diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index 673656f..5519261 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 # The list of modules to copy from oslo-incubator.git
 module=apiclient
+module=log
 # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
 base=storyboardclient
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b454664..8bb39cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 
 Babel>=1.3
+oslo.config>=1.4.0
+oslo.i18n>=1.0.0
+oslo.serialization>=1.0.0
 oslo.utils>=1.0.0
 six>=1.7.0
 stevedore>=1.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/_i18n.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/_i18n.py
index a225b9d..e3dfd1a 100644
--- a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/_i18n.py
+++ b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/_i18n.py
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ try:
     _LC = _translators.log_critical
 except ImportError:
     # NOTE(dims): Support for cases where a project wants to use
-    # code from storyboardclient-incubator, but is not ready to be internationalized
+    # code from oslo-incubator, but is not ready to be internationalized
     # (like tempest)
     _ = _LI = _LW = _LE = _LC = lambda x: x
diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/client.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/client.py
index 507e56a..5c06810 100644
--- a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/client.py
+++ b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/client.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             return
 
         string_parts = [
-            "curl -i",
+            "curl -g -i",
             "-X '%s'" % method,
             "'%s'" % url,
         ]
diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/exceptions.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
index 01d9f4e..ba1fcca 100644
--- a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
@@ -67,11 +67,16 @@ class AuthorizationFailure(ClientException):
     pass
 
 
-class ConnectionRefused(ClientException):
+class ConnectionError(ClientException):
     """Cannot connect to API service."""
     pass
 
 
+class ConnectionRefused(ConnectionError):
+    """Connection refused while trying to connect to API service."""
+    pass
+
+
 class AuthPluginOptionsMissing(AuthorizationFailure):
     """Auth plugin misses some options."""
     def __init__(self, opt_names):
diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/local.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/local.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0819d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/local.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+"""Local storage of variables using weak references"""
+
+import threading
+import weakref
+
+
+class WeakLocal(threading.local):
+    def __getattribute__(self, attr):
+        rval = super(WeakLocal, self).__getattribute__(attr)
+        if rval:
+            # NOTE(mikal): this bit is confusing. What is stored is a weak
+            # reference, not the value itself. We therefore need to lookup
+            # the weak reference and return the inner value here.
+            rval = rval()
+        return rval
+
+    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
+        value = weakref.ref(value)
+        return super(WeakLocal, self).__setattr__(attr, value)
+
+
+# NOTE(mikal): the name "store" should be deprecated in the future
+store = WeakLocal()
+
+# A "weak" store uses weak references and allows an object to fall out of scope
+# when it falls out of scope in the code that uses the thread local storage. A
+# "strong" store will hold a reference to the object so that it never falls out
+# of scope.
+weak_store = WeakLocal()
+strong_store = threading.local()
diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/log.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0efafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,718 @@
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+"""OpenStack logging handler.
+
+This module adds to logging functionality by adding the option to specify
+a context object when calling the various log methods.  If the context object
+is not specified, default formatting is used. Additionally, an instance uuid
+may be passed as part of the log message, which is intended to make it easier
+for admins to find messages related to a specific instance.
+
+It also allows setting of formatting information through conf.
