[MRM-1942] Merge branch 'jpa' into master

Removing JDO and add JPA backend.

37 files changed, 653 insertions, 84 deletions

diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-cleanup-released-snapshots.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-cleanup-released-snapshots.xml
index 297ab975b..349cd9c56 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-cleanup-released-snapshots.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-cleanup-released-snapshots.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <bean name="archivaConfiguration#cleanup-released-snapshots" class="org.apache.archiva.configuration.DefaultArchivaConfiguration">
@@ -65,4 +65,37 @@
     </property>
   </bean>
 
+  <!-- ***
+     JPA settings
+     *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-purge-consumer-test.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-purge-consumer-test.xml
index 171344424..63aafa55a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-purge-consumer-test.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context-purge-consumer-test.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
@@ -115,5 +115,38 @@
     </property>
   </bean>
 
+  <!-- ***
+     JPA settings
+     *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
+
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 1b8fbab90..fc70ff89f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
   <context:annotation-config/>
   <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository"/>
@@ -46,4 +46,37 @@
 
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
 
+  <!-- ***
+     JPA settings
+     *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
index 992314e55..4e0a4d0ce 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@
       <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index df446567a..a071075f9 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-indexer/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="false">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
@@ -41,4 +41,37 @@
     </property>
   </bean>
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
+
+  <!-- ***
+     JPA settings
+     *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
index c55a1f350..a474f97e8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index ee094eaf1..5815e0338 100755
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
@@ -85,4 +85,36 @@
 
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
 
+  <!-- ***
+   JPA settings
+   *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml
index cd3293663..ae8230a51 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index e1e4b87cd..3ae58092e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd" default-lazy-init="true">
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
+       default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
   <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.archiva.admin.mock"/>
@@ -58,4 +59,36 @@
 
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
 
+  <!-- ***
+       JPA settings
+       *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml
index d38f7b41b..33f967fc7 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index a0a12c611..3f50a7207 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
   ~ under the License.
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd" default-lazy-init="true">
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
+       default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <bean name="scheduler" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.scheduler.DefaultScheduler">
     <property name="properties">
@@ -60,4 +61,36 @@
 
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
 
+  <!-- ***
+     JPA settings
+     *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
index d1a4ce2ab..456e3a1cc 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <version>${redback.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-keys-jpa</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>${redback.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -323,6 +329,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService.java
index 0284bb8f5..4b3db121e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService
     private RedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin redbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin;
 
     @Inject
-    @Named(value = "userManager#configurable")
+    @Named(value = "userManager#default")
     private UserManager userManager;
 
     @Inject
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ public class DefaultRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService
                 }
             }
 
-            //check repositories roles are here !!!
+
+
 
             return Boolean.TRUE;
         }
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest.java
index 42d99a59e..bddb302ec 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/rest/services/RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest
     {
         RedbackRuntimeConfiguration redbackRuntimeConfiguration =
             getRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService().getRedbackRuntimeConfiguration();
-        assertEquals( "jdo", redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getUserManagerImpls().get( 0 ) );
+        assertEquals( "jpa", redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getUserManagerImpls().get( 0 ) );
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest
     {
         RedbackRuntimeConfiguration redbackRuntimeConfiguration =
             getRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService().getRedbackRuntimeConfiguration();
-        assertEquals( "jdo", redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getUserManagerImpls().get( 0 ) );
+        assertEquals( "jpa", redbackRuntimeConfiguration.getUserManagerImpls().get( 0 ) );
 
         redbackRuntimeConfiguration.setUserManagerImpls( Arrays.asList( "foo" ) );
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest
         RedbackRuntimeConfigurationService service = getRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService();
         List<UserManagerImplementationInformation> infos = service.getUserManagerImplementationInformations();
         assertThat( infos ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().contains(
-            new UserManagerImplementationInformation( "jdo", null, false ) );
+            new UserManagerImplementationInformation( "jpa", null, false ) );
 
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class RedbackRuntimeConfigurationServiceTest
         RedbackRuntimeConfigurationService service = getRedbackRuntimeConfigurationService();
         List<RBACManagerImplementationInformation> infos = service.getRbacManagerImplementationInformations();
         assertThat( infos ).isNotNull().isNotEmpty().contains(
-            new RBACManagerImplementationInformation( "jdo", null, false ) );
+            new RBACManagerImplementationInformation( "jpa", null, false ) );
 
