGS:"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Starting %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1803,34 +1776,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2288,10 +2233,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/es.po b/po/es.po
index eeaf209a9..f97434041 100644
--- a/po/es.po
+++ b/po/es.po
@@ -130,33 +130,6 @@ msgstr "compute.api::suspend %s"
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr "compute.api::resume %s"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "Cantidad de argumentos incorrecta"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "El \"pidfile\" %s no existe. Quizás el servicio no este corriendo.\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "No existe el proceso"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "Sirviendo %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "Conjunto completo de opciones (FLAGS):"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Iniciando %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1819,34 +1792,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr "Obtenida excepción %s"
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr "actualizando %s..."
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr "error inesperado durante la actualización"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr "excepción inexperada al obtener la conexión"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr "Encontrada interfaz: %s"
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2309,10 +2254,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
index 9dd789b3c..83e4e7af0 100644
--- a/po/fr.po
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -133,35 +133,6 @@ msgstr "compute.api::suspend %s"
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr "compute.api::resume %s"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "Nombre d'arguments incorrect."
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-"Le fichier pid %s n'existe pas. Est-ce que le processus est en cours "
-"d'exécution ?\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "Aucun processus de ce type"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "En train de servir %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "Ensemble de propriétés complet :"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Démarrage de %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1865,34 +1836,6 @@ msgstr "Tâche [%(name)s] %(task)s état : %(status)s    %(error_info)s"
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr "Reçu exception : %s"
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr "mise à jour %s..."
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr "erreur inopinée pendant la ise à jour"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr "Ne peut pas récupérer blockstats pour \"%(disk)s\" sur \"%(iid)s\""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr "Ne peut pas récupérer ifstats pour \"%(interface)s\" sur \"%(iid)s\""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr "erreur inopinée pendant la connexion"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr "Instance trouvée : %s"
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2373,10 +2316,6 @@ msgstr "Démarrage %(arg0)s sur %(host)s:%(port)s"
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr "Vous devez implémenter __call__"
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr "Démarrage du superviseur d'instance"
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr "Allocation IP"
diff --git a/po/it.po b/po/it.po
index 60c3a388a..6bfcf1274 100644
--- a/po/it.po
+++ b/po/it.po
@@ -134,34 +134,6 @@ msgstr "compute.api::suspend %s"
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr "compute.api::resume %s"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "Numero errato di argomenti"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-"Il pidfile %s non esiste. Assicurarsi che il demone é in esecuzione.\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "Nessun processo trovato"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "Servire %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "Insieme di FLAGS:"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Avvio di %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1791,34 +1763,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2278,10 +2222,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/ja.po b/po/ja.po
index 09d17af3b..a7906ede8 100644
--- a/po/ja.po
+++ b/po/ja.po
@@ -130,33 +130,6 @@ msgstr "例外: compute.api::suspend %s"
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr "例外: compute.api::resume %s"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "引数の数が異なります。"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "pidfile %s が存在しません。デーモンは実行中ですか？\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "そのようなプロセスはありません"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "%s サービスの開始"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "FLAGSの一覧:"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "%s を起動中"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1808,34 +1781,6 @@ msgstr "タスク [%(name)s] %(task)s 状態: %(status)s    %(error_info)s"
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr "例外 %s が発生しました。"
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr "%s の情報の更新…"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr "更新の最中に予期しないエラーが発生しました。"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr "\"%(iid)s\" 上の \"%(disk)s\" 用のブロック統計(blockstats)が取得できません"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr "\"%(iid)s\" 上の %(interface)s\" 用インターフェース統計(ifstats)が取得できません"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr "接続に際し予期しないエラーが発生しました。"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr "インスタンス %s が見つかりました。"
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2311,10 +2256,6 @@ msgstr "%(host)s:%(port)s 上で %(arg0)s を開始しています"
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr "__call__ を実装しなければなりません"
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr "インスタンスモニタを開始しています"
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr "IP アドレスをリースしました"
diff --git a/po/nova.pot b/po/nova.pot
index 58140302d..e180ed750 100644
--- a/po/nova.pot
+++ b/po/nova.pot
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2263,10 +2208,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/pt_BR.po b/po/pt_BR.po
index f067a69e0..b3aefce44 100644
--- a/po/pt_BR.po
+++ b/po/pt_BR.po
@@ -126,34 +126,6 @@ msgstr "compute.api::suspend %s"
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr "compute.api::resume %s"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "Número errado de argumentos."
