diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
index abaf14a..4f6e0b3 100644
--- a/.testr.conf
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=${OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE:-1} \
              OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=${OS_STDERR_CAPTURE:-1} \
              OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=${OS_TEST_TIMEOUT:-500} \
+             OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH=${OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH:-${TMPDIR:-'/tmp'}} \
              ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ ${OS_TEST_PATH:-./tempest/test_discover} $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
 test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
 test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
index 05b763a..759585e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
@@ -170,10 +170,12 @@
                 flag = True
         self.assertTrue(flag)
 
+    @test.skip_because(bug='1286297')
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_list_non_public_flavor(self):
-        # Create a flavor with os-flavor-access:is_public false should
-        # be present in list_details.
+        # Create a flavor with os-flavor-access:is_public false.
+        # The flavor should not be present in list_details as the
+        # tenant is not automatically added access list.
         # This operation requires the user to have 'admin' role
         flavor_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.flavor_name_prefix)
         new_flavor_id = data_utils.rand_int_id(start=1000)
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@
         for flavor in flavors:
             if flavor['name'] == flavor_name:
                 flag = True
-        self.assertTrue(flag)
+        self.assertFalse(flag)
 
         # Verify flavor is not retrieved with other user
         flag = False
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py
index 4804ce4..aa0138f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@
         cls.vcpus = 1
         cls.disk = 10
 
+    @test.skip_because(bug='1286297')
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_flavor_access_list_with_private_flavor(self):
-        # Test to list flavor access successfully by querying private flavor
+        # Test to make sure that list flavor access on a newly created
+        # private flavor will return an empty access list
         flavor_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.flavor_name_prefix)
         new_flavor_id = data_utils.rand_int_id(start=1000)
         resp, new_flavor = self.client.create_flavor(flavor_name,
@@ -60,10 +62,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(resp.status, 200)
         resp, flavor_access = self.client.list_flavor_access(new_flavor_id)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(len(flavor_access), 1, str(flavor_access))
-        first_flavor = flavor_access[0]
-        self.assertEqual(str(new_flavor_id), str(first_flavor['flavor_id']))
-        self.assertEqual(self.adm_tenant_id, first_flavor['tenant_id'])
+        self.assertEqual(len(flavor_access), 0, str(flavor_access))
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_flavor_access_add_remove(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py b/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
index 538ebc6..3736f28 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_security_group_create_get_delete(self):
         # Security Group should be created, fetched and deleted
-        s_name = data_utils.rand_name('securitygroup-')
+        # with char space between name along with
+        # leading and trailing spaces
+        s_name = ' %s ' % data_utils.rand_name('securitygroup ')
         resp, securitygroup = self.create_security_group(name=s_name)
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertIn('name', securitygroup)
         securitygroup_name = securitygroup['name']
         self.assertEqual(securitygroup_name, s_name,
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_credentials.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_credentials.py
index 4442f4a..6bb0ebe 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_credentials.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_credentials.py
@@ -36,21 +36,25 @@
             resp, cls.project = cls.client.create_project(
                 data_utils.rand_name('project-'),
                 description=data_utils.rand_name('project-desc-'))
-            assert resp['status'] == '201', "Expected %s" % resp['status']
+            assert resp['status'] == '201', (
+                "Expected 201, but got: %s" % resp['status'])
             cls.projects.append(cls.project['id'])
 
         resp, cls.user_body = cls.client.create_user(
             u_name, description=u_desc, password=u_password,
             email=u_email, project_id=cls.projects[0])
-        assert resp['status'] == '201', "Expected: %s" % resp['status']
+        assert resp['status'] == '201', (
+            "Expected 201, but got: %s" % resp['status'])
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         resp, _ = cls.client.delete_user(cls.user_body['id'])
-        assert resp['status'] == '204', "Expected: %s" % resp['status']
+        assert resp['status'] == '204', (
+            "Expected 204, but got: %s" % resp['status'])
         for p in cls.projects:
             resp, _ = cls.client.delete_project(p)
-            assert resp['status'] == '204', "Expected: %s" % resp['status']
+            assert resp['status'] == '204', (
+                "Expected 204, but got: %s" % resp['status'])
         super(CredentialsTestJSON, cls).tearDownClass()
 
     def _delete_credential(self, cred_id):
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_roles.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_roles.py
index c63231f..24c7b83 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_roles.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_roles.py
@@ -29,25 +29,27 @@
         u_name = data_utils.rand_name('user-')
         u_desc = '%s description' % u_name
         u_email = '%s@testmail.tm' % u_name
-        u_password = data_utils.rand_name('pass-')
+        cls.u_password = data_utils.rand_name('pass-')
         resp = [None] * 5
-        resp[0], cls.project = cls.client.create_project(
-            data_utils.rand_name('project-'),
-            description=data_utils.rand_name('project-desc-'))
-        resp[1], cls.domain = cls.client.create_domain(
+        resp[0], cls.domain = cls.client.create_domain(
             data_utils.rand_name('domain-'),
             description=data_utils.rand_name('domain-desc-'))
+        resp[1], cls.project = cls.client.create_project(
+            data_utils.rand_name('project-'),
+            description=data_utils.rand_name('project-desc-'),
+            domain_id=cls.domain['id'])
         resp[2], cls.group_body = cls.client.create_group(
             data_utils.rand_name('Group-'), project_id=cls.project['id'],
             domain_id=cls.domain['id'])
         resp[3], cls.user_body = cls.client.create_user(
-            u_name, description=u_desc, password=u_password,
+            u_name, description=u_desc, password=cls.u_password,
             email=u_email, project_id=cls.project['id'],
             domain_id=cls.domain['id'])
         resp[4], cls.role = cls.client.create_role(
             data_utils.rand_name('Role-'))
         for r in resp:
-            assert r['status'] == '201', "Expected: %s" % r['status']
+            assert r['status'] == '201', (
+                "Expected 201, but got: %s" % r['status'])
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@
         cls.client.update_domain(cls.domain['id'], enabled=False)
         resp[4], _ = cls.client.delete_domain(cls.domain['id'])
         for r in resp:
-            assert r['status'] == '204', "Expected: %s" % r['status']
+            assert r['status'] == '204', (
+                "Expected 204, but got: %s" % r['status'])
         super(RolesV3TestJSON, cls).tearDownClass()
 
     def _list_assertions(self, resp, body, fetched_role_ids, role_id):
@@ -131,10 +134,11 @@
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_grant_list_revoke_role_to_group_on_project(self):
+        # Grant role to group on project
         resp, _ = self.client.assign_group_role_on_project(
             self.project['id'], self.group_body['id'], self.role['id'])
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '204')
-
+        # List group roles on project
         resp, roles = self.client.list_group_roles_on_project(
             self.project['id'], self.group_body['id'])
 
@@ -143,7 +147,18 @@
 
         self._list_assertions(resp, roles, self.fetched_role_ids,
                               self.role['id'])
-
+        # Add user to group, and insure user has role on project
+        self.client.add_group_user(self.group_body['id'], self.user_body['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_group_user,
+                        self.group_body['id'], self.user_body['id'])
+        resp, body = self.token.auth(self.user_body['id'], self.u_password,
+                                     self.project['name'],
+                                     domain=self.domain['name'])
+        roles = body['token']['roles']
+        self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '201')
+        self.assertEqual(len(roles), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(roles[0]['id'], self.role['id'])
+        # Revoke role to group on project
         resp, _ = self.client.revoke_role_from_group_on_project(
             self.project['id'], self.group_body['id'], self.role['id'])
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '204')
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/hypervisors.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/hypervisors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cbafb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/hypervisors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2014 NEC Corporation.  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.
+
+hypervisor_statistics = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'hypervisor_statistics': {
+                'type': 'object',
+                'properties': {
+                    'count': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'current_workload': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'disk_available_least': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'free_disk_gb': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'free_ram_mb': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'local_gb': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'local_gb_used': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'memory_mb': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'memory_mb_used': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'running_vms': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'vcpus': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'vcpus_used': {'type': 'integer'}
+                },
+                'required': ['count', 'current_workload',
+                             'disk_available_least', 'free_disk_gb',
+                             'free_ram_mb', 'local_gb', 'local_gb_used',
+                             'memory_mb', 'memory_mb_used', 'running_vms',
+                             'vcpus', 'vcpus_used']
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['hypervisor_statistics']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/keypairs.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/keypairs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8973c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/keypairs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright 2014 NEC Corporation.  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.
+
+list_keypairs = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'keypairs': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'keypair': {
+                            'type': 'object',
+                            'properties': {
+                                'public_key': {'type': 'string'},
+                                'name': {'type': 'string'},
+                                'fingerprint': {'type': 'string'}
+                            },
+                            'required': ['public_key', 'name', 'fingerprint']
+                        }
+                    },
+                    'required': ['keypair']
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['keypairs']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/parameter_types.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/parameter_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67c0c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/parameter_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2014 NEC Corporation.  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.
+
+links = {
+    'type': 'array',
+    'items': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'href': {
+                'type': 'string',
+                'format': 'uri'
+            },
+            'rel': {'type': 'string'}
+        },
+        'required': ['href', 'rel']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/floating_ips.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/floating_ips.py
index 648d0bf..3ea6320 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/floating_ips.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/floating_ips.py
@@ -74,3 +74,27 @@
         'required': ['floating_ip']
     }
 }
+
+floating_ip_pools = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'floating_ip_pools': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'name': {'type': 'string'}
+                    },
+                    'required': ['name']
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['floating_ip_pools']
+    }
+}
+
+add_remove_floating_ip = {
+    'status_code': [202]
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
index 41b8fff..41593c6 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import parameter_types
+
 get_image = {
     'status_code': [200],
     'response_body': {
@@ -23,20 +25,7 @@
                     'id': {'type': 'string'},
                     'status': {'type': 'string'},
                     'updated': {'type': 'string'},
-                    'links': {
-                        'type': 'array',
-                        'items': {
-                            'type': 'object',
-                            'properties': {
-                                'href': {
-                                    'type': 'string',
-                                    'format': 'uri'
-                                },
-                                'rel': {'type': 'string'}
-                            },
-                            'required': ['href', 'rel']
-                        }
-                    },
+                    'links': parameter_types.links,
                     'name': {'type': 'string'},
                     'created': {'type': 'string'},
                     'OS-EXT-IMG-SIZE:size': {'type': 'integer'},
@@ -51,20 +40,7 @@
                             # allows 'string' also because we will be able to
                             # change it to 'uuid' in the future.
                             'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
-                            'links': {
-                                'type': 'array',
-                                'items': {
-                                    'type': 'object',
-                                    'properties': {
-                                        'href': {
-                                            'type': 'string',
-                                            'format': 'uri'
-                                        },
-                                        'rel': {'type': 'string'}
-                                    },
-                                    'required': ['href', 'rel']
-                                }
-                            }
+                            'links': parameter_types.links
                         },
                         'required': ['id', 'links']
                     }
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/security_groups.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/security_groups.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b65b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/security_groups.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 2014 NEC Corporation.  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.
+
+list_security_groups = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'security_groups': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
+                        'name': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'tenant_id': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'rules': {'type': 'array'},
+                        'description': {'type': 'string'},
+                    },
+                    'required': ['id', 'name', 'tenant_id', 'rules',
+                                 'description'],
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['security_groups']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py
index 7f06ca6..b4e6e53 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import parameter_types
+
 create_server = {
     'status_code': [202],
     'response_body': {
@@ -25,20 +27,7 @@
                     # as a server id.
                     'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
                     'security_groups': {'type': 'array'},
-                    'links': {
-                        'type': 'array',
-                        'items': {
-                            'type': 'object',
-                            'properties': {
-                                'href': {
-                                    'type': 'string',
-                                    'format': 'uri'
-                                },
-                                'rel': {'type': 'string'}
-                            },
-                            'required': ['href', 'rel']
-                        }
-                    },
+                    'links': parameter_types.links,
                     'adminPass': {'type': 'string'},
                     'OS-DCF:diskConfig': {'type': 'string'}
                 },
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/volumes.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/volumes.py
index 16ed7c2..9cfd7e3 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/volumes.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/volumes.py
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
             'volume': {
                 'type': 'object',
                 'properties': {
-                    # NOTE: Now the type of 'id' is integer, but here allows
-                    # 'string' also because we will be able to change it to
-                    # 'uuid' in the future.
-                    'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
+                    'id': {'type': 'string'},
                     'status': {'type': 'string'},
                     'displayName': {'type': ['string', 'null']},
                     'availabilityZone': {'type': 'string'},
@@ -38,11 +35,17 @@
                         'items': {
                             'type': 'object',
                             'properties': {
-                                'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
+                                'id': {'type': 'string'},
                                 'device': {'type': 'string'},
-                                'volumeId': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
+                                'volumeId': {'type': 'string'},
                                 'serverId': {'type': ['integer', 'string']}
                             }
+                            # NOTE- If volume is not attached to any server
+                            # then, 'attachments' attributes comes as array
+                            # with empty objects "[{}]" due to that elements
+                            # of 'attachments' cannot defined as 'required'.
+                            # If it would come as empty array "[]" then,
+                            # those elements can be defined as 'required'.
                         }
                     }
                 },
@@ -54,3 +57,54 @@
         'required': ['volume']
     }
 }
+
+list_volumes = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'volumes': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'id': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'status': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'displayName': {'type': ['string', 'null']},
+                        'availabilityZone': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'createdAt': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'displayDescription': {'type': ['string', 'null']},
+                        'volumeType': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'snapshotId': {'type': ['string', 'null']},
+                        'metadata': {'type': 'object'},
+                        'size': {'type': 'integer'},
+                        'attachments': {
+                            'type': 'array',
+                            'items': {
+                                'type': 'object',
+                                'properties': {
+                                    'id': {'type': 'string'},
+                                    'device': {'type': 'string'},
+                                    'volumeId': {'type': 'string'},
+                                    'serverId': {'type': ['integer', 'string']}
+                                }
+                                # NOTE- If volume is not attached to any server
+                                # then, 'attachments' attributes comes as array
+                                # with empty object "[{}]" due to that elements
+                                # of 'attachments' cannot defined as 'required'
+                                # If it would come as empty array "[]" then,
+                                # those elements can be defined as 'required'.
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    'required': ['id', 'status', 'displayName',
+                                 'availabilityZone', 'createdAt',
+                                 'displayDescription', 'volumeType',
+                                 'snapshotId', 'metadata', 'size',
+                                 'attachments']
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['volumes']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py
index e69b25f..390962e 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import parameter_types
+
 create_server = {
     'status_code': [202],
     'response_body': {
@@ -25,20 +27,7 @@
                     # as a server id.
                     'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
                     'os-security-groups:security_groups': {'type': 'array'},
-                    'links': {
-                        'type': 'array',
-                        'items': {
-                            'type': 'object',
-                            'properties': {
-                                'href': {
-                                    'type': 'string',
-                                    'format': 'uri'
-                                },
-                                'rel': {'type': 'string'}
-                            },
-                            'required': ['href', 'rel']
-                        }
-                    },
+                    'links': parameter_types.links,
                     'admin_password': {'type': 'string'},
                     'os-access-ips:access_ip_v4': {'type': 'string'},
                     'os-access-ips:access_ip_v6': {'type': 'string'}
diff --git a/tempest/cli/output_parser.py b/tempest/cli/output_parser.py
index 4edcd47..80234a3 100644
--- a/tempest/cli/output_parser.py
+++ b/tempest/cli/output_parser.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import re
 
