diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index e78c1ee82a..1ee3b4f715 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -42,22 +42,24 @@ function build_octavia_worker_image {
 }
 
 function create_octavia_accounts {
-        create_service_user "neutron"
+    create_service_user "octavia"
 
-        if [[ "$KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND" = 'sql' ]]; then
+    if [[ "$KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND" = 'sql' ]]; then
 
-            local neutron_service=$(get_or_create_service "octavia" \
-                "octavia" "Octavia Service")
-            get_or_create_endpoint $neutron_service \
-                "$REGION_NAME" \
-                "$OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL://$SERVICE_HOST:$OCTAVIA_PORT/" \
-                "$OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL://$SERVICE_HOST:$OCTAVIA_PORT/" \
-                "$OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL://$SERVICE_HOST:$OCTAVIA_PORT/"
-        fi
+        local octavia_service=$(get_or_create_service "octavia" \
+            "octavia" "Octavia Service")
+        get_or_create_endpoint $octavia_service \
+            "$REGION_NAME" \
+            "$OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL://$SERVICE_HOST:$OCTAVIA_PORT/" \
+            "$OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL://$SERVICE_HOST:$OCTAVIA_PORT/" \
+            "$OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL://$SERVICE_HOST:$OCTAVIA_PORT/"
+    fi
 }
 
 function octavia_configure {
 
+    create_octavia_cache_dir
+
     sudo mkdir -m 755 -p $OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR
     safe_chown $STACK_USER $OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR
 
@@ -67,16 +69,20 @@ function octavia_configure {
 
     iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF database connection "mysql+pymysql://${DATABASE_USER}:${DATABASE_PASSWORD}@${DATABASE_HOST}:3306/octavia"
 
-    if [ "$OCTAVIA_AUTH_VERSION" == "2" ] ; then
-        AUTH_URI=${KEYSTONE_AUTH_URI%/v3}/v2.0
-    else
-        AUTH_URI=${KEYSTONE_AUTH_URI}
-    fi
-    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF keystone_authtoken auth_uri ${AUTH_URI}
-    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF keystone_authtoken admin_user ${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_USER}
-    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF keystone_authtoken admin_tenant_name ${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_TENANT_NAME}
-    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF keystone_authtoken admin_password ${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
-    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF keystone_authtoken auth_version ${OCTAVIA_AUTH_VERSION}
+    # Configure keystone auth_token for all users
+    configure_auth_token_middleware $OCTAVIA_CONF octavia $OCTAVIA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
+
+    # Ensure config is set up properly for authentication as admin
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth auth_url $KEYSTONE_AUTH_URI
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth auth_type password
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth username $OCTAVIA_USERNAME
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth password $OCTAVIA_PASSWORD
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth user_domain_name $OCTAVIA_USER_DOMAIN_NAME
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth project_name $OCTAVIA_PROJECT_NAME
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth project_domain_name $OCTAVIA_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth cafile $SSL_BUNDLE_FILE
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth signing_dir $signing_dir
+    iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF service_auth memcached_servers $SERVICE_HOST:11211
 
     # Setting other required default options
     iniset $OCTAVIA_CONF controller_worker amphora_driver ${OCTAVIA_AMPHORA_DRIVER}
@@ -373,6 +379,15 @@ function octavia_cleanup {
             openstack keypair delete ${OCTAVIA_AMP_SSH_KEY_NAME}
         fi
     fi
+
+    sudo rm -rf $NOVA_STATE_PATH $NOVA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
+}
+
+# create_octavia_cache_dir() - Part of the configure_octavia() process
+function create_octavia_cache_dir {
+    # Create cache dir
+    sudo install -d -o $STACK_USER $OCTAVIA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
+    rm -f $OCTAVIA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR/*
 }
 
