diff --git a/cloudbridge-setup/db/mysql/cloudbridge_db.sql b/cloudbridge-setup/db/mysql/cloudbridge_db.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08d01c156d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudbridge-setup/db/mysql/cloudbridge_db.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='ANSI';
+
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS cloudbridge;
+CREATE DATABASE cloudbridge;
+  
+GRANT ALL ON cloudbridge.* to `cloud`@`localhost` identified by 'cloud';
+GRANT ALL ON cloudbridge.* to `cloud`@`%` identified by 'cloud';
+
+GRANT process ON *.* TO `cloud`@`localhost`;
+GRANT process ON *.* TO `cloud`@`%`;
+
+COMMIT;
+
diff --git a/cloudbridge-setup/db/mysql/deploy-db-bridge.sh b/cloudbridge-setup/db/mysql/deploy-db-bridge.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3FileSystemBucketAdapter.java b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3FileSystemBucketAdapter.java
index 7e48de92896..7621c6539dd 100644
--- a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3FileSystemBucketAdapter.java
+++ b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3FileSystemBucketAdapter.java
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ public class S3FileSystemBucketAdapter implements S3BucketAdapter {
 	        while( (len = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
 	        	fos.write(buffer, 0, len);
 	        	md5.update(buffer, 0, len);
-	        }        
-	        return StringHelper.toHexStringLowerCase(md5.digest());
+	        	
+	        }       
+	        //Convert MD4 digest to (lowercase) hex String
+	        return StringHelper.toHexString(md5.digest());
 	        
 		} 
 		catch(IOException e) {
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ public class S3FileSystemBucketAdapter implements S3BucketAdapter {
 	        }        
 	        fos.close();	
 	        return new Tuple<String, Long>(StringHelper.toHexString(md5.digest()), new Long(totalLength));
+	        //Create a tuple whose first element is the MD4 digest as a (lowercase) hex String
 		} 
 		catch(IOException e) {
 			logger.error("concatentateObjects unexpected exception " + e.getMessage(), e);
diff --git a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3RestServlet.java b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3RestServlet.java
index 04e8a2cbc7f..89e1a4d50c0 100644
--- a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3RestServlet.java
+++ b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/S3RestServlet.java
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ public class S3RestServlet extends HttpServlet {
     	            setUserKeys(request, response);
     	            return;
     	        }
+    	        
+    	        if (cloudAction.equalsIgnoreCase( "SetCertificate" ))
+    	        	// At present a noop
+    	        	return;
 
     	        if (cloudAction.equalsIgnoreCase( "CloudS3Version" )) {
     	            cloudS3Version(request, response);
diff --git a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/s3/S3PutObjectInlineResponse.java b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/s3/S3PutObjectInlineResponse.java
index 8d7b131da64..4b4df562664 100644
--- a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/s3/S3PutObjectInlineResponse.java
+++ b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/s3/S3PutObjectInlineResponse.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package com.cloud.bridge.service.core.s3;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 
 /**
- * @author Kelven Yang
+ * @author Kelven Yang, John Zucker
  */
 public class S3PutObjectInlineResponse extends S3Response {
 	protected String ETag;
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ public class S3PutObjectInlineResponse extends S3Response {
 		uploadId = -1;
 	}
 
-	
 	 // add ETag header computed as Base64 MD5 whenever object is uploaded or updated
 	 // the Base64 is represented in lowercase
 	public String getETag() {
-		return ETag.toLowerCase();
+		return ETag;
 	}
 
 	public void setETag(String eTag) {
diff --git a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/util/StringHelper.java b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/util/StringHelper.java
index e49f0d25d24..2220346b44d 100644
--- a/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/util/StringHelper.java
+++ b/cloudbridge/src/com/cloud/bridge/util/StringHelper.java
@@ -21,25 +21,29 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 /**
  * @author Kelven, John Zucker
  * Provide converters for regexp (case independent tokens)
- * Also provide upper case (default) or lower case converters for hex
+ * Also provide upper case or lower case (default) converters for byte array b[] to hex String
  */
 public class StringHelper {
 	public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
 
-	private static final char[] hexChars = { '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F' }; 
+	private static final char[] hexCharsUpperCase = { '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F' }; 
 	
-	private static final char[] hexCharsLowerCase = { '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F' };
-	
-	public static String toHexString(byte[] b) {
+	private static final char[] hexCharsLowerCase = { '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','a','b','c','d','e','f' };
+
+   /* Convert byte array b[] into an uppercase hex string
+   */
+	public static String toHexStringUpperCase(byte[] b) {
 		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 		for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
-			sb.append(hexChars[ (int)(((int)b[i] >> 4) & 0x0f)]);
-			sb.append(hexChars[ (int)(((int)b[i]) & 0x0f)]);
+			sb.append(hexCharsUpperCase[ (int)(((int)b[i] >> 4) & 0x0f)]);
+			sb.append(hexCharsUpperCase[ (int)(((int)b[i]) & 0x0f)]);
 		}
 	    return sb.toString(); 
 	}
 	
-	public static String toHexStringLowerCase(byte[] b) {
+	/* Convert byte array b[] into a lowercase (default) hex string
+	 */
+	public static String toHexString(byte[] b) {
 		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 		for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
 			sb.append(hexCharsLowerCase[ (int)(((int)b[i] >> 4) & 0x0f)]);