diff --git a/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS.php b/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS.php
index 35ca8a5..93e435c 100644
--- a/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS.php
+++ b/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class DBaaS {
 
   public static function newFromIdentity($identity) {
 
-    $endpoint = 'https://region-a.geo-1.dbaas-mysql.hpcloudsvc.com:443/v1.0/' . $identity->tenantId();
+    $endpoint = 'https://db-aw2az2-api0001.uswest.hpcloud.net:8779/v1.0/' . $identity->tenantId();
     $dbaas = new DBaaS($identity->token(), $endpoint, $identity->tenantName());
 
     return $dbaas;
diff --git a/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/Instance.php b/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/Instance.php
index 5e3f6f0..46a3c67 100644
--- a/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/Instance.php
+++ b/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/Instance.php
@@ -27,31 +27,107 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 namespace HPCloud\Services\DBaaS;
 
+use \HPCloud\Transport;
+
 class Instance {
 
   protected $token;
   protected $projectId;
   protected $url;
+  protected $client;
 
   public function __construct($token, $projectId, $endpoint) {
     $this->token = $token;
     $this->projectId = $projectId;
     $this->url = $endpoint;
+    $this->client = Transport::instance();
   }
 
   public function describe($instanceId) {
+    $url = sprintf('%s/instances/%s', $this->url, $instanceId);
+    $res = $this->client->doRequest($url, 'GET', $this->headers());
+
+    $json = json_decode($res->content(), TRUE);
+    return InstanceDetails::newFromJSON($json);
   }
 
   public function listInstances() {
+    $url = $this->url . '/instances';
+    $res = $this->client->doRequest($url, 'GET', $this->headers());
+    $json = json_decode($res->content(), TRUE);
+
+    $list = array();
+    foreach ($json['instances'] as $instance) {
+      $list[] = InstanceDetails::newFromJSON($instance);
+    }
+    return $list;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a new database.
+   *
+   * This creates a database tuned according to the $flavor settings. The
+   * return data will include login/password and connection information.
+   *
+   * @attention
+   *   This is the only time that the login and password info will be returned.
+   *
+   * @param string $name
+   *   The name of the database.
+   * @param string $flavor
+   *   The string flavor name. Known values are:
+   *- small
+   *- medium
+   * @param int $port
+   *   If this is not specified, the default is used.
+   * @param array $typeSpec
+   *   A typespec array.
+   * @retval object HPCloud::Services::DBaaS::InstanceDetails
+   *   The details of creation, including login and password info.
+   * @see http://api-docs.hpcloud.com/hpcloud-dbaas/1.0/content/instance-create.html
+   */
   public function create($name, $flavor = 'medium', $port = NULL, $typeSpec = NULL) {
+    // Set type spec. As of the initial release of DBaaS, the only support
+    // type is mysql 5.5.
+    if (empty($typeSpec)) {
+      $typeSpec = array(
+        'name' => 'mysql',
+        'version' => '5.5',
+      );
+    }
+    $json = array(
+      'instance' => array(
+        'name' => $name,
+        'flavorRef' => $flavor,
+        'dbtype' => $typeSpec,
+      ),
+    );
+    if (isset($port)) {
+      $json['instance']['port'] = $port;
+    }
+
+    $url = $this->url . '/instances';
+    $postData = json_encode($json);
+    $length = strlen($postData);
+    $headers = $this->headers(array('Accept' => 'application/json', 'Content-length' => $length));
+    $res = $this->client->doRequest($url, 'POST', $headers, $postData);
+
+    $results = json_decode($res->content(), TRUE);
+
+    return InstanceDetails::newFromJSON($results);
   }
 
   public function delete($instanceId) {
+    $url = sprintf('%s/instances/%s', $this->url, $instanceId);
+    $this->client->doRequest($url, 'DELETE', $this->headers());
+    return TRUE;
   }
 
   public function restart($instanceId) {
+    $url = sprintf('%s/instances/%s/restart', $this->url, $instanceId);
+    $headers = $this->headers(array('Content-Length' => '0'));
+    $this->client->doRequest($url, 'POST', $headers);
+    return TRUE;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -61,7 +137,18 @@ class Instance {
    *   The new (autogenerated) password.
    */
   public function resetPassword($instanceId) {
+    $url = sprintf('%s/instances/%s/resetpassword', $this->url, $instanceId);
+    $headers = $this->headers(array('Content-Length' => '0'));
+    $res = $this->client->doRequest($url, 'POST', $headers);
+    $json = json_decode($res);
+
+    return $json->password;
   }
 
