diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55096ed..061c2ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 *.swo
 *.egg-info
 .tox
+dist
+build
diff --git a/bin/tempest b/bin/tempest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..87ba6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tempest
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function usage {
+  echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..."
+  echo "Run Tempest test suite"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -s, --smoke              Only run smoke tests"
+  echo "  -w, --whitebox           Only run whitebox tests"
+  echo "  -h, --help               Print this usage message"
+  echo "  -d. --debug              Debug this script -- set -o xtrace"
+  exit
+}
+
+function process_option {
+  case "$1" in
+    -h|--help) usage;;
+    -d|--debug) set -o xtrace;;
+    -s|--smoke) noseargs="$noseargs --attr=type=smoke";;
+    -w|--whitebox) noseargs="$noseargs --attr=type=whitebox";;
+    *) noseargs="$noseargs $1"
+  esac
+}
+
+noseargs=""
+
+export NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
+export NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
+export NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15.00
+export NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3.00
+export NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
+export NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  process_option $arg
+done
+
+
+# only add tempest default if we don't specify a test
+if [[ "x$noseargs" =~ "tempest" ]]; then
+  noseargs="$noseargs"
+else
+  noseargs="$noseargs tempest"
+fi
+
+
+function run_tests {
+  $NOSETESTS
+}
+
+NOSETESTS="nosetests $noseargs"
+
+run_tests || exit
diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index ed3cf6c..020baa1 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -210,12 +210,8 @@
 [object-storage]
 # This section contains configuration options used when executing tests
 # against the OpenStack Object Storage API.
-# This should be the username of a user WITHOUT administrative privileges
-username = admin
-# The above non-administrative user's password
-password = password
-# The above non-administrative user's tenant name
-tenant_name = admin
+
+# You can configure the credentials in the compute section
 
 # The type of endpoint for an Object Storage API service. Unless you have a
 # custom Keystone service catalog implementation, you probably want to leave
diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.tpl b/etc/tempest.conf.tpl
index 880a3c1..8ef5b84 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.tpl
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.tpl
@@ -181,11 +181,8 @@
 # This section contains configuration options used when executing tests
 # against the OpenStack Object Storage API.
 # This should be the username of a user WITHOUT administrative privileges
-username = %USERNAME%
-# The above non-administrative user's password
-password = %PASSWORD%
-# The above non-administrative user's tenant name
-tenant_name = %TENANT_NAME%
+
+# You can configure the credentials in the compute section
 
 # The type of endpoint for an Object Storage API service. Unless you have a
 # custom Keystone service catalog implementation, you probably want to leave
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index e359caf..059ac75 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 function usage {
   echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..."
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fceadba..2e046ea
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,34 +1,51 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# Copyright (c) 2012 OpenStack, LLC.
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# All Rights Reserved.
 #
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    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
+#         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.
+#    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 setuptools
 
