diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fe65dcd..53c7de5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 Tempest - The OpenStack Integration Test Suite
 ==============================================
 
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/tempest.svg
-    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tempest/
-    :alt: Latest Version
-
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/tempest.svg
-    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tempest/
-    :alt: Downloads
+The documentation for Tempest is officially hosted at:
+http://docs.openstack.org/developer/tempest/
 
 This is a set of integration tests to be run against a live OpenStack
 cluster. Tempest has batteries of tests for OpenStack API validation,
@@ -63,12 +58,14 @@
    This can be done within a venv, but the assumption for this guide is that
    the Tempest cli entry point will be in your shell's PATH.
 
-#. Installing Tempest will create a /etc/tempest dir which will contain the
-   sample config file packaged with Tempest. The contents of /etc/tempest will
-   be copied to all local working dirs, so if there is any common configuration
-   you'd like to be shared between anyone setting up local Tempest working dirs
-   it's recommended that you copy or rename tempest.conf.sample to tempest.conf
-   and make those changes to that file in /etc/tempest
+#. Installing Tempest may create a /etc/tempest dir, however if one isn't
+   created you can create one or use ~/.tempest/etc or ~/.config/tempest in
+   place of /etc/tempest. If none of these dirs are created tempest will create
+   ~/.tempest/etc when it's needed. The contents of this dir will always
+   automatically be copied to all etc/ dirs in local workspaces as an initial
+   setup step. So if there is any common configuration you'd like to be shared
+   between local Tempest workspaces it's recommended that you pre-populate it
+   before running ``tempest init``.
 
 #. Setup a local Tempest workspace. This is done by using the tempest init
    command::
@@ -88,7 +85,8 @@
    config files located in the etc/ subdir created by the ``tempest init``
    command. Tempest is expecting a tempest.conf file in etc/ so if only a
    sample exists you must rename or copy it to tempest.conf before making
-   any changes to it otherwise Tempest will not know how to load it.
+   any changes to it otherwise Tempest will not know how to load it. For
+   details on configuring tempest refer to the :ref:`tempest-configuration`.
 
 #. Once the configuration is done you're now ready to run Tempest. This can
    be done using the :ref:`tempest_run` command. This can be done by either
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py
index b53cfae..bee77df 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         project = self.projects_client.create_project(
             project_name, domain_id=domain_id,
             parent_id=root_project_id)['project']
-        self.data.projects.append(project)
+        self.addCleanup(self.projects_client.delete_project, project['id'])
         parent_id = project['parent_id']
         self.assertEqual(project_name, project['name'])
         self.assertEqual(root_project_id, parent_id)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
index 66bab51..b6dc488 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@
 CONF = config.CONF
 
 
-class VolumesBackupsV2Test(base.BaseVolumeAdminTest):
+class VolumesBackupsAdminV2Test(base.BaseVolumeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
     def skip_checks(cls):
-        super(VolumesBackupsV2Test, cls).skip_checks()
+        super(VolumesBackupsAdminV2Test, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.volume_feature_enabled.backup:
             raise cls.skipException("Cinder backup feature disabled")
 
     @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(VolumesBackupsV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
+        super(VolumesBackupsAdminV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
 
         cls.volume = cls.create_volume()
 
@@ -167,5 +167,5 @@
                                                          'available')
 