 # check for service enabled
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index b8b45f65b6..3e046dfeb1 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ TRIPLEO_IMAGE_ELEMENTS_BRANCH=${TRIPLEO_IMAGE_ELEMENTS_BRANCH:-master}
 TRIPLEO_IMAGE_ELEMENTS_DIR=$DEST/tripleo-image-elements
 OCTAVIA_BIN_DIR=${OCTAVIA_BIN_DIR:-$(get_python_exec_prefix)}
 OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR=${OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR:-"/etc/octavia"}
+OCTAVIA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR=${OCTAVIA_AUTH_CACHE_DIR:-"/var/cache/octavia"}
 OCTAVIA_SSH_DIR=${OCTAVIA_SSH_DIR:-${OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR}/.ssh}
 OCTAVIA_CERTS_DIR=${OCTAVIA_CERTS_DIR:-${OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR}/certs}
 OCTAVIA_DHCLIENT_DIR=${OCTAVIA_DHCLIENT_DIR:-${OCTAVIA_CONF_DIR}/dhcp}
@@ -21,13 +22,11 @@ OCTAVIA_AMPHORA_DRIVER=${OCTAVIA_AMPHORA_DRIVER:-"amphora_haproxy_rest_driver"}
 OCTAVIA_NETWORK_DRIVER=${OCTAVIA_NETWORK_DRIVER:-"allowed_address_pairs_driver"}
 OCTAVIA_COMPUTE_DRIVER=${OCTAVIA_COMPUTE_DRIVER:-"compute_nova_driver"}
 
-OCTAVIA_ADMIN_USER=${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_USER:-"admin"}
-OCTAVIA_USER=${OCTAVIA_USER:-${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_USER}}
+OCTAVIA_USERNAME=${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_USER:-"admin"}
 OCTAVIA_PASSWORD=${OCTAVIA_PASSWORD:-${ADMIN_PASSWORD}}
-OCTAVIA_TENANT_ID=${OCTAVIA_TENANT_ID:-${ADMIN_TENANT_ID}}
-OCTAVIA_AUTH_VERSION=${OCTAVIA_AUTH_VERSION:-"2"}
-OCTAVIA_ADMIN_TENANT_NAME=${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_TENANT_NAME:-${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_USER}}
-OCTAVIA_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${OCTAVIA_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-${ADMIN_PASSWORD}}
+OCTAVIA_PROJECT_NAME=${OCTAVIA_PROJECT_NAME:-$OCTAVIA_USERNAME}
+OCTAVIA_USER_DOMAIN_NAME=${OCTAVIA_USER_DOMAIN_NAME:-"Default"}
+OCTAVIA_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME=${OCTAVIA_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME:-"Default"}
 
 OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL=${OCTAVIA_PROTOCOL:-"http"}
 OCTAVIA_PORT=${OCTAVIA_PORT:-"9876"}
diff --git a/etc/octavia.conf b/etc/octavia.conf
index 7315a8c7a2..afb73f35a9 100644
--- a/etc/octavia.conf
+++ b/etc/octavia.conf
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #                            noop_event_streamer
 # event_streamer_driver = noop_event_streamer
 
-
-
 [keystone_authtoken]
 # This group of config options are imported from keystone middleware. Thus the
 # option names should match the names declared in the middleware.
@@ -59,11 +57,6 @@
 # insecure = False
 # cafile =
 
-[keystone_authtoken_v3]
-# If using Keystone v3
-# admin_user_domain = default
-# admin_project_domain = default
-
 [certificates]
 # cert_generator = local_cert_generator
 
@@ -238,22 +231,17 @@
 # vrrp_garp_refresh_interval = 5
 # vrrp_garp_refresh_count = 2
 
-[glance]
-# The name of the glance service in the keystone catalog
-# service_name =
-# Custom glance endpoint if override is necessary
-# endpoint =
-
-# Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the OpenStack services.
-# region_name =
-
-# Endpoint type in Identity service catalog to use for communication with
-# the OpenStack services.
-# endpoint_type = publicURL
-
-# CA certificates file to verify glance connections when TLS is enabled
-# insecure = False
-# ca_certificates_file =
+[service_auth]
+# memcached_servers = 
+# signing_dir =
+# cafile = /opt/stack/data/ca-bundle.pem
+# project_domain_name = Default
+# project_name = admin
+# user_domain_name = Default
+# password = password
+# username = admin
+# auth_type = password
+# auth_url = http://localhost:5555/
 
 [nova]
 # The name of the nova service in the keystone catalog
@@ -261,28 +249,44 @@
 # Custom nova endpoint if override is necessary
 # endpoint =
 
-# Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the OpenStack services.
-# region_name =
-
-# Endpoint type in Identity service catalog to use for communication with
-# the OpenStack services.
-# endpoint_type = publicURL
-
-# CA certificates file to verify nova connections when TLS is enabled
-# insecure = False
-# ca_certificates_file =
-
-# Flag to enable nova anti-affinity capabilities to place amphorae on
-# different hosts
-# enable_anti_affinity = False
-
-[neutron]
-# The name of the neutron service in the keystone catalog
-# service_name =
-# Custom neutron endpoint if override is necessary
-# endpoint =
-
-# Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the OpenStack services.
+# Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the
+# OpenStack services.
+# region_name =
+
+# Endpoint type in Identity service catalog to use for communication with
+# the OpenStack services.
+# endpoint_type = publicURL
+
+# CA certificates file to verify neutron connections when TLS is enabled
+# insecure = False
+# ca_certificates_file =
+
+[glance]
+# The name of the glance service in the keystone catalog
+# service_name =
+# Custom glance endpoint if override is necessary
+# endpoint =
+
+# Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the
+# OpenStack services.
+# region_name =
+
+# Endpoint type in Identity service catalog to use for communication with
+# the OpenStack services.
+# endpoint_type = publicURL
+
+# CA certificates file to verify neutron connections when TLS is enabled
+# insecure = False
+# ca_certificates_file =
+
+[neutron]
+# The name of the neutron service in the keystone catalog
+# service_name =
+# Custom neutron endpoint if override is necessary
+# endpoint =
+
+# Region in Identity service catalog to use for communication with the
+# OpenStack services.
 # region_name =
 
 # Endpoint type in Identity service catalog to use for communication with
diff --git a/octavia/certificates/common/auth/barbican_acl.py b/octavia/certificates/common/auth/barbican_acl.py
index 06fc877110..4f3b5222e8 100644
--- a/octavia/certificates/common/auth/barbican_acl.py
+++ b/octavia/certificates/common/auth/barbican_acl.py
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ from octavia.i18n import _LE
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_group('certificates', 'octavia.common.config')
 
 
 class BarbicanACLAuth(barbican_common.BarbicanAuth):
@@ -39,8 +37,9 @@ class BarbicanACLAuth(barbican_common.BarbicanAuth):
     def get_barbican_client(cls, project_id=None):
         if not cls._barbican_client:
             try:
+                session = keystone.KeystoneSession().get_session()
                 cls._barbican_client = barbican_client.Client(
-                    session=keystone.get_session(),
+                    session=session,
                     region_name=CONF.certificates.region_name,
                     interface=CONF.certificates.endpoint_type
                 )
diff --git a/octavia/common/clients.py b/octavia/common/clients.py
index 59f9af8d88..c20214dfea 100644
--- a/octavia/common/clients.py
+++ b/octavia/common/clients.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from glanceclient import client as glance_client
 from neutronclient.neutron import client as neutron_client
 from novaclient import api_versions
 from novaclient import client as nova_client
+from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ from octavia.common import keystone
 from octavia.i18n import _LE
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
 GLANCE_VERSION = '2'
 NEUTRON_VERSION = '2.0'
 NOVA_VERSION = '2.1'
@@ -44,9 +47,10 @@ class NovaAuth(object):
         :return: a Nova Client object.
         :raises Exception: if the client cannot be created
         """
+        ksession = keystone.KeystoneSession()
         if not cls.nova_client:
             kwargs = {'region_name': region,
-                      'session': keystone.get_session(),
+                      'session': ksession.get_session(),
                       'endpoint_type': endpoint_type,
                       'insecure': insecure}
             if service_name:
@@ -82,9 +86,10 @@ class NeutronAuth(object):
         :return: a Neutron Client object.
         :raises Exception: if the client cannot be created
         """
+        ksession = keystone.KeystoneSession()
         if not cls.neutron_client:
             kwargs = {'region_name': region,
-                      'session': keystone.get_session(),
+                      'session': ksession.get_session(),
                       'endpoint_type': endpoint_type,
                       'insecure': insecure}
             if service_name:
@@ -120,9 +125,10 @@ class GlanceAuth(object):
         :return: a Glance Client object.
         :raises Exception: if the client cannot be created
         """
+        ksession = keystone.KeystoneSession()
         if not cls.glance_client:
             kwargs = {'region_name': region,
-                      'session': keystone.get_session(),
+                      'session': ksession.get_session(),
                       'interface': endpoint_type}
             if service_name:
                 kwargs['service_name'] = service_name
diff --git a/octavia/common/config.py b/octavia/common/config.py
index 8294aacde6..9a718a72c9 100644
--- a/octavia/common/config.py
+++ b/octavia/common/config.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 Routines for configuring Octavia
 """
 