-setuptools.setup(
-    name='tempest',
-    version="0.1",
-    description='The OpenStack Integration Test Suite',
-    license='Apache License (2.0)',
-    author='OpenStack',
-    author_email='openstack@lists.launchpad.net',
-    url='http://github.com/openstack/tempest/',
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-        'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
-        'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)',
-    ],
-    py_modules=[])
+from tempest.common import setup
+
+requires = setup.parse_requirements()
+depend_links = setup.parse_dependency_links()
+
+setuptools.setup(name='tempest',
+                 version="2012.2",
+                 description='Integration test tools',
+                 author='OpenStack',
+                 author_email='openstack-qa@lists.launchpad.net',
+                 url='http://www.openstack.org/',
+                 classifiers=['Environment :: OpenStack',
+                              'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
+                              'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
+                              'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+                              'License :: OSI Approved :'
+                              ': Apache Software License',
+                              'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
+                              'Programming Language :: Python',
+                              'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+                              'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7', ],
+                 cmdclass=setup.get_cmdclass(),
+                 packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['bin']),
+                 install_requires=requires,
+                 dependency_links=depend_links,
+                 include_package_data=True,
+                 test_suite='nose.collector',
+                 setup_requires=['setuptools_git>=0.4'],
+                 scripts=['bin/tempest'],
+                 py_modules=[])
diff --git a/tempest/common/setup.py b/tempest/common/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6f72f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/common/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack LLC.
+# 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.
+
+"""
+Utilities with minimum-depends for use in setup.py
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from setuptools.command import sdist
+
+
+def parse_mailmap(mailmap='.mailmap'):
+    mapping = {}
+    if os.path.exists(mailmap):
+        with open(mailmap, 'r') as fp:
+            for l in fp:
+                l = l.strip()
+                if not l.startswith('#') and ' ' in l:
+                    canonical_email, alias = [x for x in l.split(' ')
+                                              if x.startswith('<')]
+                    mapping[alias] = canonical_email
+    return mapping
+
+
+def canonicalize_emails(changelog, mapping):
+    """Takes in a string and an email alias mapping and replaces all
+       instances of the aliases in the string with their real email.
+    """
+    for alias, email in mapping.iteritems():
+        changelog = changelog.replace(alias, email)
+    return changelog
+
+
+# Get requirements from the first file that exists
+def get_reqs_from_files(requirements_files):
+    for requirements_file in requirements_files:
+        if os.path.exists(requirements_file):
+            with open(requirements_file, 'r') as fil:
+                return fil.read().split('\n')
+    return []
+
+
+def parse_requirements(requirements_files=['requirements.txt',
+                                           'tools/pip-requires']):
+    requirements = []
+    for line in get_reqs_from_files(requirements_files):
+        # For the requirements list, we need to inject only the portion
+        # after egg= so that distutils knows the package it's looking for
+        # such as:
+        # -e git://github.com/openstack/nova/master#egg=nova
+        if re.match(r'\s*-e\s+', line):
+            requirements.append(re.sub(r'\s*-e\s+.*#egg=(.*)$', r'\1',
+                                line))
+        # such as:
+        # http://github.com/openstack/nova/zipball/master#egg=nova
+        elif re.match(r'\s*https?:', line):
+            requirements.append(re.sub(r'\s*https?:.*#egg=(.*)$', r'\1',
+                                line))
+        # -f lines are for index locations, and don't get used here
+        elif re.match(r'\s*-f\s+', line):
+            pass
+        # argparse is part of the standard library starting with 2.7
+        # adding it to the requirements list screws distro installs
+        elif line == 'argparse' and sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+            pass
+        else:
+            requirements.append(line)
+
+    return requirements
+
+
+def parse_dependency_links(requirements_files=['requirements.txt',
+                                               'tools/pip-requires']):
+    dependency_links = []
+    # dependency_links inject alternate locations to find packages listed
+    # in requirements
+    for line in get_reqs_from_files(requirements_files):
+        # skip comments and blank lines
+        if re.match(r'(\s*#)|(\s*$)', line):
