diff --git a/gns3dms/main.py b/gns3dms/main.py
index bad64a44..94e412d7 100644
--- a/gns3dms/main.py
+++ b/gns3dms/main.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # number has been incremented)
 
 """
-Monitors communication with the GNS3 client via tmp file. Will terminate the instance if 
+Monitors communication with the GNS3 client via tmp file. Will terminate the instance if
 communication is lost.
 """
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ sys.path.append(EXTRA_LIB)
 
 import daemon
 
-my_daemon = None 
+my_daemon = None
 
 usage = """
 USAGE: %s
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ Options:
   -v, --verbose       Enable verbose logging
   -h, --help          Display this menu :)
 
-  --cloud_api_key <api_key>  Rackspace API key           
+  --cloud_api_key <api_key>  Rackspace API key
   --cloud_user_name
 
   --instance_id       ID of the Rackspace instance to terminate
-  
-  --deadtime          How long in seconds can the communication lose exist before we 
-                      shutdown this instance. 
-                      Default: 
+
+  --deadtime          How long in seconds can the communication lose exist before we
+                      shutdown this instance.
+                      Default:
                       Example --deadtime=3600 (60 minutes)
 
   --check-interval    Defaults to --deadtime, used for debugging
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ def parse_cmd_line(argv):
     else:
         cmd_line_option_list['syslog'] = ('localhost',514)
 
-
-    get_gns3secrets(cmd_line_option_list)
+    get_gns3config(cmd_line_option_list)
 
     for opt, val in opts:
         if (opt in ("-h", "--help")):
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ def parse_cmd_line(argv):
 
     return cmd_line_option_list
 
-def get_gns3secrets(cmd_line_option_list):
+def get_gns3config(cmd_line_option_list):
     """
     Load cloud credentials from .gns3secrets
     """
@@ -225,6 +224,17 @@ def get_gns3secrets(cmd_line_option_list):
     except configparser.NoSectionError:
         pass
 
+    cloud_config_file = "%s/.config/GNS3/cloud.conf" % (
+        os.path.expanduser("~/"))
+
+    if os.path.isfile(cloud_config_file):
+        config.read(cloud_config_file)
+
+    try:
+        for key, value in config.items("CLOUD_SERVER"):
+            cmd_line_option_list[key] = value.strip()
+    except configparser.NoSectionError:
+        pass
 
 def set_logging(cmd_options):
     """
@@ -256,7 +266,7 @@ def set_logging(cmd_options):
     )
 
     syslog_hndlr.setFormatter(sys_formatter)
-    
+
     log.setLevel(log_level)
     log.addHandler(console_log)
     log.addHandler(syslog_hndlr)
@@ -308,7 +318,7 @@ def monitor_loop(options):
 
         if delta.seconds > options["deadtime"]:
             log.warning("Deadtime exceeded, terminating instance ...")
-            #Terminate involes many layers of HTTP / API calls, lots of 
+            #Terminate involes many layers of HTTP / API calls, lots of
             #different errors types could occur here.
             try:
                 rksp = Rackspace(options)
@@ -341,7 +351,8 @@ def main():
 
         log.info("Received shutdown signal")
         options["shutdown"] = True
-        
+        sys.exit(0)
+
     pid_file = "%s/.gns3ias.pid" % (expanduser("~"))
 
