diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 205460e..bfac6fc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-2.1.35
+2.1.36
 
diff --git a/containers/chameleon/Dockerfile.chameleon b/containers/chameleon/Dockerfile.chameleon
index cb13124..56da03e 100644
--- a/containers/chameleon/Dockerfile.chameleon
+++ b/containers/chameleon/Dockerfile.chameleon
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # xosproject/chameleon
-FROM xosproject/xos-base:2.1.35
+FROM xosproject/xos-base:2.1.36
 
 # xos-base already has protoc and dependencies installed
 
diff --git a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.client b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.client
index c8bdeef..eed6feb 100644
--- a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.client
+++ b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.client
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # xosproject/xos-client
-FROM xosproject/xos-libraries:2.1.35
+FROM xosproject/xos-libraries:2.1.36
 
 # Install XOS client
 COPY lib/xos-api /tmp/xos-api
diff --git a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.libraries b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.libraries
index ac83f28..c96f241 100644
--- a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.libraries
+++ b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.libraries
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # xosproject/xos-libraries
-FROM xosproject/xos-base:2.1.35
+FROM xosproject/xos-base:2.1.36
 
 # Add libraries
 COPY lib /opt/xos/lib
diff --git a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.synchronizer-base b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.synchronizer-base
index 3fa14f5..2ae3ed4 100644
--- a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.synchronizer-base
+++ b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.synchronizer-base
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # xosproject/xos-synchronizer-base
-FROM xosproject/xos-client:2.1.35
+FROM xosproject/xos-client:2.1.36
 
 COPY xos/synchronizers/new_base /opt/xos/synchronizers/new_base
 COPY xos/xos/logger.py /opt/xos/xos/logger.py
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 # Copy over ansible hosts
 COPY containers/xos/ansible-hosts /etc/ansible/hosts
 
+# For library-based synchronizers
+COPY lib/xos-synchronizer /tmp/xos-synchronizer
+COPY VERSION tmp/xos-synchronizer
+RUN cd /tmp/xos-synchronizer && python setup.py install
+
 # Label image
 ARG org_label_schema_schema_version=1.0
 ARG org_label_schema_name=xos-synchronizer-base
diff --git a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.xos-core b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.xos-core
index a8f70a8..aa1eb15 100644
--- a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.xos-core
+++ b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.xos-core
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # xosproject/xos-core
-FROM xosproject/xos-libraries:2.1.35
+FROM xosproject/xos-libraries:2.1.36
 
 # Install XOS
 ADD xos /opt/xos
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/setup.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..305e7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# 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.
+
+
+from xosutil.autoversion_setup import setup_with_auto_version
+from xosutil.version import __version__
+
+setup_with_auto_version(
+    name="XosSynchronizer",
+    version=__version__,
+    description="XOS Synchronizer Framework",
+    author="Scott Baker",
+    author_email="scottb@opennetworking.org",
+    packages=[
+        "xossynchronizer",
+        "xossynchronizer.steps",
+        "xossynchronizer.event_steps",
+        "xossynchronizer.pull_steps",
+        "xossynchronizer.model_policies"],
+    include_package_data=True,
+    test_suite='nose2.collector.collector',
+    tests_require=['nose2'],
+    install_requires=["xosconfig>=2.1.35",],
+)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fb0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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.
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/event_steps/event_step.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/event_steps/event_step.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..601b8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/event_steps/event_step.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# 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.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from xossynchronizer.event_steps.eventstep import EventStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+
+class TestEventStep(EventStep):
+    technology = "kafka"
+    topics = ["sometopic"]
+    pattern = None
+
+    def __init__(self, log, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(TestEventStep, self).__init__(log, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def process_event(self, event):
+        print("received an event", event)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/model-deps b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/model-deps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..247a190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/model-deps
@@ -0,0 +1,656 @@
+{ 
+     
+    
+    "User": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerUser", "controllerusers", "user"],
+        
+        
+        ["Site", "site", "users"],
+        ["DashboardView", "dashboards", "user"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Privilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerPrivilege", "controllerprivileges", "privilege"]
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "AddressPool": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "service", "addresspools"]
+        
+    ], 
+     
+    
+    "ControllerDashboardView": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllerdashboardviews"],
+        ["DashboardView", "dashboardView", "controllerdashboardviews"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerImages": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Image", "image", "controllerimages"],
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllerimages"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerNetwork": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Network", "network", "controllernetworks"],
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllernetworks"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerRole": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerSite": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Site", "site", "controllersite"],
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllersite"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerPrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllerprivileges"],
+        ["Privilege", "privilege", "controllerprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerSitePrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllersiteprivileges"],
+        ["SitePrivilege", "site_privilege", "controllersiteprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerSlice": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllerslices"],
+        ["Slice", "slice", "controllerslices"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerSlicePrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllersliceprivileges"],
+        ["SlicePrivilege", "slice_privilege", "controllersliceprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ControllerUser": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["User", "user", "controllerusers"],
+        ["Controller", "controller", "controllersusers"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "DashboardView": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerDashboardView", "controllerdashboardviews", "dashboardView"],
+        
+        
+        ["Controller", "controllers", "dashboardviews"],
+        ["Deployment", "deployments", "dashboardviews"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Deployment": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "DeploymentPrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["User", "user", "deploymentprivileges"],
+        ["Deployment", "deployment", "deploymentprivileges"],
+        ["DeploymentRole", "role", "deploymentprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "DeploymentRole": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Flavor": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Image": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerImages", "controllerimages", "image"]
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ImageDeployments": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Image", "image", "imagedeployments"],
+        ["Deployment", "deployment", "imagedeployments"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Instance": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Image", "image", "instances"],
+        ["User", "creator", "instances"],
+        ["Slice", "slice", "instances"],
+        ["Deployment", "deployment", "instance_deployment"],
+        ["Node", "node", "instances"],
+        ["Flavor", "flavor", "instance"],
+        ["Instance", "parent", "instance"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Network": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerNetwork", "controllernetworks", "network"],
+        
+        
+        ["NetworkTemplate", "template", "network"],
+        ["Slice", "owner", "ownedNetworks"],
+        ["Slice", "permitted_slices", "availableNetworks"]
+    ], 
+    
+    "NetworkParameter": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["NetworkParameterType", "parameter", "networkparameters"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "NetworkParameterType": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "NetworkSlice": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Network", "network", "networkslices"],
+        ["Slice", "slice", "networkslices"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "NetworkTemplate": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Node": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["SiteDeployment", "site_deployment", "nodes"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "NodeLabel": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Node", "node", "nodelabels"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Port": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Network", "network", "links"],
+        ["Instance", "instance", "ports"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Role": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Service": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceAttribute": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "service", "serviceattributes"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceDependency": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "provider_service", "provided_dependencies"],
+        ["Service", "subscriber_service", "subscribed_dependencies"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceMonitoringAgentInfo": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "service", "servicemonitoringagents"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServicePrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["User", "user", "serviceprivileges"],
+        ["Service", "service", "serviceprivileges"],
+        ["ServiceRole", "role", "serviceprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceRole": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Site": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerSite", "controllersite", "site"],
+        
+        
+        ["Deployment", "deployments", "sites"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "SiteDeployment": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Site", "site", "sitedeployments"],
+        ["Deployment", "deployment", "sitedeployments"],
+        ["Controller", "controller", "sitedeployments"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "SitePrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerSitePrivilege", "controllersiteprivileges", "site_privilege"],
+        
+        
+        ["User", "user", "siteprivileges"],
+        ["Site", "site", "siteprivileges"],
+        ["SiteRole", "role", "siteprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "SiteRole": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Slice": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerSlice", "controllerslices", "slice"],
+        
+        
+        ["Site", "site", "slices"],
+        ["Service", "service", "slices"],
+        ["User", "creator", "slices"],
+        ["Flavor", "default_flavor", "slices"],
+        ["Image", "default_image", "slices"],
+        ["Node", "default_node", "slices"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "SlicePrivilege": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+         
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ControllerSlicePrivilege", "controllersliceprivileges", "slice_privilege"],
+        
+        
+        ["User", "user", "sliceprivileges"],
+        ["Slice", "slice", "sliceprivileges"],
+        ["SliceRole", "role", "sliceprivileges"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "SliceRole": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "Tag": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "service", "tags"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "InterfaceType": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceInterface": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "service", "service_interfaces"],
+        ["InterfaceType", "interface_type", "service_interfaces"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceInstance": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "owner", "service_instances"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceInstanceLink": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ServiceInstance", "provider_service_instance", "provided_links"],
+        ["ServiceInterface", "provider_service_interface", "provided_links"],
+        ["ServiceInstance", "subscriber_service_instance", "subscribed_links"],
+        ["Service", "subscriber_service", "subscribed_links"],
+        ["Network", "subscriber_network", "subscribed_links"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "ServiceInstanceAttribute": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["ServiceInstance", "service_instance", "service_instance_attributes"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "TenantWithContainer": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        ["Service", "owner", "service_instances"],
+        ["Instance", "instance", "+"],
+        ["User", "creator", "+"]
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "XOS": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ], 
+    
+    "XOSGuiExtension": [
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fb0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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.
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_container.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_container.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf108f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_container.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+import socket
+import sys
+import base64
+import time
+from xossynchronizer.steps.SyncInstanceUsingAnsible import SyncInstanceUsingAnsible
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import DeferredException
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+# hpclibrary will be in steps/..
+parentdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")
+sys.path.insert(0, parentdir)
+
+
+class SyncContainer(SyncInstanceUsingAnsible):
+    provides = [Instance]
+    observes = Instance
+    template_name = "sync_container.yaml"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(SyncContainer, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deletion=False):
+        i = Instance()
+        i.name = "Spectacular Sponge"
+        j = Instance()
+        j.name = "Spontaneous Tent"
+        k = Instance()
+        k.name = "Embarrassed Cat"
+
+        objs = [i, j, k]
+        return objs
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        pass
+
+    def delete_record(self, o):
+        pass
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_images.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_images.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84a43b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_images.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncControllerImages(SyncStep):
+    provides = [ControllerImages]
+    observes = ControllerImages
+    requested_interval = 0
+    playbook = "sync_controller_images.yaml"
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
+        ci = ControllerImages()
+        i = Image()
+        i.name = "Lush Loss"
+        ci.i = i
+        return [ci]
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_image):
+        image_fields = {
+            "endpoint": controller_image.controller.auth_url,
+            "endpoint_v3": controller_image.controller.auth_url_v3,
+            "admin_user": controller_image.controller.admin_user,
+            "admin_password": controller_image.controller.admin_password,
+            "domain": controller_image.controller.domain,
+            "name": controller_image.image.name,
+            "filepath": controller_image.image.path,
+            # name of ansible playbook
+            "ansible_tag": "%s@%s"
+            % (controller_image.image.name, controller_image.controller.name),
+        }
+
+        return image_fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_image, res):
+        image_id = res[0]["id"]
+        controller_image.glance_image_id = image_id
+        controller_image.backend_status = "1 - OK"
+        controller_image.save()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_networks.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_networks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1133545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_networks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+import struct
+import socket
+from netaddr import IPAddress, IPNetwork
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncControllerNetworks(SyncStep):
+    requested_interval = 0
+    provides = [Network]
+    observes = ControllerNetwork
+    external_dependencies = [User]
+    playbook = "sync_controller_networks.yaml"
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
+        ci = ControllerNetwork()
+        i = Network()
+        i.name = "Lush Loss"
+        s = Slice()
+        s.name = "Ghastly Notebook"
+        i.owner = s
+        ci.i = i
+        return [ci]
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_network, res):
+        network_id = res[0]["network"]["id"]
+        subnet_id = res[1]["subnet"]["id"]
+        controller_network.net_id = network_id
+        controller_network.subnet = self.cidr
+        controller_network.subnet_id = subnet_id
+        controller_network.backend_status = "1 - OK"
+        if not controller_network.segmentation_id:
+            controller_network.segmentation_id = str(
+                self.get_segmentation_id(controller_network)
+            )
+        controller_network.save()
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_network):
+        pass
+
+    def map_delete_inputs(self, controller_network):
+        network_fields = {"endpoint": None, "delete": True}
+
+        return network_fields
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_site_privileges.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_site_privileges.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d3985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_site_privileges.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+import json
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncControllerSitePrivileges(SyncStep):
+    provides = [SitePrivilege]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = ControllerSitePrivilege
+    playbook = "sync_controller_users.yaml"
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_site_privilege):
+        controller_register = json.loads(
+            controller_site_privilege.controller.backend_register
+        )
+        if not controller_site_privilege.controller.admin_user:
+            return
+
+        roles = [controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.role.role]
+        # setup user home site roles at controller
+        if not controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user.site:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Siteless user %s" % controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.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_site_privilege.user.site,
+            #  controller=controller_site_privilege.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_site_privilege.controller.auth_url,
+                "endpoint_v3": controller_site_privilege.controller.auth_url_v3,
+                "domain": controller_site_privilege.controller.domain,
+                "name": controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user.email,
+                "email": controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user.email,
+                "password": controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user.remote_password,
+                "admin_user": controller_site_privilege.controller.admin_user,
+                "admin_password": controller_site_privilege.controller.admin_password,
+                "ansible_tag": "%s@%s"
+                % (
+                    controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user.email.replace(
+                        "@", "-at-"
+                    ),
+                    controller_site_privilege.controller.name,
+                ),
+                "admin_tenant": controller_site_privilege.controller.admin_tenant,
+                "roles": roles,
+                "tenant": controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.site.login_base,
+            }
+
+            return user_fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_site_privilege, res):
+        # 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.
+        controller_site_privilege.role_id = res[0]["id"]
+        controller_site_privilege.save()
+
+    def delete_record(self, controller_site_privilege):
+        controller_register = json.loads(
+            controller_site_privilege.controller.backend_register
+        )
+        if controller_register.get("disabled", False):
+            raise InnocuousException(
+                "Controller %s is disabled" % controller_site_privilege.controller.name
+            )
+
+        if controller_site_privilege.role_id:
+            driver = self.driver.admin_driver(
+                controller=controller_site_privilege.controller
+            )
+            user = ControllerUser.objects.get(
+                controller=controller_site_privilege.controller,
+                user=controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user,
+            )
+            site = ControllerSite.objects.get(
+                controller=controller_site_privilege.controller,
+                user=controller_site_privilege.site_privilege.user,
+            )
+            driver.delete_user_role(
+                user.kuser_id,
+                site.tenant_id,
+                controller_site_privilege.site_prvilege.role.role,
+            )
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_sites.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_sites.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..509a45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_sites.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+import json
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncControllerSites(SyncStep):
+    requested_interval = 0
+    provides = [Site]
+    observes = ControllerSite
+    playbook = "sync_controller_sites.yaml"
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deleted=False):
+        lobjs = super(SyncControllerSites, self).fetch_pending(deleted)
+
+        if not deleted:
+            # filter out objects with null controllers
+            lobjs = [x for x in lobjs if x.controller]
+
+        return lobjs
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_site):
+        tenant_fields = {
+            "endpoint": controller_site.controller.auth_url,
+            "endpoint_v3": controller_site.controller.auth_url_v3,
+            "domain": controller_site.controller.domain,
+            "admin_user": controller_site.controller.admin_user,
+            "admin_password": controller_site.controller.admin_password,
+            "admin_tenant": controller_site.controller.admin_tenant,
+            # name of ansible playbook
+            "ansible_tag": "%s@%s"
+            % (controller_site.site.login_base, controller_site.controller.name),
+            "tenant": controller_site.site.login_base,
+            "tenant_description": controller_site.site.name,
+        }
+        return tenant_fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_site, res):
+        controller_site.tenant_id = res[0]["id"]
+        controller_site.backend_status = "1 - OK"
+        controller_site.save()
+
+    def delete_record(self, controller_site):
+        controller_register = json.loads(controller_site.controller.backend_register)
+        if controller_register.get("disabled", False):
+            raise InnocuousException(
+                "Controller %s is disabled" % controller_site.controller.name
+            )
+
+        if controller_site.tenant_id:
+            driver = self.driver.admin_driver(controller=controller_site.controller)
+            driver.delete_tenant(controller_site.tenant_id)
+
+        """
+        Ansible does not support tenant deletion yet
+
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
+        template = os_template_env.get_template('delete_controller_sites.yaml')
+        tenant_fields = {'endpoint':controller_site.controller.auth_url,
+                         'admin_user': controller_site.controller.admin_user,
+                         'admin_password': controller_site.controller.admin_password,
+                         'admin_tenant': 'admin',
+                         'ansible_tag': 'controller_sites/%s@%s'%(controller_site.controller_site.site.login_base,controller_site.controller_site.deployment.name), # name of ansible playbook
+                         'tenant': controller_site.controller_site.site.login_base,
+                         'delete': True}
+
+        rendered = template.render(tenant_fields)
+        res = run_template('sync_controller_sites.yaml', tenant_fields)
+
+        if (len(res)!=1):
+                raise Exception('Could not assign roles for user %s'%tenant_fields['tenant'])
+        """
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_slice_privileges.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_slice_privileges.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec0667c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_slice_privileges.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+import json
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncControllerSlicePrivileges(SyncStep):
+    provides = [SlicePrivilege]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = ControllerSlicePrivilege
+    playbook = "sync_controller_users.yaml"
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_slice_privilege):
+        if not controller_slice_privilege.controller.admin_user:
+            return
+
+        template = os_template_env.get_template("sync_controller_users.yaml")
+        roles = [controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.role.role]
+        # setup user home slice roles at controller
+        if not controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.site:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Sliceless user %s"
+                % controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.email
+            )
+        else:
+            user_fields = {
+                "endpoint": controller_slice_privilege.controller.auth_url,
+                "endpoint_v3": controller_slice_privilege.controller.auth_url_v3,
+                "domain": controller_slice_privilege.controller.domain,
+                "name": controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.email,
+                "email": controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.email,
+                "password": controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.remote_password,
+                "admin_user": controller_slice_privilege.controller.admin_user,
+                "admin_password": controller_slice_privilege.controller.admin_password,
+                "ansible_tag": "%s@%s@%s"
+                % (
+                    controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.email.replace(
+                        "@", "-at-"
+                    ),
+                    controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.slice.name,
+                    controller_slice_privilege.controller.name,
+                ),
+                "admin_tenant": controller_slice_privilege.controller.admin_tenant,
+                "roles": roles,
+                "tenant": controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.slice.name,
+            }
+            return user_fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_slice_privilege, res):
+        controller_slice_privilege.role_id = res[0]["id"]
+        controller_slice_privilege.save()
+
+    def delete_record(self, controller_slice_privilege):
+        controller_register = json.loads(
+            controller_slice_privilege.controller.backend_register
+        )
+        if controller_register.get("disabled", False):
+            raise InnocuousException(
+                "Controller %s is disabled" % controller_slice_privilege.controller.name
+            )
+
+        if controller_slice_privilege.role_id:
+            driver = self.driver.admin_driver(
+                controller=controller_slice_privilege.controller
+            )
+            user = ControllerUser.objects.filter(
+                controller_id=controller_slice_privilege.controller.id,
+                user_id=controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.id,
+            )
+            user = user[0]
+            slice = ControllerSlice.objects.filter(
+                controller_id=controller_slice_privilege.controller.id,
+                user_id=controller_slice_privilege.slice_privilege.user.id,
+            )
+            slice = slice[0]
+            driver.delete_user_role(
+                user.kuser_id,
+                slice.tenant_id,
+                controller_slice_privilege.slice_prvilege.role.role,
+            )
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_slices.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_slices.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f43bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_slices.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep, DeferredException
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncControllerSlices(SyncStep):
+    provides = [Slice]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = ControllerSlice
+    playbook = "sync_controller_slices.yaml"
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_slice):
+        if getattr(controller_slice, "force_fail", None):
+            raise Exception("Forced failure")
+        elif getattr(controller_slice, "force_defer", None):
+            raise DeferredException("Forced defer")
+
+        tenant_fields = {"endpoint": "endpoint", "name": "Flagrant Haircut"}
+
+        return tenant_fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_slice, res):
+        controller_slice.save()
+
+    def map_delete_inputs(self, controller_slice):
+        tenant_fields = {
+            "endpoint": "endpoint",
+            "name": "Conscientious Plastic",
+            "delete": True,
+        }
+        return tenant_fields
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_users.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..881e78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_controller_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+
+class SyncControllerUsers(SyncStep):
+    provides = [User]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = ControllerUser
+    playbook = "sync_controller_users.yaml"
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, controller_user):
+        if not controller_user.controller.admin_user:
+            return
+
+        # 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:
+            driver = self.driver.admin_driver(controller=controller_user.controller)
+            roles.append(driver.get_admin_role().name)
+
+        # setup user home site roles at controller
+        if not controller_user.user.site:
+            raise Exception("Siteless user %s" % controller_user.user.email)
+        else:
+            user_fields = {
+                "endpoint": controller_user.controller.auth_url,
+                "endpoint_v3": controller_user.controller.auth_url_v3,
+                "domain": controller_user.controller.domain,
+                "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_project": controller_user.controller.admin_tenant,
+                "roles": roles,
+                "project": controller_user.user.site.login_base,
+            }
+            return user_fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, controller_user, res):
+        controller_user.kuser_id = res[0]["user"]["id"]
+        controller_user.backend_status = "1 - OK"
+        controller_user.save()
+
+    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)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_images.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_images.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2284ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_images.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+class SyncImages(SyncStep):
+    provides = [Image]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = [Image]
+
+    def sync_record(self, role):
+        # do nothing
+        pass
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_instances.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_instances.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..479b87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_instances.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+import socket
+from xossynchronizer.steps import syncstep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+RESTAPI_HOSTNAME = socket.gethostname()
+RESTAPI_PORT = "8000"
+
+
+def escape(s):
+    s = s.replace("\n", r"\n").replace('"', r"\"")
+    return s
+
+
+class SyncInstances(syncstep.SyncStep):
+    provides = [Instance]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = Instance
+    playbook = "sync_instances.yaml"
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deletion=False):
+        objs = super(SyncInstances, self).fetch_pending(deletion)
+        objs = [x for x in objs if x.isolation == "vm"]
+        return objs
+
+    def map_sync_inputs(self, instance):
+        inputs = {}
+        metadata_update = {}
+
+        fields = {"name": instance.name, "delete": False}
+        return fields
+
+    def map_sync_outputs(self, instance, res):
+        instance.save()
+
+    def map_delete_inputs(self, instance):
+        input = {
+            "endpoint": "endpoint",
+            "admin_user": "admin_user",
+            "admin_password": "admin_password",
+            "project_name": "project_name",
+            "tenant": "tenant",
+            "tenant_description": "tenant_description",
+            "name": instance.name,
+            "ansible_tag": "ansible_tag",
+            "delete": True,
+        }
+
+        return input
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_ports.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_ports.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77209a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_ports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+
+class SyncPort(SyncStep):
+    requested_interval = 0  # 3600
+    provides = [Port]
+    observes = Port
+
+    def call(self, failed=[], deletion=False):
+        if deletion:
+            self.delete_ports()
+        else:
+            self.sync_ports()
+
+    def sync_ports(self):
+        open("/tmp/sync_ports", "w").write("Sync successful")
+
+    def delete_ports(self):
+        open("/tmp/delete_ports", "w").write("Delete successful")
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_roles.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_roles.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b1364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/steps/sync_roles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import *
+
+
+class SyncRoles(SyncStep):
+    provides = [Role]
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = [SiteRole, SliceRole, ControllerRole]
+
+    def sync_record(self, role):
+        if not role.enacted:
+            controllers = Controller.objects.all()
+            for controller in controllers:
+                driver = self.driver.admin_driver(controller=controller)
+                driver.create_role(role.role)
+            role.save()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_config.yaml b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a4fece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+# 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.