+            continue
+        # lines with -e or -f need the whole line, minus the flag
+        if re.match(r'\s*-[ef]\s+', line):
+            dependency_links.append(re.sub(r'\s*-[ef]\s+', '', line))
+        # lines that are only urls can go in unmolested
+        elif re.match(r'\s*https?:', line):
+            dependency_links.append(line)
+    return dependency_links
+
+
+def write_requirements():
+    venv = os.environ.get('VIRTUAL_ENV', None)
+    if venv is not None:
+        with open("requirements.txt", "w") as req_file:
+            output = subprocess.Popen(["pip", "-E", venv, "freeze", "-l"],
+                                      stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            requirements = output.communicate()[0].strip()
+            req_file.write(requirements)
+
+
+def _run_shell_command(cmd):
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        output = subprocess.Popen(["cmd.exe", "/C", cmd],
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    else:
+        output = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sh", "-c", cmd],
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    out = output.communicate()
+    if len(out) == 0:
+        return None
+    if len(out[0].strip()) == 0:
+        return None
+    return out[0].strip()
+
+
+def _get_git_next_version_suffix(branch_name):
+    datestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')
+    if branch_name == 'milestone-proposed':
+        revno_prefix = "r"
+    else:
+        revno_prefix = ""
+    _run_shell_command("git fetch origin +refs/meta/*:refs/remotes/meta/*")
+    milestone_cmd = "git show meta/openstack/release:%s" % branch_name
+    milestonever = _run_shell_command(milestone_cmd)
+    if milestonever:
+        first_half = "%s~%s" % (milestonever, datestamp)
+    else:
+        first_half = datestamp
+
+    post_version = _get_git_post_version()
+    # post version should look like:
+    # 0.1.1.4.gcc9e28a
+    # where the bit after the last . is the short sha, and the bit between
+    # the last and second to last is the revno count
+    (revno, sha) = post_version.split(".")[-2:]
+    second_half = "%s%s.%s" % (revno_prefix, revno, sha)
+    return ".".join((first_half, second_half))
+
+
+def _get_git_current_tag():
+    return _run_shell_command("git tag --contains HEAD")
+
+
+def _get_git_tag_info():
+    return _run_shell_command("git describe --tags")
+
+
+def _get_git_post_version():
+    current_tag = _get_git_current_tag()
+    if current_tag is not None:
+        return current_tag
+    else:
+        tag_info = _get_git_tag_info()
+        if tag_info is None:
+            base_version = "0.0"
+            cmd = "git --no-pager log --oneline"
+            out = _run_shell_command(cmd)
+            revno = len(out.split("\n"))
+            sha = _run_shell_command("git describe --always")
+        else:
+            tag_infos = tag_info.split("-")
+            base_version = "-".join(tag_infos[:-2])
+            (revno, sha) = tag_infos[-2:]
+        return "%s.%s.%s" % (base_version, revno, sha)
+
+
+def write_git_changelog():
+    """Write a changelog based on the git changelog."""
+    new_changelog = 'ChangeLog'
+    if not os.getenv('SKIP_WRITE_GIT_CHANGELOG'):
+        if os.path.isdir('.git'):
+            git_log_cmd = 'git log --stat'
+            changelog = _run_shell_command(git_log_cmd)
+            mailmap = parse_mailmap()
+            with open(new_changelog, "w") as changelog_file:
+                changelog_file.write(canonicalize_emails(changelog, mailmap))
+    else:
+        open(new_changelog, 'w').close()
+
+
+def generate_authors():
+    """Create AUTHORS file using git commits."""
+    jenkins_email = 'jenkins@review.(openstack|stackforge).org'
+    old_authors = 'AUTHORS.in'
+    new_authors = 'AUTHORS'
+    if not os.getenv('SKIP_GENERATE_AUTHORS'):
+        if os.path.isdir('.git'):
+            # don't include jenkins email address in AUTHORS file
+            git_log_cmd = ("git log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -u | "
+                           "egrep -v '" + jenkins_email + "'")
+            changelog = _run_shell_command(git_log_cmd)
+            mailmap = parse_mailmap()
+            with open(new_authors, 'w') as new_authors_fh:
+                new_authors_fh.write(canonicalize_emails(changelog, mailmap))
+                if os.path.exists(old_authors):
+                    with open(old_authors, "r") as old_authors_fh:
+                        new_authors_fh.write('\n' + old_authors_fh.read())
+    else:
+        open(new_authors, 'w').close()
+
+
+_rst_template = """%(heading)s
+%(underline)s
+
+.. automodule:: %(module)s
+  :members:
+  :undoc-members:
+  :show-inheritance:
+"""
+
+
+def read_versioninfo(project):
+    """Read the versioninfo file. If it doesn't exist, we're in a github
+       zipball, and there's really no way to know what version we really
+       are, but that should be ok, because the utility of that should be
+       just about nil if this code path is in use in the first place."""
+    versioninfo_path = os.path.join(project, 'versioninfo')
+    if os.path.exists(versioninfo_path):
+        with open(versioninfo_path, 'r') as vinfo:
+            version = vinfo.read().strip()
+    else:
+        version = "0.0.0"
+    return version
+
+
