Merge ~pwlars/revcache/+git/revcache-charm:juju1-support into revcache:master

[Paul Larson]

I think this finally does what I want. I've tested it locally with some fake keys, and confirmed that it puts the files in the right location and uses the correct vhost template with ssl support for nginx *only* when specifying the certificates and ssl key in either the config or in an artifact. This allows us to support both juju1 and juju2 in the same charm!

Unmerged commits

fff4d98... by Paul Larson on 2018-06-18

Also support ssl on juju v1 via config settings and include-base64

5d56cf8... by PMR <pmr@pmr-lander> on 2018-05-23

Merge #346656 from ~pwlars/revcache/+git/revcache-charm:ssl-support

a5135d1... by Paul Larson on 2018-05-17

Add https support

daf9c5e... by Paul Larson on 2018-02-26

Add python3-gevent dependency and minor fixes to systemd service file

76d9edd... by Paul Larson on 2018-02-20

Remove setup step and ensure logfile is created

d0098af... by Paul Larson on 2018-02-20

Initial checking of revcache charm

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+*~
+*.swp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Overview
+
+This is the base layer for all charms [built using layers][building].  It
+provides all of the standard Juju hooks and runs the
+[charms.reactive.main][charms.reactive] loop for them.  It also bootstraps the
+[charm-helpers][] and [charms.reactive][] libraries and all of their
+dependencies for use by the charm.
+
+# Usage
+
+To create a charm layer using this base layer, you need only include it in
+a `layer.yaml` file:
+
+```yaml
+includes: ['layer:basic']
+```
+
+This will fetch this layer from [interfaces.juju.solutions][] and incorporate
+it into your charm layer.  You can then add handlers under the `reactive/`
+directory.  Note that **any** file under `reactive/` will be expected to
+contain handlers, whether as Python decorated functions or [executables][non-python]
+using the [external handler protocol][].
+
+### Charm Dependencies
+
+Each layer can include a `wheelhouse.txt` file with Python requirement lines.
+For example, this layer's `wheelhouse.txt` includes:
+
+```
+pip>=7.0.0,<8.0.0
+charmhelpers>=0.4.0,<1.0.0
+charms.reactive>=0.1.0,<2.0.0
+```
+
+All of these dependencies from each layer will be fetched (and updated) at build
+time and will be automatically installed by this base layer before any reactive
+handlers are run.
+
+Note that the `wheelhouse.txt` file is intended for **charm** dependencies only.
+That is, for libraries that the charm code itself needs to do its job of deploying
+and configuring the payload.  If the payload itself has Python dependencies, those
+should be handled separately, by the charm.
+
+See [PyPI][pypi charms.X] for packages under the `charms.` namespace which might
+be useful for your charm.
+
+### Layer Namespace
+
+Each layer has a reserved section in the `charms.layer.` Python package namespace,
+which it can populate by including a `lib/charms/layer/<layer-name>.py` file or
+by placing files under `lib/charms/layer/<layer-name>/`.  (If the layer name
+includes hyphens, replace them with underscores.)  These can be helpers that the
+layer uses internally, or it can expose classes or functions to be used by other
+layers to interact with that layer.
+
+For example, a layer named `foo` could include a `lib/charms/layer/foo.py` file
+with some helper functions that other layers could access using:
+
+```python
+from charms.layer.foo import my_helper
+```
+
+### Layer Options
+
+Any layer can define options in its `layer.yaml`.  Those options can then be set
+by other layers to change the behavior of your layer.  The options are defined
+using [jsonschema][], which is the same way that [action paramters][] are defined.
+
+For example, the `foo` layer could include the following option definitons:
+
+```yaml
+includes: ['layer:basic']
+defines:  # define some options for this layer (the layer "foo")
+  enable-bar:  # define an "enable-bar" option for this layer
+    description: If true, enable support for "bar".
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+```
+
+A layer using `foo` could then set it:
+
+```yaml
+includes: ['layer:foo']
+options:
+  foo:  # setting options for the "foo" layer
+    enable-bar: true  # set the "enable-bar" option to true
+```
+
+The `foo` layer can then use the `charms.layer.options` helper to load the values
+for the options that it defined.  For example:
+
+```python
+from charms import layer
+
+@when('state')
+def do_thing():
+  layer_opts = layer.options('foo')  # load all of the options for the "foo" layer
+  if layer_opts['enable-bar']:  # check the value of the "enable-bar" option
+      hookenv.log("Bar is enabled")
+```
+
+You can also access layer options in other handlers, such as Bash, using
+the command-line interface:
+
+```bash
+. charms.reactive.sh
+
+@when 'state'
+function do_thing() {
+    if layer_option foo enable-bar; then
+        juju-log "Bar is enabled"
+        juju-log "bar-value is: $(layer_option foo bar-value)"
+    fi
+}
+
+reactive_handler_main
+```
+
+Note that options of type `boolean` will set the exit code, while other types
+will be printed out.
+
+# Hooks
+
+This layer provides hooks that other layers can react to using the decorators
+of the [charms.reactive][] library:
+
+  * `config-changed`
+  * `install`
+  * `leader-elected`
+  * `leader-settings-changed`
+  * `start`
+  * `stop`
+  * `upgrade-charm`
+  * `update-status`
+
+Other hooks are not implemented at this time. A new layer can implement storage
+or relation hooks in their own layer by putting them in the `hooks` directory.
+
+**Note:** Because `update-status` is invoked every 5 minutes, you should take
+care to ensure that your reactive handlers only invoke expensive operations
+when absolutely necessary.  It is recommended that you use helpers like
+[`@only_once`][], [`@when_file_changed`][], and [`data_changed`][] to ensure
+that handlers run only when necessary.
+
+# Layer Configuration
+
+This layer supports the following options, which can be set in `layer.yaml`:
+
+  * **packages**  A list of system packages to be installed before the reactive
+    handlers are invoked.
+
+  * **use_venv**  If set to true, the charm dependencies from the various
+    layers' `wheelhouse.txt` files will be installed in a Python virtualenv
+    located at `$CHARM_DIR/../.venv`.  This keeps charm dependencies from
+    conflicting with payload dependencies, but you must take care to preserve
+    the environment and interpreter if using `execl` or `subprocess`.
+
+  * **include_system_packages**  If set to true and using a venv, include
+    the `--system-site-packages` options to make system Python libraries
+    visible within the venv.
+
+An example `layer.yaml` using these options might be:
+
+```yaml
+includes: ['layer:basic']
+options:
+  basic:
+    packages: ['git']
+    use_venv: true
+    include_system_packages: true
+```
+
+
+# Reactive States
+
+This layer will set the following states:
+
+  * **`config.changed`**  Any config option has changed from its previous value.
+    This state is cleared automatically at the end of each hook invocation.
+
+  * **`config.changed.<option>`** A specific config option has changed.
+    **`<option>`** will be replaced by the config option name from `config.yaml`.
+    This state is cleared automatically at the end of each hook invocation.
+
+  * **`config.set.<option>`** A specific config option has a True or non-empty
+    value set.  **`<option>`** will be replaced by the config option name from
+    `config.yaml`.  This state is cleared automatically at the end of each hook
+    invocation.
+
+  * **`config.default.<option>`** A specific config option is set to its
+    default value.  **`<option>`** will be replaced by the config option name
+    from `config.yaml`.  This state is cleared automatically at the end of
+    each hook invocation.
+
+An example using the config states would be:
+
+```python
+@when('config.changed.my-opt')
+def my_opt_changed():
+    update_config()
+    restart_service()
+```
+
+
+# Actions
+
+This layer currently does not define any actions.
+
+
+[building]: https://jujucharms.com/docs/devel/authors-charm-building
+[charm-helpers]: https://pythonhosted.org/charmhelpers/
+[charms.reactive]: https://pythonhosted.org/charms.reactive/
+[interfaces.juju.solutions]: http://interfaces.juju.solutions/
+[non-python]: https://pythonhosted.org/charms.reactive/#non-python-reactive-handlers
+[external handler protocol]: https://pythonhosted.org/charms.reactive/charms.reactive.bus.html#charms.reactive.bus.ExternalHandler
+[jsonschema]: http://json-schema.org/
+[action paramters]: https://jujucharms.com/docs/stable/authors-charm-actions
+[pypi charms.X]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=charms.&submit=search
+[`@only_once`]: https://pythonhosted.org/charms.reactive/charms.reactive.decorators.html#charms.reactive.decorators.only_once
+[`@when_file_changed`]: https://pythonhosted.org/charms.reactive/charms.reactive.decorators.html#charms.reactive.decorators.when_file_changed
+[`data_changed`]: https://pythonhosted.org/charms.reactive/charms.reactive.helpers.html#charms.reactive.helpers.data_changed
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
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+options:
+  revcache-repo:
+    type: string
+    description: git repo for revcache
+    default: "https://git.launchpad.net/~pwlars/revcache"
+  revcache-branch:
+    type: string
+    description: git branch for revcache
+    default: "start"
+  config-ssl-certificate:
+    type: string
+    description: base64 encoded ssl certificate file
+    default: ""
+  config-ssl-chain:
+    type: string
+    description: base64 encoded ssl chain file
+    default: ""
+  config-ssl-key:
+    type: string
+    description: base64 encoded ssl key file
+    default: ""
diff --git a/copyright b/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2018, Canonical Ltd.
+License: GPL-3
+
+License: GPL-3
+ On Debian GNU/Linux system you can find the complete text of the
+ GPL-3 license in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+# Bootstrap charm-helpers, installing its dependencies if necessary using
+# only standard libraries.
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import six  # flake8: noqa
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python-six'])
+    else:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python3-six'])
+    import six  # flake8: noqa
+
+try:
+    import yaml  # flake8: noqa
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python-yaml'])
+    else:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python3-yaml'])
+    import yaml  # flake8: noqa
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/ansible/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/ansible/__init__.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+# Copyright 2013 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Charm Helpers Developers <[e-mail]>
+"""Charm Helpers ansible - declare the state of your machines.
+
+This helper enables you to declare your machine state, rather than
+program it procedurally (and have to test each change to your procedures).
+Your install hook can be as simple as::
+
+    {{{
+    import charmhelpers.contrib.ansible
+
+
+    def install():
+        charmhelpers.contrib.ansible.install_ansible_support()
+        charmhelpers.contrib.ansible.apply_playbook('playbooks/install.yaml')
+    }}}
+
+and won't need to change (nor will its tests) when you change the machine
+state.
+
+All of your juju config and relation-data are available as template
+variables within your playbooks and templates. An install playbook looks
+something like::
+
+    {{{
+    ---
+    - hosts: localhost
+      user: root
+
+      tasks:
+        - name: Add private repositories.
+          template:
+            src: ../templates/private-repositories.list.jinja2
+            dest: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private.list
+
+        - name: Update the cache.
+          apt: update_cache=yes
+
+        - name: Install dependencies.
+          apt: pkg={{ item }}
+          with_items:
+            - python-mimeparse
+            - python-webob
+            - sunburnt
+
+        - name: Setup groups.
+          group: name={{ item.name }} gid={{ item.gid }}
+          with_items:
+            - { name: 'deploy_user', gid: 1800 }
+            - { name: 'service_user', gid: 1500 }
+
+      ...
+    }}}
+
+Read more online about `playbooks`_ and standard ansible `modules`_.
+
+.. _playbooks: http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/playbooks.html
+.. _modules: http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/modules.html
+
+A further feature os the ansible hooks is to provide a light weight "action"
+scripting tool. This is a decorator that you apply to a function, and that
+function can now receive cli args, and can pass extra args to the playbook.
+
+e.g.
+
+
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+def some_action(amount, force="False"):
+    "Usage: some-action AMOUNT [force=True]"  # <-- shown on error
+    # process the arguments
+    # do some calls
+    # return extra-vars to be passed to ansible-playbook
+    return {
+        'amount': int(amount),
+        'type': force,
+    }
+
+You can now create a symlink to hooks.py that can be invoked like a hook, but
+with cli params:
+
+# link actions/some-action to hooks/hooks.py
+
+actions/some-action amount=10 force=true
+
+"""
+import os
+import stat
+import subprocess
+import functools
+
+import charmhelpers.contrib.templating.contexts
+import charmhelpers.core.host
+import charmhelpers.core.hookenv
+import charmhelpers.fetch
+
+
+charm_dir = os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR', '')
+ansible_hosts_path = '/etc/ansible/hosts'
+# Ansible will automatically include any vars in the following
+# file in its inventory when run locally.
+ansible_vars_path = '/etc/ansible/host_vars/localhost'
+
+
+def install_ansible_support(from_ppa=True, ppa_location='ppa:rquillo/ansible'):
+    """Installs the ansible package.
+
+    By default it is installed from the `PPA`_ linked from
+    the ansible `website`_ or from a ppa specified by a charm config..
+
+    .. _PPA: https://launchpad.net/~rquillo/+archive/ansible
+    .. _website: http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html#latest-releases-via-apt-ubuntu
+
+    If from_ppa is empty, you must ensure that the package is available
+    from a configured repository.
+    """
+    if from_ppa:
+        charmhelpers.fetch.add_source(ppa_location)
+        charmhelpers.fetch.apt_update(fatal=True)
+    charmhelpers.fetch.apt_install('ansible')
+    with open(ansible_hosts_path, 'w+') as hosts_file:
+        hosts_file.write('localhost ansible_connection=local')
+
+
+def apply_playbook(playbook, tags=None, extra_vars=None):
+    tags = tags or []
+    tags = ",".join(tags)
+    charmhelpers.contrib.templating.contexts.juju_state_to_yaml(
+        ansible_vars_path, namespace_separator='__',
+        allow_hyphens_in_keys=False, mode=(stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR))
+
+    # we want ansible's log output to be unbuffered
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env['PYTHONUNBUFFERED'] = "1"
+    call = [
+        'ansible-playbook',
+        '-c',
+        'local',
+        playbook,
+    ]
+    if tags:
+        call.extend(['--tags', '{}'.format(tags)])
+    if extra_vars:
+        extra = ["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in extra_vars.items()]
+        call.extend(['--extra-vars', " ".join(extra)])
+    subprocess.check_call(call, env=env)
+
+
+class AnsibleHooks(charmhelpers.core.hookenv.Hooks):
+    """Run a playbook with the hook-name as the tag.
+
+    This helper builds on the standard hookenv.Hooks helper,
+    but additionally runs the playbook with the hook-name specified
+    using --tags (ie. running all the tasks tagged with the hook-name).
+
+    Example::
+
+        hooks = AnsibleHooks(playbook_path='playbooks/my_machine_state.yaml')
+
+        # All the tasks within my_machine_state.yaml tagged with 'install'
+        # will be run automatically after do_custom_work()
+        @hooks.hook()
+        def install():
+            do_custom_work()
+
+        # For most of your hooks, you won't need to do anything other
+        # than run the tagged tasks for the hook:
+        @hooks.hook('config-changed', 'start', 'stop')
+        def just_use_playbook():
+            pass
+
+        # As a convenience, you can avoid the above noop function by specifying
+        # the hooks which are handled by ansible-only and they'll be registered
+        # for you:
+        # hooks = AnsibleHooks(
+        #     'playbooks/my_machine_state.yaml',
+        #     default_hooks=['config-changed', 'start', 'stop'])
+
+        if __name__ == "__main__":
+            # execute a hook based on the name the program is called by
+            hooks.execute(sys.argv)
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, playbook_path, default_hooks=None):
+        """Register any hooks handled by ansible."""
+        super(AnsibleHooks, self).__init__()
+
+        self._actions = {}
+        self.playbook_path = playbook_path
+
+        default_hooks = default_hooks or []
+
+        def noop(*args, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
+        for hook in default_hooks:
+            self.register(hook, noop)
+
+    def register_action(self, name, function):
+        """Register a hook"""
+        self._actions[name] = function
+
+    def execute(self, args):
+        """Execute the hook followed by the playbook using the hook as tag."""
+        hook_name = os.path.basename(args[0])
+        extra_vars = None
+        if hook_name in self._actions:
+            extra_vars = self._actions[hook_name](args[1:])
+        else:
+            super(AnsibleHooks, self).execute(args)
+
+        charmhelpers.contrib.ansible.apply_playbook(
+            self.playbook_path, tags=[hook_name], extra_vars=extra_vars)
+
+    def action(self, *action_names):
+        """Decorator, registering them as actions"""
+        def action_wrapper(decorated):
+
+            @functools.wraps(decorated)
+            def wrapper(argv):
+                kwargs = dict(arg.split('=') for arg in argv)
+                try:
+                    return decorated(**kwargs)
+                except TypeError as e:
+                    if decorated.__doc__:
+                        e.args += (decorated.__doc__,)
+                    raise
+
+            self.register_action(decorated.__name__, wrapper)
+            if '_' in decorated.__name__:
+                self.register_action(
+                    decorated.__name__.replace('_', '-'), wrapper)
+
+            return wrapper
+
+        return action_wrapper
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/templating/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/templating/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/templating/contexts.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/templating/contexts.py
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index 0000000..c1adf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/templating/contexts.py
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+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+# Copyright 2013 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Charm Helpers Developers <[e-mail]>
+"""A helper to create a yaml cache of config with namespaced relation data."""
+import os
+import yaml
+
+import six
+
+import charmhelpers.core.hookenv
+
+
+charm_dir = os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR', '')
+
+
+def dict_keys_without_hyphens(a_dict):
+    """Return the a new dict with underscores instead of hyphens in keys."""
+    return dict(
+        (key.replace('-', '_'), val) for key, val in a_dict.items())
+
+
+def update_relations(context, namespace_separator=':'):
+    """Update the context with the relation data."""
+    # Add any relation data prefixed with the relation type.
+    relation_type = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.relation_type()