+from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
 
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
     for table_ in tables_:
         if 'Property' not in table_['headers'] \
            or 'Value' not in table_['headers']:
-            raise Exception('Invalid structure of table with details')
+            raise exceptions.InvalidStructure()
         item = {}
         for value in table_['values']:
             item[value[0]] = value[1]
diff --git a/tempest/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
index 934b861..5d7779e 100644
--- a/tempest/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 import jsonschema
 
 from tempest.common import http
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py b/tempest/common/xml_utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
rename to tempest/common/xml_utils.py
diff --git a/tempest/exceptions/__init__.py b/tempest/exceptions/__init__.py
index 485f532..d313def 100644
--- a/tempest/exceptions/__init__.py
+++ b/tempest/exceptions/__init__.py
@@ -158,3 +158,7 @@
 
 class UnexpectedResponseCode(base.RestClientException):
     message = "Unexpected response code received"
+
+
+class InvalidStructure(base.TempestException):
+    message = "Invalid structure of table with details"
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py b/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py
index e69de29..d1223ea 100644
--- a/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+#    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 six
+
+
+six.add_move(six.MovedModule('mox', 'mox', 'mox3.mox'))
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/config/generator.py b/tempest/openstack/common/config/generator.py
index eeb5a32..8156cc5 100644
--- a/tempest/openstack/common/config/generator.py
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/config/generator.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2012 SINA Corporation
+# Copyright 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import argparse
 import imp
 import os
 import re
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 import six
+import stevedore.named
 
 from tempest.openstack.common import gettextutils
 from tempest.openstack.common import importutils
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
 INTOPT = "IntOpt"
 FLOATOPT = "FloatOpt"
 LISTOPT = "ListOpt"
+DICTOPT = "DictOpt"
 MULTISTROPT = "MultiStrOpt"
 
 OPT_TYPES = {
@@ -46,11 +50,12 @@
     INTOPT: 'integer value',
     FLOATOPT: 'floating point value',
     LISTOPT: 'list value',
+    DICTOPT: 'dict value',
     MULTISTROPT: 'multi valued',
 }
 
 OPTION_REGEX = re.compile(r"(%s)" % "|".join([STROPT, BOOLOPT, INTOPT,
-                                              FLOATOPT, LISTOPT,
+                                              FLOATOPT, LISTOPT, DICTOPT,
                                               MULTISTROPT]))
 
 PY_EXT = ".py"
@@ -59,34 +64,60 @@
 WORDWRAP_WIDTH = 60
 
 
-def generate(srcfiles):
+def raise_extension_exception(extmanager, ep, err):
+    raise
+
+
+def generate(argv):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='generate sample configuration file',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument('-m', dest='modules', action='append')
+    parser.add_argument('-l', dest='libraries', action='append')
+    parser.add_argument('srcfiles', nargs='*')
+    parsed_args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
     mods_by_pkg = dict()
-    for filepath in srcfiles:
+    for filepath in parsed_args.srcfiles:
         pkg_name = filepath.split(os.sep)[1]
         mod_str = '.'.join(['.'.join(filepath.split(os.sep)[:-1]),
                             os.path.basename(filepath).split('.')[0]])
         mods_by_pkg.setdefault(pkg_name, list()).append(mod_str)
     # NOTE(lzyeval): place top level modules before packages
-    pkg_names = filter(lambda x: x.endswith(PY_EXT), mods_by_pkg.keys())
-    pkg_names.sort()
-    ext_names = filter(lambda x: x not in pkg_names, mods_by_pkg.keys())
-    ext_names.sort()
+    pkg_names = sorted(pkg for pkg in mods_by_pkg if pkg.endswith(PY_EXT))
+    ext_names = sorted(pkg for pkg in mods_by_pkg if pkg not in pkg_names)
     pkg_names.extend(ext_names)
 
     # opts_by_group is a mapping of group name to an options list
     # The options list is a list of (module, options) tuples
     opts_by_group = {'DEFAULT': []}
 
-    extra_modules = os.getenv("TEMPEST_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_MODULES", "")
-    if extra_modules:
-        for module_name in extra_modules.split(','):
-            module_name = module_name.strip()
+    if parsed_args.modules:
+        for module_name in parsed_args.modules:
             module = _import_module(module_name)
             if module:
                 for group, opts in _list_opts(module):
                     opts_by_group.setdefault(group, []).append((module_name,
                                                                 opts))
 
+    # Look for entry points defined in libraries (or applications) for
+    # option discovery, and include their return values in the output.
+    #
+    # Each entry point should be a function returning an iterable
+    # of pairs with the group name (or None for the default group)
+    # and the list of Opt instances for that group.
+    if parsed_args.libraries:
+        loader = stevedore.named.NamedExtensionManager(
+            'oslo.config.opts',
+            names=list(set(parsed_args.libraries)),
+            invoke_on_load=False,
+            on_load_failure_callback=raise_extension_exception
+        )
+        for ext in loader:
+            for group, opts in ext.plugin():
+                opt_list = opts_by_group.setdefault(group or 'DEFAULT', [])
+                opt_list.append((ext.name, opts))
+
     for pkg_name in pkg_names:
         mods = mods_by_pkg.get(pkg_name)
         mods.sort()
@@ -120,7 +151,7 @@
 
 def _is_in_group(opt, group):
     "Check if opt is in group."
-    for key, value in group._opts.items():
+    for value in group._opts.values():
         # NOTE(llu): Temporary workaround for bug #1262148, wait until
         # newly released oslo.config support '==' operator.
         if not(value['opt'] != opt):
@@ -134,7 +165,7 @@
         return 'DEFAULT'
 
     # what other groups is it in?
-    for key, value in cfg.CONF.items():
+    for value in cfg.CONF.values():
         if isinstance(value, cfg.CONF.GroupAttr):
             if _is_in_group(opt, value._group):
                 return value._group.name
@@ -203,7 +234,7 @@
         return value.replace(BASEDIR, '')
     elif value == _get_my_ip():
         return '10.0.0.1'
-    elif value == socket.gethostname() and 'host' in name:
+    elif value in (socket.gethostname(), socket.getfqdn()) and 'host' in name:
         return 'tempest'
     elif value.strip() != value:
         return '"%s"' % value
@@ -221,7 +252,8 @@
     except (ValueError, AttributeError) as err:
         sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % str(err))
         sys.exit(1)
-    opt_help += ' (' + OPT_TYPES[opt_type] + ')'
+    opt_help = u'%s (%s)' % (opt_help,
+                             OPT_TYPES[opt_type])
     print('#', "\n# ".join(textwrap.wrap(opt_help, WORDWRAP_WIDTH)))
     if opt.deprecated_opts:
         for deprecated_opt in opt.deprecated_opts:
@@ -251,6 +283,11 @@
         elif opt_type == LISTOPT:
             assert(isinstance(opt_default, list))
             print('#%s=%s' % (opt_name, ','.join(opt_default)))
+        elif opt_type == DICTOPT:
+            assert(isinstance(opt_default, dict))
+            opt_default_strlist = [str(key) + ':' + str(value)
+                                   for (key, value) in opt_default.items()]
+            print('#%s=%s' % (opt_name, ','.join(opt_default_strlist)))
         elif opt_type == MULTISTROPT:
             assert(isinstance(opt_default, list))
             if not opt_default:
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
index 825c2e0..17f66f7 100644
--- a/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@
 """
 
 import copy
+import functools
 import gettext
-import logging
+import locale
+from logging import handlers
 import os
-import re
-try:
-    import UserString as _userString
-except ImportError:
-    import collections as _userString
 
 from babel import localedata
 import six
@@ -38,6 +35,17 @@
 _localedir = os.environ.get('tempest'.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
 _t = gettext.translation('tempest', localedir=_localedir, fallback=True)
 
