diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index 234273b..02609ae 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
 # concurrent test processes. (boolean value)
 #locking_credentials_provider = false
 
+# Roles to assign to all users created by tempest (list value)
+#tempest_roles =
+
 
 [baremetal]
 
@@ -582,9 +585,6 @@
 # applies to user and project (string value)
 #admin_domain_name = <None>
 
-# Roles to assign to all users created by tempest (list value)
-#tempest_roles =
-
 
 [identity-feature-enabled]
 
@@ -920,6 +920,11 @@
 # operations testing. (integer value)
 #large_ops_number = 0
 
+# DHCP client used by images to renew DCHP lease. If left empty,
+# update operation will be skipped. Supported clients: "udhcpc",
+# "dhclient" (string value)
+#dhcp_client = udhcpc
+
 
 [service_available]
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py
index 3bdcfd6..425ce13 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
             hypervisor='common', os='linux', architecture='x86_64',
             version='7.0', url='xxx://xxxx/xxx/xxx',
             md5hash='add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545')
-        resp, body = self.client.create_agent(**params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.create_agent(**params)
         self.agent_id = body['agent_id']
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -67,8 +66,7 @@
             hypervisor='kvm', os='win', architecture='x86',
             version='7.0', url='xxx://xxxx/xxx/xxx',
             md5hash='add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545')
-        resp, body = self.client.create_agent(**params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.create_agent(**params)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_agent, body['agent_id'])
         for expected_item, value in params.items():
             self.assertEqual(value, body[expected_item])
@@ -79,27 +77,23 @@
         params = self._param_helper(
             version='8.0', url='xxx://xxxx/xxx/xxx2',
             md5hash='add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f547')
-        resp, body = self.client.update_agent(self.agent_id, **params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.update_agent(self.agent_id, **params)
         for expected_item, value in params.items():
             self.assertEqual(value, body[expected_item])
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_delete_agent(self):
         # Delete an agent.
-        resp, _ = self.client.delete_agent(self.agent_id)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.client.delete_agent(self.agent_id)
 
         # Verify the list doesn't contain the deleted agent.
-        resp, agents = self.client.list_agents()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        agents = self.client.list_agents()
         self.assertNotIn(self.agent_id, map(lambda x: x['agent_id'], agents))
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_agents(self):
         # List all agents.
-        resp, agents = self.client.list_agents()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        agents = self.client.list_agents()
         self.assertTrue(len(agents) > 0, 'Cannot get any agents.(%s)' % agents)
         self.assertIn(self.agent_id, map(lambda x: x['agent_id'], agents))
 
@@ -110,14 +104,12 @@
             hypervisor='xen', os='linux', architecture='x86',
             version='7.0', url='xxx://xxxx/xxx/xxx1',
             md5hash='add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f546')
-        resp, agent_xen = self.client.create_agent(**params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        agent_xen = self.client.create_agent(**params)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_agent, agent_xen['agent_id'])
 
         agent_id_xen = agent_xen['agent_id']
         params_filter = {'hypervisor': agent_xen['hypervisor']}
-        resp, agents = self.client.list_agents(params_filter)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        agents = self.client.list_agents(params_filter)
         self.assertTrue(len(agents) > 0, 'Cannot get any agents.(%s)' % agents)
         self.assertIn(agent_id_xen, map(lambda x: x['agent_id'], agents))
         self.assertNotIn(self.agent_id, map(lambda x: x['agent_id'], agents))
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py
index 7c2e604..a866ede 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         cls.aggregate_name_prefix = 'test_aggregate_'
         cls.az_name_prefix = 'test_az_'
 
-        resp, hosts_all = cls.os_adm.hosts_client.list_hosts()
+        hosts_all = cls.os_adm.hosts_client.list_hosts()
         hosts = map(lambda x: x['host_name'],
                     filter(lambda y: y['service'] == 'compute', hosts_all))
         cls.host = hosts[0]
@@ -52,14 +52,12 @@
     def test_aggregate_create_delete(self):
         # Create and delete an aggregate.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self._try_delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, aggregate['name'])
         self.assertIsNone(aggregate['availability_zone'])
 
-        resp, _ = self.client.delete_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.client.delete_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
         self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(aggregate['id'])
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
@@ -67,26 +65,23 @@
         # Create and delete an aggregate.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
         az_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.az_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(
             name=aggregate_name, availability_zone=az_name)
         self.addCleanup(self._try_delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, aggregate['name'])
         self.assertEqual(az_name, aggregate['availability_zone'])
 
-        resp, _ = self.client.delete_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.client.delete_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
         self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(aggregate['id'])
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_aggregate_create_verify_entry_in_list(self):
         # Create an aggregate and ensure it is listed.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
-        resp, aggregates = self.client.list_aggregates()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregates = self.client.list_aggregates()
         self.assertIn((aggregate['id'], aggregate['availability_zone']),
                       map(lambda x: (x['id'], x['availability_zone']),
                           aggregates))
@@ -95,11 +90,10 @@
     def test_aggregate_create_update_metadata_get_details(self):
         # Create an aggregate and ensure its details are returned.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
-        resp, body = self.client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
         self.assertEqual(aggregate['name'], body['name'])
         self.assertEqual(aggregate['availability_zone'],
                          body['availability_zone'])
@@ -107,13 +101,11 @@
 
         # set the metadata of the aggregate
         meta = {"key": "value"}
-        resp, body = self.client.set_metadata(aggregate['id'], meta)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.set_metadata(aggregate['id'], meta)
         self.assertEqual(meta, body["metadata"])
 
         # verify the metadata has been set
-        resp, body = self.client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
         self.assertEqual(meta, body["metadata"])
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
@@ -121,11 +113,10 @@
         # Update an aggregate and ensure properties are updated correctly
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
         az_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.az_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(
             name=aggregate_name, availability_zone=az_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, aggregate['name'])
         self.assertEqual(az_name, aggregate['availability_zone'])
         self.assertIsNotNone(aggregate['id'])
@@ -134,15 +125,13 @@
         new_aggregate_name = aggregate_name + '_new'
         new_az_name = az_name + '_new'
 
-        resp, resp_aggregate = self.client.update_aggregate(aggregate_id,
-                                                            new_aggregate_name,
-                                                            new_az_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        resp_aggregate = self.client.update_aggregate(aggregate_id,
+                                                      new_aggregate_name,
+                                                      new_az_name)
         self.assertEqual(new_aggregate_name, resp_aggregate['name'])
         self.assertEqual(new_az_name, resp_aggregate['availability_zone'])
 
-        resp, aggregates = self.client.list_aggregates()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregates = self.client.list_aggregates()
         self.assertIn((aggregate_id, new_aggregate_name, new_az_name),
                       map(lambda x:
                           (x['id'], x['name'], x['availability_zone']),
@@ -153,18 +142,16 @@
         # Add an host to the given aggregate and remove.
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
-        resp, body = self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, body['name'])
         self.assertEqual(aggregate['availability_zone'],
                          body['availability_zone'])
         self.assertIn(self.host, body['hosts'])
 
-        resp, body = self.client.remove_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        body = self.client.remove_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, body['name'])
         self.assertEqual(aggregate['availability_zone'],
                          body['availability_zone'])
@@ -175,12 +162,12 @@
         # Add an host to the given aggregate and list.
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
         self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.remove_host, aggregate['id'], self.host)
 
-        resp, aggregates = self.client.list_aggregates()
+        aggregates = self.client.list_aggregates()
         aggs = filter(lambda x: x['id'] == aggregate['id'], aggregates)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(aggs))
         agg = aggs[0]
@@ -193,12 +180,12 @@
         # Add an host to the given aggregate and get details.
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
         self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.remove_host, aggregate['id'], self.host)
 
-        resp, body = self.client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
+        body = self.client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, body['name'])
         self.assertIsNone(body['availability_zone'])
         self.assertIn(self.host, body['hosts'])
@@ -209,7 +196,7 @@
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
         az_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.az_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(
             name=aggregate_name, availability_zone=az_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
         self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py
index 219d12e..a450e5d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         cls.aggregate_name_prefix = 'test_aggregate_'
         cls.az_name_prefix = 'test_az_'
 
-        resp, hosts_all = cls.os_adm.hosts_client.list_hosts()
+        hosts_all = cls.os_adm.hosts_client.list_hosts()
         hosts = map(lambda x: x['host_name'],
                     filter(lambda y: y['service'] == 'compute', hosts_all))
         cls.host = hosts[0]
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@
     def test_aggregate_create_with_existent_aggregate_name(self):
         # creating an aggregate with existent aggregate name is forbidden
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Conflict,
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@
     def test_aggregate_delete_as_user(self):
         # Regular user is not allowed to delete an aggregate.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Unauthorized,
@@ -96,8 +94,7 @@
     def test_aggregate_get_details_as_user(self):
         # Regular user is not allowed to get aggregate details.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Unauthorized,
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_aggregate_add_non_exist_host(self):
         # Adding a non-exist host to an aggregate should raise exceptions.
-        resp, hosts_all = self.os_adm.hosts_client.list_hosts()
+        hosts_all = self.os_adm.hosts_client.list_hosts()
         hosts = map(lambda x: x['host_name'], hosts_all)
         while True:
             non_exist_host = data_utils.rand_name('nonexist_host_')
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@
                 break
 
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.add_host,
@@ -137,8 +134,7 @@
     def test_aggregate_add_host_as_user(self):
         # Regular user is not allowed to add a host to an aggregate.
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Unauthorized,
@@ -149,12 +145,10 @@
     def test_aggregate_add_existent_host(self):
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
-        resp, body = self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.remove_host, aggregate['id'], self.host)
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Conflict, self.client.add_host,
@@ -165,11 +159,9 @@
         # Regular user is not allowed to remove a host from an aggregate.
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
-        resp, body = self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], self.host)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.remove_host, aggregate['id'], self.host)
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Unauthorized,
@@ -180,8 +172,7 @@
     def test_aggregate_remove_nonexistent_host(self):
         non_exist_host = data_utils.rand_name('nonexist_host_')
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.aggregate_name_prefix)
-        resp, aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        aggregate = self.client.create_aggregate(name=aggregate_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_aggregate, aggregate['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.remove_host,
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
index 25965fd..b9d47bb 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
@@ -30,19 +30,17 @@
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_hosts(self):
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
         self.assertTrue(len(hosts) >= 2, str(hosts))
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_hosts_with_zone(self):
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
         host = hosts[0]
         zone_name = host['zone']
         params = {'zone': zone_name}
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
         self.assertTrue(len(hosts) >= 1)
         self.assertIn(host, hosts)
 
@@ -51,31 +49,27 @@
         # If send the request with a blank zone, the request will be successful
         # and it will return all the hosts list
         params = {'zone': ''}
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
         self.assertNotEqual(0, len(hosts))
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_hosts_with_nonexistent_zone(self):
         # If send the request with a nonexistent zone, the request will be
         # successful and no hosts will be retured
         params = {'zone': 'xxx'}
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(hosts))
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_show_host_detail(self):
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
 
         hosts = [host for host in hosts if host['service'] == 'compute']
         self.assertTrue(len(hosts) >= 1)
 
         for host in hosts:
             hostname = host['host_name']
-            resp, resources = self.client.show_host_detail(hostname)
-            self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+            resources = self.client.show_host_detail(hostname)
             self.assertTrue(len(resources) >= 1)
             host_resource = resources[0]['resource']
             self.assertIsNotNone(host_resource)
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py
index 055219f..fc918a3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
         cls.non_admin_client = cls.os.hosts_client
 
     def _get_host_name(self):
-        resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hosts = self.client.list_hosts()
         self.assertTrue(len(hosts) >= 1)
         hostname = hosts[0]['host_name']
         return hostname
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py
index de3debb..fbfef87 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
     def _list_hypervisors(self):
         # List of hypervisors
-        resp, hypers = self.client.get_hypervisor_list()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hypers = self.client.get_hypervisor_list()
         return hypers
 
     def assertHypervisors(self, hypers):
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_get_hypervisor_list_details(self):
         # Display the details of the all hypervisor
-        resp, hypers = self.client.get_hypervisor_list_details()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hypers = self.client.get_hypervisor_list_details()
         self.assertHypervisors(hypers)
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
@@ -56,9 +54,7 @@
         hypers = self._list_hypervisors()
         self.assertHypervisors(hypers)
 
