diff --git a/qinling b/qinling
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diff --git a/qinling/__init__.py b/qinling/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/api/__init__.py b/qinling/api/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/api/access_control.py b/qinling/api/access_control.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+"""Access Control API server."""
+
+from keystonemiddleware import auth_token
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_policy import policy
+
+from qinling import exceptions as exc
+
+_ENFORCER = None
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    if cfg.CONF.pecan.auth_enable:
+        conf = dict(cfg.CONF.keystone_authtoken)
+
+        # Change auth decisions of requests to the app itself.
+        conf.update({'delay_auth_decision': True})
+
+        _ensure_enforcer_initialization()
+
+        return auth_token.AuthProtocol(app, conf)
+    else:
+        return app
+
+
+def enforce(action, context, target=None, do_raise=True,
+            exc=exc.NotAllowedException):
+    """Verifies that the action is valid on the target in this context.
+
+    :param action: String, representing the action to be checked.
+                   This should be colon separated for clarity.
+                   i.e. ``workflows:create``
+    :param context: Mistral context.
+    :param target: Dictionary, representing the object of the action.
+                   For object creation, this should be a dictionary
+                   representing the location of the object.
+                   e.g. ``{'project_id': context.project_id}``
+    :param do_raise: if True (the default), raises specified exception.
+    :param exc: Exception to be raised if not authorized. Default is
+                mistral.exceptions.NotAllowedException.
+
+    :return: returns True if authorized and False if not authorized and
+             do_raise is False.
+    """
+
+    target_obj = {
+        'project_id': context.project_id,
+        'user_id': context.user_id,
+    }
+
+    target_obj.update(target or {})
+    _ensure_enforcer_initialization()
+
+    return _ENFORCER.enforce(
+        action,
+        target_obj,
+        context.to_dict(),
+        do_raise=do_raise,
+        exc=exc
+    )
+
+
+def _ensure_enforcer_initialization():
+    global _ENFORCER
+    if not _ENFORCER:
+        _ENFORCER = policy.Enforcer(cfg.CONF)
+        _ENFORCER.load_rules()
diff --git a/qinling/api/app.py b/qinling/api/app.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+import pecan
+
+from qinling.api import access_control
+from qinling import context as ctx
+
+
+def get_pecan_config():
+    # Set up the pecan configuration.
+    opts = cfg.CONF.pecan
+
+    cfg_dict = {
+        "app": {
+            "root": opts.root,
+            "modules": opts.modules,
+            "debug": opts.debug,
+            "auth_enable": opts.auth_enable
+        }
+    }
+
+    return pecan.configuration.conf_from_dict(cfg_dict)
+
+
+def setup_app(config=None):
+    if not config:
+        config = get_pecan_config()
+
+    app_conf = dict(config.app)
+    app = pecan.make_app(
+        app_conf.pop('root'),
+        hooks=lambda: [ctx.ContextHook(), ctx.AuthHook()],
+        logging=getattr(config, 'logging', {}),
+        **app_conf
+    )
+
+    # Set up access control.
+    app = access_control.setup(app)
+
+    return app
diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/__init__.py b/qinling/api/controllers/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/root.py b/qinling/api/controllers/root.py
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+# Copyright 2013 - Mirantis, Inc.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+import pecan
+from wsme import types as wtypes
+import wsmeext.pecan as wsme_pecan
+
+from qinling.api.controllers.v1 import resources
+from qinling.api.controllers.v1 import root as v1_root
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+API_STATUS = wtypes.Enum(str, 'SUPPORTED', 'CURRENT', 'DEPRECATED')
+
+
+class APIVersion(resources.Resource):
+    """An API Version."""
+
+    id = wtypes.text
+    "The version identifier."
+
+    status = API_STATUS
+    "The status of the API (SUPPORTED, CURRENT or DEPRECATED)."
+
+    links = wtypes.ArrayType(resources.Link)
+    "The link to the versioned API."