-
+  protected function headers($add = array()) {
+    return $add + array(
+      'X-Auth-Token' => $this->token,
+      'X-Auth-Project-Id' => $this->projectId,
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/InstanceDetails.php b/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/InstanceDetails.php
index b36e682..3361c8d 100644
--- a/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/InstanceDetails.php
+++ b/src/HPCloud/Services/DBaaS/InstanceDetails.php
@@ -28,4 +28,100 @@ SOFTWARE.
 namespace HPCloud\Services\DBaaS;
 
 class InstanceDetails {
+
+  protected $name;
+  protected $id;
+  protected $links;
+  protected $created;
+  protected $status;
+  protected $hostname;
+  protected $port;
+
+  protected $username;
+  protected $password;
+
+  public function newFromJSON($json) {
+
+    $o = new InstanceDetails($json['name'], $json['id']);
+    $o->links = $json['links'];
+    $o->created = $json['created'];
+    $o->status = $json['status'];
+    $o->hostname = $json['hostname'];
+    $o->port= !empty($json['port']) ? $json['port'] : '3306';
+
+    if (!empty($json['credential']['username'])) {
+      $o->username = $json['credential']['username'];
+    }
+    if (!empty($json['credential']['password'])) {
+      $o->username = $json['credential']['pasword'];
+    }
+
+
+
+
+  }
+
+  public function __construct($name, $id) {
+  }
+
+  public function createdOn() {
+    return $this->created;
+  }
+
+  public function status() {
+    return $this->status;
+  }
+
+  public function hostname() {
+    return $this->hostname;
+  }
+
+  public function port() {
+    return $this->port;
+  }
+
+  public function username() {
+    return $this->username;
+  }
+  public function password() {
+    return $this->password;
+  }
+  public function links() {
+    return $this->links;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the DSN to connect to the database instance.
+   *
+   * A convenience function for PDO.
+   *
+   * @see http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-mysql.connection.php
+   *
+   * @param string $dbName
+   *   The name of the database to connect to. If none is specified,
+   *   this will be left off of the DSN.
+   * @param string $charset
+   *   This will attempt to set the character set. Not all versions
+   *   of PHP use this.
+   *
+   * @retval string
+   *   The DSN, including driver, host, port, and database name.
+   * @todo
+   *   At this time, 'mysql' is hard-coded as the driver name. Does this
+   *   need to change?
+   */
+  public function dsn($dbName = NULL, $charset = NULL) {
+    $dsn = sprintf('mysql:host=%s;port=%s', $this->hostname(), $this->port());
+    if (!empty($dbName)) {
+      $dsn .= ';dbname=' . $dbName;
+    }
+    if (!empty($charset)) {
+      $dsn .= ';charset=' . $charset;
+    }
+
+    return $dsn;
+
+  }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/test/Tests/DBaaSInstanceTest.php b/test/Tests/DBaaSInstanceTest.php
index 58e2249..46b4595 100644
--- a/test/Tests/DBaaSInstanceTest.php
+++ b/test/Tests/DBaaSInstanceTest.php
@@ -29,29 +29,201 @@ namespace HPCloud\Tests\Services\DBaaS;
 require_once 'src/HPCloud/Bootstrap.php';
 require_once 'test/TestCase.php';
 
+use \HPCloud\Services\DBaaS;
 use \HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\Instance;
 
+/**
+ * @group dbaas
+ */
 class DBaaSInstanceTest extends \HPCloud\Tests\TestCase {
 
+  public function inst() {
+    $ident = $this->identity();
+    $dbaas = DBaaS::newFromIdentity($ident);
+    return $dbaas->instance();
+  }
+
+  public function destroyDatabase() {
+    $inst = $this->inst();
+    $list = $inst->listInstances();
+
+    fwrite(STDOUT, print_r($list, TRUE));
+    if (!empty($list['instances'])) {
+      $dbName = self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.database');
+      foreach ($list['instances'] as $item) {
+        if ($item['name'] == $dbName) {
+          fprintf(STDOUT, "Deleting %s (%s)\n", $item['name'], $item['id']);
+          $inst->delete($item['id']);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
   public function testConstruct() {
+    $ident = $this->identity();
+    $dbaas = DBaaS::newFromIdentity($ident);
+
+    $endpoint = self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.endpoint') . '/' . $ident->tenantId();
+
+    // Test #1: Build from scratch.
+    $inst = new Instance($ident->token(), $ident->tenantName(), $endpoint);
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('\HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\Instance', $inst);
+
+    // Test #2: Build from DBaaS.
+    $inst = $dbaas->instance();
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('\HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\Instance', $inst);
   }
 