-        resp, details = (self.client.
-                         get_hypervisor_show_details(hypers[0]['id']))
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        details = self.client.get_hypervisor_show_details(hypers[0]['id'])
         self.assertTrue(len(details) > 0)
         self.assertEqual(details['hypervisor_hostname'],
                          hypers[0]['hypervisor_hostname'])
@@ -70,15 +66,13 @@
         self.assertHypervisors(hypers)
 
         hostname = hypers[0]['hypervisor_hostname']
-        resp, hypervisors = self.client.get_hypervisor_servers(hostname)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hypervisors = self.client.get_hypervisor_servers(hostname)
         self.assertTrue(len(hypervisors) > 0)
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_get_hypervisor_stats(self):
         # Verify the stats of the all hypervisor
-        resp, stats = self.client.get_hypervisor_stats()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        stats = self.client.get_hypervisor_stats()
         self.assertTrue(len(stats) > 0)
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
@@ -94,9 +88,7 @@
         ironic_only = True
         hypers_without_ironic = []
         for hyper in hypers:
-            resp, details = (self.client.
-                             get_hypervisor_show_details(hypers[0]['id']))
-            self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+            details = self.client.get_hypervisor_show_details(hypers[0]['id'])
             if details['hypervisor_type'] != 'ironic':
                 hypers_without_ironic.append(hyper)
                 ironic_only = False
@@ -110,8 +102,8 @@
             # because hypervisors might be disabled, this loops looking
             # for any good hit.
             try:
-                resp, uptime = self.client.get_hypervisor_uptime(hyper['id'])
-                if (resp.status == 200) and (len(uptime) > 0):
+                uptime = self.client.get_hypervisor_uptime(hyper['id'])
+                if len(uptime) > 0:
                     has_valid_uptime = True
                     break
             except Exception:
@@ -124,7 +116,6 @@
     def test_search_hypervisor(self):
         hypers = self._list_hypervisors()
         self.assertHypervisors(hypers)
-        resp, hypers = self.client.search_hypervisor(
+        hypers = self.client.search_hypervisor(
             hypers[0]['hypervisor_hostname'])
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertHypervisors(hypers)
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py
index b1f2351..a137a61 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
 
     def _list_hypervisors(self):
         # List of hypervisors
-        resp, hypers = self.client.get_hypervisor_list()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        hypers = self.client.get_hypervisor_list()
         return hypers
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
index e7a39f8..5cf4a31 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
@@ -31,29 +31,27 @@
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_services(self):
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services()
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        services = self.client.list_services()
         self.assertNotEqual(0, len(services))
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_get_service_by_service_binary_name(self):
         binary_name = 'nova-compute'
         params = {'binary': binary_name}
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services(params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        services = self.client.list_services(params)
         self.assertNotEqual(0, len(services))
         for service in services:
             self.assertEqual(binary_name, service['binary'])
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_get_service_by_host_name(self):
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services()
+        services = self.client.list_services()
         host_name = services[0]['host']
         services_on_host = [service for service in services if
                             service['host'] == host_name]
         params = {'host': host_name}
 
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services(params)
+        services = self.client.list_services(params)
 
         # we could have a periodic job checkin between the 2 service
         # lookups, so only compare binary lists.
@@ -66,13 +64,12 @@
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_get_service_by_service_and_host_name(self):
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services()
+        services = self.client.list_services()
         host_name = services[0]['host']
         binary_name = services[0]['binary']
         params = {'host': host_name, 'binary': binary_name}
 
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services(params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        services = self.client.list_services(params)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(services))
         self.assertEqual(host_name, services[0]['host'])
         self.assertEqual(binary_name, services[0]['binary'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py
index 534afc5..bb19a39 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py
@@ -37,26 +37,23 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_service_by_invalid_params(self):
         # return all services if send the request with invalid parameter
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services()
+        services = self.client.list_services()
         params = {'xxx': 'nova-compute'}
-        resp, services_xxx = self.client.list_services(params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        services_xxx = self.client.list_services(params)
         self.assertEqual(len(services), len(services_xxx))
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_service_by_invalid_service_and_valid_host(self):
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services()
+        services = self.client.list_services()
         host_name = services[0]['host']
         params = {'host': host_name, 'binary': 'xxx'}
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services(params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        services = self.client.list_services(params)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(services))
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_service_with_valid_service_and_invalid_host(self):
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services()
+        services = self.client.list_services()
         binary_name = services[0]['binary']
         params = {'host': 'xxx', 'binary': binary_name}
-        resp, services = self.client.list_services(params)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        services = self.client.list_services(params)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(services))
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py
index cb75d07..e04439f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         cls.created_server_ids = []
 
     def _get_compute_hostnames(self):
-        _resp, body = self.admin_hosts_client.list_hosts()
+        body = self.admin_hosts_client.list_hosts()
         return [
             host_record['host_name']
             for host_record in body
diff --git a/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py b/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py
index e70519e..65aeb24 100644
--- a/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py
+++ b/tempest/api/network/test_networks.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import itertools
 
 import netaddr
-import testtools
 
 from tempest.api.network import base
 from tempest.common import custom_matchers
@@ -571,9 +570,16 @@
                               test_subnet_ids,
                               'Subnet are not in the same network')
 
-    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.network_feature_enabled.ipv6_subnet_attributes,
-                          "IPv6 extended attributes for subnets not "
-                          "available")
+
+class NetworksIpV6TestAttrs(NetworksIpV6TestJSON):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        if not CONF.network_feature_enabled.ipv6_subnet_attributes:
+            raise cls.skipException("IPv6 extended attributes for "
+                                    "subnets not available")
+        super(NetworksIpV6TestAttrs, cls).resource_setup()
+
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_create_delete_subnet_with_v6_attributes_stateful(self):
         self._create_verify_delete_subnet(
@@ -581,20 +587,54 @@
             ipv6_ra_mode='dhcpv6-stateful',
             ipv6_address_mode='dhcpv6-stateful')
 
-    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.network_feature_enabled.ipv6_subnet_attributes,
-                          "IPv6 extended attributes for subnets not "
-                          "available")
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_create_delete_subnet_with_v6_attributes_slaac(self):
         self._create_verify_delete_subnet(
             ipv6_ra_mode='slaac',
             ipv6_address_mode='slaac')
 
-    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.network_feature_enabled.ipv6_subnet_attributes,
-                          "IPv6 extended attributes for subnets not "
-                          "available")
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_create_delete_subnet_with_v6_attributes_stateless(self):
         self._create_verify_delete_subnet(
             ipv6_ra_mode='dhcpv6-stateless',
             ipv6_address_mode='dhcpv6-stateless')
+
+    def _test_delete_subnet_with_ports(self, mode):
+        """Create subnet and delete it with existing ports"""
+        slaac_network = self.create_network()
+        subnet_slaac = self.create_subnet(slaac_network,
+                                          **{'ipv6_ra_mode': mode,
+                                             'ipv6_address_mode': mode})
+        port = self.create_port(slaac_network)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(port['fixed_ips'][0]['ip_address'])
+        self.client.delete_subnet(subnet_slaac['id'])
+        self.subnets.pop()
+        subnets = self.client.list_subnets()
+        subnet_ids = [subnet['id'] for subnet in subnets['subnets']]
+        self.assertNotIn(subnet_slaac['id'], subnet_ids,
+                         "Subnet wasn't deleted")
+        self.assertRaisesRegexp(
+            exceptions.Conflict,
+            "There are one or more ports still in use on the network",
+            self.client.delete_network,
+            slaac_network['id'])
+
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_create_delete_slaac_subnet_with_ports(self):
+        """Test deleting subnet with SLAAC ports
+
+        Create subnet with SLAAC, create ports in network
+        and then you shall be able to delete subnet without port
+        deletion. But you still can not delete the network.
+        """
+        self._test_delete_subnet_with_ports("slaac")
+
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_create_delete_stateless_subnet_with_ports(self):
+        """Test deleting subnet with DHCPv6 stateless ports
+
+        Create subnet with DHCPv6 stateless, create ports in network
+        and then you shall be able to delete subnet without port
+        deletion. But you still can not delete the network.
+        """
+        self._test_delete_subnet_with_ports("dhcpv6-stateless")
diff --git a/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py b/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py
index ee0e4c8..bf85e90 100644
--- a/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py
+++ b/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import socket
 
 from tempest.api.network import base
+from tempest.api.network import base_security_groups as sec_base
 from tempest.common import custom_matchers
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import config
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 CONF = config.CONF
 
 
-class PortsTestJSON(base.BaseNetworkTest):
+class PortsTestJSON(sec_base.BaseSecGroupTest):
     _interface = 'json'
 
     """
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@
         address = self._get_ipaddress_from_tempest_conf()
         allocation_pools = {'allocation_pools': [{'start': str(address + 4),
                                                   'end': str(address + 6)}]}
-        self.create_subnet(network, **allocation_pools)
+        subnet = self.create_subnet(network, **allocation_pools)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_subnet, subnet['id'])
         body = self.client.create_port(network_id=net_id)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_port, body['port']['id'])
         port = body['port']
@@ -148,8 +150,11 @@
     def test_port_list_filter_by_router_id(self):
         # Create a router
         network = self.create_network()
-        self.create_subnet(network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_network, network['id'])
+        subnet = self.create_subnet(network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_subnet, subnet['id'])
         router = self.create_router(data_utils.rand_name('router-'))
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_router, router['id'])
         port = self.client.create_port(network_id=network['id'])
         # Add router interface to port created above
         self.client.add_router_interface_with_port_id(
@@ -175,31 +180,41 @@
             self.assertEqual(sorted(fields), sorted(port.keys()))
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
-    def test_update_port_with_second_ip(self):
+    def test_create_update_port_with_second_ip(self):
         # Create a network with two subnets
         network = self.create_network()
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_network, network['id'])
         subnet_1 = self.create_subnet(network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_subnet, subnet_1['id'])
         subnet_2 = self.create_subnet(network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_subnet, subnet_2['id'])
         fixed_ip_1 = [{'subnet_id': subnet_1['id']}]
         fixed_ip_2 = [{'subnet_id': subnet_2['id']}]
 
-        # Create a port with a single IP address from first subnet
-        port = self.create_port(network,
-                                fixed_ips=fixed_ip_1)
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(port['fixed_ips']))
-
-        # Update the port with a second IP address from second subnet
         fixed_ips = fixed_ip_1 + fixed_ip_2
-        port = self.update_port(port, fixed_ips=fixed_ips)
+
+        # Create a port with multiple IP addresses
+        port = self.create_port(network,
+                                fixed_ips=fixed_ips)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_port, port['id'])
         self.assertEqual(2, len(port['fixed_ips']))
+        check_fixed_ips = [subnet_1['id'], subnet_2['id']]
+        for item in port['fixed_ips']:
+            self.assertIn(item['subnet_id'], check_fixed_ips)
 
         # Update the port to return to a single IP address
         port = self.update_port(port, fixed_ips=fixed_ip_1)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(port['fixed_ips']))
 
+        # Update the port with a second IP address from second subnet
+        port = self.update_port(port, fixed_ips=fixed_ips)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(port['fixed_ips']))
+
     def _update_port_with_security_groups(self, security_groups_names):
-        post_body = {"network_id": self.network['id']}
-        self.create_subnet(self.network)
+        subnet_1 = self.create_subnet(self.network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_subnet, subnet_1['id'])
+        fixed_ip_1 = [{'subnet_id': subnet_1['id']}]
+
         security_groups_list = list()
         for name in security_groups_names:
             group_create_body = self.client.create_security_group(
@@ -209,24 +224,48 @@
             security_groups_list.append(group_create_body['security_group']
                                         ['id'])
         # Create a port
+        sec_grp_name = data_utils.rand_name('secgroup')
+        security_group = self.client.create_security_group(name=sec_grp_name)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_security_group,
+                        security_group['security_group']['id'])
+        post_body = {
+            "name": data_utils.rand_name('port-'),
+            "security_groups": [security_group['security_group']['id']],
+            "network_id": self.network['id'],
+            "admin_state_up": True,
+            "fixed_ips": fixed_ip_1}
         body = self.client.create_port(**post_body)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_port, body['port']['id'])
         port = body['port']
+
         # Update the port with security groups
-        update_body = {"security_groups": security_groups_list}
+        subnet_2 = self.create_subnet(self.network)
+        fixed_ip_2 = [{'subnet_id': subnet_2['id']}]
+        update_body = {"name": data_utils.rand_name('port-'),
+                       "admin_state_up": False,
+                       "fixed_ips": fixed_ip_2,
+                       "security_groups": security_groups_list}
         body = self.client.update_port(port['id'], **update_body)
-        # Verify the security groups updated to port
         port_show = body['port']
+        # Verify the security groups and other attributes updated to port
+        exclude_keys = set(port_show).symmetric_difference(update_body)
+        exclude_keys.add('fixed_ips')
+        exclude_keys.add('security_groups')
+        self.assertThat(port_show, custom_matchers.MatchesDictExceptForKeys(
+                        update_body, exclude_keys))
+        self.assertEqual(fixed_ip_2[0]['subnet_id'],
+                         port_show['fixed_ips'][0]['subnet_id'])
+
         for security_group in security_groups_list:
             self.assertIn(security_group, port_show['security_groups'])
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
-    def test_update_port_with_security_group(self):
+    def test_update_port_with_security_group_and_extra_attributes(self):
         self._update_port_with_security_groups(
             [data_utils.rand_name('secgroup')])
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
-    def test_update_port_with_two_security_groups(self):
+    def test_update_port_with_two_security_groups_and_extra_attributes(self):
         self._update_port_with_security_groups(
             [data_utils.rand_name('secgroup'),
              data_utils.rand_name('secgroup')])
@@ -251,23 +290,14 @@
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_create_port_with_no_securitygroups(self):
         network = self.create_network()
-        self.create_subnet(network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_network, network['id'])
+        subnet = self.create_subnet(network)
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_subnet, subnet['id'])
         port = self.create_port(network, security_groups=[])
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_port, port['id'])
         self.assertIsNotNone(port['security_groups'])
         self.assertEmpty(port['security_groups'])
 
