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+import os
+import base64
+from collections import defaultdict
+from django.db.models import F, Q
+from planetstack.config import Config
+from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
+from core.models.site import Controller, SiteDeployment
+from core.models.user import User
+from core.models.controllerusers import ControllerUser
+from util.logger import Logger, logging
+
+from observer.ansible import *
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
+
+class SyncControllerUser(OpenStackSyncStep):
+    provides=[ControllerUser, User]
+    requested_interval=0
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
+
+        if (deleted):
+            return ControllerUser.deleted_objects.all()
+        else:
+            return ControllerUser.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None)) 
+
+    def sync_record(self, controller_user):
+        logger.info("sync'ing user %s at controller %s" % (controller_user.user, controller_user.controller))
+
+        if not controller_user.controller.admin_user:
+            logger.info("controller %r has no admin_user, skipping" % controller_user.controller)
+            return
+
+	template = os_template_env.get_template('sync_controller_users.yaml')
+
+        # All users will have at least the 'user' role at their home site/tenant.
+        # We must also check if the user should have the admin role 		 		
+	roles = ['user']
+        if controller_user.user.is_admin:
+            roles.append('admin')
+   
+	# setup user home site roles at controller 
+        if not controller_user.user.site:
+            raise Exception('Siteless user %s'%controller_user.user.email)
+        else:
+            # look up tenant id for the user's site at the controller
+            #ctrl_site_deployments = SiteDeployment.objects.filter(
+            #  site_deployment__site=controller_user.user.site,
+            #  controller=controller_user.controller)
+
+            #if ctrl_site_deployments:
+            #    # need the correct tenant id for site at the controller
+            #    tenant_id = ctrl_site_deployments[0].tenant_id  
+            #    tenant_name = ctrl_site_deployments[0].site_deployment.site.login_base
+            user_fields = {
+                       'endpoint':controller_user.controller.auth_url,
+		       'name': controller_user.user.email,
+                       'email': controller_user.user.email,
+                       'password': controller_user.user.remote_password,
+                       'admin_user': controller_user.controller.admin_user,
+		       'admin_password': controller_user.controller.admin_password,
+	               'ansible_tag':'%s@%s'%(controller_user.user.email.replace('@','-at-'),controller_user.controller.name),
+		       'admin_tenant': controller_user.controller.admin_tenant,
+		       'roles':roles,
+		       'tenant':controller_user.user.site.login_base}    
+	
+	    rendered = template.render(user_fields)
+	    res = run_template('sync_controller_users.yaml', user_fields,path='controller_users')
+
+	    # results is an array in which each element corresponds to an 
+	    # "ok" string received per operation. If we get as many oks as
+	    # the number of operations we issued, that means a grand success.
+	    # Otherwise, the number of oks tell us which operation failed.
+	    expected_length = len(roles) + 1
+	    if (len(res)==expected_length):
+                controller_user.kuser_id = res[0]['id']
+                controller_user.save()
+	    elif (len(res)):
+	        raise Exception('Could not assign roles for user %s'%user_fields['name'])
+	    else:
+	        raise Exception('Could not create or update user %s'%user_fields['name'])
+
+    def delete_record(self, controller_user):
+        if controller_user.kuser_id:
+            driver = self.driver.admin_driver(controller=controller_user.controller)
+            driver.delete_user(controller_user.kuser_id)