diff --git a/manifests/db/mysql.pp b/manifests/db/mysql.pp
index 4eb0fc58..5965f196 100644
--- a/manifests/db/mysql.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/mysql.pp
@@ -1,18 +1,36 @@
 #
 class cinder::db::mysql (
   $password,
-  $dbname = 'cinder',
-  $user   = 'cinder',
+  $dbname        = 'cinder',
+  $user          = 'cinder',
+  $host          = '127.0.0.1',
+  $allowed_hosts = undef,
+  $charset       = 'latin1',
+  $cluster_id    = 'localzone'
 ) {
 
   include cinder::params
 
+  Class['mysql::server'] -> Class['cinder::db::mysql']
   Class['cinder::db::mysql'] -> Class['cinder::db::sync']
   Database[$dbname] ~> Exec<| title == 'cinder-manage db_sync' |>
 
   mysql::db { $dbname:
-    host     => '127.0.0.1',
-    user     => $user,
-    password => $password,
+    user         => $user,
+    password     => $password,
+    host         => $host,
+    charset      => $charset,
+    # I may want to inject some sql
+    require      => Class['mysql::config'],
   }
+
+  if $allowed_hosts {
+     # TODO this class should be in the mysql namespace
+     cinder::db::mysql::host_access { $allowed_hosts:
+      user      => $user,
+      password  => $password,
+      database  => $dbname,
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/manifests/db/mysql/host_access.pp b/manifests/db/mysql/host_access.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cca4287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/db/mysql/host_access.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Used to grant access to the cinder mysql DB
+#
+define cinder::db::mysql::host_access ($user, $password, $database)  {
+  database_user { "${user}@${name}":
+    password_hash => mysql_password($password),
+    provider => 'mysql',
+    require => Database[$database],
+  }
+  database_grant { "${user}@${name}/${database}":
+    # TODO figure out which privileges to grant.
+    privileges => "all",
+    provider => 'mysql',
+    require => Database_user["${user}@${name}"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 53d62753..942f2521 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ class cinder::db::sync {
     user        => 'cinder',
     refreshonly => true,
     require     => [File[$::cinder::params::cinder_conf], Class['cinder']],
+    logoutput   => 'on_failure',
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 0fb5c575..b5a05541 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ class cinder (
   file { $::cinder::params::cinder_conf: }
   file { $::cinder::params::cinder_paste_api_ini: }
 
+  # Temporary fixes
+  file { ['/var/log/cinder', '/var/lib/cinder']:
+    ensure => directory,
+    owner  => 'cinder',
+    group  => 'adm',
+  }
+
   if $cinder_settings {
     multini($::cinder::params::cinder_conf, $cinder_settings)
   }