-    @test.attr(type='smoke')
-    def test_update_port_with_no_securitygroups(self):
-        network = self.create_network()
-        self.create_subnet(network)
-        port = self.create_port(network)
-        # Verify that port is created with default security group
-        self.assertIsNotNone(port['security_groups'])
-        self.assertNotEmpty(port['security_groups'])
-        updated_port = self.update_port(port, security_groups=[])
-        self.assertIsNotNone(updated_port['security_groups'])
-        self.assertEmpty(updated_port['security_groups'])
-
 
 class PortsAdminExtendedAttrsTestJSON(base.BaseAdminNetworkTest):
     _interface = 'json'
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/base.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/base.py
index 21f2578..d3dffbf 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/base.py
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
                      environment=None, files=None):
         if parameters is None:
             parameters = {}
-        resp, body = cls.client.create_stack(
+        body = cls.client.create_stack(
             stack_name,
             template=template_data,
             parameters=parameters,
             environment=environment,
             files=files)
-        stack_id = resp['location'].split('/')[-1]
+        stack_id = body.response['location'].split('/')[-1]
         stack_identifier = '%s/%s' % (stack_name, stack_id)
         cls.stacks.append(stack_identifier)
         return stack_identifier
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 
     def list_resources(self, stack_identifier):
         """Get a dict mapping of resource names to types."""
-        _, resources = self.client.list_resources(stack_identifier)
+        resources = self.client.list_resources(stack_identifier)
         self.assertIsInstance(resources, list)
         for res in resources:
             self.assert_fields_in_dict(res, 'logical_resource_id',
@@ -175,5 +175,5 @@
                     for r in resources)
 
     def get_stack_output(self, stack_identifier, output_key):
-        _, body = self.client.get_stack(stack_identifier)
+        body = self.client.get_stack(stack_identifier)
         return self.stack_output(body, output_key)
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_neutron_resources.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_neutron_resources.py
index 8352719..ea6d4be 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_neutron_resources.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_neutron_resources.py
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
         cls.stack_id = cls.stack_identifier.split('/')[1]
         try:
             cls.client.wait_for_stack_status(cls.stack_id, 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
-            _, resources = cls.client.list_resources(cls.stack_identifier)
+            resources = cls.client.list_resources(cls.stack_identifier)
         except exceptions.TimeoutException as e:
             if CONF.compute_feature_enabled.console_output:
                 # attempt to log the server console to help with debugging
                 # the cause of the server not signalling the waitcondition
                 # to heat.
-                _, body = cls.client.get_resource(cls.stack_identifier,
-                                                  'Server')
+                body = cls.client.get_resource(cls.stack_identifier,
+                                               'Server')
                 server_id = body['physical_resource_id']
                 LOG.debug('Console output for %s', server_id)
                 _, output = cls.servers_client.get_console_output(
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_non_empty_stack.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_non_empty_stack.py
index bf6c79c..db1ac9a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_non_empty_stack.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_non_empty_stack.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         cls.client.wait_for_stack_status(cls.stack_id, 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
 
     def _list_stacks(self, expected_num=None, **filter_kwargs):
-        _, stacks = self.client.list_stacks(params=filter_kwargs)
+        stacks = self.client.list_stacks(params=filter_kwargs)
         self.assertIsInstance(stacks, list)
         if expected_num is not None:
             self.assertEqual(expected_num, len(stacks))
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_stack_show(self):
         """Getting details about created stack should be possible."""
-        _, stack = self.client.get_stack(self.stack_name)
+        stack = self.client.get_stack(self.stack_name)
         self.assertIsInstance(stack, dict)
         self.assert_fields_in_dict(stack, 'stack_name', 'id', 'links',
                                    'parameters', 'outputs', 'disable_rollback',
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_suspend_resume_stack(self):
         """Suspend and resume a stack."""
-        _, suspend_stack = self.client.suspend_stack(self.stack_identifier)
+        self.client.suspend_stack(self.stack_identifier)
         self.client.wait_for_stack_status(self.stack_identifier,
                                           'SUSPEND_COMPLETE')
-        _, resume_stack = self.client.resume_stack(self.stack_identifier)
+        self.client.resume_stack(self.stack_identifier)
         self.client.wait_for_stack_status(self.stack_identifier,
                                           'RESUME_COMPLETE')
 
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_show_resource(self):
         """Getting details about created resource should be possible."""
-        _, resource = self.client.get_resource(self.stack_identifier,
-                                               self.resource_name)
+        resource = self.client.get_resource(self.stack_identifier,
+                                            self.resource_name)
         self.assertIsInstance(resource, dict)
         self.assert_fields_in_dict(resource, 'resource_name', 'description',
                                    'links', 'logical_resource_id',
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_resource_metadata(self):
         """Getting metadata for created resources should be possible."""
-        _, metadata = self.client.show_resource_metadata(
+        metadata = self.client.show_resource_metadata(
             self.stack_identifier,
             self.resource_name)
         self.assertIsInstance(metadata, dict)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_events(self):
         """Getting list of created events for the stack should be possible."""
-        _, events = self.client.list_events(self.stack_identifier)
+        events = self.client.list_events(self.stack_identifier)
         self.assertIsInstance(events, list)
 
         for event in events:
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_show_event(self):
         """Getting details about an event should be possible."""
-        _, events = self.client.list_resource_events(self.stack_identifier,
-                                                     self.resource_name)
+        events = self.client.list_resource_events(self.stack_identifier,
+                                                  self.resource_name)
         self.assertNotEqual([], events)
         events.sort(key=lambda event: event['event_time'])
         event_id = events[0]['id']
-        _, event = self.client.show_event(self.stack_identifier,
-                                          self.resource_name, event_id)
+        event = self.client.show_event(self.stack_identifier,
+                                       self.resource_name, event_id)
         self.assertIsInstance(event, dict)
         self.assert_fields_in_dict(event, 'resource_name', 'event_time',
                                    'links', 'logical_resource_id',
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_nova_keypair_resources.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_nova_keypair_resources.py
index 1da340c..772bab3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_nova_keypair_resources.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_nova_keypair_resources.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
         cls.stack_id = cls.stack_identifier.split('/')[1]
         cls.client.wait_for_stack_status(cls.stack_id, 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
-        _, resources = cls.client.list_resources(cls.stack_identifier)
+        resources = cls.client.list_resources(cls.stack_identifier)
         cls.test_resources = {}
         for resource in resources:
             cls.test_resources[resource['logical_resource_id']] = resource
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_stack_keypairs_output(self):
-        _, stack = self.client.get_stack(self.stack_name)
+        stack = self.client.get_stack(self.stack_name)
         self.assertIsInstance(stack, dict)
 
         output_map = {}
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py
index d7fbd65..5cdd8b4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_stacks.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_stack_list_responds(self):
-        _, stacks = self.client.list_stacks()
+        stacks = self.client.list_stacks()
         self.assertIsInstance(stacks, list)
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@
         self.client.wait_for_stack_status(stack_identifier, 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
 
         # check for stack in list
-        _, stacks = self.client.list_stacks()
+        stacks = self.client.list_stacks()
         list_ids = list([stack['id'] for stack in stacks])
         self.assertIn(stack_id, list_ids)
 
         # fetch the stack
-        _, stack = self.client.get_stack(stack_identifier)
+        stack = self.client.get_stack(stack_identifier)
         self.assertEqual('CREATE_COMPLETE', stack['stack_status'])
 
         # fetch the stack by name
-        _, stack = self.client.get_stack(stack_name)
+        stack = self.client.get_stack(stack_name)
         self.assertEqual('CREATE_COMPLETE', stack['stack_status'])
 
         # fetch the stack by id
-        _, stack = self.client.get_stack(stack_id)
+        stack = self.client.get_stack(stack_id)
         self.assertEqual('CREATE_COMPLETE', stack['stack_status'])
 
         # delete the stack
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py
index 307468e..0288fd4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         cls.stack_id = cls.stack_identifier.split('/')[1]
         cls.client.wait_for_stack_status(cls.stack_id, 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
         cls.test_resources = {}
-        _, resources = cls.client.list_resources(cls.stack_identifier)
+        resources = cls.client.list_resources(cls.stack_identifier)
         for resource in resources:
             cls.test_resources[resource['logical_resource_id']] = resource
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_templates.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_templates.py
index 262c576..6113cab 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_templates.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_templates.py
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_show_template(self):
         """Getting template used to create the stack."""
-        _, template = self.client.show_template(self.stack_identifier)
+        self.client.show_template(self.stack_identifier)
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_validate_template(self):
         """Validating template passing it content."""
-        _, parameters = self.client.validate_template(self.template,
-                                                      self.parameters)
+        self.client.validate_template(self.template,
+                                      self.parameters)
 
 
 class TemplateAWSTestJSON(TemplateYAMLTestJSON):
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index 8d59742..63bae6c 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -133,15 +133,22 @@
     Top level manager for OpenStack tempest clients
     """
 
+    default_params = {
+        'disable_ssl_certificate_validation':
+            CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation,
+        'ca_certs': CONF.identity.ca_certificates_file,
+        'trace_requests': CONF.debug.trace_requests
+    }
+
     def __init__(self, credentials=None, interface='json', service=None):
         # Set interface and client type first
         self.interface = interface
         # super cares for credentials validation
         super(Manager, self).__init__(credentials=credentials)
 
-        self._set_compute_clients(self.interface)
-        self._set_identity_clients(self.interface)
-        self._set_volume_clients(self.interface)
+        self._set_compute_clients()
+        self._set_identity_clients()
+        self._set_volume_clients()
 
         self.baremetal_client = BaremetalClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.network_client = NetworkClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
@@ -170,23 +177,25 @@
         self.container_client = ContainerClient(self.auth_provider)
         self.object_client = ObjectClient(self.auth_provider)
         self.orchestration_client = OrchestrationClient(
-            self.auth_provider)
+            self.auth_provider,
+            CONF.orchestration.catalog_type,
+            CONF.orchestration.region or CONF.identity.region,
+            endpoint_type=CONF.orchestration.endpoint_type,
+            build_interval=CONF.orchestration.build_interval,
+            build_timeout=CONF.orchestration.build_timeout,
+            **self.default_params)
+
         self.ec2api_client = botoclients.APIClientEC2(*ec2_client_args)
         self.s3_client = botoclients.ObjectClientS3(*ec2_client_args)
         self.data_processing_client = DataProcessingClient(
             self.auth_provider)
 
-    def _set_compute_clients(self, type):
-        self._set_compute_json_clients()
-
-        # Common compute clients
+    def _set_compute_clients(self):
         self.agents_client = AgentsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.networks_client = NetworksClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.migrations_client = MigrationsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.security_group_default_rules_client = (
             SecurityGroupDefaultRulesClientJSON(self.auth_provider))
-
-    def _set_compute_json_clients(self):
         self.certificates_client = CertificatesClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.servers_client = ServersClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.limits_client = LimitsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
@@ -213,10 +222,7 @@
         self.instance_usages_audit_log_client = \
             InstanceUsagesAuditLogClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
 
-    def _set_identity_clients(self, type):
-        self._set_identity_json_clients()
-
-    def _set_identity_json_clients(self):
+    def _set_identity_clients(self):
         self.identity_client = IdentityClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.identity_v3_client = IdentityV3ClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.endpoints_client = EndPointClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
@@ -228,20 +234,12 @@
             self.token_v3_client = V3TokenClientJSON()
         self.credentials_client = CredentialsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
 
