diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/__init__.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/__init__.py
index e69de29..d1223ea 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/__init__.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+#    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 six
+
+
+six.add_move(six.MovedModule('mox', 'mox', 'mox3.mox'))
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/gettextutils.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
index 2942902..1ee28ee 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
-# All Rights Reserved.
 # Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+# All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    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
@@ -26,16 +24,132 @@ Usual usage in an openstack.common module:
 
 import copy
 import gettext
-import logging.handlers
+import locale
+from logging import handlers
 import os
-import UserString
 
-_localedir = os.environ.get('os_collect_config'.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
-_t = gettext.translation('os_collect_config', localedir=_localedir, fallback=True)
+from babel import localedata
+import six
+
+_AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES = {}
+
+# FIXME(dhellmann): Remove this when moving to oslo.i18n.
+USE_LAZY = False
 
 
-def _(msg):
-    return _t.ugettext(msg)
+class TranslatorFactory(object):
+    """Create translator functions
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, domain, localedir=None):
+        """Establish a set of translation functions for the domain.
+
+        :param domain: Name of translation domain,
+                       specifying a message catalog.
+        :type domain: str
+        :param lazy: Delays translation until a message is emitted.
+                     Defaults to False.
+        :type lazy: Boolean
+        :param localedir: Directory with translation catalogs.
+        :type localedir: str
+        """
+        self.domain = domain
+        if localedir is None:
+            localedir = os.environ.get(domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
+        self.localedir = localedir
+
+    def _make_translation_func(self, domain=None):
+        """Return a new translation function ready for use.
+
+        Takes into account whether or not lazy translation is being
+        done.
+
+        The domain can be specified to override the default from the
+        factory, but the localedir from the factory is always used
+        because we assume the log-level translation catalogs are
+        installed in the same directory as the main application
+        catalog.
+
+        """
+        if domain is None:
+            domain = self.domain
+        t = gettext.translation(domain,
+                                localedir=self.localedir,
+                                fallback=True)
+        # Use the appropriate method of the translation object based
+        # on the python version.
+        m = t.gettext if six.PY3 else t.ugettext
+
+        def f(msg):
+            """oslo.i18n.gettextutils translation function."""
+            if USE_LAZY:
+                return Message(msg, domain=domain)
+            return m(msg)
+        return f
+
+    @property
+    def primary(self):
+        "The default translation function."
+        return self._make_translation_func()
+
+    def _make_log_translation_func(self, level):
+        return self._make_translation_func(self.domain + '-log-' + level)
+
+    @property
+    def log_info(self):
+        "Translate info-level log messages."
+        return self._make_log_translation_func('info')
+
+    @property
+    def log_warning(self):
+        "Translate warning-level log messages."
+        return self._make_log_translation_func('warning')
+
+    @property
+    def log_error(self):
+        "Translate error-level log messages."
+        return self._make_log_translation_func('error')
+
+    @property
+    def log_critical(self):
+        "Translate critical-level log messages."
+        return self._make_log_translation_func('critical')
+
+
+# NOTE(dhellmann): When this module moves out of the incubator into
+# oslo.i18n, these global variables can be moved to an integration
+# module within each application.
+
+# Create the global translation functions.
+_translators = TranslatorFactory('os_collect_config')
+
+# The primary translation function using the well-known name "_"
+_ = _translators.primary
+
+# Translators for log levels.
+#
+# The abbreviated names are meant to reflect the usual use of a short
+# name like '_'. The "L" is for "log" and the other letter comes from
+# the level.
+_LI = _translators.log_info
+_LW = _translators.log_warning
+_LE = _translators.log_error
+_LC = _translators.log_critical
+
+# NOTE(dhellmann): End of globals that will move to the application's
+# integration module.
+
+
+def enable_lazy():
+    """Convenience function for configuring _() to use lazy gettext
+
+    Call this at the start of execution to enable the gettextutils._
+    function to use lazy gettext functionality. This is useful if
+    your project is importing _ directly instead of using the
+    gettextutils.install() way of importing the _ function.
+    """
+    global USE_LAZY
+    USE_LAZY = True
 
 
 def install(domain):
@@ -48,179 +162,318 @@ def install(domain):
     overriding the default localedir (e.g. /usr/share/locale) using
     a translation-domain-specific environment variable (e.g.
     NOVA_LOCALEDIR).
+
+    Note that to enable lazy translation, enable_lazy must be
+    called.
+
+    :param domain: the translation domain
     """
-    gettext.install(domain,
-                    localedir=os.environ.get(domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR'),
-                    unicode=True)
+    from six import moves
+    tf = TranslatorFactory(domain)
+    moves.builtins.__dict__['_'] = tf.primary
 
 
-"""
-Lazy gettext functionality.
+class Message(six.text_type):
+    """A Message object is a unicode object that can be translated.
 
-The following is an attempt to introduce a deferred way
-to do translations on messages in OpenStack. We attempt to
-override the standard _() function and % (format string) operation
-to build Message objects that can later be translated when we have
-more information. Also included is an example LogHandler that
-translates Messages to an associated locale, effectively allowing
-many logs, each with their own locale.
-"""
-
-
-def get_lazy_gettext(domain):
-    """Assemble and return a lazy gettext function for a given domain.
-
-    Factory method for a project/module to get a lazy gettext function
-    for its own translation domain (i.e. nova, glance, cinder, etc.)
+    Translation of Message is done explicitly using the translate() method.
+    For all non-translation intents and purposes, a Message is simply unicode,
+    and can be treated as such.
     """
 
-    def _lazy_gettext(msg):
-        """Create and return a Message object.
+    def __new__(cls, msgid, msgtext=None, params=None,
+                domain='os_collect_config', *args):
+        """Create a new Message object.
 
-        Message encapsulates a string so that we can translate it later when
-        needed.
+        In order for translation to work gettext requires a message ID, this
+        msgid will be used as the base unicode text. It is also possible
+        for the msgid and the base unicode text to be different by passing
+        the msgtext parameter.
         """
-        return Message(msg, domain)
+        # If the base msgtext is not given, we use the default translation
+        # of the msgid (which is in English) just in case the system locale is
+        # not English, so that the base text will be in that locale by default.
+        if not msgtext:
+            msgtext = Message._translate_msgid(msgid, domain)
+        # We want to initialize the parent unicode with the actual object that
+        # would have been plain unicode if 'Message' was not enabled.
+        msg = super(Message, cls).__new__(cls, msgtext)
+        msg.msgid = msgid
+        msg.domain = domain
+        msg.params = params
+        return msg
 
-    return _lazy_gettext
+    def translate(self, desired_locale=None):
+        """Translate this message to the desired locale.
 
+        :param desired_locale: The desired locale to translate the message to,
+                               if no locale is provided the message will be
+                               translated to the system's default locale.
 
