diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in b/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in
index a4906802ed3..0b7cc36f9ed 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/commands.properties.in
@@ -570,6 +570,11 @@ addBigSwitchVnsDevice=1
 deleteBigSwitchVnsDevice=1
 listBigSwitchVnsDevices=1
 
+#### stratosphere ssp commands
+
+addStratosphereSsp=1
+deleteStratoshereSsp=1
+
 #### host simulator commands
 
 configureSimulator=1
diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in
index a9aba7ef554..a00e83e3936 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in
@@ -168,6 +168,18 @@
     <property name="name" value="MidoNetElement"/>
   </bean>
 
+  <!--
+    Stratosphere SSP support components
+  -->
+  <bean id="sspCredentialDaoImpl" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.dao.SspCredentialDaoImpl"/>
+  <bean id="sspTenantDaoImpl" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.dao.SspTenantDaoImpl"/>
+  <bean id="sspUuidDaoImpl" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.dao.SspUuidDaoImpl"/>
+  <bean id="SspGuestNetworkGuru" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.guru.SspGuestNetworkGuru">
+    <property name="name" value="SspGuestNetworkGuru"/>
+  </bean>
+  <bean id="StratosphereSsp" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.element.SspElement">
+    <property name="name" value="StratosphereSsp"/>
+  </bean>
 
   <!--
     UCS support components
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClient.java b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClient.java
index ee4d4558bff..c0db92ccab0 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClient.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClient.java
@@ -17,26 +17,33 @@
 package org.apache.cloudstack.network.element;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnectionManager;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.URIException;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.CookiePolicy;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.DeleteMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PutMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.RequestEntity;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.StringRequestEntity;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpClientParams;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
+import org.apache.http.client.params.ClientPNames;
+import org.apache.http.client.params.CookiePolicy;
+import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
+import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
+import org.apache.http.params.CoreConnectionPNames;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonIOException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 
 /**
@@ -44,117 +51,75 @@ import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
  */
 public class SspClient {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(SspClient.class);
-    private static final HttpConnectionManager s_httpclient_manager = new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager();
-    private static final HttpClientParams s_httpclient_params = new HttpClientParams();
+    private static final HttpClient s_client = new DefaultHttpClient(
+            new PoolingClientConnectionManager());
     static {
-        s_httpclient_params.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY);
+        s_client.getParams()
+                .setParameter(ClientPNames.COOKIE_POLICY, CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY)
+                .setParameter(CoreConnectionPNames.SO_TIMEOUT, 10000);
     }
 
     private final String apiUrl;
     private final String username;
     private final String password;
 
-    protected HttpClient client;
-    protected PostMethod postMethod;
-    protected DeleteMethod deleteMethod;
-    protected PutMethod putMethod;
-
     public SspClient(String apiUrl, String username, String password) {
         super();
         this.apiUrl = apiUrl;
         this.username = username;
         this.password = password;
-        client = new HttpClient(s_httpclient_params, s_httpclient_manager);
-        postMethod = new PostMethod(apiUrl);
-        deleteMethod = new DeleteMethod(apiUrl);
-        putMethod = new PutMethod(apiUrl);
     }
 
-    public boolean login(){
-        PostMethod method = postMethod;
-        method.setPath("/ws.v1/login"); // NOTE: /ws.v1/login is correct
-        method.addParameter("username", username);
-        method.addParameter("password", password);
+    protected HttpClient getHttpClient() { // for mock test
+        return s_client;
+    }
 
