diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[python: **.py]
diff --git a/glance.store/locale/glance.store.pot b/glance.store/locale/glance.store.pot
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+# Translations template for glance.store.
+# Copyright (C) 2014 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the glance.store
+# project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2014.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: glance.store 2014.1.dev48.gad697aa\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-07-16 20:36+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 1.3\n"
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:36
+msgid "List of stores enabled"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:39
+msgid ""
+"Default scheme to use to store image data. The scheme must be registered "
+"by one of the stores defined by the 'stores' config option."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:194
+#, python-format
+msgid "Store for scheme %s not found"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:276
+#, python-format
+msgid "Failed to delete image %s in store from URI"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:282
+#, python-format
+msgid "Failed to delete image %(image_id)s from store (%(exc_type)s)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:305
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"The image metadata key %(key)s has an invalid type of %(type)s. Only "
+"dict, list, and unicode are supported."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:329
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"The storage driver %(driver)s returned invalid  metadata %(metadata)s. "
+"This must be a dictionary type"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:337
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"A bad metadata structure was returned from the %(driver)s storage driver:"
+" %(metadata)s.  %(e)s."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/backend.py:369
+msgid "Skipping store.set_acls... not implemented."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/driver.py:38
+#, python-format
+msgid "Caught '%(exception)s' exception."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/driver.py:76
+#, python-format
+msgid "Failed to configure store correctly: %s Disabling add method."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:46
+#, python-format
+msgid "Missing required credential: %(required)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:50
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Incorrect auth strategy, expected \"%(expected)s\" but received "
+"\"%(received)s\""
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:55
+#, python-format
+msgid "Image %(image)s not found"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:59
+#, python-format
+msgid "Unknown scheme '%(scheme)s' found in URI"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:63
+msgid "The Store URI was malformed: %(uri)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:67
+#, python-format
+msgid "Image %(image)s already exists"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:71
+msgid "An object with the same identifier is currently being operated on."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:76
+msgid "There is not enough disk space on the image storage media."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:80
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"The size of the data %(image_size)s will exceed the limit. %(remaining)s "
+"bytes remaining."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:85
+msgid "Permission to write image storage media denied."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:89
+#, python-format
+msgid "Connect error/bad request to Auth service at URL %(url)s."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:93
+#, python-format
+msgid "Auth service at URL %(url)s not found."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:97
+msgid "Authorization failed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:101
+msgid "You are not authenticated."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:105 glance/store/exceptions.py:109
+msgid "You are not authorized to complete this action."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:113
+#, python-format
+msgid "Image %(image_id)s is protected and cannot be deleted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:117
+msgid "Data supplied was not valid."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:121
+#, python-format
+msgid "Store %(store_name)s could not be configured correctly. Reason: %(reason)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:126
+#, python-format
+msgid "Driver %(driver_name)s could not be loaded."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:130
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Driver %(driver_name)s could not be configured correctly. Reason: "
+"%(reason)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:135
+msgid "Deleting images from this store is not supported."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:139
+msgid "Getting images from this store is not supported."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:143
+msgid "Adding images to this store is not supported."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:147
+msgid "Configuration for store failed. Adding images to this store is disabled."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:152
+#, python-format
+msgid "Maximum redirects (%(redirects)s) was exceeded."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:156
+msgid "Received invalid HTTP redirect."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:160
+msgid "Response from Keystone does not contain a Glance endpoint."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:164
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Multiple 'image' service matches for region %(region)s. This generally "
+"means that a region is required and you have not supplied one."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:170
+#, python-format
+msgid "Server worker creation failed: %(reason)s."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:174
+#, python-format
+msgid "Unable to load schema: %(reason)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:178
+#, python-format
+msgid "Provided object does not match schema '%(schema)s': %(reason)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:183
+#, python-format
+msgid "Provided header feature is unsupported: %(feature)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:187
+msgid ""
+"The image cannot be deleted because it is in use through the backend "
+"store outside of Glance."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:192
+msgid "No image data could be found"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:196
+#, python-format