+
+name: test-synchronizer
+accessor:
+  username: xosadmin@opencord.org
+  password: "sample"
+  kind: testframework
+event_bus:
+  endpoint: "fake"
+  kind: kafka
+logging:
+  version: 1
+  handlers:
+    console:
+      class: logging.StreamHandler
+  loggers:
+    '':
+      handlers:
+          - console
+      level: DEBUG
+dependency_graph: "tests/model-deps"
+steps_dir: "tests/steps"
+pull_steps_dir: "tests/pull_steps"
+event_steps_dir: "tests/event_steps"
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_controller_dependencies.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_controller_dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e358fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_controller_dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+# 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.
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+import networkx as nx
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+#test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+#xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..")
+
+
+class TestControllerDependencies(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    __test__ = False
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        global mock_enumerator, event_loop
+
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))  # config references tests/model-deps
+
+        import event_loop
+
+        reload(event_loop)
+        import backend
+
+        reload(backend)
+        from mock_modelaccessor import mock_enumerator
+        from modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+            globals()[k] = v
+
+        b = backend.Backend()
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        self.steps = b.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+        self.synchronizer = event_loop.XOSObserver(self.steps)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    def test_multi_controller_path(self):
+        csl = ControllerSlice()
+        csi = ControllerSite()
+        site = Site()
+        slice = Slice()
+        slice.site = site
+        csl.slice = slice
+        csi.site = site
+        slice.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([csl])
+        site.controllersite = mock_enumerator([csi])
+
+        verdict, edge_type = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(csl, csi)
+        self.assertTrue(verdict)
+        self.assertEqual(edge_type, event_loop.PROXY_EDGE)
+
+    def test_controller_path_simple(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        t = Site()
+        ct = ControllerSite()
+        p.slice = s
+        s.site = t
+        ct.site = t
+        t.controllersite = mock_enumerator([ct])
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([p, ct], False)
+        self.assertEqual([ct, p], cohorts[0])
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([ct, p], False)
+        self.assertEqual([ct, p], cohorts[0])
+
+    def test_controller_deletion_path(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        t = Site()
+        ct = ControllerSite()
+        ct.site = t
+        p.slice = s
+        s.site = t
+
+        t.controllersite = mock_enumerator([ct])
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([p, s, t, ct], False)
+        self.assertEqual([t, ct, s, p], cohorts[0])
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([p, s, t, ct], True)
+        self.assertEqual([p, s, ct, t], cohorts[0])
+
+    def test_multi_controller_schedule(self):
+        csl = ControllerSlice()
+        csi = ControllerSite()
+        site = Site()
+        slice = Slice()
+        slice.site = site
+        csl.slice = slice
+        csi.site = site
+        slice.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([csl])
+        site.controllersite = mock_enumerator([csi])
+        i = Instance()
+        i.slice = slice
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts(
+            [i, slice, site, csl, csi], False
+        )
+        self.assertEqual([site, csi, slice, csl, i], cohorts[0])
+
+    def test_multi_controller_path_negative(self):
+        csl = ControllerSlice()
+        csi = ControllerSite()
+        site = Site()
+        slice = Slice()
+        slice.site = site
+        csl.slice = slice
+        csi.site = site
+        slice.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([])
+        site.controllersite = mock_enumerator([])
+
+        verdict, edge_type = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(csl, csi)
+        self.assertFalse(verdict)
+        self.assertEqual(edge_type, None)
+
+    def test_controller_path_simple_negative(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        t = Site()
+        ct = ControllerSite()
+        p.slice = s
+        s.site = t
+        ct.site = t
+        t.controllersite = mock_enumerator([])
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([p, ct], False)
+        self.assertIn([ct], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+
+    def test_controller_deletion_path_negative(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        t = Site()
+        ct = ControllerSite()
+        s.site = t
+
+        t.controllersite = mock_enumerator([])
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([p, s, t, ct], False)
+        self.assertIn([t, s], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([ct], cohorts)
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([p, s, t, ct], True)
+        self.assertIn([s, t], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([ct], cohorts)
+
+    def test_multi_controller_deletion_schedule(self):
+        csl = ControllerSlice()
+        cn = ControllerNetwork()
+        site = Site()
+        slice = Slice()
+        slice.site = site
+        slice.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([])
+        site.controllersite = mock_enumerator([])
+        i = Instance()
+        i.slice = slice
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts(
+            [i, slice, site, csl, csi], False
+        )
+        self.assertIn([site, slice, i], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([csl], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([csi], cohorts)
+
+    def test_multi_controller_schedule_negative(self):
+        csl = ControllerSlice()
+        csi = ControllerSite()
+        site = Site()
+        slice = Slice()
+        slice.site = site
+        slice.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([])
+        site.controllersite = mock_enumerator([])
+        i = Instance()
+        i.slice = slice
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts(
+            [i, slice, site, csl, csi], False
+        )
+        self.assertIn([site, slice, i], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([csl], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([csi], cohorts)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_diffs.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_diffs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e09c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_diffs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# 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.
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch, call, Mock, PropertyMock
+import json
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+services_dir = os.path.join(xos_dir, "../../xos_services")
+
+class TestDiffs(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    """ These tests are for the mock modelaccessor, to make sure it behaves like the real one """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        # Setting up the config module
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+        # END Setting up the config module
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        # FIXME this is to get jenkins to pass the tests, somehow it is running tests in a different order
+        # and apparently it is not overriding the generated model accessor
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir, [])
+        import xossynchronizer.modelaccessor
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (
+            k,
+            v,
+        ) in (
+            xossynchronizer.modelaccessor.model_accessor.all_model_classes.items()
+        ):
+            globals()[k] = v
+
+        self.log = Mock()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+
+    def test_new_diff(self):
+        site = Site(name="mysite")
+
+        self.assertEqual(site.is_new, True)
+        self.assertEqual(site._dict, {"name": "mysite"})
+        self.assertEqual(site.diff, {})
+        self.assertEqual(site.changed_fields, ["name"])
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("name"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("login_base"), False)
+
+        site.login_base = "bar"
+
+        self.assertEqual(site._dict, {"login_base": "bar", "name": "mysite"})
+        self.assertEqual(site.diff, {"login_base": (None, "bar")})
+        self.assertIn("name", site.changed_fields)
+        self.assertIn("login_base", site.changed_fields)
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("name"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("login_base"), True)
+        self.assertEqual(site.get_field_diff("login_base"), (None, "bar"))
+
+    def test_existing_diff(self):
+        site = Site(name="mysite", login_base="foo")
+
+        # this is what would happen after saving and re-loading
+        site.is_new = False
+        site.id = 1
+        site._initial = site._dict
+
+        self.assertEqual(site.is_new, False)
+        self.assertEqual(site._dict, {"id": 1, "name": "mysite", "login_base": "foo"})
+        self.assertEqual(site.diff, {})
+        self.assertEqual(site.changed_fields, [])
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("name"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("login_base"), False)
+
+        site.login_base = "bar"
+
+        self.assertEqual(site._dict, {"id": 1, "login_base": "bar", "name": "mysite"})
+        self.assertEqual(site.diff, {"login_base": ("foo", "bar")})
+        self.assertIn("login_base", site.changed_fields)
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("name"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(site.has_field_changed("login_base"), True)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_event_engine.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_event_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13972c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_event_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+# 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.
+
+import confluent_kafka
+import functools
+import unittest
+
+from mock import patch, PropertyMock, ANY
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+log = None
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+print os.getcwd()
+
+def config_get_mock(orig, overrides, key):
+    if key in overrides:
+        return overrides[key]
+    else:
+        return orig(key)
+
+
+class FakeKafkaConsumer:
+    def __init__(self, values=[]):
+        self.values = values
+
+    def subscribe(self, topics):
+        pass
+
+    def poll(self, timeout=1.0):
+        if self.values:
+            return FakeKafkaMessage(self.values.pop())
+        # block forever
+        time.sleep(1000)
+
+
+class FakeKafkaMessage:
+    """ Works like Message in confluent_kafka
+        https://docs.confluent.io/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/#message
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        timestamp=None,
+        topic="faketopic",
+        key="fakekey",
+        value="fakevalue",
+        error=False,
+    ):
+
+        if timestamp is None:
+            self.fake_ts_type = confluent_kafka.TIMESTAMP_NOT_AVAILABLE
+            self.fake_timestamp = None
+        else:
+            self.fake_ts_type = confluent_kafka.TIMESTAMP_CREATE_TIME
+            self.fake_timestamp = timestamp
+
+        self.fake_topic = topic
+        self.fake_key = key
+        self.fake_value = value
+        self.fake_error = error
+
+    def error(self):
+        return self.fake_error
+
+    def timestamp(self):
+        return (self.fake_ts_type, self.fake_timestamp)
+
+    def topic(self):
+        return self.fake_topic
+
+    def key(self):
+        return self.fake_key
+
+    def value(self):
+        return self.fake_value
+
+
+class TestEventEngine(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+
+        global log
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        if not log:
+            from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+            log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        global XOSKafkaThread, Config, log
+
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        # The test config.yaml references files in `test/` so make sure we're in the parent directory of the
+        # test directory.
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))
+
+        from xossynchronizer.event_engine import XOSKafkaThread, XOSEventEngine
+
+        self.event_steps_dir = Config.get("event_steps_dir")
+        self.event_engine = XOSEventEngine(log)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    def test_load_event_step_modules(self):
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.event_steps), 1)
+
+    def test_start(self):
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            FakeKafkaConsumer, "subscribe"
+        ) as fake_subscribe, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "process_event"
+        ) as process_event:
+
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer(
+                values=["sampleevent"]
+            )
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 1)
+
+            # Since event_engine.start() launches threads, give them a hundred milliseconds to do something...
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+
+            # We should have subscribed to the fake consumer
+            fake_subscribe.assert_called_once()
+
+            # The fake consumer will have returned one event
+            process_event.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_start_with_pattern(self):
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            FakeKafkaConsumer, "subscribe"
+        ) as fake_subscribe, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "process_event"
+        ) as process_event, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "pattern", new_callable=PropertyMock
+        ) as pattern, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "topics", new_callable=PropertyMock
+        ) as topics:
+
+            pattern.return_value = "somepattern"
+            topics.return_value = []
+
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer(
+                values=["sampleevent"]
+            )
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 1)
+
+            # Since event_engine.start() launches threads, give them a hundred milliseconds to do something...
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+
+            # We should have subscribed to the fake consumer
+            fake_subscribe.assert_called_with("somepattern")
+
+            # The fake consumer will have returned one event
+            process_event.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_start_bad_tech(self):
+        """ Set an unknown Technology in the event_step. XOSEventEngine.start() should print an error message and
+            not create any threads.
+        """
+
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            log, "error"
+        ) as log_error, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "technology"
+        ) as technology:
+            technology.return_value = "not_kafka"
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer()
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 0)
+
+            log_error.assert_called_with(
+                "Unknown technology. Skipping step",
+                step="TestEventStep",
+                technology=ANY,
+            )
+
+    def test_start_bad_no_topics(self):
+        """ Set no topics in the event_step. XOSEventEngine.start() will launch a thread, but the thread will fail
+            with an exception before calling subscribe.
+        """
+
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            FakeKafkaConsumer, "subscribe"
+        ) as fake_subscribe, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "topics", new_callable=PropertyMock
+        ) as topics:
+            topics.return_value = []
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer()
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            # the thread does get launched, but it will fail with an exception
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 1)
+
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+
+            fake_subscribe.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_start_bad_topics_and_pattern(self):
+        """ Set no topics in the event_step. XOSEventEngine.start() will launch a thread, but the thread will fail
+            with an exception before calling subscribe.
+        """
+
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            FakeKafkaConsumer, "subscribe"
+        ) as fake_subscribe, patch.object(
+            self.event_engine.event_steps[0], "pattern", new_callable=PropertyMock
+        ) as pattern:
+            pattern.return_value = "foo"
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer()
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            # the thread does get launched, but it will fail with an exception
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 1)
+
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+
+            fake_subscribe.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_start_config_no_eventbus_kind(self):
+        """ Set a blank event_bus.kind in Config. XOSEventEngine.start() should print an error message and
+            not create any threads.
+        """
+
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        config_get_orig = Config.get
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            log, "error"
+        ) as log_error, patch.object(
+            Config,
+            "get",
+            new=functools.partial(
+                config_get_mock, config_get_orig, {"event_bus.kind": None}
+            ),
+        ):
+
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer()
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 0)
+
+            log_error.assert_called_with(
+                "Eventbus kind is not configured in synchronizer config file."
+            )
+
+    def test_start_config_bad_eventbus_kind(self):
+        """ Set an unknown event_bus.kind in Config. XOSEventEngine.start() should print an error message and
+            not create any threads.
+        """
+
+        self.event_engine.load_event_step_modules(self.event_steps_dir)
+
+        config_get_orig = Config.get
+        with patch.object(
+            XOSKafkaThread, "create_kafka_consumer"
+        ) as create_kafka_consumer, patch.object(
+            log, "error"
+        ) as log_error, patch.object(
+            Config,
+            "get",
+            new=functools.partial(
+                config_get_mock, config_get_orig, {"event_bus.kind": "not_kafka"}
+            ),
+        ):
+            create_kafka_consumer.return_value = FakeKafkaConsumer()
+            self.event_engine.start()
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(self.event_engine.threads), 0)
+
+            log_error.assert_called_with(
+                "Eventbus kind is set to a technology we do not implement.",
+                eventbus_kind="not_kafka",
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_load.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_load.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f9813d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_load.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# 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.
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+import networkx as nx
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+class TestScheduling(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        # The test config.yaml references files in `test/` so make sure we're in the parent directory of the
+        # test directory.
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))
+
+        import xossynchronizer.event_loop
+        reload(xossynchronizer.event_loop)
+
+        import xossynchronizer.backend
+        reload(xossynchronizer.backend)
+
+        b = xossynchronizer.backend.Backend()
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        self.steps = b.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+        self.synchronizer = xossynchronizer.event_loop.XOSObserver(self.steps)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    def test_load_steps(self):
+        step_names = [s.__name__ for s in self.steps]
+        self.assertIn("SyncControllerSlices", step_names)
+
+    def test_load_deps(self):
+        self.synchronizer.load_dependency_graph()
+        graph = self.synchronizer.model_dependency_graph
+        self.assertTrue(graph[False].has_edge("Instance", "Slice"))
+        self.assertTrue(graph[True].has_edge("Slice", "Instance"))
+        self.assertTrue(graph[False].has_edge("Slice", "ControllerSlice"))
+        self.assertTrue(graph[True].has_edge("ControllerSlice", "Slice"))
+
+    def test_load_dep_accessors(self):
+        self.synchronizer.load_dependency_graph()
+        graph = self.synchronizer.model_dependency_graph
+        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
+            {"src_accessor": "controllerslices"},
+            graph[False]["Slice"]["ControllerSlice"],
+        )
+        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
+            {"src_accessor": "slice", "dst_accessor": "controllerslices"},
+            graph[True]["Slice"]["ControllerSlice"],
+        )
+
+    def test_load_sync_steps(self):
+        self.synchronizer.load_sync_steps()
+        model_to_step = self.synchronizer.model_to_step
+        step_lookup = self.synchronizer.step_lookup
+        self.assertIn(
+            ("ControllerSlice", ["SyncControllerSlices"]), model_to_step.items()
+        )
+        self.assertIn(("SiteRole", ["SyncRoles"]), model_to_step.items())
+
+        for k, v in model_to_step.items():
+            val = v[0]
+            observes = step_lookup[val].observes
+            if not isinstance(observes, list):
+                observes = [observes]
+
+            observed_names = [o.__name__ for o in observes]
+            self.assertIn(k, observed_names)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa3c774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+
+import os
+import sys
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+class TestModelPolicyTenantWithContainer(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        global TenantWithContainerPolicy, LeastLoadedNodeScheduler, MockObjectList
+
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = basic_conf = os.path.abspath(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/test_config.yaml"
+        )
+        Config.clear()  # in case left unclean by a previous test case
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        import xossynchronizer.model_policies.model_policy_tenantwithcontainer
+        from xossynchronizer.model_policies.model_policy_tenantwithcontainer import (
+            TenantWithContainerPolicy,
+            LeastLoadedNodeScheduler,
+        )
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import MockObjectList
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (
+            k,
+            v,
+        ) in xossynchronizer.model_policies.model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+            globals()[k] = v
+
+        # TODO: Mock_model_accessor lacks save or delete methods
+        # Instance.save = mock.Mock
+        # Instance.delete = mock.Mock
+        # TenantWithContainer.save = mock.Mock
+
+        self.policy = TenantWithContainerPolicy()
+        self.user = User(email="testadmin@test.org")
+        self.tenant = TenantWithContainer(creator=self.user)
+        self.flavor = Flavor(name="m1.small")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        Config.clear()
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    def test_manage_container_no_slices(self):
+        with patch.object(TenantWithContainer, "owner") as owner:
+            owner.slices.count.return_value = 0
+            with self.assertRaises(Exception) as e:
+                self.policy.manage_container(self.tenant)
+            self.assertEqual(e.exception.message, "The service has no slices")
+
+    def test_manage_container(self):
+        with patch.object(TenantWithContainer, "owner") as owner, patch.object(
+            TenantWithContainer, "save"
+        ) as tenant_save, patch.object(
+            Node, "site_deployment"
+        ) as site_deployment, patch.object(
+            Instance, "save"
+        ) as instance_save, patch.object(
+            Instance, "delete"
+        ) as instance_delete, patch.object(
+            TenantWithContainerPolicy, "get_image"
+        ) as get_image, patch.object(
+            LeastLoadedNodeScheduler, "pick"
+        ) as pick:
+            # setup mocks
+            node = Node(hostname="my.node.com")
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=self.flavor, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            image = Image(name="trusty-server-multi-nic")
+            deployment = Deployment(name="testdeployment")
+            owner.slices.count.return_value = 1
+            owner.slices.all.return_value = [slice]
+            owner.slices.first.return_value = slice
+            get_image.return_value = image
+            pick.return_value = (node, None)
+            site_deployment.deployment = deployment
+            # done setup mocks
+
+            # call manage_container
+            self.policy.manage_container(self.tenant)
+
+            # make sure manage_container did what it is supposed to do
+            self.assertNotEqual(self.tenant.instance, None)
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.creator.email, "testadmin@test.org")
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.image.name, "trusty-server-multi-nic")
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.flavor.name, "m1.small")
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.isolation, "vm")
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.node.hostname, "my.node.com")
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.slice.name, "mysite_test1")
+            self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance.parent, None)
+            instance_save.assert_called()
+            instance_delete.assert_not_called()
+            tenant_save.assert_called()
+
+    def test_manage_container_delete(self):
+        self.tenant.deleted = True
+
+        # call manage_container
+        self.policy.manage_container(self.tenant)
+
+        # make sure manage_container did what it is supposed to do
+        self.assertEqual(self.tenant.instance, None)
+
+    def test_manage_container_no_m1_small(self):
+        with patch.object(TenantWithContainer, "owner") as owner, patch.object(
+            Node, "site_deployment"
+        ) as site_deployment, patch.object(
+            Flavor, "objects"
+        ) as flavor_objects, patch.object(
+            TenantWithContainerPolicy, "get_image"
+        ) as get_image, patch.object(
+            LeastLoadedNodeScheduler, "pick"
+        ) as pick:
+            # setup mocks
+            node = Node(hostname="my.node.com")
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=None, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            image = Image(name="trusty-server-multi-nic")
+            deployment = Deployment(name="testdeployment")
+            owner.slices.count.return_value = 1
+            owner.slices.all.return_value = [slice]
+            owner.slices.first.return_value = slice
+            get_image.return_value = image
+            pick.return_value = (node, None)
+            site_deployment.deployment = deployment
+            flavor_objects.filter.return_value = []
+            # done setup mocks
+
+            with self.assertRaises(Exception) as e:
+                self.policy.manage_container(self.tenant)
+            self.assertEqual(e.exception.message, "No m1.small flavor")
+
+    def test_least_loaded_node_scheduler(self):
+        with patch.object(Node.objects, "get_items") as node_objects:
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=None, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            node = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=4567)
+            node.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[])
+            node_objects.return_value = [node]
+
+            sched = LeastLoadedNodeScheduler(slice)
+            (picked_node, parent) = sched.pick()
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(picked_node, None)
+            self.assertEqual(picked_node.id, node.id)
+
+    def test_least_loaded_node_scheduler_two_nodes(self):
+        with patch.object(Node.objects, "get_items") as node_objects:
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=None, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            instance1 = Instance(id=1)
+            node1 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=4567)
+            node1.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[])
+            node2 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=8910)
+            node2.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[instance1])
+            node_objects.return_value = [node1, node2]
+
+            # should pick the node with the fewest instance (node1)
+
+            sched = LeastLoadedNodeScheduler(slice)
+            (picked_node, parent) = sched.pick()
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(picked_node, None)
+            self.assertEqual(picked_node.id, node1.id)
+
+    def test_least_loaded_node_scheduler_two_nodes_multi(self):
+        with patch.object(Node.objects, "get_items") as node_objects:
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=None, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            instance1 = Instance(id=1)
+            instance2 = Instance(id=2)
+            instance3 = Instance(id=3)
+            node1 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=4567)
+            node1.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[instance2, instance3])
+            node2 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=8910)
+            node2.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[instance1])
+            node_objects.return_value = [node1, node2]
+
+            # should pick the node with the fewest instance (node2)
+
+            sched = LeastLoadedNodeScheduler(slice)
+            (picked_node, parent) = sched.pick()
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(picked_node, None)
+            self.assertEqual(picked_node.id, node2.id)
+
+    def test_least_loaded_node_scheduler_with_label(self):
+        with patch.object(Node.objects, "get_items") as node_objects:
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=None, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            instance1 = Instance(id=1)
+            node1 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=4567)
+            node1.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[])
+            node2 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=8910)
+            node2.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[instance1])
+            # Fake out the existence of a NodeLabel object. TODO: Extend the mock framework to support the model__field
+            # syntax.