     }
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring-context-test.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring-context-test.xml
index 9b95b9430..ceea546a8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring-context-test.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring-context-test.xml
@@ -21,17 +21,18 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-       xmlns:jaxrs="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs"
+       xmlns:jaxrs="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
            http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs
-           http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxrs.xsd" default-lazy-init="true">
+           http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxrs.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
+       default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
   <context:component-scan
-      base-package="org.apache.archiva.rest.services.utils"/>
+      base-package="org.apache.archiva.redback.keys,org.apache.archiva.rest.services.utils"/>
 
   <bean name="scheduler" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.scheduler.DefaultScheduler">
     <property name="properties">
@@ -103,4 +104,36 @@
   <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
 
   <alias name="userManager#configurable" alias="userManager#default"/>
+
+  <!-- ***
+ JPA settings
+ *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-security/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-security/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 486850de9..08e98f648 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-security/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-security/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <bean name="securitySystem#testable" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.system.DefaultSecuritySystem">
@@ -120,4 +120,36 @@
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
   <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
   <alias name="userManager#configurable" alias="userManager#default"/>
+
+  <!-- ***
+   JPA settings
+   *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
index c8cd1165d..4b79066c4 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-keys-jpa</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
       <artifactId>redback-rest-services</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -414,6 +420,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaConfigurableUsersManager.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaConfigurableUsersManager.java
index 70f75be15..9ea05cb56 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaConfigurableUsersManager.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaConfigurableUsersManager.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class ArchivaConfigurableUsersManager
                 setUserManagerImpl( userManagerImpl );
                 userManagerPerId.put( id, userManagerImpl );
             }
-
+            this.usersCache.clear();
             this.useUsersCache = redbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.getRedbackRuntimeConfiguration().isUseUsersCache();
         }
         catch ( RepositoryAdminException e )
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public class ArchivaConfigurableUsersManager
     @Override
     public String getId()
     {
-        return null;
+        return "archiva-configurable";
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaRbacManager.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaRbacManager.java
index 143f3c21b..6b2eb9e8f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaRbacManager.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaRbacManager.java
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public class ArchivaRbacManager
             List<String> rbacManagerIds =
                 redbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.getRedbackRuntimeConfiguration().getRbacManagerImpls();
 
+            clearCaches();
+
             if ( rbacManagerIds.isEmpty() )
             {
                 rbacManagerIds.add( RedbackRuntimeConfigurationAdmin.DEFAULT_RBAC_MANAGER_IMPL );
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ public class ArchivaRbacManager
 
                 rbacManagersPerId.put( id, rbacManager );
             }
+
         }
         catch ( RepositoryAdminException e )
         {
@@ -122,12 +125,23 @@ public class ArchivaRbacManager
         }
     }
 
+    private void clearCaches() {
+        resourcesCache.clear();
+        operationsCache.clear();
+        permissionsCache.clear();
+        rolesCache.clear();
+        userAssignmentsCache.clear();
+        userPermissionsCache.clear();
+        effectiveRoleSetCache.clear();
+    }
+
     protected RBACManager getRbacManagerForWrite()
     {
         for ( RBACManager rbacManager : this.rbacManagersPerId.values() )
         {
             if ( !rbacManager.isReadOnly() )
             {
+                log.debug("Writable Rbac manager {}", rbacManager.getDescriptionKey());
                 return rbacManager;
             }
         }
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaUserManagerAuthenticator.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaUserManagerAuthenticator.java
index 0a74e395b..b1cbc9cf8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaUserManagerAuthenticator.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/security/ArchivaUserManagerAuthenticator.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ public class ArchivaUserManagerAuthenticator
             {
                 log.warn( "Login for user {} and userManager {} failed, message: {}", source.getUsername(),
                           userManager.getId(), e.getMessage() );
+                e.printStackTrace();
                 resultException = e;
                 authnResultErrors.add( new AuthenticationFailureCause( AuthenticationConstants.AUTHN_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION,
                                                                        "Login for user " + source.getUsername()
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml
index f3f50bf8d..1a981c78c 100755
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
-  <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.archiva.web.startup, org.apache.archiva.web.runtime, org.apache.archiva.web.api,, org.apache.archiva.web.security"/>
+  <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.archiva.redback.keys,org.apache.archiva.web.startup, org.apache.archiva.web.runtime, org.apache.archiva.web.api,, org.apache.archiva.web.security"/>
 