-    def _set_volume_clients(self, type):
-        self._set_volume_json_clients()
-        # Common volume clients
-        # NOTE : As XML clients are not implemented for Qos-specs.
-        # So, setting the qos_client here. Once client are implemented,
-        # qos_client would be moved to its respective if/else.
-        # Bug : 1312553
+    def _set_volume_clients(self):
         self.volume_qos_client = QosSpecsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.volume_qos_v2_client = QosSpecsV2ClientJSON(
             self.auth_provider)
         self.volume_services_v2_client = VolumesServicesV2ClientJSON(
             self.auth_provider)
-
-    def _set_volume_json_clients(self):
         self.backups_client = BackupsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.backups_v2_client = BackupsClientV2JSON(self.auth_provider)
         self.snapshots_client = SnapshotsClientJSON(self.auth_provider)
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py b/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py
index 2928777..a0bbb70 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
     def list(self):
         client = self.client
-        _, stacks = client.list_stacks()
+        stacks = client.list_stacks()
         LOG.debug("List count, %s Stacks" % len(stacks))
         return stacks
 
diff --git a/tempest/common/http.py b/tempest/common/http.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b3793bc..0000000
--- a/tempest/common/http.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013 OpenStack Foundation
-# Copyright 2013 Citrix Systems, Inc.
-# 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 httplib2
-
-
-class ClosingHttp(httplib2.Http):
-    def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        original_headers = kwargs.get('headers', {})
-        new_headers = dict(original_headers, connection='close')
-        new_kwargs = dict(kwargs, headers=new_headers)
-        return super(ClosingHttp, self).request(*args, **new_kwargs)
diff --git a/tempest/common/isolated_creds.py b/tempest/common/isolated_creds.py
index e7590b7..a663931 100644
--- a/tempest/common/isolated_creds.py
+++ b/tempest/common/isolated_creds.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             self._assign_user_role(tenant, user, swift_operator_role)
         if admin:
             self._assign_user_role(tenant, user, CONF.identity.admin_role)
-        for role in CONF.identity.tempest_roles:
+        for role in CONF.auth.tempest_roles:
             self._assign_user_role(tenant, user, role)
         return self._get_credentials(user, tenant)
 
diff --git a/tempest/common/negative_rest_client.py b/tempest/common/negative_rest_client.py
index a9ae1c3..d9842e6 100644
--- a/tempest/common/negative_rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/negative_rest_client.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest_lib.common import rest_client
+
 from tempest import config
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c5696b7..0000000
--- a/tempest/common/rest_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,567 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
-# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
-# 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 collections
-import json
-import logging as real_logging
-import re
-import time
-
-import jsonschema
-import six
-
-from tempest.common import http
-from tempest.common.utils import misc as misc_utils
-from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
-
-# redrive rate limited calls at most twice
-MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH = 2
-
-# All the successful HTTP status codes from RFC 7231 & 4918
-HTTP_SUCCESS = (200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207)
-
-
-class RestClient(object):
-
-    TYPE = "json"
-
-    LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-    def __init__(self, auth_provider, service, region,
-                 endpoint_type='publicURL',
-                 build_interval=1, build_timeout=60,
-                 disable_ssl_certificate_validation=False, ca_certs=None,
-                 trace_requests=''):
-        self.auth_provider = auth_provider
-        self.service = service
-        self.region = region
-        self.endpoint_type = endpoint_type
-        self.build_interval = build_interval
-        self.build_timeout = build_timeout
-        self.trace_requests = trace_requests
-
-        # The version of the API this client implements
-        self.api_version = None
-        self._skip_path = False
-        self.general_header_lc = set(('cache-control', 'connection',
-                                      'date', 'pragma', 'trailer',
-                                      'transfer-encoding', 'via',
-                                      'warning'))
-        self.response_header_lc = set(('accept-ranges', 'age', 'etag',
-                                       'location', 'proxy-authenticate',
-                                       'retry-after', 'server',
-                                       'vary', 'www-authenticate'))
-        dscv = disable_ssl_certificate_validation
-        self.http_obj = http.ClosingHttp(
-            disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv, ca_certs=ca_certs)
-
-    def _get_type(self):
-        return self.TYPE
-
-    def get_headers(self, accept_type=None, send_type=None):
-        if accept_type is None:
-            accept_type = self._get_type()
-        if send_type is None:
-            send_type = self._get_type()
-        return {'Content-Type': 'application/%s' % send_type,
-                'Accept': 'application/%s' % accept_type}
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        STRING_LIMIT = 80
-        str_format = ("service:%s, base_url:%s, "
-                      "filters: %s, build_interval:%s, build_timeout:%s"
-                      "\ntoken:%s..., \nheaders:%s...")
-        return str_format % (self.service, self.base_url,
-                             self.filters, self.build_interval,
-                             self.build_timeout,
-                             str(self.token)[0:STRING_LIMIT],
-                             str(self.get_headers())[0:STRING_LIMIT])
-
-    @property
-    def user(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.credentials.username
-
-    @property
-    def user_id(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.credentials.user_id
-
-    @property
-    def tenant_name(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.credentials.tenant_name
-
-    @property
-    def tenant_id(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.credentials.tenant_id
-
-    @property
-    def password(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.credentials.password
-
-    @property
-    def base_url(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.base_url(filters=self.filters)
-
-    @property
-    def token(self):
-        return self.auth_provider.get_token()
-
-    @property
-    def filters(self):
-        _filters = dict(
-            service=self.service,
-            endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type,
-            region=self.region
-        )
-        if self.api_version is not None:
-            _filters['api_version'] = self.api_version
-        if self._skip_path:
-            _filters['skip_path'] = self._skip_path
-        return _filters
-
-    def skip_path(self):
-        """
-        When set, ignore the path part of the base URL from the catalog
-        """
-        self._skip_path = True
-
-    def reset_path(self):
-        """
-        When reset, use the base URL from the catalog as-is
-        """
-        self._skip_path = False
-
-    @classmethod
-    def expected_success(cls, expected_code, read_code):
-        assert_msg = ("This function only allowed to use for HTTP status"
-                      "codes which explicitly defined in the RFC 7231 & 4918."
-                      "{0} is not a defined Success Code!"
-                      ).format(expected_code)
-        if isinstance(expected_code, list):
-            for code in expected_code:
-                assert code in HTTP_SUCCESS, assert_msg
-        else:
-            assert expected_code in HTTP_SUCCESS, assert_msg
-
-        # NOTE(afazekas): the http status code above 400 is processed by
-        # the _error_checker method
-        if read_code < 400:
-            pattern = """Unexpected http success status code {0},
-                         The expected status code is {1}"""
-            if ((not isinstance(expected_code, list) and
-                 (read_code != expected_code)) or
-                (isinstance(expected_code, list) and
-                 (read_code not in expected_code))):
-                details = pattern.format(read_code, expected_code)
-                raise exceptions.InvalidHttpSuccessCode(details)
-
-    def post(self, url, body, headers=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('POST', url, extra_headers, headers, body)
-
-    def get(self, url, headers=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('GET', url, extra_headers, headers)
-
-    def delete(self, url, headers=None, body=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('DELETE', url, extra_headers, headers, body)
-
-    def patch(self, url, body, headers=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('PATCH', url, extra_headers, headers, body)
-
-    def put(self, url, body, headers=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('PUT', url, extra_headers, headers, body)
-
-    def head(self, url, headers=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('HEAD', url, extra_headers, headers)
-
-    def copy(self, url, headers=None, extra_headers=False):
-        return self.request('COPY', url, extra_headers, headers)
-
-    def get_versions(self):
-        resp, body = self.get('')
-        body = self._parse_resp(body)
-        versions = map(lambda x: x['id'], body)
-        return resp, versions
-
-    def _get_request_id(self, resp):
-        for i in ('x-openstack-request-id', 'x-compute-request-id'):
-            if i in resp:
-                return resp[i]
-        return ""
-
-    def _safe_body(self, body, maxlen=4096):
-        # convert a structure into a string safely
-        try:
-            text = six.text_type(body)
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            # if this isn't actually text, return marker that
-            return "<BinaryData: removed>"
-        if len(text) > maxlen:
-            return text[:maxlen]
-        else:
-            return text
-
-    def _log_request_start(self, method, req_url, req_headers=None,
-                           req_body=None):
-        if req_headers is None:
-            req_headers = {}
-        caller_name = misc_utils.find_test_caller()
-        if self.trace_requests and re.search(self.trace_requests, caller_name):
-            self.LOG.debug('Starting Request (%s): %s %s' %
-                           (caller_name, method, req_url))
-
-    def _log_request_full(self, method, req_url, resp,
-                          secs="", req_headers=None,
-                          req_body=None, resp_body=None,
-                          caller_name=None, extra=None):
-        if 'X-Auth-Token' in req_headers:
-            req_headers['X-Auth-Token'] = '<omitted>'
-        log_fmt = """Request (%s): %s %s %s%s
-    Request - Headers: %s
-        Body: %s
-    Response - Headers: %s
-        Body: %s"""
-
-        self.LOG.debug(
-            log_fmt % (
-                caller_name,
-                resp['status'],
-                method,
-                req_url,
-                secs,
-                str(req_headers),
-                self._safe_body(req_body),
-                str(resp),
-                self._safe_body(resp_body)),
-            extra=extra)
-
-    def _log_request(self, method, req_url, resp,
-                     secs="", req_headers=None,
-                     req_body=None, resp_body=None):
-        if req_headers is None:
-            req_headers = {}
-        # if we have the request id, put it in the right part of the log
-        extra = dict(request_id=self._get_request_id(resp))
-        # NOTE(sdague): while we still have 6 callers to this function
-        # we're going to just provide work around on who is actually
-        # providing timings by gracefully adding no content if they don't.
-        # Once we're down to 1 caller, clean this up.
-        caller_name = misc_utils.find_test_caller()
-        if secs:
-            secs = " %.3fs" % secs
-        if not self.LOG.isEnabledFor(real_logging.DEBUG):
-            self.LOG.info(
-                'Request (%s): %s %s %s%s' % (
-                    caller_name,
-                    resp['status'],
-                    method,
-                    req_url,
-                    secs),
-                extra=extra)
-
-        # Also look everything at DEBUG if you want to filter this
-        # out, don't run at debug.
-        self._log_request_full(method, req_url, resp, secs, req_headers,
-                               req_body, resp_body, caller_name, extra)
-
-    def _parse_resp(self, body):
-        body = json.loads(body)
-
-        # We assume, that if the first value of the deserialized body's
-        # item set is a dict or a list, that we just return the first value
-        # of deserialized body.
-        # Essentially "cutting out" the first placeholder element in a body
-        # that looks like this:
-        #
-        #  {
-        #    "users": [
-        #      ...
-        #    ]
-        #  }
-        try:
-            # Ensure there are not more than one top-level keys
-            if len(body.keys()) > 1:
-                return body
-            # Just return the "wrapped" element
-            first_key, first_item = six.next(six.iteritems(body))
-            if isinstance(first_item, (dict, list)):
-                return first_item
-        except (ValueError, IndexError):
-            pass
-        return body
-
-    def response_checker(self, method, resp, resp_body):
-        if (resp.status in set((204, 205, 304)) or resp.status < 200 or
-                method.upper() == 'HEAD') and resp_body:
-            raise exceptions.ResponseWithNonEmptyBody(status=resp.status)
-        # NOTE(afazekas):
-        # If the HTTP Status Code is 205
-        #   'The response MUST NOT include an entity.'
-        # A HTTP entity has an entity-body and an 'entity-header'.
-        # In the HTTP response specification (Section 6) the 'entity-header'
-        # 'generic-header' and 'response-header' are in OR relation.
-        # All headers not in the above two group are considered as entity
-        # header in every interpretation.
-
-        if (resp.status == 205 and
-            0 != len(set(resp.keys()) - set(('status',)) -
-                     self.response_header_lc - self.general_header_lc)):
-                        raise exceptions.ResponseWithEntity()
-        # NOTE(afazekas)
-        # Now the swift sometimes (delete not empty container)
-        # returns with non json error response, we can create new rest class
-        # for swift.
-        # Usually RFC2616 says error responses SHOULD contain an explanation.
-        # The warning is normal for SHOULD/SHOULD NOT case
-
-        # Likely it will cause an error
-        if method != 'HEAD' and not resp_body and resp.status >= 400:
-            self.LOG.warning("status >= 400 response with empty body")
-
-    def _request(self, method, url, headers=None, body=None):
-        """A simple HTTP request interface."""
-        # Authenticate the request with the auth provider
-        req_url, req_headers, req_body = self.auth_provider.auth_request(
-            method, url, headers, body, self.filters)
-
-        # Do the actual request, and time it
-        start = time.time()
-        self._log_request_start(method, req_url)
-        resp, resp_body = self.raw_request(
-            req_url, method, headers=req_headers, body=req_body)
-        end = time.time()
-        self._log_request(method, req_url, resp, secs=(end - start),
-                          req_headers=req_headers, req_body=req_body,
-                          resp_body=resp_body)
-
-        # Verify HTTP response codes
-        self.response_checker(method, resp, resp_body)
-
-        return resp, resp_body
-
-    def raw_request(self, url, method, headers=None, body=None):
-        if headers is None:
-            headers = self.get_headers()
-        return self.http_obj.request(url, method,
-                                     headers=headers, body=body)
-
-    def request(self, method, url, extra_headers=False, headers=None,
-                body=None):
-        # if extra_headers is True
-        # default headers would be added to headers
-        retry = 0
-
-        if headers is None:
-            # NOTE(vponomaryov): if some client do not need headers,
-            # it should explicitly pass empty dict
-            headers = self.get_headers()
-        elif extra_headers:
-            try:
-                headers = headers.copy()
-                headers.update(self.get_headers())
-            except (ValueError, TypeError):
-                headers = self.get_headers()
-
-        resp, resp_body = self._request(method, url,
-                                        headers=headers, body=body)
-
-        while (resp.status == 413 and
-               'retry-after' in resp and
-                not self.is_absolute_limit(
-                    resp, self._parse_resp(resp_body)) and
-                retry < MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH):
-            retry += 1
-            delay = int(resp['retry-after'])
-            time.sleep(delay)
-            resp, resp_body = self._request(method, url,
-                                            headers=headers, body=body)
-        self._error_checker(method, url, headers, body,
-                            resp, resp_body)
-        return resp, resp_body
-
-    def _error_checker(self, method, url,
-                       headers, body, resp, resp_body):
-
-        # NOTE(mtreinish): Check for httplib response from glance_http. The
-        # object can't be used here because importing httplib breaks httplib2.
-        # If another object from a class not imported were passed here as
-        # resp this could possibly fail
-        if str(type(resp)) == "<type 'instance'>":
-            ctype = resp.getheader('content-type')
-        else:
-            try:
-                ctype = resp['content-type']
-            # NOTE(mtreinish): Keystone delete user responses doesn't have a
-            # content-type header. (They don't have a body) So just pretend it
-            # is set.
-            except KeyError:
-                ctype = 'application/json'
-
-        # It is not an error response
-        if resp.status < 400:
-            return
-
-        JSON_ENC = ['application/json', 'application/json; charset=utf-8']
-        # NOTE(mtreinish): This is for compatibility with Glance and swift
-        # APIs. These are the return content types that Glance api v1
-        # (and occasionally swift) are using.
-        TXT_ENC = ['text/plain', 'text/html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
-                   'text/plain; charset=utf-8']
-
-        if ctype.lower() in JSON_ENC:
-            parse_resp = True
-        elif ctype.lower() in TXT_ENC:
-            parse_resp = False
-        else:
-            raise exceptions.InvalidContentType(str(resp.status))
-
-        if resp.status == 401 or resp.status == 403:
-            raise exceptions.Unauthorized(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status == 404:
-            raise exceptions.NotFound(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status == 400:
-            if parse_resp:
-                resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
-            raise exceptions.BadRequest(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status == 409:
-            if parse_resp:
-                resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
-            raise exceptions.Conflict(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status == 413:
-            if parse_resp:
-                resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
-            if self.is_absolute_limit(resp, resp_body):
-                raise exceptions.OverLimit(resp_body)
-            else:
-                raise exceptions.RateLimitExceeded(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status == 415:
-            if parse_resp:
-                resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
-            raise exceptions.InvalidContentType(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status == 422:
-            if parse_resp:
-                resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
-            raise exceptions.UnprocessableEntity(resp_body)
-
-        if resp.status in (500, 501):
-            message = resp_body
-            if parse_resp:
-                try:
-                    resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
-                except ValueError:
-                    # If response body is a non-json string message.
-                    # Use resp_body as is and raise InvalidResponseBody
-                    # exception.
-                    raise exceptions.InvalidHTTPResponseBody(message)
-                else:
-                    if isinstance(resp_body, dict):
-                        # I'm seeing both computeFault
-                        # and cloudServersFault come back.
-                        # Will file a bug to fix, but leave as is for now.
-                        if 'cloudServersFault' in resp_body:
-                            message = resp_body['cloudServersFault']['message']
-                        elif 'computeFault' in resp_body:
-                            message = resp_body['computeFault']['message']
-                        elif 'error' in resp_body:
-                            message = resp_body['error']['message']
-                        elif 'message' in resp_body:
-                            message = resp_body['message']
-                    else:
-                        message = resp_body
-
-            if resp.status == 501:
-                raise exceptions.NotImplemented(message)
-            else:
-                raise exceptions.ServerFault(message)
-
-        if resp.status >= 400:
-            raise exceptions.UnexpectedResponseCode(str(resp.status))
-
-    def is_absolute_limit(self, resp, resp_body):
-        if (not isinstance(resp_body, collections.Mapping) or
-                'retry-after' not in resp):
-            return True
-        over_limit = resp_body.get('overLimit', None)
-        if not over_limit:
-            return True
-        return 'exceed' in over_limit.get('message', 'blabla')
-
-    def wait_for_resource_deletion(self, id):
-        """Waits for a resource to be deleted."""
-        start_time = int(time.time())
-        while True:
-            if self.is_resource_deleted(id):
-                return
-            if int(time.time()) - start_time >= self.build_timeout:
-                message = ('Failed to delete %(resource_type)s %(id)s within '
-                           'the required time (%(timeout)s s).' %
-                           {'resource_type': self.resource_type, 'id': id,
-                            'timeout': self.build_timeout})
-                caller = misc_utils.find_test_caller()
-                if caller:
-                    message = '(%s) %s' % (caller, message)
-                raise exceptions.TimeoutException(message)
-            time.sleep(self.build_interval)
-
-    def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
-        """
-        Subclasses override with specific deletion detection.
-        """
-        message = ('"%s" does not implement is_resource_deleted'
-                   % self.__class__.__name__)
-        raise NotImplementedError(message)
-
-    @property
-    def resource_type(self):
-        """Returns the primary type of resource this client works with."""
-        return 'resource'
-
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_response(cls, schema, resp, body):
-        # Only check the response if the status code is a success code
-        # TODO(cyeoh): Eventually we should be able to verify that a failure
-        # code if it exists is something that we expect. This is explicitly
-        # declared in the V3 API and so we should be able to export this in
-        # the response schema. For now we'll ignore it.
-        if resp.status in HTTP_SUCCESS:
-            cls.expected_success(schema['status_code'], resp.status)
-
-            # Check the body of a response
-            body_schema = schema.get('response_body')
-            if body_schema:
-                try:
-                    jsonschema.validate(body, body_schema)
-                except jsonschema.ValidationError as ex:
-                    msg = ("HTTP response body is invalid (%s)") % ex
-                    raise exceptions.InvalidHTTPResponseBody(msg)
-            else:
-                if body:
-                    msg = ("HTTP response body should not exist (%s)") % body
-                    raise exceptions.InvalidHTTPResponseBody(msg)
-
-            # Check the header of a response
-            header_schema = schema.get('response_header')
-            if header_schema:
-                try:
-                    jsonschema.validate(resp, header_schema)
-                except jsonschema.ValidationError as ex:
-                    msg = ("HTTP response header is invalid (%s)") % ex
-                    raise exceptions.InvalidHTTPResponseHeader(msg)
diff --git a/tempest/common/service_client.py b/tempest/common/service_client.py
index c32a7d0..45a07f1 100644
--- a/tempest/common/service_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/service_client.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest_lib.common import rest_client
+from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exceptions
+
 from tempest import config
+from tempest import exceptions
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -21,13 +24,21 @@
 class ServiceClient(rest_client.RestClient):
 
