diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/pom.xml b/sandbox/deltacloud/pom.xml
index d66b991628..140ca063d6 100644
--- a/sandbox/deltacloud/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-jsch</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClient.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClient.java
index 86dac7b9e8..5392910222 100644
--- a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClient.java
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClient.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
 import javax.ws.rs.FormParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
@@ -34,9 +35,12 @@ import org.jclouds.deltacloud.collections.DeltacloudCollection;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.collections.Images;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.collections.Instances;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.options.CreateInstanceOptions;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.ImageHandler;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.ImagesHandler;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.InstanceHandler;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.InstancesHandler;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.LinksHandler;
 import org.jclouds.http.filters.BasicAuthentication;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Endpoint;
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.XMLResponseParser;
 import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404;
 import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404;
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
@@ -88,12 +93,47 @@ public interface DeltacloudAsyncClient {
    @XMLResponseParser(ImageHandler.class)
    ListenableFuture<Image> getImage(@EndpointParam URI imageHref);
 
+   /**
+    * @see DeltacloudClient#listInstances
+    */
+   @GET
+   @Endpoint(Instances.class)
+   @Path("")
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   @XMLResponseParser(InstancesHandler.class)
+   ListenableFuture<? extends Set<Instance>> listInstances();
+
+   /**
+    * @see DeltacloudClient#getInstance
+    */
+   @GET
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   @Path("")
+   @XMLResponseParser(InstanceHandler.class)
+   ListenableFuture<Instance> getInstance(@EndpointParam URI instanceHref);
+
    /**
     * @see DeltacloudClient#createInstance
     */
    @POST
    @Endpoint(Instances.class)
    @Path("")
-   ListenableFuture<String> createInstance(@FormParam("image_id") String imageId, CreateInstanceOptions... options);
+   @XMLResponseParser(InstanceHandler.class)
+   ListenableFuture<Instance> createInstance(@FormParam("image_id") String imageId, CreateInstanceOptions... options);
+
+   /**
+    * @see DeltacloudClient#performInstanceAction
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Path("")
+   ListenableFuture<Void> performAction(@EndpointParam URI actionRef);
+
+   /**
+    * @see DeltacloudClient#deleteResource
+    */
+   @DELETE
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   @Path("")
+   ListenableFuture<Void> deleteResource(@EndpointParam URI resourceHref);
 
 }
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClient.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClient.java
index a993777a56..9b13dff82b 100644
--- a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClient.java
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClient.java
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.collections.DeltacloudCollection;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.options.CreateInstanceOptions;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.EndpointParam;
 
 /**
  * Provides synchronous access to deltacloud.
@@ -61,6 +63,20 @@ public interface DeltacloudClient {
     */
    Image getImage(URI imageHref);
 