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sample(cls):
+        return cls(
+            id='v1.0',
+            status='CURRENT',
+            links=[
+                resources.Link(target_name='v1', rel="self",
+                               href='http://example.com:7070/v1')
+            ]
+        )
+
+
+class APIVersions(resources.Resource):
+    """API Versions."""
+    versions = wtypes.ArrayType(APIVersion)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sample(cls):
+        v1 = APIVersion(id='v1.0', status='CURRENT', rel="self",
+                        href='http://example.com:7070/v1')
+        return cls(versions=[v1])
+
+
+class RootController(object):
+    v1 = v1_root.Controller()
+
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(APIVersions)
+    def index(self):
+        LOG.info("Fetching API versions.")
+
+        host_url_v1 = '%s/%s' % (pecan.request.host_url, 'v1')
+        api_v1 = APIVersion(
+            id='v1.0',
+            status='CURRENT',
+            links=[resources.Link(href=host_url_v1, target='v1',
+                                  rel="self", )]
+        )
+
+        return APIVersions(versions=[api_v1])
diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/v1/__init__.py b/qinling/api/controllers/v1/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/v1/function.py b/qinling/api/controllers/v1/function.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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 json
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+import pecan
+from pecan import rest
+import wsmeext.pecan as wsme_pecan
+
+from qinling.api.controllers.v1 import resources
+from qinling import exceptions as exc
+from qinling.utils import rest_utils
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+POST_REQUIRED = set(['name', 'runtime', 'code'])
+
+
+class FunctionsController(rest.RestController):
+    @rest_utils.wrap_pecan_controller_exception
+    @pecan.expose()
+    def post(self, **kwargs):
+        """Create a new function.
+
+        :param func: Function object.
+        """
+        LOG.info("Create function, params=%s", kwargs)
+
+        if not POST_REQUIRED.issubset(set(kwargs.keys())):
+            raise exc.InputException(
+                'Required param is missing. Required: %s' % POST_REQUIRED
+            )
+
+        func = resources.Function()
+
+        func.name = kwargs['name']
+        func.runtime = kwargs['runtime']
+        func.code = json.loads(kwargs['code'])
+
+        if func.code.get('package', False):
+            data = kwargs['package'].file.read()
+            print data
+
+        pecan.response.status = 201
+        return func.to_json()
+
+    @rest_utils.wrap_wsme_controller_exception
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(resources.Functions)
+    def get_all(self):
+        LOG.info("Get all functions.")
+
+        funcs = resources.Functions()
+        funcs.functions = []
+
+        return funcs
diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/v1/resources.py b/qinling/api/controllers/v1/resources.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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 json
+from wsme import types as wtypes
+
+from qinling.api.controllers.v1 import types
+
+PROVIDER_TYPES = wtypes.Enum(str, 'docker', 'fission')
+
+
+class Resource(wtypes.Base):
+    """REST API Resource."""
+
+    _wsme_attributes = []
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        d = {}
+
+        for attr in self._wsme_attributes:
+            attr_val = getattr(self, attr.name)
+            if not isinstance(attr_val, wtypes.UnsetType):
+                d[attr.name] = attr_val
+
+        return d
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, d):
+        obj = cls()
+
+        for key, val in d.items():
+            if hasattr(obj, key):
+                setattr(obj, key, val)
+
+        return obj
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """WSME based implementation of __str__."""
+
+        res = "%s [" % type(self).__name__
+
+        first = True
+        for attr in self._wsme_attributes:
+            if not first:
+                res += ', '
+            else:
+                first = False
+
+            res += "%s='%s'" % (attr.name, getattr(self, attr.name))
+
+        return res + "]"
+
+    def to_json(self):
+        return json.dumps(self.to_dict())
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_fields(cls):
+        obj = cls()
+
+        return [attr.name for attr in obj._wsme_attributes]
+
+
+class ResourceList(Resource):
+    """Resource containing the list of other resources."""
