diff --git a/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py b/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
index ea6addd..539efba 100644
--- a/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
+++ b/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
     requested_interval=0
     observes=Sliver
 
-    def get_userdata(self, sliver):
+    def get_userdata(self, sliver, pubkeys):
         userdata = 'opencloud:\n   slicename: "%s"\n   hostname: "%s"\n   restapi_hostname: "%s"\n   restapi_port: "%s"\n' % (sliver.slice.name, sliver.node.name, RESTAPI_HOSTNAME, str(RESTAPI_PORT))
+        userdata += 'ssh-authorized-keys:\n'
+        for key in pubkeys:
+            userdata += '  - %s\n' % key
         return userdata
 
     def sync_record(self, sliver):
@@ -83,14 +86,6 @@
         else:
             image_id = sliver.image.id
 
-        # look up key name at the controller
-        # create/fetch keypair
-        keyname = None
-        keyname = sliver.creator.email.lower().replace('@', 'AT').replace('.', '') +\
-                  sliver.slice.name
-        key_fields =  {'name': keyname,
-                       'public_key': sliver.creator.public_key}
-
         try:
             legacy = Config().observer_legacy
         except:
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@
         availability_zone_filter = 'nova:%s'%host_filter
         sliver_name = '%s-%d'%(sliver.slice.name,sliver.id)
 
-        userData = self.get_userdata(sliver)
+        userData = self.get_userdata(sliver, pubkeys)
         if sliver.userData:
             userData = sliver.userData
 
@@ -119,11 +114,9 @@
                      'ansible_tag':sliver_name,
                      'availability_zone': availability_zone_filter,
                      'image_id':image_id,
-                     'key_name':keyname,
                      'flavor_id':sliver.flavor.id,
                      'nics':nics,
                      'meta':metadata_update,
-                     'key':key_fields,
                      'user_data':r'%s'%escape(userData)}
 
         res = run_template('sync_slivers.yaml', tenant_fields,path='slivers', expected_num=2)
diff --git a/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.yaml b/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.yaml
index 0cf30df..6ac995f 100644
--- a/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.yaml
+++ b/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.yaml
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
 - hosts: 127.0.0.1
   connection: local
   tasks:
-  {% if not delete %}
-  - nova_keypair:
-      state: present
-      auth_url: {{ endpoint }}
-      login_username: {{ admin_user }}
-      login_password: {{ admin_password }}
-      login_tenant_name: {{ admin_tenant }}
-      name: {{ key_name }}
-      public_key: "{{ key.public_key}}"
-  {% endif %}
   - nova_compute:
       auth_url: {{ endpoint }}
       login_username: {{ admin_user }}
@@ -24,7 +14,6 @@
       state: present
       availability_zone: {{ availability_zone }}
       image_id: {{ image_id }}
-      key_name: {{ key_name }}
       wait_for: 200
       flavor_id: {{ flavor_id }}
       user_data: "{{ user_data }}"
diff --git a/xos/util/logger.py b/xos/util/logger.py
index 4bba8b9..7a0d401 100644
--- a/xos/util/logger.py
+++ b/xos/util/logger.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 error_logger = Logger(loggername='error', level=logging.ERROR)
 critical_logger = Logger(loggername='critical', level=logging.CRITICAL)
 logger = info_logger
+observer_logger = Logger(logfile='/var/log/observer.log', loggername='observer', level=logging.DEBUG)
 ########################################
 import time