+
+"""
+
+import copy
+import inspect
+import itertools
+import logging
+import logging.config
+import logging.handlers
+import os
+import socket
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+from oslo.config import cfg
+from oslo.serialization import jsonutils
+from oslo.utils import importutils
+import six
+from six import moves
+
+_PY26 = sys.version_info[0:2] == (2, 6)
+
+from storyboardclient.openstack.common._i18n import _
+from storyboardclient.openstack.common import local
+
+
+_DEFAULT_LOG_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
+
+common_cli_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('debug',
+                short='d',
+                default=False,
+                help='Print debugging output (set logging level to '
+                     'DEBUG instead of default WARNING level).'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('verbose',
+                short='v',
+                default=False,
+                help='Print more verbose output (set logging level to '
+                     'INFO instead of default WARNING level).'),
+]
+
+logging_cli_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-config-append',
+               metavar='PATH',
+               deprecated_name='log-config',
+               help='The name of a logging configuration file. This file '
+                    'is appended to any existing logging configuration '
+                    'files. For details about logging configuration files, '
+                    'see the Python logging module documentation.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-format',
+               metavar='FORMAT',
+               help='DEPRECATED. '
+                    'A logging.Formatter log message format string which may '
+                    'use any of the available logging.LogRecord attributes. '
+                    'This option is deprecated.  Please use '
+                    'logging_context_format_string and '
+                    'logging_default_format_string instead.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-date-format',
+               default=_DEFAULT_LOG_DATE_FORMAT,
+               metavar='DATE_FORMAT',
+               help='Format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. '
+                    'Default: %(default)s .'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-file',
+               metavar='PATH',
+               deprecated_name='logfile',
+               help='(Optional) Name of log file to output to. '
+                    'If no default is set, logging will go to stdout.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-dir',
+               deprecated_name='logdir',
+               help='(Optional) The base directory used for relative '
+                    '--log-file paths.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use-syslog',
+                default=False,
+                help='Use syslog for logging. '
+                     'Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED during I, '
+                     'and will change in J to honor RFC5424.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use-syslog-rfc-format',
+                # TODO(bogdando) remove or use True after existing
+                #    syslog format deprecation in J
+                default=False,
+                help='(Optional) Enables or disables syslog rfc5424 format '
+                     'for logging. If enabled, prefixes the MSG part of the '
+                     'syslog message with APP-NAME (RFC5424). The '
+                     'format without the APP-NAME is deprecated in I, '
+                     'and will be removed in J.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('syslog-log-facility',
+               default='LOG_USER',
+               help='Syslog facility to receive log lines.')
+]
+
+generic_log_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use_stderr',
+                default=True,
+                help='Log output to standard error.')
+]
+
+DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = ['amqp=WARN', 'amqplib=WARN', 'boto=WARN',
+                      'qpid=WARN', 'sqlalchemy=WARN', 'suds=INFO',
+                      'oslo.messaging=INFO', 'iso8601=WARN',
+                      'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN',
+                      'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'websocket=WARN',
+                      "keystonemiddleware=WARN", "routes.middleware=WARN",
+                      "stevedore=WARN"]
+
+log_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_context_format_string',
+               default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s '
+                       '%(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] '
+                       '%(instance)s%(message)s',
+               help='Format string to use for log messages with context.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_default_format_string',
+               default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s '
+                       '%(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s',
+               help='Format string to use for log messages without context.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_debug_format_suffix',
+               default='%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d',
+               help='Data to append to log format when level is DEBUG.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_exception_prefix',
+               default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d TRACE %(name)s '
+               '%(instance)s',
+               help='Prefix each line of exception output with this format.'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('default_log_levels',
+                default=DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS,
+                help='List of logger=LEVEL pairs.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('publish_errors',
+                default=False,
+                help='Enables or disables publication of error events.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('fatal_deprecations',
+                default=False,
+                help='Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.'),
+
+    # NOTE(mikal): there are two options here because sometimes we are handed
+    # a full instance (and could include more information), and other times we
+    # are just handed a UUID for the instance.
+    cfg.StrOpt('instance_format',
+               default='[instance: %(uuid)s] ',
+               help='The format for an instance that is passed with the log '
+                    'message.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('instance_uuid_format',
+               default='[instance: %(uuid)s] ',
+               help='The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the '
+                    'log message.'),
+]
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+CONF.register_cli_opts(common_cli_opts)
+CONF.register_cli_opts(logging_cli_opts)
+CONF.register_opts(generic_log_opts)
+CONF.register_opts(log_opts)
+
+
+def list_opts():
+    """Entry point for oslo.config-generator."""
+    return [(None, copy.deepcopy(common_cli_opts)),
+            (None, copy.deepcopy(logging_cli_opts)),
+            (None, copy.deepcopy(generic_log_opts)),
+            (None, copy.deepcopy(log_opts)),
+            ]
+
+
+# our new audit level
+# NOTE(jkoelker) Since we synthesized an audit level, make the logging
+#                module aware of it so it acts like other levels.
