diff --git a/sandbox-apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/NovaPropertiesBuilder.java b/sandbox-apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/NovaPropertiesBuilder.java
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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * 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.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.openstack.nova;
+
+import org.jclouds.PropertiesBuilder;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Builds properties used in Openstack Nova Clients
+ * 
+ * @author Dmitri Babaev
+ */
+public class NovaPropertiesBuilder extends PropertiesBuilder {
+   @Override
+   protected Properties defaultProperties() {
+      Properties properties = super.defaultProperties();
+      return properties;
+   }
+
+   public NovaPropertiesBuilder(Properties properties) {
+      super(properties);
+   }
+
+   public NovaPropertiesBuilder() {
+      super();
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/_NovaClient.java b/sandbox-apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/_NovaClient.java
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+package org.jclouds.openstack.nova;
+
+import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory;
+import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ENDPOINT;
+
+public class _NovaClient {
+    static public void main(String[] args) {
+        String identity = "admin";
+        String credential = "";
+        String endpoint = "";
+
+        ComputeServiceContextFactory contextFactory = new ComputeServiceContextFactory();
+
+        Properties overrides = new Properties();
+        overrides.setProperty(PROPERTY_ENDPOINT, endpoint);
+        ComputeServiceContext context = contextFactory.createContext("nova", identity, credential, Collections.singleton(new JschSshClientModule()), overrides);
+    }
+}