+    relations = []
+    context['current_relation'] = {}
+    if relation_type is not None:
+        relation_data = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.relation_get()
+        context['current_relation'] = relation_data
+        # Deprecated: the following use of relation data as keys
+        # directly in the context will be removed.
+        relation_data = dict(
+            ("{relation_type}{namespace_separator}{key}".format(
+                relation_type=relation_type,
+                key=key,
+                namespace_separator=namespace_separator), val)
+            for key, val in relation_data.items())
+        relation_data = dict_keys_without_hyphens(relation_data)
+        context.update(relation_data)
+        relations = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.relations_of_type(relation_type)
+        relations = [dict_keys_without_hyphens(rel) for rel in relations]
+
+    context['relations_full'] = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.relations()
+
+    # the hookenv.relations() data structure is effectively unusable in
+    # templates and other contexts when trying to access relation data other
+    # than the current relation. So provide a more useful structure that works
+    # with any hook.
+    local_unit = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.local_unit()
+    relations = {}
+    for rname, rids in context['relations_full'].items():
+        relations[rname] = []
+        for rid, rdata in rids.items():
+            data = rdata.copy()
+            if local_unit in rdata:
+                data.pop(local_unit)
+            for unit_name, rel_data in data.items():
+                new_data = {'__relid__': rid, '__unit__': unit_name}
+                new_data.update(rel_data)
+                relations[rname].append(new_data)
+    context['relations'] = relations
+
+
+def juju_state_to_yaml(yaml_path, namespace_separator=':',
+                       allow_hyphens_in_keys=True, mode=None):
+    """Update the juju config and state in a yaml file.
+
+    This includes any current relation-get data, and the charm
+    directory.
+
+    This function was created for the ansible and saltstack
+    support, as those libraries can use a yaml file to supply
+    context to templates, but it may be useful generally to
+    create and update an on-disk cache of all the config, including
+    previous relation data.
+
+    By default, hyphens are allowed in keys as this is supported
+    by yaml, but for tools like ansible, hyphens are not valid [1].
+
+    [1] http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/playbooks_variables.html#what-makes-a-valid-variable-name
+    """
+    config = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.config()
+
+    # Add the charm_dir which we will need to refer to charm
+    # file resources etc.
+    config['charm_dir'] = charm_dir
+    config['local_unit'] = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.local_unit()
+    config['unit_private_address'] = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.unit_private_ip()
+    config['unit_public_address'] = charmhelpers.core.hookenv.unit_get(
+        'public-address'
+    )
+
+    # Don't use non-standard tags for unicode which will not
+    # work when salt uses yaml.load_safe.
+    yaml.add_representer(six.text_type,
+                         lambda dumper, value: dumper.represent_scalar(
+                             six.u('tag:yaml.org,2002:str'), value))
+
+    yaml_dir = os.path.dirname(yaml_path)
+    if not os.path.exists(yaml_dir):
+        os.makedirs(yaml_dir)
+
+    if os.path.exists(yaml_path):
+        with open(yaml_path, "r") as existing_vars_file:
+            existing_vars = yaml.load(existing_vars_file.read())
+    else:
+        with open(yaml_path, "w+"):
+            pass
+        existing_vars = {}
+
+    if mode is not None:
+        os.chmod(yaml_path, mode)
+
+    if not allow_hyphens_in_keys:
+        config = dict_keys_without_hyphens(config)
+    existing_vars.update(config)
+
+    update_relations(existing_vars, namespace_separator)
+
+    with open(yaml_path, "w+") as fp:
+        fp.write(yaml.dump(existing_vars, default_flow_style=False))
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/__init__.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7567b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/decorators.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/decorators.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ad41ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/decorators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+#
+# Copyright 2014 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Edward Hope-Morley <[e-mail]>
+#
+
+import time
+
+from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
+    log,
+    INFO,
+)
+
+
+def retry_on_exception(num_retries, base_delay=0, exc_type=Exception):
+    """If the decorated function raises exception exc_type, allow num_retries
+    retry attempts before raise the exception.
+    """
+    def _retry_on_exception_inner_1(f):
+        def _retry_on_exception_inner_2(*args, **kwargs):
+            retries = num_retries
+            multiplier = 1
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    return f(*args, **kwargs)
+                except exc_type:
+                    if not retries:
+                        raise
+
+                delay = base_delay * multiplier
+                multiplier += 1
+                log("Retrying '%s' %d more times (delay=%s)" %
+                    (f.__name__, retries, delay), level=INFO)
+                retries -= 1
+                if delay:
+                    time.sleep(delay)
+
+        return _retry_on_exception_inner_2
+
+    return _retry_on_exception_inner_1
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/files.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/files.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdd82b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+__author__ = 'Jorge Niedbalski <[e-mail]>'
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+def sed(filename, before, after, flags='g'):
+    """
+    Search and replaces the given pattern on filename.
+
+    :param filename: relative or absolute file path.
+    :param before: expression to be replaced (see 'man sed')
+    :param after: expression to replace with (see 'man sed')
+    :param flags: sed-compatible regex flags in example, to make
+    the  search and replace case insensitive, specify ``flags="i"``.
+    The ``g`` flag is always specified regardless, so you do not
+    need to remember to include it when overriding this parameter.
+    :returns: If the sed command exit code was zero then return,
+    otherwise raise CalledProcessError.
+    """
+    expression = r's/{0}/{1}/{2}'.format(before,
+                                         after, flags)
+
+    return subprocess.check_call(["sed", "-i", "-r", "-e",
+                                  expression,
+                                  os.path.expanduser(filename)])
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/fstab.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/fstab.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9fa915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/fstab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 io
+import os
+
+__author__ = 'Jorge Niedbalski R. <[e-mail]>'
+
+
+class Fstab(io.FileIO):
+    """This class extends file in order to implement a file reader/writer
+    for file `/etc/fstab`
+    """
+
+    class Entry(object):
+        """Entry class represents a non-comment line on the `/etc/fstab` file
+        """
+        def __init__(self, device, mountpoint, filesystem,
+                     options, d=0, p=0):
+            self.device = device
+            self.mountpoint = mountpoint
+            self.filesystem = filesystem
+
+            if not options:
+                options = "defaults"
+
+            self.options = options
+            self.d = int(d)
+            self.p = int(p)
+
+        def __eq__(self, o):
+            return str(self) == str(o)
+
+        def __str__(self):
+            return "{} {} {} {} {} {}".format(self.device,
+                                              self.mountpoint,
+                                              self.filesystem,
+                                              self.options,
+                                              self.d,
+                                              self.p)
+
+    DEFAULT_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.sep, 'etc', 'fstab')
+
+    def __init__(self, path=None):
+        if path:
+            self._path = path
+        else:
+            self._path = self.DEFAULT_PATH
+        super(Fstab, self).__init__(self._path, 'rb+')
+
+    def _hydrate_entry(self, line):
+        # NOTE: use split with no arguments to split on any
+        #       whitespace including tabs
+        return Fstab.Entry(*filter(
+            lambda x: x not in ('', None),
+            line.strip("\n").split()))
+
+    @property
+    def entries(self):
+        self.seek(0)
+        for line in self.readlines():
+            line = line.decode('us-ascii')
+            try:
+                if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("#"):
+                    yield self._hydrate_entry(line)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+
+    def get_entry_by_attr(self, attr, value):
+        for entry in self.entries:
+            e_attr = getattr(entry, attr)
+            if e_attr == value:
+                return entry
+        return None
+
+    def add_entry(self, entry):
+        if self.get_entry_by_attr('device', entry.device):
+            return False
+
+        self.write((str(entry) + '\n').encode('us-ascii'))
+        self.truncate()
+        return entry
+
+    def remove_entry(self, entry):
+        self.seek(0)
+
+        lines = [l.decode('us-ascii') for l in self.readlines()]
+
+        found = False
+        for index, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("#"):
+                if self._hydrate_entry(line) == entry:
+                    found = True
+                    break
+
+        if not found:
+            return False
+
+        lines.remove(line)
+
+        self.seek(0)
+        self.write(''.join(lines).encode('us-ascii'))
+        self.truncate()
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def remove_by_mountpoint(cls, mountpoint, path=None):
+        fstab = cls(path=path)
+        entry = fstab.get_entry_by_attr('mountpoint', mountpoint)
+        if entry:
+            return fstab.remove_entry(entry)
+        return False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add(cls, device, mountpoint, filesystem, options=None, path=None):
+        return cls(path=path).add_entry(Fstab.Entry(device,
+                                                    mountpoint, filesystem,
+                                                    options=options))
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e44e22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1068 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+"Interactions with the Juju environment"
+# Copyright 2013 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Charm Helpers Developers <[e-mail]>
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import copy
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from functools import wraps
+import glob
+import os
+import json
+import yaml
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import errno
+import tempfile
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
+
+import six
+if not six.PY3:
+    from UserDict import UserDict
+else:
+    from collections import UserDict
+
+CRITICAL = "CRITICAL"
+ERROR = "ERROR"
+WARNING = "WARNING"
+INFO = "INFO"
+DEBUG = "DEBUG"
+MARKER = object()
+
+cache = {}
+
+
+def cached(func):
+    """Cache return values for multiple executions of func + args
+
+    For example::
+
+        @cached
+        def unit_get(attribute):
+            pass
+
+        unit_get('test')
+
+    will cache the result of unit_get + 'test' for future calls.
+    """
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        global cache
+        key = str((func, args, kwargs))
+        try:
+            return cache[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass  # Drop out of the exception handler scope.
+        res = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        cache[key] = res
+        return res
+    wrapper._wrapped = func
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def flush(key):
+    """Flushes any entries from function cache where the
+    key is found in the function+args """
+    flush_list = []
+    for item in cache:
+        if key in item:
+            flush_list.append(item)
+    for item in flush_list:
+        del cache[item]
+
+
+def log(message, level=None):
+    """Write a message to the juju log"""
+    command = ['juju-log']
+    if level:
+        command += ['-l', level]
+    if not isinstance(message, six.string_types):
+        message = repr(message)
+    command += [message]
+    # Missing juju-log should not cause failures in unit tests
+    # Send log output to stderr
+    try:
+        subprocess.call(command)
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            if level:
+                message = "{}: {}".format(level, message)
+            message = "juju-log: {}".format(message)
+            print(message, file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            raise
+
+
+class Serializable(UserDict):
+    """Wrapper, an object that can be serialized to yaml or json"""
+
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        # wrap the object
+        UserDict.__init__(self)
+        self.data = obj
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        # See if this object has attribute.
+        if attr in ("json", "yaml", "data"):
+            return self.__dict__[attr]
+        # Check for attribute in wrapped object.
+        got = getattr(self.data, attr, MARKER)
+        if got is not MARKER:
+            return got
+        # Proxy to the wrapped object via dict interface.
+        try:
+            return self.data[attr]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise AttributeError(attr)
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        # Pickle as a standard dictionary.
+        return self.data
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        # Unpickle into our wrapper.
+        self.data = state
+
+    def json(self):
+        """Serialize the object to json"""
+        return json.dumps(self.data)
+
+    def yaml(self):
+        """Serialize the object to yaml"""
+        return yaml.dump(self.data)
+
+
+def execution_environment():
+    """A convenient bundling of the current execution context"""
+    context = {}
+    context['conf'] = config()
+    if relation_id():
+        context['reltype'] = relation_type()
+        context['relid'] = relation_id()
+        context['rel'] = relation_get()
+    context['unit'] = local_unit()
+    context['rels'] = relations()
+    context['env'] = os.environ
+    return context
+
+
+def in_relation_hook():
+    """Determine whether we're running in a relation hook"""
+    return 'JUJU_RELATION' in os.environ
+
+
+def relation_type():
+    """The scope for the current relation hook"""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_RELATION', None)
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_id(relation_name=None, service_or_unit=None):
+    """The relation ID for the current or a specified relation"""
+    if not relation_name and not service_or_unit:
+        return os.environ.get('JUJU_RELATION_ID', None)
+    elif relation_name and service_or_unit:
+        service_name = service_or_unit.split('/')[0]
+        for relid in relation_ids(relation_name):
+            remote_service = remote_service_name(relid)
+            if remote_service == service_name:
+                return relid
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Must specify neither or both of relation_name and service_or_unit')
+
+
+def local_unit():
+    """Local unit ID"""
+    return os.environ['JUJU_UNIT_NAME']
+
+
+def remote_unit():
+    """The remote unit for the current relation hook"""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_REMOTE_UNIT', None)
+
+
+def service_name():
+    """The name service group this unit belongs to"""
+    return local_unit().split('/')[0]
+
+
+@cached
+def remote_service_name(relid=None):
+    """The remote service name for a given relation-id (or the current relation)"""
+    if relid is None:
+        unit = remote_unit()
+    else:
+        units = related_units(relid)
+        unit = units[0] if units else None
+    return unit.split('/')[0] if unit else None
+
+
+def hook_name():
+    """The name of the currently executing hook"""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_HOOK_NAME', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
+
+
+class Config(dict):
+    """A dictionary representation of the charm's config.yaml, with some
+    extra features:
+
+    - See which values in the dictionary have changed since the previous hook.
+    - For values that have changed, see what the previous value was.
+    - Store arbitrary data for use in a later hook.
+
+    NOTE: Do not instantiate this object directly - instead call
+    ``hookenv.config()``, which will return an instance of :class:`Config`.
+
+    Example usage::
+
+        >>> # inside a hook
+        >>> from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
+        >>> config = hookenv.config()
+        >>> config['foo']
+        'bar'
+        >>> # store a new key/value for later use
+        >>> config['mykey'] = 'myval'
+
+
+        >>> # user runs `juju set mycharm foo=baz`
+        >>> # now we're inside subsequent config-changed hook
+        >>> config = hookenv.config()
+        >>> config['foo']
+        'baz'
+        >>> # test to see if this val has changed since last hook
+        >>> config.changed('foo')
+        True
+        >>> # what was the previous value?
+        >>> config.previous('foo')
+        'bar'
+        >>> # keys/values that we add are preserved across hooks
+        >>> config['mykey']
+        'myval'
+
+    """
+    CONFIG_FILE_NAME = '.juju-persistent-config'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
+        super(Config, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
+        self.implicit_save = True
+        self._prev_dict = None
+        self.path = os.path.join(charm_dir(), Config.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
+        if os.path.exists(self.path):
+            self.load_previous()
+        atexit(self._implicit_save)
+
+    def load_previous(self, path=None):
+        """Load previous copy of config from disk.
+
+        In normal usage you don't need to call this method directly - it
+        is called automatically at object initialization.
+
+        :param path:
+
+            File path from which to load the previous config. If `None`,
+            config is loaded from the default location. If `path` is
+            specified, subsequent `save()` calls will write to the same
+            path.
+
+        """
+        self.path = path or self.path
+        with open(self.path) as f:
+            self._prev_dict = json.load(f)
+        for k, v in copy.deepcopy(self._prev_dict).items():
+            if k not in self:
+                self[k] = v
+
+    def changed(self, key):
+        """Return True if the current value for this key is different from
+        the previous value.
+
+        """
+        if self._prev_dict is None:
+            return True
+        return self.previous(key) != self.get(key)
+
+    def previous(self, key):
+        """Return previous value for this key, or None if there
+        is no previous value.
+
+        """
+        if self._prev_dict:
+            return self._prev_dict.get(key)
+        return None
+
+    def save(self):
+        """Save this config to disk.
+
+        If the charm is using the :mod:`Services Framework <services.base>`
+        or :meth:'@hook <Hooks.hook>' decorator, this
