diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/cloud/entity/api/EdgeService.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/cloud/entity/api/EdgeService.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.cloud.entity.api;
+
+public interface EdgeService {
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/ClusterEntity.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/ClusterEntity.java
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+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/ClusterEntity.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api;
+
+import com.cloud.org.Cluster;
+
+public interface ClusterEntity extends DataCenterResourceEntity, Cluster, OrganizationScope {
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/DataCenterResourceEntity.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/DataCenterResourceEntity.java
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+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/DataCenterResourceEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api;
+
+import org.apache.cloudstack.platform.entity.api.CloudStackEntity;
+
+import com.cloud.utils.fsm.StateMachine2;
+import com.cloud.utils.fsm.StateObject;
+
+/**
+ * This interface specifies the states and operations all physical 
+ * and virtual resources in the data center must implement. 
+ */
+public interface DataCenterResourceEntity extends CloudStackEntity, StateObject<DataCenterResourceEntity.State> {
+
+    /**
+     * This is the state machine for how CloudStack should interact with 
+     *
+     */
+    public enum State {
+        Disabled("The resource is disabled so CloudStack should not use it.  This is the initial state of all resources added to CloudStack."),
+        Enabled("The resource is now enabled for CloudStack to use."),
+        Deactivated("The resource is disactivated so CloudStack should not use it for new resource needs.");
+
+        String _description;
+
+        private State(String description) {
+            _description = description;
+        }
+
+        public enum Event {
+            EnableRequest,
+            DisableRequest,
+            DeactivateRequest,
+            ActivatedRequest
+        }
+
+        protected static final StateMachine2<State, Event, DataCenterResourceEntity> s_fsm = new StateMachine2<State, Event, DataCenterResourceEntity>();
+        static {
+            s_fsm.addTransition(Disabled, Event.EnableRequest, Enabled);
+            s_fsm.addTransition(Enabled, Event.DisableRequest, Disabled);
+            s_fsm.addTransition(Enabled, Event.DeactivateRequest, Deactivated);
+            s_fsm.addTransition(Deactivated, Event.ActivatedRequest, Enabled);
+        }
+
+    }
+    /**
+     * Prepare the resource to take new on new demands.
+     */
+    boolean enable();
+
+    /**
+     * Disables the resource.  Cleanup.  Prepare for the resource to be removed.
+     */
+    boolean disable();
+
+    /**
+     * Do not use the resource for new demands.
+     */
+    boolean deactivate();
+
+    /**
+     * Reactivates a deactivated resource.
+     */
+    boolean reactivate();
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/OrganizationScope.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/OrganizationScope.java
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+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/OrganizationScope.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api;
+
+public interface OrganizationScope {
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/PodEntity.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/PodEntity.java
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index 00000000000..e4743008f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/PodEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.cloud.dc.Pod;
+import com.cloud.org.Cluster;
+
+public interface PodEntity extends DataCenterResourceEntity, Pod {
+
+    List<Cluster> listClusters();
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/StorageEntity.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/StorageEntity.java
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index 00000000000..2d222324d2a
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+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/StorageEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api;
+
+import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
+
+public interface StorageEntity extends DataCenterResourceEntity, StoragePool {
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/ZoneEntity.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/ZoneEntity.java
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..48940fae4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/datacenter/entity/api/ZoneEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter;
+
+/**
+ * Describes a zone and operations that can be done in a zone. 
+ */
+public interface ZoneEntity extends DataCenterResourceEntity, DataCenter {
+    List<PodEntity> listPods(); 
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/entity/api/CloudStackEntity.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/entity/api/CloudStackEntity.java
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index 00000000000..1aa70b6c124
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+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/entity/api/CloudStackEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.entity.api;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * All entities returned by the Cloud Orchestration Platform must implement
+ * this interface.  CloudValueEntity is an immutable representation of 
+ * an entity exposed by Cloud Orchestration Platform.  For each object, it
+ * defines two ids:  uuid, generated by CloudStack Orchestration Platform, and 
+ * an external id that is set by the caller when the entity is created.  All 
+ * ids must be unique for that entity.  CloudValueEntity also can be converted 
+ * to a CloudActionableEntity which contains actions the object can perform.
+ */
+public interface CloudStackEntity {
+    /**
+     * @return the uuid of the object.
+     */
+    String getUuid();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the id which is often the database id.
+     */
+    long getId();
+
+    /**
+     * @return external id set by the caller
+     */
+    String getExternalId();
+
+    /**
+     * @return current state for the entity
+     */
+    String getCurrentState();
+
+    /**
+     * @return desired state for the entity
+     */
+    String getDesiredState();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the time the entity was created
+     */
+    Date getCreatedTime();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the time the entity was last updated
+     */
+    Date getLastUpdatedTime();
+
+    /**
+     * @return reference to the owner of this entity
+     */
+    String getOwner();
+
+    /**
+     * @return details stored for this entity when created.
+     */
+    Map<String, String> getDetails(String source);
+
+    /**
+     * @return a list of sources that have added to the details.
+     */
+    List<String> getDetailSources();
+
+    void addDetail(String source, String name, String value);
+
+    void delDetail(String source, String name, String value);
+
+    void updateDetail(String source, String name, String value);
+
+    /**
+     * @return list of actions that can be performed on the object in its current state
+     */
+    List<Method> getApplicableActions();
+}
diff --git a/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/service/api/ProvisioningService.java b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/service/api/ProvisioningService.java
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index 00000000000..0032a258786
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+++ b/platform/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/platform/service/api/ProvisioningService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.cloudstack.platform.service.api;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.cloudstack.platform.datacenter.entity.api.ZoneEntity;
+
+import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter;
+import com.cloud.dc.Pod;
+import com.cloud.host.Host;
+import com.cloud.host.Status;
+import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
+
+
+/**
+ * ProvisioningService registers and deregisters physical and virtual 
+ * resources that the management server can use.  
+ */
+public interface ProvisioningService {
+
+    String registerStorage(String name, List<String> tags, Map<String, String> details);
+    ZoneEntity registerZone(String name, List<String> tags, Map<String, String> details);
+    String registerPod(String name, List<String> tags, Map<String, String> details);
+    String registerCluster(String name, List<String> tags, Map<String, String> details);
+    String registerHost(String name, List<String> tags, Map<String, String> details);
+
+
+
+    void deregisterStorage(String uuid);
+    void deregisterZone();
+    void deregisterPod();
+    void deregisterCluster();
+    void deregisterHost();
+
+    void changeState(String type, String entity, Status state);
+
+    List<Host> listHosts();
+
+    List<Pod> listPods();
+
+    List<DataCenter> listZones();
+
+
+
+    List<StoragePool> listStorage();
+
+}
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/fsm/ChangeEvent.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/fsm/ChangeEvent.java
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index 00000000000..5b378060d60
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+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/fsm/ChangeEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 com.cloud.utils.fsm;
+
+public class ChangeEvent {
+
+}
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/fsm/FiniteState2.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/fsm/FiniteState2.java
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index 00000000000..585521d4bf3
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+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/fsm/FiniteState2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 com.cloud.utils.fsm;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public interface FiniteState2<T, E> {
+
+    StateMachine2<T, ? extends ChangeEvent, ? extends StateObject> getStateMachine();
+
+    T getNextState(ChangeEvent e) throws NoTransitionException;
+
+    T getFromStates(ChangeEvent e);
+
+    Set<ChangeEvent> getPossibleEvents();
+
+}