+# We use separate translation catalogs for each log level, so set up a
+# mapping between the log level name and the translator. The domain
+# for the log level is project_name + "-log-" + log_level so messages
+# for each level end up in their own catalog.
+_t_log_levels = dict(
+    (level, gettext.translation('tempest' + '-log-' + level,
+                                localedir=_localedir,
+                                fallback=True))
+    for level in ['info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical']
+)
+
 _AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES = {}
 USE_LAZY = False
 
@@ -56,13 +64,35 @@
 
 def _(msg):
     if USE_LAZY:
-        return Message(msg, 'tempest')
+        return Message(msg, domain='tempest')
     else:
         if six.PY3:
             return _t.gettext(msg)
         return _t.ugettext(msg)
 
 
+def _log_translation(msg, level):
+    """Build a single translation of a log message
+    """
+    if USE_LAZY:
+        return Message(msg, domain='tempest' + '-log-' + level)
+    else:
+        translator = _t_log_levels[level]
+        if six.PY3:
+            return translator.gettext(msg)
+        return translator.ugettext(msg)
+
+# Translators for log levels.
+#
+# The abbreviated names are meant to reflect the usual use of a short
+# name like '_'. The "L" is for "log" and the other letter comes from
+# the level.
+_LI = functools.partial(_log_translation, level='info')
+_LW = functools.partial(_log_translation, level='warning')
+_LE = functools.partial(_log_translation, level='error')
+_LC = functools.partial(_log_translation, level='critical')
+
+
 def install(domain, lazy=False):
     """Install a _() function using the given translation domain.
 
@@ -88,11 +118,6 @@
         # messages in OpenStack. We override the standard _() function
         # and % (format string) operation to build Message objects that can
         # later be translated when we have more information.
-        #
-        # Also included below is an example LocaleHandler that translates
-        # Messages to an associated locale, effectively allowing many logs,
-        # each with their own locale.
-
         def _lazy_gettext(msg):
             """Create and return a Message object.
 
@@ -103,7 +128,7 @@
             Message encapsulates a string so that we can translate
             it later when needed.
             """
-            return Message(msg, domain)
+            return Message(msg, domain=domain)
 
         from six import moves
         moves.builtins.__dict__['_'] = _lazy_gettext
@@ -118,182 +143,144 @@
                             unicode=True)
 
 
-class Message(_userString.UserString, object):
-    """Class used to encapsulate translatable messages."""
-    def __init__(self, msg, domain):
-        # _msg is the gettext msgid and should never change
-        self._msg = msg
-        self._left_extra_msg = ''
-        self._right_extra_msg = ''
-        self._locale = None
-        self.params = None
-        self.domain = domain
+class Message(six.text_type):
+    """A Message object is a unicode object that can be translated.
 
-    @property
-    def data(self):
-        # NOTE(mrodden): this should always resolve to a unicode string
-        # that best represents the state of the message currently
+    Translation of Message is done explicitly using the translate() method.
+    For all non-translation intents and purposes, a Message is simply unicode,
+    and can be treated as such.
+    """
 
-        localedir = os.environ.get(self.domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
-        if self.locale:
-            lang = gettext.translation(self.domain,
-                                       localedir=localedir,
-                                       languages=[self.locale],
-                                       fallback=True)
-        else:
-            # use system locale for translations
-            lang = gettext.translation(self.domain,
-                                       localedir=localedir,
-                                       fallback=True)
+    def __new__(cls, msgid, msgtext=None, params=None,
+                domain='tempest', *args):
+        """Create a new Message object.
 
+        In order for translation to work gettext requires a message ID, this
+        msgid will be used as the base unicode text. It is also possible
+        for the msgid and the base unicode text to be different by passing
+        the msgtext parameter.
+        """
+        # If the base msgtext is not given, we use the default translation
+        # of the msgid (which is in English) just in case the system locale is
+        # not English, so that the base text will be in that locale by default.
+        if not msgtext:
+            msgtext = Message._translate_msgid(msgid, domain)
+        # We want to initialize the parent unicode with the actual object that
+        # would have been plain unicode if 'Message' was not enabled.
+        msg = super(Message, cls).__new__(cls, msgtext)
+        msg.msgid = msgid
+        msg.domain = domain
+        msg.params = params
+        return msg
+
+    def translate(self, desired_locale=None):
+        """Translate this message to the desired locale.
+
+        :param desired_locale: The desired locale to translate the message to,
+                               if no locale is provided the message will be
+                               translated to the system's default locale.
+
+        :returns: the translated message in unicode
+        """
+
+        translated_message = Message._translate_msgid(self.msgid,
+                                                      self.domain,
+                                                      desired_locale)
+        if self.params is None:
+            # No need for more translation
+            return translated_message
+
+        # This Message object may have been formatted with one or more
+        # Message objects as substitution arguments, given either as a single
+        # argument, part of a tuple, or as one or more values in a dictionary.
+        # When translating this Message we need to translate those Messages too
+        translated_params = _translate_args(self.params, desired_locale)
+
+        translated_message = translated_message % translated_params
+
+        return translated_message
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _translate_msgid(msgid, domain, desired_locale=None):
+        if not desired_locale:
+            system_locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()
+            # If the system locale is not available to the runtime use English
+            if not system_locale[0]:
+                desired_locale = 'en_US'
+            else:
+                desired_locale = system_locale[0]
+
+        locale_dir = os.environ.get(domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
+        lang = gettext.translation(domain,
+                                   localedir=locale_dir,
+                                   languages=[desired_locale],
+                                   fallback=True)
         if six.PY3:
-            ugettext = lang.gettext
+            translator = lang.gettext
         else:
-            ugettext = lang.ugettext
+            translator = lang.ugettext
 
-        full_msg = (self._left_extra_msg +
-                    ugettext(self._msg) +
-                    self._right_extra_msg)
-
-        if self.params is not None:
-            full_msg = full_msg % self.params
-
-        return six.text_type(full_msg)
-
-    @property
-    def locale(self):
-        return self._locale
-
-    @locale.setter
-    def locale(self, value):
-        self._locale = value
-        if not self.params:
-            return
-
-        # This Message object may have been constructed with one or more
-        # Message objects as substitution parameters, given as a single
-        # Message, or a tuple or Map containing some, so when setting the
-        # locale for this Message we need to set it for those Messages too.
-        if isinstance(self.params, Message):
-            self.params.locale = value
-            return
-        if isinstance(self.params, tuple):
-            for param in self.params:
-                if isinstance(param, Message):
-                    param.locale = value
-            return
-        if isinstance(self.params, dict):
-            for param in self.params.values():
-                if isinstance(param, Message):
-                    param.locale = value
-
-    def _save_dictionary_parameter(self, dict_param):
-        full_msg = self.data
-        # look for %(blah) fields in string;
-        # ignore %% and deal with the
-        # case where % is first character on the line
-        keys = re.findall('(?:[^%]|^)?%\((\w*)\)[a-z]', full_msg)
-
-        # if we don't find any %(blah) blocks but have a %s
-        if not keys and re.findall('(?:[^%]|^)%[a-z]', full_msg):
-            # apparently the full dictionary is the parameter
-            params = copy.deepcopy(dict_param)
-        else:
-            params = {}
-            for key in keys:
-                try:
-                    params[key] = copy.deepcopy(dict_param[key])
-                except TypeError:
-                    # cast uncopyable thing to unicode string
-                    params[key] = six.text_type(dict_param[key])
-
-        return params
-
-    def _save_parameters(self, other):
-        # we check for None later to see if
-        # we actually have parameters to inject,
-        # so encapsulate if our parameter is actually None
-        if other is None:
-            self.params = (other, )
-        elif isinstance(other, dict):
-            self.params = self._save_dictionary_parameter(other)
-        else:
-            # fallback to casting to unicode,
-            # this will handle the problematic python code-like
-            # objects that cannot be deep-copied
-            try:
-                self.params = copy.deepcopy(other)
-            except TypeError:
-                self.params = six.text_type(other)
-
-        return self
-
-    # overrides to be more string-like
-    def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.data
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        if six.PY3:
-            return self.__unicode__()
-        return self.data.encode('utf-8')
-
-    def __getstate__(self):
-        to_copy = ['_msg', '_right_extra_msg', '_left_extra_msg',
-                   'domain', 'params', '_locale']
-        new_dict = self.__dict__.fromkeys(to_copy)
-        for attr in to_copy:
-            new_dict[attr] = copy.deepcopy(self.__dict__[attr])
-
-        return new_dict
-
-    def __setstate__(self, state):
-        for (k, v) in state.items():
-            setattr(self, k, v)
-
-    # operator overloads
-    def __add__(self, other):
-        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
-        copied._right_extra_msg += other.__str__()
-        return copied
-
-    def __radd__(self, other):
-        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
-        copied._left_extra_msg += other.__str__()
-        return copied
+        translated_message = translator(msgid)
+        return translated_message
 
     def __mod__(self, other):
-        # do a format string to catch and raise
-        # any possible KeyErrors from missing parameters
-        self.data % other
-        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
-        return copied._save_parameters(other)
+        # When we mod a Message we want the actual operation to be performed
+        # by the parent class (i.e. unicode()), the only thing  we do here is
+        # save the original msgid and the parameters in case of a translation
+        params = self._sanitize_mod_params(other)
+        unicode_mod = super(Message, self).__mod__(params)
+        modded = Message(self.msgid,
+                         msgtext=unicode_mod,
+                         params=params,
+                         domain=self.domain)
+        return modded
 
-    def __mul__(self, other):
-        return self.data * other
+    def _sanitize_mod_params(self, other):
+        """Sanitize the object being modded with this Message.
 
