diff --git a/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py b/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b90e7b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import oslo_i18n as i18n
+
+
+i18n.install('cyborg')
diff --git a/cyborg/cmd/api.py b/cyborg/cmd/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7199e7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/cmd/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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.
+
+"""The Cyborg Service API."""
+
+import sys
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+from cyborg.common import service as cyborg_service
+
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+def main():
+    # Parse config file and command line options, then start logging
+    cyborg_service.prepare_service(sys.argv)
+
+    # Build and start the WSGI app
+    launcher = cyborg_service.process_launcher()
+    server = cyborg_service.WSGIService('cyborg_api', CONF.api.enable_ssl_api)
+    launcher.launch_service(server, workers=server.workers)
+    launcher.wait()
diff --git a/cyborg/common/__init__.py b/cyborg/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cyborg/common/config.py b/cyborg/common/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29ba17ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/common/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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 oslo_config import cfg
+
+from cyborg import version
+
+
+def parse_args(argv, default_config_files=None):
+    version_string = version.version_info.release_string()
+    cfg.CONF(argv[1:],
+             project='cyborg',
+             version=version_string,
+             default_config_files=default_config_files)
diff --git a/cyborg/common/exception.py b/cyborg/common/exception.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e077e6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/common/exception.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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.
+
+"""Cyborg base exception handling.
+
+SHOULD include dedicated exception logging.
+
+"""
+
+from oslo_log import log
+import six
+from six.moves import http_client
+
+from cyborg.common.i18n import _
+from cyborg.conf import CONF
+
+
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CyborgException(Exception):
+    """Base Cyborg Exception
+
+    To correctly use this class, inherit from it and define
+    a '_msg_fmt' property. That message will get printf'd
+    with the keyword arguments provided to the constructor.
+
+    If you need to access the message from an exception you should use
+    six.text_type(exc)
+
+    """
+    _msg_fmt = _("An unknown exception occurred.")
+    code = http_client.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+    headers = {}
+    safe = False
+
+    def __init__(self, message=None, **kwargs):
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+        if 'code' not in self.kwargs:
+            try:
+                self.kwargs['code'] = self.code
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+
+        if not message:
+            try:
+                message = self._msg_fmt % kwargs
+            except Exception:
+                # kwargs doesn't match a variable in self._msg_fmt
+                # log the issue and the kwargs
+                LOG.exception('Exception in string format operation')
+                for name, value in kwargs.items():
+                    LOG.error("%s: %s" % (name, value))
+
+                if CONF.fatal_exception_format_errors:
+                    raise
+                else:
+                    # at least get the core self._msg_fmt out if something
+                    # happened
+                    message = self._msg_fmt
+
+        super(CyborgException, self).__init__(message)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Encode to utf-8 then wsme api can consume it as well."""
+        if not six.PY3:
+            return unicode(self.args[0]).encode('utf-8')
+
+        return self.args[0]
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        """Return a unicode representation of the exception message."""