-class Message(UserString.UserString, object):
-    """Class used to encapsulate translatable messages."""
-    def __init__(self, msg, domain):
-        # _msg is the gettext msgid and should never change
-        self._msg = msg
-        self._left_extra_msg = ''
-        self._right_extra_msg = ''
-        self.params = None
-        self.locale = None
-        self.domain = domain
+        :returns: the translated message in unicode
+        """
 
-    @property
-    def data(self):
-        # NOTE(mrodden): this should always resolve to a unicode string
-        # that best represents the state of the message currently
+        translated_message = Message._translate_msgid(self.msgid,
+                                                      self.domain,
+                                                      desired_locale)
+        if self.params is None:
+            # No need for more translation
+            return translated_message
 
-        localedir = os.environ.get(self.domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
-        if self.locale:
-            lang = gettext.translation(self.domain,
-                                       localedir=localedir,
-                                       languages=[self.locale],
-                                       fallback=True)
+        # This Message object may have been formatted with one or more
+        # Message objects as substitution arguments, given either as a single
+        # argument, part of a tuple, or as one or more values in a dictionary.
+        # When translating this Message we need to translate those Messages too
+        translated_params = _translate_args(self.params, desired_locale)
+
+        translated_message = translated_message % translated_params
+
+        return translated_message
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _translate_msgid(msgid, domain, desired_locale=None):
+        if not desired_locale:
+            system_locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()
+            # If the system locale is not available to the runtime use English
+            if not system_locale[0]:
+                desired_locale = 'en_US'
+            else:
+                desired_locale = system_locale[0]
+
+        locale_dir = os.environ.get(domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
+        lang = gettext.translation(domain,
+                                   localedir=locale_dir,
+                                   languages=[desired_locale],
+                                   fallback=True)
+        if six.PY3:
+            translator = lang.gettext
         else:
-            # use system locale for translations
-            lang = gettext.translation(self.domain,
-                                       localedir=localedir,
-                                       fallback=True)
+            translator = lang.ugettext
 
-        full_msg = (self._left_extra_msg +
-                    lang.ugettext(self._msg) +
-                    self._right_extra_msg)
-
-        if self.params is not None:
-            full_msg = full_msg % self.params
-
-        return unicode(full_msg)
-
-    def _save_parameters(self, other):
-        # we check for None later to see if
-        # we actually have parameters to inject,
-        # so encapsulate if our parameter is actually None
-        if other is None:
-            self.params = (other, )
-        else:
-            self.params = copy.deepcopy(other)
-
-        return self
-
-    # overrides to be more string-like
-    def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.data
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.data.encode('utf-8')
-
-    def __getstate__(self):
-        to_copy = ['_msg', '_right_extra_msg', '_left_extra_msg',
-                   'domain', 'params', 'locale']
-        new_dict = self.__dict__.fromkeys(to_copy)
-        for attr in to_copy:
-            new_dict[attr] = copy.deepcopy(self.__dict__[attr])
-
-        return new_dict
-
-    def __setstate__(self, state):
-        for (k, v) in state.items():
-            setattr(self, k, v)
-
-    # operator overloads
-    def __add__(self, other):
-        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
-        copied._right_extra_msg += other.__str__()
-        return copied
-
-    def __radd__(self, other):
-        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
-        copied._left_extra_msg += other.__str__()
-        return copied
+        translated_message = translator(msgid)
+        return translated_message
 
     def __mod__(self, other):
-        # do a format string to catch and raise
-        # any possible KeyErrors from missing parameters
-        self.data % other
-        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
-        return copied._save_parameters(other)
+        # When we mod a Message we want the actual operation to be performed
+        # by the parent class (i.e. unicode()), the only thing  we do here is
+        # save the original msgid and the parameters in case of a translation
+        params = self._sanitize_mod_params(other)
+        unicode_mod = super(Message, self).__mod__(params)
+        modded = Message(self.msgid,
+                         msgtext=unicode_mod,
+                         params=params,
+                         domain=self.domain)
+        return modded
 
-    def __mul__(self, other):
-        return self.data * other
+    def _sanitize_mod_params(self, other):
+        """Sanitize the object being modded with this Message.
 
-    def __rmul__(self, other):
-        return other * self.data
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        return self.data[key]
-
-    def __getslice__(self, start, end):
-        return self.data.__getslice__(start, end)
-
-    def __getattribute__(self, name):
-        # NOTE(mrodden): handle lossy operations that we can't deal with yet
-        # These override the UserString implementation, since UserString
-        # uses our __class__ attribute to try and build a new message
-        # after running the inner data string through the operation.
-        # At that point, we have lost the gettext message id and can just
-        # safely resolve to a string instead.
-        ops = ['capitalize', 'center', 'decode', 'encode',
-               'expandtabs', 'ljust', 'lstrip', 'replace', 'rjust', 'rstrip',
-               'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', 'upper', 'zfill']
-        if name in ops:
-            return getattr(self.data, name)
+        - Add support for modding 'None' so translation supports it
+        - Trim the modded object, which can be a large dictionary, to only
+        those keys that would actually be used in a translation
+        - Snapshot the object being modded, in case the message is
+        translated, it will be used as it was when the Message was created
+        """
+        if other is None:
+            params = (other,)
+        elif isinstance(other, dict):
+            # Merge the dictionaries
+            # Copy each item in case one does not support deep copy.
+            params = {}
+            if isinstance(self.params, dict):
+                for key, val in self.params.items():
+                    params[key] = self._copy_param(val)
+            for key, val in other.items():
+                params[key] = self._copy_param(val)
         else:
-            return UserString.UserString.__getattribute__(self, name)
+            params = self._copy_param(other)
+        return params
+
+    def _copy_param(self, param):
+        try:
+            return copy.deepcopy(param)
+        except Exception:
+            # Fallback to casting to unicode this will handle the
+            # python code-like objects that can't be deep-copied
+            return six.text_type(param)
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        msg = _('Message objects do not support addition.')
+        raise TypeError(msg)
+
+    def __radd__(self, other):
+        return self.__add__(other)
+
+    if six.PY2:
+        def __str__(self):
+            # NOTE(luisg): Logging in python 2.6 tries to str() log records,
+            # and it expects specifically a UnicodeError in order to proceed.
+            msg = _('Message objects do not support str() because they may '
+                    'contain non-ascii characters. '
+                    'Please use unicode() or translate() instead.')
+            raise UnicodeError(msg)
 
 
-class LocaleHandler(logging.Handler):
-    """Handler that can have a locale associated to translate Messages.
+def get_available_languages(domain):
+    """Lists the available languages for the given translation domain.
 