+   /**
+    * The instances collection will return a set of all instances available to the current user.
+    * 
+    * @return instances viewable to the user or empty set
+    */
+   Set<? extends Instance> listInstances();
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @param instanceHref
+    * @return instance or null, if not found
+    */
+   Instance getInstance(URI instanceHref);
+
    /**
     * Create a new Instance
     * 
@@ -76,5 +92,21 @@ public interface DeltacloudClient {
     *           includes realm, hardware profile, etc.
     * @return newly-created instance including a URL to retrieve the instance in the future.
     */
-   String createInstance(String imageId, CreateInstanceOptions... options);
+   Instance createInstance(String imageId, CreateInstanceOptions... options);
+
+   /**
+    * perform a specific action.
+    * 
+    * @param actionRef
+    *           reference from {@link Instance#getActions()}
+    */
+   void performAction(@EndpointParam URI actionRef);
+
+   /**
+    * delete a resource, such as {@link Instance}
+    * 
+    * @param resourceHref
+    *           reference from {@link Instance#getHref()}
+    */
+   void deleteResource(@EndpointParam URI resourceHref);
 }
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/Instance.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/Instance.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..becca4aa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/Instance.java
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
+/**
+ * An instance is a concrete machine realized from an image.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class Instance {
+   private final URI href;
+   private final String id;
+   private final String ownerId;
+   @Nullable
+   private final String name;
+   private final URI image;
+   private final URI hardwareProfile;
+   private final URI realm;
+   private final InstanceState state;
+   private final Map<InstanceAction, URI> actions;
+   private final Set<String> publicAddresses;
+   private final Set<String> privateAddresses;
+
+   public Instance(URI href, String id, String ownerId, @Nullable String name, URI image, URI hardwareProfile,
+         URI realm, InstanceState state, Map<InstanceAction, URI> actions, Set<String> publicAddresses,
+         Set<String> privateAddresses) {
+      this.href = checkNotNull(href, "href");
+      this.id = checkNotNull(id, "id");
+      this.ownerId = checkNotNull(ownerId, "ownerId");
+      this.name = name;
+      this.image = checkNotNull(image, "image");
+      this.hardwareProfile = checkNotNull(hardwareProfile, "hardwareProfile");
+      this.realm = checkNotNull(realm, "realm");
+      this.state = checkNotNull(state, "state");
+      this.actions = ImmutableMap.copyOf(checkNotNull(actions, "actions"));
+      this.publicAddresses = ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(publicAddresses, "publicAddresses"));
+      this.privateAddresses = ImmutableSet.copyOf(checkNotNull(privateAddresses, "privateAddresses"));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return URL to manipulate a specific instance
+    */
+   public URI getHref() {
+      return href;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return A unique identifier for the instance
+    */
+   public String getId() {
+      return id;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return An opaque identifier which indicates the owner of an instance
+    */
+   public String getOwnerId() {
+      return ownerId;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return An optional short label describing the instance
+    */
+   @Nullable
+   public String getName() {
+      return name;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return
+    */
+   public URI getImage() {
+      return image;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return a link to the hardware profile in use by the instance
+    */
+   public URI getHardwareProfile() {
+      return hardwareProfile;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return a link to the realm where the instance is deployed
+    */
+   public URI getRealm() {
+      return realm;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return indicator of the instance's current state
+    */
+   public InstanceState getState() {
+      return state;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return valid actions for the instance, along with the URL which may be used to perform the
+    *         action
+    */
+   public Map<InstanceAction, URI> getActions() {
+      return actions;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return publicly routable IP addresses or names for the instance
+    */
+   public Set<String> getPublicAddresses() {
+      return publicAddresses;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @return Private network IP addresses or names for the instance
+    */
+   public Set<String> getPrivateAddresses() {
+      return privateAddresses;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      final int prime = 31;
+      int result = 1;
+      result = prime * result + ((actions == null) ? 0 : actions.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((hardwareProfile == null) ? 0 : hardwareProfile.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((href == null) ? 0 : href.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((id == null) ? 0 : id.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((image == null) ? 0 : image.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((privateAddresses == null) ? 0 : privateAddresses.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((publicAddresses == null) ? 0 : publicAddresses.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((realm == null) ? 0 : realm.hashCode());
+      result = prime * result + ((state == null) ? 0 : state.hashCode());
+      return result;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (this == obj)
+         return true;
+      if (obj == null)
+         return false;
+      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+         return false;
+      Instance other = (Instance) obj;
+      if (actions == null) {
+         if (other.actions != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!actions.equals(other.actions))
+         return false;
+      if (hardwareProfile == null) {
+         if (other.hardwareProfile != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!hardwareProfile.equals(other.hardwareProfile))
+         return false;
+      if (href == null) {
+         if (other.href != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!href.equals(other.href))
+         return false;
+      if (id == null) {
+         if (other.id != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!id.equals(other.id))
+         return false;
+      if (image == null) {
+         if (other.image != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!image.equals(other.image))
+         return false;
+      if (name == null) {
+         if (other.name != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!name.equals(other.name))
+         return false;
+      if (privateAddresses == null) {
+         if (other.privateAddresses != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!privateAddresses.equals(other.privateAddresses))
+         return false;
+      if (publicAddresses == null) {
+         if (other.publicAddresses != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!publicAddresses.equals(other.publicAddresses))
+         return false;
+      if (realm == null) {
+         if (other.realm != null)
+            return false;
+      } else if (!realm.equals(other.realm))
+         return false;
+      if (state != other.state)
+         return false;
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "[href=" + href + ", id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ", image=" + image + ", hardwareProfile="
+            + hardwareProfile + ", realm=" + realm + ", state=" + state + ", actions=" + actions + ", publicAddresses="
+            + publicAddresses + ", privateAddresses=" + privateAddresses + "]";
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/InstanceAction.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/InstanceAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f43b00ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/InstanceAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Indicator of the instance's current action
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ * 
+ */
+public enum InstanceAction {
+
+   REBOOT,
+
+   START,
+
+   STOP,
+
+   UNRECOGNIZED;
+
+   public String value() {
+      return name().toLowerCase();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return value();
+   }
+
+   public static InstanceAction fromValue(String action) {