+
+    next = wtypes.text
+    """A link to retrieve the next subset of the resource list"""
+
+    @property
+    def collection(self):
+        return getattr(self, self._type)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def convert_with_links(cls, resources, limit, url=None, fields=None,
+                           **kwargs):
+        resource_collection = cls()
+
+        setattr(resource_collection, resource_collection._type, resources)
+
+        resource_collection.next = resource_collection.get_next(
+            limit,
+            url=url,
+            fields=fields,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+
+        return resource_collection
+
+    def has_next(self, limit):
+        """Return whether resources has more items."""
+        return len(self.collection) and len(self.collection) == limit
+
+    def get_next(self, limit, url=None, fields=None, **kwargs):
+        """Return a link to the next subset of the resources."""
+        if not self.has_next(limit):
+            return wtypes.Unset
+
+        q_args = ''.join(
+            ['%s=%s&' % (key, value) for key, value in kwargs.items()]
+        )
+
+        resource_args = (
+            '?%(args)slimit=%(limit)d&marker=%(marker)s' %
+            {
+                'args': q_args,
+                'limit': limit,
+                'marker': self.collection[-1].id
+            }
+        )
+
+        # Fields is handled specially here, we can move it above when it's
+        # supported by all resources query.
+        if fields:
+            resource_args += '&fields=%s' % fields
+
+        next_link = "%(host_url)s/v2/%(resource)s%(args)s" % {
+            'host_url': url,
+            'resource': self._type,
+            'args': resource_args
+        }
+
+        return next_link
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        d = {}
+
+        for attr in self._wsme_attributes:
+            attr_val = getattr(self, attr.name)
+
+            if isinstance(attr_val, list):
+                if isinstance(attr_val[0], Resource):
+                    d[attr.name] = [v.to_dict() for v in attr_val]
+            elif not isinstance(attr_val, wtypes.UnsetType):
+                d[attr.name] = attr_val
+
+        return d
+
+
+class Link(Resource):
+    """Web link."""
+
+    href = wtypes.text
+    target = wtypes.text
+    rel = wtypes.text
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sample(cls):
+        return cls(href='http://example.com/here',
+                   target='here', rel='self')
+
+
+class Function(Resource):
+    """Function resource."""
+
+    id = wtypes.text
+    name = wtypes.text
+    description = wtypes.text
+    memorysize = int
+    timeout = int
+    runtime = wtypes.text
+    code = types.jsontype
+    provider = PROVIDER_TYPES
+    created_at = wtypes.text
+    updated_at = wtypes.text
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sample(cls):
+        return cls(
+            id='123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000',
+            name='hello_world',
+            description='this is the first function.',
+            memorysize=1,
+            timeout=1,
+            runtime='python2.7',
+            code={'zip': True},
+            provider='docker',
+            created_at='1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000',
+            updated_at='1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000'
+        )
+
+
+class Functions(ResourceList):
+    """A collection of Function resources."""
+
+    functions = [Function]
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self._type = 'functions'
+
+        super(Functions, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sample(cls):
+        sample = cls()
+        sample.functions = [Function.sample()]
+        sample.next = (
+            "http://localhost:7070/v1/functions?"
+            "sort_keys=id,name&sort_dirs=asc,desc&limit=10&"
+            "marker=123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000"
+        )
+
+        return sample
diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/v1/root.py b/qinling/api/controllers/v1/root.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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 pecan
+from wsme import types as wtypes
+import wsmeext.pecan as wsme_pecan
+
+from qinling.api.controllers.v1 import function
+from qinling.api.controllers.v1 import resources
+
+
+class RootResource(resources.Resource):
+    """Root resource for API version 1.
+
+    It references all other resources belonging to the API.
+    """
+
+    uri = wtypes.text
+
+
+class Controller(object):
+    """API root controller for version 1."""
