diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
index 243167b505..2399ae689f 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- keystone endpoint -->
-    <test.openstack-keystone.endpoint>http://localhost:5000</test.openstack-keystone.endpoint>
+    <test.openstack-keystone.endpoint>http://localhost:5000/v${jclouds.api-version}/</test.openstack-keystone.endpoint>
     <!-- keystone version -->
     <test.openstack-keystone.api-version>2.0</test.openstack-keystone.api-version>
     <test.openstack-keystone.build-version></test.openstack-keystone.build-version>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/AuthenticationAsyncApi.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/AuthenticationAsyncApi.java
index 44531eb70d..02dd7c590e 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/AuthenticationAsyncApi.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/AuthenticationAsyncApi.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
  *      />
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
-@Path("/v2.0")
 public interface AuthenticationAsyncApi {
 
    /**
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ public interface AuthenticationAsyncApi {
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @Path("/tokens")
    @MapBinder(BindAuthToJsonPayload.class)
-   // TODO: is tenantName permanent? or should we switch to tenantId at some point. seems most tools
-   // still use tenantName
    ListenableFuture<Access> authenticateWithTenantNameAndCredentials(@Nullable @PayloadParam("tenantName") String tenantName,
             ApiAccessKeyCredentials apiAccessKeyCredentials);
    
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneApiMetadata.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneApiMetadata.java
index fe0f189556..68b2c7a90a 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneApiMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneApiMetadata.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneParserModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneRestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneRestClientModule.KeystoneAdminURLModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.v2_0.ServiceType;
@@ -69,10 +68,8 @@ public class KeystoneApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
 
    public static Properties defaultProperties() {
       Properties properties = BaseRestApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(KeystoneProperties.VERSION, "2.0");
       properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.PASSWORD_CREDENTIALS);
-      properties.put(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.IDENTITY);
+      properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.IDENTITY);
       return properties;
    }
 
@@ -82,11 +79,12 @@ public class KeystoneApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
          super(api, asyncApi);
           id("openstack-keystone")
          .name("OpenStack Keystone Essex+ API")
-         .identityName("tenantId:user")
-         .credentialName("password")
+         .identityName("${tenantName}:${userName} or ${userName}, if your keystone supports a default tenant")
+         .credentialName("${password}")
+         .endpointName("KeyStone base url ending in /v${jclouds.api-version}/")
          .documentation(URI.create("http://api.openstack.org/"))
          .version("2.0")
-         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000")
+         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000/v${jclouds.api-version}/")
          .defaultProperties(KeystoneApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
                                      .add(KeystoneAuthenticationModule.class)
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneAsyncApi.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneAsyncApi.java
index 08be81c521..50560fc9ae 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneAsyncApi.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/KeystoneAsyncApi.java
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ package org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
-import org.jclouds.Constants;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.domain.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.ServiceAsyncApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TenantAsyncApi;
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ public interface KeystoneAsyncApi {
    @GET
    @SelectJson("version")
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-   @Path("/v{" + Constants.PROPERTY_API_VERSION + "}/")
    @ExceptionParser(ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404.class)
    ListenableFuture<ApiMetadata> getApiMetadata();
    
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneProperties.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneProperties.java
index f8fe080932..fc5146f8f5 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneProperties.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneProperties.java
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ public interface KeystoneProperties {
     */
    public static final String REQUIRES_TENANT = "jclouds.keystone.requires-tenant";
    