+      try {
+         return valueOf(checkNotNull(action, "action").toUpperCase());
+      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+         return UNRECOGNIZED;
+      }
+   }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/InstanceState.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/InstanceState.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aeded33830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/domain/InstanceState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Indicator of the instance's current state
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ * 
+ */
+public enum InstanceState {
+
+   /**
+    * the instance is in the process of being launched
+    */
+   PENDING,
+
+   /**
+    * the instance is stopped
+    */
+   STOPPED,
+   /**
+    * the instance launched (although the boot process might not be completed)
+    */
+   RUNNING, 
+   
+   /**
+    * state returned as something besides the above.
+    */
+   UNRECOGNIZED;
+
+   public static InstanceState fromValue(String state) {
+      try {
+         return valueOf(checkNotNull(state, "state"));
+      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+         return UNRECOGNIZED;
+      }
+   }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstanceHandler.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstanceHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf2d6ae2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstanceHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.xml;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceAction;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceState;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.util.Utils;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class InstanceHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Instance> {
+   private StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
+
+   private URI href;
+   private String id;
+   private String ownerId;
+   private String name;
+   private URI image;
+   private URI hardwareProfile;
+   private URI realm;
+   private InstanceState state;
+   private Map<InstanceAction, URI> actions = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
+   private Set<String> publicAddresses = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+   private Set<String> privateAddresses = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+
+   private boolean inPublicAddresses;
+   private boolean inPrivateAddresses;
+
+   private Instance instance;
+
+   public Instance getResult() {
+      return instance;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attrs) throws SAXException {
+      Map<String, String> attributes = Utils.cleanseAttributes(attrs);
+      if (qName.equals("public_addresses")) {
+         inPublicAddresses = true;
+      } else if (qName.equals("private_addresses")) {
+         inPrivateAddresses = true;
+      } else if (qName.equals("instance")) {
+         String href = attributes.get("href");
+         if (href != null) {
+            this.href = URI.create(href);
+         }
+         this.id = attributes.get("id");
+      } else if (qName.equals("link")) {
+         String rel = attributes.get("rel");
+         if (rel != null) {
+            InstanceAction action = InstanceAction.fromValue(rel);
+            if (action != InstanceAction.UNRECOGNIZED) {
+               actions.put(action, URI.create(attributes.get("href")));
+            }
+         }
+      } else if (attributes.containsKey("href")) {
+         URI href = URI.create(attributes.get("href"));
+         if (qName.equals("image"))
+            this.image = href;
+         else if (qName.equals("hardware_profile"))
+            this.hardwareProfile = href;
+         else if (qName.equals("realm"))
+            this.realm = href;
+      }
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
+      if (qName.endsWith("public_addresses")) {
+         inPublicAddresses = false;
+      } else if (qName.endsWith("private_addresses")) {
+         inPrivateAddresses = false;
+      }
+      if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("owner_id")) {
+         this.ownerId = currentText.toString().trim();
+      } else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("name")) {
+         this.name = currentText.toString().trim();
+      } else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("state")) {
+         this.state = InstanceState.fromValue(currentText.toString().trim());
+      } else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("address")) {
+         if (inPublicAddresses)
+            this.publicAddresses.add(currentText.toString().trim());
+         else if (inPrivateAddresses)
+            this.privateAddresses.add(currentText.toString().trim());
+      } else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("instance")) {
+         this.instance = new Instance(href, id, ownerId, name, image, hardwareProfile, realm, state, actions,
+               publicAddresses, privateAddresses);
+         this.href = null;
+         this.id = null;
+         this.ownerId = null;
+         this.name = null;
+         this.image = null;
+         this.hardwareProfile = null;
+         this.realm = null;
+         this.state = null;
+         this.actions = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
+         this.publicAddresses = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+         this.privateAddresses = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+      }
+      currentText = new StringBuilder();
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      currentText.append(ch, start, length);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstancesHandler.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstancesHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc83b0bfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstancesHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.xml;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class InstancesHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Set<? extends Instance>> {
+   private StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
+
+   private Set<Instance> instances = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
+   private final InstanceHandler instanceHandler;
+
+   @Inject
+   public InstancesHandler(InstanceHandler locationHandler) {
+      this.instanceHandler = locationHandler;
+   }
+
+   public Set<? extends Instance> getResult() {
+      return instances;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
+      instanceHandler.startElement(uri, localName, qName, attributes);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
+      instanceHandler.endElement(uri, localName, qName);
+      if (qName.equals("instance") && currentText.toString().trim().equals("")) {
+         this.instances.add(instanceHandler.getResult());
+      }
+      currentText = new StringBuilder();
+   }
+
+   public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
+      instanceHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
+      currentText.append(ch, start, length);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClientTest.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClientTest.java
index 4455b7497b..95e5e775c4 100644
--- a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudAsyncClientTest.java
@@ -32,18 +32,22 @@ import org.jclouds.deltacloud.config.DeltacloudRestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.options.CreateInstanceOptions;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.ImageHandler;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.ImagesHandler;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.InstanceHandler;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.InstancesHandler;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.LinksHandler;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.http.RequiresHttp;
 import org.jclouds.http.filters.BasicAuthentication;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
-import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReturnStringIf2xx;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReleasePayloadAndReturn;
 import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContextFactory;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContextSpec;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.MapHttp4xxCodesToExceptions;
 import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404;
 import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestAnnotationProcessor;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -117,6 +121,36 @@ public class DeltacloudAsyncClientTest extends RestClientTest<DeltacloudAsyncCli
       checkFilters(request);
    }
 