+
+    functions = function.FunctionsController()
+
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(RootResource)
+    def index(self):
+        return RootResource(uri='%s/%s' % (pecan.request.host_url, 'v1'))
diff --git a/qinling/api/controllers/v1/types.py b/qinling/api/controllers/v1/types.py
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+++ b/qinling/api/controllers/v1/types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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 json
+
+from oslo_utils import uuidutils
+import six
+from wsme import types as wtypes
+
+from qinling import exceptions as exc
+
+
+class ListType(wtypes.UserType):
+    """A simple list type."""
+
+    basetype = wtypes.text
+    name = 'list'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate(value):
+        """Validate and convert the input to a ListType.
+
+        :param value: A comma separated string of values
+        :returns: A list of values.
+        """
+        items = [v.strip().lower() for v in six.text_type(value).split(',')]
+
+        # remove empty items.
+        return [x for x in items if x]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def frombasetype(value):
+        return ListType.validate(value) if value is not None else None
+
+
+class UniqueListType(ListType):
+    """A simple list type with no duplicate items."""
+
+    name = 'uniquelist'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate(value):
+        """Validate and convert the input to a UniqueListType.
+
+        :param value: A comma separated string of values.
+        :returns: A list with no duplicate items.
+        """
+        items = ListType.validate(value)
+
+        seen = set()
+
+        return [x for x in items if not (x in seen or seen.add(x))]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def frombasetype(value):
+        return UniqueListType.validate(value) if value is not None else None
+
+
+class UuidType(wtypes.UserType):
+    """A simple UUID type.
+
+    The builtin UuidType class in wsme.types doesn't work properly with pecan.
+    """
+
+    basetype = wtypes.text
+    name = 'uuid'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate(value):
+        if not uuidutils.is_uuid_like(value):
+            raise exc.InputException(
+                "Expected a uuid but received %s." % value
+            )
+
+        return value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def frombasetype(value):
+        return UuidType.validate(value) if value is not None else None
+
+
+class JsonType(wtypes.UserType):
+    """A simple JSON type."""
+
+    basetype = wtypes.text
+    name = 'json'
+
+    def validate(self, value):
+        if not value:
+            return {}
+
+        if not isinstance(value, dict):
+            raise exc.InputException(
+                'JsonType field value must be a dictionary [actual=%s]' % value
+            )
+
+        return value
+
+    def frombasetype(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            return value
+        try:
+            return json.loads(value) if value is not None else None
+        except TypeError as e:
+            raise ValueError(e)
+
+    def tobasetype(self, value):
+        # Value must be a dict.
+        return json.dumps(value) if value is not None else None
+
+
+uuid = UuidType()
+list = ListType()
+uniquelist = UniqueListType()
+jsontype = JsonType()
diff --git a/qinling/api/service.py b/qinling/api/service.py
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+++ b/qinling/api/service.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_concurrency import processutils
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_service import service
+from oslo_service import wsgi
+
+from qinling.api import app
+
+
+class WSGIService(service.ServiceBase):
+    """Provides ability to launch Mistral API from wsgi app."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        self.app = app.setup_app()
+        self.workers = (
+            cfg.CONF.api.api_workers or processutils.get_worker_count()
+        )
+
+        self.server = wsgi.Server(
+            cfg.CONF,
+            name,
+            self.app,
+            host=cfg.CONF.api.host,
+            port=cfg.CONF.api.port,
+            use_ssl=cfg.CONF.api.enable_ssl_api
+        )
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.server.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.server.stop()
+
+    def wait(self):
+        self.server.wait()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.server.reset()
diff --git a/qinling/cmd/__init__.py b/qinling/cmd/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/cmd/launch.py b/qinling/cmd/launch.py
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+# Copyright 2017 - Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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 sys
+
+import eventlet
+
+eventlet.monkey_patch(
+    os=True,
+    select=True,
+    socket=True,
+    thread=False if '--use-debugger' in sys.argv else True,
+    time=True)
+
+import os # noqa
+
+# If ../qingling/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
+# it will override what happens to be installed in /usr/(local/)lib/python...