-   /**
-    * version of the keystone service
-    */
-   public static final String VERSION = "jclouds.keystone.version";
-
    /**
     * type of the keystone service. ex. {@code compute}
     * 
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneRestClientModule.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneRestClientModule.java
index 245a4efdc3..f3615eb573 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneRestClientModule.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/config/KeystoneRestClientModule.java
@@ -22,24 +22,25 @@ import static org.jclouds.util.Suppliers2.getLastValueInMap;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
-import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpErrorHandler;
 import org.jclouds.http.annotation.ClientError;
 import org.jclouds.http.annotation.Redirection;
 import org.jclouds.http.annotation.ServerError;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneAsyncApi;
+import org.jclouds.location.Provider;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneApi;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.ServiceAsyncApi;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneAsyncApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.ServiceApi;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TenantAsyncApi;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.ServiceAsyncApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TenantApi;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TokenAsyncApi;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TenantAsyncApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TokenApi;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.UserAsyncApi;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.TokenAsyncApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.UserApi;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.features.UserAsyncApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.functions.PresentWhenAdminURLExistsForIdentityService;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.handlers.KeystoneErrorHandler;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.suppliers.RegionIdToAdminURIFromAccessForTypeAndVersion;
@@ -47,8 +48,10 @@ import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.suppliers.RegionIdToAdminURISupplier;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.v2_0.ServiceType;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.v2_0.services.Identity;
 import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ApiVersion;
 import org.jclouds.rest.config.RestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.rest.functions.ImplicitOptionalConverter;
+import org.jclouds.util.Suppliers2;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -90,13 +93,22 @@ public class KeystoneRestClientModule<S extends KeystoneApi, A extends KeystoneA
                   RegionIdToAdminURIFromAccessForTypeAndVersion.class).build(RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.Factory.class));
       }
 
-      // return any identity url.
+      /**
+       * in some cases, there is no {@link ServiceType#IDENTITY} entry in the service catalog. In
+       * other cases, there's no adminURL entry present. Fallback to the provider in this case.
+       */
       @Provides
       @Singleton
       @Identity
-      protected Supplier<URI> provideStorageUrl(RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.Factory factory,
-               @Named(KeystoneProperties.VERSION) String version) {
-         return getLastValueInMap(factory.createForApiTypeAndVersion(ServiceType.IDENTITY, version));
+      protected Supplier<URI> provideStorageUrl(final RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.Factory factory,
+               @ApiVersion final String version, @Provider final Supplier<URI> providerURI) {
+         Supplier<URI> identityServiceForVersion = getLastValueInMap(factory.createForApiTypeAndVersion(
+                  ServiceType.IDENTITY, version));
+         Supplier<URI> whenIdentityServiceIsntListedFallbackToProviderURI = Suppliers2.onThrowable(
+                  identityServiceForVersion, NoSuchElementException.class, providerURI);
+         Supplier<URI> whenIdentityServiceHasNoAdminURLFallbackToProviderURI = Suppliers2.or(
+                  whenIdentityServiceIsntListedFallbackToProviderURI, providerURI);
+         return whenIdentityServiceHasNoAdminURLFallbackToProviderURI;
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/ServiceAsyncApi.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/ServiceAsyncApi.java
index f1db058d6d..b32482ff45 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/ServiceAsyncApi.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/ServiceAsyncApi.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
-import org.jclouds.Constants;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.domain.Tenant;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.filters.AuthenticateRequest;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ExceptionParser;
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
  *      />
  * @author Adam Lowe
  */
-@Path("/v{" + Constants.PROPERTY_API_VERSION + "}")
 @SkipEncoding( { '/', '=' })
 public interface ServiceAsyncApi {
 