+        is called automatically at the end of successful hook execution.
+        Otherwise, it should be called directly by user code.
+
+        To disable automatic saves, set ``implicit_save=False`` on this
+        instance.
+
+        """
+        with open(self.path, 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(self, f)
+
+    def _implicit_save(self):
+        if self.implicit_save:
+            self.save()
+
+
+@cached
+def config(scope=None):
+    """Juju charm configuration"""
+    config_cmd_line = ['config-get']
+    if scope is not None:
+        config_cmd_line.append(scope)
+    else:
+        config_cmd_line.append('--all')
+    config_cmd_line.append('--format=json')
+    try:
+        config_data = json.loads(
+            subprocess.check_output(config_cmd_line).decode('UTF-8'))
+        if scope is not None:
+            return config_data
+        return Config(config_data)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_get(attribute=None, unit=None, rid=None):
+    """Get relation information"""
+    _args = ['relation-get', '--format=json']
+    if rid:
+        _args.append('-r')
+        _args.append(rid)
+    _args.append(attribute or '-')
+    if unit:
+        _args.append(unit)
+    try:
+        return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(_args).decode('UTF-8'))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        if e.returncode == 2:
+            return None
+        raise
+
+
+def relation_set(relation_id=None, relation_settings=None, **kwargs):
+    """Set relation information for the current unit"""
+    relation_settings = relation_settings if relation_settings else {}
+    relation_cmd_line = ['relation-set']
+    accepts_file = "--file" in subprocess.check_output(
+        relation_cmd_line + ["--help"], universal_newlines=True)
+    if relation_id is not None:
+        relation_cmd_line.extend(('-r', relation_id))
+    settings = relation_settings.copy()
+    settings.update(kwargs)
+    for key, value in settings.items():
+        # Force value to be a string: it always should, but some call
+        # sites pass in things like dicts or numbers.
+        if value is not None:
+            settings[key] = "{}".format(value)
+    if accepts_file:
+        # --file was introduced in Juju 1.23.2. Use it by default if
+        # available, since otherwise we'll break if the relation data is
+        # too big. Ideally we should tell relation-set to read the data from
+        # stdin, but that feature is broken in 1.23.2: Bug #1454678.
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as settings_file:
+            settings_file.write(yaml.safe_dump(settings).encode("utf-8"))
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            relation_cmd_line + ["--file", settings_file.name])
+        os.remove(settings_file.name)
+    else:
+        for key, value in settings.items():
+            if value is None:
+                relation_cmd_line.append('{}='.format(key))
+            else:
+                relation_cmd_line.append('{}={}'.format(key, value))
+        subprocess.check_call(relation_cmd_line)
+    # Flush cache of any relation-gets for local unit
+    flush(local_unit())
+
+
+def relation_clear(r_id=None):
+    ''' Clears any relation data already set on relation r_id '''
+    settings = relation_get(rid=r_id,
+                            unit=local_unit())
+    for setting in settings:
+        if setting not in ['public-address', 'private-address']:
+            settings[setting] = None
+    relation_set(relation_id=r_id,
+                 **settings)
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_ids(reltype=None):
+    """A list of relation_ids"""
+    reltype = reltype or relation_type()
+    relid_cmd_line = ['relation-ids', '--format=json']
+    if reltype is not None:
+        relid_cmd_line.append(reltype)
+        return json.loads(
+            subprocess.check_output(relid_cmd_line).decode('UTF-8')) or []
+    return []
+
+
+@cached
+def related_units(relid=None):
+    """A list of related units"""
+    relid = relid or relation_id()
+    units_cmd_line = ['relation-list', '--format=json']
+    if relid is not None:
+        units_cmd_line.extend(('-r', relid))
+    return json.loads(
+        subprocess.check_output(units_cmd_line).decode('UTF-8')) or []
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_for_unit(unit=None, rid=None):
+    """Get the json represenation of a unit's relation"""
+    unit = unit or remote_unit()
+    relation = relation_get(unit=unit, rid=rid)
+    for key in relation:
+        if key.endswith('-list'):
+            relation[key] = relation[key].split()
+    relation['__unit__'] = unit
+    return relation
+
+
+@cached
+def relations_for_id(relid=None):
+    """Get relations of a specific relation ID"""
+    relation_data = []
+    relid = relid or relation_ids()
+    for unit in related_units(relid):
+        unit_data = relation_for_unit(unit, relid)
+        unit_data['__relid__'] = relid
+        relation_data.append(unit_data)
+    return relation_data
+
+
+@cached
+def relations_of_type(reltype=None):
+    """Get relations of a specific type"""
+    relation_data = []
+    reltype = reltype or relation_type()
+    for relid in relation_ids(reltype):
+        for relation in relations_for_id(relid):
+            relation['__relid__'] = relid
+            relation_data.append(relation)
+    return relation_data
+
+
+@cached
+def metadata():
+    """Get the current charm metadata.yaml contents as a python object"""
+    with open(os.path.join(charm_dir(), 'metadata.yaml')) as md:
+        return yaml.safe_load(md)
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_types():
+    """Get a list of relation types supported by this charm"""
+    rel_types = []
+    md = metadata()
+    for key in ('provides', 'requires', 'peers'):
+        section = md.get(key)
+        if section:
+            rel_types.extend(section.keys())
+    return rel_types
+
+
+@cached
+def peer_relation_id():
+    '''Get the peers relation id if a peers relation has been joined, else None.'''
+    md = metadata()
+    section = md.get('peers')
+    if section:
+        for key in section:
+            relids = relation_ids(key)
+            if relids:
+                return relids[0]
+    return None
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_to_interface(relation_name):
+    """
+    Given the name of a relation, return the interface that relation uses.
+
+    :returns: The interface name, or ``None``.
+    """
+    return relation_to_role_and_interface(relation_name)[1]
+
+
+@cached
+def relation_to_role_and_interface(relation_name):
+    """
+    Given the name of a relation, return the role and the name of the interface
+    that relation uses (where role is one of ``provides``, ``requires``, or ``peers``).
+
+    :returns: A tuple containing ``(role, interface)``, or ``(None, None)``.
+    """
+    _metadata = metadata()
+    for role in ('provides', 'requires', 'peers'):
+        interface = _metadata.get(role, {}).get(relation_name, {}).get('interface')
+        if interface:
+            return role, interface
+    return None, None
+
+
+@cached
+def role_and_interface_to_relations(role, interface_name):
+    """
+    Given a role and interface name, return a list of relation names for the
+    current charm that use that interface under that role (where role is one
+    of ``provides``, ``requires``, or ``peers``).
+
+    :returns: A list of relation names.
+    """
+    _metadata = metadata()
+    results = []
+    for relation_name, relation in _metadata.get(role, {}).items():
+        if relation['interface'] == interface_name:
+            results.append(relation_name)
+    return results
+
+
+@cached
+def interface_to_relations(interface_name):
+    """
+    Given an interface, return a list of relation names for the current
+    charm that use that interface.
+
+    :returns: A list of relation names.
+    """
+    results = []
+    for role in ('provides', 'requires', 'peers'):
+        results.extend(role_and_interface_to_relations(role, interface_name))
+    return results
+
+
+@cached
+def charm_name():
+    """Get the name of the current charm as is specified on metadata.yaml"""
+    return metadata().get('name')
+
+
+@cached
+def relations():
+    """Get a nested dictionary of relation data for all related units"""
+    rels = {}
+    for reltype in relation_types():
+        relids = {}
+        for relid in relation_ids(reltype):
+            units = {local_unit(): relation_get(unit=local_unit(), rid=relid)}
+            for unit in related_units(relid):
+                reldata = relation_get(unit=unit, rid=relid)
+                units[unit] = reldata
+            relids[relid] = units
+        rels[reltype] = relids
+    return rels
+
+
+@cached
+def is_relation_made(relation, keys='private-address'):
+    '''
+    Determine whether a relation is established by checking for
+    presence of key(s).  If a list of keys is provided, they
+    must all be present for the relation to be identified as made
+    '''
+    if isinstance(keys, str):
+        keys = [keys]
+    for r_id in relation_ids(relation):
+        for unit in related_units(r_id):
+            context = {}
+            for k in keys:
+                context[k] = relation_get(k, rid=r_id,
+                                          unit=unit)
+            if None not in context.values():
+                return True
+    return False
+
+
+def open_port(port, protocol="TCP"):
+    """Open a service network port"""
+    _args = ['open-port']
+    _args.append('{}/{}'.format(port, protocol))
+    subprocess.check_call(_args)
+
+
+def close_port(port, protocol="TCP"):
+    """Close a service network port"""
+    _args = ['close-port']
+    _args.append('{}/{}'.format(port, protocol))
+    subprocess.check_call(_args)
+
+
+def open_ports(start, end, protocol="TCP"):
+    """Opens a range of service network ports"""
+    _args = ['open-port']
+    _args.append('{}-{}/{}'.format(start, end, protocol))
+    subprocess.check_call(_args)
+
+
+def close_ports(start, end, protocol="TCP"):
+    """Close a range of service network ports"""
+    _args = ['close-port']
+    _args.append('{}-{}/{}'.format(start, end, protocol))
+    subprocess.check_call(_args)
+
+
+@cached
+def unit_get(attribute):
+    """Get the unit ID for the remote unit"""
+    _args = ['unit-get', '--format=json', attribute]
+    try:
+        return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(_args).decode('UTF-8'))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+def unit_public_ip():
+    """Get this unit's public IP address"""
+    return unit_get('public-address')
+
+
+def unit_private_ip():
+    """Get this unit's private IP address"""
+    return unit_get('private-address')
+
+
+@cached
+def storage_get(attribute=None, storage_id=None):
+    """Get storage attributes"""
+    _args = ['storage-get', '--format=json']
+    if storage_id:
+        _args.extend(('-s', storage_id))
+    if attribute:
+        _args.append(attribute)
+    try:
+        return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(_args).decode('UTF-8'))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+@cached
+def storage_list(storage_name=None):
+    """List the storage IDs for the unit"""
+    _args = ['storage-list', '--format=json']
+    if storage_name:
+        _args.append(storage_name)
+    try:
+        return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(_args).decode('UTF-8'))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    except OSError as e:
+        import errno
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            # storage-list does not exist
+            return []
+        raise
+
+
+class UnregisteredHookError(Exception):
+    """Raised when an undefined hook is called"""
+    pass
+
+
+class Hooks(object):
+    """A convenient handler for hook functions.
+
+    Example::
+
+        hooks = Hooks()
+
+        # register a hook, taking its name from the function name
+        @hooks.hook()
+        def install():
+            pass  # your code here
+
+        # register a hook, providing a custom hook name
+        @hooks.hook("config-changed")
+        def config_changed():
+            pass  # your code here
+
+        if __name__ == "__main__":
+            # execute a hook based on the name the program is called by
+            hooks.execute(sys.argv)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config_save=None):
+        super(Hooks, self).__init__()
+        self._hooks = {}
+
+        # For unknown reasons, we allow the Hooks constructor to override
+        # config().implicit_save.
+        if config_save is not None:
+            config().implicit_save = config_save
+
+    def register(self, name, function):
+        """Register a hook"""
+        self._hooks[name] = function
+
+    def execute(self, args):
+        """Execute a registered hook based on args[0]"""
+        _run_atstart()
+        hook_name = os.path.basename(args[0])
+        if hook_name in self._hooks:
+            try:
+                self._hooks[hook_name]()
+            except SystemExit as x:
+                if x.code is None or x.code == 0:
+                    _run_atexit()
+                raise
+            _run_atexit()
+        else:
+            raise UnregisteredHookError(hook_name)
+
+    def hook(self, *hook_names):
+        """Decorator, registering them as hooks"""
+        def wrapper(decorated):
+            for hook_name in hook_names:
+                self.register(hook_name, decorated)
+            else:
+                self.register(decorated.__name__, decorated)
+                if '_' in decorated.__name__:
+                    self.register(
+                        decorated.__name__.replace('_', '-'), decorated)
+            return decorated
+        return wrapper
+
+
+def charm_dir():
+    """Return the root directory of the current charm"""
+    return os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR')
+
+
+@cached
+def action_get(key=None):
+    """Gets the value of an action parameter, or all key/value param pairs"""
+    cmd = ['action-get']
+    if key is not None:
+        cmd.append(key)
+    cmd.append('--format=json')
+    action_data = json.loads(subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8'))
+    return action_data
+
+
+def action_set(values):
+    """Sets the values to be returned after the action finishes"""
+    cmd = ['action-set']
+    for k, v in list(values.items()):
+        cmd.append('{}={}'.format(k, v))
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def action_fail(message):
+    """Sets the action status to failed and sets the error message.
+
+    The results set by action_set are preserved."""
+    subprocess.check_call(['action-fail', message])
+
+
+def action_name():
+    """Get the name of the currently executing action."""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_ACTION_NAME')
+
+
+def action_uuid():
+    """Get the UUID of the currently executing action."""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_ACTION_UUID')
+
+
+def action_tag():
+    """Get the tag for the currently executing action."""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_ACTION_TAG')
+
+
+def status_set(workload_state, message):
+    """Set the workload state with a message
+
+    Use status-set to set the workload state with a message which is visible
+    to the user via juju status. If the status-set command is not found then
+    assume this is juju < 1.23 and juju-log the message unstead.
+
+    workload_state -- valid juju workload state.
+    message        -- status update message
+    """
+    valid_states = ['maintenance', 'blocked', 'waiting', 'active']
+    if workload_state not in valid_states:
+        raise ValueError(
+            '{!r} is not a valid workload state'.format(workload_state)
+        )
+    cmd = ['status-set', workload_state, message]
+    try:
+        ret = subprocess.call(cmd)
+        if ret == 0:
+            return
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            raise
+    log_message = 'status-set failed: {} {}'.format(workload_state,
+                                                    message)
+    log(log_message, level='INFO')
+
+
+def status_get():
+    """Retrieve the previously set juju workload state and message
+
+    If the status-get command is not found then assume this is juju < 1.23 and
+    return 'unknown', ""
+
+    """
+    cmd = ['status-get', "--format=json", "--include-data"]
+    try:
+        raw_status = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            return ('unknown', "")
+        else:
+            raise
+    else:
+        status = json.loads(raw_status.decode("UTF-8"))
+        return (status["status"], status["message"])
+
+
+def translate_exc(from_exc, to_exc):
+    def inner_translate_exc1(f):
+        @wraps(f)
+        def inner_translate_exc2(*args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                return f(*args, **kwargs)
+            except from_exc:
+                raise to_exc
+
+        return inner_translate_exc2
+
+    return inner_translate_exc1
+
+
+def application_version_set(version):
+    """Charm authors may trigger this command from any hook to output what
+    version of the application is running. This could be a package version,
+    for instance postgres version 9.5. It could also be a build number or
+    version control revision identifier, for instance git sha 6fb7ba68. """
+
+    cmd = ['application-version-set']
+    cmd.append(version)
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+    except OSError:
+        log("Application Version: {}".format(version))
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def is_leader():
+    """Does the current unit hold the juju leadership
+
+    Uses juju to determine whether the current unit is the leader of its peers
+    """
+    cmd = ['is-leader', '--format=json']
+    return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8'))
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def leader_get(attribute=None):
+    """Juju leader get value(s)"""
+    cmd = ['leader-get', '--format=json'] + [attribute or '-']
+    return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8'))
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def leader_set(settings=None, **kwargs):
+    """Juju leader set value(s)"""
+    # Don't log secrets.
+    # log("Juju leader-set '%s'" % (settings), level=DEBUG)
+    cmd = ['leader-set']
+    settings = settings or {}
+    settings.update(kwargs)
+    for k, v in settings.items():
+        if v is None:
+            cmd.append('{}='.format(k))
+        else:
+            cmd.append('{}={}'.format(k, v))
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def payload_register(ptype, klass, pid):
+    """ is used while a hook is running to let Juju know that a
+        payload has been started."""
+    cmd = ['payload-register']
+    for x in [ptype, klass, pid]:
+        cmd.append(x)
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def payload_unregister(klass, pid):
+    """ is used while a hook is running to let Juju know
+    that a payload has been manually stopped. The <class> and <id> provided
+    must match a payload that has been previously registered with juju using
+    payload-register."""
+    cmd = ['payload-unregister']
+    for x in [klass, pid]:
+        cmd.append(x)
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def payload_status_set(klass, pid, status):
+    """is used to update the current status of a registered payload.
+    The <class> and <id> provided must match a payload that has been previously
+    registered with juju using payload-register. The <status> must be one of the
+    follow: starting, started, stopping, stopped"""
+    cmd = ['payload-status-set']
+    for x in [klass, pid, status]:
+        cmd.append(x)
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def resource_get(name):
+    """used to fetch the resource path of the given name.
+
+    <name> must match a name of defined resource in metadata.yaml
+
+    returns either a path or False if resource not available
+    """
+    if not name:
+        return False
+
+    cmd = ['resource-get', name]
+    try:
+        return subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+
+@cached
+def juju_version():
+    """Full version string (eg. '1.23.3.1-trusty-amd64')"""
+    # Per https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1455368/comments/1
+    jujud = glob.glob('/var/lib/juju/tools/machine-*/jujud')[0]
+    return subprocess.check_output([jujud, 'version'],
+                                   universal_newlines=True).strip()
+
+
+@cached
+def has_juju_version(minimum_version):
+    """Return True if the Juju version is at least the provided version"""
+    return LooseVersion(juju_version()) >= LooseVersion(minimum_version)
+
+
+_atexit = []
+_atstart = []
+
+
+def atstart(callback, *args, **kwargs):
+    '''Schedule a callback to run before the main hook.
+
+    Callbacks are run in the order they were added.
+
+    This is useful for modules and classes to perform initialization
+    and inject behavior. In particular:
+
+        - Run common code before all of your hooks, such as logging
+          the hook name or interesting relation data.
+        - Defer object or module initialization that requires a hook
+          context until we know there actually is a hook context,
+          making testing easier.
+        - Rather than requiring charm authors to include boilerplate to
+          invoke your helper's behavior, have it run automatically if
+          your object is instantiated or module imported.
+
+    This is not at all useful after your hook framework as been launched.
+    '''
+    global _atstart
+    _atstart.append((callback, args, kwargs))
+
+
+def atexit(callback, *args, **kwargs):
+    '''Schedule a callback to run on successful hook completion.
+
+    Callbacks are run in the reverse order that they were added.'''
+    _atexit.append((callback, args, kwargs))
+
+
+def _run_atstart():
+    '''Hook frameworks must invoke this before running the main hook body.'''
+    global _atstart
+    for callback, args, kwargs in _atstart:
+        callback(*args, **kwargs)
+    del _atstart[:]
+
+
+def _run_atexit():
+    '''Hook frameworks must invoke this after the main hook body has
+    successfully completed. Do not invoke it if the hook fails.'''
+    global _atexit
+    for callback, args, kwargs in reversed(_atexit):
+        callback(*args, **kwargs)
+    del _atexit[:]
+
+
+@translate_exc(from_exc=OSError, to_exc=NotImplementedError)
+def network_get_primary_address(binding):
+    '''
+    Retrieve the primary network address for a named binding
+
+    :param binding: string. The name of a relation of extra-binding
+    :return: string. The primary IP address for the named binding
+    :raise: NotImplementedError if run on Juju < 2.0
+    '''
+    cmd = ['network-get', '--primary-address', binding]
+    return subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8').strip()
+
+
+def add_metric(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Add metric values. Values may be expressed with keyword arguments. For
+    metric names containing dashes, these may be expressed as one or more
+    'key=value' positional arguments. May only be called from the collect-metrics
+    hook."""
+    _args = ['add-metric']
+    _kvpairs = []
+    _kvpairs.extend(args)
+    _kvpairs.extend(['{}={}'.format(k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items()])
+    _args.extend(sorted(_kvpairs))
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(_args)
+        return
+    except EnvironmentError as e:
+        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            raise
+    log_message = 'add-metric failed: {}'.format(' '.join(_kvpairs))
+    log(log_message, level='INFO')
+
+
+def meter_status():
+    """Get the meter status, if running in the meter-status-changed hook."""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_METER_STATUS')
+
+
+def meter_info():
+    """Get the meter status information, if running in the meter-status-changed
+    hook."""
+    return os.environ.get('JUJU_METER_INFO')
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88e80a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
@@ -0,0 +1,922 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+
+"""Tools for working with the host system"""
+# Copyright 2012 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Nick Moffitt <[e-mail]>
+#  Matthew Wedgwood <[e-mail]>
+
+import os
+import re
+import pwd
+import glob
+import grp
+import random
+import string
+import subprocess
+import hashlib
+import functools
+import itertools
+import six
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from .hookenv import log
+from .fstab import Fstab
+from charmhelpers.osplatform import get_platform
+
+__platform__ = get_platform()
+if __platform__ == "ubuntu":
+    from charmhelpers.core.host_factory.ubuntu import (
+        service_available,
+        add_new_group,
+        lsb_release,
+        cmp_pkgrevno,
+        CompareHostReleases,
+    )  # flake8: noqa -- ignore F401 for this import
+elif __platform__ == "centos":
+    from charmhelpers.core.host_factory.centos import (
+        service_available,
+        add_new_group,
+        lsb_release,
+        cmp_pkgrevno,
+        CompareHostReleases,
+    )  # flake8: noqa -- ignore F401 for this import
+
+UPDATEDB_PATH = '/etc/updatedb.conf'
+
+def service_start(service_name, **kwargs):
+    """Start a system service.
+
+    The specified service name is managed via the system level init system.
+    Some init systems (e.g. upstart) require that additional arguments be
+    provided in order to directly control service instances whereas other init
+    systems allow for addressing instances of a service directly by name (e.g.
+    systemd).
+
+    The kwargs allow for the additional parameters to be passed to underlying
+    init systems for those systems which require/allow for them. For example,
+    the ceph-osd upstart script requires the id parameter to be passed along
+    in order to identify which running daemon should be reloaded. The follow-
+    ing example stops the ceph-osd service for instance id=4:
+
+    service_stop('ceph-osd', id=4)
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to stop
+    :param **kwargs: additional parameters to pass to the init system when
+                     managing services. These will be passed as key=value
+                     parameters to the init system's commandline. kwargs
+                     are ignored for systemd enabled systems.
+    """
+    return service('start', service_name, **kwargs)
+
+
+def service_stop(service_name, **kwargs):
+    """Stop a system service.
+
+    The specified service name is managed via the system level init system.
+    Some init systems (e.g. upstart) require that additional arguments be
+    provided in order to directly control service instances whereas other init
+    systems allow for addressing instances of a service directly by name (e.g.
+    systemd).
+
+    The kwargs allow for the additional parameters to be passed to underlying
+    init systems for those systems which require/allow for them. For example,
+    the ceph-osd upstart script requires the id parameter to be passed along
+    in order to identify which running daemon should be reloaded. The follow-
+    ing example stops the ceph-osd service for instance id=4:
+
+    service_stop('ceph-osd', id=4)
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to stop
+    :param **kwargs: additional parameters to pass to the init system when
+                     managing services. These will be passed as key=value
+                     parameters to the init system's commandline. kwargs
+                     are ignored for systemd enabled systems.
+    """
+    return service('stop', service_name, **kwargs)
+
+
+def service_restart(service_name, **kwargs):
+    """Restart a system service.
+
+    The specified service name is managed via the system level init system.
+    Some init systems (e.g. upstart) require that additional arguments be
+    provided in order to directly control service instances whereas other init
+    systems allow for addressing instances of a service directly by name (e.g.
+    systemd).
+
+    The kwargs allow for the additional parameters to be passed to underlying
+    init systems for those systems which require/allow for them. For example,
+    the ceph-osd upstart script requires the id parameter to be passed along
+    in order to identify which running daemon should be restarted. The follow-
+    ing example restarts the ceph-osd service for instance id=4:
+
+    service_restart('ceph-osd', id=4)
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to restart
+    :param **kwargs: additional parameters to pass to the init system when
+                     managing services. These will be passed as key=value
+                     parameters to the  init system's commandline. kwargs
+                     are ignored for init systems not allowing additional
+                     parameters via the commandline (systemd).
+    """
+    return service('restart', service_name)
+
+
+def service_reload(service_name, restart_on_failure=False, **kwargs):
+    """Reload a system service, optionally falling back to restart if
+    reload fails.
+
+    The specified service name is managed via the system level init system.
+    Some init systems (e.g. upstart) require that additional arguments be
+    provided in order to directly control service instances whereas other init
+    systems allow for addressing instances of a service directly by name (e.g.
+    systemd).
+
+    The kwargs allow for the additional parameters to be passed to underlying
+    init systems for those systems which require/allow for them. For example,
+    the ceph-osd upstart script requires the id parameter to be passed along
+    in order to identify which running daemon should be reloaded. The follow-
+    ing example restarts the ceph-osd service for instance id=4:
+
+    service_reload('ceph-osd', id=4)
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to reload
+    :param restart_on_failure: boolean indicating whether to fallback to a
+                               restart if the reload fails.
+    :param **kwargs: additional parameters to pass to the init system when
+                     managing services. These will be passed as key=value
+                     parameters to the  init system's commandline. kwargs
+                     are ignored for init systems not allowing additional
+                     parameters via the commandline (systemd).
+    """
+    service_result = service('reload', service_name, **kwargs)
+    if not service_result and restart_on_failure:
+        service_result = service('restart', service_name, **kwargs)
+    return service_result
+
+
+def service_pause(service_name, init_dir="/etc/init", initd_dir="/etc/init.d",
+                  **kwargs):
+    """Pause a system service.
+
+    Stop it, and prevent it from starting again at boot.
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to pause
+    :param init_dir: path to the upstart init directory
+    :param initd_dir: path to the sysv init directory
+    :param **kwargs: additional parameters to pass to the init system when
+                     managing services. These will be passed as key=value
+                     parameters to the init system's commandline. kwargs
+                     are ignored for init systems which do not support
+                     key=value arguments via the commandline.
+    """
+    stopped = True
+    if service_running(service_name, **kwargs):
+        stopped = service_stop(service_name, **kwargs)
+    upstart_file = os.path.join(init_dir, "{}.conf".format(service_name))
+    sysv_file = os.path.join(initd_dir, service_name)
+    if init_is_systemd():
+        service('mask', service_name)
+    elif os.path.exists(upstart_file):
+        override_path = os.path.join(
+            init_dir, '{}.override'.format(service_name))
+        with open(override_path, 'w') as fh:
+            fh.write("manual\n")
+    elif os.path.exists(sysv_file):
+        subprocess.check_call(["update-rc.d", service_name, "disable"])
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Unable to detect {0} as SystemD, Upstart {1} or"
+            " SysV {2}".format(
+                service_name, upstart_file, sysv_file))
+    return stopped
+
+
+def service_resume(service_name, init_dir="/etc/init",
+                   initd_dir="/etc/init.d", **kwargs):
+    """Resume a system service.
+
+    Reenable starting again at boot. Start the service.
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to resume
+    :param init_dir: the path to the init dir
+    :param initd dir: the path to the initd dir
+    :param **kwargs: additional parameters to pass to the init system when
+                     managing services. These will be passed as key=value
+                     parameters to the init system's commandline. kwargs
+                     are ignored for systemd enabled systems.
+    """
+    upstart_file = os.path.join(init_dir, "{}.conf".format(service_name))
+    sysv_file = os.path.join(initd_dir, service_name)
+    if init_is_systemd():
+        service('unmask', service_name)
+    elif os.path.exists(upstart_file):
+        override_path = os.path.join(
+            init_dir, '{}.override'.format(service_name))
+        if os.path.exists(override_path):
+            os.unlink(override_path)
+    elif os.path.exists(sysv_file):
+        subprocess.check_call(["update-rc.d", service_name, "enable"])
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Unable to detect {0} as SystemD, Upstart {1} or"
+            " SysV {2}".format(
+                service_name, upstart_file, sysv_file))
+    started = service_running(service_name, **kwargs)
+
+    if not started:
+        started = service_start(service_name, **kwargs)
+    return started
+
+
+def service(action, service_name, **kwargs):
+    """Control a system service.
+
+    :param action: the action to take on the service
+    :param service_name: the name of the service to perform th action on
+    :param **kwargs: additional params to be passed to the service command in
+                    the form of key=value.
+    """
+    if init_is_systemd():
+        cmd = ['systemctl', action, service_name]
+    else:
+        cmd = ['service', service_name, action]
+        for key, value in six.iteritems(kwargs):
+            parameter = '%s=%s' % (key, value)
+            cmd.append(parameter)
+    return subprocess.call(cmd) == 0
+
+
+_UPSTART_CONF = "/etc/init/{}.conf"
+_INIT_D_CONF = "/etc/init.d/{}"
+
+
+def service_running(service_name, **kwargs):
+    """Determine whether a system service is running.
+
+    :param service_name: the name of the service
+    :param **kwargs: additional args to pass to the service command. This is
+                     used to pass additional key=value arguments to the
+                     service command line for managing specific instance
+                     units (e.g. service ceph-osd status id=2). The kwargs
+                     are ignored in systemd services.
+    """
+    if init_is_systemd():
+        return service('is-active', service_name)
+    else:
+        if os.path.exists(_UPSTART_CONF.format(service_name)):
+            try:
+                cmd = ['status', service_name]
+                for key, value in six.iteritems(kwargs):
+                    parameter = '%s=%s' % (key, value)
+                    cmd.append(parameter)
+                output = subprocess.check_output(cmd,
+                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode('UTF-8')
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+                return False
+            else:
+                # This works for upstart scripts where the 'service' command
+                # returns a consistent string to represent running
+                # 'start/running'
+                if ("start/running" in output or
+                        "is running" in output or
+                        "up and running" in output):
+                    return True
+        elif os.path.exists(_INIT_D_CONF.format(service_name)):
+            # Check System V scripts init script return codes
+            return service('status', service_name)
+        return False
+
+
+SYSTEMD_SYSTEM = '/run/systemd/system'
+
+
+def init_is_systemd():
+    """Return True if the host system uses systemd, False otherwise."""
+    if lsb_release()['DISTRIB_CODENAME'] == 'trusty':
+        return False
+    return os.path.isdir(SYSTEMD_SYSTEM)
+
+
+def adduser(username, password=None, shell='/bin/bash',
+            system_user=False, primary_group=None,
+            secondary_groups=None, uid=None, home_dir=None):
+    """Add a user to the system.
+
+    Will log but otherwise succeed if the user already exists.
+
+    :param str username: Username to create
+    :param str password: Password for user; if ``None``, create a system user
+    :param str shell: The default shell for the user
+    :param bool system_user: Whether to create a login or system user
+    :param str primary_group: Primary group for user; defaults to username
+    :param list secondary_groups: Optional list of additional groups
+    :param int uid: UID for user being created
+    :param str home_dir: Home directory for user
+
+    :returns: The password database entry struct, as returned by `pwd.getpwnam`
+    """
+    try:
+        user_info = pwd.getpwnam(username)
+        log('user {0} already exists!'.format(username))
+        if uid:
+            user_info = pwd.getpwuid(int(uid))
+            log('user with uid {0} already exists!'.format(uid))
+    except KeyError:
+        log('creating user {0}'.format(username))
+        cmd = ['useradd']
+        if uid:
+            cmd.extend(['--uid', str(uid)])
+        if home_dir:
+            cmd.extend(['--home', str(home_dir)])
+        if system_user or password is None:
+            cmd.append('--system')
+        else:
+            cmd.extend([
+                '--create-home',
+                '--shell', shell,
+                '--password', password,
+            ])
+        if not primary_group:
+            try:
+                grp.getgrnam(username)
+                primary_group = username  # avoid "group exists" error
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+        if primary_group:
+            cmd.extend(['-g', primary_group])
+        if secondary_groups:
+            cmd.extend(['-G', ','.join(secondary_groups)])
+        cmd.append(username)
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+        user_info = pwd.getpwnam(username)
+    return user_info
+
+
+def user_exists(username):
+    """Check if a user exists"""
+    try:
+        pwd.getpwnam(username)
+        user_exists = True
+    except KeyError:
+        user_exists = False
+    return user_exists
+
+
+def uid_exists(uid):
+    """Check if a uid exists"""
+    try:
+        pwd.getpwuid(uid)
+        uid_exists = True
+    except KeyError:
+        uid_exists = False
+    return uid_exists
+
+
+def group_exists(groupname):
+    """Check if a group exists"""
+    try:
+        grp.getgrnam(groupname)
+        group_exists = True
+    except KeyError:
+        group_exists = False
+    return group_exists
+
+
+def gid_exists(gid):
+    """Check if a gid exists"""
+    try:
+        grp.getgrgid(gid)
+        gid_exists = True
+    except KeyError:
+        gid_exists = False
+    return gid_exists
+
+
+def add_group(group_name, system_group=False, gid=None):
+    """Add a group to the system
+
+    Will log but otherwise succeed if the group already exists.
+
+    :param str group_name: group to create
+    :param bool system_group: Create system group
+    :param int gid: GID for user being created
+
+    :returns: The password database entry struct, as returned by `grp.getgrnam`
+    """
+    try:
+        group_info = grp.getgrnam(group_name)
+        log('group {0} already exists!'.format(group_name))
+        if gid:
+            group_info = grp.getgrgid(gid)
+            log('group with gid {0} already exists!'.format(gid))
+    except KeyError:
+        log('creating group {0}'.format(group_name))