+from keystoneauth1 import loading as ks_loading
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_db import options as db_options
 from oslo_log import log as logging
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ core_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('api_extensions_path', default="",
                help=_("The path for API extensions")),
     cfg.StrOpt('auth_strategy', default='keystone',
+               choices=('noauth', 'keystone'),
                help=_("The type of authentication to use")),
     cfg.BoolOpt('allow_bulk', default=True,
                 help=_("Allow the usage of the bulk API")),
@@ -142,13 +144,6 @@ oslo_messaging_opts = [
                help=_('topic name for communicating events through a queue')),
 ]
 
-keystone_authtoken_v3_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('admin_user_domain', default='default',
-               help=_('Admin user keystone authentication domain')),
-    cfg.StrOpt('admin_project_domain', default='default',
-               help=_('Admin project keystone authentication domain'))
-]
-
 haproxy_amphora_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('base_path',
                default='/var/lib/octavia',
@@ -289,12 +284,22 @@ certificate_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('barbican_auth',
                default='barbican_acl_auth',
                help='Name of the Barbican authentication method to use'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('service_name',
+               help=_('The name of the certificate service in the keystone'
+                      'catalog')),
+    cfg.StrOpt('endpoint', help=_('A new endpoint to override the endpoint '
+                                  'in the keystone catalog.')),
     cfg.StrOpt('region_name',
                help='Region in Identity service catalog to use for '
                     'communication with the barbican service.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('endpoint_type',
                default='publicURL',
-               help='The endpoint_type to be used for barbican service.')
+               help='The endpoint_type to be used for barbican service.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('ca_certificates_file',
+               help=_('CA certificates file path')),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('insecure',
+                default=False,
+                help=_('Disable certificate validation on SSL connections ')),
 ]
 
 house_keeping_opts = [
@@ -436,9 +441,6 @@ cfg.CONF.register_opts(anchor_opts, group='anchor')
 cfg.CONF.register_cli_opts(core_cli_opts)
 cfg.CONF.register_opts(certificate_opts, group='certificates')
 cfg.CONF.register_cli_opts(healthmanager_opts, group='health_manager')
-cfg.CONF.import_group('keystone_authtoken', 'keystonemiddleware.auth_token')
-cfg.CONF.register_opts(keystone_authtoken_v3_opts,
-                       group='keystone_authtoken_v3')
 cfg.CONF.register_opts(nova_opts, group='nova')
 cfg.CONF.register_opts(glance_opts, group='glance')
 cfg.CONF.register_opts(neutron_opts, group='neutron')
@@ -454,6 +456,9 @@ db_options.set_defaults(cfg.CONF, connection=_SQL_CONNECTION_DEFAULT,
 
 logging.register_options(cfg.CONF)
 
+ks_loading.register_auth_conf_options(cfg.CONF, constants.SERVICE_AUTH)
+ks_loading.register_session_conf_options(cfg.CONF, constants.SERVICE_AUTH)
+
 
 def init(args, **kwargs):
     cfg.CONF(args=args, project='octavia',
@@ -469,30 +474,3 @@ def setup_logging(conf):
     product_name = "octavia"
     logging.setup(conf, product_name)
     LOG.info(_LI("Logging enabled!"))
-
-
-# def load_paste_app(app_name):
-#     """Builds and returns a WSGI app from a paste config file.
-
-#     :param app_name: Name of the application to load
-#     :raises ConfigFilesNotFoundError when config file cannot be located
-#     :raises RuntimeError when application cannot be loaded from config file
-#     """
-
-#     config_path = cfg.CONF.find_file(cfg.CONF.api_paste_config)
-#     if not config_path:
-#         raise cfg.ConfigFilesNotFoundError(
-#             config_files=[cfg.CONF.api_paste_config])
-#     config_path = os.path.abspath(config_path)
-#     LOG.info(_LI("Config paste file: %s"), config_path)
-
-#     try:
-#         app = deploy.loadapp("config:%s" % config_path, name=app_name)
-#     except (LookupError, ImportError):
-#         msg = (_("Unable to load %(app_name)s from "
-#                  "configuration file %(config_path)s.") %
-#                {'app_name': app_name,
-#                 'config_path': config_path})
-#         LOG.exception(msg)
-#         raise RuntimeError(msg)
-#     return app
diff --git a/octavia/common/constants.py b/octavia/common/constants.py
index f3974659b9..07dec6f2b0 100644
--- a/octavia/common/constants.py
+++ b/octavia/common/constants.py
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ NOVA_21 = '2.1'
 NOVA_3 = '3'
 NOVA_VERSIONS = (NOVA_1, NOVA_21, NOVA_3)
 