     if options["shutdown"]:
diff --git a/gns3server/cert_utils/create_cert.sh b/gns3server/cert_utils/create_cert.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5b2c8e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/cert_utils/create_cert.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Bash shell script for generating self-signed certs. Run this in a folder, as it
+# generates a few files. Large portions of this script were taken from the
+# following artcile:
+#
+# http://usrportage.de/archives/919-Batch-generating-SSL-certificates.html
+#
+# Additional alterations by: Brad Landers
+# Date: 2012-01-27
+# https://gist.github.com/bradland/1690807
+
+# Script accepts a single argument, the fqdn for the cert
+
+DST_DIR="$HOME/.config/GNS3Certs/"
+OLD_DIR=`pwd`
+
+#GNS3 Server expects to find certs with the default FQDN below. If you create
+#different certs you will need to update server.py
+DOMAIN="$1"
+if [ -z "$DOMAIN" ]; then
+  DOMAIN="gns3server.localdomain.com"
+fi
+
+fail_if_error() {
+  [ $1 != 0 ] && {
+    unset PASSPHRASE
+    cd $OLD_DIR
+    exit 10
+  }
+}
+
+
+mkdir -p $DST_DIR
+fail_if_error $?
+cd $DST_DIR
+
+
+# Generate a passphrase
+export PASSPHRASE=$(head -c 500 /dev/urandom | tr -dc a-z0-9A-Z | head -c 128; echo)
+
+# Certificate details; replace items in angle brackets with your own info
+subj="
+C=CA
+ST=Alberta
+O=GNS3
+localityName=Calgary
+commonName=gns3server.localdomain.com
+organizationalUnitName=GNS3Server
+emailAddress=gns3cert@gns3.com
+"
+
+# Generate the server private key
+openssl genrsa -aes256 -out $DOMAIN.key -passout env:PASSPHRASE 2048
+fail_if_error $?
+
+#openssl rsa -outform der -in $DOMAIN.pem -out $DOMAIN.key -passin env:PASSPHRASE
+
+# Generate the CSR
+openssl req \
+    -new \
+    -batch \
+    -subj "$(echo -n "$subj" | tr "\n" "/")" \
+    -key $DOMAIN.key \
+    -out $DOMAIN.csr \
+    -passin env:PASSPHRASE
+fail_if_error $?
+cp $DOMAIN.key $DOMAIN.key.org
+fail_if_error $?
+
+# Strip the password so we don't have to type it every time we restart Apache
+openssl rsa -in $DOMAIN.key.org -out $DOMAIN.key -passin env:PASSPHRASE
+fail_if_error $?
+
+# Generate the cert (good for 10 years)
+openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in $DOMAIN.csr -signkey $DOMAIN.key -out $DOMAIN.crt
+fail_if_error $?
+
+echo "${DST_DIR}${DOMAIN}.key"
+echo "${DST_DIR}${DOMAIN}.crt"
+
+cd $OLD_DIR
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gns3server/config.py b/gns3server/config.py
index cd2d07a1..caa9c0d4 100644
--- a/gns3server/config.py
+++ b/gns3server/config.py
@@ -62,16 +62,21 @@ class Config(object):
             # 5: server.conf in the current working directory
 
             home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+            self._cloud_config = os.path.join(home, ".config", appname, "cloud.conf")
             filename = "server.conf"
             self._files = [os.path.join(home, ".config", appname, filename),
                            os.path.join(home, ".config", appname + ".conf"),
                            os.path.join("/etc/xdg", appname, filename),
                            os.path.join("/etc/xdg", appname + ".conf"),
-                           filename]
+                           filename,
+                           self._cloud_config]
 
         self._config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         self.read_config()
 
+    def list_cloud_config_file(self):
+        return self._cloud_config
+
     def read_config(self):
         """
         Read the configuration files.
diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/auth_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/auth_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f136ab02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/auth_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Simple file upload & listing handler.
+"""
+
+
+import os
+import tornado.web
+import tornado.websocket
+
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class GNS3BaseHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+    def get_current_user(self):
+        user = self.get_secure_cookie("user")
+        if not user:
+          return None
+
+        if self.settings['required_user'] == user.decode("utf-8"):
+          return user
+
+class GNS3WebSocketBaseHandler(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
+    def get_current_user(self):
+        user = self.get_secure_cookie("user")
+        if not user:
+          return None
+
+        if self.settings['required_user'] == user.decode("utf-8"):
+          return user
+
+
+class LoginHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+    def get(self):
+        self.write('<html><body><form action="/login" method="post">'
+                   'Name: <input type="text" name="name">'
+                   'Password: <input type="text" name="password">'
+                   '<input type="submit" value="Sign in">'
+                   '</form></body></html>')
+
+        try:
+          redirect_to = self.get_argument("next")
+          self.set_secure_cookie("login_success_redirect_to", redirect_to)
+        except tornado.web.MissingArgumentError:
+          pass
+
+    def post(self):
+
+        user = self.get_argument("name")
+        password = self.get_argument("password")
+
+        if self.settings['required_user'] == user and self.settings['required_pass'] == password:
+          self.set_secure_cookie("user", user)
+          auth_status = "successful"
+        else:
+          self.set_secure_cookie("user", "None")
+          auth_status = "failure"
+
+        log.info("Authentication attempt %s: %s" %(auth_status, user))
+
+        try:
+          redirect_to = self.get_secure_cookie("login_success_redirect_to")
+        except tornado.web.MissingArgumentError:
+          redirect_to = "/"
+
+        self.redirect(redirect_to)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/file_upload_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/file_upload_handler.py
index c819a401..15673604 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/file_upload_handler.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/file_upload_handler.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Simple file upload & listing handler.
 import os
 import stat
 import tornado.web
+from .auth_handler import GNS3BaseHandler
 from ..version import __version__
 from ..config import Config
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class FileUploadHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+class FileUploadHandler(GNS3BaseHandler):
     """
     File upload handler.
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class FileUploadHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
         except OSError as e:
             log.error("could not create the upload directory {}: {}".format(self._upload_dir, e))
 