-    A quick example of how to utilize the Message class above.
-    LocaleHandler takes a locale and a target logging.Handler object
-    to forward LogRecord objects to after translating the internal Message.
+    :param domain: the domain to get languages for
+    """
+    if domain in _AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES:
+        return copy.copy(_AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES[domain])
+
+    localedir = '%s_LOCALEDIR' % domain.upper()
+    find = lambda x: gettext.find(domain,
+                                  localedir=os.environ.get(localedir),
+                                  languages=[x])
+
+    # NOTE(mrodden): en_US should always be available (and first in case
+    # order matters) since our in-line message strings are en_US
+    language_list = ['en_US']
+    # NOTE(luisg): Babel <1.0 used a function called list(), which was
+    # renamed to locale_identifiers() in >=1.0, the requirements master list
+    # requires >=0.9.6, uncapped, so defensively work with both. We can remove
+    # this check when the master list updates to >=1.0, and update all projects
+    list_identifiers = (getattr(localedata, 'list', None) or
+                        getattr(localedata, 'locale_identifiers'))
+    locale_identifiers = list_identifiers()
+
+    for i in locale_identifiers:
+        if find(i) is not None:
+            language_list.append(i)
+
+    # NOTE(luisg): Babel>=1.0,<1.3 has a bug where some OpenStack supported
+    # locales (e.g. 'zh_CN', and 'zh_TW') aren't supported even though they
+    # are perfectly legitimate locales:
+    #     https://github.com/mitsuhiko/babel/issues/37
+    # In Babel 1.3 they fixed the bug and they support these locales, but
+    # they are still not explicitly "listed" by locale_identifiers().
+    # That is  why we add the locales here explicitly if necessary so that
+    # they are listed as supported.
+    aliases = {'zh': 'zh_CN',
+               'zh_Hant_HK': 'zh_HK',
+               'zh_Hant': 'zh_TW',
+               'fil': 'tl_PH'}
+    for (locale_, alias) in six.iteritems(aliases):
+        if locale_ in language_list and alias not in language_list:
+            language_list.append(alias)
+
+    _AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES[domain] = language_list
+    return copy.copy(language_list)
+
+
+def translate(obj, desired_locale=None):
+    """Gets the translated unicode representation of the given object.
+
+    If the object is not translatable it is returned as-is.
+    If the locale is None the object is translated to the system locale.
+
+    :param obj: the object to translate
+    :param desired_locale: the locale to translate the message to, if None the
+                           default system locale will be used
+    :returns: the translated object in unicode, or the original object if
+              it could not be translated
+    """
+    message = obj
+    if not isinstance(message, Message):
+        # If the object to translate is not already translatable,
+        # let's first get its unicode representation
+        message = six.text_type(obj)
+    if isinstance(message, Message):
+        # Even after unicoding() we still need to check if we are
+        # running with translatable unicode before translating
+        return message.translate(desired_locale)
+    return obj
+
+
+def _translate_args(args, desired_locale=None):
+    """Translates all the translatable elements of the given arguments object.
+
+    This method is used for translating the translatable values in method
+    arguments which include values of tuples or dictionaries.
+    If the object is not a tuple or a dictionary the object itself is
+    translated if it is translatable.
+
+    If the locale is None the object is translated to the system locale.
+
+    :param args: the args to translate
+    :param desired_locale: the locale to translate the args to, if None the
+                           default system locale will be used
+    :returns: a new args object with the translated contents of the original
+    """
+    if isinstance(args, tuple):
+        return tuple(translate(v, desired_locale) for v in args)
+    if isinstance(args, dict):
+        translated_dict = {}
+        for (k, v) in six.iteritems(args):
+            translated_v = translate(v, desired_locale)
+            translated_dict[k] = translated_v
+        return translated_dict
+    return translate(args, desired_locale)
+
+
+class TranslationHandler(handlers.MemoryHandler):
+    """Handler that translates records before logging them.
+
+    The TranslationHandler takes a locale and a target logging.Handler object
+    to forward LogRecord objects to after translating them. This handler
+    depends on Message objects being logged, instead of regular strings.
+
+    The handler can be configured declaratively in the logging.conf as follows:
+
+        [handlers]
+        keys = translatedlog, translator
+
+        [handler_translatedlog]
+        class = handlers.WatchedFileHandler
+        args = ('/var/log/api-localized.log',)
+        formatter = context
+
+        [handler_translator]
+        class = openstack.common.log.TranslationHandler
+        target = translatedlog
+        args = ('zh_CN',)
+
+    If the specified locale is not available in the system, the handler will
+    log in the default locale.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, locale, target):
-        """Initialize a LocaleHandler
+    def __init__(self, locale=None, target=None):
+        """Initialize a TranslationHandler
 
         :param locale: locale to use for translating messages
         :param target: logging.Handler object to forward
                        LogRecord objects to after translation
         """
-        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
+        # NOTE(luisg): In order to allow this handler to be a wrapper for
+        # other handlers, such as a FileHandler, and still be able to
+        # configure it using logging.conf, this handler has to extend
+        # MemoryHandler because only the MemoryHandlers' logging.conf
+        # parsing is implemented such that it accepts a target handler.
+        handlers.MemoryHandler.__init__(self, capacity=0, target=target)
         self.locale = locale
-        self.target = target
+
+    def setFormatter(self, fmt):
+        self.target.setFormatter(fmt)
 
     def emit(self, record):
-        if isinstance(record.msg, Message):
-            # set the locale and resolve to a string
-            record.msg.locale = self.locale
+        # We save the message from the original record to restore it
+        # after translation, so other handlers are not affected by this
+        original_msg = record.msg
+        original_args = record.args
+
+        try:
+            self._translate_and_log_record(record)
+        finally:
+            record.msg = original_msg
+            record.args = original_args
+
+    def _translate_and_log_record(self, record):
+        record.msg = translate(record.msg, self.locale)
+
+        # In addition to translating the message, we also need to translate
+        # arguments that were passed to the log method that were not part
+        # of the main message e.g., log.info(_('Some message %s'), this_one))
+        record.args = _translate_args(record.args, self.locale)
 
         self.target.emit(record)
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/importutils.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/importutils.py
index 7a303f9..c258fb4 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/importutils.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/importutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
@@ -26,10 +24,10 @@ import traceback
 def import_class(import_str):
     """Returns a class from a string including module and class."""
     mod_str, _sep, class_str = import_str.rpartition('.')
+    __import__(mod_str)
     try:
-        __import__(mod_str)
         return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str)
-    except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+    except AttributeError:
         raise ImportError('Class %s cannot be found (%s)' %
                           (class_str,
                            traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
@@ -60,6 +58,13 @@ def import_module(import_str):
     return sys.modules[import_str]
 
 
+def import_versioned_module(version, submodule=None):
+    module = 'os_collect_config.v%s' % version
+    if submodule:
+        module = '.'.join((module, submodule))
+    return import_module(module)
+
+
 def try_import(import_str, default=None):
     """Try to import a module and if it fails return default."""
     try:
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/jsonutils.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
index 05537ca..ba8397d 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
 # Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
 # Copyright 2011 Justin Santa Barbara
@@ -33,18 +31,34 @@ This module provides a few things:
 '''
 
 
+import codecs
 import datetime
 import functools
 import inspect
 import itertools
-import json
-import types
-import xmlrpclib
+import sys
+
+is_simplejson = False
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+    # On Python <= 2.6, json module is not C boosted, so try to use
+    # simplejson module if available
+    try:
+        import simplejson as json
+        is_simplejson = True
+    except ImportError:
+        import json
+else:
+    import json
 
 import six
+import six.moves.xmlrpc_client as xmlrpclib
 
+from os_collect_config.openstack.common import gettextutils
+from os_collect_config.openstack.common import importutils
+from os_collect_config.openstack.common import strutils
 from os_collect_config.openstack.common import timeutils
 
+netaddr = importutils.try_import("netaddr")
 
 _nasty_type_tests = [inspect.ismodule, inspect.isclass, inspect.ismethod,
                      inspect.isfunction, inspect.isgeneratorfunction,
@@ -52,7 +66,8 @@ _nasty_type_tests = [inspect.ismodule, inspect.isclass, inspect.ismethod,
                      inspect.iscode, inspect.isbuiltin, inspect.isroutine,
                      inspect.isabstract]
 