+POSSIBLE_TOPDIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
+                                                os.pardir,
+                                                os.pardir))
+if os.path.exists(os.path.join(POSSIBLE_TOPDIR, 'qinling', '__init__.py')):
+    sys.path.insert(0, POSSIBLE_TOPDIR)
+
+from oslo_config import cfg # noqa
+from oslo_log import log as logging # noqa
+from oslo_service import service # noqa
+
+from qinling.api import service as api_service # noqa
+from qinling import config # noqa
+from qinling import version # noqa
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+def launch_api():
+    launcher = service.ProcessLauncher(cfg.CONF)
+
+    server = api_service.WSGIService('qinling_api')
+
+    launcher.launch_service(server, workers=server.workers)
+
+    launcher.wait()
+
+
+def launch_any(options):
+    # Launch the servers on different threads.
+    threads = [eventlet.spawn(LAUNCH_OPTIONS[option])
+               for option in options]
+
+    [thread.wait() for thread in threads]
+
+
+LAUNCH_OPTIONS = {
+    'api': launch_api,
+}
+
+QINLING_TITLE = r"""
+                                /^L_      ,."\
+           /~\       __       /~    \   ./    \
+          /   _\   _/  \     /T~\|~\_\ / \_  /~|          _^
+        / \ /W  \ / V^\/X  /~         T  . \/   \    ,v-./
+ ,'`-. /~   ^     H  ,  . \/    ;   .   \      `. \-'   /
+     M      ~     | . ;  /         ,  _   :  .    ~\_,-'
+    /    ~    .    \    /   :                   '   \   ,/`
+   I o. ^    oP     '98b         -      _  9.`       `\9b.
+ 8oO888.  oO888P  d888b9bo. .8o 888o.       8bo.  o     988o.
+ 88888888888888888888888888bo.98888888bo.    98888bo. .d888P
+ 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
+                     _          __   _
+             ___ _  (_)  ___   / /  (_)  ___   ___ _
+            / _ `/ / /  / _ \ / /  / /  / _ \ / _ `/
+            \_, / /_/  /_//_//_/  /_/  /_//_/ \_, /
+             /_/                             /___/
+
+Function as a Service in OpenStack, version: %s
+""" % version.version_string()
+
+
+def print_server_info():
+    print(QINLING_TITLE)
+
+    comp_str = ("[%s]" % ','.join(LAUNCH_OPTIONS)
+                if cfg.CONF.server == ['all'] else cfg.CONF.server)
+
+    print('Launching server components %s...' % comp_str)
+
+
+def get_properly_ordered_parameters():
+    """Orders launch parameters in the right order.
+
+    In oslo it's important the order of the launch parameters.
+    if --config-file came after the command line parameters the command
+    line parameters are ignored.
+    So to make user command line parameters are never ignored this method
+    moves --config-file to be always first.
+    """
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+        if arg == '--config-file' or arg.startswith('--config-file='):
+            if "=" in arg:
+                conf_file_value = arg.split("=", 1)[1]
+            else:
+                conf_file_value = args[args.index(arg) + 1]
+                args.remove(conf_file_value)
+            args.remove(arg)
+            args.insert(0, "--config-file")
+            args.insert(1, conf_file_value)
+
+    return args
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        config.parse_args(get_properly_ordered_parameters())
+        print_server_info()
+
+        logging.setup(CONF, 'Qingling')
+
+        if cfg.CONF.server == ['all']:
+            # Launch all servers.
+            launch_any(LAUNCH_OPTIONS.keys())
+        else:
+            # Validate launch option.
+            if set(cfg.CONF.server) - set(LAUNCH_OPTIONS.keys()):
+                raise Exception('Valid options are all or any combination of '
+                                ', '.join(LAUNCH_OPTIONS.keys()))
+
+            # Launch distinct set of server(s).
+            launch_any(set(cfg.CONF.server))
+
+    except RuntimeError as excp:
+        sys.stderr.write("ERROR: %s\n" % excp)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/qinling/config.py b/qinling/config.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+"""
+Configuration options registration and useful routines.