     def __init__(self, auth_provider, service, region,
-                 endpoint_type=None, build_interval=None, build_timeout=None):
+                 endpoint_type=None, build_interval=None, build_timeout=None,
+                 disable_ssl_certificate_validation=None, ca_certs=None,
+                 trace_requests=None):
+
+        # TODO(oomichi): This params setting should be removed after all
+        # service clients pass these values, and we can make ServiceClient
+        # free from CONF values.
+        dscv = (disable_ssl_certificate_validation or
+                CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation)
         params = {
-            'disable_ssl_certificate_validation':
-                CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation,
-            'ca_certs': CONF.identity.ca_certificates_file,
-            'trace_requests': CONF.debug.trace_requests
+            'disable_ssl_certificate_validation': dscv,
+            'ca_certs': ca_certs or CONF.identity.ca_certificates_file,
+            'trace_requests': trace_requests or CONF.debug.trace_requests
         }
+
         if endpoint_type is not None:
             params.update({'endpoint_type': endpoint_type})
         if build_interval is not None:
@@ -37,6 +48,42 @@
         super(ServiceClient, self).__init__(auth_provider, service, region,
                                             **params)
 
+    def request(self, method, url, extra_headers=False, headers=None,
+                body=None):
+        # TODO(oomichi): This translation is just for avoiding a single
+        # huge patch to migrate rest_client module to tempest-lib.
+        # Ideally(in the future), we need to remove this translation and
+        # replace each API tests with tempest-lib's exceptions.
+        try:
+            return super(ServiceClient, self).request(
+                method, url,
+                extra_headers=extra_headers,
+                headers=headers, body=body)
+        except lib_exceptions.Unauthorized as ex:
+            raise exceptions.Unauthorized(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.NotFound as ex:
+            raise exceptions.NotFound(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.BadRequest as ex:
+            raise exceptions.BadRequest(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.Conflict as ex:
+            raise exceptions.Conflict(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.OverLimit as ex:
+            raise exceptions.OverLimit(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.RateLimitExceeded as ex:
+            raise exceptions.RateLimitExceeded(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.InvalidContentType as ex:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidContentType(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.UnprocessableEntity as ex:
+            raise exceptions.UnprocessableEntity(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.InvalidHTTPResponseBody as ex:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidHTTPResponseBody(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.NotImplemented as ex:
+            raise exceptions.NotImplemented(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.ServerFault as ex:
+            raise exceptions.ServerFault(ex)
+        except lib_exceptions.UnexpectedResponseCode as ex:
+            raise exceptions.UnexpectedResponseCode(ex)
+
 
 class ResponseBody(dict):
     """Class that wraps an http response and dict body into a single value.
diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
index d8bfef8..6e61c55 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
         cmd = "/bin/ip addr | awk '/ether/ {print $2}'"
         return self.exec_command(cmd)
 
+    def get_nic_name(self, address):
+        cmd = "/bin/ip -o addr | awk '/%s/ {print $2}'" % address
+        return self.exec_command(cmd)
+
     def get_ip_list(self):
         cmd = "/bin/ip address"
         return self.exec_command(cmd)
@@ -116,3 +120,47 @@
         # Get pid(s) of a process/program
         cmd = "ps -ef | grep %s | grep -v 'grep' | awk {'print $1'}" % pr_name
         return self.exec_command(cmd).split('\n')
+
+    def get_dns_servers(self):
+        cmd = 'cat /etc/resolv.conf'
+        resolve_file = self.exec_command(cmd).strip().split('\n')
+        entries = (l.split() for l in resolve_file)
+        dns_servers = [l[1] for l in entries
+                       if len(l) and l[0] == 'nameserver']
+        return dns_servers
+
+    def send_signal(self, pid, signum):
+        cmd = 'sudo /bin/kill -{sig} {pid}'.format(pid=pid, sig=signum)
+        return self.exec_command(cmd)
+
+    def _renew_lease_udhcpc(self, fixed_ip=None):
+        """Renews DHCP lease via udhcpc client. """
+        file_path = '/var/run/udhcpc.'
+        nic_name = self.get_nic_name(fixed_ip)
+        nic_name = nic_name.strip().lower()
+        pid = self.exec_command('cat {path}{nic}.pid'.
+                                format(path=file_path, nic=nic_name))
+        pid = pid.strip()
+        self.send_signal(pid, 'USR1')
+
+    def _renew_lease_dhclient(self, fixed_ip=None):
+        """Renews DHCP lease via dhclient client. """
+        cmd = "sudo /sbin/dhclient -r && /sbin/dhclient"
+        self.exec_command(cmd)
+
+    def renew_lease(self, fixed_ip=None):
+        """Wrapper method for renewing DHCP lease via given client
+
+        Supporting:
+        * udhcpc
+        * dhclient
+        """
+        # TODO(yfried): add support for dhcpcd
+        suported_clients = ['udhcpc', 'dhclient']
+        dhcp_client = CONF.scenario.dhcp_client
+        if dhcp_client not in suported_clients:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidConfiguration('%s DHCP client unsupported'
+                                                  % dhcp_client)
+        if dhcp_client == 'udhcpc' and not fixed_ip:
+            raise ValueError("need to set 'fixed_ip' for udhcpc client")
+        return getattr(self, '_renew_lease_' + dhcp_client)(fixed_ip=fixed_ip)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 4858fda..dd693e5 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
                      "It requires at least `2 * CONC` distinct accounts "
                      "configured in `test_accounts_file`, with CONC == the "
                      "number of concurrent test processes."),
+    cfg.ListOpt('tempest_roles',
+                help="Roles to assign to all users created by tempest",
+                default=[])
 ]
 
 identity_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='identity',
@@ -131,9 +134,6 @@
     cfg.StrOpt('admin_domain_name',
                help="Admin domain name for authentication (Keystone V3)."
                     "The same domain applies to user and project"),
-    cfg.ListOpt('tempest_roles',
-                help="Roles to assign to all users created by tempest",
-                default=[])
 ]
 
 identity_feature_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='identity-feature-enabled',
@@ -860,7 +860,14 @@
         'large_ops_number',
         default=0,
         help="specifies how many resources to request at once. Used "
-        "for large operations testing.")
+        "for large operations testing."),
+    # TODO(yfried): add support for dhcpcd
+    cfg.StrOpt('dhcp_client',
+               default='udhcpc',
+               choices=["udhcpc", "dhclient"],
+               help='DHCP client used by images to renew DCHP lease. '
+                    'If left empty, update operation will be skipped. '
+                    'Supported clients: "udhcpc", "dhclient"')
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/exceptions.py b/tempest/exceptions.py
index 9b2b4d4..86f488a 100644
--- a/tempest/exceptions.py
+++ b/tempest/exceptions.py
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
     pass
 
 
-class RFCViolation(RestClientException):
-    message = "RFC Violation"
-
-
 class InvalidConfiguration(TempestException):
     message = "Invalid Configuration"
 
@@ -63,18 +59,6 @@
     message = "Invalid Credentials"
 
 
-class InvalidHttpSuccessCode(RestClientException):
-    message = "The success code is different than the expected one"
-
-
-class NotFound(RestClientException):
-    message = "Object not found"
-
-
-class Unauthorized(RestClientException):
-    message = 'Unauthorized'
-
-
 class InvalidServiceTag(TempestException):
     message = "Invalid service tag"
 
@@ -123,15 +107,7 @@
                "'%(resource_status_reason)s'")
 
 
-class BadRequest(RestClientException):
-    message = "Bad request"
-
-
-class UnprocessableEntity(RestClientException):
-    message = "Unprocessable entity"
-
-
-class AuthenticationFailure(RestClientException):
+class AuthenticationFailure(TempestException):
     message = ("Authentication with user %(user)s and password "
                "%(password)s failed auth using tenant %(tenant)s.")
 