-_simple_types = (types.NoneType, int, basestring, bool, float, long)
+_simple_types = (six.string_types + six.integer_types
+                 + (type(None), bool, float))
 
 
 def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
@@ -117,7 +132,7 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
                                       level=level,
                                       max_depth=max_depth)
         if isinstance(value, dict):
-            return dict((k, recursive(v)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
+            return dict((k, recursive(v)) for k, v in six.iteritems(value))
         elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
             return [recursive(lv) for lv in value]
 
@@ -129,6 +144,8 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
 
         if convert_datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             return timeutils.strtime(value)
+        elif isinstance(value, gettextutils.Message):
+            return value.data
         elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
             return recursive(dict(value.iteritems()), level=level + 1)
         elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
@@ -137,6 +154,8 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
             # Likely an instance of something. Watch for cycles.
             # Ignore class member vars.
             return recursive(value.__dict__, level=level + 1)
+        elif netaddr and isinstance(value, netaddr.IPAddress):
+            return six.text_type(value)
         else:
             if any(test(value) for test in _nasty_type_tests):
                 return six.text_type(value)
@@ -148,15 +167,23 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
 
 
 def dumps(value, default=to_primitive, **kwargs):
+    if is_simplejson:
+        kwargs['namedtuple_as_object'] = False
     return json.dumps(value, default=default, **kwargs)
 
 
-def loads(s):
-    return json.loads(s)
+def dump(obj, fp, *args, **kwargs):
+    if is_simplejson:
+        kwargs['namedtuple_as_object'] = False
+    return json.dump(obj, fp, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def load(s):
-    return json.load(s)
+def loads(s, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):
+    return json.loads(strutils.safe_decode(s, encoding), **kwargs)
+
+
+def load(fp, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):
+    return json.load(codecs.getreader(encoding)(fp), **kwargs)
 
 
 try:
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/local.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/local.py
index f1bfc82..0819d5b 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/local.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/local.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
@@ -15,16 +13,15 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-"""Greenthread local storage of variables using weak references"""
+"""Local storage of variables using weak references"""
 
+import threading
 import weakref
 
-from eventlet import corolocal
 
-
-class WeakLocal(corolocal.local):
+class WeakLocal(threading.local):
     def __getattribute__(self, attr):
-        rval = corolocal.local.__getattribute__(self, attr)
+        rval = super(WeakLocal, self).__getattribute__(attr)
         if rval:
             # NOTE(mikal): this bit is confusing. What is stored is a weak
             # reference, not the value itself. We therefore need to lookup
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ class WeakLocal(corolocal.local):
 
     def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
         value = weakref.ref(value)
-        return corolocal.local.__setattr__(self, attr, value)
+        return super(WeakLocal, self).__setattr__(attr, value)
 
 
 # NOTE(mikal): the name "store" should be deprecated in the future
@@ -45,4 +42,4 @@ store = WeakLocal()
 # "strong" store will hold a reference to the object so that it never falls out
 # of scope.
 weak_store = WeakLocal()
-strong_store = corolocal.local
+strong_store = threading.local()
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/log.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/log.py
index 35a5142..724abf1 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/log.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/log.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
 # Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
 # Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-"""Openstack logging handler.
+"""OpenStack logging handler.
 
 This module adds to logging functionality by adding the option to specify
 a context object when calling the various log methods.  If the context object
@@ -29,27 +27,34 @@ It also allows setting of formatting information through conf.
 
 """
 
-import ConfigParser
-import cStringIO
 import inspect
 import itertools
 import logging
 import logging.config
 import logging.handlers
 import os
+import socket
 import sys
 import traceback
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
+import six
+from six import moves
+
+_PY26 = sys.version_info[0:2] == (2, 6)
 
 from os_collect_config.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
 from os_collect_config.openstack.common import importutils
 from os_collect_config.openstack.common import jsonutils
 from os_collect_config.openstack.common import local
+# NOTE(flaper87): Pls, remove when graduating this module
+# from the incubator.
+from os_collect_config.openstack.common.strutils import mask_password  # noqa
 
 
 _DEFAULT_LOG_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 
+
 common_cli_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('debug',
                 short='d',
@@ -64,17 +69,17 @@ common_cli_opts = [
 ]
 
 logging_cli_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('log-config',
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-config-append',
                metavar='PATH',
-               help='If this option is specified, the logging configuration '
-                    'file specified is used and overrides any other logging '
-                    'options specified. Please see the Python logging module '
-                    'documentation for details on logging configuration '
-                    'files.'),
+               deprecated_name='log-config',
+               help='The name of a logging configuration file. This file '
+                    'is appended to any existing logging configuration '
+                    'files. For details about logging configuration files, '
+                    'see the Python logging module documentation.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('log-format',
-               default=None,
                metavar='FORMAT',
-               help='A logging.Formatter log message format string which may '
+               help='DEPRECATED. '
+                    'A logging.Formatter log message format string which may '
                     'use any of the available logging.LogRecord attributes. '
                     'This option is deprecated.  Please use '
                     'logging_context_format_string and '
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ logging_cli_opts = [
                default=_DEFAULT_LOG_DATE_FORMAT,
                metavar='DATE_FORMAT',
                help='Format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. '
-                    'Default: %(default)s'),
+                    'Default: %(default)s .'),
     cfg.StrOpt('log-file',
                metavar='PATH',
                deprecated_name='logfile',
@@ -92,66 +97,78 @@ logging_cli_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('log-dir',
                deprecated_name='logdir',
                help='(Optional) The base directory used for relative '
-                    '--log-file paths'),
+                    '--log-file paths.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('use-syslog',
                 default=False,
-                help='Use syslog for logging.'),
+                help='Use syslog for logging. '
+                     'Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED during I, '
+                     'and will change in J to honor RFC5424.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use-syslog-rfc-format',
+                # TODO(bogdando) remove or use True after existing
+                #    syslog format deprecation in J
+                default=False,
+                help='(Optional) Enables or disables syslog rfc5424 format '
+                     'for logging. If enabled, prefixes the MSG part of the '
+                     'syslog message with APP-NAME (RFC5424). The '
+                     'format without the APP-NAME is deprecated in I, '
+                     'and will be removed in J.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('syslog-log-facility',
                default='LOG_USER',
-               help='syslog facility to receive log lines')
+               help='Syslog facility to receive log lines.')
 ]
 
 generic_log_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('use_stderr',
                 default=True,
-                help='Log output to standard error')
+                help='Log output to standard error.')
 ]
 
+DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = ['amqp=WARN', 'amqplib=WARN', 'boto=WARN',
+                      'qpid=WARN', 'sqlalchemy=WARN', 'suds=INFO',
+                      'oslo.messaging=INFO', 'iso8601=WARN',
+                      'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN',
+                      'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'websocket=WARN',
+                      "keystonemiddleware=WARN", "routes.middleware=WARN",
+                      "stevedore=WARN"]
+
 log_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('logging_context_format_string',
                default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s '
-                       '%(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user)s %(tenant)s] '
+                       '%(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] '
                        '%(instance)s%(message)s',
-               help='format string to use for log messages with context'),
+               help='Format string to use for log messages with context.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('logging_default_format_string',
                default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s '
                        '%(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s',
-               help='format string to use for log messages without context'),
+               help='Format string to use for log messages without context.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('logging_debug_format_suffix',
                default='%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d',
-               help='data to append to log format when level is DEBUG'),
+               help='Data to append to log format when level is DEBUG.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('logging_exception_prefix',
                default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d TRACE %(name)s '
                '%(instance)s',
-               help='prefix each line of exception output with this format'),
+               help='Prefix each line of exception output with this format.'),
     cfg.ListOpt('default_log_levels',
-                default=[
-                    'amqplib=WARN',
-                    'sqlalchemy=WARN',
-                    'boto=WARN',
-                    'suds=INFO',
-                    'keystone=INFO',
-                    'eventlet.wsgi.server=WARN'
-                ],
-                help='list of logger=LEVEL pairs'),
+                default=DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS,
+                help='List of logger=LEVEL pairs.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('publish_errors',
                 default=False,
-                help='publish error events'),
+                help='Enables or disables publication of error events.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('fatal_deprecations',
                 default=False,
-                help='make deprecations fatal'),
+                help='Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.'),
 