+   public void testListInstances() throws IOException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
+      Method method = DeltacloudAsyncClient.class.getMethod("listInstances");
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method);
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET http://localhost:3001/api/instances HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Accept: application/xml\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, null, null, false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, InstancesHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnEmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testGetInstance() throws IOException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
+      Method method = DeltacloudAsyncClient.class.getMethod("getInstance", URI.class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, URI.create("https://delta/instance1"));
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://delta/instance1 HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Accept: application/xml\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, null, null, false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, InstanceHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
    public void testCreateInstance() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
       Method method = DeltacloudAsyncClient.class.getMethod("createInstance", String.class,
             CreateInstanceOptions[].class);
@@ -126,8 +160,8 @@ public class DeltacloudAsyncClientTest extends RestClientTest<DeltacloudAsyncCli
       assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(httpRequest, "Accept: application/xml\n");
       assertPayloadEquals(httpRequest, "image_id=imageId-1", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
 
-      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, httpRequest, ReturnStringIf2xx.class);
-      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, null);
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, httpRequest, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, InstanceHandler.class);
       assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, null);
 
       checkFilters(httpRequest);
@@ -144,14 +178,44 @@ public class DeltacloudAsyncClientTest extends RestClientTest<DeltacloudAsyncCli
       assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(httpRequest, "Accept: application/xml\n");
       assertPayloadEquals(httpRequest, "image_id=imageId-1&name=foo", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", false);
 
-      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, httpRequest, ReturnStringIf2xx.class);
-      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, null);
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, httpRequest, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, InstanceHandler.class);
       assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, null);
 
       checkFilters(httpRequest);
 
    }
 
+   public void testPerformAction() throws IOException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
+      Method method = DeltacloudAsyncClient.class.getMethod("performAction", URI.class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, URI.create("https://delta/instance1/reboot"));
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "POST https://delta/instance1/reboot HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Accept: application/xml\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, null, null, false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ReleasePayloadAndReturn.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, null);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, MapHttp4xxCodesToExceptions.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
+   public void testDeleteResource() throws IOException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
+      Method method = DeltacloudAsyncClient.class.getMethod("deleteResource", URI.class);
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, URI.create("https://delta/instance1"));
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request, "DELETE https://delta/instance1 HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "Accept: application/xml\n");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, null, null, false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ReleasePayloadAndReturn.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, null);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnVoidOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
    @Override
    protected void checkFilters(HttpRequest request) {
       assertEquals(request.getFilters().size(), 1);
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClientLiveTest.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClientLiveTest.java
index 72e471db83..045fe335f9 100644
--- a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/DeltacloudClientLiveTest.java
@@ -19,27 +19,44 @@
 
 package org.jclouds.deltacloud;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.collections.DeltacloudCollection;
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Image;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceAction;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceState;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.options.CreateInstanceOptions;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
 import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
+import org.jclouds.net.IPSocket;
+import org.jclouds.predicates.InetSocketAddressConnect;
+import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContextFactory;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.ExecResponse;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.SshClient;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.jsch.config.JschSshClientModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterGroups;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeGroups;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 /**
@@ -58,11 +75,12 @@ public class DeltacloudClientLiveTest {
    protected String credential;
    protected String endpoint;
    protected String apiversion;
+   protected Predicate<IPSocket> socketTester;
 
    protected void setupCredentials() {
-      identity = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".identity"), "test." + provider + ".identity");
-      credential = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".credential");
-      endpoint = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".endpoint");
+      identity = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".identity", "mockuser");
+      credential = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".credential", "mockpassword");
+      endpoint = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".endpoint", "http://localhost:3001/api");
       apiversion = System.getProperty("test." + provider + ".apiversion");
    }
 
