diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
index 181c41d..5cbb87d 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.decorators.debug import sensitive_variables  # noqa
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import exceptions
 from horizon import forms
 from horizon import messages
@@ -299,10 +301,10 @@ class LaunchForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             else:
                 fields_to_restore_at_the_end[k] = v
 
-        for k, v in datastore_flavor_fields.iteritems():
+        for k, v in datastore_flavor_fields.items():
             self.fields[k] = v
 
-        for k in reversed(fields_to_restore_at_the_end.keys()):
+        for k in reversed(list(fields_to_restore_at_the_end.keys())):
             self.fields[k] = fields_to_restore_at_the_end[k]
 
     def _add_attr_to_optional_fields(self, datastore, selection_text):
@@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ class LaunchForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
         except Exception as e:
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:database_clusters:index")
             exceptions.handle(request,
-                              _('Unable to launch cluster. %s') % e.message,
+                              _('Unable to launch cluster. %s') %
+                              six.text_type(e),
                               redirect=redirect)
 
 
@@ -465,7 +468,8 @@ class ClusterAddInstanceForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
         except Exception as e:
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:database_clusters:index")
             exceptions.handle(request,
-                              _('Unable to grow cluster. %s') % e.message,
+                              _('Unable to grow cluster. %s') %
+                              six.text_type(e),
                               redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
@@ -489,5 +493,5 @@ class ResetPasswordForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
         except Exception as e:
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:database_clusters:index")
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to reset password. %s') %
-                              e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tables.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tables.py
index 55bb9d8..c99133b 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tables.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tables.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from django.template.defaultfilters import title  # noqa
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext_lazy
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import messages
 from horizon import tables
 from horizon.templatetags import sizeformat
@@ -269,10 +271,10 @@ class ClusterShrinkAction(tables.BatchAction):
         except Exception as ex:
             LOG.error('Action %(action)s failed with %(ex)s for %(data)s' %
                       {'action': self._get_action_name(past=True).lower(),
-                       'ex': ex.message,
+                       'ex': six.text_type(ex),
                        'data': display_str})
             msg = _('Unable to remove instances from cluster: %s')
-            messages.error(request, msg % ex.message)
+            messages.error(request, msg % six.text_type(ex))
 
         return shortcuts.redirect(self.get_success_url(request))
 
@@ -404,10 +406,10 @@ class ClusterGrowAction(tables.Action):
             messages.success(request, msg)
         except Exception as ex:
             LOG.error('Action grow cluster failed with %(ex)s for %(data)s' %
-                      {'ex': ex.message,
+                      {'ex': six.text_type(ex),
                        'data': display_str})
             msg = _('Unable to grow cluster: %s')
-            messages.error(request, msg % ex.message)
+            messages.error(request, msg % six.text_type(ex))
         finally:
             cluster_manager.delete(cluster_id)
 
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tests.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tests.py
index 0e8f58e..8028661 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tests.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/tests.py
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ class ClustersTests(test.TestCase):
         return filtered_datastore_versions
 
     def _contains_datastore_in_attribute(self, field, datastore):
-        for key, value in field.widget.attrs.iteritems():
+        for key, value in field.widget.attrs.items():
             if datastore in key:
                 return True
         return False
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/forms.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/forms.py
index 2aa7a62..2f41e13 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/forms.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/forms.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import exceptions
 from horizon import forms
 from horizon import messages
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ class CreateConfigurationForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:database_configurations:index")
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to create configuration '
                                          'group. %s')
-                              % e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              % six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
 
@@ -185,5 +187,5 @@ class AddParameterForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
         except Exception as e:
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:database_configurations:index")
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to add new parameter: %s')
-                              % e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              % six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tables.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tables.py
index b56d5af..ee31838 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tables.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tables.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from django import shortcuts
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext_lazy
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import forms
 from horizon import messages
 from horizon import tables
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ class DiscardChanges(tables.Action):
             except Exception as ex:
                 messages.error(
                     request,
-                    _('Error resetting parameters: %s') % ex.message)
+                    _('Error resetting parameters: %s') % six.text_type(ex))
 
         return shortcuts.redirect(request.build_absolute_uri())
 