     # NOTE(mikal): there are two options here because sometimes we are handed
     # a full instance (and could include more information), and other times we
     # are just handed a UUID for the instance.
     cfg.StrOpt('instance_format',
                default='[instance: %(uuid)s] ',
-               help='If an instance is passed with the log message, format '
-                    'it like this'),
+               help='The format for an instance that is passed with the log '
+                    'message.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('instance_uuid_format',
                default='[instance: %(uuid)s] ',
-               help='If an instance UUID is passed with the log message, '
-                    'format it like this'),
+               help='The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the '
+                    'log message.'),
 ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -207,12 +224,23 @@ def _get_log_file_path(binary=None):
         binary = binary or _get_binary_name()
         return '%s.log' % (os.path.join(logdir, binary),)
 
+    return None
+
 
 class BaseLoggerAdapter(logging.LoggerAdapter):
 
     def audit(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         self.log(logging.AUDIT, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def isEnabledFor(self, level):
+        if _PY26:
+            # This method was added in python 2.7 (and it does the exact
+            # same logic, so we need to do the exact same logic so that
+            # python 2.6 has this capability as well).
+            return self.logger.isEnabledFor(level)
+        else:
+            return super(BaseLoggerAdapter, self).isEnabledFor(level)
+
 
 class LazyAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
     def __init__(self, name='unknown', version='unknown'):
@@ -225,6 +253,11 @@ class LazyAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
     def logger(self):
         if not self._logger:
             self._logger = getLogger(self.name, self.version)
+            if six.PY3:
+                # In Python 3, the code fails because the 'manager' attribute
+                # cannot be found when using a LoggerAdapter as the
+                # underlying logger. Work around this issue.
+                self._logger.manager = self._logger.logger.manager
         return self._logger
 
 
@@ -235,20 +268,47 @@ class ContextAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
         self.logger = logger
         self.project = project_name
         self.version = version_string
+        self._deprecated_messages_sent = dict()
 
     @property
     def handlers(self):
         return self.logger.handlers
 
     def deprecated(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Call this method when a deprecated feature is used.
+
+        If the system is configured for fatal deprecations then the message
+        is logged at the 'critical' level and :class:`DeprecatedConfig` will
+        be raised.
+
+        Otherwise, the message will be logged (once) at the 'warn' level.
+
+        :raises: :class:`DeprecatedConfig` if the system is configured for
+                 fatal deprecations.
+
+        """
         stdmsg = _("Deprecated: %s") % msg
         if CONF.fatal_deprecations:
             self.critical(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
             raise DeprecatedConfig(msg=stdmsg)
-        else:
-            self.warn(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Using a list because a tuple with dict can't be stored in a set.
+        sent_args = self._deprecated_messages_sent.setdefault(msg, list())
+
+        if args in sent_args:
+            # Already logged this message, so don't log it again.
+            return
+
+        sent_args.append(args)
+        self.warn(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def process(self, msg, kwargs):
+        # NOTE(jecarey): If msg is not unicode, coerce it into unicode
+        #                before it can get to the python logging and
+        #                possibly cause string encoding trouble
+        if not isinstance(msg, six.text_type):
+            msg = six.text_type(msg)
+
         if 'extra' not in kwargs:
             kwargs['extra'] = {}
         extra = kwargs['extra']
@@ -260,18 +320,20 @@ class ContextAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
             extra.update(_dictify_context(context))
 
         instance = kwargs.pop('instance', None)
+        instance_uuid = (extra.get('instance_uuid') or
+                         kwargs.pop('instance_uuid', None))
         instance_extra = ''
         if instance:
             instance_extra = CONF.instance_format % instance
-        else:
-            instance_uuid = kwargs.pop('instance_uuid', None)
-            if instance_uuid:
-                instance_extra = (CONF.instance_uuid_format
-                                  % {'uuid': instance_uuid})
-        extra.update({'instance': instance_extra})
+        elif instance_uuid:
+            instance_extra = (CONF.instance_uuid_format
+                              % {'uuid': instance_uuid})
+        extra['instance'] = instance_extra
 
-        extra.update({"project": self.project})
-        extra.update({"version": self.version})
+        extra.setdefault('user_identity', kwargs.pop('user_identity', None))
+
+        extra['project'] = self.project
+        extra['version'] = self.version
         extra['extra'] = extra.copy()
         return msg, kwargs
 
@@ -285,7 +347,7 @@ class JSONFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     def formatException(self, ei, strip_newlines=True):
         lines = traceback.format_exception(*ei)
         if strip_newlines:
-            lines = [itertools.ifilter(
+            lines = [moves.filter(
                 lambda x: x,
                 line.rstrip().splitlines()) for line in lines]
             lines = list(itertools.chain(*lines))
@@ -323,11 +385,11 @@ class JSONFormatter(logging.Formatter):
 
 
 def _create_logging_excepthook(product_name):
-    def logging_excepthook(type, value, tb):
-        extra = {}
-        if CONF.verbose:
-            extra['exc_info'] = (type, value, tb)
-        getLogger(product_name).critical(str(value), **extra)
+    def logging_excepthook(exc_type, value, tb):
+        extra = {'exc_info': (exc_type, value, tb)}
+        getLogger(product_name).critical(
+            "".join(traceback.format_exception_only(exc_type, value)),
+            **extra)
     return logging_excepthook
 
 
@@ -344,26 +406,37 @@ class LogConfigError(Exception):
                                    err_msg=self.err_msg)
 
 
-def _load_log_config(log_config):
+def _load_log_config(log_config_append):
     try:
-        logging.config.fileConfig(log_config)
-    except ConfigParser.Error as exc:
-        raise LogConfigError(log_config, str(exc))
+        logging.config.fileConfig(log_config_append,
+                                  disable_existing_loggers=False)
+    except (moves.configparser.Error, KeyError) as exc:
+        raise LogConfigError(log_config_append, six.text_type(exc))
 
 
-def setup(product_name):
+def setup(product_name, version='unknown'):
     """Setup logging."""
-    if CONF.log_config:
-        _load_log_config(CONF.log_config)
+    if CONF.log_config_append:
+        _load_log_config(CONF.log_config_append)
     else:
-        _setup_logging_from_conf()
+        _setup_logging_from_conf(product_name, version)
     sys.excepthook = _create_logging_excepthook(product_name)
 