+            node1.nodelabels__name = None
+            node2.nodelabels__name = "foo"
+            node_objects.return_value = [node1, node2]
+
+            # should pick the node with the label, even if it has a greater number of instances
+
+            sched = LeastLoadedNodeScheduler(slice, label="foo")
+            (picked_node, parent) = sched.pick()
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(picked_node, None)
+            self.assertEqual(picked_node.id, node2.id)
+
+    def test_least_loaded_node_scheduler_create_label(self):
+        with patch.object(Node.objects, "get_items") as node_objects, patch.object(
+            NodeLabel, "save", autospec=True
+        ) as nodelabel_save, patch.object(NodeLabel, "node") as nodelabel_node_add:
+            slice = Slice(
+                name="mysite_test1", default_flavor=None, default_isolation="vm"
+            )
+            instance1 = Instance(id=1)
+            node1 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=4567)
+            node1.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[])
+            node2 = Node(hostname="my.node.com", id=8910)
+            node2.instances = MockObjectList(initial=[instance1])
+            # Fake out the existence of a NodeLabel object. TODO: Extend the mock framework to support the model__field
+            # syntax.
+            node1.nodelabels__name = None
+            node2.nodelabels__name = None
+            node_objects.return_value = [node1, node2]
+
+            # should pick the node with the least number of instances
+
+            sched = LeastLoadedNodeScheduler(
+                slice, label="foo", constrain_by_service_instance=True
+            )
+            (picked_node, parent) = sched.pick()
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(picked_node, None)
+            self.assertEqual(picked_node.id, node1.id)
+
+            # NodeLabel should have been created and saved
+
+            self.assertEqual(nodelabel_save.call_count, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(nodelabel_save.call_args[0][0].name, "foo")
+
+            # The NodeLabel's node field should have been added to
+
+            NodeLabel.node.add.assert_called_with(node1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_payload.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_payload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bd1cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_payload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+# 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.
+
+import json
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+import networkx as nx
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+ANSIBLE_FILE = "/tmp/payload_test"
+
+log = None
+
+
+def run_fake_ansible_template(*args, **kwargs):
+    opts = args[1]
+    open(ANSIBLE_FILE, "w").write(json.dumps(opts))
+    return [{"rc": 0}]
+
+
+def run_fake_ansible_template_fail(*args, **kwargs):
+    opts = args[1]
+    open(ANSIBLE_FILE, "w").write(json.dumps(opts))
+    return [{"rc": 1}]
+
+
+def get_ansible_output():
+    ansible_str = open(ANSIBLE_FILE).read()
+    return json.loads(ansible_str)
+
+
+class TestPayload(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+
+        global log
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        if not log:
+            from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+            log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        global log, steps, event_loop
+
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))  # config references tests/model-deps
+
+        import xossynchronizer.event_loop
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.event_loop)
+        import xossynchronizer.backend
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.backend)
+        import steps.sync_instances
+        import steps.sync_controller_slices
+        from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+            globals()[k] = v
+        b = xossynchronizer.backend.Backend()
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        self.steps = b.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+        self.synchronizer = xossynchronizer.event_loop.XOSObserver(self.steps)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_delete_record(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        with mock.patch.object(Instance, "save") as instance_save:
+            o = Instance()
+            o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+
+            o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+            self.synchronizer.delete_record(o, log)
+
+            a = get_ansible_output()
+            self.assertDictContainsSubset({"delete": True, "name": o.name}, a)
+            o.save.assert_called_with(update_fields=["backend_need_reap"])
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template_fail,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_delete_record_fail(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        with mock.patch.object(Instance, "save") as instance_save:
+            o = Instance()
+            o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+
+            o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+
+            with self.assertRaises(Exception) as e:
+                self.synchronizer.delete_record(o, log)
+
+            self.assertEqual(
+                e.exception.message, "Nonzero rc from Ansible during delete_record"
+            )
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_sync_record(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        with mock.patch.object(Instance, "save") as instance_save:
+            o = Instance()
+            o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+
+            o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+            self.synchronizer.sync_record(o, log)
+
+            a = get_ansible_output()
+            self.assertDictContainsSubset({"delete": False, "name": o.name}, a)
+            o.save.assert_called_with(
+                update_fields=[
+                    "enacted",
+                    "backend_status",
+                    "backend_register",
+                    "backend_code",
+                ]
+            )
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_sync_cohort(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        with mock.patch.object(Instance, "save") as instance_save, mock.patch.object(
+            ControllerSlice, "save"
+        ) as controllerslice_save:
+            cs = ControllerSlice()
+            s = Slice(name="SP SP")
+            cs.slice = s
+
+            o = Instance()
+            o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+            o.slice = s
+
+            cohort = [cs, o]
+            o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+            cs.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_controller_slices.SyncControllerSlices()
+
+            self.synchronizer.sync_cohort(cohort, False)
+
+            a = get_ansible_output()
+            self.assertDictContainsSubset({"delete": False, "name": o.name}, a)
+            o.save.assert_called_with(
+                update_fields=[
+                    "enacted",
+                    "backend_status",
+                    "backend_register",
+                    "backend_code",
+                ]
+            )
+            cs.save.assert_called_with(
+                update_fields=[
+                    "enacted",
+                    "backend_status",
+                    "backend_register",
+                    "backend_code",
+                ]
+            )
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_deferred_exception(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        with mock.patch.object(Instance, "save") as instance_save:
+            cs = ControllerSlice()
+            s = Slice(name="SP SP")
+            cs.slice = s
+            cs.force_defer = True
+
+            o = Instance()
+            o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+            o.slice = s
+
+            cohort = [cs, o]
+            o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+            cs.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_controller_slices.SyncControllerSlices()
+
+            self.synchronizer.sync_cohort(cohort, False)
+            o.save.assert_called_with(
+                always_update_timestamp=True,
+                update_fields=["backend_status", "backend_register"],
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(cs.backend_code, 0)
+
+            self.assertIn("Force", cs.backend_status)
+            self.assertIn("Failed due to", o.backend_status)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_backend_status(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        with mock.patch.object(Instance, "save") as instance_save:
+            cs = ControllerSlice()
+            s = Slice(name="SP SP")
+            cs.slice = s
+            cs.force_fail = True
+
+            o = Instance()
+            o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+            o.slice = s
+
+            cohort = [cs, o]
+            o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+            cs.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_controller_slices.SyncControllerSlices()
+
+            self.synchronizer.sync_cohort(cohort, False)
+            o.save.assert_called_with(
+                always_update_timestamp=True,
+                update_fields=["backend_status", "backend_register"],
+            )
+            self.assertIn("Force", cs.backend_status)
+            self.assertIn("Failed due to", o.backend_status)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_fetch_pending(self, mock_run_template, mock_accessor, *_other_accessors):
+        pending_objects, pending_steps = self.synchronizer.fetch_pending()
+        pending_objects2 = list(pending_objects)
+
+        any_cs = next(
+            obj for obj in pending_objects if obj.leaf_model_name == "ControllerSlice"
+        )
+        any_instance = next(
+            obj for obj in pending_objects2 if obj.leaf_model_name == "Instance"
+        )
+
+        slice = Slice()
+        any_instance.slice = slice
+        any_cs.slice = slice
+
+        self.synchronizer.external_dependencies = []
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts(pending_objects, False)
+        flat_objects = [item for cohort in cohorts for item in cohort]
+
+        self.assertEqual(set(flat_objects), set(pending_objects))
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_fetch_pending_with_external_dependencies(
+        self, mock_run_template, mock_accessor, *_other_accessors
+    ):
+        pending_objects, pending_steps = self.synchronizer.fetch_pending()
+        pending_objects2 = list(pending_objects)
+
+        any_cn = next(
+            obj for obj in pending_objects if obj.leaf_model_name == "ControllerNetwork"
+        )
+        any_user = next(
+            obj for obj in pending_objects2 if obj.leaf_model_name == "User"
+        )
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts(pending_objects, False)
+
+        flat_objects = [item for cohort in cohorts for item in cohort]
+        self.assertEqual(set(flat_objects), set(pending_objects))
+
+        # These cannot be None, but for documentation purposes
+        self.assertIsNotNone(any_cn)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(any_user)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_external_dependency_exception(self, mock_run_template, mock_modelaccessor):
+        cs = ControllerSlice()
+        s = Slice(name="SP SP")
+        cs.slice = s
+
+        o = Instance()
+        o.name = "Sisi Pascal"
+        o.slice = s
+
+        cohort = [cs, o]
+        o.synchronizer_step = None
+        o.synchronizer_step = steps.sync_instances.SyncInstances()
+
+        self.synchronizer.sync_cohort(cohort, False)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_run.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_run.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5815f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# 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.
+
+import json
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+import networkx as nx
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+ANSIBLE_FILE = "/tmp/payload_test"
+
+
+def run_fake_ansible_template(*args, **kwargs):
+    opts = args[1]
+    open(ANSIBLE_FILE, "w").write(json.dumps(opts))
+
+
+def get_ansible_output():
+    ansible_str = open(ANSIBLE_FILE).read()
+    return json.loads(ansible_str)
+
+
+class TestRun(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))  # config references tests/model-deps
+
+        import xossynchronizer.event_loop
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.event_loop)
+        import xossynchronizer.backend
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.backend)
+        from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+            globals()[k] = v
+
+        b = xossynchronizer.backend.Backend()
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        self.steps = b.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+        self.synchronizer = xossynchronizer.event_loop.XOSObserver(self.steps)
+        try:
+            os.remove("/tmp/sync_ports")
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            os.remove("/tmp/delete_ports")
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        "steps.sync_instances.syncstep.run_template",
+        side_effect=run_fake_ansible_template,
+    )
+    @mock.patch("xossynchronizer.event_loop.model_accessor")
+    def test_run_once(self, mock_run_template, mock_accessor, *_other_accessors):
+
+        pending_objects, pending_steps = self.synchronizer.fetch_pending()
+        pending_objects2 = list(pending_objects)
+
+        any_cs = next(
+            obj for obj in pending_objects if obj.leaf_model_name == "ControllerSlice"
+        )
+        any_instance = next(
+            obj for obj in pending_objects2 if obj.leaf_model_name == "Instance"
+        )
+
+        slice = Slice()
+        any_instance.slice = slice
+        any_cs.slice = slice
+
+        self.synchronizer.run_once()
+
+        sync_ports = open("/tmp/sync_ports").read()
+        delete_ports = open("/tmp/delete_ports").read()
+
+        self.assertIn("successful", sync_ports)
+        self.assertIn("successful", delete_ports)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_scheduler.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afbf036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+# 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.
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+import networkx as nx
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+class TestScheduling(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    __test__ = False
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        global mock_enumerator, event_loop
+
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))  # config references tests/model-deps
+
+        import xossynchronizer.event_loop
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.event_loop)
+        import xossynchronizer.backend
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.backend)
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor import mock_enumerator
+        from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+            globals()[k] = v
+
+        b = xossynchronizer.backend.Backend()
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        self.steps = b.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+        self.synchronizer = xossynchronizer.event_loop.XOSObserver(self.steps)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    def test_same_object_trivial(self):
+        s = Slice(pk=4)
+        t = Slice(pk=4)
+        same, t = self.synchronizer.same_object(s, t)
+        self.assertTrue(same)
+        self.assertEqual(t, event_loop.DIRECT_EDGE)
+
+    def test_same_object_trivial2(self):
+        s = Slice(pk=4)
+        t = Slice(pk=5)
+        same, t = self.synchronizer.same_object(s, t)
+        self.assertFalse(same)
+
+    def test_same_object_lst(self):
+        s = Slice(pk=5)
+        t = ControllerSlice(slice=s)
+        u = ControllerSlice(slice=s)
+
+        s.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([t, u])
+
+        same, et = self.synchronizer.same_object(s.controllerslices, u)
+        self.assertTrue(same)
+        self.assertEqual(et, event_loop.PROXY_EDGE)
+
+        same, et = self.synchronizer.same_object(s.controllerslices, t)
+
+        self.assertTrue(same)
+        self.assertEqual(et, event_loop.PROXY_EDGE)
+
+    def test_same_object_lst_dc(self):
+        r = Slice(pk=4)
+        s = Slice(pk=5)
+        t = ControllerSlice(slice=r)
+        u = ControllerSlice(slice=s)
+
+        s.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([u])
+
+        same, et = self.synchronizer.same_object(s.controllerslices, t)
+        self.assertFalse(same)
+
+        same, et = self.synchronizer.same_object(s.controllerslices, u)
+        self.assertTrue(same)
+
+    def test_concrete_path_no_model_path(self):
+        p = Port()
+        n = NetworkParameter()
+        verdict, _ = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, n)
+        self.assertFalse(verdict)
+
+    def test_concrete_no_object_path_adjacent(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s1 = Slice()
+        s2 = Slice()
+        p.slice = s2
+        verdict, _ = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, s1)
+
+        self.assertFalse(verdict)
+
+    def test_concrete_object_path_adjacent(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        p.slice = s
+        verdict, edge_type = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, s)
+
+        self.assertTrue(verdict)
+        self.assertEqual(edge_type, event_loop.DIRECT_EDGE)
+
+    def test_concrete_object_controller_path_adjacent(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        q = Instance()
+        cs = ControllerSlice()
+        cs2 = ControllerSlice()
+        s1 = Slice()
+        s2 = Slice()
+        p.slice = s1
+        q.slice = s2
+        cs.slice = s1
+        s1.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([cs])
+        s2.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([])
+
+        verdict1, edge_type1 = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, cs)
+        verdict2, _ = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(q, cs)
+        verdict3, _ = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, cs2)
+
+        self.assertTrue(verdict1)
+        self.assertFalse(verdict2)
+        self.assertFalse(verdict3)
+
+        self.assertEqual(edge_type1, event_loop.PROXY_EDGE)
+
+    def test_concrete_object_controller_path_distant(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        t = Site()
+        ct = ControllerSite()
+        ct.site = t
+        p.slice = s
+        s.site = t
+        verdict = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, ct)
+        self.assertTrue(verdict)
+
+    def test_concrete_object_path_distant(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        t = Site()
+        p.slice = s
+        s.site = t
+        verdict = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, t)
+        self.assertTrue(verdict)
+
+    def test_concrete_no_object_path_distant(self):
+        p = Instance()
+        s = Slice()
+        s.controllerslice = mock_enumerator([])
+
+        t = Site()
+        t.controllersite = mock_enumerator([])
+
+        ct = ControllerSite()
+        ct.site = Site()
+        p.slice = s
+        s.site = t
+
+        verdict, _ = self.synchronizer.concrete_path_exists(p, ct)
+        self.assertFalse(verdict)
+
+    def test_cohorting_independent(self):
+        i = Image()
+
+        p = Slice()
+        c = Instance()
+        c.slice = None
+        c.image = None
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([i, p, c], False)
+        self.assertEqual(len(cohorts), 3)
+
+    def test_cohorting_related(self):
+        i = Image()
+        p = Port()
+        c = Instance()
+        c.image = i
+        s = ControllerSlice()
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([i, p, c, s], False)
+        self.assertIn([i, c], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([s], cohorts)
+
+    def test_cohorting_related_multi(self):
+        i = Image()
+        p = Port()
+        c = Instance()
+        c.image = i
+        cs = ControllerSlice()
+        s = Slice()
+        cs.slice = s
+        s.controllerslices = mock_enumerator([cs])
+        c.slice = s
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([i, p, c, s, cs], False)
+
+        big_cohort = max(cohorts, key=len)
+        self.assertGreater(big_cohort.index(c), big_cohort.index(i))
+        self.assertGreater(big_cohort.index(cs), big_cohort.index(s))
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+
+    def test_cohorting_related_multi_delete(self):
+        i = Image()
+        p = Port()
+        c = Instance()
+        c.image = i
+        cs = ControllerSlice()
+        s = Slice()
+        cs.slice = s
+        c.slice = s
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([i, p, c, s, cs], True)
+
+        big_cohort = max(cohorts, key=len)
+        self.assertGreater(big_cohort.index(i), big_cohort.index(c))
+        self.assertGreater(big_cohort.index(s), big_cohort.index(cs))
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+
+    def test_cohorting_related_delete(self):
+        i = Image()
+        p = Port()
+        c = Instance()
+        c.image = i
+        s = ControllerSlice()
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([i, p, c, s], True)
+        self.assertIn([c, i], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([p], cohorts)
+        self.assertIn([s], cohorts)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_services.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_services.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2456c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/tests/test_services.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# 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.
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+import mock
+import pdb
+import networkx as nx
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+test_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+sync_lib_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "xossynchronizer")
+xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "..", "..", "..", "xos")
+
+
+class TestServices(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.sys_path_save = sys.path
+        self.cwd_save = os.getcwd()
+
+        config = os.path.join(test_path, "test_config.yaml")
+        from xosconfig import Config
+
+        Config.clear()
+        Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+        from xossynchronizer.mock_modelaccessor_build import (
+            build_mock_modelaccessor,
+        )
+
+        build_mock_modelaccessor(sync_lib_dir, xos_dir, services_dir=None, service_xprotos=[])
+
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(test_path, ".."))  # config references tests/model-deps
+
+        import xossynchronizer.event_loop
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.event_loop)
+        import xossynchronizer.backend
+
+        reload(xossynchronizer.backend)
+        from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+        # import all class names to globals
+        for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+            globals()[k] = v
+
+        b = xossynchronizer.backend.Backend()
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        self.steps = b.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+        self.synchronizer = xossynchronizer.event_loop.XOSObserver(self.steps)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.sys_path_save
+        os.chdir(self.cwd_save)
+
+    def test_service_models(self):
+        s = Service()
+        a = ServiceInstance(owner=s)
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([a, s], False)
+        self.assertIn([s, a], cohorts)
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([s, a], False)
+        self.assertIn([s, a], cohorts)
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([a, s], True)
+        self.assertIn([a, s], cohorts)
+
+        cohorts = self.synchronizer.compute_dependent_cohorts([s, a], True)
+        self.assertIn([a, s], cohorts)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18ab956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# 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.