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/forms.py b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/forms.py
index 478e407..19e2db5 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/forms.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/forms.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.forms import ValidationError  # noqa
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import exceptions
 from horizon import forms
 from horizon import messages
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ class CreateDatabaseForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:databases:detail",
                                args=(instance,))
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to create database. %s') %
-                              e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
 
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ class ResizeVolumeForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
         except Exception as e:
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:databases:index")
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to resize volume. %s') %
-                              e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ class ResizeInstanceForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
         except Exception as e:
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:databases:index")
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to resize instance. %s') %
-                              e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
 
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ class PromoteToReplicaSourceForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             exceptions.handle(
                 request,
                 _('Unable to promote replica as the new replica source.  "%s"')
-                % e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                % six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
 
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ class CreateUserForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:databases:detail",
                                args=(instance,))
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to create user. %s') %
-                              e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
     def _get_databases(self, data):
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ class EditUserForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:databases:detail",
                                args=(instance,))
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to update user. %s') %
-                              e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
 
     def clean(self):
@@ -279,5 +281,5 @@ class AttachConfigurationForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
             redirect = reverse("horizon:project:databases:index")
             exceptions.handle(request, _('Unable to attach configuration '
                                          'group. %s')
-                              % e.message, redirect=redirect)
+                              % six.text_type(e), redirect=redirect)
         return True
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/logs/views.py b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/logs/views.py
index c1aec92..d4b4d43 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/logs/views.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/logs/views.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ from django import shortcuts
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.views import generic
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import exceptions
 from horizon import messages
 
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ def get_contents(request, instance_id, filename, publish, lines):
         for log_part in log_generator():
             data += log_part
     except Exception as e:
-        data = _('Unable to load {0} log\n{1}').format(filename, e.message)
+        data = _('Unable to load {0} log\n{1}').format(filename,
+                                                       six.text_type(e))
     return data
 
 
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tables.py b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tables.py
index ceac181..4c6df78 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tables.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tables.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django.template import defaultfilters as d_filters
@@ -22,6 +20,9 @@ from django.utils.translation import pgettext_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext_lazy
 
+import six
+import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
+
 from horizon import exceptions
 from horizon import messages
 from horizon import tables
@@ -510,7 +511,8 @@ class DisableRootAction(tables.Action):
             messages.success(request, _("Successfully disabled root access."))
         except Exception as e:
             messages.warning(request,
-                             _("Cannot disable root access: %s") % e.message)
+                             _("Cannot disable root access: %s") %
+                             six.text_type(e))
 
 
 class ManageRoot(tables.LinkAction):
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tabs.py b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tabs.py
index 82c54f5..18445e1 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tabs.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tabs.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 from django import template
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+import six
+
 from horizon import exceptions
 from horizon import tabs
 from oslo_log import log as logging
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ class LogsTab(tabs.TableTab):
             return logs
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception(
-                _('Unable to retrieve list of logs.\n%s') % e.message)
+                _('Unable to retrieve list of logs.\n%s') % six.text_type(e))
             logs = []
         return logs
 
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tests.py b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tests.py
index a2cb35d..fc70a9f 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tests.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/tests.py
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class DatabaseTests(test.TestCase):
         database.id = u'id'
         user = self.database_user_roots.first()
 
-        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(unicode))\
+        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(six.text_type))\
             .AndReturn(database)
 
         api.trove.root_show(IsA(http.HttpRequest), database.id) \
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class DatabaseTests(test.TestCase):
     def test_show_root_exception(self):
         database = self.databases.first()
 
-        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(unicode))\
+        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(six.text_type))\
             .AndReturn(database)
 
         api.trove.root_show(IsA(http.HttpRequest), u'id') \
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ class DatabaseTests(test.TestCase):
         database = self.databases.first()
         configuration = self.database_configurations.first()
 
-        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(unicode))\
+        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(six.text_type))\
             .AndReturn(database)
 
         api.trove.configuration_list(IsA(http.HttpRequest))\
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ class DatabaseTests(test.TestCase):
         database = self.databases.first()
         configuration = self.database_configurations.first()
 
-        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(unicode))\
+        api.trove.instance_get(IsA(http.HttpRequest), IsA(six.text_type))\
             .AndReturn(database)
 
         api.trove.configuration_list(IsA(http.HttpRequest))\