-    def __rmul__(self, other):
-        return other * self.data
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        return self.data[key]
-
-    def __getslice__(self, start, end):
-        return self.data.__getslice__(start, end)
-
-    def __getattribute__(self, name):
-        # NOTE(mrodden): handle lossy operations that we can't deal with yet
-        # These override the UserString implementation, since UserString
-        # uses our __class__ attribute to try and build a new message
-        # after running the inner data string through the operation.
-        # At that point, we have lost the gettext message id and can just
-        # safely resolve to a string instead.
-        ops = ['capitalize', 'center', 'decode', 'encode',
-               'expandtabs', 'ljust', 'lstrip', 'replace', 'rjust', 'rstrip',
-               'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', 'upper', 'zfill']
-        if name in ops:
-            return getattr(self.data, name)
+        - Add support for modding 'None' so translation supports it
+        - Trim the modded object, which can be a large dictionary, to only
+        those keys that would actually be used in a translation
+        - Snapshot the object being modded, in case the message is
+        translated, it will be used as it was when the Message was created
+        """
+        if other is None:
+            params = (other,)
+        elif isinstance(other, dict):
+            # Merge the dictionaries
+            # Copy each item in case one does not support deep copy.
+            params = {}
+            if isinstance(self.params, dict):
+                for key, val in self.params.items():
+                    params[key] = self._copy_param(val)
+            for key, val in other.items():
+                params[key] = self._copy_param(val)
         else:
-            return _userString.UserString.__getattribute__(self, name)
+            params = self._copy_param(other)
+        return params
+
+    def _copy_param(self, param):
+        try:
+            return copy.deepcopy(param)
+        except Exception:
+            # Fallback to casting to unicode this will handle the
+            # python code-like objects that can't be deep-copied
+            return six.text_type(param)
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        msg = _('Message objects do not support addition.')
+        raise TypeError(msg)
+
+    def __radd__(self, other):
+        return self.__add__(other)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        # NOTE(luisg): Logging in python 2.6 tries to str() log records,
+        # and it expects specifically a UnicodeError in order to proceed.
+        msg = _('Message objects do not support str() because they may '
+                'contain non-ascii characters. '
+                'Please use unicode() or translate() instead.')
+        raise UnicodeError(msg)
 
 
 def get_available_languages(domain):
@@ -319,53 +306,143 @@
     list_identifiers = (getattr(localedata, 'list', None) or
                         getattr(localedata, 'locale_identifiers'))
     locale_identifiers = list_identifiers()
+
     for i in locale_identifiers:
         if find(i) is not None:
             language_list.append(i)
+
+    # NOTE(luisg): Babel>=1.0,<1.3 has a bug where some OpenStack supported
+    # locales (e.g. 'zh_CN', and 'zh_TW') aren't supported even though they
+    # are perfectly legitimate locales:
+    #     https://github.com/mitsuhiko/babel/issues/37
+    # In Babel 1.3 they fixed the bug and they support these locales, but
+    # they are still not explicitly "listed" by locale_identifiers().
+    # That is  why we add the locales here explicitly if necessary so that
+    # they are listed as supported.
+    aliases = {'zh': 'zh_CN',
+               'zh_Hant_HK': 'zh_HK',
+               'zh_Hant': 'zh_TW',
+               'fil': 'tl_PH'}
+    for (locale, alias) in six.iteritems(aliases):
+        if locale in language_list and alias not in language_list:
+            language_list.append(alias)
+
     _AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES[domain] = language_list
     return copy.copy(language_list)
 
 
-def get_localized_message(message, user_locale):
-    """Gets a localized version of the given message in the given locale.
+def translate(obj, desired_locale=None):
+    """Gets the translated unicode representation of the given object.
 
-    If the message is not a Message object the message is returned as-is.
-    If the locale is None the message is translated to the default locale.
+    If the object is not translatable it is returned as-is.
+    If the locale is None the object is translated to the system locale.
 
-    :returns: the translated message in unicode, or the original message if
+    :param obj: the object to translate
+    :param desired_locale: the locale to translate the message to, if None the
+                           default system locale will be used
+    :returns: the translated object in unicode, or the original object if
               it could not be translated
     """
-    translated = message
+    message = obj
+    if not isinstance(message, Message):
+        # If the object to translate is not already translatable,
+        # let's first get its unicode representation
+        message = six.text_type(obj)
     if isinstance(message, Message):
-        original_locale = message.locale
-        message.locale = user_locale
-        translated = six.text_type(message)
-        message.locale = original_locale
-    return translated
+        # Even after unicoding() we still need to check if we are
+        # running with translatable unicode before translating
+        return message.translate(desired_locale)
+    return obj
 
 
-class LocaleHandler(logging.Handler):
-    """Handler that can have a locale associated to translate Messages.
+def _translate_args(args, desired_locale=None):
+    """Translates all the translatable elements of the given arguments object.
 
-    A quick example of how to utilize the Message class above.
-    LocaleHandler takes a locale and a target logging.Handler object
-    to forward LogRecord objects to after translating the internal Message.
+    This method is used for translating the translatable values in method
+    arguments which include values of tuples or dictionaries.
+    If the object is not a tuple or a dictionary the object itself is
+    translated if it is translatable.
+
+    If the locale is None the object is translated to the system locale.
+
+    :param args: the args to translate
+    :param desired_locale: the locale to translate the args to, if None the
+                           default system locale will be used
+    :returns: a new args object with the translated contents of the original
+    """
+    if isinstance(args, tuple):
+        return tuple(translate(v, desired_locale) for v in args)
+    if isinstance(args, dict):
+        translated_dict = {}
+        for (k, v) in six.iteritems(args):
+            translated_v = translate(v, desired_locale)
+            translated_dict[k] = translated_v
+        return translated_dict
+    return translate(args, desired_locale)
+
+
+class TranslationHandler(handlers.MemoryHandler):
+    """Handler that translates records before logging them.
+
+    The TranslationHandler takes a locale and a target logging.Handler object
+    to forward LogRecord objects to after translating them. This handler
+    depends on Message objects being logged, instead of regular strings.
+
+    The handler can be configured declaratively in the logging.conf as follows:
+
+        [handlers]
+        keys = translatedlog, translator
+
+        [handler_translatedlog]
+        class = handlers.WatchedFileHandler
+        args = ('/var/log/api-localized.log',)
+        formatter = context
+
+        [handler_translator]
+        class = openstack.common.log.TranslationHandler
+        target = translatedlog
+        args = ('zh_CN',)
+
+    If the specified locale is not available in the system, the handler will
+    log in the default locale.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, locale, target):
-        """Initialize a LocaleHandler
+    def __init__(self, locale=None, target=None):
+        """Initialize a TranslationHandler
 
         :param locale: locale to use for translating messages
         :param target: logging.Handler object to forward
                        LogRecord objects to after translation
         """
-        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
+        # NOTE(luisg): In order to allow this handler to be a wrapper for
+        # other handlers, such as a FileHandler, and still be able to
+        # configure it using logging.conf, this handler has to extend
+        # MemoryHandler because only the MemoryHandlers' logging.conf
+        # parsing is implemented such that it accepts a target handler.
+        handlers.MemoryHandler.__init__(self, capacity=0, target=target)
         self.locale = locale
-        self.target = target
+
+    def setFormatter(self, fmt):
+        self.target.setFormatter(fmt)
 
     def emit(self, record):
-        if isinstance(record.msg, Message):
-            # set the locale and resolve to a string
-            record.msg.locale = self.locale
+        # We save the message from the original record to restore it
+        # after translation, so other handlers are not affected by this
+        original_msg = record.msg
+        original_args = record.args
+
+        try:
+            self._translate_and_log_record(record)
+        finally:
+            record.msg = original_msg
+            record.args = original_args
+
+    def _translate_and_log_record(self, record):
+        record.msg = translate(record.msg, self.locale)
+
+        # In addition to translating the message, we also need to translate
+        # arguments that were passed to the log method that were not part
+        # of the main message e.g., log.info(_('Some message %s'), this_one))
+        record.args = _translate_args(record.args, self.locale)
 
         self.target.emit(record)
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py
index 4fd9ae2..6c0d3b2 100644
--- a/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
     return sys.modules[import_str]
 
 
+def import_versioned_module(version, submodule=None):
+    module = 'tempest.v%s' % version
+    if submodule:
+        module = '.'.join((module, submodule))
+    return import_module(module)
+
+
 def try_import(import_str, default=None):
     """Try to import a module and if it fails return default."""
     try:
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/floating_ips_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/floating_ips_client.py
index 273ada6..e2e12d5 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/floating_ips_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/floating_ips_client.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         """Deletes the provided floating IP from the project."""
         url = "os-floating-ips/%s" % str(floating_ip_id)
         resp, body = self.delete(url)
+        self.validate_response(schema.add_remove_floating_ip, resp, body)
         return resp, body
 
     def associate_floating_ip_to_server(self, floating_ip, server_id):
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
 
         post_body = json.dumps(post_body)
         resp, body = self.post(url, post_body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.add_remove_floating_ip, resp, body)
         return resp, body
 
     def disassociate_floating_ip_from_server(self, floating_ip, server_id):
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@
 
         post_body = json.dumps(post_body)
         resp, body = self.post(url, post_body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.add_remove_floating_ip, resp, body)
         return resp, body
 
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
@@ -107,4 +110,5 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.floating_ip_pools, resp, body)
         return resp, body['floating_ip_pools']
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py
index c6b13b0..be704e7 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/hypervisor_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import hypervisors as common_schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
         """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']
 
     def get_hypervisor_uptime(self, hyper_id):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/keypairs_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/keypairs_client.py
index 889e2ed..71f235d 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/keypairs_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/keypairs_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import keypairs as common_schema
 from tempest.api_schema.compute.v2 import keypairs as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
         # servers, etc. A bug?
         # For now we shall adhere to the spec, but the spec for keypairs
         # is yet to be found
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.list_keypairs, resp, body)
         return resp, body['keypairs']
 
     def get_keypair(self, key_name):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/security_groups_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/security_groups_client.py
index 899d4ef..9267be7 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/security_groups_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/security_groups_client.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import json
 import urllib
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute.v2 import security_groups as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_security_groups, resp, body)
         return resp, body['security_groups']
 
     def get_security_group(self, security_group_id):
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@
         """List all rules for a security group."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-security-groups')
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_security_groups, resp, body)
         for sg in body['security_groups']:
             if sg['id'] == security_group_id:
                 return resp, sg['rules']
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py
index 451dbac..17468eb 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_volumes, resp, body)
         return resp, body['volumes']
 
     def list_volumes_with_detail(self, params=None):
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_volumes, resp, body)
         return resp, body['volumes']
 
     def get_volume(self, volume_id):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/hypervisor_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/hypervisor_client.py
index 30e391f..54a6e17 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/hypervisor_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/hypervisor_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import hypervisors as common_schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
         """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']
 
     def get_hypervisor_uptime(self, hyper_id):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/keypairs_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/keypairs_client.py
index f412e30..d315bc4 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/keypairs_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/keypairs_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import keypairs as common_schema
 from tempest.api_schema.compute.v3 import keypairs as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
         # servers, etc. A bug?
         # For now we shall adhere to the spec, but the spec for keypairs
         # is yet to be found
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.list_keypairs, resp, body)
         return resp, body['keypairs']
 
     def get_keypair(self, key_name):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/aggregates_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/aggregates_client.py
index 5b250ee..b5f7678 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/aggregates_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/aggregates_client.py
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@
         self.service = CONF.compute.catalog_type
 
     def _format_aggregate(self, g):
-        agg = xml_to_json(g)
+        agg = xml_utils.xml_to_json(g)
         aggregate = {}
         for key, value in agg.items():
             if key == 'hosts':
@@ -64,21 +61,21 @@
 
     def create_aggregate(self, name, availability_zone=None):
         """Creates a new aggregate."""
-        post_body = Element("aggregate",
-                            name=name,
-                            availability_zone=availability_zone)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("aggregate",
+                                      name=name,
+                                      availability_zone=availability_zone)
         resp, body = self.post('os-aggregates',
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         aggregate = self._format_aggregate(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, aggregate
 
     def update_aggregate(self, aggregate_id, name, availability_zone=None):
         """Update a aggregate."""
-        put_body = Element("aggregate",
-                           name=name,
-                           availability_zone=availability_zone)
+        put_body = xml_utils.Element("aggregate",
+                                     name=name,
+                                     availability_zone=availability_zone)
         resp, body = self.put('os-aggregates/%s' % str(aggregate_id),
-                              str(Document(put_body)))
+                              str(xml_utils.Document(put_body)))
         aggregate = self._format_aggregate(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, aggregate
 