@@ -88,12 +106,7 @@ public class DeltacloudClientLiveTest {
             overrides);
 
       client = context.getApi();
-   }
-
-   @AfterGroups(groups = "live")
-   void tearDown() {
-      if (context != null)
-         context.close();
+      socketTester = new RetryablePredicate<IPSocket>(new InetSocketAddressConnect(), 180, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    }
 
    @Test
@@ -115,14 +128,109 @@ public class DeltacloudClientLiveTest {
       }
    }
 
-   @Test
-   public void testCreateInstance() throws Exception {
-      // TODO
+   public void testListAndGetInstances() throws Exception {
+      Set<? extends Instance> response = client.listInstances();
+      assert null != response;
+      long instanceCount = response.size();
+      assertTrue(instanceCount >= 0);
+      for (Instance instance : response) {
+         Instance newDetails = client.getInstance(instance.getHref());
+         assertEquals(instance, newDetails);
+      }
    }
 
-   @Test
-   public void testCreateInstanceWithOptions() throws Exception {
+   protected String prefix = System.getProperty("user.name") + ".test";
+   protected Instance instance;
+
+   public void testCreateInstance() throws Exception {
+      Logger.getAnonymousLogger().info("starting instance");
+      instance = client.createInstance(Iterables.get(client.listImages(), 0).getId(),
+            CreateInstanceOptions.Builder.named(prefix));
+      instance = client.getInstance(instance.getHref());
+      checkStartedInstance();
+
+      Instance newInfo = client.getInstance(instance.getHref());
+      checkInstanceMatchesGet(newInfo);
+
+   }
+
+   protected void checkInstanceMatchesGet(Instance newInfo) {
+      assertEquals(newInfo.getHref(), instance.getHref());
+   }
+
+   protected void checkStartedInstance() {
+      System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(instance));
+      assertEquals(instance.getName(), prefix);
+      assertEquals(instance.getState(), InstanceState.RUNNING);
+   }
+
+   @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testCreateInstance")
+   public void testConnectivity() throws Exception {
+      Logger.getAnonymousLogger().info("awaiting ssh");
       // TODO
+      // assert socketTester.apply(new IPSocket(Iterables.get(instance.getPublicAddresses(), 0),
+      // 22)) : instance;
+      // doConnectViaSsh(instance, getSshCredentials(instance));
+   }
+
+   private Credentials getSshCredentials(Instance instance2) {
+      // TODO
+      return null;
+   }
+
+   public URI refreshInstanceAndGetAction(InstanceAction action) {
+      return client.getInstance(instance.getHref()).getActions().get(action);
+   }
+
+   @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testConnectivity")
+   public void testLifeCycle() throws Exception {
+      client.performAction(refreshInstanceAndGetAction(InstanceAction.STOP));
+      assertEquals(client.getInstance(instance.getHref()).getState(), InstanceState.STOPPED);
+
+      client.performAction(refreshInstanceAndGetAction(InstanceAction.START));
+      assertEquals(client.getInstance(instance.getHref()).getState(), InstanceState.RUNNING);
+
+      client.performAction(refreshInstanceAndGetAction(InstanceAction.REBOOT));
+      assertEquals(client.getInstance(instance.getHref()).getState(), InstanceState.RUNNING);
+
+   }
+
+   @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testLifeCycle")
+   public void testDestroyInstance() throws Exception {
+      try {
+         client.deleteResource(instance.getHref());
+      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+         client.performAction(refreshInstanceAndGetAction(InstanceAction.STOP));
+         client.deleteResource(instance.getHref());
+         assertEquals(client.getInstance(instance.getHref()), null);
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected void doConnectViaSsh(Instance instance, Credentials creds) throws IOException {
+      SshClient ssh = Guice.createInjector(new JschSshClientModule()).getInstance(SshClient.Factory.class)
+            .create(new IPSocket(Iterables.get(instance.getPublicAddresses(), 0), 22), creds);
+      try {
+         ssh.connect();
+         ExecResponse hello = ssh.exec("echo hello");
+         assertEquals(hello.getOutput().trim(), "hello");
+         System.err.println(ssh.exec("df -k").getOutput());
+         System.err.println(ssh.exec("mount").getOutput());
+         System.err.println(ssh.exec("uname -a").getOutput());
+      } finally {
+         if (ssh != null)
+            ssh.disconnect();
+      }
+   }
+
+   @AfterGroups(groups = "live")
+   protected void tearDown() {
+      try {
+         client.deleteResource(instance.getHref());
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+         // no need to check null or anything as we swallow all
+      }
+      if (context != null)
+         context.close();
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstanceHandlerTest.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstanceHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f07847e87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstanceHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.xml;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceAction;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceState;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.config.SaxParserModule;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code InstanceHandler}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit")
+public class InstanceHandlerTest {
+
+   static ParseSax<Instance> createParser() {