+
+from .synchronizer import Synchronizer
+
+__all__ = ["Synchronizer"]
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_helper.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c607607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# 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.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import jinja2
+import tempfile
+import os
+import json
+import pickle
+import pdb
+import string
+import random
+import re
+import traceback
+import subprocess
+import threading
+
+from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+step_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+sys_dir = Config.get("sys_dir")
+
+os_template_loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(
+    searchpath=[step_dir, "/opt/xos/synchronizers/shared_templates"]
+)
+os_template_env = jinja2.Environment(loader=os_template_loader)
+
+
+def id_generator(size=6, chars=string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):
+    return "".join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(size))
+
+
+def shellquote(s):
+    return "'" + s.replace("'", "'\\''") + "'"
+
+
+def get_playbook_fn(opts, path):
+    if not opts.get("ansible_tag", None):
+        # if no ansible_tag is in the options, then generate a unique one
+        objname = id_generator()
+        opts = opts.copy()
+        opts["ansible_tag"] = objname
+
+    objname = opts["ansible_tag"]
+
+    pathed_sys_dir = os.path.join(sys_dir, path)
+    if not os.path.isdir(pathed_sys_dir):
+        os.makedirs(pathed_sys_dir)
+
+    # symlink steps/roles into sys/roles so that playbooks can access roles
+    roledir = os.path.join(step_dir, "roles")
+    rolelink = os.path.join(pathed_sys_dir, "roles")
+    if os.path.isdir(roledir) and not os.path.islink(rolelink):
+        os.symlink(roledir, rolelink)
+
+    return (opts, os.path.join(pathed_sys_dir, objname))
+
+
+def run_playbook(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts):
+    args = {
+        "ansible_hosts": ansible_hosts,
+        "ansible_config": ansible_config,
+        "fqp": fqp,
+        "opts": opts,
+        "config_file": Config.get_config_file(),
+    }
+
+    keep_temp_files = Config.get("keep_temp_files")
+
+    dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    args_fn = None
+    result_fn = None
+    try:
+        log.info("creating args file", dir=dir)
+
+        args_fn = os.path.join(dir, "args")
+        result_fn = os.path.join(dir, "result")
+
+        open(args_fn, "w").write(pickle.dumps(args))
+
+        ansible_main_fn = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "ansible_main.py")
+
+        os.system("python %s %s %s" % (ansible_main_fn, args_fn, result_fn))
+
+        result = pickle.loads(open(result_fn).read())
+
+        if hasattr(result, "exception"):
+            log.error("Exception in playbook", exception=result["exception"])
+
+        stats = result.get("stats", None)
+        aresults = result.get("aresults", None)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.exception("Exception running ansible_main")
+        stats = None
+        aresults = None
+    finally:
+        if not keep_temp_files:
+            if args_fn and os.path.exists(args_fn):
+                os.remove(args_fn)
+            if result_fn and os.path.exists(result_fn):
+                os.remove(result_fn)
+            os.rmdir(dir)
+
+    return (stats, aresults)
+
+
+def run_template(
+    name,
+    opts,
+    path="",
+    expected_num=None,
+    ansible_config=None,
+    ansible_hosts=None,
+    run_ansible_script=None,
+    object=None,
+):
+    template = os_template_env.get_template(name)
+    buffer = template.render(opts)
+
+    (opts, fqp) = get_playbook_fn(opts, path)
+
+    f = open(fqp, "w")
+    f.write(buffer)
+    f.flush()
+
+    """
+    q = Queue()
+    p = Process(target=run_playbook, args=(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts, q,))
+    p.start()
+    stats,aresults = q.get()
+    p.join()
+    """
+    stats, aresults = run_playbook(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts)
+
+    error_msg = []
+
+    output_file = fqp + ".out"
+    try:
+        if aresults is None:
+            raise ValueError("Error executing playbook %s" % fqp)
+
+        ok_results = []
+        total_unreachable = 0
+        failed = 0
+
+        ofile = open(output_file, "w")
+
+        for x in aresults:
+            if not x.is_failed() and not x.is_unreachable() and not x.is_skipped():
+                ok_results.append(x)
+            elif x.is_unreachable():
+                failed += 1
+                total_unreachable += 1
+                try:
+                    error_msg.append(x._result["msg"])
+                except BaseException:
+                    pass
+            elif x.is_failed():
+                failed += 1
+                try:
+                    error_msg.append(x._result["msg"])
+                except BaseException:
+                    pass
+
+            # FIXME (zdw, 2017-02-19) - may not be needed with new callback logging
+
+            ofile.write("%s: %s\n" % (x._task, str(x._result)))
+
+            if object:
+                oprops = object.tologdict()
+                ansible = x._result
+                oprops["xos_type"] = "ansible"
+                oprops["ansible_result"] = json.dumps(ansible)
+
+                if failed == 0:
+                    oprops["ansible_status"] = "OK"
+                else:
+                    oprops["ansible_status"] = "FAILED"
+
+                log.info("Ran Ansible task", task=x._task, **oprops)
+
+        ofile.close()
+
+        if (expected_num is not None) and (len(ok_results) != expected_num):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Unexpected num %s!=%d" % (str(expected_num), len(ok_results))
+            )
+
+        if failed:
+            raise ValueError("Ansible playbook failed.")
+
+        # NOTE(smbaker): Playbook errors are slipping through where `aresults` does not show any failed tasks, but
+        # `stats` does show them. See CORD-3169.
+        hosts = sorted(stats.processed.keys())
+        for h in hosts:
+            t = stats.summarize(h)
+            if t["unreachable"] > 0:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Ansible playbook reported unreachable for host %s" % h
+                )
+            if t["failures"] > 0:
+                raise ValueError("Ansible playbook reported failures for host %s" % h)
+
+    except ValueError as e:
+        if error_msg:
+            try:
+                error = " // ".join(error_msg)
+            except BaseException:
+                error = "failed to join error_msg"
+            raise Exception(error)
+        else:
+            raise
+
+    processed_results = map(lambda x: x._result, ok_results)
+    return processed_results[1:]  # 0 is setup
+
+
+def run_template_ssh(name, opts, path="", expected_num=None, object=None):
+    instance_name = opts["instance_name"]
+    hostname = opts["hostname"]
+    private_key = opts["private_key"]
+    baremetal_ssh = opts.get("baremetal_ssh", False)
+    if baremetal_ssh:
+        # no instance_id or ssh_ip for baremetal
+        # we never proxy to baremetal
+        proxy_ssh = False
+    else:
+        instance_id = opts["instance_id"]
+        ssh_ip = opts["ssh_ip"]
+        proxy_ssh = Config.get("proxy_ssh.enabled")
+
+        if not ssh_ip:
+            raise Exception("IP of ssh proxy not available. Synchronization deferred")
+
+    (opts, fqp) = get_playbook_fn(opts, path)
+    private_key_pathname = fqp + ".key"
+    config_pathname = fqp + ".cfg"
+    hosts_pathname = fqp + ".hosts"
+
+    f = open(private_key_pathname, "w")
+    f.write(private_key)
+    f.close()
+
+    f = open(config_pathname, "w")
+    f.write("[ssh_connection]\n")
+    if proxy_ssh:
+        proxy_ssh_key = Config.get("proxy_ssh.key")
+        proxy_ssh_user = Config.get("proxy_ssh.user")
+        if proxy_ssh_key:
+            # If proxy_ssh_key is known, then we can proxy into the compute
+            # node without needing to have the OpenCloud sshd machinery in
+            # place.
+            proxy_command = (
+                "ProxyCommand ssh -q -i %s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no %s@%s nc %s 22"
+                % (proxy_ssh_key, proxy_ssh_user, hostname, ssh_ip)
+            )
+        else:
+            proxy_command = (
+                "ProxyCommand ssh -q -i %s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no %s@%s"
+                % (private_key_pathname, instance_id, hostname)
+            )
+        f.write('ssh_args = -o "%s"\n' % proxy_command)
+    f.write("scp_if_ssh = True\n")
+    f.write("pipelining = True\n")
+    f.write("\n[defaults]\n")
+    f.write("host_key_checking = False\n")
+    f.write("timeout = 30\n")
+    f.close()
+
+    f = open(hosts_pathname, "w")
+    f.write("[%s]\n" % instance_name)
+    f.write("%s ansible_ssh_private_key_file=%s\n" % (ssh_ip, private_key_pathname))
+    f.close()
+
+    # SSH will complain if private key is world or group readable
+    os.chmod(private_key_pathname, 0o600)
+
+    print("ANSIBLE_CONFIG=%s" % config_pathname)
+    print("ANSIBLE_HOSTS=%s" % hosts_pathname)
+
+    return run_template(
+        name,
+        opts,
+        path,
+        ansible_config=config_pathname,
+        ansible_hosts=hosts_pathname,
+        run_ansible_script="/opt/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible_verbose",
+        object=object,
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    run_template(
+        "ansible/sync_user_deployments.yaml",
+        {
+            "endpoint": "http://172.31.38.128:5000/v2.0/",
+            "name": "Sapan Bhatia",
+            "email": "gwsapan@gmail.com",
+            "password": "foobar",
+            "admin_user": "admin",
+            "admin_password": "6a789bf69dd647e2",
+            "admin_tenant": "admin",
+            "tenant": "demo",
+            "roles": ["user", "admin"],
+        },
+    )
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_main.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08283a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import pickle
+import sys
+
+# import json
+import traceback
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+sys.path.append("/opt/xos")
+
+
+def run_playbook(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts):
+    try:
+        if ansible_config:
+            os.environ["ANSIBLE_CONFIG"] = ansible_config
+        else:
+            try:
+                del os.environ["ANSIBLE_CONFIG"]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        if ansible_hosts:
+            os.environ["ANSIBLE_HOSTS"] = ansible_hosts
+        else:
+            try:
+                del os.environ["ANSIBLE_HOSTS"]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        import ansible_runner
+
+        reload(ansible_runner)
+
+        # Dropped support for observer_pretend - to be redone
+        runner = ansible_runner.Runner(
+            playbook=fqp, run_data=opts, host_file=ansible_hosts
+        )
+
+        stats, aresults = runner.run()
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {"stats": None, "aresults": None, "exception": traceback.format_exc()}
+
+    return {"stats": stats, "aresults": aresults}
+
+
+def main():
+    input_fn = sys.argv[1]
+    result_fn = sys.argv[2]
+
+    args = pickle.loads(open(input_fn).read())
+
+    Config.init(args["config_file"], "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+    ansible_hosts = args["ansible_hosts"]
+    ansible_config = args["ansible_config"]
+    fqp = args["fqp"]
+    opts = args["opts"]
+
+    result = run_playbook(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts)
+
+    open(result_fn, "w").write(pickle.dumps(result))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_runner.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d20feb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/ansible_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# 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.
+
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+from xosconfig import Config
+from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.executor import playbook_executor
+from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
+from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
+from ansible.inventory.manager import InventoryManager
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+import os
+import sys
+import pdb
+import json
+import uuid
+
+from ansible import constants
+
+constants = reload(constants)
+
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class ResultCallback(CallbackBase):
+
+    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
+    CALLBACK_NAME = "resultcallback"
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = "programmatic"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(ResultCallback, self).__init__()
+        self.results = []
+        self.uuid = str(uuid.uuid1())
+        self.playbook_status = "OK"
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_start(self, playbook):
+        self.playbook = playbook._file_name
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "playbook start",
+            "ansible_status": "OK",
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+        }
+        log.info("PLAYBOOK START", playbook=self.playbook, **log_extra)
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_stats(self, stats):
+        host_stats = {}
+        for host in stats.processed.keys():
+            host_stats[host] = stats.summarize(host)
+
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "playbook stats",
+            "ansible_status": self.playbook_status,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(host_stats),
+        }
+
+        if self.playbook_status == "OK":
+            log.info("PLAYBOOK END", playbook=self.playbook, **log_extra)
+        else:
+            log.error("PLAYBOOK END", playbook=self.playbook, **log_extra)
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_play_start(self, play):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "play start",
+            "ansible_status": self.playbook_status,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+        }
+        log.debug("PLAY START", play_name=play.name, **log_extra)
+
+    def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result, **kwargs):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "OK",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_task": result._task,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.debug("OK", task=str(result._task), **log_extra)
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+    def v2_runner_on_failed(self, result, **kwargs):
+        self.playbook_status = "FAILED"
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "FAILED",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_task": result._task,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.error("FAILED", task=str(result._task), **log_extra)
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+    def v2_runner_on_async_failed(self, result, **kwargs):
+        self.playbook_status = "FAILED"
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "ASYNC FAILED",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_task": result._task,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.error("ASYNC FAILED", task=str(result._task), **log_extra)
+
+    def v2_runner_on_skipped(self, result, **kwargs):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "SKIPPED",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_task": result._task,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.debug("SKIPPED", task=str(result._task), **log_extra)
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+    def v2_runner_on_unreachable(self, result, **kwargs):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "UNREACHABLE",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_task": result._task,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.error("UNREACHABLE", task=str(result._task), **log_extra)
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+    def v2_runner_retry(self, result, **kwargs):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "RETRY",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_task": result._task,
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.warning(
+            "RETRYING - attempt",
+            task=str(result._task),
+            attempt=result._result["attempts"],
+            **log_extra
+        )
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task, **kwargs):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "task",
+            "ansible_status": "HANDLER",
+            "ansible_task": task.get_name().strip(),
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            # 'ansible_host': result._host.get_name()
+        }
+        log.debug("HANDLER", task=task.get_name().strip(), **log_extra)
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_import_for_host(self, result, imported_file):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "import",
+            "ansible_status": "IMPORT",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.debug("IMPORT", imported_file=imported_file, **log_extra)
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_not_import_for_host(self, result, missing_file):
+        log_extra = {
+            "xos_type": "ansible",
+            "ansible_uuid": self.uuid,
+            "ansible_type": "import",
+            "ansible_status": "MISSING IMPORT",
+            "ansible_result": json.dumps(result._result),
+            "ansible_playbook": self.playbook,
+            "ansible_host": result._host.get_name(),
+        }
+        log.debug("MISSING IMPORT", missing=missing_file, **log_extra)
+        self.results.append(result)
+
+
+class Options(object):
+    """
+    Options class to replace Ansible OptParser
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        ask_pass=None,
+        ask_su_pass=None,
+        ask_sudo_pass=None,
+        become=None,
+        become_ask_pass=None,
+        become_method=None,
+        become_user=None,
+        check=None,
+        connection=None,
+        diff=None,
+        flush_cache=None,
+        force_handlers=None,
+        forks=1,
+        listtags=None,
+        listtasks=None,
+        module_path=None,
+        new_vault_password_file=None,
+        one_line=None,
+        output_file=None,
+        poll_interval=None,
+        private_key_file=None,
+        remote_user=None,
+        scp_extra_args=None,
+        seconds=None,
+        sftp_extra_args=None,
+        skip_tags=None,
+        ssh_common_args=None,
+        ssh_extra_args=None,
+        sudo=None,
+        sudo_user=None,
+        syntax=None,
+        tags=None,
+        timeout=None,
+        tree=None,
+        vault_password_files=None,
+        ask_vault_pass=None,
+        extra_vars=None,
+        inventory=None,
+        listhosts=None,
+        module_paths=None,
+        subset=None,
+        verbosity=None,
+    ):
+
+        if tags:
+            self.tags = tags
+
+        if skip_tags:
+            self.skip_tags = skip_tags
+
+        self.ask_pass = ask_pass
+        self.ask_su_pass = ask_su_pass
+        self.ask_sudo_pass = ask_sudo_pass
+        self.ask_vault_pass = ask_vault_pass
+        self.become = become
+        self.become_ask_pass = become_ask_pass
+        self.become_method = become_method
+        self.become_user = become_user
+        self.check = check
+        self.connection = connection
+        self.diff = diff
+        self.extra_vars = extra_vars
+        self.flush_cache = flush_cache
+        self.force_handlers = force_handlers
+        self.forks = forks
+        self.inventory = inventory
+        self.listhosts = listhosts
+        self.listtags = listtags
+        self.listtasks = listtasks
+        self.module_path = module_path
+        self.module_paths = module_paths
+        self.new_vault_password_file = new_vault_password_file
+        self.one_line = one_line
+        self.output_file = output_file
+        self.poll_interval = poll_interval
+        self.private_key_file = private_key_file
+        self.remote_user = remote_user
+        self.scp_extra_args = scp_extra_args
+        self.seconds = seconds
+        self.sftp_extra_args = sftp_extra_args
+        self.ssh_common_args = ssh_common_args
+        self.ssh_extra_args = ssh_extra_args
+        self.subset = subset
+        self.sudo = sudo
+        self.sudo_user = sudo_user
+        self.syntax = syntax
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.tree = tree
+        self.vault_password_files = vault_password_files
+        self.verbosity = verbosity
+
+
+class Runner(object):
+    def __init__(
+        self, playbook, run_data, private_key_file=None, verbosity=0, host_file=None
+    ):
+
+        self.playbook = playbook
+        self.run_data = run_data
+
+        self.options = Options()
+        self.options.output_file = playbook + ".result"
+        self.options.private_key_file = private_key_file
+        self.options.verbosity = verbosity
+        self.options.connection = "ssh"  # Need a connection type "smart" or "ssh"
+        # self.options.become = True
+        self.options.become_method = "sudo"
+        self.options.become_user = "root"
+
+        # Set global verbosity
+        self.display = Display()
+        self.display.verbosity = self.options.verbosity
+        # Executor appears to have it's own
+        # verbosity object/setting as well
+        playbook_executor.verbosity = self.options.verbosity
+
+        # Become Pass Needed if not logging in as user root
+        # passwords = {'become_pass': become_pass}
+
+        # Gets data from YAML/JSON files
+        self.loader = DataLoader()
+        try:
+            self.loader.set_vault_password(os.environ["VAULT_PASS"])
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        # Set inventory, using most of above objects
+        if host_file:
+            self.inventory = InventoryManager(loader=self.loader, sources=host_file)
+        else:
+            self.inventory = InventoryManager(loader=self.loader)
+
+        # All the variables from all the various places
+        self.variable_manager = VariableManager(
+            loader=self.loader, inventory=self.inventory
+        )
+        self.variable_manager.extra_vars = {}  # self.run_data
+
+        # Setup playbook executor, but don't run until run() called
+        self.pbex = playbook_executor.PlaybookExecutor(
+            playbooks=[playbook],
+            inventory=self.inventory,
+            variable_manager=self.variable_manager,
+            loader=self.loader,
+            options=self.options,
+            passwords={},
+        )
+
+    def run(self):
+        os.environ[
+            "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE"
+        ] = "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/local_certs.crt"
+        callback = ResultCallback()
+        self.pbex._tqm._stdout_callback = callback
+
+        self.pbex.run()
+        stats = self.pbex._tqm._stats
+
+        # os.remove(self.hosts.name)
+
+        return stats, callback.results
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/apiaccessor.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/apiaccessor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a56381b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/apiaccessor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+from modelaccessor import ModelAccessor
+import datetime
+import time
+
+
+class CoreApiModelAccessor(ModelAccessor):
+    def __init__(self, orm):
+        self.orm = orm
+        super(CoreApiModelAccessor, self).__init__()
+
+    def get_all_model_classes(self):
+        all_model_classes = {}
+        for k in self.orm.all_model_names:
+            all_model_classes[k] = getattr(self.orm, k)
+        return all_model_classes
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, main_objs, deletion=False):
+        if not isinstance(main_objs, list):
+            main_objs = [main_objs]
+
+        objs = []
+        for main_obj in main_objs:
+            if not deletion:
+                lobjs = main_obj.objects.filter_special(
+                    main_obj.objects.SYNCHRONIZER_DIRTY_OBJECTS
+                )
+            else:
+                lobjs = main_obj.objects.filter_special(
+                    main_obj.objects.SYNCHRONIZER_DELETED_OBJECTS
+                )
+            objs.extend(lobjs)
+
+        return objs
+
+    def fetch_policies(self, main_objs, deletion=False):
+        if not isinstance(main_objs, list):
+            main_objs = [main_objs]
+
+        objs = []
+        for main_obj in main_objs:
+            if not deletion:
+                lobjs = main_obj.objects.filter_special(
+                    main_obj.objects.SYNCHRONIZER_DIRTY_POLICIES
+                )
+            else:
+                lobjs = main_obj.objects.filter_special(
+                    main_obj.objects.SYNCHRONIZER_DELETED_POLICIES
+                )
+            objs.extend(lobjs)
+
+        return objs
+
+    def obj_exists(self, o):
+        # gRPC will default id to '0' for uninitialized objects
+        return (o.id is not None) and (o.id != 0)
+
+    def obj_in_list(self, o, olist):
+        ids = [x.id for x in olist]
+        return o.id in ids
+
+    def now(self):
+        """ Return the current time for timestamping purposes """
+        return (
+            datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0)
+        ).total_seconds()
+
+    def is_type(self, obj, name):
+        return obj._wrapped_class.__class__.__name__ == name
+
+    def is_instance(self, obj, name):
+        return name in obj.class_names.split(",")
+
+    def get_content_type_id(self, obj):
+        return obj.self_content_type_id
+
+    def create_obj(self, cls, **kwargs):
+        return cls.objects.new(**kwargs)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/backend.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b404864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# 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.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import os
+import inspect
+import imp
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.event_loop import XOSObserver
+from xossynchronizer.model_policy_loop import XOSPolicyEngine
+from xossynchronizer.event_engine import XOSEventEngine
+from xossynchronizer.pull_step_engine import XOSPullStepEngine
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class Backend:
+    def __init__(self, log=log):
+        self.log = log
+
+    def load_sync_step_modules(self, step_dir):
+        sync_steps = []
+
+        self.log.info("Loading sync steps", step_dir=step_dir)
+
+        for fn in os.listdir(step_dir):
+            pathname = os.path.join(step_dir, fn)
+            if (
+                os.path.isfile(pathname)
+                and fn.endswith(".py")
+                and (fn != "__init__.py")
+                and (not fn.startswith("test"))
+            ):
+
+                # we need to extend the path to load modules in the step_dir
+                sys_path_save = sys.path
+                sys.path.append(step_dir)
+                module = imp.load_source(fn[:-3], pathname)
+
+                self.log.debug("Loaded file: %s", pathname)
+
+                # reset the original path
+                sys.path = sys_path_save
+
+                for classname in dir(module):
+                    c = getattr(module, classname, None)
+
+                    # if classname.startswith("Sync"):
+                    #    print classname, c, inspect.isclass(c), issubclass(c, SyncStep), hasattr(c,"provides")
+
+                    # make sure 'c' is a descendent of SyncStep and has a
+                    # provides field (this eliminates the abstract base classes
+                    # since they don't have a provides)
+
+                    if inspect.isclass(c):
+                        bases = inspect.getmro(c)
+                        base_names = [b.__name__ for b in bases]
+                        if (
+                            ("SyncStep" in base_names)
+                            and (hasattr(c, "provides") or hasattr(c, "observes"))
+                            and (c not in sync_steps)
+                        ):
+                            sync_steps.append(c)
+
+        self.log.info("Loaded sync steps", steps=sync_steps)
+
+        return sync_steps
+
+    def run(self):
+        observer_thread = None
+        model_policy_thread = None
+        event_engine = None
+
+        steps_dir = Config.get("steps_dir")
+        if steps_dir:
+            sync_steps = []
+
+            # load sync_steps
+            if steps_dir:
+                sync_steps = self.load_sync_step_modules(steps_dir)
+
+            # if we have at least one sync_step
+            if len(sync_steps) > 0:
+                # start the observer
+                self.log.info("Starting XOSObserver", sync_steps=sync_steps)
+                observer = XOSObserver(sync_steps, self.log)
+                observer_thread = threading.Thread(
+                    target=observer.run, name="synchronizer"
+                )
+                observer_thread.start()
+
+        else:
+            self.log.info("Skipping observer thread due to no steps dir.")