@@ -95,30 +92,30 @@
 
     def add_host(self, aggregate_id, host):
         """Adds a host to the given aggregate."""
-        post_body = Element("add_host", host=host)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("add_host", host=host)
         resp, body = self.post('os-aggregates/%s/action' % aggregate_id,
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         aggregate = self._format_aggregate(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, aggregate
 
     def remove_host(self, aggregate_id, host):
         """Removes a host from the given aggregate."""
-        post_body = Element("remove_host", host=host)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("remove_host", host=host)
         resp, body = self.post('os-aggregates/%s/action' % aggregate_id,
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         aggregate = self._format_aggregate(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, aggregate
 
     def set_metadata(self, aggregate_id, meta):
         """Replaces the aggregate's existing metadata with new metadata."""
-        post_body = Element("set_metadata")
-        metadata = Element("metadata")
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("set_metadata")
+        metadata = xml_utils.Element("metadata")
         post_body.append(metadata)
         for k, v in meta.items():
-            meta = Element(k)
-            meta.append(Text(v))
+            meta = xml_utils.Element(k)
+            meta.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
             metadata.append(meta)
         resp, body = self.post('os-aggregates/%s/action' % aggregate_id,
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         aggregate = self._format_aggregate(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, aggregate
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/availability_zone_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/availability_zone_client.py
index 4d71186..38446b8 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/availability_zone_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/availability_zone_client.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         self.service = CONF.compute.catalog_type
 
     def _parse_array(self, node):
-        return [xml_to_json(x) for x in node]
+        return [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node]
 
     def get_availability_zone_list(self):
         resp, body = self.get('os-availability-zone')
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/extensions_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/extensions_client.py
index 3e8254c..d924dff 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/extensions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/extensions_client.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     def _parse_array(self, node):
         array = []
         for child in node:
-            array.append(xml_to_json(child))
+            array.append(xml_utils.xml_to_json(child))
         return array
 
     def list_extensions(self):
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@
 
     def get_extension(self, extension_alias):
         resp, body = self.get('extensions/%s' % extension_alias)
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/fixed_ips_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/fixed_ips_client.py
index 0475530..e14ced6 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/fixed_ips_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/fixed_ips_client.py
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@
 
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@
         # accept any action key value here to permit tests to cover cases with
         # invalid actions raising badrequest.
         key, value = body.popitem()
-        xml_body = Element(key)
-        xml_body.append(Text(value))
-        resp, body = self.post(url, str(Document(xml_body)))
+        xml_body = xml_utils.Element(key)
+        xml_body.append(xml_utils.Text(value))
+        resp, body = self.post(url, str(xml_utils.Document(xml_body)))
         return resp, body
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/flavors_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/flavors_client.py
index 68a27c9..68ef323 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/flavors_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/flavors_client.py
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@
         return flavor
 
     def _parse_array(self, node):
-        return [self._format_flavor(xml_to_json(x)) for x in node]
+        return [self._format_flavor(xml_utils.xml_to_json(x)) for x in node]
 
     def _list_flavors(self, url, params):
         if params:
@@ -96,19 +92,19 @@
 
     def get_flavor_details(self, flavor_id):
         resp, body = self.get("flavors/%s" % str(flavor_id))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         flavor = self._format_flavor(body)
         return resp, flavor
 
     def create_flavor(self, name, ram, vcpus, disk, flavor_id, **kwargs):
         """Creates a new flavor or instance type."""
-        flavor = Element("flavor",
-                         xmlns=XMLNS_11,
-                         ram=ram,
-                         vcpus=vcpus,
-                         disk=disk,
-                         id=flavor_id,
-                         name=name)
+        flavor = xml_utils.Element("flavor",
+                                   xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11,
+                                   ram=ram,
+                                   vcpus=vcpus,
+                                   disk=disk,
+                                   id=flavor_id,
+                                   name=name)
         if kwargs.get('rxtx'):
             flavor.add_attr('rxtx_factor', kwargs.get('rxtx'))
         if kwargs.get('swap'):
@@ -121,8 +117,8 @@
                             kwargs.get('is_public'))
         flavor.add_attr('xmlns:OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', XMLNS_OS_FLV_EXT_DATA)
         flavor.add_attr('xmlns:os-flavor-access', XMLNS_OS_FLV_ACCESS)
-        resp, body = self.post('flavors', str(Document(flavor)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        resp, body = self.post('flavors', str(xml_utils.Document(flavor)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         flavor = self._format_flavor(body)
         return resp, flavor
 
@@ -142,18 +138,18 @@
 
     def set_flavor_extra_spec(self, flavor_id, specs):
         """Sets extra Specs to the mentioned flavor."""
-        extra_specs = Element("extra_specs")
+        extra_specs = xml_utils.Element("extra_specs")
         for key in specs.keys():
             extra_specs.add_attr(key, specs[key])
         resp, body = self.post('flavors/%s/os-extra_specs' % flavor_id,
-                               str(Document(extra_specs)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(extra_specs)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def get_flavor_extra_spec(self, flavor_id):
         """Gets extra Specs of the mentioned flavor."""
         resp, body = self.get('flavors/%s/os-extra_specs' % flavor_id)
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def get_flavor_extra_spec_with_key(self, flavor_id, key):
@@ -163,21 +159,21 @@
         body = {}
         element = etree.fromstring(xml_body)
         key = element.get('key')
-        body[key] = xml_to_json(element)
+        body[key] = xml_utils.xml_to_json(element)
         return resp, body
 
     def update_flavor_extra_spec(self, flavor_id, key, **kwargs):
         """Update extra Specs details of the mentioned flavor and key."""
-        doc = Document()
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
         for (k, v) in kwargs.items():
-            element = Element(k)
+            element = xml_utils.Element(k)
             doc.append(element)
-            value = Text(v)
+            value = xml_utils.Text(v)
             element.append(value)
 
         resp, body = self.put('flavors/%s/os-extra_specs/%s' %
                               (flavor_id, key), str(doc))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, {key: body}
 
     def unset_flavor_extra_spec(self, flavor_id, key):
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@
                            key))
 
     def _parse_array_access(self, node):
-        return [xml_to_json(x) for x in node]
+        return [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node]
 
     def list_flavor_access(self, flavor_id):
         """Gets flavor access information given the flavor id."""
@@ -196,8 +192,8 @@
 
     def add_flavor_access(self, flavor_id, tenant_id):
         """Add flavor access for the specified tenant."""
-        doc = Document()
-        server = Element("addTenantAccess")
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        server = xml_utils.Element("addTenantAccess")
         doc.append(server)
         server.add_attr("tenant", tenant_id)
         resp, body = self.post('flavors/%s/action' % str(flavor_id), str(doc))
@@ -206,8 +202,8 @@
 
     def remove_flavor_access(self, flavor_id, tenant_id):
         """Remove flavor access from the specified tenant."""
-        doc = Document()
-        server = Element("removeTenantAccess")
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        server = xml_utils.Element("removeTenantAccess")
         doc.append(server)
         server.add_attr("tenant", tenant_id)
         resp, body = self.post('flavors/%s/action' % str(flavor_id), str(doc))
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/floating_ips_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/floating_ips_client.py
index be54753..fa4aa07 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/floating_ips_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/floating_ips_client.py
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 import urllib
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -37,11 +34,11 @@
     def _parse_array(self, node):
         array = []
         for child in node.getchildren():
-            array.append(xml_to_json(child))
+            array.append(xml_utils.xml_to_json(child))
         return array
 
     def _parse_floating_ip(self, body):
-        json = xml_to_json(body)
+        json = xml_utils.xml_to_json(body)
         return json
 
     def list_floating_ips(self, params=None):
@@ -67,9 +64,9 @@
         """Allocate a floating IP to the project."""
         url = 'os-floating-ips'
         if pool_name:
-            doc = Document()
-            pool = Element("pool")
-            pool.append(Text(pool_name))
+            doc = xml_utils.Document()
+            pool = xml_utils.Element("pool")
+            pool.append(xml_utils.Text(pool_name))
             doc.append(pool)
             resp, body = self.post(url, str(doc))
         else:
@@ -86,8 +83,8 @@
     def associate_floating_ip_to_server(self, floating_ip, server_id):
         """Associate the provided floating IP to a specific server."""
         url = "servers/%s/action" % str(server_id)
-        doc = Document()
-        server = Element("addFloatingIp")
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        server = xml_utils.Element("addFloatingIp")
         doc.append(server)
         server.add_attr("address", floating_ip)
         resp, body = self.post(url, str(doc))
@@ -96,8 +93,8 @@
     def disassociate_floating_ip_from_server(self, floating_ip, server_id):
         """Disassociate the provided floating IP from a specific server."""
         url = "servers/%s/action" % str(server_id)
-        doc = Document()
-        server = Element("removeFloatingIp")
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        server = xml_utils.Element("removeFloatingIp")
         doc.append(server)
         server.add_attr("address", floating_ip)
         resp, body = self.post(url, str(doc))
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/hosts_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/hosts_client.py
index b74cd04..23a7dd6 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/hosts_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/hosts_client.py
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 
 from lxml import etree
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
 
     def show_host_detail(self, hostname):
@@ -48,20 +46,20 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s" % str(hostname))
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(node)]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(node)]
         return resp, body
 
     def update_host(self, hostname, **kwargs):
         """Update a host."""
 
-        request_body = Element("updates")
+        request_body = xml_utils.Element("updates")
         if kwargs:
             for k, v in kwargs.iteritems():
-                request_body.append(Element(k, v))
+                request_body.append(xml_utils.Element(k, v))
         resp, body = self.put("os-hosts/%s" % str(hostname),
-                              str(Document(request_body)))
+                              str(xml_utils.Document(request_body)))
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
 
     def startup_host(self, hostname):
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s/startup" % str(hostname))
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
 
     def shutdown_host(self, hostname):
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s/shutdown" % str(hostname))
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
 
     def reboot_host(self, hostname):
@@ -85,5 +83,5 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get("os-hosts/%s/reboot" % str(hostname))
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/hypervisor_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/hypervisor_client.py
index ecd7541..1452708 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/hypervisor_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/hypervisor_client.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         self.service = CONF.compute.catalog_type
 
     def _parse_array(self, node):
-        return [xml_to_json(x) for x in node]
+        return [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node]
 
     def get_hypervisor_list(self):
         """List hypervisors information."""
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     def get_hypervisor_show_details(self, hyper_id):
         """Display the details of the specified hypervisor."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-hypervisors/%s' % hyper_id)
-        hypervisor = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        hypervisor = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, hypervisor
 
     def get_hypervisor_servers(self, hyper_name):
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@
     def get_hypervisor_stats(self):
         """Get hypervisor statistics over all compute nodes."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-hypervisors/statistics')
-        stats = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        stats = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, stats
 
     def get_hypervisor_uptime(self, hyper_id):
         """Display the uptime of the specified hypervisor."""
         resp, body = self.get('os-hypervisors/%s/uptime' % hyper_id)
-        uptime = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        uptime = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, uptime
 
     def search_hypervisor(self, hyper_name):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py
index 9d529be..6b15404 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py
@@ -19,13 +19,9 @@
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest.common import waiters
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -40,24 +36,24 @@
         self.build_timeout = CONF.compute.build_timeout
 
     def _parse_server(self, node):
-        data = xml_to_json(node)
+        data = xml_utils.xml_to_json(node)
         return self._parse_links(node, data)
 
     def _parse_image(self, node):
         """Parses detailed XML image information into dictionary."""
-        data = xml_to_json(node)
+        data = xml_utils.xml_to_json(node)
 
         self._parse_links(node, data)
 