 
-class VolumesBackupsV1Test(VolumesBackupsV2Test):
+class VolumesBackupsAdminV1Test(VolumesBackupsAdminV2Test):
     _api_version = 1
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/base.py b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
index e9be529..087b9a8 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         else:
             cls.snapshots_client = cls.os.snapshots_v2_client
             cls.volumes_client = cls.os.volumes_v2_client
+            cls.backups_client = cls.os.backups_v2_client
             cls.volumes_extension_client = cls.os.volumes_v2_extension_client
             cls.availability_zone_client = (
                 cls.os.volume_v2_availability_zone_client)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87146db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest.api.volume import base
+from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest.common import waiters
+from tempest import config
+from tempest import test
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class VolumesBackupsV2Test(base.BaseVolumeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(VolumesBackupsV2Test, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not CONF.volume_feature_enabled.backup:
+            raise cls.skipException("Cinder backup feature disabled")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesBackupsV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
+
+        cls.volume = cls.create_volume()
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('07af8f6d-80af-44c9-a5dc-c8427b1b62e6')
+    @test.services('compute')
+    def test_backup_create_attached_volume(self):
+        """Test backup create using force flag.
+
+        Cinder allows to create a volume backup, whether the volume status
+        is "available" or "in-use".
+        """
+        # Create a server
+        server_name = data_utils.rand_name('instance')
+        server = self.create_server(name=server_name, wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+        # Attach volume to instance
+        self.servers_client.attach_volume(server['id'],
+                                          volumeId=self.volume['id'])
+        waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.volumes_client,
+                                       self.volume['id'], 'in-use')
+        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_volume_status, self.volumes_client,
+                        self.volume['id'], 'available')
+        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.detach_volume, server['id'],
+                        self.volume['id'])
+        # Create backup using force flag
+        backup_name = data_utils.rand_name('Backup')
+        backup = self.backups_client.create_backup(
+            volume_id=self.volume['id'],
+            name=backup_name, force=True)['backup']
+        self.addCleanup(self.backups_client.delete_backup, backup['id'])
+        self.backups_client.wait_for_backup_status(backup['id'],
+                                                   'available')
+        self.assertEqual(backup_name, backup['name'])
+
+
+class VolumesBackupsV1Test(VolumesBackupsV2Test):
+    _api_version = 1
diff --git a/tempest/common/image.py b/tempest/common/image.py
index 72e3a72..95a7d1a 100644
--- a/tempest/common/image.py
+++ b/tempest/common/image.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
     fields_copy = copy.deepcopy(metadata)
 