 
-def set_defaults(logging_context_format_string):
-    cfg.set_defaults(log_opts,
-                     logging_context_format_string=
-                     logging_context_format_string)
+def set_defaults(logging_context_format_string=None,
+                 default_log_levels=None):
+    # Just in case the caller is not setting the
+    # default_log_level. This is insurance because
+    # we introduced the default_log_level parameter
+    # later in a backwards in-compatible change
+    if default_log_levels is not None:
+        cfg.set_defaults(
+            log_opts,
+            default_log_levels=default_log_levels)
+    if logging_context_format_string is not None:
+        cfg.set_defaults(
+            log_opts,
+            logging_context_format_string=logging_context_format_string)
 
 
 def _find_facility_from_conf():
@@ -390,17 +463,28 @@ def _find_facility_from_conf():
     return facility
 
 
-def _setup_logging_from_conf():
+class RFCSysLogHandler(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.binary_name = _get_binary_name()
+        # Do not use super() unless type(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler)
+        #  is 'type' (Python 2.7).
+        # Use old style calls, if the type is 'classobj' (Python 2.6)
+        logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        # Do not use super() unless type(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler)
+        #  is 'type' (Python 2.7).
+        # Use old style calls, if the type is 'classobj' (Python 2.6)
+        msg = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.format(self, record)
+        msg = self.binary_name + ' ' + msg
+        return msg
+
+
+def _setup_logging_from_conf(project, version):
     log_root = getLogger(None).logger
     for handler in log_root.handlers:
         log_root.removeHandler(handler)
 
-    if CONF.use_syslog:
-        facility = _find_facility_from_conf()
-        syslog = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log',
-                                                facility=facility)
-        log_root.addHandler(syslog)
-
     logpath = _get_log_file_path()
     if logpath:
         filelog = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(logpath)
@@ -410,16 +494,21 @@ def _setup_logging_from_conf():
         streamlog = ColorHandler()
         log_root.addHandler(streamlog)
 
-    elif not CONF.log_file:
+    elif not logpath:
         # pass sys.stdout as a positional argument
         # python2.6 calls the argument strm, in 2.7 it's stream
         streamlog = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
         log_root.addHandler(streamlog)
 
     if CONF.publish_errors:
-        handler = importutils.import_object(
-            "os_collect_config.openstack.common.log_handler.PublishErrorsHandler",
-            logging.ERROR)
+        try:
+            handler = importutils.import_object(
+                "os_collect_config.openstack.common.log_handler.PublishErrorsHandler",
+                logging.ERROR)
+        except ImportError:
+            handler = importutils.import_object(
+                "oslo.messaging.notify.log_handler.PublishErrorsHandler",
+                logging.ERROR)
         log_root.addHandler(handler)
 
     datefmt = CONF.log_date_format
@@ -432,7 +521,9 @@ def _setup_logging_from_conf():
             log_root.info('Deprecated: log_format is now deprecated and will '
                           'be removed in the next release')
         else:
-            handler.setFormatter(ContextFormatter(datefmt=datefmt))
+            handler.setFormatter(ContextFormatter(project=project,
+                                                  version=version,
+                                                  datefmt=datefmt))
 
     if CONF.debug:
         log_root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -443,9 +534,29 @@ def _setup_logging_from_conf():
 
     for pair in CONF.default_log_levels:
         mod, _sep, level_name = pair.partition('=')
-        level = logging.getLevelName(level_name)
         logger = logging.getLogger(mod)
-        logger.setLevel(level)
+        # NOTE(AAzza) in python2.6 Logger.setLevel doesn't convert string name
+        # to integer code.
+        if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+            level = logging.getLevelName(level_name)
+            logger.setLevel(level)
+        else:
+            logger.setLevel(level_name)
+
+    if CONF.use_syslog:
+        try:
+            facility = _find_facility_from_conf()
+            # TODO(bogdando) use the format provided by RFCSysLogHandler
+            #   after existing syslog format deprecation in J
+            if CONF.use_syslog_rfc_format:
+                syslog = RFCSysLogHandler(facility=facility)
+            else:
+                syslog = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(facility=facility)
+            log_root.addHandler(syslog)
+        except socket.error:
+            log_root.error('Unable to add syslog handler. Verify that syslog'
+                           'is running.')
+
 
 _loggers = {}
 
@@ -476,7 +587,7 @@ class WritableLogger(object):
         self.level = level
 
     def write(self, msg):
-        self.logger.log(self.level, msg)
+        self.logger.log(self.level, msg.rstrip())
 
 
 class ContextFormatter(logging.Formatter):
@@ -490,27 +601,70 @@ class ContextFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     For information about what variables are available for the formatter see:
     http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#formatter
 
+    If available, uses the context value stored in TLS - local.store.context
+
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize ContextFormatter instance
+
+        Takes additional keyword arguments which can be used in the message
+        format string.
+
+        :keyword project: project name
+        :type project: string
+        :keyword version: project version
+        :type version: string
+
+        """
+
+        self.project = kwargs.pop('project', 'unknown')
+        self.version = kwargs.pop('version', 'unknown')
+
+        logging.Formatter.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def format(self, record):
         """Uses contextstring if request_id is set, otherwise default."""
-        # NOTE(sdague): default the fancier formating params
+
+        # NOTE(jecarey): If msg is not unicode, coerce it into unicode
+        #                before it can get to the python logging and
+        #                possibly cause string encoding trouble
+        if not isinstance(record.msg, six.text_type):
+            record.msg = six.text_type(record.msg)
+
+        # store project info
+        record.project = self.project
+        record.version = self.version
+
+        # store request info
+        context = getattr(local.store, 'context', None)
+        if context:
+            d = _dictify_context(context)
+            for k, v in d.items():
+                setattr(record, k, v)
+
+        # NOTE(sdague): default the fancier formatting params
         # to an empty string so we don't throw an exception if
         # they get used
-        for key in ('instance', 'color'):
+        for key in ('instance', 'color', 'user_identity'):
             if key not in record.__dict__:
                 record.__dict__[key] = ''
 
-        if record.__dict__.get('request_id', None):
-            self._fmt = CONF.logging_context_format_string
+        if record.__dict__.get('request_id'):
+            fmt = CONF.logging_context_format_string
         else:
-            self._fmt = CONF.logging_default_format_string
+            fmt = CONF.logging_default_format_string
 
         if (record.levelno == logging.DEBUG and
                 CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix):
-            self._fmt += " " + CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix
+            fmt += " " + CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix
 
-        # Cache this on the record, Logger will respect our formated copy
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 2):
+            self._fmt = fmt
+        else:
+            self._style = logging.PercentStyle(fmt)
+            self._fmt = self._style._fmt
+        # Cache this on the record, Logger will respect our formatted copy
         if record.exc_info:
             record.exc_text = self.formatException(record.exc_info, record)
         return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
@@ -520,7 +674,7 @@ class ContextFormatter(logging.Formatter):
         if not record:
             return logging.Formatter.formatException(self, exc_info)
 