+    @tornado.web.authenticated
     def get(self):
         """
         Invoked on GET request.
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class FileUploadHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
                     path=path,
                     items=items)
 
+    @tornado.web.authenticated
     def post(self):
         """
         Invoked on POST request.
diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/jsonrpc_websocket.py b/gns3server/handlers/jsonrpc_websocket.py
index 5b18496c..a226be78 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/jsonrpc_websocket.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/jsonrpc_websocket.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ JSON-RPC protocol over Websockets.
 import zmq
 import uuid
 import tornado.websocket
+from .auth_handler import GNS3WebSocketBaseHandler
 from tornado.escape import json_decode
 from ..jsonrpc import JSONRPCParseError
 from ..jsonrpc import JSONRPCInvalidRequest
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class JSONRPCWebSocket(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
+class JSONRPCWebSocket(GNS3WebSocketBaseHandler):
     """
     STOMP protocol over Tornado Websockets with message
     routing to ZeroMQ dealer clients.
@@ -116,7 +117,15 @@ class JSONRPCWebSocket(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
         """
 
         log.info("Websocket client {} connected".format(self.session_id))
-        self.clients.add(self)
+
+        authenticated_user = self.get_current_user()
+
+        if authenticated_user:
+            self.clients.add(self)
+            log.info("Websocket authenticated user: %s" % (authenticated_user))
+        else:
+            self.close()
+            log.info("Websocket non-authenticated user attempt: %s" % (authenticated_user))
 
     def on_message(self, message):
         """
diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/version_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/version_handler.py
index c85aa31c..3b338bd2 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/version_handler.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/version_handler.py
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import tornado.web
+from .auth_handler import GNS3BaseHandler
 from ..version import __version__
 
 
-class VersionHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+class VersionHandler(GNS3BaseHandler):
 
+    @tornado.web.authenticated
     def get(self):
         response = {'version': __version__}
         self.write(response)
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/__init__.py b/gns3server/modules/__init__.py
index 5bd4c110..f38af25b 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/__init__.py
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ from .base import IModule
 from .dynamips import Dynamips
 from .vpcs import VPCS
 from .virtualbox import VirtualBox
+from .deadman import DeadMan
 
-MODULES = [Dynamips, VPCS, VirtualBox]
+MODULES = [Dynamips, VPCS, VirtualBox, DeadMan]
 
