diff --git a/agent/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-agent.in b/agent/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-agent.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6fc5f8cca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-agent.in
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# chkconfig: 35 99 10
+# description: Cloud Agent
+
+# WARNING: if this script is changed, then all other initscripts MUST BE changed to match it as well
+
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+whatami=cloud-agent
+
+# set environment variables
+
+SHORTNAME="$whatami"
+PIDFILE=@PIDDIR@/"$whatami".pid
+LOCKFILE=@LOCKDIR@/"$SHORTNAME"
+LOGFILE=@AGENTLOG@
+PROGNAME="Cloud Agent"
+
+unset OPTIONS
+[ -r @SYSCONFDIR@/sysconfig/"$SHORTNAME" ] && source @SYSCONFDIR@/sysconfig/"$SHORTNAME"
+DAEMONIZE=@BINDIR@/@PACKAGE@-daemonize
+PROG=@LIBEXECDIR@/agent-runner
+
+start() {
+        echo -n $"Starting $PROGNAME: "
+	if hostname --fqdn >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		daemon --check=$SHORTNAME --pidfile=${PIDFILE} "$DAEMONIZE" \
+			-n "$SHORTNAME" -p "$PIDFILE" -l "$LOGFILE" "$PROG" $OPTIONS
+		RETVAL=$?
+		echo
+	else
+		failure
+		echo
+		echo The host name does not resolve properly to an IP address.  Cannot start "$PROGNAME". > /dev/stderr
+		RETVAL=9
+	fi
+	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch ${LOCKFILE}
+	return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo -n $"Stopping $PROGNAME: "
+	killproc -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME # -d 10 $SHORTNAME
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${LOCKFILE} ${PIDFILE}
+}
+
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	start
+	;;
+  stop)
+	stop
+	;;
+  status)
+        status -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  restart)
+	stop
+	sleep 3
+	start
+	;;
+  condrestart)
+	if status -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME >&/dev/null; then
+		stop
+		sleep 3
+		start
+	fi
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $whatami {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status|help}"
+	RETVAL=3
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
+
diff --git a/client/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-management.in b/client/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-management.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d61cb7b8088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-management.in
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# @PACKAGE@-management      This shell script takes care of starting and stopping Tomcat
+#
+# chkconfig: - 80 20
+#
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: tomcat6
+# Required-Start: $network $syslog
+# Required-Stop: $network $syslog
+# Default-Start:
+# Default-Stop:
+# Description: Release implementation for Servlet 2.5 and JSP 2.1
+# Short-Description: start and stop tomcat
+### END INIT INFO
+#
+# - originally written by Henri Gomez, Keith Irwin, and Nicolas Mailhot
+# - heavily rewritten by Deepak Bhole and Jason Corley
+#
+
+if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then
+    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+fi
+if [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
+    . /lib/lsb/init-functions
+fi
+
+
+NAME="$(basename $0)"
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+    status)
+           status ${NAME}
+           RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    *)
+	   . /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat6
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/client/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/sysconfig/cloud-management.in b/client/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/sysconfig/cloud-management.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d4b22f4bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/sysconfig/cloud-management.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This file is loaded in /etc/init.d/vmopsmanagement
+# ATM we only do two things here:
+
+dummy=1 ; export TOMCAT_CFG=@MSCONF@/tomcat6.conf ; . @MSCONF@/tomcat6.conf
+#--------------------------
+
diff --git a/console-proxy/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-console-proxy.in b/console-proxy/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-console-proxy.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..488df568f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/console-proxy/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-console-proxy.in
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# chkconfig: 35 99 10
+# description: Cloud Console Proxy
+
+# WARNING: if this script is changed, then all other initscripts MUST BE changed to match it as well
+
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+whatami=cloud-console-proxy
+
+# set environment variables
+
+SHORTNAME="$whatami"
+PIDFILE=@PIDDIR@/"$whatami".pid
+LOCKFILE=@LOCKDIR@/"$SHORTNAME"
+LOGFILE=@CPLOG@
+PROGNAME="Cloud Console Proxy"
+
+unset OPTIONS
+[ -r @SYSCONFDIR@/sysconfig/"$SHORTNAME" ] && source @SYSCONFDIR@/sysconfig/"$SHORTNAME"
+DAEMONIZE=@BINDIR@/@PACKAGE@-daemonize
+PROG=@LIBEXECDIR@/console-proxy-runner
+
+start() {
+        echo -n $"Starting $PROGNAME: "
+	if hostname --fqdn >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		daemon --check=$SHORTNAME --pidfile=${PIDFILE} "$DAEMONIZE" \
+			-n "$SHORTNAME" -p "$PIDFILE" -l "$LOGFILE" "$PROG" $OPTIONS
+		RETVAL=$?