+        return unicode(self.args[0])
+
+
+class ConfigInvalid(CyborgException):
+    _msg_fmt = _("Invalid configuration file. %(error_msg)s")
diff --git a/cyborg/common/i18n.py b/cyborg/common/i18n.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb5c3139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/common/i18n.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import oslo_i18n as i18n
+
+
+_translators = i18n.TranslatorFactory(domain='cyborg')
+
+# The primary translation function using the well-known name "_"
+_ = _translators.primary
diff --git a/cyborg/common/rpc.py b/cyborg/common/rpc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4947d76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/common/rpc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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 oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_context import context as cyborg_context
+import oslo_messaging as messaging
+from oslo_messaging.rpc import dispatcher
+
+from cyborg.common import exception
+
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+TRANSPORT = None
+NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT = None
+NOTIFIER = None
+
+ALLOWED_EXMODS = [
+    exception.__name__,
+]
+EXTRA_EXMODS = []
+
+
+def init(conf):
+    global TRANSPORT, NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT, NOTIFIER
+    exmods = get_allowed_exmods()
+    TRANSPORT = messaging.get_rpc_transport(conf,
+                                            allowed_remote_exmods=exmods)
+    NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT = messaging.get_notification_transport(
+        conf,
+        allowed_remote_exmods=exmods)
+    serializer = RequestContextSerializer(messaging.JsonPayloadSerializer())
+    NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
+                                  serializer=serializer,
+                                  topics=['notifications'])
+
+
+def cleanup():
+    global TRANSPORT, NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT, NOTIFIER
+    assert TRANSPORT is not None
+    assert NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT is not None
+    assert NOTIFIER is not None
+    TRANSPORT.cleanup()
+    NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT.cleanup()
+    TRANSPORT = NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT = NOTIFIER = None
+
+
+def set_defaults(control_exchange):
+    messaging.set_transport_defaults(control_exchange)
+
+
+def add_extra_exmods(*args):
+    EXTRA_EXMODS.extend(args)
+
+
+def clear_extra_exmods():
+    del EXTRA_EXMODS[:]
+
+
+def get_allowed_exmods():
+    return ALLOWED_EXMODS + EXTRA_EXMODS
+
+
+class RequestContextSerializer(messaging.Serializer):
+    def __init__(self, base):
+        self._base = base
+
+    def serialize_entity(self, context, entity):
+        if not self._base:
+            return entity
+        return self._base.serialize_entity(context, entity)
+
+    def deserialize_entity(self, context, entity):
+        if not self._base:
+            return entity
+        return self._base.deserialize_entity(context, entity)
+
+    def serialize_context(self, context):
+        return context.to_dict()
+
+    def deserialize_context(self, context):
+        return cyborg_context.RequestContext.from_dict(context)
+
+
+def get_client(target, version_cap=None, serializer=None):
+    assert TRANSPORT is not None
+    serializer = RequestContextSerializer(serializer)
+    return messaging.RPCClient(TRANSPORT,
+                               target,
+                               version_cap=version_cap,
+                               serializer=serializer)
+
+
+def get_server(target, endpoints, serializer=None):
+    assert TRANSPORT is not None
+    access_policy = dispatcher.DefaultRPCAccessPolicy
+    serializer = RequestContextSerializer(serializer)
+    return messaging.get_rpc_server(TRANSPORT,
+                                    target,
+                                    endpoints,
+                                    executor='eventlet',
+                                    serializer=serializer,
+                                    access_policy=access_policy)
+
+
+def get_notifier(service=None, host=None, publisher_id=None):
+    assert NOTIFIER is not None
+    if not publisher_id:
+        publisher_id = "%s.%s" % (service, host or CONF.host)
+    return NOTIFIER.prepare(publisher_id=publisher_id)
diff --git a/cyborg/common/service.py b/cyborg/common/service.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49a9ba30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/common/service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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 oslo_concurrency import processutils
+from oslo_log import log
+from oslo_service import service
+from oslo_service import wsgi
+
+from cyborg.api import app
+from cyborg.common import config
+from cyborg.common import exception
+from cyborg.common.i18n import _
+from cyborg.common import rpc
+from cyborg.conf import CONF
+
+
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def prepare_service(argv=None):
+    log.register_options(CONF)
+    log.set_defaults()
+    rpc.set_defaults(control_exchange='cyborg')
+
+    argv = argv or []
+    config.parse_args(argv)
+
+    log.setup(CONF, 'cyborg')
+    rpc.init(CONF)
+
+
+def process_launcher():
+    return service.ProcessLauncher(CONF)
+
+
+class WSGIService(service.ServiceBase):
+    """Provides ability to launch cyborg API from wsgi app."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, use_ssl=False):
+        """Initialize, but do not start the WSGI server.
+
+        :param name: The name of the WSGI server given to the loader.
+        :param use_ssl: Wraps the socket in an SSL context if True.