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
     # IOU runs only on Linux
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/deadman/__init__.py b/gns3server/modules/deadman/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86f97363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/modules/deadman/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+DeadMan server module.
+"""
+
+import os
+import time
+import subprocess
+
+from gns3server.modules import IModule
+from gns3server.config import Config
+
+
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class DeadMan(IModule):
+    """
+    DeadMan module.
+
+    :param name: module name
+    :param args: arguments for the module
+    :param kwargs: named arguments for the module
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        config = Config.instance()
+
+        # a new process start when calling IModule
+        IModule.__init__(self, name, *args, **kwargs)
+        self._host = kwargs["host"]
+        self._projects_dir = kwargs["projects_dir"]
+        self._tempdir = kwargs["temp_dir"]
+        self._working_dir = self._projects_dir
+        self._heartbeat_file = "%s/heartbeat_file_for_gnsdms" % (
+            self._tempdir)
+
+        if 'heartbeat_file' in kwargs:
+            self._heartbeat_file = kwargs['heartbeat_file']
+
+        self._deadman_process = None
+        self.heartbeat()
+        self.start()
+
+    def _start_deadman_process(self):
+        """
+        Start a subprocess and return the object
+        """
+
+        #gnsserver gets configuration options from cloud.conf. This is where
+        #the client adds specific cloud information.
+        #gns3dms also reads in cloud.conf. That is why we don't need to specific
+        #all the command line arguments here.
+
+        cmd = []
+        cmd.append("gns3dms")
+        cmd.append("--file")
+        cmd.append("%s" % (self._heartbeat_file))
+        cmd.append("--background")
+        log.debug("Deadman: Running %s"%(cmd))
+
+        process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=False)
+        return process
+
+    def _stop_deadman_process(self):
+        """
+        Start a subprocess and return the object
+        """
+
+        cmd = []
+
+        cmd.append("gns3dms")
+        cmd.append("-k")
+        log.debug("Deadman: Running %s"%(cmd))
+
+        process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=False)
+        return process
+
+
+    def stop(self, signum=None):
+        """
+        Properly stops the module.
+
+        :param signum: signal number (if called by the signal handler)
+        """
+
+        if self._deadman_process == None:
+            log.info("Deadman: Can't stop, is not currently running")
+
+        log.debug("Deadman: Stopping process")
+
+        self._deadman_process = self._stop_deadman_process()
+        self._deadman_process = None
+        #Jerry or Jeremy why do we do this? Won't this stop the I/O loop for
+        #for everyone?
+        IModule.stop(self, signum)  # this will stop the I/O loop
+
+    def start(self, request=None):
+        """
+        Start the deadman process on the server
+        """
+
+        self._deadman_process = self._start_deadman_process()
+        log.debug("Deadman: Process is starting")
+
+    @IModule.route("deadman.reset")
+    def reset(self, request=None):
+        """
+        Resets the module (JSON-RPC notification).
+
+        :param request: JSON request (not used)
+        """
+
+        self.stop()
+        self.start()
+
+        log.info("Deadman: Module has been reset")
+
+
+    @IModule.route("deadman.heartbeat")
+    def heartbeat(self, request=None):
+        """
+        Update a file on the server that the deadman switch will monitor
+        """
+
+        now = time.time()
+
+        with open(self._heartbeat_file, 'w') as heartbeat_file:
+            heartbeat_file.write(str(now))
+        heartbeat_file.close()
+
+        log.debug("Deadman: heartbeat_file updated: %s %s" % (
+                self._heartbeat_file,
+                now,
+            ))
+
+        self.start()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gns3server/server.py b/gns3server/server.py
index d4869e53..49223790 100644
--- a/gns3server/server.py
+++ b/gns3server/server.py
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ import tornado.ioloop
 import tornado.web
 import tornado.autoreload
 import pkg_resources
+from os.path import expanduser
+import base64
+import uuid
 
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
 from .config import Config
 from .handlers.jsonrpc_websocket import JSONRPCWebSocket
 from .handlers.version_handler import VersionHandler
 from .handlers.file_upload_handler import FileUploadHandler
+from .handlers.auth_handler import LoginHandler
 from .builtins.server_version import server_version
 from .builtins.interfaces import interfaces
 from .modules import MODULES
@@ -46,12 +50,12 @@ from .modules import MODULES
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
 class Server(object):
 
     # built-in handlers
     handlers = [(r"/version", VersionHandler),
-                (r"/upload", FileUploadHandler)]
+                (r"/upload", FileUploadHandler),
+                (r"/login", LoginHandler)]
 
     def __init__(self, host, port, ipc=False):
 
