diff --git a/glance/map.jinja b/glance/map.jinja
index 400d035..9d2a690 100644
--- a/glance/map.jinja
+++ b/glance/map.jinja
@@ -61,14 +61,20 @@
     },
 }, merge=pillar.glance.get('server', {}), base='BaseDefaults') %}
 
+{%- set client_default_params = {
+      'enabled': false
+    }
+%}
+
 {% set client = salt['grains.filter_by']({
+    'BaseDefaults': client_default_params,
     'Debian': {
         'pkgs': ['python-glanceclient', 'python-keystoneclient']
     },
     'RedHat': {
         'pkgs': ['python-glanceclient', 'python-keystoneclient']
     },
-}, merge=pillar.glance.get('client', {})) %}
+}, merge=pillar.glance.get('client', {}), base='BaseDefaults') %}
 
 {% set monitoring = salt['grains.filter_by']({
     'default': {
@@ -76,3 +82,5 @@
         'endpoint_failed_major_threshold': 0.5,
     },
 }, grain='os_family', merge=salt['pillar.get']('glance:monitoring')) %}
+
+{% set upgrade = pillar.get('glance', {}).get('upgrade', {}) %}
diff --git a/glance/meta/salt.yml b/glance/meta/salt.yml
index ae564cf..ab4fad7 100644
--- a/glance/meta/salt.yml
+++ b/glance/meta/salt.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-orchestrate:
-  server:
-    priority: 530
-    batch: 1
-    require:
-    - salt: keystone.server
-
+orchestration:
+  upgrade:
+    applications:
+      glance:
+         priority: 1050
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/pkgs_latest.sls b/glance/upgrade/pkgs_latest.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69624cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/pkgs_latest.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server,client,upgrade with context %}
+
+glance_task_pkg_latest:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.pkg_latest"
+
+policy-rc.d_present:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
+    - mode: 755
+    - contents: |
+        #!/bin/sh
+        exit 101
+
+{%- set pkgs = [] %}
+{%- if server.enabled %}
+  {%- do pkgs.extend(server.pkgs) %}
+  {%- if upgrade.new_release in ['newton', 'ocata'] %}
+    {%- do pkgs.append('glance-glare') %}
+  {%- endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if client.enabled %}
+  {%- do pkgs.extend(client.pkgs) %}
+{%- endif %}
+
+glance_pkg_latest:
+  pkg.latest:
+  - names: {{ pkgs|unique }}
+  - require:
+    - file: policy-rc.d_present
+  - require_in:
+    - file: policy-rc.d_absent
+
+policy-rc.d_absent:
+  file.absent:
+    - name: /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/post/init.sls b/glance/upgrade/post/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a11375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/post/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+
+glance_post:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.post"
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/pre/init.sls b/glance/upgrade/pre/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d362737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/pre/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+
+include:
+ - glance.upgrade.verify.api
+
+glance_pre:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.pre"
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/render_config.sls b/glance/upgrade/render_config.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b63a913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/render_config.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+
+glance_render_config:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.render_config"
+
+{%- if server.enabled %}
+/etc/glance/glance-api.conf:
+  file.managed:
+  - source: salt://glance/files/{{ server.version }}/glance-api.conf.{{ grains.os_family }}
+  - template: jinja
+
+/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf:
+  file.managed:
+  - source: salt://glance/files/{{ server.version }}/glance-registry.conf.{{ grains.os_family }}
+  - template: jinja
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/service_running.sls b/glance/upgrade/service_running.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a188835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/service_running.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server,upgrade with context %}
+
+glance_task_service_running:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.service_running"
+
+{%- if server.enabled %}
+  {%- set gservices = server.services %}
+  {%- if upgrade.new_release in ['newton','ocata'] %}
+    {%- do gservices.append('glance-glare') %}
+  {%- endif %}
+
+  {%- for gservice in gservices %}
+glance_running_stopped_{{ gservice }}:
+  service.running:
+  - name: {{ gservice }}
+  - enable: True
+  {%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/service_stopped.sls b/glance/upgrade/service_stopped.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3778ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/service_stopped.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server,upgrade with context %}
+
+glance_task_service_stopped:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.service_stopped"
+
+{%- if server.enabled %}
+  {%- set gservices = server.services %}
+  {%- if upgrade.old_release in ['newton','ocata'] %}
+    {%- do gservices.append('glance-glare') %}
+  {%- endif %}
+
+  {%- for gservice in gservices %}
+glance_service_stopped_{{ gservice }}:
+  service.dead:
+  - name: {{ gservice }}
+  - enable: False
+  {%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/upgrade/init.sls b/glance/upgrade/upgrade/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2242144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/upgrade/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+
+include:
+ - glance.upgrade.service_stopped
+ - glance.upgrade.pkgs_latest
+ - glance.upgrade.render_config
+ - glance.db.offline_sync
+ - glance.upgrade.service_running
diff --git a/glance/upgrade/verify/api.sls b/glance/upgrade/verify/api.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8fc0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glance/upgrade/verify/api.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{%- from "glance/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+{%- from "keystone/map.jinja" import client as kclient with context %}
+
+
+glance_upgrade_verify_api:
+  test.show_notification:
+    - text: "Running glance.upgrade.verify.api"
+
+{%- if kclient.enabled and kclient.get('os_client_config', {}).get('enabled', False)  %}
+
+  {%- if server.get('version') not in ('mitaka', 'newton') %}
+    {%- set image_name = 'TestImage' %}
+    {%- set image_properties = "[{'op':'add', 'path':'/test_property', 'value': 'test'},]" %}
+glancev2_image_create:
+  module.run:
+    - name: glancev2.image_create
+    - kwargs:
+        container_format: bare
+        disk_format: qcow2
+        name: {{ image_name }}
+        cloud_name: admin_identity
+
+glancev2_image_list:
+  module.run:
+    - name: glancev2.image_list
+    - kwargs:
+        cloud_name: admin_identity
+    - require:
+      - glancev2_image_create
+
+glancev2_image_get_details:
+  module.run:
+    - name: glancev2.image_get_details
+    - args:
+      - {{ image_name }}
+    - kwargs:
+        cloud_name: admin_identity
+    - require:
+      - glancev2_image_list
+
+glancev2_image_update:
+  module.run:
+    - name: glancev2.image_update
+    - args:
+      - {{ image_name }}
+      - {{ image_properties }}
+    - kwargs:
+        cloud_name: admin_identity
+    - require:
+      - glancev2_image_get_details
+
+glancev2_image_delete:
+  module.run:
+    - name: glancev2.image_delete
+    - args:
+      - {{ image_name }}
+    - kwargs:
+        cloud_name: admin_identity
+    - require:
+      - glancev2_image_update
+  {%- endif %}
+{%- endif %}