+logging.AUDIT = logging.INFO + 1
+logging.addLevelName(logging.AUDIT, 'AUDIT')
+
+
+try:
+    NullHandler = logging.NullHandler
+except AttributeError:  # NOTE(jkoelker) NullHandler added in Python 2.7
+    class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
+        def handle(self, record):
+            pass
+
+        def emit(self, record):
+            pass
+
+        def createLock(self):
+            self.lock = None
+
+
+def _dictify_context(context):
+    if context is None:
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(context, dict) and getattr(context, 'to_dict', None):
+        context = context.to_dict()
+    return context
+
+
+def _get_binary_name():
+    return os.path.basename(inspect.stack()[-1][1])
+
+
+def _get_log_file_path(binary=None):
+    logfile = CONF.log_file
+    logdir = CONF.log_dir
+
+    if logfile and not logdir:
+        return logfile
+
+    if logfile and logdir:
+        return os.path.join(logdir, logfile)
+
+    if logdir:
+        binary = binary or _get_binary_name()
+        return '%s.log' % (os.path.join(logdir, binary),)
+
+    return None
+
+
+class BaseLoggerAdapter(logging.LoggerAdapter):
+
+    def audit(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.log(logging.AUDIT, msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def isEnabledFor(self, level):
+        if _PY26:
+            # This method was added in python 2.7 (and it does the exact
+            # same logic, so we need to do the exact same logic so that
+            # python 2.6 has this capability as well).
+            return self.logger.isEnabledFor(level)
+        else:
+            return super(BaseLoggerAdapter, self).isEnabledFor(level)
+
+
+class LazyAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
+    def __init__(self, name='unknown', version='unknown'):
+        self._logger = None
+        self.extra = {}
+        self.name = name
+        self.version = version
+
+    @property
+    def logger(self):
+        if not self._logger:
+            self._logger = getLogger(self.name, self.version)
+            if six.PY3:
+                # In Python 3, the code fails because the 'manager' attribute
+                # cannot be found when using a LoggerAdapter as the
+                # underlying logger. Work around this issue.
+                self._logger.manager = self._logger.logger.manager
+        return self._logger
+
+
+class ContextAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
+    warn = logging.LoggerAdapter.warning
+
+    def __init__(self, logger, project_name, version_string):
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.project = project_name
+        self.version = version_string
+        self._deprecated_messages_sent = dict()
+
+    @property
+    def handlers(self):
+        return self.logger.handlers
+
+    def deprecated(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Call this method when a deprecated feature is used.
+
+        If the system is configured for fatal deprecations then the message
+        is logged at the 'critical' level and :class:`DeprecatedConfig` will
+        be raised.
+
+        Otherwise, the message will be logged (once) at the 'warn' level.
+
+        :raises: :class:`DeprecatedConfig` if the system is configured for
+                 fatal deprecations.
+
+        """
+        stdmsg = _("Deprecated: %s") % msg
+        if CONF.fatal_deprecations:
+            self.critical(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
+            raise DeprecatedConfig(msg=stdmsg)
+
+        # Using a list because a tuple with dict can't be stored in a set.
+        sent_args = self._deprecated_messages_sent.setdefault(msg, list())
+
+        if args in sent_args:
+            # Already logged this message, so don't log it again.
+            return
+
+        sent_args.append(args)
+        self.warn(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def process(self, msg, kwargs):
+        # NOTE(jecarey): If msg is not unicode, coerce it into unicode
+        #                before it can get to the python logging and
+        #                possibly cause string encoding trouble
+        if not isinstance(msg, six.text_type):
+            msg = six.text_type(msg)
+
+        if 'extra' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['extra'] = {}
+        extra = kwargs['extra']
+
+        context = kwargs.pop('context', None)
+        if not context:
+            context = getattr(local.store, 'context', None)
+        if context:
+            extra.update(_dictify_context(context))
+
+        instance = kwargs.pop('instance', None)
+        instance_uuid = (extra.get('instance_uuid') or
+                         kwargs.pop('instance_uuid', None))
+        instance_extra = ''
+        if instance:
+            instance_extra = CONF.instance_format % instance
+        elif instance_uuid:
+            instance_extra = (CONF.instance_uuid_format
+                              % {'uuid': instance_uuid})
+        extra['instance'] = instance_extra
+
+        extra.setdefault('user_identity', kwargs.pop('user_identity', None))
+
+        extra['project'] = self.project
+        extra['version'] = self.version
+        extra['extra'] = extra.copy()
+        return msg, kwargs
+
+
+class JSONFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    def __init__(self, fmt=None, datefmt=None):
+        # NOTE(jkoelker) we ignore the fmt argument, but its still there
+        #                since logging.config.fileConfig passes it.