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-"Arquivo do id do processo (pidfile) %s não existe. O Daemon está parado?\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "Processo inexistente"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "Servindo %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "Conjunto completo de FLAGS:"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Iniciando %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1804,34 +1776,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2290,10 +2234,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/ru.po b/po/ru.po
index 5d8532f2e..1bf672fc3 100644
--- a/po/ru.po
+++ b/po/ru.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "Неверное число аргументов."
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "pidfile %s не обнаружен. Демон не запущен?\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Запускается %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1779,34 +1752,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr "обновление %s..."
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr "неожиданная ошибка во время обновления"
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2264,10 +2209,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/tl.po b/po/tl.po
index 7f600e8f1..1ae59330b 100644
--- a/po/tl.po
+++ b/po/tl.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2265,10 +2210,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/uk.po b/po/uk.po
index bbd831de9..481851e1c 100644
--- a/po/uk.po
+++ b/po/uk.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "Обслуговування %s"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "Запускається %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2263,10 +2208,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/zh_CN.po b/po/zh_CN.po
index c3d292a93..d0ddcd2f7 100644
--- a/po/zh_CN.po
+++ b/po/zh_CN.po
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2011-07-23 05:12+0000\n"
 "X-Generator: Launchpad (build 13405)\n"
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "启动 %s 中"
-
 #: ../nova/scheduler/chance.py:37 ../nova/scheduler/zone.py:55
 #: ../nova/scheduler/simple.py:75 ../nova/scheduler/simple.py:110
 #: ../nova/scheduler/simple.py:122
@@ -135,28 +130,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr "错误参数个数。"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "pidfile %s　不存在，守护进程是否运行？\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "没有该进程"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr "正在为 %s 服务"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr "FLAGS全集："
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1785,34 +1758,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2270,10 +2215,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/zh_TW.po b/po/zh_TW.po
index ad14c0e32..896e69618 100644
--- a/po/zh_TW.po
+++ b/po/zh_TW.po
@@ -125,33 +125,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "compute.api::resume %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:157
-msgid "Wrong number of arguments."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:209
-#, python-format
-msgid "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
-msgstr "pidfile %s 不存在. Daemon未啟動?\n"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:221
-msgid "No such process"
-msgstr "沒有此一程序"
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:230 ../nova/service.py:224
-#, python-format
-msgid "Serving %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:262 ../nova/service.py:225
-msgid "Full set of FLAGS:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/twistd.py:266
-#, python-format
-msgid "Starting %s"
-msgstr "正在啟動 %s"
-
 #: ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:48 ../nova/virt/xenapi/volumeops.py:101
 #: ../nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py:731 ../nova/virt/libvirt_conn.py:741
 #: ../nova/api/ec2/__init__.py:317
@@ -1778,34 +1751,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Got exception: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:259
-#, python-format
-msgid "updating %s..."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:289
-msgid "unexpected error during update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:356
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get blockstats for \"%(disk)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:379
-#, python-format
-msgid "Cannot get ifstats for \"%(interface)s\" on \"%(iid)s\""
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:414
-msgid "unexpected exception getting connection"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: ../nova/compute/monitor.py:429
-#, python-format
-msgid "Found instance: %s"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../nova/volume/san.py:67
 #, python-format
 msgid "Could not find iSCSI export  for volume %s"
@@ -2263,10 +2208,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "You must implement __call__"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: ../bin/nova-instancemonitor.py:55
-msgid "Starting instance monitor"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: ../bin/nova-dhcpbridge.py:58
 msgid "leasing ip"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c165f40d7..8121e250b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ setup(name='nova',
                'bin/nova-dhcpbridge',
                'bin/nova-direct-api',
                'bin/nova-import-canonical-imagestore',
-               'bin/nova-instancemonitor',
                'bin/nova-logspool',
                'bin/nova-manage',
                'bin/nova-network',
diff --git a/tools/eventlet-patch b/tools/eventlet-patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c87c5f279..000000000
--- a/tools/eventlet-patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# HG changeset patch
-# User Soren Hansen <soren@linux2go.dk>
-# Date 1297678255 -3600
-# Node ID 4c846d555010bb5a91ab4da78dfe596451313742
-# Parent  5b7e9946c79f005c028eb63207cf5eb7bb21d1c3
-Don't attempt to wrap GreenPipes in GreenPipe
-
-If the os module is monkeypatched, Python's standard subprocess module
-will return greenio.GreenPipe instances for Popen objects' stdin, stdout,
-and stderr attributes. However, eventlet.green.subprocess tries to wrap
-these attributes in another greenio.GreenPipe, which GreenPipe refuses.
