diff --git a/kingbird/common/exceptions.py b/kingbird/common/exceptions.py
index a19df2f..4941067 100755
--- a/kingbird/common/exceptions.py
+++ b/kingbird/common/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2015 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
+# Copyright 2015 Ericsson AB.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@
 """
 Kingbird base exception handling.
 """
+import six
 
 from oslo_utils import excutils
-import six
 
 from kingbird.common.i18n import _
 
@@ -82,3 +83,7 @@ class InUse(KingbirdException):
 class InvalidConfigurationOption(KingbirdException):
     message = _("An invalid value was provided for %(opt_name)s: "
                 "%(opt_value)s")
+
+
+class ProjectQuotaNotFound(NotFound):
+    message = _("Quota for project %(project_id) doesn't exist.")
diff --git a/kingbird/db/api.py b/kingbird/db/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4802570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+'''
+Interface for database access.
+
+SQLAlchemy is currently the only supported backend.
+'''
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_db import api
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+_BACKEND_MAPPING = {'sqlalchemy': 'kingbird.db.sqlalchemy.api'}
+
+IMPL = api.DBAPI.from_config(CONF, backend_mapping=_BACKEND_MAPPING)
+
+
+def get_engine():
+    return IMPL.get_engine()
+
+
+def get_session():
+    return IMPL.get_session()
+
+# quota usage db methods
+
+###################
+
+
+def quota_create(context, project_id, resource, limit):
+    """Create a quota for the given project and resource."""
+    return IMPL.quota_create(context, project_id, resource, limit)
+
+
+def quota_get(context, project_id, resource):
+    """Retrieve a quota or raise if it does not exist."""
+    return IMPL.quota_get(context, project_id, resource)
+
+
+def quota_get_all_by_project(context, project_id):
+    """Retrieve all quotas associated with a given project."""
+    return IMPL.quota_get_all_by_project(context, project_id)
+
+
+def quota_update(context, project_id, resource, limit):
+    """Update a quota or raise if it does not exist."""
+    return IMPL.quota_update(context, project_id, resource, limit)
+
+
+def quota_destroy(context, project_id, resource):
+    """Destroy the quota or raise if it does not exist."""
+    return IMPL.quota_destroy(context, project_id, resource)
+
+
+def quota_destroy_all(context, project_id):
+    """Destroy the quota or raise if it does not exist."""
+    return IMPL.quota_destroy(context, project_id)
+
+
+def db_sync(engine, version=None):
+    """Migrate the database to `version` or the most recent version."""
+    return IMPL.db_sync(engine, version=version)
+
+
+def db_version(engine):
+    """Display the current database version."""
+    return IMPL.db_version(engine)
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/api.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4aa0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+'''
+Implementation of SQLAlchemy backend.
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import session as db_session
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
+from kingbird.common import exceptions as exception
+from kingbird.common.i18n import _
+from kingbird.db.sqlalchemy import migration
+from kingbird.db.sqlalchemy import models
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+_facade = None
+
+
+def get_facade():
+    global _facade
+
+    if not _facade:
+        _facade = db_session.EngineFacade.from_config(CONF)
+    return _facade
+
+
+get_engine = lambda: get_facade().get_engine()
+get_session = lambda: get_facade().get_session()
+
+
+def get_backend():
+    """The backend is this module itself."""
+    return sys.modules[__name__]
+
+
+def model_query(context, *args):
+    session = _session(context)
+    query = session.query(*args)
+    return query
+
+
+def _session(context):
+    return get_session()
+
+
+def is_admin_context(context):
+    """Indicates if the request context is an administrator."""
+    if not context:
+        LOG.warn(_('Use of empty request context is deprecated'),
+                 DeprecationWarning)
+        raise Exception('die')
+    return context.is_admin
+
+
+def is_user_context(context):
+    """Indicates if the request context is a normal user."""
+    if not context:
+        return False
+    if context.is_admin:
+        return False
+    if not context.user_id or not context.project_id:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def require_admin_context(f):
+    """Decorator to require admin request context.
+
+    The first argument to the wrapped function must be the context.
+    """
+
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if not is_admin_context(args[0]):
+            raise exception.AdminRequired()
+        return f(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def require_context(f):
+    """Decorator to require *any* user or admin context.
+
+    This does no authorization for user or project access matching, see
+    :py:func:`authorize_project_context` and
+    :py:func:`authorize_user_context`.
+    The first argument to the wrapped function must be the context.