+        :returns: None
+        """
+        self.name = name
+        self.app = app.setup_app()
+        self.workers = (CONF.api.api_workers or
+                        processutils.get_worker_count())
+        if self.workers and self.workers < 1:
+            raise exception.ConfigInvalid(
+                _("api_workers value of %d is invalid, "
+                  "must be greater than 0.") % self.workers)
+
+        self.server = wsgi.Server(CONF, self.name, self.app,
+                                  host=CONF.api.host_ip,
+                                  port=CONF.api.port,
+                                  use_ssl=use_ssl)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """Start serving this service using loaded configuration.
+
+        :returns: None
+        """
+        self.server.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Stop serving this API.
+
+        :returns: None
+        """
+        self.server.stop()
+
+    def wait(self):
+        """Wait for the service to stop serving this API.
+
+        :returns: None
+        """
+        self.server.wait()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """Reset server greenpool size to default.
+
+        :returns: None
+        """
+        self.server.reset()
diff --git a/cyborg/conf/__init__.py b/cyborg/conf/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..448a3f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/conf/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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 oslo_config import cfg
+
+from cyborg.conf import api
+from cyborg.conf import default
+
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+api.register_opts(CONF)
+default.register_opts(CONF)
diff --git a/cyborg/conf/api.py b/cyborg/conf/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbfeede9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/conf/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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 oslo_config import cfg
+
+from cyborg.common.i18n import _
+
+
+opts = [
+    cfg.HostAddressOpt('host_ip',
+                       default='0.0.0.0',
+                       help=_('The IP address on which cyborg-api listens.')),
+    cfg.PortOpt('port',
+                default=6666,
+                help=_('The TCP port on which cyborg-api listens.')),
+    cfg.IntOpt('api_workers',
+               help=_('Number of workers for OpenStack Cyborg API service. '
+                      'The default is equal to the number of CPUs available '
+                      'if that can be determined, else a default worker '
+                      'count of 1 is returned.')),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('enable_ssl_api',
+                default=False,
+                help=_("Enable the integrated stand-alone API to service "
+                       "requests via HTTPS instead of HTTP. If there is a "
+                       "front-end service performing HTTPS offloading from "
+                       "the service, this option should be False; note, you "
+                       "will want to change public API endpoint to represent "
+                       "SSL termination URL with 'public_endpoint' option.")),
+]
+
+opt_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='api',
+                         title='Options for the cyborg-api service')
+
+
+def register_opts(conf):
+    conf.register_group(opt_group)
+    conf.register_opts(opts, group=opt_group)
diff --git a/cyborg/conf/default.py b/cyborg/conf/default.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e248ca5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/conf/default.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# 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 oslo_config import cfg
+
+from cyborg.common.i18n import _
+
+
+exc_log_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('fatal_exception_format_errors',
+                default=False,
+                help=_('Used if there is a formatting error when generating '
+                       'an exception message (a programming error). If True, '
+                       'raise an exception; if False, use the unformatted '
+                       'message.')),
+]
+
+
+def register_opts(conf):
+    conf.register_opts(exc_log_opts)
diff --git a/cyborg/version.py b/cyborg/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd1dcdc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cyborg/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import pbr.version
+
+
+version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('cyborg')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3934ced3..83679503 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 pecan!=1.0.2,!=1.0.3,!=1.0.4,!=1.2,>=1.0.0 # BSD
 WSME>=0.8 # MIT
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
+eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,<0.21.0,>=0.18.2 # MIT
+oslo.i18n!=3.15.2,>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.config!=4.3.0,!=4.4.0,>=4.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.log>=3.22.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.context>=2.14.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.messaging!=5.25.0,>=5.24.2 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6d27ab5c..4dab9ec3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ classifier =
 packages =
     cyborg
 
+[entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+    cyborg-api = cyborg.cmd.api:main
+
 [build_sphinx]
 source-dir = doc/source
 build-dir = doc/build