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/suppliers/RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/suppliers/RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.java
index d39e101da2..2a9f61b27e 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/suppliers/RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/suppliers/RegionIdToAdminURISupplier.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.suppliers;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
 import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -16,15 +17,16 @@ import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
 public interface RegionIdToAdminURISupplier extends Supplier<Map<String, Supplier<URI>>> {
    static interface Factory {
       /**
-       *
+       * 
        * @param apiType
-       *           type of the api, according to the provider. ex. {@code compute} {@code
-       *           object-store}
+       *           type of the api, according to the provider. ex. {@code compute}
+       *           {@code object-store}
        * @param apiVersion
        *           version of the api, or null
        * @return regions mapped to default uri
+       * @throws NoSuchElementException if the {@code apiType} is not present in the catalog
        */
       RegionIdToAdminURISupplier createForApiTypeAndVersion(@Assisted("apiType") String apiType,
-                                                       @Nullable @Assisted("apiVersion") String apiVersion);
+               @Nullable @Assisted("apiVersion") String apiVersion) throws NoSuchElementException;
    }
 }
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/TokenApiLiveTest.java b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/TokenApiLiveTest.java
index 7ed1d4b4db..d4eb9cb166 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/TokenApiLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/keystone/v2_0/features/TokenApiLiveTest.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class TokenApiLiveTest extends BaseKeystoneApiLiveTest {
    @BeforeMethod
    public void grabToken() {
       AuthenticateRequest ar = keystoneContext.getUtils().getInjector().getInstance(AuthenticateRequest.class);
-      HttpRequest test = ar.filter(HttpRequest.builder().method("GET").endpoint(endpoint).build());
+      HttpRequest test = ar.filter(HttpRequest.builder().method("GET").endpoint(context.getProviderMetadata().getEndpoint()).build());
       token = Iterables.getOnlyElement(test.getHeaders().get("X-Auth-Token"));
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
index 44935e33af..07c0332e10 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- keystone endpoint -->
-    <test.openstack-nova.endpoint>http://localhost:5000</test.openstack-nova.endpoint>
+    <test.openstack-nova.endpoint>http://localhost:5000/v2.0/</test.openstack-nova.endpoint>
     <!-- keystone version -->
     <test.openstack-nova.api-version>1.1</test.openstack-nova.api-version>
     <test.openstack-nova.build-version></test.openstack-nova.build-version>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v2_0/NovaApiMetadata.java b/apis/openstack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v2_0/NovaApiMetadata.java
index 917826ed96..780eb81706 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v2_0/NovaApiMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/openstack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v2_0/NovaApiMetadata.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0;
 
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.CREDENTIAL_TYPE;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.SERVICE_TYPE;
-import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.VERSION;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.config.NovaProperties.AUTO_ALLOCATE_FLOATING_IPS;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.config.NovaProperties.AUTO_GENERATE_KEYPAIRS;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.config.NovaProperties.TIMEOUT_SECURITYGROUP_PRESENT;
@@ -79,9 +78,6 @@ public class NovaApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.COMPUTE);
       properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.PASSWORD_CREDENTIALS);
       
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(VERSION, "2.0");
-      
       properties.setProperty(AUTO_ALLOCATE_FLOATING_IPS, "false");
       properties.setProperty(AUTO_GENERATE_KEYPAIRS, "false");
       properties.setProperty(TIMEOUT_SECURITYGROUP_PRESENT, "500");
@@ -94,11 +90,12 @@ public class NovaApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
          super(NovaApi.class, NovaAsyncApi.class);
           id("openstack-nova")
          .name("OpenStack Nova Diablo+ API")
-         .identityName("tenantName:user or user")
-         .credentialName("password")
+         .identityName("${tenantName}:${userName} or ${userName}, if your keystone supports a default tenant")
+         .credentialName("${password}")
+         .endpointName("KeyStone base url ending in /v2.0/")
          .documentation(URI.create("http://api.openstack.org/"))
          .version("1.1")
-         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000")
+         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(NovaApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .view(TypeToken.of(ComputeServiceContext.class))
          .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
diff --git a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
index f0ac011331..a0b478d390 100644
--- a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- keystone endpoint -->
-    <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.endpoint>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.rackspace-cloudidentity.endpoint>
+    <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.endpoint>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v${jclouds.api-version}/</test.rackspace-cloudidentity.endpoint>
     <!-- keystone version -->
     <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.api-version>2.0</test.rackspace-cloudidentity.api-version>
     <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.build-version></test.rackspace-cloudidentity.build-version>
-    <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.identity>413274:${test.rackspace-us.identity}</test.rackspace-cloudidentity.identity>
+    <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.identity>${test.rackspace-us.identity}</test.rackspace-cloudidentity.identity>
     <test.rackspace-cloudidentity.credential>${test.rackspace-us.credential}</test.rackspace-cloudidentity.credential>
     <test.jclouds.keystone.credential-type>RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials</test.jclouds.keystone.credential-type>
 
diff --git a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityApiMetadata.java b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityApiMetadata.java
index 1883e601a3..3f8b457ea0 100644
--- a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityApiMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityApiMetadata.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneAsyncApi;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.KeystoneApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneParserModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneRestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneRestClientModule.KeystoneAdminURLModule;
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class CloudIdentityApiMetadata extends KeystoneApiMetadata {
    public static Properties defaultProperties() {
       Properties properties = KeystoneApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CloudIdentityCredentialTypes.API_KEY_CREDENTIALS);
-
       return properties;
    }
 