   public function testCreate() {
+    // Make sure there aren't old fixtures hanging around from a
+    // failed run.
+    $this->destroyDatabase();
+
+    $dbName = self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.database');
+
+    $details = $this->inst()->create($dbName, 'small', '3307');
+
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('\HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\InstanceDetails', $details);
+
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->username());
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->password());
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->id());
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->hostname());
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->port());
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->createdOn());
+    $this->assertEquals($dbName, $details->name());
+
+    $dsn = sprint('mysql:host=%s;port=3307;dbname=foo;charset=utf-8', $details->hostname());
+
+    $this->assertEquals($dsn, $details->dsn('foo', 'utf-8'));
+
+    $this->credentials = array(
+      'name' => $details->username(),
+      'pass' => $details->password(),
+    );
+    $this->dbId = $details->id();
+    $this->created = $details->createdOn();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @depends testCreate
+   */
   public function testDescribe() {
+    $dbName = self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.database');
+
+    // Canary.
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($this->dbId);
+
+    $details = $this->inst()->describe($this->dbId);
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('\HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\InstanceDetails', $details);
+
+    $this->assertEmpty($details->username());
+    $this->assertEmpty($details->password());
+
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->hostname());
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($details->createdOn());
+
+    $this->assertEquals($this->dbId, $details->id());
+    $this->assertEquals($dbName, $details->name());
+
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @depends testCreate
+   */
   public function testRestart() {
+    // Canary.
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($this->dbId);
+
+    $this->inst()->restart($this->dbId);
+    sleep(5);
+    $details = $this->inst()->details($this->dbId);
+
+    $this->assertEquals($this->created, $details->createdOn());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @depends testCreate
+   */
   public function testResetPassword() {
+    $pass = $this->credentials['pass'];
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($pass);
+
+    $newPass = $this->inst()->resetPassword($this->dbId);
+
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($newPass);
+    $this->assertNotEquals($pass, $newPass);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @depends testCreate
+   */
   public function testListInstances() {
+
+    $instances = $this->inst()->listInstances();
+
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($instances);
+    $this->assertGreaterThan(0, count($instances['instances']));
+
+    $match = 0;
+    $dbName = self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.database');
+
+    foreach ($instances['instances'] as $server) {
+      $this->assertInstanceOf('\HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\InstanceDetails', $server);
+      $this->assertNotEmpty($server->id());
+      if ($server->name() == $dbName) {
+        ++$match;
+      }
+    }
+    $this->assertEquals(1, $match);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @depends testListInstances
+   */
+  public function testIsItAllWorthIt() {
+    $inst = $this->inst();
+
+    $maxAttempts = 5;
+    for($i = 0; $i < $maxAttempts; ++$i) {
+      $details = $inst->describe($this->dbId);
+
+      if ($details->status == 'ready') {
+        $dsn = $details->dsn();
+        break;
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($dsn);
+
+    $conn = new PDO($dsn, $this->credentials['user'], $this->credentials['pass']);
+
+    $affected = $conn->execute('SELECT 1');
+
+    $this->assertEquals(0, $affected);
+
+    unset($conn);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @depends testCreate
+   */
   public function testDelete() {
+    $match = 0;
+    $dbName = self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.database');
+
+    $inst = $this->inst();
+
+    $inst->delete($this->dbId);
+
+    foreach ($instances['instances'] as $server) {
+      if ($server->name() == $dbName) {
+        ++$match;
+      }
+    }
+    $this->assertEquals(0, $match);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/test/Tests/DBaaSSnapshotTest.php b/test/Tests/DBaaSSnapshotTest.php
index cb94531..4c544ec 100644
--- a/test/Tests/DBaaSSnapshotTest.php
+++ b/test/Tests/DBaaSSnapshotTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ require_once 'test/TestCase.php';
 
 use \HPCloud\Services\DBaaS\Snapshot;
 
-class DBaaSSnapshotextends \HPCloud\Tests\TestCase {
+/**
+ * @group dbaas
+ */
+class DBaaSSnapshot extends \HPCloud\Tests\TestCase {
 
   public function testConstruct() {
   }
diff --git a/test/Tests/DBaaSTest.php b/test/Tests/DBaaSTest.php
index 85fbbf2..fb3f52d 100644
--- a/test/Tests/DBaaSTest.php
+++ b/test/Tests/DBaaSTest.php
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ require_once 'test/TestCase.php';
 
 use \HPCloud\Services\DBaaS;
 
+/**
+ * @group dbaas
+ */
 class DBaaSTest extends \HPCloud\Tests\TestCase {
 
   protected function dbaas() {
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ class DBaaSTest extends \HPCloud\Tests\TestCase {
 
   public function testConstructor() {
     $ident = $this->identity();
-    $dbaas = new DBaaS($ident->token(), self::$settings['hpcloud.dbaas.endpoint'], $ident->tenantName());
+    $dbaas = new DBaaS($ident->token(), self::conf('hpcloud.dbaas.endpoint'), $ident->tenantName());
 
     $this->assertInstanceOf("\HPCloud\Services\DBaaS", $dbaas);
     $this->assertEquals($ident->tenantName(), $dbaas->projectId());