diff --git a/magnum/__init__.py b/magnum/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e0f3f0f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/magnum/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# 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 threading
+
+
+# Make a project global TLS trace storage repository
+TLS = threading.local()
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ccfb5b2c5b..c387a63a47 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,45 @@
-[nosetests]
-match=^test
-where=api
-nocapture=1
-cover-package=api
-cover-erase=1
+[metadata]
+name = magnum
+version = 0.0.1
+summary = Application Lifecycle Management for OpenStack
+description-file =
+    README.md
+author = OpenStack
+author-email = openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org
+home-page = http://www.openstack.org/
+classifier =
+    Environment :: OpenStack
+    Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
+
+[files]
+packages =
+    magnum
+
+[build_sphinx]
+source-dir = doc/source
+build-dir = doc/build
+all_files = 1
+
+[upload_sphinx]
+upload-dir = doc/build/html
+
+[compile_catalog]
+directory = magnum/locale
+domain = magnum
+
+[update_catalog]
+domain = magnum
+output_dir = magnum/locale
+input_file = magnum/locale/magnum.pot
+
+[wheel]
+universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75f9e5cdc8..736375744d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-except ImportError:
-    from ez_setup import use_setuptools
-    use_setuptools()
-    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# 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.
 
-setup(
-    name='api',
-    version='0.1',
-    description='',
-    author='',
-    author_email='',
-    install_requires=[
-        "pecan",
-    ],
-    test_suite='api',
-    zip_safe=False,
-    include_package_data=True,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup'])
-)
+# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
+import setuptools
+
+# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
+# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+try:
+    import multiprocessing  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    pbr=True)