diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9a38278d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = senlin
+omit = */tests/*,senlin/openstack/*
+
+[report]
+ignore-errors = True
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 000000000..7d771d602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+*.pyc
+*.swp
+*~
+build
+dist
+*.egg-info
+tags
+*.log
+.venv
+AUTHORS
+ChangeLog
+.tox
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+cover
+.testrepository
+.project
+.pydevproject
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec138ed33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=
+    PYTHON=$(echo ${PYTHON:-python} | sed 's/--source senlin//g')
+    ${PYTHON} -m subunit.run discover -s . $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
+test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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index 000000000..568c3daaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+If you would like to contribute to the development of OpenStack,
+you must follow the steps in this page:
+
+   http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html
+
+Once those steps have been completed, changes to OpenStack
+should be submitted for review via the Gerrit tool, following
+the workflow documented at:
+
+   http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+
+Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
+
+Bugs should be filed on Launchpad, not GitHub:
+
+   https://bugs.launchpad.net/senlin
diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
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index 000000000..7eb036b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Senlin Style Commandments
+=========================
+
+- Step 1: Read the OpenStack Style Commandments
+  http://docs.openstack.org/developer/hacking/
+- Step 2: Read on
+
+Senlin Specific Commandments
+----------------------------
+
+None so far
+
+Creating Unit Tests
+-------------------
+For every new feature, unit tests should be created that both test and
+(implicitly) document the usage of said feature. If submitting a patch for a
+bug that had no unit test, a new passing unit test should be added. If a
+submitted bug fix does have a unit test, be sure to add a new one that fails
+without the patch and passes with the patch.
+
+For more information on creating unit tests and utilizing the testing
+infrastructure in OpenStack Senlin, please read senlin/tests/testing-overview.txt.
+
+
+Running Tests
+-------------
+The testing system is based on a combination of tox and testr. The canonical
+approach to running tests is to simply run the command `tox`. This will
+create virtual environments, populate them with dependencies and run all of
+the tests that OpenStack CI systems run. Behind the scenes, tox is running
+`testr run --parallel`, but is set up such that you can supply any additional
+testr arguments that are needed to tox. For example, you can run:
+`tox -- --analyze-isolation` to cause tox to tell testr to add
+--analyze-isolation to its argument list.
+
+It is also possible to run the tests inside of a virtual environment
+you have created, or it is possible that you have all of the dependencies
+installed locally already. In this case, you can interact with the testr
+command directly. Running `testr run` will run the entire test suite. `testr
+run --parallel` will run it in parallel (this is the default incantation tox
+uses.) More information about testr can be found at:
+http://wiki.openstack.org/testr
+
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8edbc277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+include AUTHORS
+include ChangeLog
+include CONTRIBUTING.rst
+include HACKING.rst
+include LICENSE
+include README.rst
+include MANIFEST.in pylintrc
+include openstack-common.conf
+include babel.cfg install.sh run_tests.sh tox.ini uninstall.sh
+include senlin/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg
+include senlin/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README
+include senlin/openstack/common/README
+include senlin/testing/README.rst
+include senlin/tests/examples/tags.txt
+include senlin/tests/testing-overview.txt
+include senlin/tests/v1_1/testfile.txt
+include senlin/tests/policy/deny_stack_user.json
+include senlin/tests/policy/notallowed.json
+graft contrib
+graft etc
+graft doc
+graft tools
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ba6852d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+======
+SENLIN
+======
+
+Senlin is a service to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using
+templates.
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
+If you'd like to run from the master branch, you can clone the git repo:
+
+    git clone git@github.com:openstack/senlin.git
+
+
+* Wiki: http://wiki.openstack.org/Senlin
+* Developer docs: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/senlin
+
+
+Python client
+-------------
+https://github.com/openstack/python-senlinclient
diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efceab818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[python: **.py]
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad3ace9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[Messages Control]
+# W0511: TODOs in code comments are fine.
+# W0142: *args and **kwargs are fine.
+# W0622: Redefining id is fine.
+disable-msg=W0511,W0142,W0622
+
+[Basic]
+# Variable names can be 1 to 31 characters long, with lowercase and underscores
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
+
+# Argument names can be 2 to 31 characters long, with lowercase and underscores
+argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
+
+# Method names should be at least 3 characters long
+# and be lowecased with underscores
+method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}$
+
+# Module names matching nova-* are ok (files in bin/)
+module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+)|(nova-[a-z0-9_-]+))$
+
+# Don't require docstrings on tests.
+no-docstring-rgx=((__.*__)|([tT]est.*)|setUp|tearDown)$
+
+# Exclude variable names that conflict with debugger
+bad-names=c
+[Design]
+max-public-methods=100
+min-public-methods=0
+max-args=6