+msgid "Invalid value '%(value)s' for parameter '%(param)s': %(extra_msg)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/exceptions.py:201
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Image status transition from %(cur_status)s to %(new_status)s is not "
+"allowed"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:34
+msgid ""
+"Partial name of a pipeline in your paste configuration file with the "
+"service name removed. For example, if your paste section name is "
+"[pipeline:glance-api-keystone] use the value \"keystone\""
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:40
+msgid "Name of the paste configuration file."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:45
+msgid "Supported values for the 'container_format' image attribute"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:52
+msgid "Supported values for the 'disk_format' image attribute"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:60
+msgid "Time in hours for which a task lives after, either succeeding or failing"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:67
+msgid ""
+"Whether to allow users to specify image properties beyond what the image "
+"schema provides"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:70
+msgid ""
+"Maximum number of image members per image. Negative values evaluate to "
+"unlimited."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:73
+msgid ""
+"Maximum number of properties allowed on an image. Negative values "
+"evaluate to unlimited."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:76
+msgid ""
+"Maximum number of tags allowed on an image. Negative values evaluate to "
+"unlimited."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:79
+msgid ""
+"Maximum number of locations allowed on an image. Negative values evaluate"
+" to unlimited."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:82
+msgid "Python module path of data access API"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:84
+msgid ""
+"Default value for the number of items returned by a request if not "
+"specified explicitly in the request"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:87
+msgid "Maximum permissible number of items that could be returned by a request"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:90
+msgid ""
+"Whether to include the backend image storage location in image "
+"properties. Revealing storage location can be a security risk, so use "
+"this setting with caution!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:95
+msgid ""
+"Whether to include the backend image locations in image properties. "
+"Revealing storage location can be a security risk, so use this setting "
+"with caution!  The overrides show_image_direct_url."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:100
+msgid ""
+"Maximum size of image a user can upload in bytes. Defaults to "
+"1099511627776 bytes (1 TB)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:103
+msgid ""
+"Set a system wide quota for every user.  This value is the total number "
+"of bytes that a user can use across all storage systems.  A value of 0 "
+"means unlimited."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:107
+msgid "Deploy the v1 OpenStack Images API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:109
+msgid "Deploy the v2 OpenStack Images API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:111
+msgid "The hostname/IP of the pydev process listening for debug connections"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:114
+msgid "The port on which a pydev process is listening for connections."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:117
+msgid ""
+"Key used for encrypting sensitive metadata while talking to the registry "
+"or database."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:203
+#, python-format
+msgid "Loading %(app_name)s from %(conf_file)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/config.py:214
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Unable to load %(app_name)s from configuration file %(conf_file)s.\n"
+"Got: %(e)r"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/common/utils.py:84
+#, python-format
+msgid "Error: cooperative_iter exception %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/gettextutils.py:320
+msgid "Message objects do not support addition."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/gettextutils.py:330
+msgid ""
+"Message objects do not support str() because they may contain non-ascii "
+"characters. Please use unicode() or translate() instead."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/log.py:275
+#, python-format
+msgid "Deprecated: %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/log.py:384
+#, python-format
+msgid "Error loading logging config %(log_config)s: %(err_msg)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/log.py:434
+#, python-format
+msgid "syslog facility must be one of: %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/log.py:677
+#, python-format
+msgid "Fatal call to deprecated config: %(msg)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/processutils.py:59
+msgid "Unexpected error while running command."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/processutils.py:62
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"%(description)s\n"
+"Command: %(cmd)s\n"
+"Exit code: %(exit_code)s\n"
+"Stdout: %(stdout)r\n"
+"Stderr: %(stderr)r"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/processutils.py:143
+#, python-format
+msgid "Got unknown keyword args to utils.execute: %r"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/processutils.py:149
+msgid "Command requested root, but did not specify a root helper."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/processutils.py:246
+msgid "Environment not supported over SSH"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/processutils.py:250
+msgid "process_input not supported over SSH"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/strutils.py:114
+#, python-format
+msgid "Unrecognized value '%(val)s', acceptable values are: %(acceptable)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/strutils.py:219
+#, python-format
+msgid "Invalid unit system: \"%s\""
+msgstr ""
+
+#: glance/store/openstack/common/strutils.py:228
+#, python-format
+msgid "Invalid string format: %s"
+msgstr ""
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7bd51114..a8c829ad 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,3 +40,17 @@ all_files = 1
 
 [upload_sphinx]
 upload-dir = doc/build/html
+
+[compile_catalog]
+directory = glance.store/locale
+domain = glance.store
+
+[update_catalog]
+domain = glance.store
+output_dir = glance.store/locale
+input_file = glance.store/locale/glance.store.pot
+
+[extract_messages]
+keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
+mapping_file = babel.cfg
+output_file = glance.store/locale/glance.store.pot