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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""
+    sync_principal.py
+
+    Synchronize Principals. Principals correspond roughly to Kubernetes ServiceAccounts.
+"""
+
+from synchronizers.new_base.syncstep import SyncStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import Principal
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
+from kubernetes import client as kubernetes_client, config as kubernetes_config
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class SyncPrincipal(SyncStep):
+
+    """
+        SyncPrincipal
+
+        Implements sync step for syncing Principals.
+    """
+
+    provides = [Principal]
+    observes = Principal
+    requested_interval = 0
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(SyncPrincipal, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        kubernetes_config.load_incluster_config()
+        self.v1 = kubernetes_client.CoreV1Api()
+
+    def get_service_account(self, o):
+        """ Given an XOS Principal object, read the corresponding ServiceAccount from Kubernetes.
+            return None if no ServiceAccount exists.
+        """
+        try:
+            service_account = self.v1.read_namespaced_service_account(o.name, o.trust_domain.name)
+        except ApiException, e:
+            if e.status == 404:
+                return None
+            raise
+        return service_account
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
+        """ Figure out which Principals are interesting to the K8s synchronizer.
+            As each Principal exists within a Trust Domain, this reduces to figuring out which Trust Domains are
+            interesting.
+        """
+        objs = super(SyncPrincipal, self).fetch_pending(deleted)
+        for obj in objs[:]:
+            # If the Principal isn't in a TrustDomain, then the K8s synchronizer can't do anything with it
+            if not obj.trust_domain:
+                objs.remove(obj)
+                continue
+
+            # If the Principal's TrustDomain isn't part of the K8s service, then it's someone else's principal
+            if "KubernetesService" not in obj.trust_domain.owner.leaf_model.class_names:
+                objs.remove(obj)
+        return objs
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+            service_account = self.get_service_account(o)
+            if not service_account:
+                service_account = kubernetes_client.V1ServiceAccount()
+                service_account.metadata = kubernetes_client.V1ObjectMeta(name=o.name)
+
+                service_account = self.v1.create_namespaced_service_account(o.trust_domain.name, service_account)
+
+            if (not o.backend_handle):
+                o.backend_handle = service_account.metadata.self_link
+                o.save(update_fields=["backend_handle"])
+
+    def delete_record(self, port):
+        # TODO(smbaker): Implement delete step
+        pass
+