diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index a21eaf817..7be1271b8 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether the nova api service will be run
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 #
 class nova::api(
   $admin_password,
-  $enabled               = false,
+  $enabled               = true,
   $manage_service        = true,
   $ensure_package        = 'present',
   $auth_uri              = false,
diff --git a/manifests/cells.pp b/manifests/cells.pp
index 4080d4742..b1f3d9207 100644
--- a/manifests/cells.pp
+++ b/manifests/cells.pp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 #  [*enabled*]
 #    Use Nova Cells or not
-#    Defaults to 'False'
+#    Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class nova::cells (
   $create_cells                  = true,
   $db_check_interval             = '60',
   $driver                        = 'nova.cells.rpc_driver.CellsRPCDriver',
-  $enabled                       = false,
+  $enabled                       = true,
   $ensure_package                = 'present',
   $instance_updated_at_threshold = '3600',
   $instance_update_num_instances = '1',
diff --git a/manifests/cert.pp b/manifests/cert.pp
index d37754a34..1d3a6ff17 100644
--- a/manifests/cert.pp
+++ b/manifests/cert.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether or not to enable the nova cert service
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #   Defaults to 'present'
 #
 class nova::cert(
-  $enabled        = false,
+  $enabled        = true,
   $manage_service = true,
   $ensure_package = 'present'
 ) {
diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index be56c4af8..beea4e8c5 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether to enable the nova-compute service
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*heal_instance_info_cache_interval*]
 #   (optional) Controls how often the instance info should be updated.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 #     { 'vendor_id':'4321','product_id':'8765','physical_network':'default' } ] "
 #
 class nova::compute (
-  $enabled                            = false,
+  $enabled                            = true,
   $manage_service                     = true,
   $ensure_package                     = 'present',
   $vnc_enabled                        = true,
diff --git a/manifests/conductor.pp b/manifests/conductor.pp
index 591277c9c..5bb869082 100644
--- a/manifests/conductor.pp
+++ b/manifests/conductor.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether to enable the nova-conductor service
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #   Defaults to undef (i.e. parameter will not be present)
 #
 class nova::conductor(
-  $enabled        = false,
+  $enabled        = true,
   $manage_service = true,
   $ensure_package = 'present',
   $workers        = undef,
diff --git a/manifests/consoleauth.pp b/manifests/consoleauth.pp
index 90d5005ff..d5764873e 100644
--- a/manifests/consoleauth.pp
+++ b/manifests/consoleauth.pp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether the nova consoleauth service will be run
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #   Defaults to 'present'
 #
 class nova::consoleauth(
-  $enabled        = false,
+  $enabled        = true,
   $manage_service = true,
   $ensure_package = 'present'
 ) {
diff --git a/manifests/generic_service.pp b/manifests/generic_service.pp
index e4a0ea824..8d193d3a3 100644
--- a/manifests/generic_service.pp
+++ b/manifests/generic_service.pp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 define nova::generic_service(
   $package_name,
   $service_name,
-  $enabled        = false,
+  $enabled        = true,
   $manage_service = true,
   $ensure_package = 'present'
 ) {
diff --git a/manifests/network.pp b/manifests/network.pp
index 94c01c139..b6b5da561 100644
--- a/manifests/network.pp
+++ b/manifests/network.pp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether the network service should be enabled.
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*network_manager*]
 #   (optional) The type of network manager to use.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class nova::network(
   $num_networks      = 1,
   $network_size      = 255,
   $floating_range    = false,
-  $enabled           = false,
+  $enabled           = true,
   $network_manager   = 'nova.network.manager.FlatDHCPManager',
   $config_overrides  = {},
   $create_networks   = true,
diff --git a/manifests/objectstore.pp b/manifests/objectstore.pp
index 0594585d7..78077688d 100644
--- a/manifests/objectstore.pp
+++ b/manifests/objectstore.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether to enable the service
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #   Defaults to '0.0.0.0'
 #
 class nova::objectstore(
-  $enabled        = false,
+  $enabled        = true,
   $manage_service = true,
   $ensure_package = 'present',
   $bind_address   = '0.0.0.0'
diff --git a/manifests/scheduler.pp b/manifests/scheduler.pp
index ee787142e..329eca0c3 100644
--- a/manifests/scheduler.pp
+++ b/manifests/scheduler.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether to run the scheduler service
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #   Defaults to 'nova.scheduler.filter_scheduler.FilterScheduler'
 #
 class nova::scheduler(
-  $enabled          = false,
+  $enabled          = true,
   $manage_service   = true,
   $ensure_package   = 'present',
   $scheduler_driver = 'nova.scheduler.filter_scheduler.FilterScheduler',
diff --git a/manifests/spicehtml5proxy.pp b/manifests/spicehtml5proxy.pp
index 4a4ab51cb..6960a25cc 100644
--- a/manifests/spicehtml5proxy.pp
+++ b/manifests/spicehtml5proxy.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) enable spicehtml5proxy service
-#   true/false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #   Defaults to 'present'
 #
 class nova::spicehtml5proxy(
-  $enabled        = false,
+  $enabled        = true,
   $manage_service = true,
   $host           = '0.0.0.0',
   $port           = '6082',
diff --git a/manifests/vncproxy.pp b/manifests/vncproxy.pp
index 63ba31faa..d70e33225 100644
--- a/manifests/vncproxy.pp
+++ b/manifests/vncproxy.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [*enabled*]
 #   (optional) Whether to run the vncproxy service
-#   Defaults to false
+#   Defaults to true
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #   Defaults to '/vnc_auto.html'
 #
 class nova::vncproxy(
-  $enabled           = false,
+  $enabled           = true,
   $manage_service    = true,
   $vncproxy_protocol = 'http',
   $host              = '0.0.0.0',
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb
index 4e738e4bc..5a0d66fab 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb
@@ -94,26 +94,22 @@ describe 'basic nova' do
         password => 'a_big_secret',
       }
       class { '::nova::api':
-        enabled        => true,
         admin_password => 'a_big_secret',
         identity_uri   => 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/',
         osapi_v3       => true,
       }
-      class { '::nova::cert': enabled => true }
+      class { '::nova::cert': }
       class { '::nova::client': }
-      class { '::nova::conductor': enabled => true }
-      class { '::nova::consoleauth': enabled => true }
+      class { '::nova::conductor': }
+      class { '::nova::consoleauth': }
       class { '::nova::cron::archive_deleted_rows': }
-      class { '::nova::compute':
-        enabled     => true,
-        vnc_enabled => true,
-      }
+      class { '::nova::compute': vnc_enabled => true }
       class { '::nova::compute::libvirt':
         migration_support => true,
         vncserver_listen  => '0.0.0.0',
       }
-      class { '::nova::scheduler': enabled => true }
-      class { '::nova::vncproxy': enabled => true }
+      class { '::nova::scheduler': }
+      class { '::nova::vncproxy': }
       # TODO: networking with neutron
       EOS
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index 6fe090a8d..fa81d1d28 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
       it 'installs nova-api package and service' do
         is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api').with(
           :name      => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
-          :ensure    => 'stopped',
+          :ensure    => 'running',
           :hasstatus => true,
-          :enable    => false
+          :enable    => true
         )
         is_expected.to contain_package('nova-api').with(
           :name   => platform_params[:nova_api_package],
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
     context 'with overridden parameters' do
       before do
         params.merge!({
-          :enabled                              => true,
+          :enabled                              => false,
           :ensure_package                       => '2012.1-2',
           :auth_host                            => '10.0.0.1',
           :auth_port                            => 1234,
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         )
         is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api').with(
           :name      => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
-          :ensure    => 'running',
+          :ensure    => 'stopped',
           :hasstatus => true,
-          :enable    => true
+          :enable    => false
         )
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
index db637161d..a6778bfbd 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ describe 'nova::compute' do
       it 'installs nova-compute package and service' do
         is_expected.to contain_service('nova-compute').with({
           :name      => platform_params[:nova_compute_service],
-          :ensure    => 'stopped',
+          :ensure    => 'running',
           :hasstatus => true,
-          :enable    => false
+          :enable    => true
         })
         is_expected.to contain_package('nova-compute').with({
           :name => platform_params[:nova_compute_package],
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe 'nova::compute' do
 