+def write_versioninfo(project, version):
+    """Write a simple file containing the version of the package."""
+    with open(os.path.join(project, 'versioninfo'), 'w') as fil:
+        fil.write("%s\n" % version)
+
+
+def get_cmdclass():
+    """Return dict of commands to run from setup.py."""
+
+    cmdclass = dict()
+
+    def _find_modules(arg, dirname, files):
+        for filename in files:
+            if filename.endswith('.py') and filename != '__init__.py':
+                arg["%s.%s" % (dirname.replace('/', '.'),
+                               filename[:-3])] = True
+
+    class LocalSDist(sdist.sdist):
+        """Builds the ChangeLog and Authors files from VC first."""
+
+        def run(self):
+            write_git_changelog()
+            generate_authors()
+            # sdist.sdist is an old style class, can't use super()
+            sdist.sdist.run(self)
+
+    cmdclass['sdist'] = LocalSDist
+
+    # If Sphinx is installed on the box running setup.py,
+    # enable setup.py to build the documentation, otherwise,
+    # just ignore it
+    try:
+        from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc
+
+        class LocalBuildDoc(BuildDoc):
+            def generate_autoindex(self):
+                print "**Autodocumenting from %s" % os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+                modules = {}
+                option_dict = self.distribution.get_option_dict('build_sphinx')
+                source_dir = os.path.join(option_dict['source_dir'][1], 'api')
+                if not os.path.exists(source_dir):
+                    os.makedirs(source_dir)
+                for pkg in self.distribution.packages:
+                    if '.' not in pkg:
+                        os.path.walk(pkg, _find_modules, modules)
+                module_list = modules.keys()
+                module_list.sort()
+                autoindex_filename = os.path.join(source_dir, 'autoindex.rst')
+                with open(autoindex_filename, 'w') as autoindex:
+                    autoindex.write(""".. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+""")
+                    for module in module_list:
+                        output_filename = os.path.join(source_dir,
+                                                       "%s.rst" % module)
+                        heading = "The :mod:`%s` Module" % module
+                        underline = "=" * len(heading)
+                        values = dict(module=module, heading=heading,
+                                      underline=underline)
+
+                        print "Generating %s" % output_filename
+                        with open(output_filename, 'w') as output_file:
+                            output_file.write(_rst_template % values)
+                        autoindex.write("   %s.rst\n" % module)
+
+            def run(self):
+                if not os.getenv('SPHINX_DEBUG'):
+                    self.generate_autoindex()
+
+                for builder in ['html', 'man']:
+                    self.builder = builder
+                    self.finalize_options()
+                    self.project = self.distribution.get_name()
+                    self.version = self.distribution.get_version()
+                    self.release = self.distribution.get_version()
+                    BuildDoc.run(self)
+        cmdclass['build_sphinx'] = LocalBuildDoc
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    return cmdclass
+
+
+def get_git_branchname():
+    for branch in _run_shell_command("git branch --color=never").split("\n"):
+        if branch.startswith('*'):
+            _branch_name = branch.split()[1].strip()
+    if _branch_name == "(no":
+        _branch_name = "no-branch"
+    return _branch_name
+
+
+def get_pre_version(projectname, base_version):
+    """Return a version which is leading up to a version that will
+       be released in the future."""
+    if os.path.isdir('.git'):
+        current_tag = _get_git_current_tag()
+        if current_tag is not None:
+            version = current_tag
+        else:
+            branch_name = os.getenv('BRANCHNAME',
+                                    os.getenv('GERRIT_REFNAME',
+                                              get_git_branchname()))
+            version_suffix = _get_git_next_version_suffix(branch_name)
+            version = "%s~%s" % (base_version, version_suffix)
+        write_versioninfo(projectname, version)
+        return version
+    else:
+        version = read_versioninfo(projectname)
+    return version
+
+
+def get_post_version(projectname):
+    """Return a version which is equal to the tag that's on the current
+    revision if there is one, or tag plus number of additional revisions
+    if the current revision has no tag."""
+
+    if os.path.isdir('.git'):
+        version = _get_git_post_version()
+        write_versioninfo(projectname, version)
+        return version
+    return read_versioninfo(projectname)
diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/data_utils.py b/tempest/common/utils/data_utils.py
index 15afd0a..22e4742 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/data_utils.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/data_utils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import random
 import re
 import urllib
+import itertools
+
 from tempest import exceptions
 