@@ -82,9 +81,10 @@ public class CloudIdentityApiMetadata extends KeystoneApiMetadata {
          super(KeystoneApi.class, KeystoneAsyncApi.class);
          id("rackspace-cloudidentity")
          .name("Rackspace Cloud Identity Service")
-         .defaultEndpoint("https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com")
-         .identityName("username")
-         .credentialName("API Key")
+         .identityName("${userName}")
+         .credentialName("${apiKey}")
+         .defaultEndpoint("https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v${jclouds.api-version}/")
+         .endpointName("identity service url ending in /v${jclouds.api-version}/")
          .defaultProperties(CloudIdentityApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .context(CONTEXT_TOKEN)
          .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.rackspace.com/auth/api/v2.0/auth-api-devguide/"))
diff --git a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityAuthenticationAsyncApi.java b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityAuthenticationAsyncApi.java
index 3f3f9f24b9..9d787955f9 100644
--- a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityAuthenticationAsyncApi.java
+++ b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudidentity/v2_0/CloudIdentityAuthenticationAsyncApi.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
  *      />
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
-@Path("/v2.0")
 public interface CloudIdentityAuthenticationAsyncApi extends AuthenticationAsyncApi {
 
    /**
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.java b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.java
index 9648e2c901..ba6f4c6ffc 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.services.ServiceType;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.blobstore.config.SwiftBlobStoreContextModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.config.SwiftKeystoneRestClientModule;
@@ -72,22 +71,24 @@ public class SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata extends SwiftApiMetadata {
    public static Properties defaultProperties() {
       Properties properties = SwiftApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.OBJECT_STORE);
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(KeystoneProperties.VERSION, "2.0");
-      properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.API_ACCESS_KEY_CREDENTIALS);
+      properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.PASSWORD_CREDENTIALS);
       properties.remove(PROPERTY_REGIONS);
       return properties;
    }
 
    public static class Builder extends SwiftApiMetadata.Builder {
       protected Builder() {
-         super(SwiftKeystoneClient.class, SwiftKeystoneAsyncClient.class);
+         this(SwiftKeystoneClient.class, SwiftKeystoneAsyncClient.class);
+      }
+
+      protected Builder(Class<?> syncClient, Class<?> asyncClient) {
+         super(syncClient, asyncClient);
          id("swift-keystone")
                .name("OpenStack Swift with Keystone authentication")
-               .identityName("tenantName:user or user")
-               .credentialName("password")
-               .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000")
-               .endpointName("keystone url")
+               .identityName("${tenantName}:${userName} or ${userName}, if your keystone supports a default tenant")
+               .credentialName("${password}")
+               .endpointName("KeyStone base url ending in /v2.0/")
+               .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000/v2.0/")
                .context(CONTEXT_TOKEN)
                .defaultProperties(SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
                .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>of(KeystoneStorageEndpointModule.class, KeystoneAuthenticationModule.RegionModule.class,
diff --git a/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
index aa172d80bb..a12df99345 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- keystone endpoint -->
-    <test.openstack-glance.endpoint>http://localhost:5000</test.openstack-glance.endpoint>
+    <test.openstack-glance.endpoint>http://localhost:5000/v2.0/</test.openstack-glance.endpoint>
     <!-- keystone version -->
     <test.openstack-glance.api-version>1.0</test.openstack-glance.api-version>
     <test.openstack-glance.build-version></test.openstack-glance.build-version>
diff --git a/labs/openstack-glance/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/glance/v1_0/GlanceApiMetadata.java b/labs/openstack-glance/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/glance/v1_0/GlanceApiMetadata.java
index 6ee563bac6..6669d59c8f 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-glance/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/glance/v1_0/GlanceApiMetadata.java
+++ b/labs/openstack-glance/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/glance/v1_0/GlanceApiMetadata.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.jclouds.openstack.glance.v1_0.config.GlanceRestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule.RegionModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.v2_0.ServiceType;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseRestApiMetadata;
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ public class GlanceApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       Properties properties = BaseRestApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.IMAGE);
       properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.PASSWORD_CREDENTIALS);
-
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(KeystoneProperties.VERSION, "2.0");
       return properties;
    }
 