         # parse all metadata
         if 'metadata' in data:
-            tag = node.find('{%s}metadata' % XMLNS_11)
+            tag = node.find('{%s}metadata' % xml_utils.XMLNS_11)
             data['metadata'] = dict((x.get('key'), x.text)
                                     for x in tag.getchildren())
 
         # parse server information
         if 'server' in data:
-            tag = node.find('{%s}server' % XMLNS_11)
+            tag = node.find('{%s}server' % xml_utils.XMLNS_11)
             data['server'] = self._parse_server(tag)
         return data
 
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@
         if 'link' in data:
             # remove single link element
             del data['link']
-            data['links'] = [xml_to_json(x) for x in
+            data['links'] = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in
                              node.findall('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}link')]
         return data
 
@@ -93,17 +89,17 @@
 
     def create_image(self, server_id, name, meta=None):
         """Creates an image of the original server."""
-        post_body = Element('createImage', name=name)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element('createImage', name=name)
 
         if meta:
-            metadata = Element('metadata')
+            metadata = xml_utils.Element('metadata')
             post_body.append(metadata)
             for k, v in meta.items():
-                data = Element('meta', key=k)
-                data.append(Text(v))
+                data = xml_utils.Element('meta', key=k)
+                data.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
                 metadata.append(data)
         resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/action' % str(server_id),
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         return resp, body
 
     def list_images(self, params=None):
@@ -144,10 +140,10 @@
         waiters.wait_for_image_status(self, image_id, status)
 
     def _metadata_body(self, meta):
-        post_body = Element('metadata')
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element('metadata')
         for k, v in meta.items():
-            data = Element('meta', key=k)
-            data.append(Text(v))
+            data = xml_utils.Element('meta', key=k)
+            data.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
             post_body.append(data)
         return post_body
 
@@ -161,7 +157,7 @@
         """Sets the metadata for an image."""
         post_body = self._metadata_body(meta)
         resp, body = self.put('images/%s/metadata' % image_id,
-                              str(Document(post_body)))
+                              str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         body = self._parse_key_value(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
@@ -169,7 +165,7 @@
         """Updates the metadata for an image."""
         post_body = self._metadata_body(meta)
         resp, body = self.post('images/%s/metadata' % str(image_id),
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         body = self._parse_key_value(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
@@ -183,19 +179,19 @@
     def set_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key, meta):
         """Sets the value for a specific image metadata key."""
         for k, v in meta.items():
-            post_body = Element('meta', key=key)
-            post_body.append(Text(v))
+            post_body = xml_utils.Element('meta', key=key)
+            post_body.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
         resp, body = self.put('images/%s/metadata/%s' % (str(image_id), key),
-                              str(Document(post_body)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+                              str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def update_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key, meta):
         """Sets the value for a specific image metadata key."""
-        post_body = Document('meta', Text(meta), key=key)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Document('meta', xml_utils.Text(meta), key=key)
         resp, body = self.put('images/%s/metadata/%s' % (str(image_id), key),
                               post_body)
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body['meta']
 
     def delete_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/instance_usage_audit_log_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/instance_usage_audit_log_client.py
index 1cd8c07..b139db1 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/instance_usage_audit_log_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/instance_usage_audit_log_client.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
     def list_instance_usage_audit_logs(self):
         url = 'os-instance_usage_audit_log'
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        instance_usage_audit_logs = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        instance_usage_audit_logs = xml_utils.xml_to_json(
+            etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, instance_usage_audit_logs
 
     def get_instance_usage_audit_log(self, time_before):
         url = 'os-instance_usage_audit_log/%s' % time_before
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        instance_usage_audit_log = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        instance_usage_audit_log = xml_utils.xml_to_json(
+            etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, instance_usage_audit_log
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/interfaces_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/interfaces_client.py
index 8d4bfcc..e30a97c 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/interfaces_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/interfaces_client.py
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -37,9 +33,9 @@
         self.service = CONF.compute.catalog_type
 
     def _process_xml_interface(self, node):
-        iface = xml_to_json(node)
+        iface = xml_utils.xml_to_json(node)
         # NOTE(danms): if multiple addresses per interface is ever required,
-        # xml_to_json will need to be fixed or replaced in this case
+        # xml_utils.xml_to_json will need to be fixed or replaced in this case
         iface['fixed_ips'] = [dict(iface['fixed_ips']['fixed_ip'].items())]
         return iface
 
@@ -52,21 +48,21 @@
 
     def create_interface(self, server, port_id=None, network_id=None,
                          fixed_ip=None):
-        doc = Document()
-        iface = Element('interfaceAttachment')
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        iface = xml_utils.Element('interfaceAttachment')
         if port_id:
-            _port_id = Element('port_id')
-            _port_id.append(Text(port_id))
+            _port_id = xml_utils.Element('port_id')
+            _port_id.append(xml_utils.Text(port_id))
             iface.append(_port_id)
         if network_id:
-            _network_id = Element('net_id')
-            _network_id.append(Text(network_id))
+            _network_id = xml_utils.Element('net_id')
+            _network_id.append(xml_utils.Text(network_id))
             iface.append(_network_id)
         if fixed_ip:
-            _fixed_ips = Element('fixed_ips')
-            _fixed_ip = Element('fixed_ip')
-            _ip_address = Element('ip_address')
-            _ip_address.append(Text(fixed_ip))
+            _fixed_ips = xml_utils.Element('fixed_ips')
+            _fixed_ip = xml_utils.Element('fixed_ip')
+            _ip_address = xml_utils.Element('ip_address')
+            _ip_address.append(xml_utils.Text(fixed_ip))
             _fixed_ip.append(_ip_address)
             _fixed_ips.append(_fixed_ip)
             iface.append(_fixed_ips)
@@ -108,18 +104,18 @@
 
     def add_fixed_ip(self, server_id, network_id):
         """Add a fixed IP to input server instance."""
-        post_body = Element("addFixedIp",
-                            xmlns=XMLNS_11,
-                            networkId=network_id)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("addFixedIp",
+                                      xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11,
+                                      networkId=network_id)
         resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/action' % str(server_id),
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         return resp, body
 
     def remove_fixed_ip(self, server_id, ip_address):
         """Remove input fixed IP from input server instance."""
-        post_body = Element("removeFixedIp",
-                            xmlns=XMLNS_11,
-                            address=ip_address)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("removeFixedIp",
+                                      xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11,
+                                      address=ip_address)
         resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/action' % str(server_id),
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         return resp, body
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/keypairs_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/keypairs_client.py
index fb498c0..8ff37ac 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/keypairs_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/keypairs_client.py
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -36,34 +33,35 @@
     def list_keypairs(self):
         resp, body = self.get("os-keypairs")
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [{'keypair': xml_to_json(x)} for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [{'keypair': xml_utils.xml_to_json(x)} for x in
+                node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
 
     def get_keypair(self, key_name):
         resp, body = self.get("os-keypairs/%s" % str(key_name))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def create_keypair(self, name, pub_key=None):
-        doc = Document()
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
 
-        keypair_element = Element("keypair")
+        keypair_element = xml_utils.Element("keypair")
 
         if pub_key:
-            public_key_element = Element("public_key")
-            public_key_text = Text(pub_key)
+            public_key_element = xml_utils.Element("public_key")
+            public_key_text = xml_utils.Text(pub_key)
             public_key_element.append(public_key_text)
             keypair_element.append(public_key_element)
 
-        name_element = Element("name")
-        name_text = Text(name)
+        name_element = xml_utils.Element("name")
+        name_text = xml_utils.Text(name)
         name_element.append(name_text)
         keypair_element.append(name_element)
 
         doc.append(keypair_element)
 
         resp, body = self.post("os-keypairs", body=str(doc))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def delete_keypair(self, key_name):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/quotas_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/quotas_client.py
index 911c476..8a521ab 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/quotas_client.py
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@
         if user_id:
             url += '?user_id=%s' % str(user_id)
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         body = self._format_quota(body)
         return resp, body
 
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@
 
         url = 'os-quota-sets/%s/defaults' % str(tenant_id)
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         body = self._format_quota(body)
         return resp, body
 
@@ -74,8 +71,8 @@
         """
         Updates the tenant's quota limits for one or more resources
         """
-        post_body = Element("quota_set",
-                            xmlns=XMLNS_11)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("quota_set",
+                                      xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11)
 
         if force is not None:
             post_body.add_attr('force', force)
@@ -119,8 +116,8 @@
             post_body.add_attr('security_groups', security_groups)
 
         resp, body = self.put('os-quota-sets/%s' % str(tenant_id),
-                              str(Document(post_body)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+                              str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         body = self._format_quota(body)
         return resp, body
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/security_groups_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/security_groups_client.py
index d53e8da..9eccb90 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/security_groups_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/security_groups_client.py
@@ -17,13 +17,9 @@
 import urllib
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -38,11 +34,11 @@
     def _parse_array(self, node):
         array = []
         for child in node.getchildren():
-            array.append(xml_to_json(child))
+            array.append(xml_utils.xml_to_json(child))
         return array
 
     def _parse_body(self, body):
-        json = xml_to_json(body)
+        json = xml_utils.xml_to_json(body)
         return json
 
     def list_security_groups(self, params=None):
@@ -69,12 +65,12 @@
         name (Required): Name of security group.
         description (Required): Description of security group.
         """
-        security_group = Element("security_group", name=name)
-        des = Element("description")
-        des.append(Text(content=description))
+        security_group = xml_utils.Element("security_group", name=name)
+        des = xml_utils.Element("description")
+        des.append(xml_utils.Text(content=description))
         security_group.append(des)
         resp, body = self.post('os-security-groups',
-                               str(Document(security_group)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(security_group)))
         body = self._parse_body(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
@@ -86,18 +82,18 @@
         name: new name of security group
         description: new description of security group
         """
-        security_group = Element("security_group")
+        security_group = xml_utils.Element("security_group")
         if name:
-            sg_name = Element("name")
-            sg_name.append(Text(content=name))
+            sg_name = xml_utils.Element("name")
+            sg_name.append(xml_utils.Text(content=name))
             security_group.append(sg_name)
         if description:
-            des = Element("description")
-            des.append(Text(content=description))
+            des = xml_utils.Element("description")
+            des.append(xml_utils.Text(content=description))
             security_group.append(des)
         resp, body = self.put('os-security-groups/%s' %
                               str(security_group_id),
-                              str(Document(security_group)))
+                              str(xml_utils.Document(security_group)))
         body = self._parse_body(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@
         cidr     : CIDR for address range.
         group_id : ID of the Source group
         """
-        group_rule = Element("security_group_rule")
+        group_rule = xml_utils.Element("security_group_rule")
 
         elements = dict()
         elements['cidr'] = kwargs.get('cidr')
@@ -129,12 +125,12 @@
 
         for k, v in elements.items():
             if v is not None:
-                element = Element(k)
-                element.append(Text(content=str(v)))
+                element = xml_utils.Element(k)
+                element.append(xml_utils.Text(content=str(v)))
                 group_rule.append(element)
 
         url = 'os-security-group-rules'
-        resp, body = self.post(url, str(Document(group_rule)))
+        resp, body = self.post(url, str(xml_utils.Document(group_rule)))
         body = self._parse_body(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
@@ -151,8 +147,8 @@
         secgroups = body.getchildren()
         for secgroup in secgroups:
             if secgroup.get('id') == security_group_id:
-                node = secgroup.find('{%s}rules' % XMLNS_11)
-                rules = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+                node = secgroup.find('{%s}rules' % xml_utils.XMLNS_11)
+                rules = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
                 return resp, rules
         raise exceptions.NotFound('No such Security Group')
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/servers_client.py
index 7a2a071..37de147 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/servers_client.py
@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest.common import waiters
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -60,12 +56,13 @@
 