-
-diff -r 5b7e9946c79f -r 4c846d555010 eventlet/green/subprocess.py
---- a/eventlet/green/subprocess.py	Sat Feb 05 13:05:05 2011 -0800
-+++ b/eventlet/green/subprocess.py	Mon Feb 14 11:10:55 2011 +0100
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
-             # eventlet.processes.Process.run() method.
-             for attr in "stdin", "stdout", "stderr":
-                 pipe = getattr(self, attr)
--                if pipe is not None:
-+                if pipe is not None and not type(pipe) == greenio.GreenPipe:
-                     wrapped_pipe = greenio.GreenPipe(pipe, pipe.mode, bufsize)
-                     setattr(self, attr, wrapped_pipe)
-         __init__.__doc__ = subprocess_orig.Popen.__init__.__doc__
diff --git a/tools/install_venv.py b/tools/install_venv.py
index f4b6583ed..3c2f6979f 100644
--- a/tools/install_venv.py
+++ b/tools/install_venv.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import sys
 ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 VENV = os.path.join(ROOT, '.nova-venv')
 PIP_REQUIRES = os.path.join(ROOT, 'tools', 'pip-requires')
-TWISTED_NOVA = 'http://nova.openstack.org/Twisted-10.0.0Nova.tar.gz'
 PY_VERSION = "python%s.%s" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
 
 
@@ -106,20 +105,12 @@ def install_dependencies(venv=VENV):
               'greenlet'], redirect_output=False)
     run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh', 'pip', 'install', '-E', venv, '-r',
               PIP_REQUIRES], redirect_output=False)
-    run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh', 'pip', 'install', '-E', venv,
-              TWISTED_NOVA], redirect_output=False)
 
     # Tell the virtual env how to "import nova"
     pthfile = os.path.join(venv, "lib", PY_VERSION, "site-packages",
                         "nova.pth")
     f = open(pthfile, 'w')
     f.write("%s\n" % ROOT)
-    # Patch eventlet (see FAQ # 1485)
-    patchsrc = os.path.join(ROOT, 'tools', 'eventlet-patch')
-    patchfile = os.path.join(venv, "lib", PY_VERSION, "site-packages",
-                          "eventlet", "green", "subprocess.py")
-    patch_cmd = "patch %s %s" % (patchfile, patchsrc)
-    os.system(patch_cmd)
 
 
 def print_help():
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index dec93c351..23e707034 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ boto==1.9b
 carrot==0.10.5
 eventlet
 lockfile==0.8
-python-novaclient==2.5.7
+python-novaclient==2.5.9
 python-daemon==1.5.5
 python-gflags==1.3
 redis==2.0.0
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ mox==0.5.3
 greenlet==0.3.1
 nose
 bzr
-Twisted>=10.1.0
 PasteDeploy
 paste
 sqlalchemy-migrate
 netaddr
 sphinx
 glance
+xattr>=0.6.0
 nova-adminclient
 suds==0.4
 coverage