+        add_new_group(group_name, system_group, gid)
+        group_info = grp.getgrnam(group_name)
+    return group_info
+
+
+def add_user_to_group(username, group):
+    """Add a user to a group"""
+    cmd = ['gpasswd', '-a', username, group]
+    log("Adding user {} to group {}".format(username, group))
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def rsync(from_path, to_path, flags='-r', options=None, timeout=None):
+    """Replicate the contents of a path"""
+    options = options or ['--delete', '--executability']
+    cmd = ['/usr/bin/rsync', flags]
+    if timeout:
+        cmd = ['timeout', str(timeout)] + cmd
+    cmd.extend(options)
+    cmd.append(from_path)
+    cmd.append(to_path)
+    log(" ".join(cmd))
+    return subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode('UTF-8').strip()
+
+
+def symlink(source, destination):
+    """Create a symbolic link"""
+    log("Symlinking {} as {}".format(source, destination))
+    cmd = [
+        'ln',
+        '-sf',
+        source,
+        destination,
+    ]
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def mkdir(path, owner='root', group='root', perms=0o555, force=False):
+    """Create a directory"""
+    log("Making dir {} {}:{} {:o}".format(path, owner, group,
+                                          perms))
+    uid = pwd.getpwnam(owner).pw_uid
+    gid = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid
+    realpath = os.path.abspath(path)
+    path_exists = os.path.exists(realpath)
+    if path_exists and force:
+        if not os.path.isdir(realpath):
+            log("Removing non-directory file {} prior to mkdir()".format(path))
+            os.unlink(realpath)
+            os.makedirs(realpath, perms)
+    elif not path_exists:
+        os.makedirs(realpath, perms)
+    os.chown(realpath, uid, gid)
+    os.chmod(realpath, perms)
+
+
+def write_file(path, content, owner='root', group='root', perms=0o444):
+    """Create or overwrite a file with the contents of a byte string."""
+    log("Writing file {} {}:{} {:o}".format(path, owner, group, perms))
+    uid = pwd.getpwnam(owner).pw_uid
+    gid = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid
+    with open(path, 'wb') as target:
+        os.fchown(target.fileno(), uid, gid)
+        os.fchmod(target.fileno(), perms)
+        target.write(content)
+
+
+def fstab_remove(mp):
+    """Remove the given mountpoint entry from /etc/fstab"""
+    return Fstab.remove_by_mountpoint(mp)
+
+
+def fstab_add(dev, mp, fs, options=None):
+    """Adds the given device entry to the /etc/fstab file"""
+    return Fstab.add(dev, mp, fs, options=options)
+
+
+def mount(device, mountpoint, options=None, persist=False, filesystem="ext3"):
+    """Mount a filesystem at a particular mountpoint"""
+    cmd_args = ['mount']
+    if options is not None:
+        cmd_args.extend(['-o', options])
+    cmd_args.extend([device, mountpoint])
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd_args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        log('Error mounting {} at {}\n{}'.format(device, mountpoint, e.output))
+        return False
+
+    if persist:
+        return fstab_add(device, mountpoint, filesystem, options=options)
+    return True
+
+
+def umount(mountpoint, persist=False):
+    """Unmount a filesystem"""
+    cmd_args = ['umount', mountpoint]
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd_args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        log('Error unmounting {}\n{}'.format(mountpoint, e.output))
+        return False
+
+    if persist:
+        return fstab_remove(mountpoint)
+    return True
+
+
+def mounts():
+    """Get a list of all mounted volumes as [[mountpoint,device],[...]]"""
+    with open('/proc/mounts') as f:
+        # [['/mount/point','/dev/path'],[...]]
+        system_mounts = [m[1::-1] for m in [l.strip().split()
+                                            for l in f.readlines()]]
+    return system_mounts
+
+
+def fstab_mount(mountpoint):
+    """Mount filesystem using fstab"""
+    cmd_args = ['mount', mountpoint]
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd_args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        log('Error unmounting {}\n{}'.format(mountpoint, e.output))
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def file_hash(path, hash_type='md5'):
+    """Generate a hash checksum of the contents of 'path' or None if not found.
+
+    :param str hash_type: Any hash alrgorithm supported by :mod:`hashlib`,
+                          such as md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, etc.
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        h = getattr(hashlib, hash_type)()
+        with open(path, 'rb') as source:
+            h.update(source.read())
+        return h.hexdigest()
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
+def path_hash(path):
+    """Generate a hash checksum of all files matching 'path'. Standard
+    wildcards like '*' and '?' are supported, see documentation for the 'glob'
+    module for more information.
+
+    :return: dict: A { filename: hash } dictionary for all matched files.
+                   Empty if none found.
+    """
+    return {
+        filename: file_hash(filename)
+        for filename in glob.iglob(path)
+    }
+
+
+def check_hash(path, checksum, hash_type='md5'):
+    """Validate a file using a cryptographic checksum.
+
+    :param str checksum: Value of the checksum used to validate the file.
+    :param str hash_type: Hash algorithm used to generate `checksum`.
+        Can be any hash alrgorithm supported by :mod:`hashlib`,
+        such as md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, etc.
+    :raises ChecksumError: If the file fails the checksum
+
+    """
+    actual_checksum = file_hash(path, hash_type)
+    if checksum != actual_checksum:
+        raise ChecksumError("'%s' != '%s'" % (checksum, actual_checksum))
+
+
+class ChecksumError(ValueError):
+    """A class derived from Value error to indicate the checksum failed."""
+    pass
+
+
+def restart_on_change(restart_map, stopstart=False, restart_functions=None):
+    """Restart services based on configuration files changing
+
+    This function is used a decorator, for example::
+
+        @restart_on_change({
+            '/etc/ceph/ceph.conf': [ 'cinder-api', 'cinder-volume' ]
+            '/etc/apache/sites-enabled/*': [ 'apache2' ]
+            })
+        def config_changed():
+            pass  # your code here
+
+    In this example, the cinder-api and cinder-volume services
+    would be restarted if /etc/ceph/ceph.conf is changed by the
+    ceph_client_changed function. The apache2 service would be
+    restarted if any file matching the pattern got changed, created
+    or removed. Standard wildcards are supported, see documentation
+    for the 'glob' module for more information.
+
+    @param restart_map: {path_file_name: [service_name, ...]
+    @param stopstart: DEFAULT false; whether to stop, start OR restart
+    @param restart_functions: nonstandard functions to use to restart services
+                              {svc: func, ...}
+    @returns result from decorated function
+    """
+    def wrap(f):
+        @functools.wraps(f)
+        def wrapped_f(*args, **kwargs):
+            return restart_on_change_helper(
+                (lambda: f(*args, **kwargs)), restart_map, stopstart,
+                restart_functions)
+        return wrapped_f
+    return wrap
+
+
+def restart_on_change_helper(lambda_f, restart_map, stopstart=False,
+                             restart_functions=None):
+    """Helper function to perform the restart_on_change function.
+
+    This is provided for decorators to restart services if files described
+    in the restart_map have changed after an invocation of lambda_f().
+
+    @param lambda_f: function to call.
+    @param restart_map: {file: [service, ...]}
+    @param stopstart: whether to stop, start or restart a service
+    @param restart_functions: nonstandard functions to use to restart services
+                              {svc: func, ...}
+    @returns result of lambda_f()
+    """
+    if restart_functions is None:
+        restart_functions = {}
+    checksums = {path: path_hash(path) for path in restart_map}
+    r = lambda_f()
+    # create a list of lists of the services to restart
+    restarts = [restart_map[path]
+                for path in restart_map
+                if path_hash(path) != checksums[path]]
+    # create a flat list of ordered services without duplicates from lists
+    services_list = list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(itertools.chain(*restarts)))
+    if services_list:
+        actions = ('stop', 'start') if stopstart else ('restart',)
+        for service_name in services_list:
+            if service_name in restart_functions:
+                restart_functions[service_name](service_name)
+            else:
+                for action in actions:
+                    service(action, service_name)
+    return r
+
+
+def pwgen(length=None):
+    """Generate a random pasword."""
+    if length is None:
+        # A random length is ok to use a weak PRNG
+        length = random.choice(range(35, 45))
+    alphanumeric_chars = [
+        l for l in (string.ascii_letters + string.digits)
+        if l not in 'l0QD1vAEIOUaeiou']
+    # Use a crypto-friendly PRNG (e.g. /dev/urandom) for making the
+    # actual password
+    random_generator = random.SystemRandom()
+    random_chars = [
+        random_generator.choice(alphanumeric_chars) for _ in range(length)]
+    return(''.join(random_chars))
+
+
+def is_phy_iface(interface):
+    """Returns True if interface is not virtual, otherwise False."""
+    if interface:
+        sys_net = '/sys/class/net'
+        if os.path.isdir(sys_net):
+            for iface in glob.glob(os.path.join(sys_net, '*')):
+                if '/virtual/' in os.path.realpath(iface):
+                    continue
+
+                if interface == os.path.basename(iface):
+                    return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def get_bond_master(interface):
+    """Returns bond master if interface is bond slave otherwise None.
+
+    NOTE: the provided interface is expected to be physical
+    """
+    if interface:
+        iface_path = '/sys/class/net/%s' % (interface)
+        if os.path.exists(iface_path):
+            if '/virtual/' in os.path.realpath(iface_path):
+                return None
+
+            master = os.path.join(iface_path, 'master')
+            if os.path.exists(master):
+                master = os.path.realpath(master)
+                # make sure it is a bond master
+                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(master, 'bonding')):
+                    return os.path.basename(master)
+
+    return None
+
+
+def list_nics(nic_type=None):
+    """Return a list of nics of given type(s)"""
+    if isinstance(nic_type, six.string_types):
+        int_types = [nic_type]
+    else:
+        int_types = nic_type
+
+    interfaces = []
+    if nic_type:
+        for int_type in int_types:
+            cmd = ['ip', 'addr', 'show', 'label', int_type + '*']
+            ip_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8')
+            ip_output = ip_output.split('\n')
+            ip_output = (line for line in ip_output if line)
+            for line in ip_output:
+                if line.split()[1].startswith(int_type):
+                    matched = re.search('.*: (' + int_type +
+                                        r'[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)@.*', line)
+                    if matched:
+                        iface = matched.groups()[0]
+                    else:
+                        iface = line.split()[1].replace(":", "")
+
+                    if iface not in interfaces:
+                        interfaces.append(iface)
+    else:
+        cmd = ['ip', 'a']
+        ip_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8').split('\n')
+        ip_output = (line.strip() for line in ip_output if line)
+
+        key = re.compile('^[0-9]+:\s+(.+):')
+        for line in ip_output:
+            matched = re.search(key, line)
+            if matched:
+                iface = matched.group(1)
+                iface = iface.partition("@")[0]
+                if iface not in interfaces:
+                    interfaces.append(iface)
+
+    return interfaces
+
+
+def set_nic_mtu(nic, mtu):
+    """Set the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) on a network interface."""
+    cmd = ['ip', 'link', 'set', nic, 'mtu', mtu]
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def get_nic_mtu(nic):
+    """Return the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for a network interface."""
+    cmd = ['ip', 'addr', 'show', nic]
+    ip_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8').split('\n')
+    mtu = ""
+    for line in ip_output:
+        words = line.split()
+        if 'mtu' in words:
+            mtu = words[words.index("mtu") + 1]
+    return mtu
+
+
+def get_nic_hwaddr(nic):
+    """Return the Media Access Control (MAC) for a network interface."""
+    cmd = ['ip', '-o', '-0', 'addr', 'show', nic]
+    ip_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8')
+    hwaddr = ""
+    words = ip_output.split()
+    if 'link/ether' in words:
+        hwaddr = words[words.index('link/ether') + 1]
+    return hwaddr
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def chdir(directory):
+    """Change the current working directory to a different directory for a code
+    block and return the previous directory after the block exits. Useful to
+    run commands from a specificed directory.
+
+    :param str directory: The directory path to change to for this context.
+    """
+    cur = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        yield os.chdir(directory)
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(cur)
+
+
+def chownr(path, owner, group, follow_links=True, chowntopdir=False):
+    """Recursively change user and group ownership of files and directories
+    in given path. Doesn't chown path itself by default, only its children.
+
+    :param str path: The string path to start changing ownership.
+    :param str owner: The owner string to use when looking up the uid.
+    :param str group: The group string to use when looking up the gid.
+    :param bool follow_links: Also follow and chown links if True
+    :param bool chowntopdir: Also chown path itself if True
+    """
+    uid = pwd.getpwnam(owner).pw_uid
+    gid = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid
+    if follow_links:
+        chown = os.chown
+    else:
+        chown = os.lchown
+
+    if chowntopdir:
+        broken_symlink = os.path.lexists(path) and not os.path.exists(path)
+        if not broken_symlink:
+            chown(path, uid, gid)
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, followlinks=follow_links):
+        for name in dirs + files:
+            full = os.path.join(root, name)
+            broken_symlink = os.path.lexists(full) and not os.path.exists(full)
+            if not broken_symlink:
+                chown(full, uid, gid)
+
+
+def lchownr(path, owner, group):
+    """Recursively change user and group ownership of files and directories
+    in a given path, not following symbolic links. See the documentation for
+    'os.lchown' for more information.
+
+    :param str path: The string path to start changing ownership.
+    :param str owner: The owner string to use when looking up the uid.
+    :param str group: The group string to use when looking up the gid.
+    """
+    chownr(path, owner, group, follow_links=False)
+
+
+def owner(path):
+    """Returns a tuple containing the username & groupname owning the path.
+
+    :param str path: the string path to retrieve the ownership
+    :return tuple(str, str): A (username, groupname) tuple containing the
+                             name of the user and group owning the path.
+    :raises OSError: if the specified path does not exist
+    """
+    stat = os.stat(path)
+    username = pwd.getpwuid(stat.st_uid)[0]
+    groupname = grp.getgrgid(stat.st_gid)[0]
+    return username, groupname
+
+
+def get_total_ram():
+    """The total amount of system RAM in bytes.
+
+    This is what is reported by the OS, and may be overcommitted when
+    there are multiple containers hosted on the same machine.
+    """
+    with open('/proc/meminfo', 'r') as f:
+        for line in f.readlines():
+            if line:
+                key, value, unit = line.split()
+                if key == 'MemTotal:':
+                    assert unit == 'kB', 'Unknown unit'
+                    return int(value) * 1024  # Classic, not KiB.
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+UPSTART_CONTAINER_TYPE = '/run/container_type'
+
+
+def is_container():
+    """Determine whether unit is running in a container
+
+    @return: boolean indicating if unit is in a container
+    """
+    if init_is_systemd():
+        # Detect using systemd-detect-virt
+        return subprocess.call(['systemd-detect-virt',
+                                '--container']) == 0
+    else:
+        # Detect using upstart container file marker
+        return os.path.exists(UPSTART_CONTAINER_TYPE)
+
+
+def add_to_updatedb_prunepath(path, updatedb_path=UPDATEDB_PATH):
+    with open(updatedb_path, 'r+') as f_id:
+        updatedb_text = f_id.read()
+        output = updatedb(updatedb_text, path)
+        f_id.seek(0)
+        f_id.write(output)
+        f_id.truncate()
+
+
+def updatedb(updatedb_text, new_path):
+    lines = [line for line in updatedb_text.split("\n")]
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if line.startswith("PRUNEPATHS="):
+            paths_line = line.split("=")[1].replace('"', '')
+            paths = paths_line.split(" ")
+            if new_path not in paths:
+                paths.append(new_path)
+                lines[i] = 'PRUNEPATHS="{}"'.format(' '.join(paths))
+    output = "\n".join(lines)
+    return output
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/__init__.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/__init__.py
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/centos.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/centos.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7781a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/centos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import subprocess
+import yum
+import os
+
+from charmhelpers.core.strutils import BasicStringComparator
+
+
+class CompareHostReleases(BasicStringComparator):
+    """Provide comparisons of Host releases.
+
+    Use in the form of
+
+    if CompareHostReleases(release) > 'trusty':
+        # do something with mitaka
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, item):
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "CompareHostReleases() is not implemented for CentOS")
+
+
+def service_available(service_name):
+    # """Determine whether a system service is available."""
+    if os.path.isdir('/run/systemd/system'):
+        cmd = ['systemctl', 'is-enabled', service_name]
+    else:
+        cmd = ['service', service_name, 'is-enabled']
+    return subprocess.call(cmd) == 0
+
+
+def add_new_group(group_name, system_group=False, gid=None):
+    cmd = ['groupadd']
+    if gid:
+        cmd.extend(['--gid', str(gid)])
+    if system_group:
+        cmd.append('-r')
+    cmd.append(group_name)
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def lsb_release():
+    """Return /etc/os-release in a dict."""
+    d = {}
+    with open('/etc/os-release', 'r') as lsb:
+        for l in lsb:
+            s = l.split('=')
+            if len(s) != 2:
+                continue
+            d[s[0].strip()] = s[1].strip()
+    return d
+
+
+def cmp_pkgrevno(package, revno, pkgcache=None):
+    """Compare supplied revno with the revno of the installed package.
+
+    *  1 => Installed revno is greater than supplied arg
+    *  0 => Installed revno is the same as supplied arg
+    * -1 => Installed revno is less than supplied arg
+
+    This function imports YumBase function if the pkgcache argument
+    is None.
+    """