@@ -140,22 +116,6 @@
     message = "Endpoint not found"
 
 
-class RateLimitExceeded(RestClientException):
-    message = "Rate limit exceeded"
-
-
-class OverLimit(RestClientException):
-    message = "Quota exceeded"
-
-
-class ServerFault(RestClientException):
-    message = "Got server fault"
-
-
-class NotImplemented(RestClientException):
-    message = "Got NotImplemented error"
-
-
 class ImageFault(TempestException):
     message = "Got image fault"
 
@@ -164,10 +124,6 @@
     message = "Got identity error"
 
 
-class Conflict(RestClientException):
-    message = "An object with that identifier already exists"
-
-
 class SSHTimeout(TempestException):
     message = ("Connection to the %(host)s via SSH timed out.\n"
                "User: %(user)s, Password: %(password)s")
@@ -187,6 +143,50 @@
     message = "%(num)d cleanUp operation failed"
 
 
+class RFCViolation(RestClientException):
+    message = "RFC Violation"
+
+
+class InvalidHttpSuccessCode(RestClientException):
+    message = "The success code is different than the expected one"
+
+
+class NotFound(RestClientException):
+    message = "Object not found"
+
+
+class Unauthorized(RestClientException):
+    message = 'Unauthorized'
+
+
+class BadRequest(RestClientException):
+    message = "Bad request"
+
+
+class UnprocessableEntity(RestClientException):
+    message = "Unprocessable entity"
+
+
+class RateLimitExceeded(RestClientException):
+    message = "Rate limit exceeded"
+
+
+class OverLimit(RestClientException):
+    message = "Quota exceeded"
+
+
+class ServerFault(RestClientException):
+    message = "Got server fault"
+
+
+class NotImplemented(RestClientException):
+    message = "Got NotImplemented error"
+
+
+class Conflict(RestClientException):
+    message = "An object with that identifier already exists"
+
+
 class ResponseWithNonEmptyBody(RFCViolation):
     message = ("RFC Violation! Response with %(status)d HTTP Status Code "
                "MUST NOT have a body")
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index 220a7e7..1fdd26a 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -1012,12 +1012,16 @@
         router.update(admin_state_up=admin_state_up)
         self.assertEqual(admin_state_up, router.admin_state_up)
 
-    def create_networks(self, client=None, tenant_id=None):
+    def create_networks(self, client=None, tenant_id=None,
+                        dns_nameservers=None):
         """Create a network with a subnet connected to a router.
 
         The baremetal driver is a special case since all nodes are
         on the same shared network.
 
+        :param client: network client to create resources with.
+        :param tenant_id: id of tenant to create resources in.
+        :param dns_nameservers: list of dns servers to send to subnet.
         :returns: network, subnet, router
         """
         if CONF.baremetal.driver_enabled:
@@ -1033,7 +1037,12 @@
         else:
             network = self._create_network(client=client, tenant_id=tenant_id)
             router = self._get_router(client=client, tenant_id=tenant_id)
-            subnet = self._create_subnet(network=network, client=client)
+
+            subnet_kwargs = dict(network=network, client=client)
+            # use explicit check because empty list is a valid option
+            if dns_nameservers is not None:
+                subnet_kwargs['dns_nameservers'] = dns_nameservers
+            subnet = self._create_subnet(**subnet_kwargs)
             subnet.add_to_router(router.id)
         return network, subnet, router
 
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_server_cfn_init.py b/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_server_cfn_init.py
index f09f00c..18b759e 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_server_cfn_init.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/orchestration/test_server_cfn_init.py
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
 
         # create the stack
         self.template = self._load_template(__file__, self.template_name)
-        _, stack = self.client.create_stack(
+        stack = self.client.create_stack(
             name=self.stack_name,
             template=self.template,
             parameters=self.parameters)
         stack = stack['stack']
 
-        _, self.stack = self.client.get_stack(stack['id'])
+        self.stack = self.client.get_stack(stack['id'])
         self.stack_identifier = '%s/%s' % (self.stack_name, self.stack['id'])
         self.addCleanup(self.delete_wrapper,
                         self.orchestration_client.delete_stack,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         self.client.wait_for_resource_status(
             sid, 'SmokeServer', 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
 
-        _, server_resource = self.client.get_resource(sid, 'SmokeServer')
+        server_resource = self.client.get_resource(sid, 'SmokeServer')
         server_id = server_resource['physical_resource_id']
         _, server = self.servers_client.get_server(server_id)
         server_ip =\
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
         self.client.wait_for_stack_status(sid, 'CREATE_COMPLETE')
 
-        _, stack = self.client.get_stack(sid)
+        stack = self.client.get_stack(sid)
 
         # This is an assert of great significance, as it means the following
         # has happened:
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py
index 75769ce..469ac4a 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         return cls.admin_credentials()
 
     def _create_aggregate(self, **kwargs):
-        _, aggregate = self.aggregates_client.create_aggregate(**kwargs)
+        aggregate = self.aggregates_client.create_aggregate(**kwargs)
         self.addCleanup(self._delete_aggregate, aggregate)
         aggregate_name = kwargs['name']
         availability_zone = kwargs['availability_zone']
@@ -55,23 +55,23 @@
         self.aggregates_client.delete_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
 
     def _get_host_name(self):
-        _, hosts = self.hosts_client.list_hosts()
+        hosts = self.hosts_client.list_hosts()
         self.assertTrue(len(hosts) >= 1)
         computes = [x for x in hosts if x['service'] == 'compute']
         return computes[0]['host_name']
 
     def _add_host(self, aggregate_id, host):
-        _, aggregate = self.aggregates_client.add_host(aggregate_id, host)
+        aggregate = self.aggregates_client.add_host(aggregate_id, host)
         self.addCleanup(self._remove_host, aggregate['id'], host)
         self.assertIn(host, aggregate['hosts'])
 
     def _remove_host(self, aggregate_id, host):
-        _, aggregate = self.aggregates_client.remove_host(aggregate_id, host)
+        aggregate = self.aggregates_client.remove_host(aggregate_id, host)
         self.assertNotIn(host, aggregate['hosts'])
 
     def _check_aggregate_details(self, aggregate, aggregate_name, azone,
                                  hosts, metadata):
-        _, aggregate = self.aggregates_client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
+        aggregate = self.aggregates_client.get_aggregate(aggregate['id'])
         self.assertEqual(aggregate_name, aggregate['name'])
         self.assertEqual(azone, aggregate['availability_zone'])
         self.assertEqual(hosts, aggregate['hosts'])
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@
                              aggregate['metadata'][meta_key])
 
     def _set_aggregate_metadata(self, aggregate, meta):
-        _, aggregate = self.aggregates_client.set_metadata(aggregate['id'],
-                                                           meta)
+        aggregate = self.aggregates_client.set_metadata(aggregate['id'],
+                                                        meta)
 
         for key, value in meta.items():
             self.assertEqual(meta[key], aggregate['metadata'][key])
 
     def _update_aggregate(self, aggregate, aggregate_name,
                           availability_zone):
-        _, aggregate = self.aggregates_client.update_aggregate(
+        aggregate = self.aggregates_client.update_aggregate(
             aggregate['id'], name=aggregate_name,
             availability_zone=availability_zone)
         self.assertEqual(aggregate['name'], aggregate_name)
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
index 30c3b9d..2cfec14 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@
         self.keypairs = {}
         self.servers = []
 
-    def _setup_network_and_servers(self):
+    def _setup_network_and_servers(self, **kwargs):
         self.security_group = \
             self._create_security_group(tenant_id=self.tenant_id)
-        self.network, self.subnet, self.router = self.create_networks()
+        self.network, self.subnet, self.router = self.create_networks(**kwargs)
         self.check_networks()
 
         name = data_utils.rand_name('server-smoke')
@@ -425,3 +425,62 @@
         self.check_public_network_connectivity(
             should_connect=True, msg="after updating "
             "admin_state_up of router to True")
+
+    def _check_dns_server(self, ssh_client, dns_servers):
+        servers = ssh_client.get_dns_servers()
+        self.assertEqual(set(dns_servers), set(servers),
+                         'Looking for servers: {trgt_serv}. '
+                         'Retrieved DNS nameservers: {act_serv} '
+                         'From host: {host}.'
+                         .format(host=ssh_client.ssh_client.host,
+                                 act_serv=servers,
+                                 trgt_serv=dns_servers))
+
+    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.scenario.dhcp_client,
+                          "DHCP client is not available.")
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    @test.services('compute', 'network')
+    def test_subnet_details(self):
+        """Tests that subnet's extra configuration details are affecting
+        the VMs
+
+         NOTE: Neutron subnets push data to servers via dhcp-agent, so any
+         update in subnet requires server to actively renew its DHCP lease.
+
+         1. Configure subnet with dns nameserver
+         2. retrieve the VM's configured dns and verify it matches the one
+         configured for the subnet.
+         3. update subnet's dns
+         4. retrieve the VM's configured dns and verify it matches the new one
+         configured for the subnet.
+
+         TODO(yfried): add host_routes
+
+         any resolution check would be testing either:
+            * l3 forwarding (tested in test_network_basic_ops)
+            * Name resolution of an external DNS nameserver - out of scope for
+            Tempest
+        """
+        # this test check only updates (no actual resolution) so using
+        # arbitrary ip addresses as nameservers, instead of parsing CONF
+        initial_dns_server = '1.2.3.4'
+        alt_dns_server = '9.8.7.6'
+        self._setup_network_and_servers(dns_nameservers=[initial_dns_server])
+        self.check_public_network_connectivity(should_connect=True)
+
+        floating_ip, server = self.floating_ip_tuple
+        ip_address = floating_ip.floating_ip_address
+        private_key = self._get_server_key(server)
+        ssh_client = self._ssh_to_server(ip_address, private_key)
+
+        self._check_dns_server(ssh_client, [initial_dns_server])
+
+        self.subnet.update(dns_nameservers=[alt_dns_server])
+        # asserts that Neutron DB has updated the nameservers
+        self.assertEqual([alt_dns_server], self.subnet.dns_nameservers,
+                         "Failed to update subnet's nameservers")
+
+        # server needs to renew its dhcp lease in order to get the new dns
+        # definitions from subnet
+        ssh_client.renew_lease(fixed_ip=floating_ip['fixed_ip_address'])
+        self._check_dns_server(ssh_client, [alt_dns_server])
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py
index eacd367..95d7880 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute import agents as common_schema
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute.v2 import agents as schema
+from tempest.common import service_client
 from tempest.services.compute.json import base
 
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.list_agents, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['agents']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['agents'])
 
     def create_agent(self, **kwargs):
         """Create an agent build."""
@@ -41,16 +42,16 @@
         resp, body = self.post('os-agents', post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.create_agent, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['agent']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['agent'])
 
     def delete_agent(self, agent_id):
         """Delete an existing agent build."""
         resp, body = self.delete("os-agents/%s" % str(agent_id))
         self.validate_response(schema.delete_agent, resp, body)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def update_agent(self, agent_id, **kwargs):
         """Update an agent build."""
         put_body = json.dumps({'para': kwargs})
         resp, body = self.put('os-agents/%s' % str(agent_id), put_body)
-        return resp, self._parse_resp(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/aggregates_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/aggregates_client.py
index 1539259..47dd401 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/aggregates_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/aggregates_client.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute import aggregates as schema
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute.v2 import aggregates as v2_schema
+from tempest.common import service_client
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.services.compute.json import base
 
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@
         resp, body = self.get("os-aggregates")
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.list_aggregates, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregates']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['aggregates'])
 
     def get_aggregate(self, aggregate_id):
         """Get details of the given aggregate."""
         resp, body = self.get("os-aggregates/%s" % str(aggregate_id))
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.get_aggregate, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregate']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['aggregate'])
 
     def create_aggregate(self, **kwargs):
         """Creates a new aggregate."""
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
 
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(v2_schema.create_aggregate, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregate']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['aggregate'])
 
     def update_aggregate(self, aggregate_id, name, availability_zone=None):
         """Update a aggregate."""
@@ -57,13 +58,13 @@
 
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.update_aggregate, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregate']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['aggregate'])
 
     def delete_aggregate(self, aggregate_id):
         """Deletes the given aggregate."""
         resp, body = self.delete("os-aggregates/%s" % str(aggregate_id))
         self.validate_response(v2_schema.delete_aggregate, resp, body)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
         try:
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@
                                post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.aggregate_add_remove_host, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregate']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['aggregate'])
 
     def remove_host(self, aggregate_id, host):
         """Removes a host from the given aggregate."""
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
                                post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.aggregate_add_remove_host, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregate']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['aggregate'])
 
     def set_metadata(self, aggregate_id, meta):
         """Replaces the aggregate's existing metadata with new metadata."""
@@ -111,4 +112,4 @@
                                post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.aggregate_set_metadata, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['aggregate']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['aggregate'])
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/hosts_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/hosts_client.py
index 5d306f9..f4e1f12 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/hosts_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/hosts_client.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute import hosts as schema
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute.v2 import hosts as v2_schema
+from tempest.common import service_client
 from tempest.services.compute.json import base
 