+"""
+import itertools
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log
+
+from qinling import version
+
+launch_opt = cfg.ListOpt(
+    'server',
+    default=['all'],
+    help='Specifies which qinling server to start by the launch script.'
+)
+
+api_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('host', default='0.0.0.0', help='Qinling API server host.'),
+    cfg.PortOpt('port', default=7070, help='Qinling API server port.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt(
+        'enable_ssl_api',
+        default=False,
+        help='Enable the integrated stand-alone API to service requests'
+             'via HTTPS instead of HTTP.'
+    ),
+    cfg.IntOpt(
+        'api_workers',
+        help='Number of workers for Qinling API service '
+             'default is equal to the number of CPUs available if that can '
+             'be determined, else a default worker count of 1 is returned.'
+    )
+]
+
+pecan_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt(
+        'root',
+        default='qinling.api.controllers.root.RootController',
+        help='Pecan root controller'
+    ),
+    cfg.ListOpt(
+        'modules',
+        default=["qinling.api"],
+        help='A list of modules where pecan will search for applications.'
+    ),
+    cfg.BoolOpt(
+        'debug',
+        default=False,
+        help='Enables the ability to display tracebacks in the browser and'
+             ' interactively debug during development.'
+    ),
+    cfg.BoolOpt(
+        'auth_enable',
+        default=True,
+        help='Enables user authentication in pecan.'
+    )
+]
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+API_GROUP = 'api'
+PECAN_GROUP = 'pecan'
+CLI_OPTS = [launch_opt]
+
+CONF.register_opts(api_opts, group=API_GROUP)
+CONF.register_opts(pecan_opts, group=PECAN_GROUP)
+CONF.register_cli_opts(CLI_OPTS)
+
+default_group_opts = itertools.chain(
+    CLI_OPTS,
+    []
+)
+
+
+def list_opts():
+    return [
+        (API_GROUP, api_opts),
+        (PECAN_GROUP, pecan_opts),
+        (None, default_group_opts)
+    ]
+
+
+_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = [
+    'eventlet.wsgi.server=WARN',
+    'oslo_service.periodic_task=INFO',
+    'oslo_service.loopingcall=INFO',
+    'oslo_db=WARN',
+    'oslo_concurrency.lockutils=WARN'
+]
+
+
+def parse_args(args=None, usage=None, default_config_files=None):
+    default_log_levels = log.get_default_log_levels()
+    default_log_levels.extend(_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
+    log.set_defaults(default_log_levels=default_log_levels)
+
+    log.register_options(CONF)
+
+    CONF(
+        args=args,
+        project='qinling',
+        version=version,
+        usage=usage,
+        default_config_files=default_config_files
+    )
diff --git a/qinling/context.py b/qinling/context.py
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+++ b/qinling/context.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_context import context as oslo_context
+import pecan
+from pecan import hooks
+
+from qinling import exceptions as exc
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+ALLOWED_WITHOUT_AUTH = ['/', '/v1/']
+
+
+def authenticate(req):
+    # Refer to:
+    # https://docs.openstack.org/developer/keystonemiddleware/middlewarearchitecture.html#exchanging-user-information
+    identity_status = req.headers.get('X-Identity-Status')
+    service_identity_status = req.headers.get('X-Service-Identity-Status')
+
+    if (identity_status == 'Confirmed' or
+            service_identity_status == 'Confirmed'):
+        return
+
+    if req.headers.get('X-Auth-Token'):
+        msg = 'Auth token is invalid: %s' % req.headers['X-Auth-Token']
+    else:
+        msg = 'Authentication required'
+
+    raise exc.UnauthorizedException(msg)
+
+
+class AuthHook(hooks.PecanHook):
+    def before(self, state):
+        if state.request.path in ALLOWED_WITHOUT_AUTH:
+            return
+
+        if not CONF.pecan.auth_enable:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            authenticate(state.request)
+        except Exception as e:
+            msg = "Failed to validate access token: %s" % str(e)
+
+            pecan.abort(
+                status_code=401,
+                detail=msg,
+                headers={'Server-Error-Message': msg}
+            )
+
+
+class ContextHook(hooks.PecanHook):
+    def on_route(self, state):
+        context_obj = oslo_context.RequestContext.from_environ(
+            state.request.environ
+        )
+        state.request.context['qinling_context'] = context_obj
diff --git a/qinling/exceptions.py b/qinling/exceptions.py
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+++ b/qinling/exceptions.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+
+class QinlingException(Exception):
+    """Qinling specific exception.