+    if not pkgcache:
+        y = yum.YumBase()
+        packages = y.doPackageLists()
+        pkgcache = {i.Name: i.version for i in packages['installed']}
+    pkg = pkgcache[package]
+    if pkg > revno:
+        return 1
+    if pkg < revno:
+        return -1
+    return 0
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0448288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import subprocess
+
+from charmhelpers.core.strutils import BasicStringComparator
+
+
+UBUNTU_RELEASES = (
+    'lucid',
+    'maverick',
+    'natty',
+    'oneiric',
+    'precise',
+    'quantal',
+    'raring',
+    'saucy',
+    'trusty',
+    'utopic',
+    'vivid',
+    'wily',
+    'xenial',
+    'yakkety',
+    'zesty',
+)
+
+
+class CompareHostReleases(BasicStringComparator):
+    """Provide comparisons of Ubuntu releases.
+
+    Use in the form of
+
+    if CompareHostReleases(release) > 'trusty':
+        # do something with mitaka
+    """
+    _list = UBUNTU_RELEASES
+
+
+def service_available(service_name):
+    """Determine whether a system service is available"""
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(
+            ['service', service_name, 'status'],
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode('UTF-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return b'unrecognized service' not in e.output
+    else:
+        return True
+
+
+def add_new_group(group_name, system_group=False, gid=None):
+    cmd = ['addgroup']
+    if gid:
+        cmd.extend(['--gid', str(gid)])
+    if system_group:
+        cmd.append('--system')
+    else:
+        cmd.extend([
+            '--group',
+        ])
+    cmd.append(group_name)
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def lsb_release():
+    """Return /etc/lsb-release in a dict"""
+    d = {}
+    with open('/etc/lsb-release', 'r') as lsb:
+        for l in lsb:
+            k, v = l.split('=')
+            d[k.strip()] = v.strip()
+    return d
+
+
+def cmp_pkgrevno(package, revno, pkgcache=None):
+    """Compare supplied revno with the revno of the installed package.
+
+    *  1 => Installed revno is greater than supplied arg
+    *  0 => Installed revno is the same as supplied arg
+    * -1 => Installed revno is less than supplied arg
+
+    This function imports apt_cache function from charmhelpers.fetch if
+    the pkgcache argument is None. Be sure to add charmhelpers.fetch if
+    you call this function, or pass an apt_pkg.Cache() instance.
+    """
+    import apt_pkg
+    if not pkgcache:
+        from charmhelpers.fetch import apt_cache
+        pkgcache = apt_cache()
+    pkg = pkgcache[package]
+    return apt_pkg.version_compare(pkg.current_ver.ver_str, revno)
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hugepage.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hugepage.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54b5b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hugepage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 yaml
+from charmhelpers.core import fstab
+from charmhelpers.core import sysctl
+from charmhelpers.core.host import (
+    add_group,
+    add_user_to_group,
+    fstab_mount,
+    mkdir,
+)
+from charmhelpers.core.strutils import bytes_from_string
+from subprocess import check_output
+
+
+def hugepage_support(user, group='hugetlb', nr_hugepages=256,
+                     max_map_count=65536, mnt_point='/run/hugepages/kvm',
+                     pagesize='2MB', mount=True, set_shmmax=False):
+    """Enable hugepages on system.
+
+    Args:
+    user (str)  -- Username to allow access to hugepages to
+    group (str) -- Group name to own hugepages
+    nr_hugepages (int) -- Number of pages to reserve
+    max_map_count (int) -- Number of Virtual Memory Areas a process can own
+    mnt_point (str) -- Directory to mount hugepages on
+    pagesize (str) -- Size of hugepages
+    mount (bool) -- Whether to Mount hugepages
+    """
+    group_info = add_group(group)
+    gid = group_info.gr_gid
+    add_user_to_group(user, group)
+    if max_map_count < 2 * nr_hugepages:
+        max_map_count = 2 * nr_hugepages
+    sysctl_settings = {
+        'vm.nr_hugepages': nr_hugepages,
+        'vm.max_map_count': max_map_count,
+        'vm.hugetlb_shm_group': gid,
+    }
+    if set_shmmax:
+        shmmax_current = int(check_output(['sysctl', '-n', 'kernel.shmmax']))
+        shmmax_minsize = bytes_from_string(pagesize) * nr_hugepages
+        if shmmax_minsize > shmmax_current:
+            sysctl_settings['kernel.shmmax'] = shmmax_minsize
+    sysctl.create(yaml.dump(sysctl_settings), '/etc/sysctl.d/10-hugepage.conf')
+    mkdir(mnt_point, owner='root', group='root', perms=0o755, force=False)
+    lfstab = fstab.Fstab()
+    fstab_entry = lfstab.get_entry_by_attr('mountpoint', mnt_point)
+    if fstab_entry:
+        lfstab.remove_entry(fstab_entry)
+    entry = lfstab.Entry('nodev', mnt_point, 'hugetlbfs',
+                         'mode=1770,gid={},pagesize={}'.format(gid, pagesize), 0, 0)
+    lfstab.add_entry(entry)
+    if mount:
+        fstab_mount(mnt_point)
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d40452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 re
+import subprocess
+
+from charmhelpers.osplatform import get_platform
+from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
+    log,
+    INFO
+)
+
+__platform__ = get_platform()
+if __platform__ == "ubuntu":
+    from charmhelpers.core.kernel_factory.ubuntu import (
+        persistent_modprobe,
+        update_initramfs,
+    )  # flake8: noqa -- ignore F401 for this import
+elif __platform__ == "centos":
+    from charmhelpers.core.kernel_factory.centos import (
+        persistent_modprobe,
+        update_initramfs,
+    )  # flake8: noqa -- ignore F401 for this import
+
+__author__ = "Jorge Niedbalski <[e-mail]>"
+
+
+def modprobe(module, persist=True):
+    """Load a kernel module and configure for auto-load on reboot."""
+    cmd = ['modprobe', module]
+
+    log('Loading kernel module %s' % module, level=INFO)
+
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+    if persist:
+        persistent_modprobe(module)
+
+
+def rmmod(module, force=False):
+    """Remove a module from the linux kernel"""
+    cmd = ['rmmod']
+    if force:
+        cmd.append('-f')
+    cmd.append(module)
+    log('Removing kernel module %s' % module, level=INFO)
+    return subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def lsmod():
+    """Shows what kernel modules are currently loaded"""
+    return subprocess.check_output(['lsmod'],
+                                   universal_newlines=True)
+
+
+def is_module_loaded(module):
+    """Checks if a kernel module is already loaded"""
+    matches = re.findall('^%s[ ]+' % module, lsmod(), re.M)
+    return len(matches) > 0
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/__init__.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/__init__.py
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/centos.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/centos.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c402c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/centos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+
+def persistent_modprobe(module):
+    """Load a kernel module and configure for auto-load on reboot."""
+    if not os.path.exists('/etc/rc.modules'):
+        open('/etc/rc.modules', 'a')
+        os.chmod('/etc/rc.modules', 111)
+    with open('/etc/rc.modules', 'r+') as modules:
+        if module not in modules.read():
+            modules.write('modprobe %s\n' % module)
+
+
+def update_initramfs(version='all'):
+    """Updates an initramfs image."""
+    return subprocess.check_call(["dracut", "-f", version])
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/ubuntu.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/ubuntu.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3de372f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/kernel_factory/ubuntu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import subprocess
+
+
+def persistent_modprobe(module):
+    """Load a kernel module and configure for auto-load on reboot."""
+    with open('/etc/modules', 'r+') as modules:
+        if module not in modules.read():
+            modules.write(module + "\n")
+
+
+def update_initramfs(version='all'):
+    """Updates an initramfs image."""
+    return subprocess.check_call(["update-initramfs", "-k", version, "-u"])
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/__init__.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61fd074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 .base import *  # NOQA
+from .helpers import *  # NOQA
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/base.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/base.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca9dc99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 os
+import json
+from inspect import getargspec
+from collections import Iterable, OrderedDict
+
+from charmhelpers.core import host
+from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
+
+
+__all__ = ['ServiceManager', 'ManagerCallback',
+           'PortManagerCallback', 'open_ports', 'close_ports', 'manage_ports',
+           'service_restart', 'service_stop']
+
+
+class ServiceManager(object):
+    def __init__(self, services=None):
+        """
+        Register a list of services, given their definitions.
+
+        Service definitions are dicts in the following formats (all keys except
+        'service' are optional)::
+
+            {
+                "service": <service name>,
+                "required_data": <list of required data contexts>,
+                "provided_data": <list of provided data contexts>,
+                "data_ready": <one or more callbacks>,
+                "data_lost": <one or more callbacks>,
+                "start": <one or more callbacks>,
+                "stop": <one or more callbacks>,
+                "ports": <list of ports to manage>,
+            }
+
+        The 'required_data' list should contain dicts of required data (or
+        dependency managers that act like dicts and know how to collect the data).
+        Only when all items in the 'required_data' list are populated are the list
+        of 'data_ready' and 'start' callbacks executed.  See `is_ready()` for more
+        information.
+
+        The 'provided_data' list should contain relation data providers, most likely
+        a subclass of :class:`charmhelpers.core.services.helpers.RelationContext`,
+        that will indicate a set of data to set on a given relation.
+
+        The 'data_ready' value should be either a single callback, or a list of
+        callbacks, to be called when all items in 'required_data' pass `is_ready()`.
+        Each callback will be called with the service name as the only parameter.
+        After all of the 'data_ready' callbacks are called, the 'start' callbacks
+        are fired.
+
+        The 'data_lost' value should be either a single callback, or a list of
+        callbacks, to be called when a 'required_data' item no longer passes
+        `is_ready()`.  Each callback will be called with the service name as the
+        only parameter.  After all of the 'data_lost' callbacks are called,
+        the 'stop' callbacks are fired.
+
+        The 'start' value should be either a single callback, or a list of
+        callbacks, to be called when starting the service, after the 'data_ready'
+        callbacks are complete.  Each callback will be called with the service
+        name as the only parameter.  This defaults to
+        `[host.service_start, services.open_ports]`.
+
+        The 'stop' value should be either a single callback, or a list of
+        callbacks, to be called when stopping the service.  If the service is
+        being stopped because it no longer has all of its 'required_data', this
+        will be called after all of the 'data_lost' callbacks are complete.
+        Each callback will be called with the service name as the only parameter.
+        This defaults to `[services.close_ports, host.service_stop]`.
+
+        The 'ports' value should be a list of ports to manage.  The default
+        'start' handler will open the ports after the service is started,
+        and the default 'stop' handler will close the ports prior to stopping
+        the service.
+
+
+        Examples:
+
+        The following registers an Upstart service called bingod that depends on
+        a mongodb relation and which runs a custom `db_migrate` function prior to
+        restarting the service, and a Runit service called spadesd::
+
+            manager = services.ServiceManager([
+                {
+                    'service': 'bingod',
+                    'ports': [80, 443],
+                    'required_data': [MongoRelation(), config(), {'my': 'data'}],
+                    'data_ready': [
+                        services.template(source='bingod.conf'),
+                        services.template(source='bingod.ini',
+                                          target='/etc/bingod.ini',
+                                          owner='bingo', perms=0400),
+                    ],
+                },
+                {
+                    'service': 'spadesd',
+                    'data_ready': services.template(source='spadesd_run.j2',
+                                                    target='/etc/sv/spadesd/run',
+                                                    perms=0555),
+                    'start': runit_start,
+                    'stop': runit_stop,
+                },
+            ])
+            manager.manage()
+        """
+        self._ready_file = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), 'READY-SERVICES.json')
+        self._ready = None
+        self.services = OrderedDict()
+        for service in services or []:
+            service_name = service['service']
+            self.services[service_name] = service
+
+    def manage(self):
+        """
+        Handle the current hook by doing The Right Thing with the registered services.
+        """
+        hookenv._run_atstart()
+        try:
+            hook_name = hookenv.hook_name()
+            if hook_name == 'stop':
+                self.stop_services()
+            else:
+                self.reconfigure_services()
+                self.provide_data()
+        except SystemExit as x:
+            if x.code is None or x.code == 0:
+                hookenv._run_atexit()
+        hookenv._run_atexit()
+
+    def provide_data(self):
+        """
+        Set the relation data for each provider in the ``provided_data`` list.
+
+        A provider must have a `name` attribute, which indicates which relation
+        to set data on, and a `provide_data()` method, which returns a dict of
+        data to set.
+
+        The `provide_data()` method can optionally accept two parameters:
+
+          * ``remote_service`` The name of the remote service that the data will
+            be provided to.  The `provide_data()` method will be called once
+            for each connected service (not unit).  This allows the method to
+            tailor its data to the given service.
+          * ``service_ready`` Whether or not the service definition had all of
+            its requirements met, and thus the ``data_ready`` callbacks run.
+
+        Note that the ``provided_data`` methods are now called **after** the
+        ``data_ready`` callbacks are run.  This gives the ``data_ready`` callbacks
+        a chance to generate any data necessary for the providing to the remote
+        services.
+        """
+        for service_name, service in self.services.items():
+            service_ready = self.is_ready(service_name)
+            for provider in service.get('provided_data', []):
+                for relid in hookenv.relation_ids(provider.name):
+                    units = hookenv.related_units(relid)
+                    if not units:
+                        continue
+                    remote_service = units[0].split('/')[0]
+                    argspec = getargspec(provider.provide_data)
+                    if len(argspec.args) > 1:
+                        data = provider.provide_data(remote_service, service_ready)
+                    else:
+                        data = provider.provide_data()
+                    if data:
+                        hookenv.relation_set(relid, data)
+
+    def reconfigure_services(self, *service_names):
+        """
+        Update all files for one or more registered services, and,
+        if ready, optionally restart them.
+
+        If no service names are given, reconfigures all registered services.
+        """
+        for service_name in service_names or self.services.keys():
+            if self.is_ready(service_name):
+                self.fire_event('data_ready', service_name)
+                self.fire_event('start', service_name, default=[
+                    service_restart,
+                    manage_ports])
+                self.save_ready(service_name)
+            else:
+                if self.was_ready(service_name):
+                    self.fire_event('data_lost', service_name)
+                self.fire_event('stop', service_name, default=[
+                    manage_ports,
+                    service_stop])
+                self.save_lost(service_name)
+
+    def stop_services(self, *service_names):
+        """
+        Stop one or more registered services, by name.
+
+        If no service names are given, stops all registered services.
+        """
+        for service_name in service_names or self.services.keys():
+            self.fire_event('stop', service_name, default=[
+                manage_ports,
+                service_stop])
+
+    def get_service(self, service_name):
+        """
+        Given the name of a registered service, return its service definition.
+        """
+        service = self.services.get(service_name)
+        if not service:
+            raise KeyError('Service not registered: %s' % service_name)
+        return service
+
+    def fire_event(self, event_name, service_name, default=None):
+        """
+        Fire a data_ready, data_lost, start, or stop event on a given service.
+        """
+        service = self.get_service(service_name)
+        callbacks = service.get(event_name, default)
+        if not callbacks:
+            return
+        if not isinstance(callbacks, Iterable):
+            callbacks = [callbacks]
+        for callback in callbacks:
+            if isinstance(callback, ManagerCallback):
+                callback(self, service_name, event_name)
+            else:
+                callback(service_name)
+
+    def is_ready(self, service_name):
+        """
+        Determine if a registered service is ready, by checking its 'required_data'.
+
+        A 'required_data' item can be any mapping type, and is considered ready
+        if `bool(item)` evaluates as True.
+        """
+        service = self.get_service(service_name)
+        reqs = service.get('required_data', [])
+        return all(bool(req) for req in reqs)
+
+    def _load_ready_file(self):
+        if self._ready is not None:
+            return
+        if os.path.exists(self._ready_file):
+            with open(self._ready_file) as fp:
+                self._ready = set(json.load(fp))
+        else:
+            self._ready = set()
+
+    def _save_ready_file(self):
+        if self._ready is None:
+            return
+        with open(self._ready_file, 'w') as fp:
+            json.dump(list(self._ready), fp)
+
+    def save_ready(self, service_name):
+        """
+        Save an indicator that the given service is now data_ready.
+        """
+        self._load_ready_file()
+        self._ready.add(service_name)
+        self._save_ready_file()
+
+    def save_lost(self, service_name):
+        """
+        Save an indicator that the given service is no longer data_ready.
+        """
+        self._load_ready_file()
+        self._ready.discard(service_name)
+        self._save_ready_file()
+
+    def was_ready(self, service_name):
+        """
+        Determine if the given service was previously data_ready.
+        """
+        self._load_ready_file()
