diff --git a/sahara/service/edp/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py b/sahara/service/edp/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py
index 25f5776b..d31daa29 100644
--- a/sahara/service/edp/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py
+++ b/sahara/service/edp/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import six
+import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from sahara import conductor as c
 from sahara import context
@@ -22,15 +23,14 @@ from sahara.service.edp.workflow_creator import hive_workflow
 from sahara.service.edp.workflow_creator import java_workflow
 from sahara.service.edp.workflow_creator import mapreduce_workflow
 from sahara.service.edp.workflow_creator import pig_workflow
+from sahara.swift import swift_helper as sw
+from sahara.swift import utils as su
 from sahara.utils import edp
 from sahara.utils import xmlutils
 
 
 conductor = c.API
 
-swift_username = 'fs.swift.service.sahara.username'
-swift_password = 'fs.swift.service.sahara.password'
-
 
 class BaseFactory(object):
     def _separate_edp_configs(self, job_dict):
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ class BaseFactory(object):
                     new_vals = src.get(key, {})
                     value.update(new_vals)
 
+    def inject_swift_url_suffix(self, url):
+        if url.startswith("swift://"):
+            u = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+            if not u.netloc.endswith(su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX):
+                return url.replace(u.netloc,
+                                   u.netloc+"%s" % su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX, 1)
+        return url
+
     def update_job_dict(self, job_dict, exec_dict):
         pruned_exec_dict, edp_configs = self._prune_edp_configs(exec_dict)
         self._update_dict(job_dict, pruned_exec_dict)
@@ -79,14 +87,29 @@ class BaseFactory(object):
         # Args are listed, not named. Simply replace them.
         job_dict['args'] = pruned_exec_dict.get('args', [])
 
+        # Find all swift:// paths in args, configs, and params and
+        # add the .sahara suffix to the container if it is not there
+        # already
+        job_dict['args'] = [
+            # TODO(tmckay) args for Pig can actually be -param name=value
+            # and value could conceivably contain swift paths
+            self.inject_swift_url_suffix(arg) for arg in job_dict['args']]
+
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(job_dict.get('configs', {})):
+            job_dict['configs'][k] = self.inject_swift_url_suffix(v)
+
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(job_dict.get('params', {})):
+            job_dict['params'][k] = self.inject_swift_url_suffix(v)
+
     def get_configs(self, input_data, output_data):
         configs = {}
         for src in (input_data, output_data):
             if src.type == "swift" and hasattr(src, "credentials"):
                 if "user" in src.credentials:
-                    configs[swift_username] = src.credentials['user']
+                    configs[sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_USERNAME] = src.credentials['user']
                 if "password" in src.credentials:
-                    configs[swift_password] = src.credentials['password']
+                    configs[
+                        sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_PASSWORD] = src.credentials['password']
                 break
         return configs
 
@@ -175,6 +198,7 @@ class JavaFactory(BaseFactory):
         job_dict = {'configs': {},
                     'args': []}
         self.update_job_dict(job_dict, execution.job_configs)
+
         main_class, java_opts = self._get_java_configs(job_dict)
         creator = java_workflow.JavaWorkflowCreator()
         creator.build_workflow_xml(main_class,
diff --git a/sahara/service/validations/edp/data_source.py b/sahara/service/validations/edp/data_source.py
index 413d544d..65e0b6f2 100644
--- a/sahara/service/validations/edp/data_source.py
+++ b/sahara/service/validations/edp/data_source.py
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ def _check_swift_data_source_create(data):
     if url.scheme != "swift":
         raise ex.InvalidException("URL scheme must be 'swift'")
 
-    # We must have the suffix, and the path must be more than '/'
-    if not url.netloc.endswith(su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX) or len(url.path) <= 1:
+    # The swift url suffix does not have to be included in the netloc.
+    # However, if the swift suffix indicator is part of the netloc then
+    # we require the right suffix.
+    # Additionally, the path must be more than '/'
+    if (su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX_START in url.netloc and not url.netloc.endswith(
+            su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX)) or len(url.path) <= 1:
         raise ex.InvalidException(
             "URL must be of the form swift://container%s/object"
             % su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX)
diff --git a/sahara/swift/utils.py b/sahara/swift/utils.py
index 581c0017..2a19ff87 100644
--- a/sahara/swift/utils.py
+++ b/sahara/swift/utils.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ CONF = cfg.CONF
 SWIFT_INTERNAL_PREFIX = "swift://"
 # TODO(mattf): remove support for OLD_SWIFT_INTERNAL_PREFIX
 OLD_SWIFT_INTERNAL_PREFIX = "swift-internal://"
-SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX = '.sahara'
+SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX_START = '.'
+SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX = SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX_START + 'sahara'
 