+# Auth sections
+SERVICE_AUTH = 'service_auth'
+
 RPC_NAMESPACE_CONTROLLER_AGENT = 'controller'
 
 
diff --git a/octavia/common/keystone.py b/octavia/common/keystone.py
index f215d68d2f..dd6370020a 100644
--- a/octavia/common/keystone.py
+++ b/octavia/common/keystone.py
@@ -12,59 +12,32 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from keystoneauth1.identity import v2 as v2_client
-from keystoneauth1.identity import v3 as v3_client
-from keystoneauth1 import session
+from keystoneauth1 import loading as ks_loading
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-from oslo_utils import excutils
-
-from octavia.i18n import _LE
 
+from octavia.common import constants
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-cfg.CONF.import_group('keystone_authtoken', 'keystonemiddleware.auth_token')
-cfg.CONF.import_group('keystone_authtoken_v3', 'octavia.common.config')
 
-_SESSION = None
+class KeystoneSession:
 
+    def __init__(self, section=constants.SERVICE_AUTH):
+        self._session = None
+        self.section = section
+        ks_loading.register_auth_conf_options(cfg.CONF, self.section)
+        ks_loading.register_session_conf_options(cfg.CONF, self.section)
 
-def get_session():
-    """Initializes a Keystone session.
+    def get_session(self):
+        """Initializes a Keystone session.
 
-    :return: a Keystone Session object
-    :raises Exception: if the session cannot be established
-    """
-    global _SESSION
-    if not _SESSION:
+        :return: a Keystone Session object
+        """
+        if not self._session:
+            self._auth = ks_loading.load_auth_from_conf_options(
+                cfg.CONF, self.section)
+            self._session = ks_loading.load_session_from_conf_options(
+                cfg.CONF, self.section, auth=self._auth)
 
-        kwargs = {'auth_url': cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.auth_uri,
-                  'username': cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.admin_user,
-                  'password': cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.admin_password}
-
-        if cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.auth_version == '2':
-            client = v2_client
-            kwargs['tenant_name'] = (cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.
-                                     admin_tenant_name)
-        elif cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.auth_version == '3':
-            client = v3_client
-            kwargs['project_name'] = (cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.
-                                      admin_tenant_name)
-            kwargs['user_domain_name'] = (cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken_v3.
-                                          admin_user_domain)
-            kwargs['project_domain_name'] = (cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken_v3.
-                                             admin_project_domain)
-        else:
-            raise Exception('Unknown keystone version!')
-
-        try:
-            kc = client.Password(**kwargs)
-            _SESSION = session.Session(
-                auth=kc, verify=(cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.cafile or
-                                 not cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken.insecure))
-        except Exception:
-            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
-                LOG.exception(_LE("Error creating Keystone session."))
-
-    return _SESSION
+        return self._session
diff --git a/octavia/compute/drivers/nova_driver.py b/octavia/compute/drivers/nova_driver.py
index 83f35c27c0..42783292cd 100644
--- a/octavia/compute/drivers/nova_driver.py
+++ b/octavia/compute/drivers/nova_driver.py
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ from octavia.i18n import _LE, _LW
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_group('glance', 'octavia.common.config')
-CONF.import_group('keystone_authtoken', 'octavia.common.config')
 CONF.import_group('networking', 'octavia.common.config')
-CONF.import_group('nova', 'octavia.common.config')
 
 
 def _extract_amp_image_id_by_tag(client, image_tag, image_owner):
diff --git a/octavia/network/drivers/neutron/base.py b/octavia/network/drivers/neutron/base.py
index e54b1566d0..001a56d7bc 100644
--- a/octavia/network/drivers/neutron/base.py
+++ b/octavia/network/drivers/neutron/base.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ DNS_INT_EXT_ALIAS = 'dns-integration'
 SEC_GRP_EXT_ALIAS = 'security-group'
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_group('neutron', 'octavia.common.config')
 
 
 class BaseNeutronDriver(base.AbstractNetworkDriver):
diff --git a/octavia/opts.py b/octavia/opts.py
index 0b2b53c533..46392de7d1 100644
--- a/octavia/opts.py
+++ b/octavia/opts.py
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import copy
 import itertools
+import operator
+
+from keystoneauth1 import loading as ks_loading
+from oslo_config import cfg
 