+
+        pull_steps_dir = Config.get("pull_steps_dir")
+        if pull_steps_dir:
+            self.log.info("Starting XOSPullStepEngine", pull_steps_dir=pull_steps_dir)
+            pull_steps_engine = XOSPullStepEngine()
+            pull_steps_engine.load_pull_step_modules(pull_steps_dir)
+            pull_steps_thread = threading.Thread(
+                target=pull_steps_engine.start, name="pull_step_engine"
+            )
+            pull_steps_thread.start()
+        else:
+            self.log.info("Skipping pull step engine due to no pull_steps_dir dir.")
+
+        event_steps_dir = Config.get("event_steps_dir")
+        if event_steps_dir:
+            self.log.info("Starting XOSEventEngine", event_steps_dir=event_steps_dir)
+            event_engine = XOSEventEngine(self.log)
+            event_engine.load_event_step_modules(event_steps_dir)
+            event_engine.start()
+        else:
+            self.log.info("Skipping event engine due to no event_steps dir.")
+
+        # start model policies thread
+        policies_dir = Config.get("model_policies_dir")
+        if policies_dir:
+            policy_engine = XOSPolicyEngine(policies_dir=policies_dir, log=self.log)
+            model_policy_thread = threading.Thread(
+                target=policy_engine.run, name="policy_engine"
+            )
+            model_policy_thread.is_policy_thread = True
+            model_policy_thread.start()
+        else:
+            self.log.info(
+                "Skipping model policies thread due to no model_policies dir."
+            )
+
+        if (not observer_thread) and (not model_policy_thread) and (not event_engine):
+            self.log.info(
+                "No sync steps, no policies, and no event steps. Synchronizer exiting."
+            )
+            # the caller will exit with status 0
+            return
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(1000)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                print("exiting due to keyboard interrupt")
+                # TODO: See about setting the threads as daemons
+                if observer_thread:
+                    observer_thread._Thread__stop()
+                if model_policy_thread:
+                    model_policy_thread._Thread__stop()
+                sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/backend_modelpolicy.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/backend_modelpolicy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8e826b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/backend_modelpolicy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# 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.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import os
+import inspect
+import imp
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+from syncstep import SyncStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.event_loop import XOSObserver
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class Backend:
+    def run(self):
+        # start model policies thread
+        policies_dir = Config("model_policies_dir")
+        if policies_dir:
+            from synchronizers.model_policy import run_policy
+
+            model_policy_thread = threading.Thread(target=run_policy)
+            model_policy_thread.start()
+        else:
+            model_policy_thread = None
+            log.info("Skipping model policies thread due to no model_policies dir.")
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(1000)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                print("exiting due to keyboard interrupt")
+                if model_policy_thread:
+                    model_policy_thread._Thread__stop()
+                sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/dependency_walker_new.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/dependency_walker_new.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..138c26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/dependency_walker_new.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# TODO: Moved this into the synchronizer, as it appeared to require model
+#       access. Verify whether or not that's true and reconcile with
+#       generate/dependency_walker.py
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import os
+import imp
+import inspect
+import time
+import traceback
+import commands
+import threading
+from xosconfig import Config
+import json
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+missing_links = {}
+
+if Config.get("dependency_graph"):
+    dep_data = open(Config.get("dependency_graph")).read()
+else:
+    dep_data = "{}"
+
+dependencies = json.loads(dep_data)
+dependencies = {k: [item[0] for item in items] for k, items in dependencies.items()}
+
+inv_dependencies = {}
+for k, lst in dependencies.items():
+    for v in lst:
+        try:
+            inv_dependencies[v].append(k)
+        except KeyError:
+            inv_dependencies[v] = [k]
+
+
+def plural(name):
+    if name.endswith("s"):
+        return name + "es"
+    else:
+        return name + "s"
+
+
+def walk_deps(fn, object):
+    model = object.__class__.__name__
+    try:
+        deps = dependencies[model]
+    except BaseException:
+        deps = []
+    return __walk_deps(fn, object, deps)
+
+
+def walk_inv_deps(fn, object):
+    model = object.__class__.__name__
+    try:
+        deps = inv_dependencies[model]
+    except BaseException:
+        deps = []
+    return __walk_deps(fn, object, deps)
+
+
+def __walk_deps(fn, object, deps):
+    model = object.__class__.__name__
+    ret = []
+    for dep in deps:
+        # print "Checking dep %s"%dep
+        peer = None
+        link = dep.lower()
+        try:
+            peer = getattr(object, link)
+        except AttributeError:
+            link = plural(link)
+            try:
+                peer = getattr(object, link)
+            except AttributeError:
+                if model + "." + link not in missing_links:
+                    print("Model %s missing link for dependency %s" % (model, link))
+                    log.exception(
+                        "WARNING: Model missing link for dependency.",
+                        model=model,
+                        link=link,
+                    )
+                    missing_links[model + "." + link] = True
+
+        if peer:
+            try:
+                peer_objects = peer.all()
+            except AttributeError:
+                peer_objects = [peer]
+            except BaseException:
+                peer_objects = []
+
+            for o in peer_objects:
+                if hasattr(o, "updated"):
+                    fn(o, object)
+                    ret.append(o)
+                # Uncomment the following line to enable recursion
+                # walk_inv_deps(fn, o)
+    return ret
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_engine.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5e18d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+# 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.
+
+import confluent_kafka
+import imp
+import inspect
+import os
+import threading
+import time
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+
+class XOSKafkaMessage:
+    def __init__(self, consumer_msg):
+
+        self.topic = consumer_msg.topic()
+        self.key = consumer_msg.key()
+        self.value = consumer_msg.value()
+
+        self.timestamp = None
+        (ts_type, ts_val) = consumer_msg.timestamp()
+
+        if ts_type is not confluent_kafka.TIMESTAMP_NOT_AVAILABLE:
+            self.timestamp = ts_val
+
+
+class XOSKafkaThread(threading.Thread):
+    """ XOSKafkaThread
+
+        A Thread for servicing Kafka events. There is one event_step associated with one XOSKafkaThread. A
+        Consumer is launched to listen on the topics specified by the thread. The thread's process_event()
+        function is called for each event.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, step, bootstrap_servers, log, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(XOSKafkaThread, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.consumer = None
+        self.step = step
+        self.bootstrap_servers = bootstrap_servers
+        self.log = log
+        self.daemon = True
+
+    def create_kafka_consumer(self):
+        # use the service name as the group id
+        consumer_config = {
+            "group.id": Config().get("name"),
+            "bootstrap.servers": ",".join(self.bootstrap_servers),
+            "default.topic.config": {"auto.offset.reset": "smallest"},
+        }
+
+        return confluent_kafka.Consumer(**consumer_config)
+
+    def run(self):
+        if (not self.step.topics) and (not self.step.pattern):
+            raise Exception(
+                "Neither topics nor pattern is defined for step %s" % self.step.__name__
+            )
+
+        if self.step.topics and self.step.pattern:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Both topics and pattern are defined for step %s. Choose one."
+                % self.step.__name__
+            )
+
+        self.log.info(
+            "Waiting for events",
+            topic=self.step.topics,
+            pattern=self.step.pattern,
+            step=self.step.__name__,
+        )
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                # setup consumer or loop on failure
+                if self.consumer is None:
+                    self.consumer = self.create_kafka_consumer()
+
+                    if self.step.topics:
+                        self.consumer.subscribe(self.step.topics)
+
+                    elif self.step.pattern:
+                        self.consumer.subscribe(self.step.pattern)
+
+            except confluent_kafka.KafkaError._ALL_BROKERS_DOWN as e:
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "No brokers available on %s, %s" % (self.bootstrap_servers, e)
+                )
+                time.sleep(20)
+                continue
+
+            except confluent_kafka.KafkaError as e:
+                # Maybe Kafka has not started yet. Log the exception and try again in a second.
+                self.log.exception("Exception in kafka loop: %s" % e)
+                time.sleep(1)
+                continue
+
+            # wait until we get a message, if no message, loop again
+            msg = self.consumer.poll(timeout=1.0)
+
+            if msg is None:
+                continue
+
+            if msg.error():
+                if msg.error().code() == confluent_kafka.KafkaError._PARTITION_EOF:
+                    self.log.debug(
+                        "Reached end of kafka topic %s, partition: %s, offset: %d"
+                        % (msg.topic(), msg.partition(), msg.offset())
+                    )
+                else:
+                    self.log.exception("Error in kafka message: %s" % msg.error())
+
+            else:
+                # wrap parsing the event in a class
+                event_msg = XOSKafkaMessage(msg)
+
+                self.log.info(
+                    "Processing event", event_msg=event_msg, step=self.step.__name__
+                )
+
+                try:
+                    self.step(log=self.log).process_event(event_msg)
+
+                except BaseException:
+                    self.log.exception(
+                        "Exception in event step",
+                        event_msg=event_msg,
+                        step=self.step.__name__,
+                    )
+
+
+class XOSEventEngine(object):
+    """ XOSEventEngine
+
+        Subscribe to and handle processing of events. Two methods are defined:
+
+            load_step_modules(dir) ... look for step modules in the given directory, and load objects that are
+                                       descendant from EventStep.
+
+            start() ... Launch threads to handle processing of the EventSteps. It's expected that load_step_modules()
+                        will be called before start().
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, log):
+        self.event_steps = []
+        self.threads = []
+        self.log = log
+
+    def load_event_step_modules(self, event_step_dir):
+        self.event_steps = []
+        self.log.info("Loading event steps", event_step_dir=event_step_dir)
+
+        # NOTE we'll load all the classes that inherit from EventStep
+        for fn in os.listdir(event_step_dir):
+            pathname = os.path.join(event_step_dir, fn)
+            if (
+                os.path.isfile(pathname)
+                and fn.endswith(".py")
+                and (fn != "__init__.py")
+                and ("test" not in fn)
+            ):
+                event_module = imp.load_source(fn[:-3], pathname)
+
+                for classname in dir(event_module):
+                    c = getattr(event_module, classname, None)
+
+                    if inspect.isclass(c):
+                        base_names = [b.__name__ for b in c.__bases__]
+                        if "EventStep" in base_names:
+                            self.event_steps.append(c)
+        self.log.info("Loaded event steps", steps=self.event_steps)
+
+    def start(self):
+        eventbus_kind = Config.get("event_bus.kind")
+        eventbus_endpoint = Config.get("event_bus.endpoint")
+
+        if not eventbus_kind:
+            self.log.error(
+                "Eventbus kind is not configured in synchronizer config file."
+            )
+            return
+
+        if eventbus_kind not in ["kafka"]:
+            self.log.error(
+                "Eventbus kind is set to a technology we do not implement.",
+                eventbus_kind=eventbus_kind,
+            )
+            return
+
+        if not eventbus_endpoint:
+            self.log.error(
+                "Eventbus endpoint is not configured in synchronizer config file."
+            )
+            return
+
+        for step in self.event_steps:
+            if step.technology == "kafka":
+                thread = XOSKafkaThread(step, [eventbus_endpoint], self.log)
+                thread.start()
+                self.threads.append(thread)
+            else:
+                self.log.error(
+                    "Unknown technology. Skipping step",
+                    technology=step.technology,
+                    step=step.__name__,
+                )
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_loop.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_loop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96ce727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_loop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,772 @@
+# 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.
+
+# TODO:
+# Add unit tests:
+# - 2 sets of Instance, ControllerSlice, ControllerNetworks - delete and create case
+
+import time
+import threading
+import json
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+from networkx import (
+    DiGraph,
+    weakly_connected_component_subgraphs,
+    all_shortest_paths,
+    NetworkXNoPath,
+)
+from networkx.algorithms.dag import topological_sort
+
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import InnocuousException, DeferredException, SyncStep
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class StepNotReady(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ExternalDependencyFailed(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+# FIXME: Move drivers into a context shared across sync steps.
+
+
+class NoOpDriver:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.enabled = True
+        self.dependency_graph = None
+
+
+# Everyone gets NoOpDriver by default. To use a different driver, call
+# set_driver() below.
+DRIVER = NoOpDriver()
+
+DIRECT_EDGE = 1
+PROXY_EDGE = 2
+
+
+def set_driver(x):
+    global DRIVER
+    DRIVER = x
+
+
+class XOSObserver(object):
+    sync_steps = []
+
+    def __init__(self, sync_steps, log=log):
+        # The Condition object via which events are received
+        self.log = log
+
+        self.step_lookup = {}
+        self.sync_steps = sync_steps
+        self.load_sync_steps()
+
+        self.load_dependency_graph()
+
+        self.event_cond = threading.Condition()
+
+        self.driver = DRIVER
+        self.observer_name = Config.get("name")
+
+    def wait_for_event(self, timeout):
+        self.event_cond.acquire()
+        self.event_cond.wait(timeout)
+        self.event_cond.release()
+
+    def wake_up(self):
+        self.log.debug("Wake up routine called")
+        self.event_cond.acquire()
+        self.event_cond.notify()
+        self.event_cond.release()
+
+    def load_dependency_graph(self):
+
+        try:
+            if Config.get("dependency_graph"):
+                self.log.trace(
+                    "Loading model dependency graph",
+                    path=Config.get("dependency_graph"),
+                )
+                dep_graph_str = open(Config.get("dependency_graph")).read()
+            else:
+                self.log.trace("Using default model dependency graph", graph={})
+                dep_graph_str = "{}"
+
+            # joint_dependencies is of the form { Model1 -> [(Model2, src_port, dst_port), ...] }
+            # src_port is the field that accesses Model2 from Model1
+            # dst_port is the field that accesses Model1 from Model2
+            static_dependencies = json.loads(dep_graph_str)
+            dynamic_dependencies = self.compute_service_dependencies()
+
+            joint_dependencies = dict(
+                static_dependencies.items() + dynamic_dependencies
+            )
+
+            model_dependency_graph = DiGraph()
+            for src_model, deps in joint_dependencies.items():
+                for dep in deps:
+                    dst_model, src_accessor, dst_accessor = dep
+                    if src_model != dst_model:
+                        edge_label = {
+                            "src_accessor": src_accessor,
+                            "dst_accessor": dst_accessor,
+                        }
+                        model_dependency_graph.add_edge(
+                            src_model, dst_model, edge_label
+                        )
+
+            model_dependency_graph_rev = model_dependency_graph.reverse(copy=True)
+            self.model_dependency_graph = {
+                # deletion
+                True: model_dependency_graph_rev,
+                False: model_dependency_graph,
+            }
+            self.log.trace("Loaded dependencies", edges=model_dependency_graph.edges())
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.exception("Error loading dependency graph", e=e)
+            raise e
+
+    def load_sync_steps(self):
+        model_to_step = defaultdict(list)
+        external_dependencies = []
+
+        for s in self.sync_steps:
+            if not isinstance(s.observes, list):
+                observes = [s.observes]
+            else:
+                observes = s.observes
+
+            for m in observes:
+                model_to_step[m.__name__].append(s.__name__)
+
+            try:
+                external_dependencies.extend(s.external_dependencies)
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+
+            self.step_lookup[s.__name__] = s
+
+        self.model_to_step = model_to_step
+        self.external_dependencies = list(set(external_dependencies))
+        self.log.info(
+            "Loaded external dependencies", external_dependencies=external_dependencies
+        )
+        self.log.info("Loaded model_map", **model_to_step)
+
+    def reset_model_accessor(self, o=None):
+        try:
+            model_accessor.reset_queries()
+        except BaseException:
+            # this shouldn't happen, but in case it does, catch it...