     copy_from = fields_copy.pop('copy_from', None)
+    purge = fields_copy.pop('purge_props', None)
+
+    if purge is not None:
+        headers['x-glance-registry-purge-props'] = purge
+
     if copy_from is not None:
         headers['x-glance-api-copy-from'] = copy_from
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/roles_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/roles_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c8834..0000000
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/roles_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
-
-from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
-
-
-class RolesClient(rest_client.RestClient):
-    api_version = "v2.0"
-
-    def create_role(self, **kwargs):
-        """Create a role.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#createRole
-        """
-        post_body = json.dumps({'role': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.post('OS-KSADM/roles', post_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_role(self, role_id_or_name):
-        """Get a role by its id or name.
-
-        Available params: see
-            http://developer.openstack.org/
-            api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#showRoleByID
-            OR
-            http://developer.openstack.org/
-            api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#showRoleByName
-        """
-        resp, body = self.get('OS-KSADM/roles/%s' % role_id_or_name)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_roles(self, **params):
-        """Returns roles.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#listRoles
-        """
-        url = 'OS-KSADM/roles'
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_role(self, role_id):
-        """Delete a role.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#deleteRole
-        """
-        resp, body = self.delete('OS-KSADM/roles/%s' % str(role_id))
-        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def create_user_role_on_project(self, tenant_id, user_id, role_id):
-        """Add roles to a user on a tenant.
-
-        Available params: see
-            http://developer.openstack.org/
-            api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#grantRoleToUserOnTenant
-        """
-        resp, body = self.put('/tenants/%s/users/%s/roles/OS-KSADM/%s' %
-                              (tenant_id, user_id, role_id), "")
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_user_roles_on_project(self, tenant_id, user_id, **params):
-        """Returns a list of roles assigned to a user for a tenant."""
-        # TODO(gmann): Need to write API-ref link, Bug# 1592711
-        url = '/tenants/%s/users/%s/roles' % (tenant_id, user_id)
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_role_from_user_on_project(self, tenant_id, user_id, role_id):
-        """Removes a role assignment for a user on a tenant.
-
-        Available params: see
-            http://developer.openstack.org/
-            api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#revokeRoleFromUserOnTenant
-        """
-        resp, body = self.delete('/tenants/%s/users/%s/roles/OS-KSADM/%s' %
-                                 (tenant_id, user_id, role_id))
-        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/tenants_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/tenants_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 77ddaa5..0000000
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/tenants_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
-
-from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
-
-
-class TenantsClient(rest_client.RestClient):
-    api_version = "v2.0"
-
-    def create_tenant(self, **kwargs):
-        """Create a tenant
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#createTenant
-        """
-        post_body = json.dumps({'tenant': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.post('tenants', post_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_tenant(self, tenant_id):
-        """Delete a tenant.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#deleteTenant
-        """
-        resp, body = self.delete('tenants/%s' % str(tenant_id))
-        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_tenant(self, tenant_id):
-        """Get tenant details.
-
-        Available params: see
-            http://developer.openstack.org/
-            api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#admin-showTenantById
-        """
-        resp, body = self.get('tenants/%s' % str(tenant_id))
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_tenants(self, **params):
-        """Returns tenants.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#admin-listTenants
-        """
-        url = 'tenants'
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def update_tenant(self, tenant_id, **kwargs):
-        """Updates a tenant.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#updateTenant
-        """
-        if 'id' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['id'] = tenant_id
-        post_body = json.dumps({'tenant': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.post('tenants/%s' % tenant_id, post_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_tenant_users(self, tenant_id, **params):
-        """List users for a Tenant.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#listUsersForTenant
-        """
-        url = '/tenants/%s/users' % tenant_id
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/users_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/users_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ea17f9..0000000
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/users_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
-
-from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
-
-
-class UsersClient(rest_client.RestClient):
-    api_version = "v2.0"
-
-    def create_user(self, **kwargs):
-        """Create a user.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-admin-v2.html#admin-createUser
-        """
-        post_body = json.dumps({'user': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.post('users', post_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def update_user(self, user_id, **kwargs):
-        """Updates a user.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-admin-v2.html#admin-updateUser
-        """
-        put_body = json.dumps({'user': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.put('users/%s' % user_id, put_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_user(self, user_id):
-        """GET a user.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-admin-v2.html#admin-showUser
-        """
-        resp, body = self.get("users/%s" % user_id)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_user(self, user_id):
-        """Delete a user.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-admin-v2.html#admin-deleteUser
-        """
-        resp, body = self.delete("users/%s" % user_id)
-        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_users(self, **params):
-        """Get the list of users.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-admin-v2.html#admin-listUsers
-        """
-        url = "users"
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def update_user_enabled(self, user_id, **kwargs):
-        """Enables or disables a user.
-
-        Available params: see http://developer.openstack.org/
-                              api-ref-identity-v2-ext.html#enableUser
-        """
-        # NOTE: The URL (users/<id>/enabled) is different from the api-site
-        # one (users/<id>/OS-KSADM/enabled) , but they are the same API
-        # because of the fact that in keystone/contrib/admin_crud/core.py
-        # both api use same action='set_user_enabled'
-        put_body = json.dumps({'user': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.put('users/%s/enabled' % user_id, put_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def update_user_password(self, user_id, **kwargs):
-        """Update User Password."""
-        # TODO(piyush): Current api-site doesn't contain this API description.
-        # After fixing the api-site, we need to fix here also for putting the
-        # link to api-site.
-        # LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-api-site/+bug/1524147
-        put_body = json.dumps({'user': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.put('users/%s/OS-KSADM/password' % user_id, put_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def update_user_own_password(self, user_id, **kwargs):
-        """User updates own password"""
-        # TODO(piyush): Current api-site doesn't contain this API description.
-        # After fixing the api-site, we need to fix here also for putting the
-        # link to api-site.
-        # LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-api-site/+bug/1524153
-        # NOTE: This API is used for updating user password by itself.
-        # Ref: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-December
-        #      /081803.html
-        patch_body = json.dumps({'user': kwargs})
-        resp, body = self.patch('OS-KSCRUD/users/%s' % user_id, patch_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def create_user_ec2_credential(self, user_id, **kwargs):
-        # TODO(piyush): Current api-site doesn't contain this API description.
-        # After fixing the api-site, we need to fix here also for putting the
-        # link to api-site.
-        post_body = json.dumps(kwargs)
-        resp, body = self.post('/users/%s/credentials/OS-EC2' % user_id,
-                               post_body)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_user_ec2_credential(self, user_id, access):
-        resp, body = self.delete('/users/%s/credentials/OS-EC2/%s' %
-                                 (user_id, access))
-        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_user_ec2_credentials(self, user_id):
-        resp, body = self.get('/users/%s/credentials/OS-EC2' % user_id)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_user_ec2_credential(self, user_id, access):
-        resp, body = self.get('/users/%s/credentials/OS-EC2/%s' %
-                              (user_id, access))
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py b/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py
index 34772a2..240df4d 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
             disk_format='vhd',
             copy_from='http://localhost/images/10',
             properties={'foo': 'bar'},
-            api={'abc': 'def'})
+            api={'abc': 'def'},
+            purge_props=True)
 
         expected = {
             'x-image-meta-name': 'test',
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
             'x-image-meta-disk_format': 'vhd',
             'x-glance-api-copy-from': 'http://localhost/images/10',
             'x-image-meta-property-foo': 'bar',
-            'x-glance-api-property-abc': 'def'
+            'x-glance-api-property-abc': 'def',
+            'x-glance-registry-purge-props': True
         }
         self.assertEqual(expected, observed)