+      Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new SaxParserModule());
+      ParseSax<Instance> parser = injector.getInstance(ParseSax.Factory.class).create(
+            injector.getInstance(InstanceHandler.class));
+      return parser;
+   }
+
+   public static Instance parseInstance() {
+      return parseInstance("/test_get_instance.xml");
+   }
+
+   public static Instance parseInstance(String resource) {
+      InputStream is = InstanceHandlerTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resource);
+      return createParser().parse(is);
+   }
+
+   public void test() {
+      Instance expects = new Instance(URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1"), "inst1", "larry",
+            "Production JBoss Instance", URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/images/img3"),
+            URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/hardware_profiles/m1-small"),
+            URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/realms/us"), InstanceState.RUNNING, ImmutableMap.of(
+                  InstanceAction.REBOOT, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/reboot"),
+                  InstanceAction.STOP, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/stop")),
+            ImmutableSet.of("inst1.larry.fancycloudprovider.com"), ImmutableSet.of("inst1.larry.internal"));
+      assertEquals(parseInstance(), expects);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstancesHandlerTest.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstancesHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08a9497494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/InstancesHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * 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.deltacloud.xml;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.Instance;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceAction;
+import org.jclouds.deltacloud.domain.InstanceState;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.BaseHandlerTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
+/**
+ * Tests behavior of {@code InstancesHandler}
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit")
+public class InstancesHandlerTest extends BaseHandlerTest {
+
+   @Test
+   public void test() {
+      InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/test_list_instances.xml");
+      Set<? extends Instance> expects = ImmutableSet.of(new Instance(URI
+            .create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1"), "inst1", "larry",
+            "Production JBoss Instance", URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/images/img3"), URI
+                  .create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/hardware_profiles/m1-small"), URI
+                  .create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/realms/us"), InstanceState.RUNNING, ImmutableMap.of(
+                  InstanceAction.REBOOT, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/reboot"),
+                  InstanceAction.STOP, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/stop")),
+            ImmutableSet.of("inst1.larry.fancycloudprovider.com"), ImmutableSet.of("inst1.larry.internal")));
+      System.out.println(factory);
+      System.out.println(injector);
+
+      // not sure why this isn't always automatically called from surefire.
+      setUpInjector();
+      assertEquals(factory.create(injector.getInstance(InstancesHandler.class)).parse(is), expects);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/handlers/LinksHandlerTest.java b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/LinksHandlerTest.java
similarity index 86%
rename from sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/handlers/LinksHandlerTest.java
rename to sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/LinksHandlerTest.java
index ebe6705ecc..4f8d6da1f6 100644
--- a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/handlers/LinksHandlerTest.java
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/deltacloud/xml/LinksHandlerTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * ====================================================================
  */
 
-package org.jclouds.deltacloud.handlers;
+package org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml;
 
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jclouds.deltacloud.collections.DeltacloudCollection;
-import org.jclouds.deltacloud.xml.LinksHandler;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.BaseHandlerTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -42,16 +41,17 @@ public class LinksHandlerTest extends BaseHandlerTest {
 
    public void test() {
       InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/links.xml");
-
-      Map<DeltacloudCollection, URI> result = factory.create(injector.getInstance(LinksHandler.class)).parse(is);
-      assertEquals(result, ImmutableMap.of(//
+      Map<DeltacloudCollection, URI> expects = ImmutableMap.of(//
             DeltacloudCollection.HARDWARE_PROFILES, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/hardware_profiles"),//
             DeltacloudCollection.INSTANCE_STATES, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instance_states"),//
             DeltacloudCollection.REALMS, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/realms"),//
             DeltacloudCollection.IMAGES, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/images"),//
             DeltacloudCollection.INSTANCES, URI.create("http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances")
 