+            if o:
+                logdict = o.tologdict()
+            else:
+                logdict = {}
+
+            self.log.error("exception in reset_queries", **logdict)
+
+    def delete_record(self, o, dr_log=None):
+
+        if dr_log is None:
+            dr_log = self.log
+
+        if getattr(o, "backend_need_reap", False):
+            # the object has already been deleted and marked for reaping
+            model_accessor.journal_object(o, "syncstep.call.already_marked_reap")
+        else:
+            step = getattr(o, "synchronizer_step", None)
+            if not step:
+                raise ExternalDependencyFailed
+
+            model_accessor.journal_object(o, "syncstep.call.delete_record")
+
+            dr_log.debug("Deleting object", **o.tologdict())
+
+            step.log = dr_log.new(step=step)
+            step.delete_record(o)
+            step.log = dr_log
+
+            dr_log.debug("Deleted object", **o.tologdict())
+
+            model_accessor.journal_object(o, "syncstep.call.delete_set_reap")
+            o.backend_need_reap = True
+            o.save(update_fields=["backend_need_reap"])
+
+    def sync_record(self, o, sr_log=None):
+        try:
+            step = o.synchronizer_step
+        except AttributeError:
+            step = None
+
+        if step is None:
+            raise ExternalDependencyFailed
+
+        if sr_log is None:
+            sr_log = self.log
+
+        # Mark this as an object that will require delete. Do
+        # this now rather than after the syncstep,
+        if not (o.backend_need_delete):
+            o.backend_need_delete = True
+            o.save(update_fields=["backend_need_delete"])
+
+        model_accessor.journal_object(o, "syncstep.call.sync_record")
+
+        sr_log.debug("Syncing object", **o.tologdict())
+
+        step.log = sr_log.new(step=step)
+        step.sync_record(o)
+        step.log = sr_log
+
+        sr_log.debug("Synced object", **o.tologdict())
+
+        o.enacted = max(o.updated, o.changed_by_policy)
+        scratchpad = {"next_run": 0, "exponent": 0, "last_success": time.time()}
+        o.backend_register = json.dumps(scratchpad)
+        o.backend_status = "OK"
+        o.backend_code = 1
+        model_accessor.journal_object(o, "syncstep.call.save_update")
+        o.save(
+            update_fields=[
+                "enacted",
+                "backend_status",
+                "backend_register",
+                "backend_code",
+            ]
+        )
+
+        if hasattr(step, "after_sync_save"):
+            step.log = sr_log.new(step=step)
+            step.after_sync_save(o)
+            step.log = sr_log
+
+        sr_log.info("Saved sync object", o=o)
+
+    """ This function needs a cleanup. FIXME: Rethink backend_status, backend_register """
+
+    def handle_sync_exception(self, o, e):
+        self.log.exception("sync step failed!", e=e, **o.tologdict())
+        current_code = o.backend_code
+
+        if hasattr(e, "message"):
+            status = str(e.message)
+        else:
+            status = str(e)
+
+        if isinstance(e, InnocuousException):
+            code = 1
+        elif isinstance(e, DeferredException):
+            # NOTE if the synchronization is Deferred it means that synchronization is still in progress
+            code = 0
+        else:
+            code = 2
+
+        self.set_object_error(o, status, code)
+
+        dependency_error = "Failed due to error in model %s id %d: %s" % (
+            o.leaf_model_name,
+            o.id,
+            status,
+        )
+        return dependency_error, code
+
+    def set_object_error(self, o, status, code):
+        if o.backend_status:
+            error_list = o.backend_status.split(" // ")
+        else:
+            error_list = []
+
+        if status not in error_list:
+            error_list.append(status)
+
+        # Keep last two errors
+        error_list = error_list[-2:]
+
+        o.backend_code = code
+        o.backend_status = " // ".join(error_list)
+
+        try:
+            scratchpad = json.loads(o.backend_register)
+            scratchpad["exponent"]
+        except BaseException:
+            scratchpad = {
+                "next_run": 0,
+                "exponent": 0,
+                "last_success": time.time(),
+                "failures": 0,
+            }
+
+        # Second failure
+        if scratchpad["exponent"]:
+            if code == 1:
+                delay = scratchpad["exponent"] * 60  # 1 minute
+            else:
+                delay = scratchpad["exponent"] * 600  # 10 minutes
+
+            # cap delays at 8 hours
+            if delay > 8 * 60 * 60:
+                delay = 8 * 60 * 60
+            scratchpad["next_run"] = time.time() + delay
+
+        scratchpad["exponent"] += 1
+
+        try:
+            scratchpad["failures"] += 1
+        except KeyError:
+            scratchpad["failures"] = 1
+
+        scratchpad["last_failure"] = time.time()
+
+        o.backend_register = json.dumps(scratchpad)
+
+        # TOFIX:
+        # DatabaseError: value too long for type character varying(140)
+        if model_accessor.obj_exists(o):
+            try:
+                o.backend_status = o.backend_status[:1024]
+                o.save(
+                    update_fields=["backend_status", "backend_register"],
+                    always_update_timestamp=True,
+                )
+            except BaseException as e:
+                self.log.exception("Could not update backend status field!", e=e)
+                pass
+
+    def sync_cohort(self, cohort, deletion):
+        threading.current_thread().is_sync_thread = True
+
+        sc_log = self.log.new(thread_id=threading.current_thread().ident)
+
+        try:
+            start_time = time.time()
+            sc_log.debug("Starting to work on cohort", cohort=cohort, deletion=deletion)
+
+            cohort_emptied = False
+            dependency_error = None
+            dependency_error_code = None
+
+            itty = iter(cohort)
+
+            while not cohort_emptied:
+                try:
+                    self.reset_model_accessor()
+                    o = next(itty)
+
+                    if dependency_error:
+                        self.set_object_error(
+                            o, dependency_error, dependency_error_code
+                        )
+                        continue
+
+                    try:
+                        if deletion:
+                            self.delete_record(o, sc_log)
+                        else:
+                            self.sync_record(o, sc_log)
+                    except ExternalDependencyFailed:
+                        dependency_error = (
+                            "External dependency on object %s id %d not met"
+                            % (o.leaf_model_name, o.id)
+                        )
+                        dependency_error_code = 1
+                    except (DeferredException, InnocuousException, Exception) as e:
+                        dependency_error, dependency_error_code = self.handle_sync_exception(
+                            o, e
+                        )
+
+                except StopIteration:
+                    sc_log.debug("Cohort completed", cohort=cohort, deletion=deletion)
+                    cohort_emptied = True
+        finally:
+            self.reset_model_accessor()
+            model_accessor.connection_close()
+
+    def tenant_class_name_from_service(self, service_name):
+        """ This code supports legacy functionality. To be cleaned up. """
+        name1 = service_name + "Instance"
+        if hasattr(Slice().stub, name1):
+            return name1
+        else:
+            name2 = service_name.replace("Service", "Tenant")
+            if hasattr(Slice().stub, name2):
+                return name2
+            else:
+                return None
+
+    def compute_service_dependencies(self):
+        """ FIXME: Implement more cleanly via xproto """
+
+        model_names = self.model_to_step.keys()
+        ugly_tuples = [
+            (m, m.replace("Instance", "").replace("Tenant", "Service"))
+            for m in model_names
+            if m.endswith("ServiceInstance") or m.endswith("Tenant")
+        ]
+        ugly_rtuples = [(v, k) for k, v in ugly_tuples]
+
+        ugly_map = dict(ugly_tuples)
+        ugly_rmap = dict(ugly_rtuples)
+
+        s_model_names = [v for k, v in ugly_tuples]
+        s_models0 = [
+            getattr(Slice().stub, model_name, None) for model_name in s_model_names
+        ]
+        s_models1 = [model.objects.first() for model in s_models0]
+        s_models = [m for m in s_models1 if m is not None]
+
+        dependencies = []
+        for model in s_models:
+            deps = ServiceDependency.objects.filter(subscriber_service_id=model.id)
+            if deps:
+                services = [
+                    self.tenant_class_name_from_service(
+                        d.provider_service.leaf_model_name
+                    )
+                    for d in deps
+                ]
+                dependencies.append(
+                    (ugly_rmap[model.leaf_model_name], [(s, "", "") for s in services])
+                )
+
+        return dependencies
+
+    def compute_service_instance_dependencies(self, objects):
+        link_set = [
+            ServiceInstanceLink.objects.filter(subscriber_service_instance_id=o.id)
+            for o in objects
+        ]
+
+        dependencies = [
+            (l.provider_service_instance, l.subscriber_service_instance)
+            for links in link_set
+            for l in links
+        ]
+        providers = []
+
+        for p, s in dependencies:
+            if not p.enacted or p.enacted < p.updated:
+                p.dependent = s
+                providers.append(p)
+
+        return providers
+
+    def run(self):
+        # Cleanup: Move self.driver into a synchronizer context
+        # made available to every sync step.
+        if not self.driver.enabled:
+            self.log.warning("Driver is not enabled. Not running sync steps.")
+            return
+
+        while True:
+            self.log.trace("Waiting for event or timeout")
+            self.wait_for_event(timeout=5)
+            self.log.trace("Synchronizer awake")
+
+            self.run_once()
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deletion=False):
+        unique_model_list = list(set(self.model_to_step.keys()))
+        pending_objects = []
+        pending_steps = []
+        step_list = self.step_lookup.values()
+
+        for e in self.external_dependencies:
+            s = SyncStep
+            s.observes = e
+            step_list.append(s)
+
+        for step_class in step_list:
+            step = step_class(driver=self.driver)
+            step.log = self.log.new(step=step)
+
+            if not hasattr(step, "call"):
+                pending = step.fetch_pending(deletion)
+                for obj in pending:
+                    step = step_class(driver=self.driver)
+                    step.log = self.log.new(step=step)
+                    obj.synchronizer_step = step
+
+                pending_service_dependencies = self.compute_service_instance_dependencies(
+                    pending
+                )
+
+                for obj in pending_service_dependencies:
+                    obj.synchronizer_step = None
+
+                pending_objects.extend(pending)
+                pending_objects.extend(pending_service_dependencies)
+            else:
+                # Support old and broken legacy synchronizers
+                # This needs to be dropped soon.
+                pending_steps.append(step)
+
+        self.log.trace(
+            "Fetched pending data",
+            pending_objects=pending_objects,
+            legacy_steps=pending_steps,
+        )
+        return pending_objects, pending_steps
+
+    def linked_objects(self, o):
+        if o is None:
+            return [], None
+        try:
+            o_lst = [o for o in o.all()]
+            edge_type = PROXY_EDGE
+        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+            o_lst = [o]
+            edge_type = DIRECT_EDGE
+        return o_lst, edge_type
+
+    """ Automatically test if a real dependency path exists between two objects. e.g.
+        given an Instance, and a ControllerSite, the test amounts to:
+            instance.slice.site == controller.site
+
+        Then the two objects are related, and should be put in the same cohort.
+        If the models of the two objects are not dependent, then the check trivially
+        returns False.
+    """
+
+    def same_object(self, o1, o2):
+        if not o1 or not o2:
+            return False, None
+
+        o1_lst, edge_type = self.linked_objects(o1)
+
+        try:
+            found = next(
+                obj
+                for obj in o1_lst
+                if obj.leaf_model_name == o2.leaf_model_name and obj.pk == o2.pk
+            )
+        except AttributeError as e:
+            self.log.exception("Compared objects could not be identified", e=e)
+            raise e
+        except StopIteration:
+            # This is a temporary workaround to establish dependencies between
+            # deleted proxy objects. A better solution would be for the ORM to
+            # return the set of deleted objects via foreign keys. At that point,
+            # the following line would change back to found = False
+            # - Sapan
+
+            found = getattr(o2, "deleted", False)
+
+        return found, edge_type
+
+    def concrete_path_exists(self, o1, o2):
+        try:
+            m1 = o1.leaf_model_name
+            m2 = o2.leaf_model_name
+        except AttributeError:
+            # One of the nodes is not in the dependency graph
+            # No dependency
+            return False, None
+
+        if m1.endswith("ServiceInstance") and m2.endswith("ServiceInstance"):
+            return getattr(o2, "dependent", None) == o1, DIRECT_EDGE
+
+        # FIXME: Dynamic dependency check
+        G = self.model_dependency_graph[False]
+        paths = all_shortest_paths(G, m1, m2)
+
+        try:
+            any(paths)
+            paths = all_shortest_paths(G, m1, m2)
+        except NetworkXNoPath:
+            # Easy. The two models are unrelated.
+            return False, None
+
+        for p in paths:
+            src_object = o1
+            edge_type = DIRECT_EDGE
+
+            for i in range(len(p) - 1):
+                src = p[i]
+                dst = p[i + 1]
+                edge_label = G[src][dst]
+                sa = edge_label["src_accessor"]
+                try:
+                    dst_accessor = getattr(src_object, sa)
+                    dst_objects, link_edge_type = self.linked_objects(dst_accessor)
+                    if link_edge_type == PROXY_EDGE:
+                        edge_type = link_edge_type
+
+                    """
+
+                    True       			If no linked objects and deletion
+                    False      			If no linked objects
+                    True       			If multiple linked objects
+                    <continue traversal> 	If single linked object
+
+                    """
+
+                    if dst_objects == []:
+                        # Workaround for ORM not returning linked deleted
+                        # objects
+                        if o2.deleted:
+                            return True, edge_type
+                        else:
+                            dst_object = None
+                    elif len(dst_objects) > 1:
+                        # Multiple linked objects. Assume anything could be among those multiple objects.
+                        raise AttributeError
+                    else:
+                        dst_object = dst_objects[0]
+                except AttributeError as e:
+                    if sa != "fake_accessor":
+                        self.log.debug(
+                            "Could not check object dependencies, making conservative choice %s",
+                            e,
+                            src_object=src_object,
+                            sa=sa,
+                            o1=o1,
+                            o2=o2,
+                        )
+                    return True, edge_type
+
+                src_object = dst_object
+
+                if not src_object:
+                    break
+
+            verdict, edge_type = self.same_object(src_object, o2)
+            if verdict:
+                return verdict, edge_type
+
+            # Otherwise try other paths
+
+        return False, None
+
+    """
+
+    This function implements the main scheduling logic
+    of the Synchronizer. It divides incoming work (dirty objects)
+    into cohorts of dependent objects, and runs each such cohort
+    in its own thread.
+
+    Future work:
+
+    * Run event thread in parallel to the scheduling thread, and
+      add incoming objects to existing cohorts. Doing so should
+      greatly improve synchronizer performance.
+    * A single object might need to be added to multiple cohorts.
+      In this case, the last cohort handles such an object.
+    * This algorithm is horizontal-scale-ready. Multiple synchronizers
+      could run off a shared runqueue of cohorts.
+
+    """
+
+    def compute_dependent_cohorts(self, objects, deletion):
+        model_map = defaultdict(list)
+        n = len(objects)
+        r = range(n)
+        indexed_objects = zip(r, objects)
+
+        oG = DiGraph()
+
+        for i in r:
+            oG.add_node(i)
+
+        try:
+            for i0 in range(n):
+                for i1 in range(n):
+                    if i0 != i1:
+                        if deletion:
+                            path_args = (objects[i1], objects[i0])
+                        else:
+                            path_args = (objects[i0], objects[i1])
+
+                        is_connected, edge_type = self.concrete_path_exists(*path_args)
+                        if is_connected:
+                            try:
+                                edge_type = oG[i1][i0]["type"]
+                                if edge_type == PROXY_EDGE:
+                                    oG.remove_edge(i1, i0)
+                                    oG.add_edge(i0, i1, {"type": edge_type})
+                            except KeyError:
+                                oG.add_edge(i0, i1, {"type": edge_type})
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
+        components = weakly_connected_component_subgraphs(oG)
+        cohort_indexes = [reversed(topological_sort(g)) for g in components]
+        cohorts = [
+            [objects[i] for i in cohort_index] for cohort_index in cohort_indexes
+        ]
+
+        return cohorts
+
+    def run_once(self):
+        self.load_dependency_graph()
+
+        try:
+            # Why are we checking the DB connection here?
+            model_accessor.check_db_connection_okay()
+
+            loop_start = time.time()
+
+            # Two passes. One for sync, the other for deletion.
+            for deletion in (False, True):
+                objects_to_process = []
+
+                objects_to_process, steps_to_process = self.fetch_pending(deletion)
+                dependent_cohorts = self.compute_dependent_cohorts(
+                    objects_to_process, deletion
+                )
+
+                threads = []
+                self.log.trace("In run once inner loop", deletion=deletion)
+
+                for cohort in dependent_cohorts:
+                    thread = threading.Thread(
+                        target=self.sync_cohort,
+                        name="synchronizer",
+                        args=(cohort, deletion),
+                    )
+
+                    threads.append(thread)
+
+                # Start threads
+                for t in threads:
+                    t.start()
+
+                self.reset_model_accessor()
+
+                # Wait for all threads to finish before continuing with the run
+                # loop
+                for t in threads:
+                    t.join()
+
+                # Run legacy synchronizers, which do everything in call()
+                for step in steps_to_process:
+                    try:
+                        step.call(deletion=deletion)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        self.log.exception("Legacy step failed", step=step, e=e)
+
+            loop_end = time.time()
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.exception(
+                "Core error. This seems like a misconfiguration or bug. This error will not be relayed to the user!",
+                e=e,
+            )
+            self.log.error("Exception in observer run loop")
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_steps/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_steps/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fb0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_steps/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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.
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_steps/eventstep.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_steps/eventstep.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9596248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/event_steps/eventstep.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+class EventStep(object):
+    """
+    All the event steps defined in each synchronizer needs to inherit from this class in order to be loaded
+
+    Each step should define a technology, and either a `topics` or a `pattern`. The meaning of `topics` and `pattern`
+    depend on the technology that is chosen.
+    """
+
+    technology = "kafka"
+    topics = []
+    pattern = None
+
+    def __init__(self, log, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Initialize a pull step. Override this function to include any initialization. Make sure to call the original
+        __init__() from your method.
+        """
+
+        # self.log can be used to emit logging messages.
+        self.log = log
+
+    def process_event(self, event):
+        # This method must be overridden in your class. Do not call the original method.
+
+        self.log.warning(
+            "There is no default process_event, please provide a process_event method",
+            msg=event,
+        )
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/exceptions.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3589777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+class SynchronizerException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class SynchronizerProgrammingError(SynchronizerException):
+    pass
+
+
+class SynchronizerConfigurationError(SynchronizerException):
+    pass
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/loadmodels.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/loadmodels.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e82ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/loadmodels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# 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.
+
+import os
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class ModelLoadClient(object):
+    def __init__(self, api):
+        self.api = api
+
+    def upload_models(self, name, dir, version="unknown"):
+        request = self.api.dynamicload_pb2.LoadModelsRequest(name=name, version=version)
+
+        for fn in os.listdir(dir):
+            if fn.endswith(".xproto"):
+                item = request.xprotos.add()
+                item.filename = fn
+                item.contents = open(os.path.join(dir, fn)).read()
+
+        models_fn = os.path.join(dir, "models.py")
+        if os.path.exists(models_fn):
+            item = request.decls.add()
+            item.filename = "models.py"
+            item.contents = open(models_fn).read()
+
+        attic_dir = os.path.join(dir, "attic")
+        if os.path.exists(attic_dir):
+            log.warn(
+                "Attics are deprecated, please use the legacy=True option in xProto"
+            )
+            for fn in os.listdir(attic_dir):
+                if fn.endswith(".py"):
+                    item = request.attics.add()
+                    item.filename = fn
+                    item.contents = open(os.path.join(attic_dir, fn)).read()
+
+        api_convenience_dir = os.path.join(dir, "convenience")
+        if os.path.exists(api_convenience_dir):
+            for fn in os.listdir(api_convenience_dir):
+                if fn.endswith(".py") and "test" not in fn:
+                    item = request.convenience_methods.add()
+                    item.filename = fn
+                    item.contents = open(os.path.join(api_convenience_dir, fn)).read()
+
+        result = self.api.dynamicload.LoadModels(request)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/mock_modelaccessor_build.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/mock_modelaccessor_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c389cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/mock_modelaccessor_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# 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.
+
+import os
+import cPickle
+import subprocess
+
+"""
+    Support for autogenerating mock_modelaccessor.
+
+    Each unit test might have its own requirements for the set of xprotos that make
+    up its model testing framework. These should always include the core, and
+    optionally include one or more services.
+"""
+
+
+def build_mock_modelaccessor(
+    dest_dir, xos_dir, services_dir, service_xprotos, target="mock_classes.xtarget"
+):
+    dest_fn = os.path.join(dest_dir, "mock_modelaccessor.py")
+
+    args = ["xosgenx", "--target", target]
+    args.append(os.path.join(xos_dir, "core/models/core.xproto"))
+    for xproto in service_xprotos:
+        args.append(os.path.join(services_dir, xproto))
+
+    # Check to see if we've already run xosgenx. If so, don't run it again.
+    context_fn = dest_fn + ".context"
+    this_context = (xos_dir, services_dir, service_xprotos, target)
+    need_xosgenx = True
+    if os.path.exists(context_fn):
+        try:
+            context = cPickle.loads(open(context_fn).read())
+            if context == this_context:
+                return
+        except (cPickle.UnpicklingError, EOFError):
+            # Something went wrong with the file read or depickling
+            pass
+
+    if os.path.exists(context_fn):
+        os.remove(context_fn)
+
+    if os.path.exists(dest_fn):
+        os.remove(dest_fn)
+
+    p = subprocess.Popen(
+        " ".join(args) + " > " + dest_fn,
+        shell=True,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+    )
+    (stdoutdata, stderrdata) = p.communicate()
+    if (p.returncode != 0) or (not os.path.exists(dest_fn)):
+        raise Exception(
+            "Failed to create mock model accessor, returncode=%d, stdout=%s"
+            % (p.returncode, stdoutdata)
+        )
+
+    # Save the context of this invocation of xosgenx
+    open(context_fn, "w").write(cPickle.dumps(this_context))
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fb0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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.
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66ac348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/model_policy_tenantwithcontainer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+from xossynchronizer.model_policies.policy import Policy
+from xossynchronizer.exceptions import *
+
+
+class Scheduler(object):
+    # XOS Scheduler Abstract Base Class
+    # Used to implement schedulers that pick which node to put instances on
+
+    def __init__(self, slice, label=None, constrain_by_service_instance=False):
+        self.slice = slice
+        self.label = label  # Only pick nodes with this label
+        # Apply service-instance-based constraints
+        self.constrain_by_service_instance = constrain_by_service_instance
+
+    def pick(self):
+        # this method should return a tuple (node, parent)
+        #    node is the node to instantiate on
+        #    parent is for container_vm instances only, and is the VM that will
+        #      hold the container
+
+        raise Exception("Abstract Base")
+
+
+class LeastLoadedNodeScheduler(Scheduler):
+    # This scheduler always return the node with the fewest number of
+    # instances.
+
+    def pick(self):
+        set_label = False
+
+        nodes = []
+        if self.label:
+            nodes = Node.objects.filter(nodelabels__name=self.label)
+            if not nodes:
+                set_label = self.constrain_by_service_instance
+
+        if not nodes:
+            if self.slice.default_node:
+                # if slice.default_node is set, then filter by default_node
+                nodes = Node.objects.filter(name=self.slice.default_node)
+            else:
+                nodes = Node.objects.all()
+
+        # convert to list
+        nodes = list(nodes)
+
+        # sort so that we pick the least-loaded node
+        nodes = sorted(nodes, key=lambda node: node.instances.count())
+
+        if not nodes:
+            raise Exception("LeastLoadedNodeScheduler: No suitable nodes to pick from")
+
+        picked_node = nodes[0]
+
+        if set_label:
+            nl = NodeLabel(name=self.label)
+            nl.node.add(picked_node)
+            nl.save()
+
+        # TODO: logic to filter nodes by which nodes are up, and which
+        #   nodes the slice can instantiate on.