@@ -81,11 +77,12 @@ public class GlanceApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
          super(GlanceApi.class, GlanceAsyncApi.class);
           id("openstack-glance")
          .name("OpenStack Glance API")
-         .identityName("tenantName:user or user")
-         .credentialName("password")
+         .identityName("${tenantName}:${userName} or ${userName}, if your keystone supports a default tenant")
+         .credentialName("${password}")
+         .endpointName("KeyStone base url ending in /v2.0/")
          .documentation(URI.create("http://glance.openstack.org/glanceapi.html"))
          .version("1.0")
-         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000")
+         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(GlanceApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
                                      .add(KeystoneAuthenticationModule.class)
diff --git a/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
index 951c56517e..ccaa60084d 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- keystone endpoint -->
-    <test.openstack-quantum.endpoint>http://localhost:5000</test.openstack-quantum.endpoint>
+    <test.openstack-quantum.endpoint>http://localhost:5000/v2.0/</test.openstack-quantum.endpoint>
     <!-- keystone version -->
     <test.openstack-quantum.api-version>1.0</test.openstack-quantum.api-version>
     <test.openstack-quantum.build-version></test.openstack-quantum.build-version>
diff --git a/labs/openstack-quantum/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/quantum/v1_0/QuantumApiMetadata.java b/labs/openstack-quantum/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/quantum/v1_0/QuantumApiMetadata.java
index 33b245215e..9d38d93e9c 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-quantum/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/quantum/v1_0/QuantumApiMetadata.java
+++ b/labs/openstack-quantum/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/quantum/v1_0/QuantumApiMetadata.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule.RegionModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.quantum.v1_0.config.QuantumRestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.v2_0.ServiceType;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
@@ -68,9 +67,6 @@ public class QuantumApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       Properties properties = BaseRestApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.NETWORK);
       properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.PASSWORD_CREDENTIALS);
-
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(KeystoneProperties.VERSION, "2.0");
       return properties;
    }
 
@@ -80,11 +76,12 @@ public class QuantumApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
          super(QuantumApi.class, QuantumAsyncApi.class);
           id("openstack-quantum")
          .name("OpenStack Quantum API")
-         .identityName("tenantName:user or user")
-         .credentialName("password")
+         .identityName("${tenantName}:${userName} or ${userName}, if your keystone supports a default tenant")
+         .credentialName("${password}")
+         .endpointName("KeyStone base url ending in /v2.0/")
          .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/1.0/content/"))
          .version("1.0")
-         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000")
+         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(QuantumApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
                                      .add(KeystoneAuthenticationModule.class)
diff --git a/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
index 665e77ee60..4bab5dfd87 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
+++ b/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- keystone endpoint -->
-    <test.openstack-swift.endpoint>http://localhost:5000</test.openstack-swift.endpoint>
+    <test.openstack-swift.endpoint>http://localhost:5000/v2.0/</test.openstack-swift.endpoint>
     <test.openstack-swift.api-version>1.0</test.openstack-swift.api-version>
     <test.openstack-swift.build-version></test.openstack-swift.build-version>
     <test.openstack-swift.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.openstack-swift.identity>
diff --git a/labs/openstack-swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/SwiftApiMetadata.java b/labs/openstack-swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/SwiftApiMetadata.java
index 0f4b52a05f..440937b09e 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/SwiftApiMetadata.java
+++ b/labs/openstack-swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/SwiftApiMetadata.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule.RegionModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.v1.config.SwiftRestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.v2_0.ServiceType;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ public class SwiftApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       Properties properties = BaseRestApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.OBJECT_STORE);
       properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.PASSWORD_CREDENTIALS);
-
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(KeystoneProperties.VERSION, "2.0");
       return properties;
    }
 