 
 def _get_service_address(service_type):
diff --git a/sahara/tests/integration/tests/edp.py b/sahara/tests/integration/tests/edp.py
index 5a7a58da..bfda91b8 100644
--- a/sahara/tests/integration/tests/edp.py
+++ b/sahara/tests/integration/tests/edp.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import time
 import uuid
 
 from sahara.openstack.common import excutils
+from sahara.swift import swift_helper as sw
 from sahara.tests.integration.tests import base
 from sahara.utils import edp
 
@@ -107,16 +108,16 @@ class EDPTest(base.ITestCase):
             self.sahara.data_sources.delete(output_id)
 
     def _add_swift_configs(self, configs):
-        swift_user = "fs.swift.service.sahara.username"
-        swift_passw = "fs.swift.service.sahara.password"
 
         if "configs" not in configs:
             configs["configs"] = {}
 
-        if swift_user not in configs["configs"]:
-            configs["configs"][swift_user] = self.common_config.OS_USERNAME
-        if swift_passw not in configs["configs"]:
-            configs["configs"][swift_passw] = self.common_config.OS_PASSWORD
+        if sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_USERNAME not in configs["configs"]:
+            configs["configs"][
+                sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_USERNAME] = self.common_config.OS_USERNAME
+        if sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_PASSWORD not in configs["configs"]:
+            configs["configs"][
+                sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_PASSWORD] = self.common_config.OS_PASSWORD
 
     @base.skip_test('SKIP_EDP_TEST',
                     'Test for EDP was skipped.')
diff --git a/sahara/tests/unit/service/edp/test_job_manager.py b/sahara/tests/unit/service/edp/test_job_manager.py
index 8c0d6a9c..90bba2bb 100644
--- a/sahara/tests/unit/service/edp/test_job_manager.py
+++ b/sahara/tests/unit/service/edp/test_job_manager.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from sahara import conductor as cond
 from sahara.plugins import base as pb
 from sahara.service.edp import job_manager
 from sahara.service.edp.workflow_creator import workflow_factory
+from sahara.swift import swift_helper as sw
 from sahara.tests.unit import base
 from sahara.utils import edp
 from sahara.utils import patches as p
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
         job, job_exec = _create_all_stack(edp.JOB_TYPE_PIG)
         job_binary.return_value = {"name": "script.pig"}
 
-        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/i')
-        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/o')
+        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/i')
+        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/o')
 
         creator = workflow_factory.get_creator(job)
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
         job, job_exec = _create_all_stack(edp.JOB_TYPE_PIG)
         job_binary.return_value = {"name": "script.pig"}
 
-        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/i')
+        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/i')
         output_data = _create_data_source('hdfs://user/hadoop/out')
 
         creator = workflow_factory.get_creator(job)
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
       </configuration>""", res)
 
         input_data = _create_data_source('hdfs://user/hadoop/in')
-        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/o')
+        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/o')
 
         creator = workflow_factory.get_creator(job)
 
@@ -196,8 +197,8 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
 
         job, job_exec = _create_all_stack(job_type, configs)
 
-        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/i')
-        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/o')
+        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/i')
+        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/o')
 
         creator = workflow_factory.get_creator(job)
 
@@ -243,12 +244,12 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
         # If args include swift paths, user and password values
         # will have to be supplied via configs instead of being
         # lifted from input or output data sources
-        configs = {workflow_factory.swift_username: 'admin',
-                   workflow_factory.swift_password: 'admin1'}
+        configs = {sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_USERNAME: 'admin',
+                   sw.HADOOP_SWIFT_PASSWORD: 'admin1'}
 
         configs = {
             'configs': configs,
-            'args': ['input_path',
+            'args': ['swift://ex/i',
                      'output_path']
         }
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
       </configuration>
       <main-class>%s</main-class>
       <java-opts>%s</java-opts>
-      <arg>input_path</arg>
+      <arg>swift://ex.sahara/i</arg>
       <arg>output_path</arg>""" % (_java_main_class, _java_opts), res)
 