-        stringbuffer = cStringIO.StringIO()
+        stringbuffer = moves.StringIO()
         traceback.print_exception(exc_info[0], exc_info[1], exc_info[2],
                                   None, stringbuffer)
         lines = stringbuffer.getvalue().split('\n')
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/strutils.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/strutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2831c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/strutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+"""
+System-level utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import math
+import re
+import sys
+import unicodedata
+
+import six
+
+from os_collect_config.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
+
+
+UNIT_PREFIX_EXPONENT = {
+    'k': 1,
+    'K': 1,
+    'Ki': 1,
+    'M': 2,
+    'Mi': 2,
+    'G': 3,
+    'Gi': 3,
+    'T': 4,
+    'Ti': 4,
+}
+UNIT_SYSTEM_INFO = {
+    'IEC': (1024, re.compile(r'(^[-+]?\d*\.?\d+)([KMGT]i?)?(b|bit|B)$')),
+    'SI': (1000, re.compile(r'(^[-+]?\d*\.?\d+)([kMGT])?(b|bit|B)$')),
+}
+
+TRUE_STRINGS = ('1', 't', 'true', 'on', 'y', 'yes')
+FALSE_STRINGS = ('0', 'f', 'false', 'off', 'n', 'no')
+
+SLUGIFY_STRIP_RE = re.compile(r"[^\w\s-]")
+SLUGIFY_HYPHENATE_RE = re.compile(r"[-\s]+")
+
+
+# NOTE(flaper87): The following globals are used by `mask_password`
+_SANITIZE_KEYS = ['adminPass', 'admin_pass', 'password', 'admin_password']
+
+# NOTE(ldbragst): Let's build a list of regex objects using the list of
+# _SANITIZE_KEYS we already have. This way, we only have to add the new key
+# to the list of _SANITIZE_KEYS and we can generate regular expressions
+# for XML and JSON automatically.
+_SANITIZE_PATTERNS_2 = []
+_SANITIZE_PATTERNS_1 = []
+
+# NOTE(amrith): Some regular expressions have only one parameter, some
+# have two parameters. Use different lists of patterns here.
+_FORMAT_PATTERNS_1 = [r'(%(key)s\s*[=]\s*)[^\s^\'^\"]+']
+_FORMAT_PATTERNS_2 = [r'(%(key)s\s*[=]\s*[\"\']).*?([\"\'])',
+                      r'(%(key)s\s+[\"\']).*?([\"\'])',
+                      r'([-]{2}%(key)s\s+)[^\'^\"^=^\s]+([\s]*)',
+                      r'(<%(key)s>).*?(</%(key)s>)',
+                      r'([\"\']%(key)s[\"\']\s*:\s*[\"\']).*?([\"\'])',
+                      r'([\'"].*?%(key)s[\'"]\s*:\s*u?[\'"]).*?([\'"])',
+                      r'([\'"].*?%(key)s[\'"]\s*,\s*\'--?[A-z]+\'\s*,\s*u?'
+                      '[\'"]).*?([\'"])',
+                      r'(%(key)s\s*--?[A-z]+\s*)\S+(\s*)']
+
+for key in _SANITIZE_KEYS:
+    for pattern in _FORMAT_PATTERNS_2:
+        reg_ex = re.compile(pattern % {'key': key}, re.DOTALL)
+        _SANITIZE_PATTERNS_2.append(reg_ex)
+
+    for pattern in _FORMAT_PATTERNS_1:
+        reg_ex = re.compile(pattern % {'key': key}, re.DOTALL)
+        _SANITIZE_PATTERNS_1.append(reg_ex)
+
+
+def int_from_bool_as_string(subject):
+    """Interpret a string as a boolean and return either 1 or 0.
+
+    Any string value in:
+
+        ('True', 'true', 'On', 'on', '1')
+
+    is interpreted as a boolean True.
+
+    Useful for JSON-decoded stuff and config file parsing
+    """
+    return bool_from_string(subject) and 1 or 0
+
+
+def bool_from_string(subject, strict=False, default=False):
+    """Interpret a string as a boolean.
+
+    A case-insensitive match is performed such that strings matching 't',
+    'true', 'on', 'y', 'yes', or '1' are considered True and, when
+    `strict=False`, anything else returns the value specified by 'default'.
+
+    Useful for JSON-decoded stuff and config file parsing.
+
+    If `strict=True`, unrecognized values, including None, will raise a
+    ValueError which is useful when parsing values passed in from an API call.
+    Strings yielding False are 'f', 'false', 'off', 'n', 'no', or '0'.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(subject, six.string_types):
+        subject = six.text_type(subject)
+
+    lowered = subject.strip().lower()
+
+    if lowered in TRUE_STRINGS:
+        return True
+    elif lowered in FALSE_STRINGS:
+        return False
+    elif strict:
+        acceptable = ', '.join(
+            "'%s'" % s for s in sorted(TRUE_STRINGS + FALSE_STRINGS))
+        msg = _("Unrecognized value '%(val)s', acceptable values are:"
+                " %(acceptable)s") % {'val': subject,
+                                      'acceptable': acceptable}
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    else:
+        return default
+
+
+def safe_decode(text, incoming=None, errors='strict'):
+    """Decodes incoming text/bytes string using `incoming` if they're not
+       already unicode.
+
+    :param incoming: Text's current encoding
+    :param errors: Errors handling policy. See here for valid
+        values http://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html
+    :returns: text or a unicode `incoming` encoded
+                representation of it.
+    :raises TypeError: If text is not an instance of str
+    """
+    if not isinstance(text, (six.string_types, six.binary_type)):
+        raise TypeError("%s can't be decoded" % type(text))
+
+    if isinstance(text, six.text_type):
+        return text
+
+    if not incoming:
+        incoming = (sys.stdin.encoding or
+                    sys.getdefaultencoding())
+
+    try:
+        return text.decode(incoming, errors)
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        # Note(flaper87) If we get here, it means that
+        # sys.stdin.encoding / sys.getdefaultencoding
+        # didn't return a suitable encoding to decode
+        # text. This happens mostly when global LANG
+        # var is not set correctly and there's no
+        # default encoding. In this case, most likely
+        # python will use ASCII or ANSI encoders as
+        # default encodings but they won't be capable
+        # of decoding non-ASCII characters.
+        #
+        # Also, UTF-8 is being used since it's an ASCII
+        # extension.
+        return text.decode('utf-8', errors)
+
+
+def safe_encode(text, incoming=None,
+                encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
+    """Encodes incoming text/bytes string using `encoding`.
+
+    If incoming is not specified, text is expected to be encoded with
+    current python's default encoding. (`sys.getdefaultencoding`)
+
+    :param incoming: Text's current encoding
+    :param encoding: Expected encoding for text (Default UTF-8)
+    :param errors: Errors handling policy. See here for valid
+        values http://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html
+    :returns: text or a bytestring `encoding` encoded
+                representation of it.
+    :raises TypeError: If text is not an instance of str
+    """
+    if not isinstance(text, (six.string_types, six.binary_type)):
+        raise TypeError("%s can't be encoded" % type(text))
+
+    if not incoming:
+        incoming = (sys.stdin.encoding or
+                    sys.getdefaultencoding())
+
+    if isinstance(text, six.text_type):
+        return text.encode(encoding, errors)
+    elif text and encoding != incoming:
+        # Decode text before encoding it with `encoding`
+        text = safe_decode(text, incoming, errors)
+        return text.encode(encoding, errors)
+    else:
+        return text
+
+
+def string_to_bytes(text, unit_system='IEC', return_int=False):
+    """Converts a string into an float representation of bytes.
+
+    The units supported for IEC ::
+
+        Kb(it), Kib(it), Mb(it), Mib(it), Gb(it), Gib(it), Tb(it), Tib(it)
+        KB, KiB, MB, MiB, GB, GiB, TB, TiB
+
+    The units supported for SI ::
+
+        kb(it), Mb(it), Gb(it), Tb(it)
+        kB, MB, GB, TB
+
+    Note that the SI unit system does not support capital letter 'K'
+
+    :param text: String input for bytes size conversion.
+    :param unit_system: Unit system for byte size conversion.
+    :param return_int: If True, returns integer representation of text
+                       in bytes. (default: decimal)
+    :returns: Numerical representation of text in bytes.
+    :raises ValueError: If text has an invalid value.
+
+    """
+    try:
+        base, reg_ex = UNIT_SYSTEM_INFO[unit_system]
+    except KeyError:
+        msg = _('Invalid unit system: "%s"') % unit_system
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    match = reg_ex.match(text)
+    if match:
+        magnitude = float(match.group(1))
+        unit_prefix = match.group(2)
+        if match.group(3) in ['b', 'bit']:
+            magnitude /= 8
+    else:
+        msg = _('Invalid string format: %s') % text
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    if not unit_prefix:
+        res = magnitude
+    else:
+        res = magnitude * pow(base, UNIT_PREFIX_EXPONENT[unit_prefix])
+    if return_int:
+        return int(math.ceil(res))
+    return res
+
+
+def to_slug(value, incoming=None, errors="strict"):
+    """Normalize string.
+
+    Convert to lowercase, remove non-word characters, and convert spaces
+    to hyphens.
+
+    Inspired by Django's `slugify` filter.
+
+    :param value: Text to slugify
+    :param incoming: Text's current encoding
+    :param errors: Errors handling policy. See here for valid
+        values http://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html
+    :returns: slugified unicode representation of `value`
+    :raises TypeError: If text is not an instance of str
+    """
+    value = safe_decode(value, incoming, errors)
+    # NOTE(aababilov): no need to use safe_(encode|decode) here:
+    # encodings are always "ascii", error handling is always "ignore"
+    # and types are always known (first: unicode; second: str)
+    value = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", value).encode(
+        "ascii", "ignore").decode("ascii")
+    value = SLUGIFY_STRIP_RE.sub("", value).strip().lower()
+    return SLUGIFY_HYPHENATE_RE.sub("-", value)
+
+
+def mask_password(message, secret="***"):
+    """Replace password with 'secret' in message.
+
+    :param message: The string which includes security information.
+    :param secret: value with which to replace passwords.
+    :returns: The unicode value of message with the password fields masked.
+
+    For example:
+
+    >>> mask_password("'adminPass' : 'aaaaa'")
+    "'adminPass' : '***'"
+    >>> mask_password("'admin_pass' : 'aaaaa'")
+    "'admin_pass' : '***'"
+    >>> mask_password('"password" : "aaaaa"')
+    '"password" : "***"'
+    >>> mask_password("'original_password' : 'aaaaa'")
+    "'original_password' : '***'"
+    >>> mask_password("u'original_password' :   u'aaaaa'")
+    "u'original_password' :   u'***'"
+    """
+    message = six.text_type(message)
+
+    # NOTE(ldbragst): Check to see if anything in message contains any key
+    # specified in _SANITIZE_KEYS, if not then just return the message since
+    # we don't have to mask any passwords.
+    if not any(key in message for key in _SANITIZE_KEYS):
+        return message
+
+    substitute = r'\g<1>' + secret + r'\g<2>'
+    for pattern in _SANITIZE_PATTERNS_2:
+        message = re.sub(pattern, substitute, message)
+
+    substitute = r'\g<1>' + secret
+    for pattern in _SANITIZE_PATTERNS_1:
+        message = re.sub(pattern, substitute, message)
+
+    return message
diff --git a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/timeutils.py b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/timeutils.py
index ac2441b..c48da95 100644
--- a/os_collect_config/openstack/common/timeutils.py
+++ b/os_collect_config/openstack/common/timeutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
-
 # Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
@@ -21,8 +19,10 @@ Time related utilities and helper functions.
 