@@ -81,11 +77,12 @@ public class SwiftApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
          super(SwiftApi.class, SwiftAsyncApi.class);
           id("openstack-swift")
          .name("OpenStack Swift Diablo+ API")
-         .identityName("tenantId:user")
-         .credentialName("password")
+         .identityName("${tenantName}:${userName} or ${userName}, if your keystone supports a default tenant")
+         .credentialName("${password}")
          .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-object-storage/1.0/content/ch_object-storage-dev-overview.html"))
          .version("1.0")
-         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000")
+         .endpointName("KeyStone base url ending in /v2.0/")
+         .defaultEndpoint("http://localhost:5000/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(SwiftApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
                                      .add(KeystoneAuthenticationModule.class)
diff --git a/labs/openstack-swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/internal/BaseSwiftApiLiveTest.java b/labs/openstack-swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/internal/BaseSwiftApiLiveTest.java
index 0c95eebdb1..ae083d6b94 100644
--- a/labs/openstack-swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/internal/BaseSwiftApiLiveTest.java
+++ b/labs/openstack-swift/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/v1/internal/BaseSwiftApiLiveTest.java
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.apis.BaseContextLiveTest;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.v1.SwiftApi;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.v1.SwiftApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.v1.SwiftAsyncApi;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.v1.SwiftApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterGroups;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeGroups;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
  * 
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
-@Test(groups = "live")
 public class BaseSwiftApiLiveTest extends BaseContextLiveTest<RestContext<SwiftApi, SwiftAsyncApi>> {
 
    public BaseSwiftApiLiveTest() {
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml b/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml
index aaa4bfd114..6f1ee52bee 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-compute/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <test.hpcloud-compute.endpoint>https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357</test.hpcloud-compute.endpoint>
+    <test.hpcloud-compute.endpoint>https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/</test.hpcloud-compute.endpoint>
     <test.hpcloud-compute.api-version>1.1</test.hpcloud-compute.api-version>
     <test.hpcloud-compute.build-version></test.hpcloud-compute.build-version>
     <test.hpcloud-compute.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.hpcloud-compute.identity>
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/compute/HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata.java b/providers/hpcloud-compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/compute/HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata.java
index 3132d561f2..796269d83f 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/compute/HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-compute/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/compute/HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ package org.jclouds.hpcloud.compute;
 
 import static org.jclouds.compute.config.ComputeServiceProperties.TEMPLATE;
 import static org.jclouds.compute.config.ComputeServiceProperties.TIMEOUT_NODE_TERMINATED;
-import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes.API_ACCESS_KEY_CREDENTIALS;
-import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.CREDENTIAL_TYPE;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.REQUIRES_TENANT;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.config.NovaProperties.AUTO_ALLOCATE_FLOATING_IPS;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.config.NovaProperties.AUTO_GENERATE_KEYPAIRS;
@@ -68,11 +66,10 @@ public class HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
    }
 
    public static Properties defaultProperties() {
-      Properties properties = new Properties();
+      Properties properties = NovaApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       // deallocating ip addresses can take a while
       properties.setProperty(TIMEOUT_NODE_TERMINATED, 60 * 1000 + "");
 