     context 'with overridden parameters' do
       let :params do
-        { :enabled                            => true,
+        { :enabled                            => false,
           :ensure_package                     => '2012.1-2',
           :vncproxy_host                      => '127.0.0.1',
           :network_device_mtu                 => 9999,
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ describe 'nova::compute' do
       it 'installs nova-compute package and service' do
         is_expected.to contain_service('nova-compute').with({
           :name      => platform_params[:nova_compute_service],
-          :ensure    => 'running',
+          :ensure    => 'stopped',
           :hasstatus => true,
-          :enable    => true
+          :enable    => false
         })
         is_expected.to contain_package('nova-compute').with({
           :name   => platform_params[:nova_compute_package],
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_conductor_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_conductor_spec.rb
index 9eae435d2..d2f5fb0ea 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_conductor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_conductor_spec.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ describe 'nova::conductor' do
     'include nova'
   end
 
-  let :params do
-    { :enabled => true }
-  end
-
   shared_examples 'nova-conductor' do
 
 
@@ -44,8 +40,8 @@ describe 'nova::conductor' do
     end
 
     context 'with overriden workers parameter' do
-      before do
-        params.merge!({:workers => '5' })
+      let :params do
+        {:workers => '5' }
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('conductor/workers').with_value('5') }
     end
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_network_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_network_spec.rb
index 8554c501b..c982e1322 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_network_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_network_spec.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ describe 'nova::network' do
       ) }
 
       describe 'with enabled as true' do
-        let :params do
-          default_params.merge(:enabled => true)
-        end
         it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-network').with(
           'name'      => 'nova-network',
           'ensure'    => 'running',
@@ -45,6 +42,9 @@ describe 'nova::network' do
         )}
       end
       describe 'when enabled is set to false' do
+        let :params do
+          default_params.merge(:enabled => false)
+        end
         it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-network').with(
           'name'      => 'nova-network',
           'ensure'    => 'stopped',
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ describe 'nova::network' do
     end
     it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-network').with(
       'name'      => 'openstack-nova-network',
-      'ensure'    => 'stopped',
+      'ensure'    => 'running',
       'hasstatus' => true,
-      'enable'    => false
+      'enable'    => true
     )}
     it { is_expected.to contain_package('nova-network').with_name('openstack-nova-network') }
   end
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_scheduler_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_scheduler_spec.rb
index b2235bc50..34e7f2c2a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_scheduler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_scheduler_spec.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ describe 'nova::scheduler' do
     'include nova'
   end
 