 import calendar
 import datetime
+import time
 
 import iso8601
+import six
 
 
 # ISO 8601 extended time format with microseconds
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ def parse_isotime(timestr):
     try:
         return iso8601.parse_date(timestr)
     except iso8601.ParseError as e:
-        raise ValueError(e.message)
+        raise ValueError(six.text_type(e))
     except TypeError as e:
-        raise ValueError(e.message)
+        raise ValueError(six.text_type(e))
 
 
 def strtime(at=None, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
@@ -75,20 +75,31 @@ def normalize_time(timestamp):
 
 def is_older_than(before, seconds):
     """Return True if before is older than seconds."""
-    if isinstance(before, basestring):
+    if isinstance(before, six.string_types):
         before = parse_strtime(before).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    else:
+        before = before.replace(tzinfo=None)
+
     return utcnow() - before > datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
 
 
 def is_newer_than(after, seconds):
     """Return True if after is newer than seconds."""
-    if isinstance(after, basestring):
+    if isinstance(after, six.string_types):
         after = parse_strtime(after).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    else:
+        after = after.replace(tzinfo=None)
+
     return after - utcnow() > datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
 
 
 def utcnow_ts():
     """Timestamp version of our utcnow function."""
+    if utcnow.override_time is None:
+        # NOTE(kgriffs): This is several times faster
+        # than going through calendar.timegm(...)
+        return int(time.time())
+
     return calendar.timegm(utcnow().timetuple())
 
 
@@ -103,24 +114,27 @@ def utcnow():
 
 
 def iso8601_from_timestamp(timestamp):
-    """Returns a iso8601 formated date from timestamp."""
+    """Returns an iso8601 formatted date from timestamp."""
     return isotime(datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp))
 
 
 utcnow.override_time = None
 
 
-def set_time_override(override_time=datetime.datetime.utcnow()):
+def set_time_override(override_time=None):
     """Overrides utils.utcnow.
 
     Make it return a constant time or a list thereof, one at a time.
+
+    :param override_time: datetime instance or list thereof. If not
+                          given, defaults to the current UTC time.
     """
-    utcnow.override_time = override_time
+    utcnow.override_time = override_time or datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
 
 def advance_time_delta(timedelta):
     """Advance overridden time using a datetime.timedelta."""
-    assert(not utcnow.override_time is None)
+    assert utcnow.override_time is not None
     try:
         for dt in utcnow.override_time:
             dt += timedelta
@@ -168,6 +182,15 @@ def delta_seconds(before, after):
     datetime objects (as a float, to microsecond resolution).
     """
     delta = after - before
+    return total_seconds(delta)
+
+
+def total_seconds(delta):
+    """Return the total seconds of datetime.timedelta object.
+
+    Compute total seconds of datetime.timedelta, datetime.timedelta
+    doesn't have method total_seconds in Python2.6, calculate it manually.
+    """
     try:
         return delta.total_seconds()
     except AttributeError:
@@ -178,8 +201,8 @@ def delta_seconds(before, after):
 def is_soon(dt, window):
     """Determines if time is going to happen in the next window seconds.
 
-    :params dt: the time
-    :params window: minimum seconds to remain to consider the time not soon
+    :param dt: the time
+    :param window: minimum seconds to remain to consider the time not soon
 
     :return: True if expiration is within the given duration
     """