-      properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, API_ACCESS_KEY_CREDENTIALS);
       properties.setProperty(REQUIRES_TENANT, "true");
       properties.setProperty(AUTO_ALLOCATE_FLOATING_IPS, "true");
       properties.setProperty(AUTO_GENERATE_KEYPAIRS, "true");
@@ -86,8 +83,8 @@ public class HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
          id("hpcloud-compute")
          .name("HP Cloud Compute Services")
          .apiMetadata(new NovaApiMetadata().toBuilder()
-                  .identityName("yourTenantName:yourAccessKey")
-                  .credentialName("secretKey")
+                  .endpointName("identity service url ending in /v2.0/")
+                  .defaultEndpoint("https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/")
                   .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
                                               .add(KeystoneAuthenticationModule.class)
                                               .add(ZoneModule.class)
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ public class HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
          .console(URI.create("https://manage.hpcloud.com/compute"))
          .linkedServices("hpcloud-compute", "hpcloud-objectstorage")
          .iso3166Codes("US-NV")
-         .endpoint("https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357")
+         .endpoint("https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(HPCloudComputeProviderMetadata.defaultProperties());
       }
 
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml
index 4b6534de2f..67e11e156e 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <test.hpcloud-objectstorage.endpoint>https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357</test.hpcloud-objectstorage.endpoint>
+        <test.hpcloud-objectstorage.endpoint>https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/</test.hpcloud-objectstorage.endpoint>
         <test.hpcloud-objectstorage.api-version>1.0</test.hpcloud-objectstorage.api-version>
         <test.hpcloud-objectstorage.build-version></test.hpcloud-objectstorage.build-version>
         <test.hpcloud-objectstorage.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.hpcloud-objectstorage.identity>
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata.java b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata.java
index 465b7803b6..522bd4c164 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata.java
@@ -18,21 +18,14 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.hpcloud.objectstorage;
 
-import static org.jclouds.location.reference.LocationConstants.PROPERTY_REGIONS;
-import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.CREDENTIAL_TYPE;
-import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.SERVICE_TYPE;
-
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.hpcloud.objectstorage.blobstore.config.HPCloudObjectStorageBlobStoreContextModule;
 import org.jclouds.hpcloud.objectstorage.config.HPCloudObjectStorageRestClientModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.CredentialTypes;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneAuthenticationModule.RegionModule;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.services.ServiceType;
-import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.SwiftApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.openstack.swift.config.SwiftRestClientModule.KeystoneStorageEndpointModule;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RestContext;
 
@@ -44,7 +37,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Module;
  * 
  * @author Jeremy Daggett
  */
-public class HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata extends SwiftApiMetadata {
+public class HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata extends SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata {
 
    /** The serialVersionUID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 820062881469203616L;
@@ -71,22 +64,17 @@ public class HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata extends SwiftApiMetadata {
    }
 
    public static Properties defaultProperties() {
-      Properties properties = SwiftApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
-      properties.setProperty(SERVICE_TYPE, ServiceType.OBJECT_STORE);
-      // TODO: this doesn't actually do anything yet.
-      properties.setProperty(KeystoneProperties.VERSION, "2.0");
-      properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, CredentialTypes.API_ACCESS_KEY_CREDENTIALS);
-      properties.remove(PROPERTY_REGIONS);
+      Properties properties = SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.defaultProperties();
       return properties;
    }
 
-   public static class Builder extends SwiftApiMetadata.Builder {
+   public static class Builder extends SwiftKeystoneApiMetadata.Builder {
       protected Builder(){
          super(HPCloudObjectStorageClient.class, HPCloudObjectStorageAsyncClient.class);
          id("hpcloud-objectstorage")
+         .endpointName("identity service url ending in /v2.0/")
+         .defaultEndpoint("https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/")
          .name("HP Cloud Services Object Storage API")
-         .identityName("yourTenantName:yourAccessKey")
-         .credentialName("secretKey")
          .documentation(URI.create("https://build.hpcloud.com/object-storage/api"))
          .defaultProperties(HPCloudObjectStorageApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
          .context(CONTEXT_TOKEN)
diff --git a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageProviderMetadata.java b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageProviderMetadata.java
index cda5c4df9e..8a8262ce34 100644
--- a/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/hpcloud-objectstorage/src/main/java/org/jclouds/hpcloud/objectstorage/HPCloudObjectStorageProviderMetadata.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class HPCloudObjectStorageProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
          .console(URI.create("https://manage.hpcloud.com/objects/us-west"))
          .linkedServices("hpcloud-compute", "hpcloud-objectstorage")
          .iso3166Codes("US-NV")
-         .endpoint("https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357")
+         .endpoint("https://region-a.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(HPCloudObjectStorageProviderMetadata.defaultProperties());
       }
 