+    private HttpResponse innerExecuteMethod(HttpRequestBase req, String path) {
         try {
-            client.executeMethod(method);
-        } catch (HttpException e) {
-            s_logger.info("Login "+username+" to "+apiUrl+" failed", e);
-            return false;
+            URI base = new URI(apiUrl);
+            req.setURI(new URI(base.getScheme(), base.getUserInfo(), base.getHost(),
+                    base.getPort(), path, null, null));
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            s_logger.error("invalid API URL " + apiUrl + " path " + path, e);
+            return null;
+        }
+        HttpResponse res = null;
+        try {
+            res = getHttpClient().execute(req);
+            s_logger.info("ssp api call:" + req + " status=" + res.getStatusLine());
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            s_logger.info("Login "+username+" to "+apiUrl+" failed", e);
-            return false;
-        } finally {
-            method.releaseConnection();
+            s_logger.error("ssp api call failed: " + req, e);
         }
-        String apiCallPath = null;
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    private HttpResponse executeMethod(HttpRequestBase req, String path) {
+        HttpResponse res = innerExecuteMethod(req, path);
+        if (res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_UNAUTHORIZED && login()) {
+            req.reset();
+            res = innerExecuteMethod(req, path);
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    public boolean login() {
+        HttpPost method = new HttpPost();
         try {
-            apiCallPath = method.getName() + " " + method.getURI().toString();
-        } catch (URIException e) {
-            s_logger.error("method getURI failed", e);
+            method.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(Arrays.asList(
+                    new BasicNameValuePair("username", username),
+                    new BasicNameValuePair("password", password))));
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            s_logger.error("invalid username or password", e);
+            return false;
         }
-        s_logger.info("ssp api call:" + apiCallPath + " user="+username+" status="+method.getStatusLine());
-        if(method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK){
+
+        HttpResponse res = this.innerExecuteMethod(method, "/ws.v1/login");
+        if (res != null && res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
-    private String executeMethod(HttpMethod method){
-        String apiCallPath = null;
-        try {
-            apiCallPath = method.getName() + " " + method.getURI().toString();
-        } catch (URIException e) {
-            s_logger.error("method getURI failed", e);
-        }
-
-        String response = null;
-        try {
-            client.executeMethod(method);
-            response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
-        } catch (HttpException e) {
-            s_logger.error("ssp api call failed "+apiCallPath, e);
-            return null;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            s_logger.error("ssp api call failed "+apiCallPath, e);
-            return null;
-        } finally {
-            method.releaseConnection();
-        }
-
-        if(method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_UNAUTHORIZED){
-            if(!login()){
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            try {
-                client.executeMethod(method);
-                response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
-            } catch (HttpException e) {
-                s_logger.error("ssp api call failed "+apiCallPath, e);
-                return null;
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                s_logger.error("ssp api call failed "+apiCallPath, e);
-                return null;
-            } finally {
-                method.releaseConnection();
-            }
-        }
-        s_logger.info("ssp api call:" + apiCallPath + " user="+username+" status="+method.getStatusLine());
-        if(method instanceof EntityEnclosingMethod){
-            EntityEnclosingMethod emethod = (EntityEnclosingMethod)method;
-            RequestEntity reqEntity = emethod.getRequestEntity();
-            if(reqEntity instanceof StringRequestEntity){
-                StringRequestEntity strReqEntity = (StringRequestEntity)reqEntity;
-                s_logger.debug("ssp api request body:"+strReqEntity.getContent());
-            }else{
-                s_logger.debug("ssp api request body:"+emethod.getRequestEntity());
-            }
-        }
-        s_logger.debug("ssp api response body:" + response);
-        return response;
-    }
-
     public class TenantNetwork {
         public String uuid;
         public String name;
@@ -162,35 +127,36 @@ public class SspClient {
         public String tenantUuid;
     }
 
-    public TenantNetwork createTenantNetwork(String tenantUuid, String networkName){
+    public TenantNetwork createTenantNetwork(String tenantUuid, String networkName) {
         TenantNetwork req = new TenantNetwork();
         req.name = networkName;
         req.tenantUuid = tenantUuid;
 