+
+    Reserved for situations that are not critical for program continuation.
+    It is possible to recover from this type of problems automatically and
+    continue program execution. Such problems may be related with invalid user
+    input (such as invalid syntax) or temporary environmental problems.
+
+    In case if an instance of a certain exception type bubbles up to API layer
+    then this type of exception it must be associated with an http code so it's
+    clear how to represent it for a client.
+
+    To correctly use this class, inherit from it and define a 'message' and
+    'http_code' properties.
+    """
+    message = "An unknown exception occurred"
+    http_code = 500
+
+    def __init__(self, message=None):
+        if message is not None:
+            self.message = message
+
+        super(QinlingException, self).__init__(
+            '%d: %s' % (self.http_code, self.message))
+
+    @property
+    def code(self):
+        """This is here for webob to read.
+
+        https://github.com/Pylons/webob/blob/master/webob/exc.py
+        """
+        return self.http_code
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message
+
+
+class InputException(QinlingException):
+    http_code = 400
+
+
+class UnauthorizedException(QinlingException):
+    http_code = 401
+    message = "Unauthorized"
+
+
+class NotAllowedException(QinlingException):
+    http_code = 403
+    message = "Operation not allowed"
diff --git a/qinling/tests/__init__.py b/qinling/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/tests/base.py b/qinling/tests/base.py
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+++ b/qinling/tests/base.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslotest import base
+
+
+class TestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
+
+    """Test case base class for all unit tests."""
diff --git a/qinling/tests/test_qinling.py b/qinling/tests/test_qinling.py
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+++ b/qinling/tests/test_qinling.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# 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.
+
+"""
+test_qinling
+----------------------------------
+
+Tests for `qinling` module.
+"""
+
+from qinling.tests import base
+
+
+class TestQinling(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_something(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/qinling/utils/__init__.py b/qinling/utils/__init__.py
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diff --git a/qinling/utils/rest_utils.py b/qinling/utils/rest_utils.py
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+++ b/qinling/utils/rest_utils.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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 functools
+import json
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+import pecan
+import six
+import webob
+from wsme import exc as wsme_exc
+
+from qinling import exceptions as exc
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def wrap_wsme_controller_exception(func):
+    """Decorator for controllers method.
+
+    This decorator wraps controllers method to manage wsme exceptions:
+    In case of expected error it aborts the request with specific status code.
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        except exc.QinlingException as e:
+            pecan.response.translatable_error = e
+
+            LOG.error('Error during API call: %s' % str(e))
+            raise wsme_exc.ClientSideError(
+                msg=six.text_type(e),
+                status_code=e.http_code
+            )
+
+    return wrapped
+
+
+def wrap_pecan_controller_exception(func):
+    """Decorator for controllers method.
+
+    This decorator wraps controllers method to manage pecan exceptions:
+    In case of expected error it aborts the request with specific status code.
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        except exc.QinlingException as e:
+            LOG.error('Error during API call: %s' % str(e))
+            return webob.Response(
+                status=e.http_code,
+                content_type='application/json',
+                body=json.dumps(dict(faultstring=six.text_type(e))),
+                charset='UTF-8'
+            )
+
+    return wrapped
diff --git a/qinling/version.py b/qinling/version.py
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+++ b/qinling/version.py
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+# Copyright 2017 Catalyst IT Limited
+#
+#    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.
+
+from pbr import version
+
+version_info = version.VersionInfo('qinling')
+version_string = version_info.version_string