+        return service_name in self._ready
+
+
+class ManagerCallback(object):
+    """
+    Special case of a callback that takes the `ServiceManager` instance
+    in addition to the service name.
+
+    Subclasses should implement `__call__` which should accept three parameters:
+
+        * `manager`       The `ServiceManager` instance
+        * `service_name`  The name of the service it's being triggered for
+        * `event_name`    The name of the event that this callback is handling
+    """
+    def __call__(self, manager, service_name, event_name):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class PortManagerCallback(ManagerCallback):
+    """
+    Callback class that will open or close ports, for use as either
+    a start or stop action.
+    """
+    def __call__(self, manager, service_name, event_name):
+        service = manager.get_service(service_name)
+        new_ports = service.get('ports', [])
+        port_file = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), '.{}.ports'.format(service_name))
+        if os.path.exists(port_file):
+            with open(port_file) as fp:
+                old_ports = fp.read().split(',')
+            for old_port in old_ports:
+                if bool(old_port):
+                    old_port = int(old_port)
+                    if old_port not in new_ports:
+                        hookenv.close_port(old_port)
+        with open(port_file, 'w') as fp:
+            fp.write(','.join(str(port) for port in new_ports))
+        for port in new_ports:
+            if event_name == 'start':
+                hookenv.open_port(port)
+            elif event_name == 'stop':
+                hookenv.close_port(port)
+
+
+def service_stop(service_name):
+    """
+    Wrapper around host.service_stop to prevent spurious "unknown service"
+    messages in the logs.
+    """
+    if host.service_running(service_name):
+        host.service_stop(service_name)
+
+
+def service_restart(service_name):
+    """
+    Wrapper around host.service_restart to prevent spurious "unknown service"
+    messages in the logs.
+    """
+    if host.service_available(service_name):
+        if host.service_running(service_name):
+            host.service_restart(service_name)
+        else:
+            host.service_start(service_name)
+
+
+# Convenience aliases
+open_ports = close_ports = manage_ports = PortManagerCallback()
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e6e30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 os
+import yaml
+
+from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
+from charmhelpers.core import host
+from charmhelpers.core import templating
+
+from charmhelpers.core.services.base import ManagerCallback
+
+
+__all__ = ['RelationContext', 'TemplateCallback',
+           'render_template', 'template']
+
+
+class RelationContext(dict):
+    """
+    Base class for a context generator that gets relation data from juju.
+
+    Subclasses must provide the attributes `name`, which is the name of the
+    interface of interest, `interface`, which is the type of the interface of
+    interest, and `required_keys`, which is the set of keys required for the
+    relation to be considered complete.  The data for all interfaces matching
+    the `name` attribute that are complete will used to populate the dictionary
+    values (see `get_data`, below).
+
+    The generated context will be namespaced under the relation :attr:`name`,
+    to prevent potential naming conflicts.
+
+    :param str name: Override the relation :attr:`name`, since it can vary from charm to charm
+    :param list additional_required_keys: Extend the list of :attr:`required_keys`
+    """
+    name = None
+    interface = None
+
+    def __init__(self, name=None, additional_required_keys=None):
+        if not hasattr(self, 'required_keys'):
+            self.required_keys = []
+
+        if name is not None:
+            self.name = name
+        if additional_required_keys:
+            self.required_keys.extend(additional_required_keys)
+        self.get_data()
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        """
+        Returns True if all of the required_keys are available.
+        """
+        return self.is_ready()
+
+    __nonzero__ = __bool__
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return super(RelationContext, self).__repr__()
+
+    def is_ready(self):
+        """
+        Returns True if all of the `required_keys` are available from any units.
+        """
+        ready = len(self.get(self.name, [])) > 0
+        if not ready:
+            hookenv.log('Incomplete relation: {}'.format(self.__class__.__name__), hookenv.DEBUG)
+        return ready
+
+    def _is_ready(self, unit_data):
+        """
+        Helper method that tests a set of relation data and returns True if
+        all of the `required_keys` are present.
+        """
+        return set(unit_data.keys()).issuperset(set(self.required_keys))
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        """
+        Retrieve the relation data for each unit involved in a relation and,
+        if complete, store it in a list under `self[self.name]`.  This
+        is automatically called when the RelationContext is instantiated.
+
+        The units are sorted lexographically first by the service ID, then by
+        the unit ID.  Thus, if an interface has two other services, 'db:1'
+        and 'db:2', with 'db:1' having two units, 'wordpress/0' and 'wordpress/1',
+        and 'db:2' having one unit, 'mediawiki/0', all of which have a complete
+        set of data, the relation data for the units will be stored in the
+        order: 'wordpress/0', 'wordpress/1', 'mediawiki/0'.
+
+        If you only care about a single unit on the relation, you can just
+        access it as `{{ interface[0]['key'] }}`.  However, if you can at all
+        support multiple units on a relation, you should iterate over the list,
+        like::
+
+            {% for unit in interface -%}
+                {{ unit['key'] }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
+            {%- endfor %}
+
+        Note that since all sets of relation data from all related services and
+        units are in a single list, if you need to know which service or unit a
+        set of data came from, you'll need to extend this class to preserve
+        that information.
+        """
+        if not hookenv.relation_ids(self.name):
+            return
+
+        ns = self.setdefault(self.name, [])
+        for rid in sorted(hookenv.relation_ids(self.name)):
+            for unit in sorted(hookenv.related_units(rid)):
+                reldata = hookenv.relation_get(rid=rid, unit=unit)
+                if self._is_ready(reldata):
+                    ns.append(reldata)
+
+    def provide_data(self):
+        """
+        Return data to be relation_set for this interface.
+        """
+        return {}
+
+
+class MysqlRelation(RelationContext):
+    """
+    Relation context for the `mysql` interface.
+
+    :param str name: Override the relation :attr:`name`, since it can vary from charm to charm
+    :param list additional_required_keys: Extend the list of :attr:`required_keys`
+    """
+    name = 'db'
+    interface = 'mysql'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.required_keys = ['host', 'user', 'password', 'database']
+        RelationContext.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class HttpRelation(RelationContext):
+    """
+    Relation context for the `http` interface.
+
+    :param str name: Override the relation :attr:`name`, since it can vary from charm to charm
+    :param list additional_required_keys: Extend the list of :attr:`required_keys`
+    """
+    name = 'website'
+    interface = 'http'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.required_keys = ['host', 'port']
+        RelationContext.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def provide_data(self):
+        return {
+            'host': hookenv.unit_get('private-address'),
+            'port': 80,
+        }
+
+
+class RequiredConfig(dict):
+    """
+    Data context that loads config options with one or more mandatory options.
+
+    Once the required options have been changed from their default values, all
+    config options will be available, namespaced under `config` to prevent
+    potential naming conflicts (for example, between a config option and a
+    relation property).
+
+    :param list *args: List of options that must be changed from their default values.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        self.required_options = args
+        self['config'] = hookenv.config()
+        with open(os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), 'config.yaml')) as fp:
+            self.config = yaml.load(fp).get('options', {})
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        for option in self.required_options:
+            if option not in self['config']:
+                return False
+            current_value = self['config'][option]
+            default_value = self.config[option].get('default')
+            if current_value == default_value:
+                return False
+            if current_value in (None, '') and default_value in (None, ''):
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return self.__bool__()
+
+
+class StoredContext(dict):
+    """
+    A data context that always returns the data that it was first created with.
+
+    This is useful to do a one-time generation of things like passwords, that
+    will thereafter use the same value that was originally generated, instead
+    of generating a new value each time it is run.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, file_name, config_data):
+        """
+        If the file exists, populate `self` with the data from the file.
+        Otherwise, populate with the given data and persist it to the file.
+        """
+        if os.path.exists(file_name):
+            self.update(self.read_context(file_name))
+        else:
+            self.store_context(file_name, config_data)
+            self.update(config_data)
+
+    def store_context(self, file_name, config_data):
+        if not os.path.isabs(file_name):
+            file_name = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), file_name)
+        with open(file_name, 'w') as file_stream:
+            os.fchmod(file_stream.fileno(), 0o600)
+            yaml.dump(config_data, file_stream)
+
+    def read_context(self, file_name):
+        if not os.path.isabs(file_name):
+            file_name = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), file_name)
+        with open(file_name, 'r') as file_stream:
+            data = yaml.load(file_stream)
+            if not data:
+                raise OSError("%s is empty" % file_name)
+            return data
+
+
+class TemplateCallback(ManagerCallback):
+    """
+    Callback class that will render a Jinja2 template, for use as a ready
+    action.
+
+    :param str source: The template source file, relative to
+        `$CHARM_DIR/templates`
+
+    :param str target: The target to write the rendered template to (or None)
+    :param str owner: The owner of the rendered file
+    :param str group: The group of the rendered file
+    :param int perms: The permissions of the rendered file
+    :param partial on_change_action: functools partial to be executed when
+                                     rendered file changes
+    :param jinja2 loader template_loader: A jinja2 template loader
+
+    :return str: The rendered template
+    """
+    def __init__(self, source, target,
+                 owner='root', group='root', perms=0o444,
+                 on_change_action=None, template_loader=None):
+        self.source = source
+        self.target = target
+        self.owner = owner
+        self.group = group
+        self.perms = perms
+        self.on_change_action = on_change_action
+        self.template_loader = template_loader
+
+    def __call__(self, manager, service_name, event_name):
+        pre_checksum = ''
+        if self.on_change_action and os.path.isfile(self.target):
+            pre_checksum = host.file_hash(self.target)
+        service = manager.get_service(service_name)
+        context = {'ctx': {}}
+        for ctx in service.get('required_data', []):
+            context.update(ctx)
+            context['ctx'].update(ctx)
+
+        result = templating.render(self.source, self.target, context,
+                                   self.owner, self.group, self.perms,
+                                   template_loader=self.template_loader)
+        if self.on_change_action:
+            if pre_checksum == host.file_hash(self.target):
+                hookenv.log(
+                    'No change detected: {}'.format(self.target),
+                    hookenv.DEBUG)
+            else:
+                self.on_change_action()
+
+        return result
+
+
+# Convenience aliases for templates
+render_template = template = TemplateCallback
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/strutils.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/strutils.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..685dabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/strutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 six
+import re
+
+
+def bool_from_string(value):
+    """Interpret string value as boolean.
+
+    Returns True if value translates to True otherwise False.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+        value = six.text_type(value)
+    else:
+        msg = "Unable to interpret non-string value '%s' as boolean" % (value)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    value = value.strip().lower()
+
+    if value in ['y', 'yes', 'true', 't', 'on']:
+        return True
+    elif value in ['n', 'no', 'false', 'f', 'off']:
+        return False
+
+    msg = "Unable to interpret string value '%s' as boolean" % (value)
+    raise ValueError(msg)
+
+
+def bytes_from_string(value):
+    """Interpret human readable string value as bytes.
+
+    Returns int
+    """
+    BYTE_POWER = {
+        'K': 1,
+        'KB': 1,
+        'M': 2,
+        'MB': 2,
+        'G': 3,
+        'GB': 3,
+        'T': 4,
+        'TB': 4,
+        'P': 5,
+        'PB': 5,
+    }
+    if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+        value = six.text_type(value)
+    else:
+        msg = "Unable to interpret non-string value '%s' as boolean" % (value)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    matches = re.match("([0-9]+)([a-zA-Z]+)", value)
+    if not matches:
+        msg = "Unable to interpret string value '%s' as bytes" % (value)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    return int(matches.group(1)) * (1024 ** BYTE_POWER[matches.group(2)])
+
+
+class BasicStringComparator(object):
+    """Provides a class that will compare strings from an iterator type object.
+    Used to provide > and < comparisons on strings that may not necessarily be
+    alphanumerically ordered.  e.g. OpenStack or Ubuntu releases AFTER the
+    z-wrap.
+    """
+
+    _list = None
+
+    def __init__(self, item):
+        if self._list is None:
+            raise Exception("Must define the _list in the class definition!")
+        try:
+            self.index = self._list.index(item)
+        except Exception:
+            raise KeyError("Item '{}' is not in list '{}'"
+                           .format(item, self._list))
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        assert isinstance(other, str) or isinstance(other, self.__class__)
+        return self.index == self._list.index(other)
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        assert isinstance(other, str) or isinstance(other, self.__class__)
+        return self.index < self._list.index(other)
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        return not self.__lt__(other)
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        assert isinstance(other, str) or isinstance(other, self.__class__)
+        return self.index > self._list.index(other)
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        return not self.__gt__(other)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Always give back the item at the index so it can be used in
+        comparisons like:
+
+        s_mitaka = CompareOpenStack('mitaka')
+        s_newton = CompareOpenstack('newton')
+
+        assert s_newton > s_mitaka
+
+        @returns: <string>
+        """
+        return self._list[self.index]
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/sysctl.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/sysctl.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e413e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/sysctl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 yaml
+
+from subprocess import check_call
+
+from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
+    log,
+    DEBUG,
+    ERROR,
+)
+
+__author__ = 'Jorge Niedbalski R. <[e-mail]>'
+
+
+def create(sysctl_dict, sysctl_file):
+    """Creates a sysctl.conf file from a YAML associative array
+
+    :param sysctl_dict: a YAML-formatted string of sysctl options eg "{ 'kernel.max_pid': 1337 }"
+    :type sysctl_dict: str
+    :param sysctl_file: path to the sysctl file to be saved
+    :type sysctl_file: str or unicode
+    :returns: None
+    """
+    try:
+        sysctl_dict_parsed = yaml.safe_load(sysctl_dict)
+    except yaml.YAMLError:
+        log("Error parsing YAML sysctl_dict: {}".format(sysctl_dict),
+            level=ERROR)
+        return
+
+    with open(sysctl_file, "w") as fd:
+        for key, value in sysctl_dict_parsed.items():
+            fd.write("{}={}\n".format(key, value))
+
+    log("Updating sysctl_file: %s values: %s" % (sysctl_file, sysctl_dict_parsed),
+        level=DEBUG)
+
+    check_call(["sysctl", "-p", sysctl_file])
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/templating.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/templating.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b801a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/templating.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 os
+import sys
+
+from charmhelpers.core import host
+from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
+
+
+def render(source, target, context, owner='root', group='root',
+           perms=0o444, templates_dir=None, encoding='UTF-8', template_loader=None):
+    """
+    Render a template.
+
+    The `source` path, if not absolute, is relative to the `templates_dir`.
+
+    The `target` path should be absolute.  It can also be `None`, in which
+    case no file will be written.
+
+    The context should be a dict containing the values to be replaced in the
+    template.
+
+    The `owner`, `group`, and `perms` options will be passed to `write_file`.
+
+    If omitted, `templates_dir` defaults to the `templates` folder in the charm.
+
+    The rendered template will be written to the file as well as being returned
+    as a string.
+
+    Note: Using this requires python-jinja2 or python3-jinja2; if it is not
+    installed, calling this will attempt to use charmhelpers.fetch.apt_install
+    to install it.
+    """
+    try:
+        from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader, Environment, exceptions
+    except ImportError:
+        try:
+            from charmhelpers.fetch import apt_install
+        except ImportError:
+            hookenv.log('Could not import jinja2, and could not import '
+                        'charmhelpers.fetch to install it',
+                        level=hookenv.ERROR)
+            raise
+        if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+            apt_install('python-jinja2', fatal=True)
+        else:
+            apt_install('python3-jinja2', fatal=True)
+        from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader, Environment, exceptions
+
+    if template_loader:
+        template_env = Environment(loader=template_loader)
+    else:
+        if templates_dir is None:
+            templates_dir = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), 'templates')
+        template_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(templates_dir))