 import octavia.common.config
+from octavia.common import constants
 
 
 def list_opts():
@@ -22,13 +28,31 @@ def list_opts():
         ('amphora_agent', octavia.common.config.amphora_agent_opts),
         ('networking', octavia.common.config.networking_opts),
         ('oslo_messaging', octavia.common.config.oslo_messaging_opts),
-        ('keystone_authtoken_v3',
-         octavia.common.config.keystone_authtoken_v3_opts),
         ('haproxy_amphora', octavia.common.config.haproxy_amphora_opts),
         ('health_manager', octavia.common.config.healthmanager_opts),
         ('controller_worker', octavia.common.config.controller_worker_opts),
         ('task_flow', octavia.common.config.task_flow_opts),
         ('certificates', octavia.common.config.certificate_opts),
         ('house_keeping', octavia.common.config.house_keeping_opts),
-        ('keepalived_vrrp', octavia.common.config.keepalived_vrrp_opts)
+        ('keepalived_vrrp', octavia.common.config.keepalived_vrrp_opts),
+        ('nova', octavia.common.config.nova_opts),
+        ('neutron', octavia.common.config.neutron_opts),
+        ('glance', octavia.common.config.glance_opts),
+        add_auth_opts(),
     ]
+
+
+def add_auth_opts():
+    opts = ks_loading.register_session_conf_options(
+        cfg.CONF, constants.SERVICE_AUTH)
+    opt_list = copy.deepcopy(opts)
+    opt_list.insert(0, ks_loading.get_auth_common_conf_options()[0])
+    # NOTE(mhickey): There are a lot of auth plugins, we just generate
+    # the config options for a few common ones
+    plugins = ['password', 'v2password', 'v3password']
+    for name in plugins:
+        for plugin_option in ks_loading.get_auth_plugin_conf_options(name):
+            if all(option.name != plugin_option.name for option in opt_list):
+                opt_list.append(plugin_option)
+    opt_list.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('name'))
+    return (constants.SERVICE_AUTH, opt_list)
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/certificates/common/auth/test_barbican_acl.py b/octavia/tests/unit/certificates/common/auth/test_barbican_acl.py
index e35d3ac5ca..bf8e7495a0 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/certificates/common/auth/test_barbican_acl.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/certificates/common/auth/test_barbican_acl.py
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@ class TestBarbicanACLAuth(base.TestCase):
         conf.config(group="certificates", endpoint_type='publicURL')
         super(TestBarbicanACLAuth, self).setUp()
 
+    @mock.patch('keystoneauth1.session.Session', mock.Mock())
     def test_get_barbican_client(self):
-        # There should be no existing client
-        self.assertIsNone(keystone._SESSION)
-
         # Mock out the keystone session and get the client
-        keystone._SESSION = mock.MagicMock()
         acl_auth_object = barbican_acl.BarbicanACLAuth()
         bc1 = acl_auth_object.get_barbican_client()
 
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/common/test_clients.py b/octavia/tests/unit/common/test_clients.py
index 3b51e2f109..a2de898d66 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/common/test_clients.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/common/test_clients.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import mock
 import neutronclient.v2_0
 import novaclient.v2
 from oslo_config import cfg
-from oslo_config import fixture as oslo_fixture
 
 from octavia.common import clients
 from octavia.common import keystone
@@ -27,15 +26,13 @@ CONF = cfg.CONF
 class TestNovaAuth(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        conf = self.useFixture(oslo_fixture.Config(cfg.CONF))
-        conf.config(group="keystone_authtoken", auth_version='2')
-
         # Reset the session and client
         clients.NovaAuth.nova_client = None
         keystone._SESSION = None
 
         super(TestNovaAuth, self).setUp()
 
+    @mock.patch('keystoneauth1.session.Session', mock.Mock())
     def test_get_nova_client(self):
         # There should be no existing client
         self.assertIsNone(
@@ -67,15 +64,13 @@ class TestNovaAuth(base.TestCase):
 class TestNeutronAuth(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        conf = self.useFixture(oslo_fixture.Config(cfg.CONF))
-        conf.config(group="keystone_authtoken", auth_version='2')
-
         # Reset the session and client
         clients.NeutronAuth.neutron_client = None
         keystone._SESSION = None
 
         super(TestNeutronAuth, self).setUp()
 