-        PostMethod method = postMethod;
-        method.setPath("/ssp.v1/tenant-networks");
-        StringRequestEntity entity = null;
-        try {
-            entity = new StringRequestEntity(new Gson().toJson(req), "application/json", "UTF-8");
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-            s_logger.error("failed creating http request body", e);
+        HttpPost method = new HttpPost();
+        method.setEntity(new StringEntity(new Gson().toJson(req), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+        HttpResponse res = executeMethod(method, "/ssp.v1/tenant-networks");
+        if (res == null || res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.SC_CREATED) {
             return null;
         }
-        method.setRequestEntity(entity);
-
-        String response = executeMethod(method);
-        if(response != null && method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_CREATED){
-            return new Gson().fromJson(response, TenantNetwork.class);
+        try {
+            return new Gson().fromJson(new InputStreamReader(res.getEntity().getContent()),
+                    TenantNetwork.class);
+        } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (JsonIOException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
         }
         return null;
     }
 
-    public boolean deleteTenantNetwork(String tenantNetworkUuid){
-        DeleteMethod method = deleteMethod;
-        method.setPath("/ssp.v1/tenant-networks/"+tenantNetworkUuid);
-
-        executeMethod(method);
-        if(method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT){
+    public boolean deleteTenantNetwork(String tenantNetworkUuid) {
+        HttpDelete method = new HttpDelete();
+        HttpResponse res = executeMethod(method, "/ssp.v1/tenant-networks/" + tenantNetworkUuid);
+        if (res != null && res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -209,63 +175,69 @@ public class SspClient {
         public Integer vlanId;
     }
 
-    public TenantPort createTenantPort(String tenantNetworkUuid){
+    public TenantPort createTenantPort(String tenantNetworkUuid) {
         TenantPort req = new TenantPort();
         req.networkUuid = tenantNetworkUuid;
         req.attachmentType = "NoAttachment";
 
-        PostMethod method = postMethod;
-        method.setPath("/ssp.v1/tenant-ports");
-        StringRequestEntity entity = null;
-        try {
-            entity = new StringRequestEntity(new Gson().toJson(req), "application/json", "UTF-8");
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-            s_logger.error("failed creating http request body", e);
+        HttpPost method = new HttpPost();
+        method.setEntity(new StringEntity(new Gson().toJson(req), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+        HttpResponse res = executeMethod(method, "/ssp.v1/tenant-ports");
+
+        if (res == null || res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.SC_CREATED) {
             return null;
         }
-        method.setRequestEntity(entity);
-
-        String response = executeMethod(method);
-        if(response != null && method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_CREATED){
-            return new Gson().fromJson(response, TenantPort.class);
+        try {
+            return new Gson().fromJson(new InputStreamReader(res.getEntity().getContent()),
+                    TenantPort.class);
+        } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (JsonIOException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
         }
         return null;
     }
 
-    public boolean deleteTenantPort(String tenantPortUuid){
-        DeleteMethod method = deleteMethod;
-        method.setPath("/ssp.v1/tenant-ports/"+tenantPortUuid);
+    public boolean deleteTenantPort(String tenantPortUuid) {
+        HttpDelete method = new HttpDelete();
+        HttpResponse res = executeMethod(method, "/ssp.v1/tenant-ports/" + tenantPortUuid);
 
-        executeMethod(method);
-        if(method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT){
+        if (res != null && res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
-    public TenantPort updateTenantVifBinding(String portUuid, String hypervisorIpAddress){
+    public TenantPort updateTenantVifBinding(String portUuid, String hypervisorIpAddress) {
         TenantPort req = new TenantPort();
-        if(hypervisorIpAddress != null){
+        if (hypervisorIpAddress != null) {
             req.attachmentType = "VifAttachment";
             req.hypervisorIpAddress = hypervisorIpAddress;
-        }else{
+        } else {
             req.attachmentType = "NoAttachment";
         }
 