@@ -136,11 +140,23 @@ class Server(object):
                 JSONRPCWebSocket.register_destination(destination, instance.name)
             instance.start()  # starts the new process
 
+
     def run(self):
         """
         Starts the Tornado web server and ZeroMQ server.
         """
 
+        # FIXME: debug mode!
+        cloud_config = Config.instance().get_section_config("CLOUD_SERVER")
+
+        settings = {
+            "debug":True,
+            "cookie_secret": base64.b64encode(uuid.uuid4().bytes + uuid.uuid4().bytes),
+            "login_url": "/login",
+            "required_user" : cloud_config['WEB_USERNAME'],
+            "required_pass" : cloud_config['WEB_PASSWORD'],
+        }
+
         router = self._create_zmq_router()
         # Add our JSON-RPC Websocket handler to Tornado
         self.handlers.extend([(r"/", JSONRPCWebSocket, dict(zmq_router=router))])
@@ -150,7 +166,7 @@ class Server(object):
             templates_dir = pkg_resources.resource_filename("gns3server", "templates")
         tornado_app = tornado.web.Application(self.handlers,
                                               template_path=templates_dir,
-                                              debug=True)  # FIXME: debug mode!
+                                              **settings)  # FIXME: debug mode!
 
         try:
             print("Starting server on {}:{} (Tornado v{}, PyZMQ v{}, ZMQ v{})".format(self._host,
@@ -159,6 +175,16 @@ class Server(object):
                                                                                       zmq.__version__,
                                                                                       zmq.zmq_version()))
             kwargs = {"address": self._host}
+
+            if cloud_config["SSL_ENABLED"] == "yes":
+                ssl_options = {
+                    "certfile" : cloud_config["SSL_CRT"],
+                    "keyfile" : cloud_config["SSL_KEY"],
+                }
+
+                log.info("Certs found - starting in SSL mode")
+                kwargs["ssl_options"] = ssl_options
+
             if parse_version(tornado.version) >= parse_version("3.1"):
                 kwargs["max_buffer_size"] = 524288000  # 500 MB file upload limit
             tornado_app.listen(self._port, **kwargs)
diff --git a/gns3server/start_server.py b/gns3server/start_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b27f3af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/start_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# __version__ is a human-readable version number.
+
+# __version_info__ is a four-tuple for programmatic comparison. The first
+# three numbers are the components of the version number. The fourth
+# is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
+# or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
+# number has been incremented)
+
+"""
+Startup script for GNS3 Server Cloud Instance
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import configparser
+import getopt
+import datetime
+import signal
+from logging.handlers import *
+from os.path import expanduser
+from gns3server.config import Config
+import ast
+import subprocess
+import uuid
+
+SCRIPT_NAME = os.path.basename(__file__)
+
+#Is the full path when used as an import
+SCRIPT_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+if not SCRIPT_PATH:
+    SCRIPT_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(
+        sys.argv[0])))
+
+
+LOG_NAME = "gns3-startup"
+log = None
+
+usage = """
+USAGE: %s
+
+Options:
+
+  -d, --debug         Enable debugging
+  -v, --verbose       Enable verbose logging
+  -h, --help          Display this menu :)
+
+  --data              Python dict of data to be written to the config file:
+                      " { 'gns3' : 'Is AWESOME' } "
+
+""" % (SCRIPT_NAME)
+
+# Parse cmd line options
+def parse_cmd_line(argv):
+    """
+    Parse command line arguments
+
+    argv: Pass in cmd line arguments
+    """
+
+    short_args = "dvh"
+    long_args = ("debug",
+                    "verbose",
+                    "help",
+                    "data=",
+                    )
+    try:
+        opts, extra_opts = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], short_args, long_args)
+    except getopt.GetoptError as e:
+        print("Unrecognized command line option or missing required argument: %s" %(e))
+        print(usage)
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    cmd_line_option_list = {}
+    cmd_line_option_list["debug"] = False
+    cmd_line_option_list["verbose"] = True