-  let :params do
-    { :enabled => true }
-  end
-
   shared_examples 'nova-scheduler' do
 
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_spicehtml5_proxy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_spicehtml5_proxy_spec.rb
index 4828be3ea..f339242db 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_spicehtml5_proxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_spicehtml5_proxy_spec.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ describe 'nova::spicehtml5proxy' do
     'include nova'
   end
 
-  let :params do
-    { :enabled => true }
-  end
-
   shared_examples 'nova-spicehtml5proxy' do
 
     it 'configures nova.conf' do
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb
index 4fe3ab612..9ada59248 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb
@@ -6,52 +6,50 @@ describe 'nova::vncproxy' do
     'include nova'
   end
 
-  let :params do
-    {:enabled => true}
-  end
+    context 'with default parameters' do
 
-  describe 'on debian platforms' do
-    let :facts do
-      { :osfamily => 'Debian' }
-    end
-
-    it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-numpy').with(
-      :ensure => 'present',
-      :name   => 'python-numpy'
-    )}
-
-    it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/novncproxy_host').with(:value => '0.0.0.0') }
-    it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/novncproxy_port').with(:value => '6080') }
-    it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/novncproxy_base_url').with(:value => 'http://0.0.0.0:6080/vnc_auto.html') }
-
-    it { is_expected.to contain_package('nova-vncproxy').with(
-      :name   => 'nova-novncproxy',
-      :ensure => 'present'
-    ) }
-    it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-vncproxy').with(
-      :name      => 'nova-novncproxy',
-      :hasstatus => true,
-      :ensure    => 'running'
-    )}
-
-    describe 'with manage_service as false' do
-      let :params do
-        { :enabled        => true,
-          :manage_service => false
-        }
+      describe 'on debian platforms' do
+        let :facts do
+          { :osfamily => 'Debian' }
       end
-      it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-vncproxy').without_ensure }
-    end
 
-    describe 'with package version' do
-      let :params do
-        {:ensure_package => '2012.1-2'}
-      end
-      it { is_expected.to contain_package('nova-vncproxy').with(
-        'ensure' => '2012.1-2'
+      it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-numpy').with(
+        :ensure => 'present',
+        :name   => 'python-numpy'
       )}
-    end
 
+      it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/novncproxy_host').with(:value => '0.0.0.0') }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/novncproxy_port').with(:value => '6080') }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/novncproxy_base_url').with(:value => 'http://0.0.0.0:6080/vnc_auto.html') }
+
+      it { is_expected.to contain_package('nova-vncproxy').with(
+        :name   => 'nova-novncproxy',
+        :ensure => 'present'
+      ) }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-vncproxy').with(
+        :name      => 'nova-novncproxy',
+        :hasstatus => true,
+        :ensure    => 'running'
+      )}
+
+      describe 'with manage_service as false' do
+        let :params do
+          { :enabled        => true,
+            :manage_service => false
+          }
+        end
+        it { is_expected.to contain_service('nova-vncproxy').without_ensure }
+      end
+
+      describe 'with package version' do
+        let :params do
+          {:ensure_package => '2012.1-2'}
+        end
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package('nova-vncproxy').with(
+          'ensure' => '2012.1-2'
+        )}
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'on debian OS' do
diff --git a/spec/defines/nova_generic_service_spec.rb b/spec/defines/nova_generic_service_spec.rb
index 3b2a8a4bb..1c127bcff 100644
--- a/spec/defines/nova_generic_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/nova_generic_service_spec.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ describe 'nova::generic_service' do
     let :params do
       {
         :package_name => 'foo',
-        :service_name => 'food',
-        :enabled => true
+        :service_name => 'food'
       }
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/shared_examples.rb b/spec/shared_examples.rb
index a1ea42860..16b2f3152 100644
--- a/spec/shared_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_examples.rb
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ shared_examples 'generic nova service' do |service|
       })
       is_expected.to contain_service(service[:name]).with({
         :name      => service[:service_name],
-        :ensure    => 'stopped',
+        :ensure    => 'running',
         :hasstatus => true,
-        :enable    => false
+        :enable    => true
       })
     end
   end
 
   context 'with overridden parameters' do
     let :params do
-      { :enabled        => true,
+      { :enabled        => false,
         :ensure_package => '2012.1-2' }
     end
 
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ shared_examples 'generic nova service' do |service|
       })
       is_expected.to contain_service(service[:name]).with({
         :name      => service[:service_name],
-        :ensure    => 'running',
+        :ensure    => 'stopped',
         :hasstatus => true,
-        :enable    => true
+        :enable    => false
       })
     end
   end