diff --git a/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/__init__.py b/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/__init__.py
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diff --git a/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/v2/__init__.py b/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/v2/__init__.py
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diff --git a/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/v2/base.py b/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/v2/base.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Ltd
+#
+#    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 json
+
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+
+
+class LoadbalancerClientBase(rest_client.RestClient):
+    def get_list_objs(self, obj):
+        resp, body = self.get('/v2.0/lbaas/%s' % obj)
+
+        return resp, jsonutils.loads(body)
+
+    def delete_obj(self, obj, id, cascade=False):
+        url = '/v2.0/lbaas/{obj}/{id}'.format(obj=obj, id=id)
+        if cascade:
+            url += '?cascade=True'
+        return self.delete(url)
+
+    def get_obj(self, obj, id):
+        resp, body = self.get('/v2.0/lbaas/{obj}/{id}'.format(obj=obj, id=id))
+
+        return resp, jsonutils.loads(body)
+
+    def post_json(self, obj, req_body, extra_headers={}):
+        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+        headers = dict(headers, **extra_headers)
+        url_path = '/v2.0/lbaas/%s' % obj
+
+        resp, body = self.post(url_path, json.dumps(req_body), headers=headers)
+
+        return resp, jsonutils.loads(body)
+
+    def put_json(self, obj, id, req_body, extra_headers={}):
+        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
+        headers = dict(headers, **extra_headers)
+        url_path = '/v2.0/lbaas/%s/%s' % (obj, id)
+
+        resp, body = self.put(url_path, json.dumps(req_body), headers=headers)
+
+        return resp, jsonutils.loads(body)
diff --git a/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/v2/loadbalancer_client.py b/octavia_tempest_plugin/services/v2/loadbalancer_client.py
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+# Copyright 2017 GoDaddy
+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Ltd
+#
+#   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 tempest.lib import exceptions
+
+from octavia_tempest_plugin.services.v2 import base as client_base
+
+
+class LoadbalancerClient(client_base.LoadbalancerClientBase):
+    """Tempest REST client for Octavia V2 API."""
+
+    def delete_resource(self, res, id, ignore_error=False, cascade=False):
+        try:
+            resp, _ = self.delete_obj(res, id, cascade=cascade)
+            return resp
+        except (exceptions.NotFound, exceptions.Conflict):
+            if ignore_error:
+                return None