+        self.datefmt = datefmt
+
+    def formatException(self, ei, strip_newlines=True):
+        lines = traceback.format_exception(*ei)
+        if strip_newlines:
+            lines = [moves.filter(
+                lambda x: x,
+                line.rstrip().splitlines()) for line in lines]
+            lines = list(itertools.chain(*lines))
+        return lines
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        message = {'message': record.getMessage(),
+                   'asctime': self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt),
+                   'name': record.name,
+                   'msg': record.msg,
+                   'args': record.args,
+                   'levelname': record.levelname,
+                   'levelno': record.levelno,
+                   'pathname': record.pathname,
+                   'filename': record.filename,
+                   'module': record.module,
+                   'lineno': record.lineno,
+                   'funcname': record.funcName,
+                   'created': record.created,
+                   'msecs': record.msecs,
+                   'relative_created': record.relativeCreated,
+                   'thread': record.thread,
+                   'thread_name': record.threadName,
+                   'process_name': record.processName,
+                   'process': record.process,
+                   'traceback': None}
+
+        if hasattr(record, 'extra'):
+            message['extra'] = record.extra
+
+        if record.exc_info:
+            message['traceback'] = self.formatException(record.exc_info)
+
+        return jsonutils.dumps(message)
+
+
+def _create_logging_excepthook(product_name):
+    def logging_excepthook(exc_type, value, tb):
+        extra = {'exc_info': (exc_type, value, tb)}
+        getLogger(product_name).critical(
+            "".join(traceback.format_exception_only(exc_type, value)),
+            **extra)
+    return logging_excepthook
+
+
+class LogConfigError(Exception):
+
+    message = _('Error loading logging config %(log_config)s: %(err_msg)s')
+
+    def __init__(self, log_config, err_msg):
+        self.log_config = log_config
+        self.err_msg = err_msg
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message % dict(log_config=self.log_config,
+                                   err_msg=self.err_msg)
+
+
+def _load_log_config(log_config_append):
+    try:
+        logging.config.fileConfig(log_config_append,
+                                  disable_existing_loggers=False)
+    except (moves.configparser.Error, KeyError) as exc:
+        raise LogConfigError(log_config_append, six.text_type(exc))
+
+
+def setup(product_name, version='unknown'):
+    """Setup logging."""
+    if CONF.log_config_append:
+        _load_log_config(CONF.log_config_append)
+    else:
+        _setup_logging_from_conf(product_name, version)
+    sys.excepthook = _create_logging_excepthook(product_name)
+
+
+def set_defaults(logging_context_format_string=None,
+                 default_log_levels=None):
+    # Just in case the caller is not setting the
+    # default_log_level. This is insurance because
+    # we introduced the default_log_level parameter
+    # later in a backwards in-compatible change
+    if default_log_levels is not None:
+        cfg.set_defaults(
+            log_opts,
+            default_log_levels=default_log_levels)
+    if logging_context_format_string is not None:
+        cfg.set_defaults(
+            log_opts,
+            logging_context_format_string=logging_context_format_string)
+
+
+def _find_facility_from_conf():
+    facility_names = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.facility_names
+    facility = getattr(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler,
+                       CONF.syslog_log_facility,
+                       None)
+
+    if facility is None and CONF.syslog_log_facility in facility_names:
+        facility = facility_names.get(CONF.syslog_log_facility)
+
+    if facility is None:
+        valid_facilities = facility_names.keys()
+        consts = ['LOG_AUTH', 'LOG_AUTHPRIV', 'LOG_CRON', 'LOG_DAEMON',
+                  'LOG_FTP', 'LOG_KERN', 'LOG_LPR', 'LOG_MAIL', 'LOG_NEWS',
+                  'LOG_AUTH', 'LOG_SYSLOG', 'LOG_USER', 'LOG_UUCP',
+                  'LOG_LOCAL0', 'LOG_LOCAL1', 'LOG_LOCAL2', 'LOG_LOCAL3',
+                  'LOG_LOCAL4', 'LOG_LOCAL5', 'LOG_LOCAL6', 'LOG_LOCAL7']
+        valid_facilities.extend(consts)
+        raise TypeError(_('syslog facility must be one of: %s') %
+                        ', '.join("'%s'" % fac
+                                  for fac in valid_facilities))
+
+    return facility
+
+
+class RFCSysLogHandler(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.binary_name = _get_binary_name()
+        # Do not use super() unless type(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler)
+        #  is 'type' (Python 2.7).