-        PutMethod method = putMethod;
-        method.setPath("/ssp.v1/tenant-ports/"+portUuid);
-        StringRequestEntity entity = null;
-        try {
-            entity = new StringRequestEntity(new Gson().toJson(req), "application/json", "UTF-8");
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-            s_logger.error("failed creating http request body", e);
+        HttpPut method = new HttpPut();
+        method.setEntity(new StringEntity(new Gson().toJson(req), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+        HttpResponse res = executeMethod(method, "/ssp.v1/tenant-ports/" + portUuid);
+        if (res == null || res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
             return null;
         }
-        method.setRequestEntity(entity);
-
-        String response = executeMethod(method);
-        if(response != null && method.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK){
-            return new Gson().fromJson(response, TenantPort.class);
+        try {
+            return new Gson().fromJson(new InputStreamReader(res.getEntity().getContent()),
+                    TenantPort.class);
+        } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (JsonIOException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            s_logger.error("reading response body failed", e);
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/sspmock/sspmock.py b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/sspmock/sspmock.py
index 5e7e61067c6..9ac646e244e 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/sspmock/sspmock.py
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/sspmock/sspmock.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 import json
 import uuid
-from flask import Flask
+from flask import Flask,request,make_response
+from beaker.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 tenant_networks = []
@@ -25,50 +26,59 @@ tenant_ports = []
 
 @app.route("/ws.v1/login", methods=["POST",])
 def login():
-	response.content_type = "application/json"
-	return ""
+	assert "username" in request.form
+	assert "password" in request.form
+        request.environ["beaker.session"]["login"] = True
+	res = make_response("", 200)
+	res.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json"
+	return res
 
 @app.route("/ssp.v1/tenant-networks", methods=["POST",])
 def create_tenant_network():
-	response.content_type = "application/json"
-	response.status = 201
+        if "login" not in request.environ["beaker.session"]:
+                return make_response("", 401)
 	obj = request.json
 	obj["uuid"] = str(uuid.uuid1())
 	tenant_networks.append(obj)
-	return json.dumps(obj)
+	res = make_response(json.dumps(obj), 201)
+	res.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json"
+	return res
 
 @app.route("/ssp.v1/tenant-networks/<tenant_net_uuid>", methods=["DELETE",])
 def delete_tenant_network(tenant_net_uuid):
+        if "login" not in request.environ["beaker.session"]:
+                return make_response("", 401)
 	for net in tenant_networks:
 		if net["uuid"] == tenant_net_uuid:
 			tenant_networks.remove(net)
-			response.status = 204
-			return ""
-	response.status = 404
-	return ""
+			return make_response("", 204)
+	return make_response("", 404)
 
 @app.route("/ssp.v1/tenant-ports", methods=["POST",])
 def create_tenant_port():
-	response.content_type = "application/json"
-	response.status = 201
+        if "login" not in request.environ["beaker.session"]:
+                return make_response("", 401)
 	obj = request.json
 	obj["uuid"] = str(uuid.uuid1())
 	tenant_ports.append(obj)
-	return json.dumps(obj)
+	res = make_response(json.dumps(obj), 201)
+	res.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json"
+	return res
 
 @app.route("/ssp.v1/tenant-ports/<tenant_port_uuid>", methods=["DELETE",])
 def delete_tenant_port(tenant_port_uuid):
+        if "login" not in request.environ["beaker.session"]:
+                return make_response("", 401)
 	for port in tenant_ports:
 		if port["uuid"] == tenant_port_uuid:
 			tenant_ports.remove(port)
-			response.status = 204
-			return ""
-	response.status = 404
-	return ""
+			return make_response("", 204)
+	return make_response("", 404)
 
 @app.route("/ssp.v1/tenant-ports/<tenant_port_uuid>", methods=["PUT",])
 def update_tenant_port(tenant_port_uuid):
-	response.content_type = "application/json"
+        if "login" not in request.environ["beaker.session"]:
+                return make_response("", 401)
 	for port in tenant_ports:
 		if port["uuid"] == tenant_port_uuid:
 			obj = request.json
@@ -76,10 +86,14 @@ def update_tenant_port(tenant_port_uuid):
 			obj["vlan_id"] = 100
 			tenant_ports.remove(port)
 			tenant_ports.append(obj)
-			response.status = 200
-			return json.dumps(obj)
-	response.status = 404
-	return ""
+			res = make_response(json.dumps(obj), 200)
+			res.headers["Content-type"] = "application/json"
+			return res
+	return make_response("", 404)
 
