diff --git a/planetstack/hpc_observer/steps/sync_contentprovider.py b/planetstack/hpc_observer/steps/sync_contentprovider.py
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+import os
+import sys
+import base64
+from django.db.models import F, Q
+from planetstack.config import Config
+from observer.syncstep import SyncStep
+from core.models import Service
+from hpc.models import ServiceProvider, ContentProvider
+from util.logger import Logger, logging
+
+# hpclibrary will be in steps/..
+parentdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),"..")
+sys.path.insert(0,parentdir)
+
+from hpclib import HpcLibrary
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
+
+class SyncContentProvider(SyncStep, HpcLibrary):
+    provides=[ContentProvider]
+    requested_interval=0
+
+    def __init__(self, **args):
+        SyncStep.__init__(self, **args)
+        HpcLibrary.__init__(self)
+
+    def fetch_pending(self):
+        return ContentProvider.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None))
+
+    def sync_record(self, cp):
+        logger.info("sync'ing service provider %s" % str(cp))
+        account_name = self.make_account_name(cp.name)
+        print "XXX", cp.name, account_name
+
+        if (not cp.serviceProvider) or (not cp.serviceProvider.service_provider_id):
+            return
+
+        spid = cp.serviceProvider.service_provider_id
+
+        cp_dict = {"account": account_name, "name": cp.name, "enabled": sp.enabled, "service_provider_id": spid}
+
+        if not cp.service_provider_id:
+            id = self.client.onev.Create("ContentProvider", cp_dict)
+            cp.content_provider_id = id
+        else:
+            self.client.onev.Update("ContentProvider", cp_dict)
+
+        cp.save()