     @mock.patch('sahara.conductor.API.job_binary_get')
@@ -278,8 +279,8 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
         job, job_exec = _create_all_stack(edp.JOB_TYPE_HIVE)
         job_binary.return_value = {"name": "script.q"}
 
-        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/i')
-        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/o')
+        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/i')
+        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/o')
 
         creator = workflow_factory.get_creator(job)
 
@@ -305,8 +306,8 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
     def _build_workflow_with_conf_common(self, job_type):
         job, _ = _create_all_stack(job_type)
 
-        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/i')
-        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex.sahara/o')
+        input_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/i')
+        output_data = _create_data_source('swift://ex/o')
 
         job_exec = _create_job_exec(job.id,
                                     job_type, configs={"configs": {'c': 'f'}})
@@ -369,6 +370,15 @@ class TestJobManager(base.SaharaWithDbTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(orig_exec_job_dict, exec_job_dict)
 
+    def test_inject_swift_url_suffix(self):
+        w = workflow_factory.BaseFactory()
+        self.assertEqual(w.inject_swift_url_suffix("swift://ex/o"),
+                         "swift://ex.sahara/o")
+        self.assertEqual(w.inject_swift_url_suffix("swift://ex.sahara/o"),
+                         "swift://ex.sahara/o")
+        self.assertEqual(w.inject_swift_url_suffix("hdfs://my/path"),
+                         "hdfs://my/path")
+
 
 def _create_all_stack(type, configs=None):
     b = _create_job_binary('1', type)
diff --git a/sahara/tests/unit/service/validation/edp/test_data_source.py b/sahara/tests/unit/service/validation/edp/test_data_source.py
index fae38846..6f190340 100644
--- a/sahara/tests/unit/service/validation/edp/test_data_source.py
+++ b/sahara/tests/unit/service/validation/edp/test_data_source.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ from sahara.service.validations.edp import data_source as ds
 from sahara.swift import utils as su
 from sahara.tests.unit.service.validation import utils as u
 
-SAMPLE_SWIFT_URL = "swift://1234%s/object" % su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX
+SAMPLE_SWIFT_URL = "swift://1234/object"
+SAMPLE_SWIFT_URL_WITH_SUFFIX = "swift://1234%s/object" % su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX
 
 
 class TestDataSourceValidation(u.ValidationTestCase):
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ class TestDataSourceValidation(u.ValidationTestCase):
 
         data = {
             "name": "test_data_data_source",
-            "url": "swif://1234%s/object" % su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX,
+            "url": "swif://1234/object",
             "type": "swift",
             "description": "incorrect url schema"
         }
@@ -112,13 +113,31 @@ class TestDataSourceValidation(u.ValidationTestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("sahara.service.validations."
                 "edp.base.check_data_source_unique_name")
-    def test_swift_creation_missing_suffix(self,
-                                           check_data_source_unique_name):
+    def test_swift_creation_explicit_suffix(self,
+                                            check_data_source_unique_name):
         check_data_source_unique_name.return_value = True
 
         data = {
             "name": "test_data_data_source",
-            "url": "swift://1234/object",
+            "url": SAMPLE_SWIFT_URL_WITH_SUFFIX,
+            "type": "swift",
+            "description": "incorrect url schema",
+            "credentials": {
+                "user": "user",
+                "password": "password"
+            }
+        }
+        self._assert_types(data)
+
+    @mock.patch("sahara.service.validations."
+                "edp.base.check_data_source_unique_name")
+    def test_swift_creation_wrong_suffix(self,
+                                         check_data_source_unique_name):
+        check_data_source_unique_name.return_value = True
+
+        data = {
+            "name": "test_data_data_source",
+            "url": "swift://1234.suffix/object",
             "type": "swift",
             "description": "incorrect url schema"
         }
@@ -133,7 +152,7 @@ class TestDataSourceValidation(u.ValidationTestCase):
 
         data = {
             "name": "test_data_data_source",
-            "url": "swift://1234%s/" % su.SWIFT_URL_SUFFIX,
+            "url": "swift://1234/",
             "type": "swift",
             "description": "incorrect url schema"
         }