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.list_hosts, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hosts']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['hosts'])
 
     def show_host_detail(self, hostname):
         """Show detail information for the host."""
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s" % str(hostname))
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.show_host_detail, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['host']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['host'])
 
     def update_host(self, hostname, **kwargs):
         """Update a host."""
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
         resp, body = self.put("os-hosts/%s" % str(hostname), request_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(v2_schema.update_host, resp, body)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def startup_host(self, hostname):
         """Startup a host."""
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s/startup" % str(hostname))
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(v2_schema.startup_host, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['host']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['host'])
 
     def shutdown_host(self, hostname):
         """Shutdown a host."""
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s/shutdown" % str(hostname))
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(v2_schema.shutdown_host, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['host']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['host'])
 
     def reboot_host(self, hostname):
         """reboot a host."""
@@ -79,4 +80,4 @@
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s/reboot" % str(hostname))
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(v2_schema.reboot_host, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['host']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['host'])
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py
index 52b50c8..37be874 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute import hypervisors as common_schema
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute.v2 import hypervisors as v2schema
+from tempest.common import service_client
 from tempest.services.compute.json import base
 
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.common_hypervisors_detail,
                                resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisors']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['hypervisors'])
 
     def get_hypervisor_list_details(self):
         """Show detailed hypervisors information."""
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.common_list_hypervisors_detail,
                                resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisors']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['hypervisors'])
 
     def get_hypervisor_show_details(self, hyper_id):
         """Display the details of the specified hypervisor."""
@@ -44,28 +45,28 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.common_show_hypervisor,
                                resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisor']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['hypervisor'])
 
     def get_hypervisor_servers(self, hyper_name):
         """List instances belonging to the specified hypervisor."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-hypervisors/%s/servers' % hyper_name)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(v2schema.hypervisors_servers, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisors']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['hypervisors'])
 
     def get_hypervisor_stats(self):
         """Get hypervisor statistics over all compute nodes."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-hypervisors/statistics')
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.hypervisor_statistics, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisor_statistics']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['hypervisor_statistics'])
 
     def get_hypervisor_uptime(self, hyper_id):
         """Display the uptime of the specified hypervisor."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-hypervisors/%s/uptime' % hyper_id)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.hypervisor_uptime, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisor']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['hypervisor'])
 
     def search_hypervisor(self, hyper_name):
         """Search specified hypervisor."""
@@ -73,4 +74,4 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(common_schema.common_hypervisors_detail,
                                resp, body)
-        return resp, body['hypervisors']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['hypervisors'])
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/services_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/services_client.py
index 8d73c37..52662fa 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/services_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/services_client.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import urllib
 
 from tempest.api_schema.response.compute import services as schema
+from tempest.common import service_client
 from tempest.services.compute.json import base
 
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.list_services, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['services']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['services'])
 
     def enable_service(self, host_name, binary):
         """
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
         resp, body = self.put('os-services/enable', post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.validate_response(schema.enable_service, resp, body)
-        return resp, body['service']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['service'])
 
     def disable_service(self, host_name, binary):
         """
@@ -54,4 +55,4 @@
         post_body = json.dumps({'binary': binary, 'host': host_name})
         resp, body = self.put('os-services/disable', post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['service']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['service'])
diff --git a/tempest/services/network/resources.py b/tempest/services/network/resources.py
index 513d2cf..4d45515 100644
--- a/tempest/services/network/resources.py
+++ b/tempest/services/network/resources.py
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@
         self._router_ids = set()
 
     def update(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        result = self.client.update_subnet(subnet=self.id, *args, **kwargs)
-        super(DeletableSubnet, self).update(**result['subnet'])
+        result = self.client.update_subnet(self.id,
+                                           *args,
+                                           **kwargs)
+        return super(DeletableSubnet, self).update(**result['subnet'])
 
     def add_to_router(self, router_id):
         self._router_ids.add(router_id)
diff --git a/tempest/services/orchestration/json/orchestration_client.py b/tempest/services/orchestration/json/orchestration_client.py
index d23d934..c813977 100644
--- a/tempest/services/orchestration/json/orchestration_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/orchestration/json/orchestration_client.py
@@ -19,23 +19,11 @@
 import urllib
 
 from tempest.common import service_client
-from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
 
-CONF = config.CONF
-
 
 class OrchestrationClient(service_client.ServiceClient):
 
-    def __init__(self, auth_provider):
-        super(OrchestrationClient, self).__init__(
-            auth_provider,
-            CONF.orchestration.catalog_type,
-            CONF.orchestration.region or CONF.identity.region,
-            endpoint_type=CONF.orchestration.endpoint_type,
-            build_interval=CONF.orchestration.build_interval,
-            build_timeout=CONF.orchestration.build_timeout)
-
     def list_stacks(self, params=None):
         """Lists all stacks for a user."""
 
@@ -46,7 +34,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(uri)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['stacks']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['stacks'])
 
     def create_stack(self, name, disable_rollback=True, parameters=None,
                      timeout_mins=60, template=None, template_url=None,
@@ -66,7 +54,7 @@
         resp, body = self.post(uri, headers=headers, body=body)
         self.expected_success(201, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def update_stack(self, stack_identifier, name, disable_rollback=True,
                      parameters=None, timeout_mins=60, template=None,
@@ -85,7 +73,7 @@
         uri = "stacks/%s" % stack_identifier
         resp, body = self.put(uri, headers=headers, body=body)
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def _prepare_update_create(self, name, disable_rollback=True,
                                parameters=None, timeout_mins=60,
@@ -121,7 +109,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['stack']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['stack'])
 
     def suspend_stack(self, stack_identifier):
         """Suspend a stack."""
@@ -129,7 +117,7 @@
         body = {'suspend': None}
         resp, body = self.post(url, json.dumps(body))
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp)
 
     def resume_stack(self, stack_identifier):
         """Resume a stack."""
@@ -137,7 +125,7 @@
         body = {'resume': None}
         resp, body = self.post(url, json.dumps(body))
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp)
 
     def list_resources(self, stack_identifier):
         """Returns the details of a single resource."""
@@ -145,7 +133,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['resources']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['resources'])
 
     def get_resource(self, stack_identifier, resource_name):
         """Returns the details of a single resource."""
@@ -153,13 +141,13 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['resource']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['resource'])
 
     def delete_stack(self, stack_identifier):
         """Deletes the specified Stack."""
         resp, _ = self.delete("stacks/%s" % str(stack_identifier))
         self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return resp
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp)
 
     def wait_for_resource_status(self, stack_identifier, resource_name,
                                  status, failure_pattern='^.*_FAILED$'):
@@ -169,7 +157,7 @@
 
         while True:
             try:
-                resp, body = self.get_resource(
+                body = self.get_resource(
                     stack_identifier, resource_name)
             except exceptions.NotFound:
                 # ignore this, as the resource may not have
@@ -205,7 +193,7 @@
 
         while True:
             try:
-                resp, body = self.get_stack(stack_identifier)
+                body = self.get_stack(stack_identifier)
             except exceptions.NotFound:
                 if status == 'DELETE_COMPLETE':
                     return
@@ -234,7 +222,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['metadata']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['metadata'])
 
     def list_events(self, stack_identifier):
         """Returns list of all events for a stack."""
@@ -242,7 +230,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['events']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['events'])
 
     def list_resource_events(self, stack_identifier, resource_name):
         """Returns list of all events for a resource from stack."""
@@ -251,7 +239,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['events']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['events'])
 
     def show_event(self, stack_identifier, resource_name, event_id):
         """Returns the details of a single stack's event."""
@@ -260,7 +248,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body['event']
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body['event'])
 
     def show_template(self, stack_identifier):
         """Returns the template for the stack."""
@@ -268,7 +256,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def _validate_template(self, post_body):
         """Returns the validation request result."""
@@ -276,7 +264,7 @@
         resp, body = self.post('validate', post_body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return resp, body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def validate_template(self, template, parameters=None):
         """Returns the validation result for a template with parameters."""
@@ -303,21 +291,21 @@
         resp, body = self.get('resource_types')
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body['resource_types']
+        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, body['resource_types'])
 
     def get_resource_type(self, resource_type_name):
         """Return the schema of a resource type."""
         url = 'resource_types/%s' % resource_type_name
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return json.loads(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, json.loads(body))
 
     def get_resource_type_template(self, resource_type_name):
         """Return the template of a resource type."""
         url = 'resource_types/%s/template' % resource_type_name
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return json.loads(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, json.loads(body))
 
     def create_software_config(self, name=None, config=None, group=None,
                                inputs=None, outputs=None, options=None):
@@ -328,7 +316,7 @@
         resp, body = self.post(url, headers=headers, body=body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def get_software_config(self, conf_id):
         """Returns a software configuration resource."""
@@ -336,13 +324,14 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def delete_software_config(self, conf_id):
         """Deletes a specific software configuration."""
         url = 'software_configs/%s' % str(conf_id)
         resp, _ = self.delete(url)
         self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp)
 
     def create_software_deploy(self, server_id=None, config_id=None,
                                action=None, status=None,
@@ -357,7 +346,7 @@
         resp, body = self.post(url, headers=headers, body=body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def update_software_deploy(self, deploy_id=None, server_id=None,
                                config_id=None, action=None, status=None,
@@ -372,7 +361,7 @@
         resp, body = self.put(url, headers=headers, body=body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def get_software_deploy_list(self):
         """Returns a list of all deployments."""
@@ -380,7 +369,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def get_software_deploy(self, deploy_id):
         """Returns a specific software deployment."""
@@ -388,7 +377,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def get_software_deploy_meta(self, server_id):
         """Return a config metadata for a specific server."""
@@ -396,13 +385,14 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        return body
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def delete_software_deploy(self, deploy_id):
         """Deletes a specific software deployment."""
         url = 'software_deployments/%s' % str(deploy_id)
         resp, _ = self.delete(url)
         self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp)
 
     def _prep_software_config_create(self, name=None, conf=None, group=None,
                                      inputs=None, outputs=None, options=None):
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
index 1a21a2c..88df69f 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
         """Delete the tenant's quota set."""
         resp, body = self.delete('os-quota-sets/%s' % tenant_id)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
 
 class VolumeQuotasClientJSON(BaseVolumeQuotasClientJSON):
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_types_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_types_client.py
index 67f12d6..b3b4ae6 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_types_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/admin/volume_types_client.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
         """Deletes the Specified Volume_type."""
         resp, body = self.delete("types/%s" % str(volume_id))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def list_volume_types_extra_specs(self, vol_type_id, params=None):
         """List all the volume_types extra specs created."""
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@
         resp, body = self.delete("types/%s/extra_specs/%s" % (
             (str(vol_id)), str(extra_spec_name)))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def update_volume_type_extra_specs(self, vol_type_id, extra_spec_name,
                                        extra_spec):
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@
         resp, body = self.delete(
             "/types/%s/encryption/provider" % str(vol_type_id))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
 
 class VolumeTypesClientJSON(BaseVolumeTypesClientJSON):
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/qos_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/qos_client.py
index f14c8b4..32555eb 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/qos_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/qos_client.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
         resp, body = self.delete(
             "qos-specs/%s?force=%s" % (str(qos_id), force))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def list_qos(self):
         """List all the QoS specifications created."""
@@ -119,15 +120,17 @@
         keys : it is the array of the keys to unset
         """
         put_body = json.dumps({'keys': keys})
-        resp, _ = self.put('qos-specs/%s/delete_keys' % qos_id, put_body)
+        resp, body = self.put('qos-specs/%s/delete_keys' % qos_id, put_body)
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def associate_qos(self, qos_id, vol_type_id):
         """Associate the specified QoS with specified volume-type."""
         url = "qos-specs/%s/associate" % str(qos_id)
         url += "?vol_type_id=%s" % vol_type_id
-        resp, _ = self.get(url)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def get_association_qos(self, qos_id):
         """Get the association of the specified QoS specification."""
@@ -141,14 +144,16 @@
         """Disassociate the specified QoS with specified volume-type."""
         url = "qos-specs/%s/disassociate" % str(qos_id)
         url += "?vol_type_id=%s" % vol_type_id
-        resp, _ = self.get(url)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def disassociate_all_qos(self, qos_id):
         """Disassociate the specified QoS with all associations."""
         url = "qos-specs/%s/disassociate_all" % str(qos_id)
-        resp, _ = self.get(url)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
 
 class QosSpecsClientJSON(BaseQosSpecsClientJSON):
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/snapshots_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/snapshots_client.py
index a27370d..cd115df 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/snapshots_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/snapshots_client.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
         """Delete Snapshot."""
         resp, body = self.delete("snapshots/%s" % str(snapshot_id))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
         try:
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
         url = "snapshots/%s/metadata/%s" % (str(snapshot_id), str(id))
         resp, body = self.delete(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def force_delete_snapshot(self, snapshot_id):
         """Force Delete Snapshot."""
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py
index b12852f..c0f81fe 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
         """Deletes the Specified Volume."""
         resp, body = self.delete("volumes/%s" % str(volume_id))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def upload_volume(self, volume_id, image_name, disk_format):
         """Uploads a volume in Glance."""
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@
         """Delete a volume transfer."""
         resp, body = self.delete("os-volume-transfer/%s" % str(transfer_id))
         self.expected_success(202, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def accept_volume_transfer(self, transfer_id, transfer_auth_key):
         """Accept a volume transfer."""
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@
         url = "volumes/%s/metadata/%s" % (str(volume_id), str(id))
         resp, body = self.delete(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
 