+    cmd_line_option_list["data"] = None
+
+    if sys.platform == "linux":
+        cmd_line_option_list['syslog'] = "/dev/log"
+    elif sys.platform == "osx":
+        cmd_line_option_list['syslog'] = "/var/run/syslog"
+    else:
+        cmd_line_option_list['syslog'] = ('localhost',514)
+
+    for opt, val in opts:
+        if (opt in ("-h", "--help")):
+            print(usage)
+            sys.exit(0)
+        elif (opt in ("-d", "--debug")):
+            cmd_line_option_list["debug"] = True
+        elif (opt in ("-v", "--verbose")):
+            cmd_line_option_list["verbose"] = True
+        elif (opt in ("--data")):
+            cmd_line_option_list["data"] = ast.literal_eval(val)
+
+    return cmd_line_option_list
+
+
+def set_logging(cmd_options):
+    """
+    Setup logging and format output for console and syslog
+
+    Syslog is using the KERN facility
+    """
+    log = logging.getLogger("%s" % (LOG_NAME))
+    log_level = logging.INFO
+    log_level_console = logging.WARNING
+
+    if cmd_options['verbose'] == True:
+        log_level_console = logging.INFO
+
+    if cmd_options['debug'] == True:
+        log_level_console = logging.DEBUG
+        log_level = logging.DEBUG
+
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+    sys_formatter = logging.Formatter('%(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+
+    console_log = logging.StreamHandler()
+    console_log.setLevel(log_level_console)
+    console_log.setFormatter(formatter)
+
+    syslog_hndlr = SysLogHandler(
+        address=cmd_options['syslog'],
+        facility=SysLogHandler.LOG_KERN
+    )
+
+    syslog_hndlr.setFormatter(sys_formatter)
+
+    log.setLevel(log_level)
+    log.addHandler(console_log)
+    log.addHandler(syslog_hndlr)
+
+    return log
+
+def _generate_certs():
+    cmd = []
+    cmd.append("%s/cert_utils/create_cert.sh" % (SCRIPT_PATH))
+
+    log.debug("Generating certs ...")
+    output_raw = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=False,
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+
+    output_str = output_raw.decode("utf-8")
+    output = output_str.strip().split("\n")
+    log.debug(output)
+    return (output[-2], output[-1])
+
+def _start_gns3server():
+    cmd = []
+    cmd.append("gns3server")
+
+    log.debug("Starting gns3server ...")
+    subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=False)
+
+
+def main():
+
+    global log
+    options = parse_cmd_line(sys.argv)
+    log = set_logging(options)
+
+    def _shutdown(signalnum=None, frame=None):
+        """
+        Handles the SIGINT and SIGTERM event, inside of main so it has access to
+        the log vars.
+        """
+
+        log.info("Received shutdown signal")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+    # Setup signal to catch Control-C / SIGINT and SIGTERM
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _shutdown)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _shutdown)
+
+    client_data = {}
+
+    config = Config.instance()
+    cfg = config.list_cloud_config_file()
+    cfg_path = os.path.dirname(cfg)
+
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(cfg_path)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+
+    (server_key, server_crt ) = _generate_certs()
+
+    cloud_config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER'] = {}
+
+    if options['data']:
+        cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER'] = options['data']
+
+    cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER']['SSL_KEY'] = server_key
+    cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER']['SSL_CRT'] = server_crt
+    cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER']['SSL_ENABLED'] = 'yes'
+    cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER']['WEB_USERNAME'] = str(uuid.uuid4()).upper()[0:8]
+    cloud_config['CLOUD_SERVER']['WEB_PASSWORD'] = str(uuid.uuid4()).upper()[0:8]
+
+    with open(cfg, 'w') as cloud_config_file:
+        cloud_config.write(cloud_config_file)
+
+    cloud_config_file.close()
+
+    _start_gns3server()
+
+    with open(server_crt, 'r') as cert_file:
+        cert_data = cert_file.readlines()
+
+    cert_file.close()
+
+    client_data['SSL_CRT_FILE'] = server_crt
+    client_data['SSL_CRT'] = cert_data
+
+    print(client_data)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    result = main()
+    sys.exit(result)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2cf31cd5..3e267f9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ jsonschema
 pycurl
 python-dateutil
 apache-libcloud
+requests