 def _translate_network_xml_to_json(network):
     return [_translate_ip_xml_json(ip.attrib)
-            for ip in network.findall('{%s}ip' % XMLNS_11)]
+            for ip in network.findall('{%s}ip' % xml_utils.XMLNS_11)]
 
 
 def _translate_addresses_xml_to_json(xml_addresses):
     return dict((network.attrib['id'], _translate_network_xml_to_json(network))
-                for network in xml_addresses.findall('{%s}network' % XMLNS_11))
+                for network in xml_addresses.findall('{%s}network' %
+                                                     xml_utils.XMLNS_11))
 
 
 def _translate_server_xml_to_json(xml_dom):
@@ -97,16 +94,16 @@
                                         'version': 6}],
                    'foo_novanetwork': [{'addr': '192.168.0.4', 'version': 4}]}}
     """
-    nsmap = {'api': XMLNS_11}
+    nsmap = {'api': xml_utils.XMLNS_11}
     addresses = xml_dom.xpath('/api:server/api:addresses', namespaces=nsmap)
     if addresses:
         if len(addresses) > 1:
             raise ValueError('Expected only single `addresses` element.')
         json_addresses = _translate_addresses_xml_to_json(addresses[0])
-        json = xml_to_json(xml_dom)
+        json = xml_utils.xml_to_json(xml_dom)
         json['addresses'] = json_addresses
     else:
-        json = xml_to_json(xml_dom)
+        json = xml_utils.xml_to_json(xml_dom)
     diskConfig = ('{http://docs.openstack.org'
                   '/compute/ext/disk_config/api/v1.1}diskConfig')
     terminated_at = ('{http://docs.openstack.org/'
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@
         del json['link']
         json['links'] = []
         for linknode in node.findall('{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}link'):
-            json['links'].append(xml_to_json(linknode))
+            json['links'].append(xml_utils.xml_to_json(linknode))
 
     def _parse_server(self, body):
         json = _translate_server_xml_to_json(body)
@@ -165,7 +162,7 @@
         if 'metadata' in json and json['metadata']:
             # NOTE(danms): if there was metadata, we need to re-parse
             # that as a special type
-            metadata_tag = body.find('{%s}metadata' % XMLNS_11)
+            metadata_tag = body.find('{%s}metadata' % xml_utils.XMLNS_11)
             json["metadata"] = self._parse_key_value(metadata_tag)
         if 'link' in json:
             self._parse_links(body, json)
@@ -242,7 +239,7 @@
     def _parse_array(self, node):
         array = []
         for child in node.getchildren():
-            array.append(xml_to_json(child))
+            array.append(xml_utils.xml_to_json(child))
         return array
 
     def list_servers(self, params=None):
@@ -265,8 +262,8 @@
 
     def update_server(self, server_id, name=None, meta=None, accessIPv4=None,
                       accessIPv6=None, disk_config=None):
-        doc = Document()
-        server = Element("server")
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        server = xml_utils.Element("server")
         doc.append(server)
 
         if name is not None:
@@ -280,15 +277,15 @@
                             "compute/ext/disk_config/api/v1.1")
             server.add_attr("OS-DCF:diskConfig", disk_config)
         if meta is not None:
-            metadata = Element("metadata")
+            metadata = xml_utils.Element("metadata")
             server.append(metadata)
             for k, v in meta:
-                meta = Element("meta", key=k)
-                meta.append(Text(v))
+                meta = xml_utils.Element("meta", key=k)
+                meta.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
                 metadata.append(meta)
 
         resp, body = self.put('servers/%s' % str(server_id), str(doc))
-        return resp, xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        return resp, xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
 
     def create_server(self, name, image_ref, flavor_ref, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -312,11 +309,11 @@
         max_count: Count of maximum number of instances to launch.
         disk_config: Determines if user or admin controls disk configuration.
         """
-        server = Element("server",
-                         xmlns=XMLNS_11,
-                         imageRef=image_ref,
-                         flavorRef=flavor_ref,
-                         name=name)
+        server = xml_utils.Element("server",
+                                   xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11,
+                                   imageRef=image_ref,
+                                   flavorRef=flavor_ref,
+                                   name=name)
 
         for attr in ["adminPass", "accessIPv4", "accessIPv6", "key_name",
                      "user_data", "availability_zone", "min_count",
@@ -330,46 +327,46 @@
             server.add_attr('OS-DCF:diskConfig', kwargs['disk_config'])
 
         if 'security_groups' in kwargs:
-            secgroups = Element("security_groups")
+            secgroups = xml_utils.Element("security_groups")
             server.append(secgroups)
             for secgroup in kwargs['security_groups']:
-                s = Element("security_group", name=secgroup['name'])
+                s = xml_utils.Element("security_group", name=secgroup['name'])
                 secgroups.append(s)
 
         if 'networks' in kwargs:
-            networks = Element("networks")
+            networks = xml_utils.Element("networks")
             server.append(networks)
             for network in kwargs['networks']:
-                s = Element("network", uuid=network['uuid'],
-                            fixed_ip=network['fixed_ip'])
+                s = xml_utils.Element("network", uuid=network['uuid'],
+                                      fixed_ip=network['fixed_ip'])
                 networks.append(s)
 
         if 'meta' in kwargs:
-            metadata = Element("metadata")
+            metadata = xml_utils.Element("metadata")
             server.append(metadata)
             for k, v in kwargs['meta'].items():
-                meta = Element("meta", key=k)
-                meta.append(Text(v))
+                meta = xml_utils.Element("meta", key=k)
+                meta.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
                 metadata.append(meta)
 
         if 'personality' in kwargs:
-            personality = Element('personality')
+            personality = xml_utils.Element('personality')
             server.append(personality)
             for k in kwargs['personality']:
-                temp = Element('file', path=k['path'])
-                temp.append(Text(k['contents']))
+                temp = xml_utils.Element('file', path=k['path'])
+                temp.append(xml_utils.Text(k['contents']))
                 personality.append(temp)
 
         if 'sched_hints' in kwargs:
             sched_hints = kwargs.get('sched_hints')
-            hints = Element("os:scheduler_hints")
-            hints.add_attr('xmlns:os', XMLNS_11)
+            hints = xml_utils.Element("os:scheduler_hints")
+            hints.add_attr('xmlns:os', xml_utils.XMLNS_11)
             for attr in sched_hints:
-                p1 = Element(attr)
+                p1 = xml_utils.Element(attr)
                 p1.append(sched_hints[attr])
                 hints.append(p1)
             server.append(hints)
-        resp, body = self.post('servers', str(Document(server)))
+        resp, body = self.post('servers', str(xml_utils.Document(server)))
         server = self._parse_server(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, server
 
@@ -427,11 +424,11 @@
 
     def action(self, server_id, action_name, response_key, **kwargs):
         if 'xmlns' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['xmlns'] = XMLNS_11
-        doc = Document((Element(action_name, **kwargs)))
+            kwargs['xmlns'] = xml_utils.XMLNS_11
+        doc = xml_utils.Document((xml_utils.Element(action_name, **kwargs)))
         resp, body = self.post("servers/%s/action" % server_id, str(doc))
         if response_key is not None:
-            body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+            body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def create_backup(self, server_id, backup_type, rotation, name):
@@ -447,7 +444,7 @@
 
     def get_password(self, server_id):
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/os-server-password" % str(server_id))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def delete_password(self, server_id):
@@ -470,24 +467,23 @@
                                      "compute/ext/disk_config/api/v1.1"
             kwargs['xmlns:atom'] = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
         if 'xmlns' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['xmlns'] = XMLNS_11
+            kwargs['xmlns'] = xml_utils.XMLNS_11
 
         attrs = kwargs.copy()
         if 'metadata' in attrs:
             del attrs['metadata']
-        rebuild = Element("rebuild",
-                          **attrs)
+        rebuild = xml_utils.Element("rebuild", **attrs)
 
         if 'metadata' in kwargs:
-            metadata = Element("metadata")
+            metadata = xml_utils.Element("metadata")
             rebuild.append(metadata)
             for k, v in kwargs['metadata'].items():
-                meta = Element("meta", key=k)
-                meta.append(Text(v))
+                meta = xml_utils.Element("meta", key=k)
+                meta.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
                 metadata.append(meta)
 
         resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/action' % server_id,
-                               str(Document(rebuild)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(rebuild)))
         server = self._parse_server(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, server
 
@@ -525,14 +521,14 @@
     def live_migrate_server(self, server_id, dest_host, use_block_migration):
         """This should be called with administrator privileges ."""
 
-        req_body = Element("os-migrateLive",
-                           xmlns=XMLNS_11,
-                           disk_over_commit=False,
-                           block_migration=use_block_migration,
-                           host=dest_host)
+        req_body = xml_utils.Element("os-migrateLive",
+                                     xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11,
+                                     disk_over_commit=False,
+                                     block_migration=use_block_migration,
+                                     host=dest_host)
 
         resp, body = self.post("servers/%s/action" % str(server_id),
-                               str(Document(req_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(req_body)))
         return resp, body
 
     def list_server_metadata(self, server_id):
@@ -541,44 +537,44 @@
         return resp, body
 
     def set_server_metadata(self, server_id, meta, no_metadata_field=False):
-        doc = Document()
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
         if not no_metadata_field:
-            metadata = Element("metadata")
+            metadata = xml_utils.Element("metadata")
             doc.append(metadata)
             for k, v in meta.items():
-                meta_element = Element("meta", key=k)
-                meta_element.append(Text(v))
+                meta_element = xml_utils.Element("meta", key=k)
+                meta_element.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
                 metadata.append(meta_element)
         resp, body = self.put('servers/%s/metadata' % str(server_id), str(doc))
-        return resp, xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        return resp, xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
 
     def update_server_metadata(self, server_id, meta):
-        doc = Document()
-        metadata = Element("metadata")
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
+        metadata = xml_utils.Element("metadata")
         doc.append(metadata)
         for k, v in meta.items():
-            meta_element = Element("meta", key=k)
-            meta_element.append(Text(v))
+            meta_element = xml_utils.Element("meta", key=k)
+            meta_element.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
             metadata.append(meta_element)
         resp, body = self.post("/servers/%s/metadata" % str(server_id),
                                str(doc))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def get_server_metadata_item(self, server_id, key):
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/metadata/%s" % (str(server_id), key))
         return resp, dict([(etree.fromstring(body).attrib['key'],
-                            xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body)))])
+                            xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body)))])
 
     def set_server_metadata_item(self, server_id, key, meta):
-        doc = Document()
+        doc = xml_utils.Document()
         for k, v in meta.items():
-            meta_element = Element("meta", key=k)
-            meta_element.append(Text(v))
+            meta_element = xml_utils.Element("meta", key=k)
+            meta_element.append(xml_utils.Text(v))
             doc.append(meta_element)
         resp, body = self.put('servers/%s/metadata/%s' % (str(server_id), key),
                               str(doc))
-        return resp, xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        return resp, xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
 
     def delete_server_metadata_item(self, server_id, key):
         resp, body = self.delete("servers/%s/metadata/%s" %
@@ -607,10 +603,10 @@
         return self.action(server_id, 'unrescue', None)
 
     def attach_volume(self, server_id, volume_id, device='/dev/vdz'):
-        post_body = Element("volumeAttachment", volumeId=volume_id,
-                            device=device)
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("volumeAttachment", volumeId=volume_id,
+                                      device=device)
         resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/os-volume_attachments' % server_id,
-                               str(Document(post_body)))
+                               str(xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
         return resp, body
 
     def detach_volume(self, server_id, volume_id):
@@ -623,7 +619,7 @@
     def get_server_diagnostics(self, server_id):
         """Get the usage data for a server."""
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/diagnostics" % server_id)
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def list_instance_actions(self, server_id):
@@ -636,7 +632,7 @@
         """Returns the action details of the provided server."""
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/os-instance-actions/%s" %
                               (server_id, request_id))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def force_delete_server(self, server_id, **kwargs):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/services_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/services_client.py
index d7b8a60..e1e78d0 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/services_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/services_client.py
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         node = etree.fromstring(body)
-        body = [xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
+        body = [xml_utils.xml_to_json(x) for x in node.getchildren()]
         return resp, body
 
     def enable_service(self, host_name, binary):
@@ -50,12 +48,13 @@
         host_name: Name of host
         binary: Service binary
         """
-        post_body = Element("service")
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("service")
         post_body.add_attr('binary', binary)
         post_body.add_attr('host', host_name)
 