+    """
+
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if not is_admin_context(args[0]) and not is_user_context(args[0]):
+            raise exception.Forbidden()
+        return f(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+###################
+
+
+@require_context
+def _quota_get(context, project_id, resource, session=None):
+    result = model_query(context, models.Quota). \
+        filter_by(project_id=project_id). \
+        filter_by(resource=resource). \
+        first()
+
+    if not result:
+        raise exception.ProjectQuotaNotFound(project_id=project_id)
+
+    return result
+
+
+@require_context
+def quota_get(context, project_id, resource):
+    return _quota_get(context, project_id, resource)
+
+
+@require_context
+def quota_get_all_by_project(context, project_id):
+    rows = model_query(context, models.Quota). \
+        filter_by(project_id=project_id). \
+        all()
+
+    result = {'project_id': project_id}
+    for row in rows:
+        result[row.resource] = row.hard_limit
+
+    return result
+
+
+@require_admin_context
+def quota_create(context, project_id, resource, limit):
+    quota_ref = models.Quota()
+    quota_ref.project_id = project_id
+    quota_ref.resource = resource
+    quota_ref.hard_limit = limit
+
+    session = _session(context)
+    with session.begin():
+        quota_ref.save(session)
+        return quota_ref
+
+
+@require_admin_context
+def quota_update(context, project_id, resource, limit):
+    session = _session(context)
+    with session.begin():
+        quota_ref = _quota_get(context, project_id, resource, session=session)
+        quota_ref.hard_limit = limit
+        quota_ref.save(_session(context))
+        return quota_ref
+
+
+@require_admin_context
+def quota_destroy(context, project_id, resource):
+    session = _session(context)
+    quota_ref = _quota_get(context, project_id, resource, session=session)
+    quota_ref.delete(session=session)
+
+
+@require_admin_context
+def quota_destroy_all(context, project_id):
+    session = _session(context)
+
+    quotas = model_query(context, models.Quota). \
+        filter_by(project_id=project_id). \
+        all()
+
+    for quota_ref in quotas:
+        quota_ref.delete(session=session)
+
+
+def db_sync(engine, version=None):
+    """Migrate the database to `version` or the most recent version."""
+    return migration.db_sync(engine, version=version)
+
+
+def db_version(engine):
+    """Display the current database version."""
+    return migration.db_version(engine)
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6218f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This is a database migration repository.
+
+More information at
+http://code.google.com/p/sqlalchemy-migrate/
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/__init__.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/manage.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..39fa389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from migrate.versioning.shell import main
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(debug='False')
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1f2dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[db_settings]
+# Used to identify which repository this database is versioned under.
+# You can use the name of your project.
+repository_id=kingbird
+
+# The name of the database table used to track the schema version.
+# This name shouldn't already be used by your project.
+# If this is changed once a database is under version control, you'll need to
+# change the table name in each database too.
+version_table=migrate_version
+
+# When committing a change script, Migrate will attempt to generate the
+# sql for all supported databases; normally, if one of them fails - probably
+# because you don't have that database installed - it is ignored and the
+# commit continues, perhaps ending successfully.
+# Databases in this list MUST compile successfully during a commit, or the
+# entire commit will fail. List the databases your application will actually
+# be using to ensure your updates to that database work properly.
+# This must be a list; example: ['postgres','sqlite']
+required_dbs=[]
+
+# When creating new change scripts, Migrate will stamp the new script with
+# a version number. By default this is latest_version + 1. You can set this
+# to 'true' to tell Migrate to use the UTC timestamp instead.
+use_timestamp_numbering=False
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/001_first_version.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/001_first_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..331dbfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/001_first_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import sqlalchemy
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    meta = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
+    meta.bind = migrate_engine
+
+    quotas = sqlalchemy.Table(
+        'quotas', meta,
+        sqlalchemy.Column('id', sqlalchemy.Integer,
+                          primary_key=True, nullable=False),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('project_id', sqlalchemy.String(36)),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('resource', sqlalchemy.String(255), nullable=False),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('hard_limit', sqlalchemy.Integer, nullable=False),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('created_at', sqlalchemy.DateTime),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('updated_at', sqlalchemy.DateTime),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('deleted_at', sqlalchemy.DateTime),
+        sqlalchemy.Column('deleted', sqlalchemy.Integer),
+        mysql_engine='InnoDB',
+        mysql_charset='utf8'
+    )
+
+    tables = (
+        quotas,
+    )
+
+    for index, table in enumerate(tables):
+        try:
+            table.create()
+        except Exception:
+            # If an error occurs, drop all tables created so far to return
+            # to the previously existing state.
+            meta.drop_all(tables=tables[:index])
+            raise
+
+
+def downgrade(migrate_engine):
+    raise NotImplementedError('Database downgrade not supported - '
+                              'would drop all tables')
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/__init__.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..168c47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import os
+
+from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import migration as oslo_migration
+
+
+INIT_VERSION = 0
+
+
+def db_sync(engine, version=None):
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
+                        'migrate_repo')
+    return oslo_migration.db_sync(engine, path, version,
+                                  init_version=INIT_VERSION)
+
+
+def db_version(engine):
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
+                        'migrate_repo')
+    return oslo_migration.db_version(engine, path, INIT_VERSION)
+
+
+def db_version_control(engine, version=None):
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
+                        'migrate_repo')
+    return oslo_migration.db_version_control(engine, path, version)
diff --git a/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb5564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+"""
+SQLAlchemy models for kingbird data.