-      ));
+      );
+      // not sure why this isn't always automatically called from surefire.
+      setUpInjector();
+      assertEquals(factory.create(injector.getInstance(LinksHandler.class)).parse(is), expects);
 
    }
 
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7343ec00e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <!--
+
+
+        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.
+        ====================================================================
+    -->
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
+
+    <!--
+        For more configuration infromation and examples see the Apache
+        Log4j website: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/
+    -->
+<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"
+    debug="false">
+
+    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
+    <appender name="WIREFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds-wire.log" />
+        <param name="Append" value="true" />
+
+        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
+        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
+
+        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
+
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
+
+            <!--
+                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
+                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
+                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
+            -->
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
+    <appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds.log" />
+        <param name="Append" value="true" />
+
+        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
+        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
+
+        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
+
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
+
+            <!--
+                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
+                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
+                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
+            -->
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+    
+    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
+    <appender name="COMPUTEFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds-compute.log" />
+        <param name="Append" value="true" />
+
+        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
+        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
+
+        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
+
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
+
+            <!--
+                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
+                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
+                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
+            -->
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
+    <appender name="SSHFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
+        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds-ssh.log" />
+        <param name="Append" value="true" />
+
+        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
+        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
+
+        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
+
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
+
+            <!--
+                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
+                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
+                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
+            -->
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="ASYNCCOMPUTE" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="COMPUTEFILE" />
+    </appender>
+    
+    <appender name="ASYNCSSH" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="SSHFILE" />
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="ASYNC" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="ASYNCWIRE" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="WIREFILE" />
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- ================ -->
+    <!-- Limit categories -->
+    <!-- ================ -->
+
+    <category name="org.jclouds">
+        <priority value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNC" />
+    </category>
+
+    <category name="jclouds.headers">
+        <priority value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCWIRE" />
+    </category>
+    
+    <category name="jclouds.ssh">
+        <priority value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSSH" />
+    </category>
+    
+    <category name="jclouds.wire">
+        <priority value="DEBUG" />
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCWIRE" />
+    </category>
+
+    <category name="jclouds.compute">
+        <priority value="TRACE" />
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCCOMPUTE" />
+    </category>
+    <!-- ======================= -->
+    <!-- Setup the Root category -->
+    <!-- ======================= -->
+
+    <root>
+        <priority value="WARN" />
+    </root>
+
+</log4j:configuration>
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diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/test_get_instance.xml b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/test_get_instance.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3d2245eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/test_get_instance.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+  <instance href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1" id='inst1'>
+    <owner_id>larry</owner_id>
+    <name>Production JBoss Instance</name>
+    <image href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/images/img3"/>
+    <hardware_profile href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/hardware_profiles/m1-small"/>
+    <realm href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/realms/us"/>
+
+    <state>RUNNING</state>
+    <actions>
+      <link rel="reboot" href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/reboot"/>
+      <link rel="stop" href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/stop"/>
+    </actions>
+    <public_addresses>
+      <address>inst1.larry.fancycloudprovider.com</address>
+    </public_addresses>
+
+    <private_addresses>
+      <address>inst1.larry.internal</address>
+    </private_addresses>
+  </instance>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/test_list_instances.xml b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/test_list_instances.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8f2dd5eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/deltacloud/src/test/resources/test_list_instances.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<instances>
+  <instance href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1" id='inst1'>
+    <owner_id>larry</owner_id>
+    <name>Production JBoss Instance</name>
+    <image href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/images/img3"/>
+    <hardware_profile href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/hardware_profiles/m1-small"/>
+    <realm href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/realms/us"/>
+
+    <state>RUNNING</state>
+    <actions>
+      <link rel="reboot" href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/reboot"/>
+      <link rel="stop" href="http://fancycloudprovider.com/api/instances/inst1/stop"/>
+    </actions>
+    <public_addresses>
+      <address>inst1.larry.fancycloudprovider.com</address>
+    </public_addresses>
+
+    <private_addresses>
+      <address>inst1.larry.internal</address>
+    </private_addresses>
+  </instance>
+</instances>
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