 class VolumesClientJSON(BaseVolumesClientJSON):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py b/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a95a80..0000000
--- a/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,470 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
-#
-#    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
-
-import httplib2
-from oslotest import mockpatch
-import six
-
-from tempest.common import rest_client
-from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.tests import base
-from tempest.tests import fake_auth_provider
-from tempest.tests import fake_http
-
-
-class BaseRestClientTestClass(base.TestCase):
-
-    url = 'fake_endpoint'
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(BaseRestClientTestClass, self).setUp()
-        self.rest_client = rest_client.RestClient(
-            fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider(), None, None)
-        self.stubs.Set(httplib2.Http, 'request', self.fake_http.request)
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
-                                              '_log_request'))
-
-
-class TestRestClientHTTPMethods(BaseRestClientTestClass):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2()
-        super(TestRestClientHTTPMethods, self).setUp()
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
-                                              '_error_checker'))
-
-    def test_post(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.post(self.url, {}, {})
-        self.assertEqual('POST', return_dict['method'])
-
-    def test_get(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.get(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual('GET', return_dict['method'])
-
-    def test_delete(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.delete(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual('DELETE', return_dict['method'])
-
-    def test_patch(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.patch(self.url, {}, {})
-        self.assertEqual('PATCH', return_dict['method'])
-
-    def test_put(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.put(self.url, {}, {})
-        self.assertEqual('PUT', return_dict['method'])
-
-    def test_head(self):
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
-                                              'response_checker'))
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.head(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual('HEAD', return_dict['method'])
-
-    def test_copy(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.copy(self.url)
-        self.assertEqual('COPY', return_dict['method'])
-
-
-class TestRestClientNotFoundHandling(BaseRestClientTestClass):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2(404)
-        super(TestRestClientNotFoundHandling, self).setUp()
-
-    def test_post(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.rest_client.post,
-                          self.url, {}, {})
-
-
-class TestRestClientHeadersJSON(TestRestClientHTTPMethods):
-    TYPE = "json"
-
-    def _verify_headers(self, resp):
-        self.assertEqual(self.rest_client._get_type(), self.TYPE)
-        resp = dict((k.lower(), v) for k, v in six.iteritems(resp))
-        self.assertEqual(self.header_value, resp['accept'])
-        self.assertEqual(self.header_value, resp['content-type'])
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestRestClientHeadersJSON, self).setUp()
-        self.rest_client.TYPE = self.TYPE
-        self.header_value = 'application/%s' % self.rest_client._get_type()
-
-    def test_post(self):
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.post(self.url, {})
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-    def test_get(self):
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.get(self.url)
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-    def test_delete(self):
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.delete(self.url)
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-    def test_patch(self):
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.patch(self.url, {})
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-    def test_put(self):
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.put(self.url, {})
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-    def test_head(self):
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
-                                              'response_checker'))
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.head(self.url)
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-    def test_copy(self):
-        resp, __ = self.rest_client.copy(self.url)
-        self._verify_headers(resp)
-
-
-class TestRestClientUpdateHeaders(BaseRestClientTestClass):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2()
-        super(TestRestClientUpdateHeaders, self).setUp()
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
-                                              '_error_checker'))
-        self.headers = {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id'}
-
-    def test_post_update_headers(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.post(self.url, {},
-                                                extra_headers=True,
-                                                headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-    def test_get_update_headers(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.get(self.url,
-                                               extra_headers=True,
-                                               headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-    def test_delete_update_headers(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.delete(self.url,
-                                                  extra_headers=True,
-                                                  headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-    def test_patch_update_headers(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.patch(self.url, {},
-                                                 extra_headers=True,
-                                                 headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-    def test_put_update_headers(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.put(self.url, {},
-                                               extra_headers=True,
-                                               headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-    def test_head_update_headers(self):
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
-                                              'response_checker'))
-
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.head(self.url,
-                                                extra_headers=True,
-                                                headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-    def test_copy_update_headers(self):
-        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.copy(self.url,
-                                                extra_headers=True,
-                                                headers=self.headers)
-
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
-            {'X-Configuration-Session': 'session_id',
-             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-             'Accept': 'application/json'},
-            return_dict['headers']
-        )
-
-
-class TestRestClientParseRespJSON(BaseRestClientTestClass):
-    TYPE = "json"
-
-    keys = ["fake_key1", "fake_key2"]
-    values = ["fake_value1", "fake_value2"]
-    item_expected = dict((key, value) for (key, value) in zip(keys, values))
-    list_expected = {"body_list": [
-        {keys[0]: values[0]},
-        {keys[1]: values[1]},
-    ]}
-    dict_expected = {"body_dict": {
-        keys[0]: values[0],
-        keys[1]: values[1],
-    }}
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2()
-        super(TestRestClientParseRespJSON, self).setUp()
-        self.rest_client.TYPE = self.TYPE
-
-    def test_parse_resp_body_item(self):
-        body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(self.item_expected))
-        self.assertEqual(self.item_expected, body)
-
-    def test_parse_resp_body_list(self):
-        body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(self.list_expected))
-        self.assertEqual(self.list_expected["body_list"], body)
-
-    def test_parse_resp_body_dict(self):
-        body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(self.dict_expected))
-        self.assertEqual(self.dict_expected["body_dict"], body)
-
-    def test_parse_resp_two_top_keys(self):
-        dict_two_keys = self.dict_expected.copy()
-        dict_two_keys.update({"second_key": ""})
-        body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(dict_two_keys))
-        self.assertEqual(dict_two_keys, body)
-
-    def test_parse_resp_one_top_key_without_list_or_dict(self):
-        data = {"one_top_key": "not_list_or_dict_value"}
-        body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(data))
-        self.assertEqual(data, body)
-
-
-class TestRestClientErrorCheckerJSON(base.TestCase):
-    c_type = "application/json"
-
-    def set_data(self, r_code, enc=None, r_body=None):
-        if enc is None:
-            enc = self.c_type
-        resp_dict = {'status': r_code, 'content-type': enc}
-        resp = httplib2.Response(resp_dict)
-        data = {
-            "method": "fake_method",
-            "url": "fake_url",
-            "headers": "fake_headers",
-            "body": "fake_body",
-            "resp": resp,
-            "resp_body": '{"resp_body": "fake_resp_body"}',
-        }
-        if r_body is not None:
-            data.update({"resp_body": r_body})
-        return data
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestRestClientErrorCheckerJSON, self).setUp()
-        self.rest_client = rest_client.RestClient(
-            fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider(), None, None)
-
-    def test_response_less_than_400(self):
-        self.rest_client._error_checker(**self.set_data("399"))
-
-    def test_response_400(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadRequest,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("400"))
-
-    def test_response_401(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.Unauthorized,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("401"))
-
-    def test_response_403(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.Unauthorized,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("403"))
-
-    def test_response_404(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("404"))
-
-    def test_response_409(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.Conflict,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("409"))
-
-    def test_response_413(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.OverLimit,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("413"))
-
-    def test_response_415(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidContentType,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("415"))
-
-    def test_response_422(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.UnprocessableEntity,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("422"))
-
-    def test_response_500_with_text(self):
-        # _parse_resp is expected to return 'str'
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.ServerFault,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("500"))
-
-    def test_response_501_with_text(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotImplemented,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("501"))
-
-    def test_response_500_with_dict(self):
-        r_body = '{"resp_body": {"err": "fake_resp_body"}}'
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.ServerFault,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("500", r_body=r_body))
-
-    def test_response_501_with_dict(self):
-        r_body = '{"resp_body": {"err": "fake_resp_body"}}'
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotImplemented,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("501", r_body=r_body))
-
-    def test_response_bigger_than_400(self):
-        # Any response code, that bigger than 400, and not in
-        # (401, 403, 404, 409, 413, 422, 500, 501)
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.UnexpectedResponseCode,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("402"))
-
-
-class TestRestClientErrorCheckerTEXT(TestRestClientErrorCheckerJSON):
-    c_type = "text/plain"
-
-    def test_fake_content_type(self):
-        # This test is required only in one exemplar
-        # Any response code, that bigger than 400, and not in
-        # (401, 403, 404, 409, 413, 422, 500, 501)
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidContentType,
-                          self.rest_client._error_checker,
-                          **self.set_data("405", enc="fake_enc"))
-
-
-class TestRestClientUtils(BaseRestClientTestClass):
-
-    def _is_resource_deleted(self, resource_id):
-        if not isinstance(self.retry_pass, int):
-            return False
-        if self.retry_count >= self.retry_pass:
-            return True
-        self.retry_count = self.retry_count + 1
-        return False
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2()
-        super(TestRestClientUtils, self).setUp()
-        self.retry_count = 0
-        self.retry_pass = None
-        self.original_deleted_method = self.rest_client.is_resource_deleted
-        self.rest_client.is_resource_deleted = self._is_resource_deleted
-
-    def test_wait_for_resource_deletion(self):
-        self.retry_pass = 2
-        # Ensure timeout long enough for loop execution to hit retry count
-        self.rest_client.build_timeout = 500
-        sleep_mock = self.patch('time.sleep')
-        self.rest_client.wait_for_resource_deletion('1234')
-        self.assertEqual(len(sleep_mock.mock_calls), 2)
-
-    def test_wait_for_resource_deletion_not_deleted(self):
-        self.patch('time.sleep')
-        # Set timeout to be very quick to force exception faster
-        self.rest_client.build_timeout = 1
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.TimeoutException,
-                          self.rest_client.wait_for_resource_deletion,
-                          '1234')
-
-    def test_wait_for_deletion_with_unimplemented_deleted_method(self):
-        self.rest_client.is_resource_deleted = self.original_deleted_method
-        self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError,
-                          self.rest_client.wait_for_resource_deletion,
-                          '1234')
-
-
-class TestExpectedSuccess(BaseRestClientTestClass):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2()
-        super(TestExpectedSuccess, self).setUp()
-
-    def test_expected_succes_int_match(self):
-        expected_code = 202
-        read_code = 202
-        resp = self.rest_client.expected_success(expected_code, read_code)
-        # Assert None resp on success
-        self.assertFalse(resp)
-
-    def test_expected_succes_int_no_match(self):
-        expected_code = 204
-        read_code = 202
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidHttpSuccessCode,
-                          self.rest_client.expected_success,
-                          expected_code, read_code)
-
-    def test_expected_succes_list_match(self):
-        expected_code = [202, 204]
-        read_code = 202
-        resp = self.rest_client.expected_success(expected_code, read_code)
-        # Assert None resp on success
-        self.assertFalse(resp)
-
-    def test_expected_succes_list_no_match(self):
-        expected_code = [202, 204]
-        read_code = 200
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidHttpSuccessCode,
-                          self.rest_client.expected_success,
-                          expected_code, read_code)
-
-    def test_non_success_expected_int(self):
-        expected_code = 404
-        read_code = 202
-        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, self.rest_client.expected_success,
-                          expected_code, read_code)
-
-    def test_non_success_expected_list(self):
-        expected_code = [404, 202]
-        read_code = 202
-        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, self.rest_client.expected_success,
-                          expected_code, read_code)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_tenant_isolation.py b/tempest/tests/test_tenant_isolation.py
index f6779c6..58a8060 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_tenant_isolation.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_tenant_isolation.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
             return_value={'router': {'id': id, 'name': name}}))
         return router_fix
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_primary_creds(self, MockRestClient):
         cfg.CONF.set_default('neutron', False, 'service_available')
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(primary_creds.tenant_id, '1234')
         self.assertEqual(primary_creds.user_id, '1234')
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_admin_creds(self, MockRestClient):
         cfg.CONF.set_default('neutron', False, 'service_available')
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(admin_creds.tenant_id, '1234')
         self.assertEqual(admin_creds.user_id, '1234')
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_all_cred_cleanup(self, MockRestClient):
         cfg.CONF.set_default('neutron', False, 'service_available')
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
         self.assertIn('12345', args)
         self.assertIn('123456', args)
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_alt_creds(self, MockRestClient):
         cfg.CONF.set_default('neutron', False, 'service_available')
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(alt_creds.tenant_id, '1234')
         self.assertEqual(alt_creds.user_id, '1234')
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_network_creation(self, MockRestClient):
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
                                                  password='fake_password')
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(router['id'], '1234')
         self.assertEqual(router['name'], 'fake_router')
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_network_cleanup(self, MockRestClient):
         def side_effect(**args):
             return {"security_groups": [{"tenant_id": args['tenant_id'],
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
         self.assertIn('12345', args)
         self.assertIn('123456', args)
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_network_alt_creation(self, MockRestClient):
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
                                                  password='fake_password')
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(router['id'], '1234')
         self.assertEqual(router['name'], 'fake_alt_router')
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_network_admin_creation(self, MockRestClient):
         iso_creds = isolated_creds.IsolatedCreds('test class',
                                                  password='fake_password')
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(router['id'], '1234')
         self.assertEqual(router['name'], 'fake_admin_router')
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_no_network_resources(self, MockRestClient):
         net_dict = {
             'network': False,
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
         self.assertIsNone(subnet)
         self.assertIsNone(router)
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_router_without_network(self, MockRestClient):
         net_dict = {
             'network': False,
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidConfiguration,
                           iso_creds.get_primary_creds)
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_subnet_without_network(self, MockRestClient):
         net_dict = {
             'network': False,
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidConfiguration,
                           iso_creds.get_primary_creds)
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.common.rest_client.RestClient')
+    @mock.patch('tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient')
     def test_dhcp_without_subnet(self, MockRestClient):
         net_dict = {
             'network': False,