+"""
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import models
+
+from sqlalchemy.orm import session as orm_session
+from sqlalchemy import (Column, Integer, String)
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+BASE = declarative_base()
+
+
+def get_session():
+    from kingbird.db.sqlalchemy import api as db_api
+
+    return db_api.get_session()
+
+
+class KingbirdBase(models.ModelBase,
+                   models.SoftDeleteMixin,
+                   models.TimestampMixin):
+    """Base class for Kingbird Models."""
+    __table_args__ = {'mysql_engine': 'InnoDB'}
+
+    def expire(self, session=None, attrs=None):
+        if not session:
+            session = orm_session.Session.object_session(self)
+            if not session:
+                session = get_session()
+        session.expire(self, attrs)
+
+    def refresh(self, session=None, attrs=None):
+        """Refresh this object."""
+        if not session:
+            session = orm_session.Session.object_session(self)
+            if not session:
+                session = get_session()
+        session.refresh(self, attrs)
+
+    def delete(self, session=None):
+        """Delete this object."""
+        if not session:
+            session = orm_session.Session.object_session(self)
+            if not session:
+                session = get_session()
+        session.begin()
+        session.delete(self)
+        session.commit()
+
+
+class Quota(BASE, KingbirdBase):
+    __tablename__ = 'quotas'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+
+    project_id = Column(String(36))
+
+    resource = Column(String(255), nullable=False)
+
+    hard_limit = Column(Integer, nullable=False)
diff --git a/kingbird/db/utils.py b/kingbird/db/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5326c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/db/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+class LazyPluggable(object):
+    """A pluggable backend loaded lazily based on some value."""
+
+    def __init__(self, pivot, **backends):
+        self.__backends = backends
+        self.__pivot = pivot
+        self.__backend = None
+
+    def __get_backend(self):
+        if not self.__backend:
+            backend_name = 'sqlalchemy'
+            backend = self.__backends[backend_name]
+            if isinstance(backend, tuple):
+                name = backend[0]
+                fromlist = backend[1]
+            else:
+                name = backend
+                fromlist = backend
+
+            self.__backend = __import__(name, None, None, fromlist)
+        return self.__backend
+
+    def __getattr__(self, key):
+        backend = self.__get_backend()
+        return getattr(backend, key)
+
+
+IMPL = LazyPluggable('backend', sqlalchemy='kingbird.db.sqlalchemy.api')
+
+
+def purge_deleted(age, granularity='days'):
+    IMPL.purge_deleted(age, granularity)
diff --git a/kingbird/tests/base.py b/kingbird/tests/base.py
index 1c30cdb..9cbece8 100644
--- a/kingbird/tests/base.py
+++ b/kingbird/tests/base.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright 2010-2011 OpenStack Foundation
-# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB
+# All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
 # a copy of the License at
 #
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
@@ -19,5 +17,4 @@ from oslotest import base
 
 
 class TestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
-
     """Test case base class for all unit tests."""
diff --git a/kingbird/tests/db/__init__.py b/kingbird/tests/db/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/kingbird/tests/db/test_quota_db_api.py b/kingbird/tests/db/test_quota_db_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ec60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/tests/db/test_quota_db_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import sqlalchemy
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_db import options
+
+from kingbird.common import exceptions
+from kingbird.db import api as api
+from kingbird.db.sqlalchemy import api as db_api
+from kingbird.tests import base
+from kingbird.tests import utils
+
+
+get_engine = api.get_engine
+UUID1 = utils.UUID1
+UUID2 = utils.UUID2
+UUID3 = utils.UUID3
+
+
+class DBAPIQuotaTest(base.TestCase):
+    def setup_dummy_db(self):
+        options.cfg.set_defaults(options.database_opts,
+                                 sqlite_synchronous=False)
+        options.set_defaults(cfg.CONF, connection="sqlite://",
+                             sqlite_db='kingbird.db')
+        engine = get_engine()
+        db_api.db_sync(engine)
+        engine.connect()
+
+    def reset_dummy_db(self):
+        engine = get_engine()
+        meta = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
+        meta.reflect(bind=engine)
+
+        for table in reversed(meta.sorted_tables):
+            if table.name == 'migrate_version':
+                continue
+            engine.execute(table.delete())
+
+    def create_quota_limit(self, ctxt, **kwargs):
+        values = {
+            'project_id': utils.UUID1,
+            'resource': "ram",
+            'limit': 10,
+        }
+        values.update(kwargs)
+        return db_api.quota_create(ctxt, **values)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(DBAPIQuotaTest, self).setUp()
+
+        self.setup_dummy_db()
+        self.addCleanup(self.reset_dummy_db)
+        self.ctx = utils.dummy_context()
+
+    def test_create_quota_limit(self):
+        project_id = UUID2