+        # Use old style calls, if the type is 'classobj' (Python 2.6)
+        logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        # Do not use super() unless type(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler)
+        #  is 'type' (Python 2.7).
+        # Use old style calls, if the type is 'classobj' (Python 2.6)
+        msg = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.format(self, record)
+        msg = self.binary_name + ' ' + msg
+        return msg
+
+
+def _setup_logging_from_conf(project, version):
+    log_root = getLogger(None).logger
+    for handler in log_root.handlers:
+        log_root.removeHandler(handler)
+
+    logpath = _get_log_file_path()
+    if logpath:
+        filelog = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(logpath)
+        log_root.addHandler(filelog)
+
+    if CONF.use_stderr:
+        streamlog = ColorHandler()
+        log_root.addHandler(streamlog)
+
+    elif not logpath:
+        # pass sys.stdout as a positional argument
+        # python2.6 calls the argument strm, in 2.7 it's stream
+        streamlog = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        log_root.addHandler(streamlog)
+
+    if CONF.publish_errors:
+        handler = importutils.import_object(
+            "oslo.messaging.notify.log_handler.PublishErrorsHandler",
+            logging.ERROR)
+        log_root.addHandler(handler)
+
+    datefmt = CONF.log_date_format
+    for handler in log_root.handlers:
+        # NOTE(alaski): CONF.log_format overrides everything currently.  This
+        # should be deprecated in favor of context aware formatting.
+        if CONF.log_format:
+            handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt=CONF.log_format,
+                                                   datefmt=datefmt))
+            log_root.info('Deprecated: log_format is now deprecated and will '
+                          'be removed in the next release')
+        else:
+            handler.setFormatter(ContextFormatter(project=project,
+                                                  version=version,
+                                                  datefmt=datefmt))
+
+    if CONF.debug:
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    elif CONF.verbose:
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    else:
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    for pair in CONF.default_log_levels:
+        mod, _sep, level_name = pair.partition('=')
+        logger = logging.getLogger(mod)
+        # NOTE(AAzza) in python2.6 Logger.setLevel doesn't convert string name
+        # to integer code.
+        if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+            level = logging.getLevelName(level_name)
+            logger.setLevel(level)
+        else:
+            logger.setLevel(level_name)
+
+    if CONF.use_syslog:
+        try:
+            facility = _find_facility_from_conf()
+            # TODO(bogdando) use the format provided by RFCSysLogHandler
+            #   after existing syslog format deprecation in J
+            if CONF.use_syslog_rfc_format:
+                syslog = RFCSysLogHandler(address='/dev/log',
+                                          facility=facility)
+            else:
+                syslog = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log',
+                                                        facility=facility)
+            log_root.addHandler(syslog)
+        except socket.error:
+            log_root.error('Unable to add syslog handler. Verify that syslog '
+                           'is running.')
+
+
+_loggers = {}
+
+
+def getLogger(name='unknown', version='unknown'):
+    if name not in _loggers:
+        _loggers[name] = ContextAdapter(logging.getLogger(name),
+                                        name,
+                                        version)
+    return _loggers[name]
+
+
+def getLazyLogger(name='unknown', version='unknown'):
+    """Returns lazy logger.
+
+    Creates a pass-through logger that does not create the real logger
+    until it is really needed and delegates all calls to the real logger
+    once it is created.
