diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.json b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1926119ced68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "os-getVNCConsole": {
+        "type": "novnc"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00f32c6b92c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<os-getVNCConsole type="novnc" />
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.json b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bcaf468629a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"console": {
+		"type": "novnc",
+		"url": "http://example.com:6080/vnc_auto.html?token=f9906a48-b71e-4f18-baca-c987da3ebdb3&title=dafa(75ecef58-3b8e-4659-ab3b-5501454188e9)"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d74fffa873d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<console>
+	<type>novnc</type>
+	<url>http://example.com:6080/vnc_auto.html?token=f9906a48-b71e-4f18-baca-c987da3ebdb3&title=dafa(75ecef58-3b8e-4659-ab3b-5501454188e9)</url>
+</console>
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.json b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09366b4c934e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "server" : {
+        "name" : "new-server-test",
+        "imageRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1",
+        "metadata" : {
+            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
+        },
+        "personality" : [
+            {
+                "path" : "/etc/banner.txt",
+                "contents" : "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBpdCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5kIGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVsc2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4gQnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRoZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlvdSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vyc2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..077dd7618cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<server xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" imageRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b" flavorRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1" name="new-server-test">
+  <metadata>
+    <meta key="My Server Name">Apache1</meta>
+  </metadata>
+  <personality>
+    <file path="/etc/banner.txt">
+        ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp
+        dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k
+        IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs
+        c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g
+        QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo
+        ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv
+        dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy
+        c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6
+        b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA==
+    </file>
+  </personality>
+</server>
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.json b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db9ed3d6d1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "server": {
+        "adminPass": "MVk5HPrazHcG",
+        "id": "5bbcc3c4-1da2-4437-a48a-66f15b1b13f9",
+        "links": [
+            {
+                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack/servers/5bbcc3c4-1da2-4437-a48a-66f15b1b13f9",
+                "rel": "self"
+            },
+            {
+                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/servers/5bbcc3c4-1da2-4437-a48a-66f15b1b13f9",
+                "rel": "bookmark"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.xml b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68f0933c7710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<server xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" id="5bbcc3c4-1da2-4437-a48a-66f15b1b13f9" adminPass="MVk5HPrazHcG">
+  <metadata/>
+  <atom:link href="http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack/servers/5bbcc3c4-1da2-4437-a48a-66f15b1b13f9" rel="self"/>
+  <atom:link href="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/servers/5bbcc3c4-1da2-4437-a48a-66f15b1b13f9" rel="bookmark"/>
+</server>
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.json.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1926119ced68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.json.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "os-getVNCConsole": {
+        "type": "novnc"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.xml.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.xml.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00f32c6b92c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-req.xml.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<os-getVNCConsole type="novnc" />
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.json.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cf7255759d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.json.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"console": {
+		"type": "novnc",
+		"url":"%(url)s"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.xml.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.xml.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4904aa9a531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/get-vnc-console-post-resp.xml.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<console>
+	<type>novnc</type>
+	<url>%(url)s</url>
+</console>
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.json.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3916d1aa68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.json.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "server" : {
+        "name" : "new-server-test",
+        "imageRef" : "%(host)s/openstack/images/%(image_id)s",
+        "flavorRef" : "%(host)s/openstack/flavors/1",
+        "metadata" : {
+            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
+        },
+        "personality" : [
+            {
+                "path" : "/etc/banner.txt",
+                "contents" : "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBpdCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5kIGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVsc2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4gQnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRoZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlvdSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vyc2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.xml.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.xml.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f92614984242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-req.xml.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<server xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" imageRef="%(host)s/openstack/images/%(image_id)s" flavorRef="%(host)s/openstack/flavors/1" name="new-server-test">
+  <metadata>
+    <meta key="My Server Name">Apache1</meta>
+  </metadata>
+  <personality>
+    <file path="/etc/banner.txt">
+        ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp
+        dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k
+        IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs
+        c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g
+        QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo
+        ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv
+        dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy
+        c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6
+        b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA==
+    </file>
+  </personality>
+</server>
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.json.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5f030c8730b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.json.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "server": {
+        "adminPass": "%(password)s",
+        "id": "%(id)s",
+        "links": [
+            {
+                "href": "%(host)s/v2/openstack/servers/%(uuid)s",
+                "rel": "self"
+            },
+            {
+                "href": "%(host)s/openstack/servers/%(uuid)s",
+                "rel": "bookmark"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.xml.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.xml.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3bb13e69bd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/api_samples/os-consoles/server-post-resp.xml.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<server xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" id="%(id)s" adminPass="%(password)s">
+  <metadata/>
+  <atom:link href="%(host)s/v2/openstack/servers/%(uuid)s" rel="self"/>
+  <atom:link href="%(host)s/openstack/servers/%(uuid)s" rel="bookmark"/>
+</server>
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/test_api_samples.py b/nova/tests/integrated/test_api_samples.py
index e06e2a67cb04..62d49ad0a5b4 100644
--- a/nova/tests/integrated/test_api_samples.py
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/test_api_samples.py
@@ -1445,3 +1445,24 @@ class AdminActionsSamplesJsonTest(ServersSampleBase):
 
 class AdminActionsSamplesXmlTest(AdminActionsSamplesJsonTest):
     ctype = 'xml'
+
+
+class ConsolesSampleJsonTests(ServersSampleBase):
+    extension_name = ("nova.api.openstack.compute.contrib"
+                                     ".consoles.Consoles")
+
+    def test_get_vnc_console(self):
+        uuid = self._post_server()
+        response = self._do_post('servers/%s/action' % uuid,
+                                 'get-vnc-console-post-req',
+                                {'action': 'os-getVNCConsole'})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status, 200)
+        subs = self._get_regexes()
+        subs["url"] = \
+            "((https?):((//)|(\\\\))+([\w\d:#@%/;$()~_?\+-=\\\.&](#!)?)*)"
+        return self._verify_response('get-vnc-console-post-resp',
+                                       subs, response)
+
+
+class ConsoleOutputSampleXmlTests(ConsoleOutputSampleJsonTest):
+        ctype = 'xml'