diff --git a/cloudpulse/common/context.py b/cloudpulse/common/context.py
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+# 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_context import context
+
+
+class RequestContext(context.RequestContext):
+    """Extends security contexts from the OpenStack common library."""
+
+    def __init__(self, auth_token=None, auth_url=None, domain_id=None,
+                 domain_name=None, user=None, user_id=None, project=None,
+                 project_id=None, is_admin=False, is_public_api=False,
+                 read_only=False, show_deleted=False, request_id=None,
+                 trust_id=None, auth_token_info=None):
+        """Stores several additional request parameters:
+
+        :param domain_id: The ID of the domain.
+        :param domain_name: The name of the domain.
+        :param is_public_api: Specifies whether the request should be processed
+                              without authentication.
+
+        """
+        self.is_public_api = is_public_api
+        self.user_id = user_id
+        self.project = project
+        self.project_id = project_id
+        self.domain_id = domain_id
+        self.domain_name = domain_name
+        self.auth_url = auth_url
+        self.auth_token_info = auth_token_info
+        self.trust_id = trust_id
+
+        super(RequestContext, self).__init__(auth_token=auth_token,
+                                             user=user, tenant=project,
+                                             is_admin=is_admin,
+                                             read_only=read_only,
+                                             show_deleted=show_deleted,
+                                             request_id=request_id)
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return {'auth_token': self.auth_token,
+                'auth_url': self.auth_url,
+                'domain_id': self.domain_id,
+                'domain_name': self.domain_name,
+                'user': self.user,
+                'user_id': self.user_id,
+                'project': self.project,
+                'project_id': self.project_id,
+                'is_admin': self.is_admin,
+                'is_public_api': self.is_public_api,
+                'read_only': self.read_only,
+                'show_deleted': self.show_deleted,
+                'request_id': self.request_id,
+                'trust_id': self.trust_id,
+                'auth_token_info': self.auth_token_info}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, values):
+        return cls(**values)
+
+
+def make_context(*args, **kwargs):
+    return RequestContext(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/cloudpulse/common/service.py b/cloudpulse/common/service.py
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+# Copyright 2013 - Red Hat, 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_config import cfg
+
+from cloudpulse.openstack.common import log as logging
+
+
+def prepare_service(argv=[]):
+    cfg.CONF(argv[1:], project='cloudpulse')
+    logging.setup('cloudpulse')