+    """
+    return LazyAdapter(name, version)
+
+
+class WritableLogger(object):
+    """A thin wrapper that responds to `write` and logs."""
+
+    def __init__(self, logger, level=logging.INFO):
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.level = level
+
+    def write(self, msg):
+        self.logger.log(self.level, msg.rstrip())
+
+
+class ContextFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """A context.RequestContext aware formatter configured through flags.
+
+    The flags used to set format strings are: logging_context_format_string
+    and logging_default_format_string.  You can also specify
+    logging_debug_format_suffix to append extra formatting if the log level is
+    debug.
+
+    For information about what variables are available for the formatter see:
+    http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#formatter
+
+    If available, uses the context value stored in TLS - local.store.context
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Initialize ContextFormatter instance
+
+        Takes additional keyword arguments which can be used in the message
+        format string.
+
+        :keyword project: project name
+        :type project: string
+        :keyword version: project version
+        :type version: string
+
+        """
+
+        self.project = kwargs.pop('project', 'unknown')
+        self.version = kwargs.pop('version', 'unknown')
+
+        logging.Formatter.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        """Uses contextstring if request_id is set, otherwise default."""
+
+        # NOTE(jecarey): If msg is not unicode, coerce it into unicode
+        #                before it can get to the python logging and
+        #                possibly cause string encoding trouble
+        if not isinstance(record.msg, six.text_type):
+            record.msg = six.text_type(record.msg)
+
+        # store project info
+        record.project = self.project
+        record.version = self.version
+
+        # store request info
+        context = getattr(local.store, 'context', None)
+        if context:
+            d = _dictify_context(context)
+            for k, v in d.items():
+                setattr(record, k, v)
+
+        # NOTE(sdague): default the fancier formatting params
+        # to an empty string so we don't throw an exception if
+        # they get used
+        for key in ('instance', 'color', 'user_identity'):
+            if key not in record.__dict__:
+                record.__dict__[key] = ''
+
+        if record.__dict__.get('request_id'):
+            fmt = CONF.logging_context_format_string
+        else:
+            fmt = CONF.logging_default_format_string
+
+        if (record.levelno == logging.DEBUG and
+                CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix):
+            fmt += " " + CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix
+
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 2):
+            self._fmt = fmt
+        else:
+            self._style = logging.PercentStyle(fmt)
+            self._fmt = self._style._fmt
+        # Cache this on the record, Logger will respect our formatted copy
+        if record.exc_info:
+            record.exc_text = self.formatException(record.exc_info, record)
+        return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+
+    def formatException(self, exc_info, record=None):
+        """Format exception output with CONF.logging_exception_prefix."""
+        if not record:
+            return logging.Formatter.formatException(self, exc_info)
+
+        stringbuffer = moves.StringIO()
+        traceback.print_exception(exc_info[0], exc_info[1], exc_info[2],
+                                  None, stringbuffer)
+        lines = stringbuffer.getvalue().split('\n')
+        stringbuffer.close()
+
+        if CONF.logging_exception_prefix.find('%(asctime)') != -1:
+            record.asctime = self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt)
+
+        formatted_lines = []
+        for line in lines:
+            pl = CONF.logging_exception_prefix % record.__dict__
+            fl = '%s%s' % (pl, line)
+            formatted_lines.append(fl)
+        return '\n'.join(formatted_lines)
+
+
+class ColorHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
+    LEVEL_COLORS = {
+        logging.DEBUG: '\033[00;32m',  # GREEN
+        logging.INFO: '\033[00;36m',  # CYAN
+        logging.AUDIT: '\033[01;36m',  # BOLD CYAN
+        logging.WARN: '\033[01;33m',  # BOLD YELLOW
+        logging.ERROR: '\033[01;31m',  # BOLD RED
+        logging.CRITICAL: '\033[01;31m',  # BOLD RED
+    }
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        record.color = self.LEVEL_COLORS[record.levelno]
+        return logging.StreamHandler.format(self, record)
+
+
+class DeprecatedConfig(Exception):
+    message = _("Fatal call to deprecated config: %(msg)s")
+
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        super(Exception, self).__init__(self.message % dict(msg=msg))