 
@@ -58,30 +60,14 @@
 
 def parse_image_id(image_ref):
     """Return the image id from a given image ref"""
-    temp = image_ref.rsplit('/')
-    #Return the last item, which is the image id
-    return temp[len(temp) - 1]
+    return  image_ref.rsplit('/')[-1]
 
 
 def arbitrary_string(size=4, base_text=None):
-    """Return exactly size bytes worth of base_text as a string"""
-
-    if (base_text is None) or (base_text == ''):
+    """
+    Return size characters from base_text, repeating the base_text infinitely
+    if needed.
+    """
+    if not base_text:
         base_text = 'test'
-
-    if size <= 0:
-        return ''
-
-    extra = size % len(base_text)
-    body = ''
-
-    if extra == 0:
-        body = base_text * size
-
-    if extra == size:
-        body = base_text[:size]
-
-    if extra > 0 and extra < size:
-        body = (size / len(base_text)) * base_text + base_text[:extra]
-
-    return body
+    return ''.join(itertools.islice(itertools.cycle(base_text), size))
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 0ccd4b6..60da85c 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import ConfigParser
 import logging
 import os
+import sys
 
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 
@@ -400,21 +401,6 @@
     SECTION_NAME = "object-storage"
 
     @property
-    def username(self):
-        """Username to use for Object-Storage API requests."""
-        return self.get("username", "admin")
-
-    @property
-    def tenant_name(self):
-        """Tenant name to use for Object-Storage API requests."""
-        return self.get("tenant_name", "admin")
-
-    @property
-    def password(self):
-        """API key to use when authenticating."""
-        return self.get("password", "password")
-
-    @property
     def catalog_type(self):
         """Catalog type of the Object-Storage service."""
         return self.get("catalog_type", 'object-store')
@@ -528,11 +514,17 @@
 
         path = os.path.join(conf_dir, conf_file)
 
+        if (not os.path.isfile(path) and
+                not 'TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR' in os.environ and
+                not 'TEMPEST_CONFIG' in os.environ):
+            path = "/etc/tempest/" + self.DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE
+
         LOG.info("Using tempest config file %s" % path)
 
         if not os.path.exists(path):
             msg = "Config file %(path)s not found" % locals()
-            raise RuntimeError(msg)
+            print >> sys.stderr, RuntimeError(msg)
+            sys.exit(os.EX_NOINPUT)
 
         self._conf = self.load_config(path)
         self.compute = ComputeConfig(self._conf)
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
index 440d043..c8f63ef 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         return resp, body
 
-    def copy_object(self, container, src_object_name, dest_object_name,
-                    metadata=None):
+    def copy_object_in_same_container(self, container, src_object_name,
+                                      dest_object_name, metadata=None):
         """Copy storage object's data to the new object using PUT"""
 
         url = "{0}/{1}".format(container, dest_object_name)
@@ -85,6 +85,23 @@
         resp, body = self.put(url, None, headers=headers)
         return resp, body
 
+    def copy_object_across_containers(self, src_container, src_object_name,
+                                      dst_container, dst_object_name,
+                                      metadata=None):
+        """Copy storage object's data to the new object using PUT"""
+
+        url = "{0}/{1}".format(dst_container, dst_object_name)
+        headers = {}
+        headers['X-Copy-From'] = "%s/%s" % (str(src_container),
+                                            str(src_object_name))
+        headers['content-length'] = '0'
+        if metadata:
+            for key in metadata:
+                headers[str(key)] = metadata[key]
+
+        resp, body = self.put(url, None, headers=headers)
+        return resp, body
+
     def copy_object_2d_way(self, container, src_object_name, dest_object_name,
                            metadata=None):
         """Copy storage object's data to the new object using COPY"""
diff --git a/tempest/tests/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py b/tempest/tests/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
index 95520b5..9d297f6 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
             self.fail('Expected BadRequest for invalid public key')
 
     @attr(type='negative')
+    @unittest.skip("Skipped until the Bug #1086980 is resolved")
     def test_keypair_delete_nonexistant_key(self):
         """Non-existant key deletion should throw a proper error"""
         k_name = rand_name("keypair-non-existant-")
diff --git a/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_create_server.py b/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
index 5d6c2ba..0d9efc6 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
         cls.meta = {'hello': 'world'}
         cls.accessIPv4 = '1.1.1.1'
         cls.accessIPv6 = '::babe:220.12.22.2'
+        # See: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952 (section 4)
+        # This is the canonicalized form of the above.
+        cls.accessIPv6canon = '::babe:dc0c:1602'
         cls.name = rand_name('server')
         file_contents = 'This is a test file.'
         personality = [{'path': '/etc/test.txt',
@@ -66,9 +69,9 @@
     @attr(type='smoke')
     def test_verify_server_details(self):
         """Verify the specified server attributes are set correctly"""
-
         self.assertEqual(self.accessIPv4, self.server['accessIPv4'])
-        self.assertEqual(self.accessIPv6, self.server['accessIPv6'])
+        self.assertIn(self.server['accessIPv6'],
+                      [self.accessIPv6, self.accessIPv6canon])
         self.assertEqual(self.name, self.server['name'])
         self.assertEqual(self.image_ref, self.server['image']['id'])
         self.assertEqual(str(self.flavor_ref), self.server['flavor']['id'])
diff --git a/tempest/tests/compute/test_authorization.py b/tempest/tests/compute/test_authorization.py
index 12fa94b..0d08c18 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/compute/test_authorization.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/compute/test_authorization.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 
     @raises(exceptions.NotFound)
     @attr(type='negative')
+    @unittest.skip("Skipped until the Bug #1086980 is resolved")
     def test_delete_keypair_of_alt_account_fails(self):
         """A DELETE request for another user's keypair should fail"""
         self.alt_keypairs_client.delete_keypair(self.keypairname)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/object_storage/test_object_services.py b/tempest/tests/object_storage/test_object_services.py
index d0862eb..97b7e0d 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/object_storage/test_object_services.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/object_storage/test_object_services.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(body, data)
 