 if __name__=="__main__":
+    app.wsgi_app = SessionMiddleware(app.wsgi_app, {
+       "session.auto":True,
+       "session.type":"cookie",
+       "session.validate_key":"hoge"})
     app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=9080, debug=True)
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/test/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClientTest.java b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/test/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClientTest.java
index 795d1c169ab..627cc878f59 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/test/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClientTest.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/test/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/SspClientTest.java
@@ -16,49 +16,41 @@
 // under the License.
 package org.apache.cloudstack.network.element;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
-import org.apache.cloudstack.network.element.SspClient;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.URI;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.DeleteMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PutMethod;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
-
 public class SspClientTest {
-    HttpClient _client = mock(HttpClient.class);
-    PostMethod _postMethod = mock(PostMethod.class);
-    PutMethod _putMethod = mock(PutMethod.class);
-    DeleteMethod _deleteMethod = mock(DeleteMethod.class);
-
     String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
 
     String apiUrl = "http://a.example.jp/";
     String username = "foo";
     String password = "bar";
-    SspClient sspClient = new SspClient(apiUrl, username, password){
-        {
-            client = _client;
-            postMethod = _postMethod;
-            putMethod = _putMethod;
-            deleteMethod = _deleteMethod;
-        }
-    };
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-    private URI getUri() throws Exception{
-        return new URI(apiUrl);
-    }
 
     @Test
     public void loginTest() throws Exception {
-        when(_postMethod.getURI()).thenReturn(getUri());
-        when(_postMethod.getStatusCode()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        SspClient sspClient = spy(new SspClient(apiUrl, username, password));
+
+        HttpClient client = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        HttpResponse res = mock(HttpResponse.class, RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
+        doReturn(client).when(sspClient).getHttpClient();
+        when(client.execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class))).thenReturn(res);
+        when(res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+
         assertTrue(sspClient.login());
         assertTrue(sspClient.login());
         assertTrue(sspClient.login());
@@ -68,13 +60,18 @@ public class SspClientTest {
     public void createNetworkTest() throws Exception {
         String networkName = "example network 1";
         String tenant_net_uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        SspClient sspClient = spy(new SspClient(apiUrl, username, password));
+
+        HttpClient client = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        HttpResponse res = mock(HttpResponse.class, RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
+        doReturn(client).when(sspClient).getHttpClient();
+        when(client.execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class))).thenReturn(res);
+        when(res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.SC_CREATED);
+        String body = "{\"uuid\":\"" + tenant_net_uuid + "\",\"name\":\"" + networkName
+                + "\",\"tenant_uuid\":\"" + uuid + "\"}";
+        when(res.getEntity().getContent()).thenReturn(
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(body.getBytes("UTF-8")));
 
-        when(_postMethod.getURI()).thenReturn(getUri());
-        when(_postMethod.getStatusCode()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.SC_CREATED);
-        when(_postMethod.getResponseBodyAsString()).thenReturn(
-                "{\"uuid\":\""+tenant_net_uuid+
-                "\",\"name\":\""+networkName+
-                "\",\"tenant_uuid\":\""+uuid+"\"}");
         SspClient.TenantNetwork tnet = sspClient.createTenantNetwork(uuid, networkName);
         assertEquals(tnet.name, networkName);
         assertEquals(tnet.uuid, tenant_net_uuid);
@@ -84,9 +81,13 @@ public class SspClientTest {
     @Test
     public void deleteNetworkTest() throws Exception {
         String tenant_net_uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        SspClient sspClient = spy(new SspClient(apiUrl, username, password));
 
-        when(_deleteMethod.getURI()).thenReturn(getUri());
-        when(_deleteMethod.getStatusCode()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT);
+        HttpClient client = mock(HttpClient.class);
+        HttpResponse res = mock(HttpResponse.class, RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
+        doReturn(client).when(sspClient).getHttpClient();
+        when(client.execute(any(HttpUriRequest.class))).thenReturn(res);
+        when(res.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()).thenReturn(HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT);
 
         sspClient.deleteTenantNetwork(tenant_net_uuid);
     }