+    @mock.patch('keystoneauth1.session.Session', mock.Mock())
     def test_get_neutron_client(self):
         # There should be no existing client
         self.assertIsNone(
@@ -107,15 +102,13 @@ class TestNeutronAuth(base.TestCase):
 class TestGlanceAuth(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        conf = self.useFixture(oslo_fixture.Config(cfg.CONF))
-        conf.config(group="keystone_authtoken", auth_version='2')
-
         # Reset the session and client
         clients.GlanceAuth.glance_client = None
         keystone._SESSION = None
 
         super(TestGlanceAuth, self).setUp()
 
+    @mock.patch('keystoneauth1.session.Session', mock.Mock())
     def test_get_glance_client(self):
         # There should be no existing client
         self.assertIsNone(
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py b/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py
index b95ea1d844..1038fd0028 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/compute/drivers/test_nova_driver.py
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ class TestNovaClient(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         conf = self.useFixture(oslo_fixture.Config(cfg.CONF))
-        conf.config(group="keystone_authtoken", auth_version='2')
         self.net_name = "lb-mgmt-net"
         conf.config(group="networking", lb_network_name=self.net_name)
         conf.config(group="controller_worker", amp_boot_network_list=[1, 2])
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/flows/test_amphora_flows.py b/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/flows/test_amphora_flows.py
index 4f990edf57..4a1568e031 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/flows/test_amphora_flows.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/flows/test_amphora_flows.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class TestAmphoraFlows(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestAmphoraFlows, self).setUp()
         self.conf = self.useFixture(oslo_fixture.Config(cfg.CONF))
-        self.conf.config(group="keystone_authtoken", auth_version=AUTH_VERSION)
         self.conf.config(
             group="controller_worker",
             amphora_driver='amphora_haproxy_rest_driver')
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/tasks/test_compute_tasks.py b/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/tasks/test_compute_tasks.py
index 51d5278e1c..e7c154d6db 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/tasks/test_compute_tasks.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/controller/worker/tasks/test_compute_tasks.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ AMPHORA_ID = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
 COMPUTE_ID = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
 LB_NET_IP = '192.0.2.1'
 PORT_ID = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
-AUTH_VERSION = '2'
 SERVER_GRPOUP_ID = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
 
 
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ class TestComputeTasks(base.TestCase):
         conf.config(group="controller_worker", amp_active_wait_sec=AMP_WAIT)
         conf.config(group="controller_worker",
                     amp_secgroup_list=AMP_SEC_GROUPS)
-        conf.config(group="keystone_authtoken", auth_version=AUTH_VERSION)
         conf.config(group="controller_worker", amp_image_owner_id='')
 
         _amphora_mock.id = AMPHORA_ID
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_allowed_address_pairs.py b/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_allowed_address_pairs.py
index f048417f75..c1347b1125 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_allowed_address_pairs.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_allowed_address_pairs.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class TestAllowedAddressPairsDriver(base.TestCase):
                     ]
                 }
                 self.k_session = mock.patch(
-                    'octavia.common.keystone.get_session').start()
+                    'keystoneauth1.session.Session').start()
                 self.driver = allowed_address_pairs.AllowedAddressPairsDriver()
 
     @mock.patch('octavia.network.drivers.neutron.base.BaseNeutronDriver.'
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_base.py b/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_base.py
index 9fd12f699b..8c8e77318f 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_base.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/network/drivers/neutron/test_base.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TestBaseNeutronNetworkDriver(base.TestCase):
                 ]
             }
             self.k_session = mock.patch(
-                'octavia.common.keystone.get_session').start()
+                'keystoneauth1.session.Session').start()
             self.driver = self._instantiate_partial_abc(
                 neutron_base.BaseNeutronDriver)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/change-keystone-backend-config-d246b1e34015c86c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/change-keystone-backend-config-d246b1e34015c86c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72360c4a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/change-keystone-backend-config-d246b1e34015c86c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    Extended support for Keystone API v3.
+features:
+  - Octavia supports different Keystone APIs and choose authentication
+    mechanism based on configuration specified in "keystone_authtoken" section
+    of octavia.conf file.
+upgrade:
+  - From configuration file section "keystone_authtoken_v3" was removed and all
+    parameters are stored in "keystone_authtoken" section of configuration
+    file.