-        resp, body = self.put('os-services/enable', str(Document(post_body)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        resp, body = self.put('os-services/enable', str(
+            xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def disable_service(self, host_name, binary):
@@ -64,10 +63,11 @@
         host_name: Name of host
         binary: Service binary
         """
-        post_body = Element("service")
+        post_body = xml_utils.Element("service")
         post_body.add_attr('binary', binary)
         post_body.add_attr('host', host_name)
 
-        resp, body = self.put('os-services/disable', str(Document(post_body)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        resp, body = self.put('os-services/disable', str(
+            xml_utils.Document(post_body)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/tenant_usages_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/tenant_usages_client.py
index 79f0ac9..0b19f63 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/tenant_usages_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/tenant_usages_client.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         self.service = CONF.compute.catalog_type
 
     def _parse_array(self, node):
-        json = xml_to_json(node)
+        json = xml_utils.xml_to_json(node)
         return json
 
     def list_tenant_usages(self, params=None):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py
index 570b715..e9c5035 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py
@@ -19,13 +19,9 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Text
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
-from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import XMLNS_11
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@
                 vol['metadata'] = dict((meta.get('key'),
                                         meta.text) for meta in list(child))
             else:
-                vol[tag] = xml_to_json(child)
+                vol[tag] = xml_utils.xml_to_json(child)
         return vol
 
     def list_volumes(self, params=None):
@@ -96,23 +92,23 @@
         :param display_name: Optional Volume Name.
         :param metadata: An optional dictionary of values for metadata.
         """
-        volume = Element("volume",
-                         xmlns=XMLNS_11,
-                         size=size)
+        volume = xml_utils.Element("volume",
+                                   xmlns=xml_utils.XMLNS_11,
+                                   size=size)
         if display_name:
             volume.add_attr('display_name', display_name)
 
         if metadata:
-            _metadata = Element('metadata')
+            _metadata = xml_utils.Element('metadata')
             volume.append(_metadata)
             for key, value in metadata.items():
-                meta = Element('meta')
+                meta = xml_utils.Element('meta')
                 meta.add_attr('key', key)
-                meta.append(Text(value))
+                meta.append(xml_utils.Text(value))
                 _metadata.append(meta)
 
-        resp, body = self.post('os-volumes', str(Document(volume)))
-        body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
+        resp, body = self.post('os-volumes', str(xml_utils.Document(volume)))
+        body = xml_utils.xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body
 
     def delete_volume(self, volume_id):
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/credentials_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/credentials_client.py
index 70f85a1..3c44188 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/credentials_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/credentials_client.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py
index a1f9811..93dc3dc 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 from tempest.common import http
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/identity_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/identity_client.py
index 8f42924..ffeb979 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/identity_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/identity_client.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/policy_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/policy_client.py
index bf4cce7..e903089 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/policy_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/policy_client.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 from tempest.common import http
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/service_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/service_client.py
index 966d7f7..37ed892 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/service_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/service_client.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/xml/identity_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/xml/identity_client.py
index c5bf310..faadc13 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/xml/identity_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/xml/identity_client.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as xml
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common as xml
 from tempest.services.identity.json import identity_client
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py b/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py
index 68bc424..26dc672 100644
--- a/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest.services.network import network_client_base as client_base
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/telemetry/xml/telemetry_client.py b/tempest/services/telemetry/xml/telemetry_client.py
index 673f98e..3bee8bf 100644
--- a/tempest/services/telemetry/xml/telemetry_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/telemetry/xml/telemetry_client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 import tempest.services.telemetry.telemetry_client_base as client
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/v2/xml/volumes_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/v2/xml/volumes_client.py
index 0b8f47c..e735a65 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/v2/xml/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/v2/xml/volumes_client.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_hosts_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_hosts_client.py
index e34b9f0..967c7c2 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_hosts_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_hosts_client.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
index d2eac34..710fb3a 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_quotas_client.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 from ast import literal_eval
 from lxml import etree
 
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as xml
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common as xml
 from tempest.services.volume.json.admin import volume_quotas_client
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_types_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_types_client.py
index 1fa3e73..90897ee 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_types_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/admin/volume_types_client.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/extensions_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/extensions_client.py
index 4861733..2986fcd 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/extensions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/extensions_client.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py
index 9ad86d2..4b1ba25 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/snapshots_client.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 from lxml import etree
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py
index 8e886ce..6866dad 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 from xml.sax import saxutils
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
diff --git a/tempest/tests/fake_config.py b/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
index 8a8ebb0..4676cbd 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
@@ -12,16 +12,21 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import os
+
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.openstack.common.fixture import config as conf_fixture
+from tempest.openstack.common import importutils
 
 
 class ConfigFixture(conf_fixture.Config):
 
     def __init__(self):
         config.register_opts()
+        # Register locking options
+        importutils.import_module('tempest.openstack.common.lockutils')
         super(ConfigFixture, self).__init__()
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -36,6 +41,10 @@
                               group='identity')
         self.conf.set_default('neutron', True, group='service_available')
         self.conf.set_default('heat', True, group='service_available')
+        if not os.path.exists(str(os.environ.get('OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH'))):
+            os.mkdir(str(os.environ.get('OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH')))
+        self.conf.set_default('lock_path',
+                              str(os.environ.get('OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH')))
 
 
 class FakePrivate(config.TempestConfigPrivate):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py b/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py
index bfa6a10..1561931 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 from lxml import etree
 
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as common
 from tempest.tests import base
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py b/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py
index 0677aa0..b54b0c2 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 import json
 
 from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest.common import xml_utils as xml
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.openstack.common.fixture import mockpatch
-from tempest.services.compute.xml import common as xml
 from tempest.tests import base
 from tempest.tests import fake_auth_provider
 from tempest.tests import fake_config
diff --git a/tools/check_logs.py b/tools/check_logs.py
index e28c230..b5b1780 100755
--- a/tools/check_logs.py
+++ b/tools/check_logs.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     'ceilometer-alarm-evaluator',
     'ceilometer-anotification',
     'ceilometer-api',
+    'ceilometer-collector',
     'c-vol',
     'g-api',
     'h-api',
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
                     break
             if not whitelisted or dump_all_errors:
                 if print_log_name:
-                    print("Log File Has Errors: %s" % name)
+                    print("\nLog File Has Errors: %s" % name)
                     print_log_name = False
                 if not whitelisted:
                     had_errors = True
diff --git a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
index 45c8629..528bd5b 100755
--- a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
+++ b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
-CFGFILE=tempest.conf.sample
-tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p tempest -o $TEMPDIR
-if ! diff $TEMPDIR/$CFGFILE etc/$CFGFILE
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PROJECT_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME:-tempest}
+CFGFILE_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample
+
+if [ -e etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
+    CFGFILE=etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME}
+elif [ -e etc/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
+    CFGFILE=etc/${CFGFILE_NAME}
+else
+    echo "${0##*/}: can not find config file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/${PROJECT_NAME}.XXXXXX`
+trap "rm -rf $TEMPDIR" EXIT
+
+tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p ${PROJECT_NAME} -o ${TEMPDIR}
+
+if ! diff -u ${TEMPDIR}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ${CFGFILE}
 then
-    echo "E: tempest.conf.sample is not up to date, please run:"
-    echo "tools/generate_sample.sh"
-    exit 42
+   echo "${0##*/}: ${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample is not up to date."
+   echo "${0##*/}: Please run ${0%%${0##*/}}generate_sample.sh."
+   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
index 607fecb..20ddfbb 100755
--- a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
+++ b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     echo "Try \`${0##*/} --help' for more information." >&2
 }
 
-PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:o: \
-                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir: -- "$@")
+PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:m:l:o: \
+                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir:,module:,library: -- "$@")
 
 if [ $? != 0 ] ; then print_hint ; exit 1 ; fi
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
             echo "-b, --base-dir=DIR        project base directory"
             echo "-p, --package-name=NAME   project package name"
             echo "-o, --output-dir=DIR      file output directory"
+            echo "-m, --module=MOD          extra python module to interrogate for options"
+            echo "-l, --library=LIB         extra library that registers options for discovery"
             exit 0
             ;;
         -b|--base-dir)
@@ -38,6 +40,16 @@
             OUTPUTDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
             shift
             ;;
+        -m|--module)
+            shift
+            MODULES="$MODULES -m $1"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -l|--library)
+            shift
+            LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $1"
+            shift
+            ;;
         --)
             break
             ;;
@@ -53,7 +65,7 @@
     BASEDIR=$(cd "$BASEDIR" && pwd)
 fi
 
-PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-${BASEDIR##*/}}
+PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-$(python setup.py --name)}
 TARGETDIR=$BASEDIR/$PACKAGENAME
 if ! [ -d $TARGETDIR ]
 then
@@ -77,12 +89,20 @@
 FILES=$(find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.py" ! -path "*/tests/*" \
         -exec grep -l "Opt(" {} + | sed -e "s/^$BASEDIRESC\///g" | sort -u)
 
-EXTRA_MODULES_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
-if test -r "$EXTRA_MODULES_FILE"
+RC_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
+if test -r "$RC_FILE"
 then
-    source "$EXTRA_MODULES_FILE"
+    source "$RC_FILE"
 fi
 
+for mod in ${TEMPEST_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_MODULES}; do
+    MODULES="$MODULES -m $mod"
+done
+
+for lib in ${TEMPEST_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_LIBRARIES}; do
+    LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $lib"
+done
+
 export EVENTLET_NO_GREENDNS=yes
 
 OS_VARS=$(set | sed -n '/^OS_/s/=[^=]*$//gp' | xargs)
@@ -90,7 +110,7 @@
 DEFAULT_MODULEPATH=tempest.openstack.common.config.generator
 MODULEPATH=${MODULEPATH:-$DEFAULT_MODULEPATH}
 OUTPUTFILE=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME.conf.sample
-python -m $MODULEPATH $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE
+python -m $MODULEPATH $MODULES $LIBRARIES $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE
 
 # Hook to allow projects to append custom config file snippets
 CONCAT_FILES=$(ls $BASEDIR/tools/config/*.conf.sample 2>/dev/null)