+    try:
+        source = source
+        template = template_env.get_template(source)
+    except exceptions.TemplateNotFound as e:
+        hookenv.log('Could not load template %s from %s.' %
+                    (source, templates_dir),
+                    level=hookenv.ERROR)
+        raise e
+    content = template.render(context)
+    if target is not None:
+        target_dir = os.path.dirname(target)
+        if not os.path.exists(target_dir):
+            # This is a terrible default directory permission, as the file
+            # or its siblings will often contain secrets.
+            host.mkdir(os.path.dirname(target), owner, group, perms=0o755)
+        host.write_file(target, content.encode(encoding), owner, group, perms)
+    return content
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/unitdata.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/unitdata.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54ec969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/unitdata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,518 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Kapil Thangavelu <[e-mail]>
+#
+"""
+Intro
+-----
+
+A simple way to store state in units. This provides a key value
+storage with support for versioned, transactional operation,
+and can calculate deltas from previous values to simplify unit logic
+when processing changes.
+
+
+Hook Integration
+----------------
+
+There are several extant frameworks for hook execution, including
+
+ - charmhelpers.core.hookenv.Hooks
+ - charmhelpers.core.services.ServiceManager
+
+The storage classes are framework agnostic, one simple integration is
+via the HookData contextmanager. It will record the current hook
+execution environment (including relation data, config data, etc.),
+setup a transaction and allow easy access to the changes from
+previously seen values. One consequence of the integration is the
+reservation of particular keys ('rels', 'unit', 'env', 'config',
+'charm_revisions') for their respective values.
+
+Here's a fully worked integration example using hookenv.Hooks::
+
+       from charmhelper.core import hookenv, unitdata
+
+       hook_data = unitdata.HookData()
+       db = unitdata.kv()
+       hooks = hookenv.Hooks()
+
+       @hooks.hook
+       def config_changed():
+           # Print all changes to configuration from previously seen
+           # values.
+           for changed, (prev, cur) in hook_data.conf.items():
+               print('config changed', changed,
+                     'previous value', prev,
+                     'current value',  cur)
+
+           # Get some unit specific bookeeping
+           if not db.get('pkg_key'):
+               key = urllib.urlopen('https://example.com/pkg_key').read()
+               db.set('pkg_key', key)
+
+           # Directly access all charm config as a mapping.
+           conf = db.getrange('config', True)
+
+           # Directly access all relation data as a mapping
+           rels = db.getrange('rels', True)
+
+       if __name__ == '__main__':
+           with hook_data():
+               hook.execute()
+
+
+A more basic integration is via the hook_scope context manager which simply
+manages transaction scope (and records hook name, and timestamp)::
+
+  >>> from unitdata import kv
+  >>> db = kv()
+  >>> with db.hook_scope('install'):
+  ...    # do work, in transactional scope.
+  ...    db.set('x', 1)
+  >>> db.get('x')
+  1
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Values are automatically json de/serialized to preserve basic typing
+and complex data struct capabilities (dicts, lists, ints, booleans, etc).
+
+Individual values can be manipulated via get/set::
+
+   >>> kv.set('y', True)
+   >>> kv.get('y')
+   True
+
+   # We can set complex values (dicts, lists) as a single key.
+   >>> kv.set('config', {'a': 1, 'b': True'})
+
+   # Also supports returning dictionaries as a record which
+   # provides attribute access.
+   >>> config = kv.get('config', record=True)
+   >>> config.b
+   True
+
+
+Groups of keys can be manipulated with update/getrange::
+
+   >>> kv.update({'z': 1, 'y': 2}, prefix="gui.")
+   >>> kv.getrange('gui.', strip=True)
+   {'z': 1, 'y': 2}
+
+When updating values, its very helpful to understand which values
+have actually changed and how have they changed. The storage
+provides a delta method to provide for this::
+
+   >>> data = {'debug': True, 'option': 2}
+   >>> delta = kv.delta(data, 'config.')
+   >>> delta.debug.previous
+   None
+   >>> delta.debug.current
+   True
+   >>> delta
+   {'debug': (None, True), 'option': (None, 2)}
+
+Note the delta method does not persist the actual change, it needs to
+be explicitly saved via 'update' method::
+
+   >>> kv.update(data, 'config.')
+
+Values modified in the context of a hook scope retain historical values
+associated to the hookname.
+
+   >>> with db.hook_scope('config-changed'):
+   ...      db.set('x', 42)
+   >>> db.gethistory('x')
+   [(1, u'x', 1, u'install', u'2015-01-21T16:49:30.038372'),
+    (2, u'x', 42, u'config-changed', u'2015-01-21T16:49:30.038786')]
+
+"""
+
+import collections
+import contextlib
+import datetime
+import itertools
+import json
+import os
+import pprint
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+
+__author__ = 'Kapil Thangavelu <[e-mail]>'
+
+
+class Storage(object):
+    """Simple key value database for local unit state within charms.
+
+    Modifications are not persisted unless :meth:`flush` is called.
+
+    To support dicts, lists, integer, floats, and booleans values
+    are automatically json encoded/decoded.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, path=None):
+        self.db_path = path
+        if path is None:
+            if 'UNIT_STATE_DB' in os.environ:
+                self.db_path = os.environ['UNIT_STATE_DB']
+            else:
+                self.db_path = os.path.join(
+                    os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR', ''), '.unit-state.db')
+        self.conn = sqlite3.connect('%s' % self.db_path)
+        self.cursor = self.conn.cursor()
+        self.revision = None
+        self._closed = False
+        self._init()
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self._closed:
+            return
+        self.flush(False)
+        self.cursor.close()
+        self.conn.close()
+        self._closed = True
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None, record=False):
+        self.cursor.execute('select data from kv where key=?', [key])
+        result = self.cursor.fetchone()
+        if not result:
+            return default
+        if record:
+            return Record(json.loads(result[0]))
+        return json.loads(result[0])
+
+    def getrange(self, key_prefix, strip=False):
+        """
+        Get a range of keys starting with a common prefix as a mapping of
+        keys to values.
+
+        :param str key_prefix: Common prefix among all keys
+        :param bool strip: Optionally strip the common prefix from the key
+            names in the returned dict
+        :return dict: A (possibly empty) dict of key-value mappings
+        """
+        self.cursor.execute("select key, data from kv where key like ?",
+                            ['%s%%' % key_prefix])
+        result = self.cursor.fetchall()
+
+        if not result:
+            return {}
+        if not strip:
+            key_prefix = ''
+        return dict([
+            (k[len(key_prefix):], json.loads(v)) for k, v in result])
+
+    def update(self, mapping, prefix=""):
+        """
+        Set the values of multiple keys at once.
+
+        :param dict mapping: Mapping of keys to values
+        :param str prefix: Optional prefix to apply to all keys in `mapping`
+            before setting
+        """
+        for k, v in mapping.items():
+            self.set("%s%s" % (prefix, k), v)
+
+    def unset(self, key):
+        """
+        Remove a key from the database entirely.
+        """
+        self.cursor.execute('delete from kv where key=?', [key])
+        if self.revision and self.cursor.rowcount:
+            self.cursor.execute(
+                'insert into kv_revisions values (?, ?, ?)',
+                [key, self.revision, json.dumps('DELETED')])
+
+    def unsetrange(self, keys=None, prefix=""):
+        """
+        Remove a range of keys starting with a common prefix, from the database
+        entirely.
+
+        :param list keys: List of keys to remove.
+        :param str prefix: Optional prefix to apply to all keys in ``keys``
+            before removing.
+        """
+        if keys is not None:
+            keys = ['%s%s' % (prefix, key) for key in keys]
+            self.cursor.execute('delete from kv where key in (%s)' % ','.join(['?'] * len(keys)), keys)
+            if self.revision and self.cursor.rowcount:
+                self.cursor.execute(
+                    'insert into kv_revisions values %s' % ','.join(['(?, ?, ?)'] * len(keys)),
+                    list(itertools.chain.from_iterable((key, self.revision, json.dumps('DELETED')) for key in keys)))
+        else:
+            self.cursor.execute('delete from kv where key like ?',
+                                ['%s%%' % prefix])
+            if self.revision and self.cursor.rowcount:
+                self.cursor.execute(
+                    'insert into kv_revisions values (?, ?, ?)',
+                    ['%s%%' % prefix, self.revision, json.dumps('DELETED')])
+
+    def set(self, key, value):
+        """
+        Set a value in the database.
+
+        :param str key: Key to set the value for
+        :param value: Any JSON-serializable value to be set
+        """
+        serialized = json.dumps(value)
+
+        self.cursor.execute('select data from kv where key=?', [key])
+        exists = self.cursor.fetchone()
+
+        # Skip mutations to the same value
+        if exists:
+            if exists[0] == serialized:
+                return value
+
+        if not exists:
+            self.cursor.execute(
+                'insert into kv (key, data) values (?, ?)',
+                (key, serialized))
+        else:
+            self.cursor.execute('''
+            update kv
+            set data = ?
+            where key = ?''', [serialized, key])
+
+        # Save
+        if not self.revision:
+            return value
+
+        self.cursor.execute(
+            'select 1 from kv_revisions where key=? and revision=?',
+            [key, self.revision])
+        exists = self.cursor.fetchone()
+
+        if not exists:
+            self.cursor.execute(
+                '''insert into kv_revisions (
+                revision, key, data) values (?, ?, ?)''',
+                (self.revision, key, serialized))
+        else:
+            self.cursor.execute(
+                '''
+                update kv_revisions
+                set data = ?
+                where key = ?
+                and   revision = ?''',
+                [serialized, key, self.revision])
+
+        return value
+
+    def delta(self, mapping, prefix):
+        """
+        return a delta containing values that have changed.
+        """
+        previous = self.getrange(prefix, strip=True)
+        if not previous:
+            pk = set()
+        else:
+            pk = set(previous.keys())
+        ck = set(mapping.keys())
+        delta = DeltaSet()
+
+        # added
+        for k in ck.difference(pk):
+            delta[k] = Delta(None, mapping[k])
+
+        # removed
+        for k in pk.difference(ck):
+            delta[k] = Delta(previous[k], None)
+
+        # changed
+        for k in pk.intersection(ck):
+            c = mapping[k]
+            p = previous[k]
+            if c != p:
+                delta[k] = Delta(p, c)
+
+        return delta
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def hook_scope(self, name=""):
+        """Scope all future interactions to the current hook execution
+        revision."""
+        assert not self.revision
+        self.cursor.execute(
+            'insert into hooks (hook, date) values (?, ?)',
+            (name or sys.argv[0],
+             datetime.datetime.utcnow().isoformat()))
+        self.revision = self.cursor.lastrowid
+        try:
+            yield self.revision
+            self.revision = None
+        except:
+            self.flush(False)
+            self.revision = None
+            raise
+        else:
+            self.flush()
+
+    def flush(self, save=True):
+        if save:
+            self.conn.commit()
+        elif self._closed:
+            return
+        else:
+            self.conn.rollback()
+
+    def _init(self):
+        self.cursor.execute('''
+            create table if not exists kv (
+               key text,
+               data text,
+               primary key (key)
+               )''')
+        self.cursor.execute('''
+            create table if not exists kv_revisions (
+               key text,
+               revision integer,
+               data text,
+               primary key (key, revision)
+               )''')
+        self.cursor.execute('''
+            create table if not exists hooks (
+               version integer primary key autoincrement,
+               hook text,
+               date text
+               )''')
+        self.conn.commit()
+
+    def gethistory(self, key, deserialize=False):
+        self.cursor.execute(
+            '''
+            select kv.revision, kv.key, kv.data, h.hook, h.date
+            from kv_revisions kv,
+                 hooks h
+            where kv.key=?
+             and kv.revision = h.version
+            ''', [key])
+        if deserialize is False:
+            return self.cursor.fetchall()
+        return map(_parse_history, self.cursor.fetchall())
+
+    def debug(self, fh=sys.stderr):
+        self.cursor.execute('select * from kv')
+        pprint.pprint(self.cursor.fetchall(), stream=fh)
+        self.cursor.execute('select * from kv_revisions')
+        pprint.pprint(self.cursor.fetchall(), stream=fh)
+
+
+def _parse_history(d):
+    return (d[0], d[1], json.loads(d[2]), d[3],
+            datetime.datetime.strptime(d[-1], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"))
+
+
+class HookData(object):
+    """Simple integration for existing hook exec frameworks.
+
+    Records all unit information, and stores deltas for processing
+    by the hook.
+
+    Sample::
+
+       from charmhelper.core import hookenv, unitdata
+
+       changes = unitdata.HookData()
+       db = unitdata.kv()
+       hooks = hookenv.Hooks()
+
+       @hooks.hook
+       def config_changed():
+           # View all changes to configuration
+           for changed, (prev, cur) in changes.conf.items():
+               print('config changed', changed,
+                     'previous value', prev,
+                     'current value',  cur)
+
+           # Get some unit specific bookeeping
+           if not db.get('pkg_key'):
+               key = urllib.urlopen('https://example.com/pkg_key').read()
+               db.set('pkg_key', key)
+
+       if __name__ == '__main__':
+           with changes():
+               hook.execute()
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.kv = kv()
+        self.conf = None
+        self.rels = None
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def __call__(self):
+        from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
+        hook_name = hookenv.hook_name()
+
+        with self.kv.hook_scope(hook_name):
+            self._record_charm_version(hookenv.charm_dir())
+            delta_config, delta_relation = self._record_hook(hookenv)
+            yield self.kv, delta_config, delta_relation
+
+    def _record_charm_version(self, charm_dir):
+        # Record revisions.. charm revisions are meaningless
+        # to charm authors as they don't control the revision.
+        # so logic dependnent on revision is not particularly
+        # useful, however it is useful for debugging analysis.
+        charm_rev = open(
+            os.path.join(charm_dir, 'revision')).read().strip()
+        charm_rev = charm_rev or '0'
+        revs = self.kv.get('charm_revisions', [])
+        if charm_rev not in revs:
+            revs.append(charm_rev.strip() or '0')
+            self.kv.set('charm_revisions', revs)
+
+    def _record_hook(self, hookenv):
+        data = hookenv.execution_environment()
+        self.conf = conf_delta = self.kv.delta(data['conf'], 'config')
+        self.rels = rels_delta = self.kv.delta(data['rels'], 'rels')
+        self.kv.set('env', dict(data['env']))
+        self.kv.set('unit', data['unit'])
+        self.kv.set('relid', data.get('relid'))
+        return conf_delta, rels_delta
+
+
+class Record(dict):
+
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    def __getattr__(self, k):
+        if k in self:
+            return self[k]
+        raise AttributeError(k)
+
+
+class DeltaSet(Record):
+
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+
+Delta = collections.namedtuple('Delta', ['previous', 'current'])
+
+
+_KV = None
+
+
+def kv():
+    global _KV
+    if _KV is None:
+        _KV = Storage()
+    return _KV
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
 new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec5e0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical 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 importlib
+from charmhelpers.osplatform import get_platform
+from yaml import safe_load
+from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
+    config,
+    log,
+)
+
+import six
+if six.PY3:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
+else:
+    from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse
+
+
+# The order of this list is very important. Handlers should be listed in from
+# least- to most-specific URL matching.
+FETCH_HANDLERS = (
+    'charmhelpers.fetch.archiveurl.ArchiveUrlFetchHandler',
+    'charmhelpers.fetch.bzrurl.BzrUrlFetchHandler',
+    'charmhelpers.fetch.giturl.GitUrlFetchHandler',
+)
+
+
+class SourceConfigError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class UnhandledSource(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class AptLockError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class BaseFetchHandler(object):
+
+    """Base class for FetchHandler implementations in fetch plugins"""
+
+    def can_handle(self, source):
+        """Returns True if the source can be handled. Otherwise returns
+        a string explaining why it cannot"""
+        return "Wrong source type"
+
+    def install(self, source):
+        """Try to download and unpack the source. Return the path to the
+        unpacked files or raise UnhandledSource."""
+        raise UnhandledSource("Wrong source type {}".format(source))
+
+    def parse_url(self, url):
+        return urlparse(url)
+
+    def base_url(self, url):
+        """Return url without querystring or fragment"""
+        parts = list(self.parse_url(url))
+        parts[4:] = ['' for i in parts[4:]]
+        return urlunparse(parts)
+
+
+__platform__ = get_platform()
+module = "charmhelpers.fetch.%s" % __platform__
+fetch = importlib.import_module(module)
+
+filter_installed_packages = fetch.filter_installed_packages
+install = fetch.install
+upgrade = fetch.upgrade
+update = fetch.update
+purge = fetch.purge
+add_source = fetch.add_source
+
+if __platform__ == "ubuntu":
+    apt_cache = fetch.apt_cache
+    apt_install = fetch.install
+    apt_update = fetch.update
+    apt_upgrade = fetch.upgrade
+    apt_purge = fetch.purge
+    apt_mark = fetch.apt_mark
+    apt_hold = fetch.apt_hold
+    apt_unhold = fetch.apt_unhold
+    get_upstream_version = fetch.get_upstream_version
+elif __platform__ == "centos":
+    yum_search = fetch.yum_search
+
+
+def configure_sources(update=False,
+                      sources_var='install_sources',
+                      keys_var='install_keys'):
+    """Configure multiple sources from charm configuration.
+
+    The lists are encoded as yaml fragments in the configuration.
+    The fragment needs to be included as a string. Sources and their
+    corresponding keys are of the types supported by add_source().
+
+    Example config:
+        install_sources: |
+          - "ppa:foo"