+        resource = 'cores'
+        limit = self.create_quota_limit(self.ctx, project_id=project_id,
+                                        resource=resource, limit=15)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(limit)
+
+        cores_limit = db_api.quota_get(self.ctx, project_id, resource)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(cores_limit)
+        self.assertEqual(15, cores_limit.hard_limit)
+
+    def test_update_quota_limit(self):
+        project_id = UUID2
+        resource = 'cores'
+
+        limit = self.create_quota_limit(self.ctx, project_id=project_id,
+                                        resource=resource, limit=15)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(limit)
+
+        updated = db_api.quota_update(self.ctx, project_id, resource, 10)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(updated)
+
+        updated_limit = db_api.quota_get(self.ctx, project_id, resource)
+        self.assertEqual(10, updated_limit.hard_limit)
+
+    def test_delete_quota_limit(self):
+        project_id = UUID2
+        resource = 'cores'
+
+        limit = self.create_quota_limit(self.ctx, project_id=project_id,
+                                        resource=resource, limit=15)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(limit)
+
+        db_api.quota_destroy(self.ctx, project_id, resource)
+
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.ProjectQuotaNotFound,
+                          db_api.quota_get,
+                          self.ctx, project_id, resource)
+
+    def test_delete_all_quota_limit(self):
+        project_id = UUID2
+        resources = [('cores', 2), ('ram', 2)]
+
+        for r in resources:
+            self.create_quota_limit(self.ctx,
+                                    project_id=project_id,
+                                    resource=r[0],
+                                    limit=r[1])
+
+        db_api.quota_destroy_all(self.ctx, project_id)
+
+        for r in resources:
+            self.assertRaises(exceptions.ProjectQuotaNotFound,
+                              db_api.quota_get,
+                              self.ctx, project_id, r[0])
+
+    def test_quota_get_by_project(self):
+        project_id = UUID2
+        resource = 'cores'
+
+        limit = self.create_quota_limit(self.ctx, project_id=project_id,
+                                        resource=resource, limit=15)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(limit)
+
+        by_project = db_api.quota_get_all_by_project(self.ctx, project_id)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(by_project)
+        self.assertEqual(project_id, by_project['project_id'])
diff --git a/kingbird/tests/test_kingbird.py b/kingbird/tests/test_kingbird.py
index 99e6f89..87f6e0d 100644
--- a/kingbird/tests/test_kingbird.py
+++ b/kingbird/tests/test_kingbird.py
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ from kingbird.tests import base
 
 
 class TestKingbird(base.TestCase):
-
     def test_something(self):
         pass
diff --git a/kingbird/tests/utils.py b/kingbird/tests/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b79a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kingbird/tests/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson AB
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import random
+import sqlalchemy
+import string
+import uuid
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_db import options
+
+from kingbird.common import context
+from kingbird.db import api as db_api
+
+
+get_engine = db_api.get_engine
+
+
+class UUIDStub(object):
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.uuid4 = uuid.uuid4
+        uuid_stub = lambda: self.value
+        uuid.uuid4 = uuid_stub
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc_info):
+        uuid.uuid4 = self.uuid4
+
+
+UUIDs = (UUID1, UUID2, UUID3) = sorted([str(uuid.uuid4())
+                                        for x in range(3)])
+
+
+def random_name():
+    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase)
+                   for x in range(10))
+
+
+def setup_dummy_db():
+    options.cfg.set_defaults(options.database_opts, sqlite_synchronous=False)
+    options.set_defaults(cfg.CONF, connection="sqlite://",
+                         sqlite_db='kingbird.db')
+    engine = get_engine()
+    db_api.db_sync(engine)
+    engine.connect()
+
+
+def reset_dummy_db():
+    engine = get_engine()
+    meta = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
+    meta.reflect(bind=engine)
+
+    for table in reversed(meta.sorted_tables):
+        if table.name == 'migrate_version':
+            continue
+        engine.execute(table.delete())
+
+
+def create_quota_limit(ctxt, **kwargs):
+    values = {
+        'project_id': UUID1,
+        'resource': "ram",
+        'limit': 10,
+    }
+    values.update(kwargs)
+    return db_api.quota_create(ctxt, **values)
+
+
+def dummy_context(user='test_username', tenant='test_project_id',
+                  region_name=None):
+    return context.ContextBase.from_dict({
+        'auth_token': 'abcd1234',
+        'user': user,
+        'tenant': tenant,
+        'is_admin': True,
+        'region_name': region_name
+    })
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 990aeb7..6cb8599 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils!=2.6.0,>=2.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.9.0
+SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.9
+sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.6