diff --git a/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
index d6fedebe19..2c82f5a3b8 100644
--- a/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.endpoint>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.endpoint>
+    <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.endpoint>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.endpoint>
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.api-version>2</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.api-version>
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.build-version></test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.build-version>
     <test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.identity>${test.rackspace-us.identity}</test.rackspace-cloudservers-us.identity>
diff --git a/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java
index 4096ff8738..b4b2551816 100644
--- a/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/rackspace-cloudservers-us/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rackspace/cloudservers/us/CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.java
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ public class CloudServersUSProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
          id("rackspace-cloudservers-us")
          .name("Rackspace Next Generation Cloud Servers")
          .apiMetadata(new NovaApiMetadata().toBuilder()
-                  .identityName("username")
-                  .credentialName("API Key")
+                  .identityName("${userName}")
+                  .credentialName("${apiKey}")
                   .version("2")
+                  .defaultEndpoint("https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/")
+                  .endpointName("identity service url ending in /v2.0/")
                   .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.rackspace.com/servers/api/v2/cs-devguide/content/ch_preface.html#webhelp-currentid"))
                   .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>builder()
                                               .add(CloudIdentityAuthenticationModule.class)
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ public class CloudServersUSProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
          .console(URI.create("https://mycloud.rackspace.com"))
          .linkedServices("rackspace-cloudservers-us", "cloudfiles-swift-us")
          .iso3166Codes("US-TX")
-         .endpoint("https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com")
+         .endpoint("https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(CloudServersUSProviderMetadata.defaultProperties());
       }
 
diff --git a/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml b/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml
index ba50265a81..7de9fd5d95 100644
--- a/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/trystack-nova/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <test.trystack-nova.endpoint>https://nova-api.trystack.org:5443</test.trystack-nova.endpoint>
+    <test.trystack-nova.endpoint>https://nova-api.trystack.org:5443/v2.0/</test.trystack-nova.endpoint>
     <test.trystack-nova.api-version>1.1</test.trystack-nova.api-version>
     <test.trystack-nova.build-version></test.trystack-nova.build-version>
     <test.trystack-nova.identity>FIXME_IDENTITY</test.trystack-nova.identity>
diff --git a/providers/trystack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/trystack/nova/TryStackNovaProviderMetadata.java b/providers/trystack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/trystack/nova/TryStackNovaProviderMetadata.java
index fe646e63ac..fa58662f01 100644
--- a/providers/trystack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/trystack/nova/TryStackNovaProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/trystack-nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/trystack/nova/TryStackNovaProviderMetadata.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.jclouds.trystack.nova;
 
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_TRUST_ALL_CERTS;
-import static org.jclouds.openstack.keystone.v2_0.config.KeystoneProperties.CREDENTIAL_TYPE;
 import static org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.config.NovaProperties.AUTO_GENERATE_KEYPAIRS;
 
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ public class TryStackNovaProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
    public static Properties defaultProperties() {
       Properties properties = new Properties();
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_TRUST_ALL_CERTS, "true");
-      properties.setProperty(CREDENTIAL_TYPE, "passwordCredentials");
       properties.setProperty(AUTO_GENERATE_KEYPAIRS, "true");
       return properties;
    }
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ public class TryStackNovaProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
          .homepage(URI.create("https://trystack.org"))
          .console(URI.create("https://trystack.org/dash"))
          .iso3166Codes("US-CA")
-         .endpoint("https://nova-api.trystack.org:5443")
+         .endpoint("https://nova-api.trystack.org:5443/v2.0/")
          .defaultProperties(TryStackNovaProviderMetadata.defaultProperties());
       }