+		echo
+	else
+		failure
+		echo
+		echo The host name does not resolve properly to an IP address.  Cannot start "$PROGNAME". > /dev/stderr
+		RETVAL=9
+	fi
+	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch ${LOCKFILE}
+	return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo -n $"Stopping $PROGNAME: "
+	killproc -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME # -d 10 $SHORTNAME
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${LOCKFILE} ${PIDFILE}
+}
+
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	start
+	;;
+  stop)
+	stop
+	;;
+  status)
+        status -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  restart)
+	stop
+	sleep 3
+	start
+	;;
+  condrestart)
+	if status -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME >&/dev/null; then
+		stop
+		sleep 3
+		start
+	fi
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $whatami {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status|help}"
+	RETVAL=3
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
+
diff --git a/python/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-ipallocator.in b/python/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-ipallocator.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0b6b613253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/distro/rhel/SYSCONFDIR/rc.d/init.d/cloud-ipallocator.in
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# chkconfig: 35 99 10
+# description: Cloud Agent
+
+# WARNING: if this script is changed, then all other initscripts MUST BE changed to match it as well
+
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+whatami=cloud-external-ipallocator
+
+# set environment variables
+
+SHORTNAME="$whatami"
+PIDFILE=@PIDDIR@/"$whatami".pid
+LOCKFILE=@LOCKDIR@/"$SHORTNAME"
+LOGFILE=@AGENTLOG@
+PROGNAME="Cloud Agent"
+
+unset OPTIONS
+[ -r @SYSCONFDIR@/sysconfig/"$SHORTNAME" ] && source @SYSCONFDIR@/sysconfig/"$SHORTNAME"
+DAEMONIZE=@BINDIR@/@PACKAGE@-daemonize
+PROG=@BINDIR@/@PACKAGE@-external-ipallocator.py
+OPTIONS=8083
+
+start() {
+        echo -n $"Starting $PROGNAME: "
+	if hostname --fqdn >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		daemon --check=$SHORTNAME --pidfile=${PIDFILE} "$DAEMONIZE" \
+			-n "$SHORTNAME" -p "$PIDFILE" -l "$LOGFILE" "$PROG" $OPTIONS
+		RETVAL=$?
+		echo
+	else
+		failure
+		echo
+		echo The host name does not resolve properly to an IP address.  Cannot start "$PROGNAME". > /dev/stderr
+		RETVAL=9
+	fi
+	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch ${LOCKFILE}
+	return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+	echo -n $"Stopping $PROGNAME: "
+	killproc -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME # -d 10 $SHORTNAME
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${LOCKFILE} ${PIDFILE}
+}
+
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	start
+	;;
+  stop)
+	stop
+	;;
+  status)
+        status -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  restart)
+	stop
+	sleep 3
+	start
+	;;
+  condrestart)
+	if status -p ${PIDFILE} $SHORTNAME >&/dev/null; then
+		stop
+		sleep 3
+		start
+	fi
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $whatami {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status|help}"
+	RETVAL=3
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
+