+        return [picked_node, None]
+
+
+class TenantWithContainerPolicy(Policy):
+    # This policy is abstract. Inherit this class into your own policy and override model_name
+    model_name = None
+
+    def handle_create(self, tenant):
+        return self.handle_update(tenant)
+
+    def handle_update(self, service_instance):
+        if (service_instance.link_deleted_count > 0) and (
+            not service_instance.provided_links.exists()
+        ):
+            model = globals()[self.model_name]
+            self.log.info(
+                "The last provided link has been deleted -- self-destructing."
+            )
+            self.handle_delete(service_instance)
+            if model.objects.filter(id=service_instance.id).exists():
+                service_instance.delete()
+            else:
+                self.log.info("Tenant %s is already deleted" % service_instance)
+            return
+        self.manage_container(service_instance)
+
+    #    def handle_delete(self, tenant):
+    #        if tenant.vcpe:
+    #            tenant.vcpe.delete()
+
+    def save_instance(self, instance):
+        # Override this function to do custom pre-save or post-save processing,
+        # such as creating ports for containers.
+        instance.save()
+
+    def ip_to_mac(self, ip):
+        (a, b, c, d) = ip.split(".")
+        return "02:42:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x" % (int(a), int(b), int(c), int(d))
+
+    def allocate_public_service_instance(self, **kwargs):
+        """ Get a ServiceInstance that provides public connectivity. Currently this means to use AddressPool and
+            the AddressManager Service.
+
+            Expect this to be refactored when we break hard-coded service dependencies.
+        """
+        address_pool_name = kwargs.pop("address_pool_name")
+
+        am_service = AddressManagerService.objects.all()  # TODO: Hardcoded dependency
+        if not am_service:
+            raise Exception("no addressing services")
+        am_service = am_service[0]
+
+        ap = AddressPool.objects.filter(
+            name=address_pool_name, service_id=am_service.id
+        )
+        if not ap:
+            raise Exception("Addressing service unable to find addresspool %s" % name)
+        ap = ap[0]
+
+        ip = ap.get_address()
+        if not ip:
+            raise Exception("AddressPool '%s' has run out of addresses." % ap.name)
+
+        ap.save()  # save the AddressPool to account for address being removed from it
+
+        subscriber_service = None
+        if "subscriber_service" in kwargs:
+            subscriber_service = kwargs.pop("subscriber_service")
+
+        subscriber_service_instance = None
+        if "subscriber_tenant" in kwargs:
+            subscriber_service_instance = kwargs.pop("subscriber_tenant")
+        elif "subscriber_service_instance" in kwargs:
+            subscriber_service_instance = kwargs.pop("subscriber_service_instance")
+
+        # TODO: potential partial failure -- AddressPool address is allocated and saved before addressing tenant
+
+        t = None
+        try:
+            t = AddressManagerServiceInstance(
+                owner=am_service, **kwargs
+            )  # TODO: Hardcoded dependency
+            t.public_ip = ip
+            t.public_mac = self.ip_to_mac(ip)
+            t.address_pool_id = ap.id
+            t.save()
+
+            if subscriber_service:
+                link = ServiceInstanceLink(
+                    subscriber_service=subscriber_service, provider_service_instance=t
+                )
+                link.save()
+
+            if subscriber_service_instance:
+                link = ServiceInstanceLink(
+                    subscriber_service_instance=subscriber_service_instance,
+                    provider_service_instance=t,
+                )
+                link.save()
+        except BaseException:
+            # cleanup if anything went wrong
+            ap.put_address(ip)
+            ap.save()  # save the AddressPool to account for address being added to it
+            if t and t.id:
+                t.delete()
+            raise
+
+        return t
+
+    def get_image(self, tenant):
+        slice = tenant.owner.slices.all()
+        if not slice:
+            raise SynchronizerProgrammingError("provider service has no slice")
+        slice = slice[0]
+
+        # If slice has default_image set then use it
+        if slice.default_image:
+            return slice.default_image
+
+        raise SynchronizerProgrammingError(
+            "Please set a default image for %s" % self.slice.name
+        )
+
+    """ get_legacy_tenant_attribute
+        pick_least_loaded_instance_in_slice
+        count_of_tenants_of_an_instance
+
+        These three methods seem to be used by A-CORD. Look for ways to consolidate with existing methods and eliminate
+        these legacy ones
+    """
+
+    def get_legacy_tenant_attribute(self, tenant, name, default=None):
+        if tenant.service_specific_attribute:
+            attributes = json.loads(tenant.service_specific_attribute)
+        else:
+            attributes = {}
+        return attributes.get(name, default)
+
+    def pick_least_loaded_instance_in_slice(self, tenant, slices, image):
+        for slice in slices:
+            if slice.instances.all().count() > 0:
+                for instance in slice.instances.all():
+                    if instance.image != image:
+                        continue
+                    # Pick the first instance that has lesser than 5 tenants
+                    if self.count_of_tenants_of_an_instance(tenant, instance) < 5:
+                        return instance
+        return None
+
+    # TODO: Ideally the tenant count for an instance should be maintained using a
+    # many-to-one relationship attribute, however this model being proxy, it does
+    # not permit any new attributes to be defined. Find if any better solutions
+    def count_of_tenants_of_an_instance(self, tenant, instance):
+        tenant_count = 0
+        for tenant in self.__class__.objects.all():
+            if (
+                self.get_legacy_tenant_attribute(tenant, "instance_id", None)
+                == instance.id
+            ):
+                tenant_count += 1
+        return tenant_count
+
+    def manage_container(self, tenant):
+        if tenant.deleted:
+            return
+
+        desired_image = self.get_image(tenant)
+
+        if (tenant.instance is not None) and (
+            tenant.instance.image.id != desired_image.id
+        ):
+            tenant.instance.delete()
+            tenant.instance = None
+
+        if tenant.instance is None:
+            if not tenant.owner.slices.count():
+                raise SynchronizerConfigurationError("The service has no slices")
+
+            new_instance_created = False
+            instance = None
+            if self.get_legacy_tenant_attribute(
+                tenant, "use_same_instance_for_multiple_tenants", default=False
+            ):
+                # Find if any existing instances can be used for this tenant
+                slices = tenant.owner.slices.all()
+                instance = self.pick_least_loaded_instance_in_slice(
+                    tenant, slices, desired_image
+                )
+
+            if not instance:
+                slice = tenant.owner.slices.first()
+
+                flavor = slice.default_flavor
+                if not flavor:
+                    flavors = Flavor.objects.filter(name="m1.small")
+                    if not flavors:
+                        raise SynchronizerConfigurationError("No m1.small flavor")
+                    flavor = flavors[0]
+
+                if slice.default_isolation == "container_vm":
+                    raise Exception("Not implemented")
+                else:
+                    scheduler = getattr(self, "scheduler", LeastLoadedNodeScheduler)
+                    constrain_by_service_instance = getattr(
+                        self, "constrain_by_service_instance", False
+                    )
+                    tenant_node_label = getattr(tenant, "node_label", None)
+                    (node, parent) = scheduler(
+                        slice,
+                        label=tenant_node_label,
+                        constrain_by_service_instance=constrain_by_service_instance,
+                    ).pick()
+
+                assert slice is not None
+                assert node is not None
+                assert desired_image is not None
+                assert tenant.creator is not None
+                assert node.site_deployment.deployment is not None
+                assert flavor is not None
+
+                try:
+                    instance = Instance(
+                        slice=slice,
+                        node=node,
+                        image=desired_image,
+                        creator=tenant.creator,
+                        deployment=node.site_deployment.deployment,
+                        flavor=flavor,
+                        isolation=slice.default_isolation,
+                        parent=parent,
+                    )
+                    self.save_instance(instance)
+                    new_instance_created = True
+
+                    tenant.instance = instance
+                    tenant.save()
+                except BaseException:
+                    # NOTE: We don't have transactional support, so if the synchronizer crashes and exits after
+                    #       creating the instance, but before adding it to the tenant, then we will leave an
+                    #       orphaned instance.
+                    if new_instance_created:
+                        instance.delete()
+                    raise
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/policy.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/policy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b455c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/policy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+""" policy.py
+
+    Base Classes for Model Policies
+"""
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class Policy(object):
+    """ An XOS Model Policy
+
+        Set the class member model_name to the name of the model that this policy will act on.
+
+        The following functions will be invoked if they are defined:
+
+            handle_create ... called when a model is created
+            handle_update ... called when a model is updated
+            handle_delete ... called when a model is deleted
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.logger = log
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/test_config.yaml b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/test_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bffe809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policies/test_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+# 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.
+
+
+name: test-model-policies
+accessor:
+  username: xosadmin@opencord.org
+  password: "sample"
+  kind: testframework
+logging:
+  version: 1
+  handlers:
+    console:
+      class: logging.StreamHandler
+  loggers:
+    'multistructlog':
+      handlers:
+          - console
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policy_loop.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policy_loop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c23e47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/model_policy_loop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+from xossynchronizer.dependency_walker_new import *
+from xossynchronizer.policy import Policy
+
+import imp
+import pdb
+import time
+import traceback
+
+
+class XOSPolicyEngine(object):
+    def __init__(self, policies_dir, log):
+        self.model_policies = self.load_model_policies(policies_dir)
+        self.policies_by_name = {}
+        self.policies_by_class = {}
+        self.log = log
+
+        for policy in self.model_policies:
+            if policy.model_name not in self.policies_by_name:
+                self.policies_by_name[policy.model_name] = []
+            self.policies_by_name[policy.model_name].append(policy)
+
+            if policy.model not in self.policies_by_class:
+                self.policies_by_class[policy.model] = []
+            self.policies_by_class[policy.model].append(policy)
+
+    def update_wp(self, d, o):
+        try:
+            save_fields = []
+            if d.write_protect != o.write_protect:
+                d.write_protect = o.write_protect
+                save_fields.append("write_protect")
+            if save_fields:
+                d.save(update_fields=save_fields)
+        except AttributeError as e:
+            raise e
+
+    def update_dep(self, d, o):
+        try:
+            print("Trying to update %s" % d)
+            save_fields = []
+            if d.updated < o.updated:
+                save_fields = ["updated"]
+
+            if save_fields:
+                d.save(update_fields=save_fields)
+        except AttributeError as e:
+            log.exception("AttributeError in update_dep", e=e)
+            raise e
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.exception("Exception in update_dep", e=e)
+
+    def delete_if_inactive(self, d, o):
+        try:
+            d.delete()
+            print("Deleted %s (%s)" % (d, d.__class__.__name__))
+        except BaseException:
+            pass
+        return
+
+    def load_model_policies(self, policies_dir):
+        policies = []
+        for fn in os.listdir(policies_dir):
+            if fn.startswith("test"):
+                # don't try to import unit tests!
+                continue
+            pathname = os.path.join(policies_dir, fn)
+            if (
+                os.path.isfile(pathname)
+                and fn.endswith(".py")
+                and (fn != "__init__.py")
+            ):
+                module = imp.load_source(fn[:-3], pathname)
+                for classname in dir(module):
+                    c = getattr(module, classname, None)
+
+                    # make sure 'c' is a descendent of Policy and has a
+                    # provides field (this eliminates the abstract base classes
+                    # since they don't have a provides)
+
+                    if (
+                        inspect.isclass(c)
+                        and issubclass(c, Policy)
+                        and hasattr(c, "model_name")
+                        and (c not in policies)
+                    ):
+                        if not c.model_name:
+                            log.info(
+                                "load_model_policies: skipping model policy",
+                                classname=classname,
+                            )
+                            continue
+                        if not model_accessor.has_model_class(c.model_name):
+                            log.error(
+                                "load_model_policies: unable to find model policy",
+                                classname=classname,
+                                model=c.model_name,
+                            )
+                        c.model = model_accessor.get_model_class(c.model_name)
+                        policies.append(c)
+
+        log.info("Loaded model policies", policies=policies)
+        return policies
+
+    def execute_model_policy(self, instance, action):
+        # These are the models whose children get deleted when they are
+        delete_policy_models = ["Slice", "Instance", "Network"]
+        sender_name = getattr(instance, "model_name", instance.__class__.__name__)
+
+        # if (action != "deleted"):
+        #    walk_inv_deps(self.update_dep, instance)
+        #    walk_deps(self.update_wp, instance)
+        # elif (sender_name in delete_policy_models):
+        #    walk_inv_deps(self.delete_if_inactive, instance)
+
+        policies_failed = False
+        for policy in self.policies_by_name.get(sender_name, None):
+            method_name = "handle_%s" % action
+            if hasattr(policy, method_name):
+                try:
+                    log.debug(
+                        "MODEL POLICY: calling handler",
+                        sender_name=sender_name,
+                        instance=instance,
+                        policy=policy.__name__,
+                        method=method_name,
+                    )
+                    getattr(policy(), method_name)(instance)
+                    log.debug(
+                        "MODEL POLICY: completed handler",
+                        sender_name=sender_name,
+                        instance=instance,
+                        policy_name=policy.__name__,
+                        method=method_name,
+                    )
+                except Exception as e:
+                    log.exception("MODEL POLICY: Exception when running handler", e=e)
+                    policies_failed = True
+
+                    try:
+                        instance.policy_status = "%s" % traceback.format_exc(limit=1)
+                        instance.policy_code = 2
+                        instance.save(update_fields=["policy_status", "policy_code"])
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        log.exception(
+                            "MODEL_POLICY: Exception when storing policy_status", e=e
+                        )
+
+        if not policies_failed:
+            try:
+                instance.policed = max(instance.updated, instance.changed_by_step)
+                instance.policy_status = "done"
+                instance.policy_code = 1
+
+                instance.save(update_fields=["policed", "policy_status", "policy_code"])
+
+                if hasattr(policy, "after_policy_save"):
+                    policy().after_policy_save(instance)
+
+                log.info("MODEL_POLICY: Saved", o=instance)
+            except BaseException:
+                log.exception(
+                    "MODEL POLICY: Object failed to update policed timestamp",
+                    instance=instance,
+                )
+
+    def noop(self, o, p):
+        pass
+
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            start = time.time()
+            try:
+                self.run_policy_once()
+            except Exception as e:
+                log.exception("MODEL_POLICY: Exception in run()", e=e)
+            if time.time() - start < 5:
+                time.sleep(5)
+
+    # TODO: This loop is different from the synchronizer event_loop, but they both do mostly the same thing. Look for
+    # ways to combine them.
+
+    def run_policy_once(self):
+        models = self.policies_by_class.keys()
+
+        model_accessor.check_db_connection_okay()
+
+        objects = model_accessor.fetch_policies(models, False)
+        deleted_objects = model_accessor.fetch_policies(models, True)
+
+        for o in objects:
+            if o.deleted:
+                # This shouldn't happen, but previous code was examining o.deleted. Verify.
+                continue
+            if not o.policed:
+                self.execute_model_policy(o, "create")
+            else:
+                self.execute_model_policy(o, "update")
+
+        for o in deleted_objects:
+            self.execute_model_policy(o, "delete")
+
+        try:
+            model_accessor.reset_queries()
+        except Exception as e:
+            # this shouldn't happen, but in case it does, catch it...
+            log.exception("MODEL POLICY: exception in reset_queries", e)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/modelaccessor.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/modelaccessor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6084579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/modelaccessor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+""" ModelAccessor
+
+    A class for abstracting access to models. Used to get any djangoisms out
+    of the synchronizer code base.
+
+    This module will import all models into this module's global scope, so doing
+    a "from modelaccessor import *" from a calling module ought to import all
+    models into the calling module's scope.
+"""
+
+import functools
+import importlib
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+import time
+from loadmodels import ModelLoadClient
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+from xosutil.autodiscover_version import autodiscover_version_of_main
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+orig_sigint = None
+model_accessor = None
+
+
+class ModelAccessor(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.all_model_classes = self.get_all_model_classes()
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        """ Wrapper for getattr to facilitate retrieval of classes """
+        has_model_class = self.__getattribute__("has_model_class")
+        get_model_class = self.__getattribute__("get_model_class")
+        if has_model_class(name):
+            return get_model_class(name)
+
+        # Default behaviour
+        return self.__getattribute__(name)
+
+    def get_all_model_classes(self):
+        """ Build a dictionary of all model class names """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def get_model_class(self, name):
+        """ Given a class name, return that model class """
+        return self.all_model_classes[name]
+
+    def has_model_class(self, name):
+        """ Given a class name, return that model class """
+        return name in self.all_model_classes
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, main_objs, deletion=False):
+        """ Execute the default fetch_pending query """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def fetch_policies(self, main_objs, deletion=False):
+        """ Execute the default fetch_pending query """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def reset_queries(self):
+        """ Reset any state between passes of synchronizer. For django, to
+            limit memory consumption of cached queries.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def connection_close(self):
+        """ Close any active database connection. For django, to limit memory
+            consumption.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def check_db_connection_okay(self):
+        """ Checks to make sure the db connection is okay """
+        pass
+
+    def obj_exists(self, o):
+        """ Return True if the object exists in the data model """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def obj_in_list(self, o, olist):
+        """ Return True if o is the same as one of the objects in olist """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def now(self):
+        """ Return the current time for timestamping purposes """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def is_type(self, obj, name):
+        """ returns True is obj is of model type "name" """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def is_instance(self, obj, name):
+        """ returns True if obj is of model type "name" or is a descendant """
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def get_content_type_id(self, obj):
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+    def journal_object(self, o, operation, msg=None, timestamp=None):
+        pass
+
+    def create_obj(self, cls, **kwargs):
+        raise Exception("Not Implemented")
+
+
+def import_models_to_globals():
+    # add all models to globals
+    for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+        globals()[k] = v
+
+    # xosbase doesn't exist from the synchronizer's perspective, so fake out
+    # ModelLink.
+    if "ModelLink" not in globals():
+
+        class ModelLink:
+            def __init__(self, dest, via, into=None):
+                self.dest = dest
+                self.via = via
+                self.into = into
+
+        globals()["ModelLink"] = ModelLink
+
+
+def keep_trying(client, reactor):
+    # Keep checking the connection to wait for it to become unavailable.
+    # Then reconnect. The strategy is to send NoOp operations, one per second, until eventually a NoOp throws an
+    # exception. This will indicate the server has reset. When that happens, we force the client to reconnect, and
+    # it will download a new API from the server.
+
+    from xosapi.xos_grpc_client import Empty
+
+    try:
+        client.utility.NoOp(Empty())
+    except Exception as e:
+        # If we caught an exception, then the API has become unavailable.
+        # So reconnect.
+
+        log.exception("exception in NoOp", e=e)
+        log.info("restarting synchronizer")
+
+        os.execv(sys.executable, ["python"] + sys.argv)
+        return
+
+    reactor.callLater(1, functools.partial(keep_trying, client, reactor))
+
+
+def grpcapi_reconnect(client, reactor):
+    global model_accessor
+
+    # Make sure to try to load models before trying to initialize the ORM. It might be the ORM is broken because it
+    # is waiting on our models.
+
+    if Config.get("models_dir"):
+        version = autodiscover_version_of_main(max_parent_depth=0) or "unknown"
+        log.info("Service version is %s" % version)
+        try:
+            ModelLoadClient(client).upload_models(
+                Config.get("name"), Config.get("models_dir"), version=version
+            )
+        except Exception as e:  # TODO: narrow exception scope
+            if (
+                hasattr(e, "code")
+                and callable(e.code)
+                and hasattr(e.code(), "name")
+                and (e.code().name) == "UNAVAILABLE"
+            ):
+                # We need to make sure we force a reconnection, as it's possible that we will end up downloading a
+                # new xos API.
+                log.info("grpc unavailable during loadmodels. Force a reconnect")
+                client.connected = False
+                client.connect()
+                return
+            log.exception("failed to onboard models")
+            # If it's some other error, then we don't need to force a reconnect. Just try the LoadModels() again.
+            reactor.callLater(10, functools.partial(grpcapi_reconnect, client, reactor))
+            return
+
+    # If the ORM is broken, then wait for the orm to become available.
+
+    if not getattr(client, "xos_orm", None):
+        log.warning("No xos_orm. Will keep trying...")
+        reactor.callLater(1, functools.partial(keep_trying, client, reactor))
+        return
+
+    # this will prevent updated timestamps from being automatically updated
+    client.xos_orm.caller_kind = "synchronizer"
+
+    client.xos_orm.restart_on_disconnect = True
+
+    from apiaccessor import CoreApiModelAccessor
+
+    model_accessor = CoreApiModelAccessor(orm=client.xos_orm)
+
+    # If required_models is set, then check to make sure the required_models
+    # are present. If not, then the synchronizer needs to go to sleep until
+    # the models show up.
