diff --git a/doc/docbkx/api-ref/.gitignore b/doc/docbkx/api-ref/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4488d7f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/docbkx/api-ref/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.bak
+*.DS_Store
+target/
diff --git a/doc/docbkx/api-ref/.htaccess b/doc/docbkx/api-ref/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/doc/docbkx/api-ref/pom.xml b/doc/docbkx/api-ref/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a76235ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/docbkx/api-ref/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <!-- POM Build file for api.openstack.org/api-ref.html -->
+  <!-- ################################################ -->
+  <!-- USE "mvn clean generate-sources" to run this POM -->
+  <!-- ################################################ -->
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.openstack.docs</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>openstack-api-ref</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>OpenStack API Complete Reference</name>
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+  <build>
+    <!--
+    Setting the source and resource directories is not required for building the
+    project, but it provides certain IDEs with information necessary to show the
+    proper folder structure when the pom.xml is opened as a project.
+    -->
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>locale</directory>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.rackspace.cloud.api</groupId>
+        <artifactId>clouddocs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!-- version is set in ../pom.xml file -->
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>os-api-ref</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-html</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <includes>api-ref.xml</includes>
+              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref</pdfFilename>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>os-api-ref-clustering-v1</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-html</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <includes>api-ref-clustering-v1.xml</includes>
+              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-clustering-v1</pdfFilename>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <!-- Configuration for OpenStack API References (pdf) -->
+          <!-- see ../api-ref-guides/pom.xml -->
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- These parameters apply to pdf and webhelp -->
+          <generateToc> appendix toc,title
+            article/appendix nop
+            article toc,title
+            book toc,title
+            chapter toc,title
+            section toc,title
+            part toc,title
+            qandadiv toc
+            qandaset toc
+            reference toc,title
+            set toc,title</generateToc>
+          <xincludeSupported>true</xincludeSupported>
+          <sourceDirectory>src/docbkx</sourceDirectory>
+          <branding>openstack</branding>
+          <trimWadlUriCount>1</trimWadlUriCount>
+          <showXslMessages>true</showXslMessages>
+          <profileSecurity>reviewer</profileSecurity>
+          <highlightSource>false</highlightSource>
+          <enableGoogleAnalytics>1</enableGoogleAnalytics>
+          <googleAnalyticsId>UA-17511903-1</googleAnalyticsId>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>