     @attr(type='smoke')
-    def test_copy_object(self):
+    def test_copy_object_in_same_container(self):
         """Copy storage object"""
 
         # Create source Object
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@
                                                    dst_object_name, dst_data)
 
         # Copy source object to destination
-        resp, _ = self.object_client.copy_object(self.container_name,
-                                                 src_object_name,
-                                                 dst_object_name)
+        resp, _ = self.object_client.copy_object_in_same_container(
+            self.container_name, src_object_name, dst_object_name)
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '201')
 
         # Check data
@@ -161,15 +160,13 @@
                                                    object_name, data)
         # Get the old content type
         resp_tmp, _ = self.object_client.list_object_metadata(
-                                                        self.container_name,
-                                                        object_name)
+            self.container_name,
+            object_name)
         # Change the content type of the object
         metadata = {'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8'}
         self.assertNotEqual(resp_tmp['content-type'], metadata['content-type'])
-        resp, _ = self.object_client.copy_object(self.container_name,
-                                                 object_name,
-                                                 object_name,
-                                                 metadata)
+        resp, _ = self.object_client.copy_object_in_same_container(
+            self.container_name, object_name, object_name, metadata)
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '201')
 
         # Check the content type
@@ -205,3 +202,62 @@
         resp, body = self.object_client.get_object(self.container_name,
                                                    dst_object_name)
         self.assertEqual(body, src_data)
+
+    @attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_copy_object_across_containers(self):
+        """Copy storage object across containers"""
+
+        #Create a container so as to use as source container
+        src_container_name = rand_name(name='TestSourceContainer')
+        self.container_client.create_container(src_container_name)
+
+        #Create a container so as to use as destination container
+        dst_container_name = rand_name(name='TestDestinationContainer')
+        self.container_client.create_container(dst_container_name)
+
+        # Create Object in source container
+        object_name = rand_name(name='Object')
+        data = arbitrary_string(size=len(object_name) * 2,
+                                base_text=object_name)
+        resp, _ = self.object_client.create_object(src_container_name,
+                                                   object_name, data)
+        #Set Object Metadata
+        meta_key = rand_name(name='test-')
+        meta_value = rand_name(name='MetaValue-')
+        orig_metadata = {meta_key: meta_value}
+
+        resp, _ = \
+            self.object_client.update_object_metadata(src_container_name,
+                                                      object_name,
+                                                      orig_metadata)
+        self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '202')
+
+        try:
+            # Copy object from source container to destination container
+            resp, _ = self.object_client.copy_object_across_containers(
+                src_container_name, object_name, dst_container_name,
+                object_name)
+            self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '201')
+
+            # Check if object is present in destination container
+            resp, body = self.object_client.get_object(dst_container_name,
+                                                       object_name)
+            self.assertEqual(body, data)
+            actual_meta_key = 'x-object-meta-' + meta_key
+            self.assertTrue(actual_meta_key in resp)
+            self.assertEqual(resp[actual_meta_key], meta_value)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail("Got exception :%s ; while copying"
+                      " object across containers" % e)
+        finally:
+            #Delete objects from respective containers
+            resp, _ = self.object_client.delete_object(dst_container_name,
+                                                       object_name)
+            resp, _ = self.object_client.delete_object(src_container_name,
+                                                       object_name)
+            #Delete containers created in this method
+            resp, _ = self.container_client.delete_container(
+                src_container_name)
+            resp, _ = self.container_client.delete_container(
+                dst_container_name)
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 9c861d9..e9baed5 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 anyjson
 nose
 httplib2>=0.7.0
-pika
 unittest2
 lxml
 boto>=2.2.1