+
+    required_models = Config.get("required_models")
+    if required_models:
+        required_models = [x.strip() for x in required_models]
+
+        missing = []
+        found = []
+        for model in required_models:
+            if model_accessor.has_model_class(model):
+                found.append(model)
+            else:
+                missing.append(model)
+
+        log.info("required_models, found:", models=", ".join(found))
+        if missing:
+            log.warning("required_models: missing", models=", ".join(missing))
+            # We're missing a required model. Give up and wait for the connection
+            # to reconnect, and hope our missing model has shown up.
+            reactor.callLater(1, functools.partial(keep_trying, client, reactor))
+            return
+
+    # import all models to global space
+    import_models_to_globals()
+
+    # Synchronizer framework isn't ready to embrace reactor yet...
+    reactor.stop()
+
+    # Restore the sigint handler
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, orig_sigint)
+
+
+def config_accessor_grpcapi():
+    global orig_sigint
+
+    log.info("Connecting to the gRPC API")
+
+    grpcapi_endpoint = Config.get("accessor.endpoint")
+    grpcapi_username = Config.get("accessor.username")
+    grpcapi_password = Config.get("accessor.password")
+
+    # if password starts with "@", then retreive the password from a file
+    if grpcapi_password.startswith("@"):
+        fn = grpcapi_password[1:]
+        if not os.path.exists(fn):
+            raise Exception("%s does not exist" % fn)
+        grpcapi_password = open(fn).readline().strip()
+
+    from xosapi.xos_grpc_client import SecureClient
+    from twisted.internet import reactor
+
+    grpcapi_client = SecureClient(
+        endpoint=grpcapi_endpoint, username=grpcapi_username, password=grpcapi_password
+    )
+    grpcapi_client.set_reconnect_callback(
+        functools.partial(grpcapi_reconnect, grpcapi_client, reactor)
+    )
+    grpcapi_client.start()
+
+    # Start reactor. This will cause the client to connect and then execute
+    # grpcapi_callback().
+
+    # Reactor will take over SIGINT during reactor.run(), but does not return it when reactor.stop() is called.
+
+    orig_sigint = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT)
+
+    # Start reactor. This will cause the client to connect and then execute
+    # grpcapi_callback().
+
+    reactor.run()
+
+
+def config_accessor_mock():
+    global model_accessor
+    from mock_modelaccessor import model_accessor as mock_model_accessor
+
+    model_accessor = mock_model_accessor
+
+    # mock_model_accessor doesn't have an all_model_classes field, so make one.
+    import mock_modelaccessor as mma
+
+    all_model_classes = {}
+    for k in dir(mma):
+        v = getattr(mma, k)
+        if hasattr(v, "leaf_model_name"):
+            all_model_classes[k] = v
+
+    model_accessor.all_model_classes = all_model_classes
+
+    import_models_to_globals()
+
+
+def config_accessor():
+    accessor_kind = Config.get("accessor.kind")
+
+    if accessor_kind == "testframework":
+        config_accessor_mock()
+    elif accessor_kind == "grpcapi":
+        config_accessor_grpcapi()
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Unknown accessor kind %s" % accessor_kind)
+
+    # now import any wrappers that the synchronizer needs to add to the ORM
+    if Config.get("wrappers"):
+        for wrapper_name in Config.get("wrappers"):
+            importlib.import_module(wrapper_name)
+
+
+config_accessor()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_step_engine.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_step_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f4732d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_step_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# 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.
+
+import imp
+import inspect
+import os
+import threading
+import time
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+
+class XOSPullStepScheduler:
+    """ XOSPullStepThread
+
+        A Thread for servicing pull steps. There is one event_step associated with one XOSPullStepThread.
+        The thread's pull_records() function is called for every five seconds.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, steps, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.steps = steps
+
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(5)
+            self.run_once()
+
+    def run_once(self):
+        log.trace("Starting pull steps", steps=self.steps)
+
+        threads = []
+        for step in self.steps:
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=step().pull_records, name="pull_step")
+            threads.append(thread)
+
+        for t in threads:
+            t.start()
+
+        for t in threads:
+            t.join()
+
+        log.trace("Done with pull steps", steps=self.steps)
+
+
+class XOSPullStepEngine:
+    """ XOSPullStepEngine
+
+        Load pull step modules. Two methods are defined:
+
+            load_pull_step_modules(dir) ... look for step modules in the given directory, and load objects that are
+                                       descendant from PullStep.
+
+            start() ... Launch threads to handle processing of the PullSteps. It's expected that load_step_modules()
+                        will be called before start().
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.pull_steps = []
+
+    def load_pull_step_modules(self, pull_step_dir):
+        self.pull_steps = []
+        log.info("Loading pull steps", pull_step_dir=pull_step_dir)
+
+        # NOTE we'll load all the classes that inherit from PullStep
+        for fn in os.listdir(pull_step_dir):
+            pathname = os.path.join(pull_step_dir, fn)
+            if (
+                os.path.isfile(pathname)
+                and fn.endswith(".py")
+                and (fn != "__init__.py")
+                and ("test" not in fn)
+            ):
+                event_module = imp.load_source(fn[:-3], pathname)
+
+                for classname in dir(event_module):
+                    c = getattr(event_module, classname, None)
+
+                    if inspect.isclass(c):
+                        base_names = [b.__name__ for b in c.__bases__]
+                        if "PullStep" in base_names:
+                            self.pull_steps.append(c)
+        log.info("Loaded pull steps", steps=self.pull_steps)
+
+    def start(self):
+        log.info("Starting pull steps engine", steps=self.pull_steps)
+
+        for step in self.pull_steps:
+            sched = XOSPullStepScheduler(steps=self.pull_steps)
+            sched.run()
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_steps/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_steps/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fb0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_steps/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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.
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_steps/pullstep.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_steps/pullstep.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbc0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/pull_steps/pullstep.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+class PullStep(object):
+    """
+    All the pull steps defined in each synchronizer needs to inherit from this class in order to be loaded
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Initialize a pull step
+        :param kwargs:
+        -- observed_model: name of the model that is being polled
+        """
+        self.observed_model = kwargs.get("observed_model")
+
+    def pull_records(self):
+        self.log.debug(
+            "There is no default pull_records, please provide a pull_records method for %s"
+            % self.observed_model
+        )
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/SyncInstanceUsingAnsible.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/SyncInstanceUsingAnsible.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ed656c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/SyncInstanceUsingAnsible.py
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+import socket
+import sys
+import base64
+import time
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+from xossynchronizer.steps.syncstep import SyncStep, DeferredException
+from xossynchronizer.ansible_helper import run_template_ssh
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+
+
+class SyncInstanceUsingAnsible(SyncStep):
+    # All of the following should be defined for classes derived from this
+    # base class. Examples below use VSGTenant.
+
+    # provides=[VSGTenant]
+    # observes=VSGTenant
+    # requested_interval=0
+    # template_name = "sync_vcpetenant.yaml"
+
+    def __init__(self, **args):
+        SyncStep.__init__(self, **args)
+
+    def skip_ansible_fields(self, o):
+        # Return True if the instance processing and get_ansible_fields stuff
+        # should be skipped. This hook is primarily for the OnosApp
+        # sync step, so it can do its external REST API sync thing.
+        return False
+
+    def defer_sync(self, o, reason):
+        # zdw, 2017-02-18 - is raising the exception here necessary? - seems like
+        # it's just logging the same thing twice
+        self.log.info("defer object", object=str(o), reason=reason, **o.tologdict())
+        raise DeferredException("defer object %s due to %s" % (str(o), reason))
+
+    def get_extra_attributes(self, o):
+        # This is a place to include extra attributes that aren't part of the
+        # object itself.
+
+        return {}
+
+    def get_instance(self, o):
+        # We need to know what instance is associated with the object. Let's
+        # assume 'o' has a field called 'instance'. If the field is called
+        # something else, or if custom logic is needed, then override this
+        # method.
+
+        return o.instance
+
+    def get_external_sync(self, o):
+        hostname = getattr(o, "external_hostname", None)
+        container = getattr(o, "external_container", None)
+        if hostname and container:
+            return (hostname, container)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def run_playbook(self, o, fields, template_name=None):
+        if not template_name:
+            template_name = self.template_name
+        tStart = time.time()
+        run_template_ssh(template_name, fields, object=o)
+        self.log.info(
+            "playbook execution time", time=int(time.time() - tStart), **o.tologdict()
+        )
+
+    def pre_sync_hook(self, o, fields):
+        pass
+
+    def post_sync_hook(self, o, fields):
+        pass
+
+    def sync_fields(self, o, fields):
+        self.run_playbook(o, fields)
+
+    def prepare_record(self, o):
+        pass
+
+    def get_node(self, o):
+        return o.node
+
+    def get_node_key(self, node):
+        # NOTE `node_key` is never defined, does it differ from `proxy_ssh_key`? the value looks to be the same
+        return Config.get("node_key")
+
+    def get_key_name(self, instance):
+        if instance.isolation == "vm":
+            if (
+                instance.slice
+                and instance.slice.service
+                and instance.slice.service.private_key_fn
+            ):
+                key_name = instance.slice.service.private_key_fn
+            else:
+                raise Exception("Make sure to set private_key_fn in the service")
+        elif instance.isolation == "container":
+            node = self.get_node(instance)
+            key_name = self.get_node_key(node)
+        else:
+            # container in VM
+            key_name = instance.parent.slice.service.private_key_fn
+
+        return key_name
+
+    def get_ansible_fields(self, instance):
+        # return all of the fields that tell Ansible how to talk to the context
+        # that's setting up the container.
+
+        if instance.isolation == "vm":
+            # legacy where container was configured by sync_vcpetenant.py
+
+            fields = {
+                "instance_name": instance.name,
+                "hostname": instance.node.name,
+                "instance_id": instance.instance_id,
+                "username": "ubuntu",
+                "ssh_ip": instance.get_ssh_ip(),
+            }
+
+        elif instance.isolation == "container":
+            # container on bare metal
+            node = self.get_node(instance)
+            hostname = node.name
+            fields = {
+                "hostname": hostname,
+                "baremetal_ssh": True,
+                "instance_name": "rootcontext",
+                "username": "root",
+                "container_name": "%s-%s" % (instance.slice.name, str(instance.id))
+                # ssh_ip is not used for container-on-metal
+            }
+        else:
+            # container in a VM
+            if not instance.parent:
+                raise Exception("Container-in-VM has no parent")
+            if not instance.parent.instance_id:
+                raise Exception("Container-in-VM parent is not yet instantiated")
+            if not instance.parent.slice.service:
+                raise Exception("Container-in-VM parent has no service")
+            if not instance.parent.slice.service.private_key_fn:
+                raise Exception("Container-in-VM parent service has no private_key_fn")
+            fields = {
+                "hostname": instance.parent.node.name,
+                "instance_name": instance.parent.name,
+                "instance_id": instance.parent.instance_id,
+                "username": "ubuntu",
+                "ssh_ip": instance.parent.get_ssh_ip(),
+                "container_name": "%s-%s" % (instance.slice.name, str(instance.id)),
+            }
+
+        key_name = self.get_key_name(instance)
+        if not os.path.exists(key_name):
+            raise Exception("Node key %s does not exist" % key_name)
+
+        key = file(key_name).read()
+
+        fields["private_key"] = key
+
+        # Now the ceilometer stuff
+        # Only do this if the instance is not being deleted.
+        if not instance.deleted:
+            cslice = ControllerSlice.objects.get(slice_id=instance.slice.id)
+            if not cslice:
+                raise Exception(
+                    "Controller slice object for %s does not exist"
+                    % instance.slice.name
+                )
+
+            cuser = ControllerUser.objects.get(user_id=instance.creator.id)
+            if not cuser:
+                raise Exception(
+                    "Controller user object for %s does not exist" % instance.creator
+                )
+
+            fields.update(
+                {
+                    "keystone_tenant_id": cslice.tenant_id,
+                    "keystone_user_id": cuser.kuser_id,
+                    "rabbit_user": getattr(instance.controller, "rabbit_user", None),
+                    "rabbit_password": getattr(
+                        instance.controller, "rabbit_password", None
+                    ),
+                    "rabbit_host": getattr(instance.controller, "rabbit_host", None),
+                }
+            )
+
+        return fields
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        self.log.info("sync'ing object", object=str(o), **o.tologdict())
+
+        self.prepare_record(o)
+
+        if self.skip_ansible_fields(o):
+            fields = {}
+        else:
+            if self.get_external_sync(o):
+                # sync to some external host
+
+                # UNTESTED
+
+                (hostname, container_name) = self.get_external_sync(o)
+                fields = {
+                    "hostname": hostname,
+                    "baremetal_ssh": True,
+                    "instance_name": "rootcontext",
+                    "username": "root",
+                    "container_name": container_name,
+                }
+                key_name = self.get_node_key(node)
+                if not os.path.exists(key_name):
+                    raise Exception("Node key %s does not exist" % key_name)
+
+                key = file(key_name).read()
+
+                fields["private_key"] = key
+                # TO DO: Ceilometer stuff
+            else:
+                instance = self.get_instance(o)
+                # sync to an XOS instance
+                if not instance:
+                    self.defer_sync(o, "waiting on instance")
+                    return
+
+                if not instance.instance_name:
+                    self.defer_sync(o, "waiting on instance.instance_name")
+                    return
+
+                fields = self.get_ansible_fields(instance)
+
+        fields["ansible_tag"] = getattr(
+            o, "ansible_tag", o.__class__.__name__ + "_" + str(o.id)
+        )
+
+        # If 'o' defines a 'sync_attributes' list, then we'll copy those
+        # attributes into the Ansible recipe's field list automatically.
+        if hasattr(o, "sync_attributes"):
+            for attribute_name in o.sync_attributes:
+                fields[attribute_name] = getattr(o, attribute_name)
+
+        fields.update(self.get_extra_attributes(o))
+
+        self.sync_fields(o, fields)
+
+        o.save()
+
+    def delete_record(self, o):
+        try:
+            # TODO: This may be broken, as get_controller() does not exist in convenience wrapper
+            controller = o.get_controller()
+            controller_register = json.loads(
+                o.node.site_deployment.controller.backend_register
+            )
+
+            if controller_register.get("disabled", False):
+                raise InnocuousException(
+                    "Controller %s is disabled" % o.node.site_deployment.controller.name
+                )
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        instance = self.get_instance(o)
+
+        if not instance:
+            # the instance is gone. There's nothing left for us to do.
+            return
+
+        if instance.deleted:
+            # the instance is being deleted. There's nothing left for us to do.
+            return
+
+        if isinstance(instance, basestring):
+            # sync to some external host
+
+            # XXX - this probably needs more work...
+
+            fields = {
+                "hostname": instance,
+                "instance_id": "ubuntu",  # this is the username to log into
+                "private_key": service.key,
+            }
+        else:
+            # sync to an XOS instance
+            fields = self.get_ansible_fields(instance)
+
+            fields["ansible_tag"] = getattr(
+                o, "ansible_tag", o.__class__.__name__ + "_" + str(o.id)
+            )
+
+        # If 'o' defines a 'sync_attributes' list, then we'll copy those
+        # attributes into the Ansible recipe's field list automatically.
+        if hasattr(o, "sync_attributes"):
+            for attribute_name in o.sync_attributes:
+                fields[attribute_name] = getattr(o, attribute_name)
+
+        if hasattr(self, "map_delete_inputs"):
+            fields.update(self.map_delete_inputs(o))
+
+        fields["delete"] = True
+        res = self.run_playbook(o, fields)
+
+        if hasattr(self, "map_delete_outputs"):
+            self.map_delete_outputs(o, res)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/__init__.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0fb0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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.
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/sync_object.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/sync_object.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fb5894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/sync_object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+from synchronizers.new_base.syncstep import *
+
+
+class SyncObject(SyncStep):
+    provides = []  # Caller fills this in
+    requested_interval = 0
+    observes = []  # Caller fills this in
+
+    def sync_record(self, r):
+        raise DeferredException("Waiting for Service dependency: %r" % r)
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/syncstep.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/syncstep.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f31e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/steps/syncstep.py
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+import os
+import base64
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import *
+from xossynchronizer.ansible_helper import run_template
+
+# from tests.steps.mock_modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+import json
+import time
+import pdb
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from functools import reduce
+
+
+def f7(seq):
+    seen = set()
+    seen_add = seen.add
+    return [x for x in seq if not (x in seen or seen_add(x))]
+
+
+def elim_dups(backend_str):
+    strs = backend_str.split(" // ")
+    strs2 = f7(strs)
+    return " // ".join(strs2)
+
+
+def deepgetattr(obj, attr):
+    return reduce(getattr, attr.split("."), obj)
+
+
+def obj_class_name(obj):
+    return getattr(obj, "model_name", obj.__class__.__name__)
+
+
+class InnocuousException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class DeferredException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class FailedDependency(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class SyncStep(object):
+    """ An XOS Sync step.
+
+    Attributes:
+        psmodel        Model name the step synchronizes
+        dependencies    list of names of models that must be synchronized first if the current model depends on them
+    """
+
+    # map_sync_outputs can return this value to cause a step to be marked
+    # successful without running ansible. Used for sync_network_controllers
+    # on nat networks.
+    SYNC_WITHOUT_RUNNING = "sync_without_running"
+
+    slow = False
+
+    def get_prop(self, prop):
+        # NOTE config_dir is never define, is this used?
+        sync_config_dir = Config.get("config_dir")
+        prop_config_path = "/".join(sync_config_dir, self.name, prop)
+        return open(prop_config_path).read().rstrip()
+
+    def __init__(self, **args):
+        """Initialize a sync step
+           Keyword arguments:
+                   name -- Name of the step
+                provides -- XOS models sync'd by this step
+        """
+        dependencies = []
+        self.driver = args.get("driver")
+        self.error_map = args.get("error_map")
+
+        try:
+            self.soft_deadline = int(self.get_prop("soft_deadline_seconds"))
+        except BaseException:
+            self.soft_deadline = 5  # 5 seconds
+
+        if "log" in args:
+            self.log = args.get("log")
+
+        return
+
+    def fetch_pending(self, deletion=False):
+        # This is the most common implementation of fetch_pending
+        # Steps should override it if they have their own logic
+        # for figuring out what objects are outstanding.
+
+        return model_accessor.fetch_pending(self.observes, deletion)
+
+    def sync_record(self, o):
+        self.log.debug("In default sync record", **o.tologdict())
+
+        tenant_fields = self.map_sync_inputs(o)
+        if tenant_fields == SyncStep.SYNC_WITHOUT_RUNNING:
+            return
+
+        main_objs = self.observes
+        if isinstance(main_objs, list):
+            main_objs = main_objs[0]
+
+        path = "".join(main_objs.__name__).lower()
+        res = run_template(self.playbook, tenant_fields, path=path, object=o)
+
+        if hasattr(self, "map_sync_outputs"):
+            self.map_sync_outputs(o, res)
+
+        self.log.debug("Finished default sync record", **o.tologdict())
+
+    def delete_record(self, o):
+        self.log.debug("In default delete record", **o.tologdict())
+
+        # If there is no map_delete_inputs, then assume deleting a record is a no-op.
+        if not hasattr(self, "map_delete_inputs"):
+            return
+
+        tenant_fields = self.map_delete_inputs(o)
+
+        main_objs = self.observes
+        if isinstance(main_objs, list):
+            main_objs = main_objs[0]
+
+        path = "".join(main_objs.__name__).lower()
+
+        tenant_fields["delete"] = True
+        res = run_template(self.playbook, tenant_fields, path=path)
+
+        if hasattr(self, "map_delete_outputs"):
+            self.map_delete_outputs(o, res)
+        else:
+            # "rc" is often only returned when something bad happens, so assume that no "rc" implies a successful rc
+            # of 0.
+            if res[0].get("rc", 0) != 0:
+                raise Exception("Nonzero rc from Ansible during delete_record")
+
+        self.log.debug("Finished default delete record", **o.tologdict())
diff --git a/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/synchronizer.py b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/synchronizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a530d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-synchronizer/xossynchronizer/synchronizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# 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.
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+class Synchronizer(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.log = create_logger(Config().get("logging"))
+
+    def create_model_accessor(self):
+        from modelaccessor import model_accessor
+
+        self.model_accessor = model_accessor
+
+    def wait_for_ready(self):
+        models_active = False
+        wait = False
+        while not models_active:
+            try:
+                _i = self.model_accessor.Instance.objects.first()
+                _n = self.model_accessor.NetworkTemplate.objects.first()
+                models_active = True
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.log.info("Exception", e=e)
+                self.log.info("Waiting for data model to come up before starting...")
+                time.sleep(10)
+                wait = True
+
+        if wait:
+            time.sleep(
+                60
+            )  # Safety factor, seeing that we stumbled waiting for the data model to come up.
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.create_model_accessor()
+        self.wait_for_ready()
+
+        # Don't import backend until after the model accessor has been initialized. This is to support sync steps that
+        # use `from xossynchronizer.modelaccessor import ...` and require the model accessor to be initialized before
+        # their code can be imported.
+
+        from backend import Backend
+
+        log_closure = self.log.bind(synchronizer_name=Config().get("name"))
+        backend = Backend(log=log_closure)
+        backend.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()