   <util:properties id="archivaRuntimeProperties" location="classpath:application.properties" />
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/org/apache/archiva/i18n/default.properties b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/org/apache/archiva/i18n/default.properties
index 122db4f3d..eb4dc0351 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/org/apache/archiva/i18n/default.properties
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/resources/org/apache/archiva/i18n/default.properties
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ rest.csrffilter.enabled.help.content=If true, validation of REST requests will b
 
 archiva.redback.rbacmanager.ldap=LDAP RBac Manager
 archiva.redback.rbacmanager.jdo=Database RBac Manager
-archiva.redback.rbackmanager.jpa=Database JPA RBac Manager
+archiva.redback.rbacmanager.jpa=Database JPA RBac Manager
 archiva.redback.rbacmanager.cached=Cached RBac Manager
 redback.runtime.rbac-managers.impls.chose=RbacManager(s) chosen
 redback.runtime.rbac-managers.impls.available=Available RbacManagers
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/web/rss/SecuritySystemStub.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/web/rss/SecuritySystemStub.java
index eec7ae9d9..410d6c1a3 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/web/rss/SecuritySystemStub.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/web/rss/SecuritySystemStub.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.UserManagerException;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.UserManagerListener;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.UserNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.UserQuery;
-import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.jdo.JdoUser;
+import org.apache.archiva.redback.users.jpa.model.JpaUser;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class SecuritySystemStub
         {
             result = new AuthenticationResult( true, source.getUsername(), null );
 
-            User user = new JdoUser();
+            User user = new JpaUser();
             user.setUsername( source.getUsername() );
             user.setPassword( users.get( source.getUsername() ) );
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-artifacts-download.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-artifacts-download.xml
index 08974cf01..570eeb588 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-artifacts-download.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-artifacts-download.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
   <context:property-placeholder system-properties-mode="OVERRIDE"/>
 
-
   <bean name="commons-configuration" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.registry.commons.CommonsConfigurationRegistry">
     <property name="properties">
       <value>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-test-common.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-test-common.xml
index 8f8085e74..9bc51d7b2 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-test-common.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-test-common.xml
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
   <context:component-scan
-      base-package="org.apache.archiva.rest.services.utils"/>
+      base-package="org.apache.archiva.redback.keys,org.apache.archiva.rest.services.utils"/>
 
   <bean name="scheduler" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.scheduler.DefaultScheduler">
     <property name="properties">
@@ -84,4 +84,36 @@
   <alias name="userConfiguration#archiva" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
   <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
   <alias name="userManager#configurable" alias="userManager#default"/>
+
+  <!--  ***
+        JPA settings
+        *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!--  ***
+        End of JPA settings
+        *** -->
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-with-jcr.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-with-jcr.xml
index c9ff7946c..5a1171022 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-with-jcr.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/test/resources/spring-context-with-jcr.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <bean id="repository" class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl" destroy-method="shutdown">
@@ -58,4 +58,37 @@
   <alias name="userConfiguration#archiva" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
   <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
   <alias name="userManager#configurable" alias="userManager#default"/>
+
+  <!--  ***
+      JPA settings
+      *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!--  ***
+        End of JPA settings
+        *** -->
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index d9920c8af..9dc3eb80c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -831,6 +831,18 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+
 
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -969,6 +981,8 @@
           <additionalClasspathDirs>
             <additionalClasspathDir>${basedir}/src/test/tomcat</additionalClasspathDir>
           </additionalClasspathDirs>
+
+
         </configuration>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
@@ -981,6 +995,27 @@
             <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
             <version>${javaxMailVersion}</version>
           </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
+            <version>${openjpaVersion}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>geronimo-jpa_2.0_spec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.serp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>serp</artifactId>
+            <version>1.15.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml
index 06cf58a64..b0b3840b6 100755
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-context.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-       xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+       xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util" xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
+       xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
@@ -48,5 +49,20 @@
 
 
 
+  <jee:jndi-lookup id="dataSource" jndi-name="java:/comp/env/jdbc/users" />
+  <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+
+  <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+      <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
+
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
index e11370579..49f0301db 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
        xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+       xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/task
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
 
   <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:application.properties" />
 
@@ -108,37 +110,6 @@
   </bean>
   <!-- END SNIPPET: configuration-files-list -->
 
-  <bean name="jdoFactory#users" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.jdo.DataSourceConfigurableJdoFactory">
-    <property name="connectionFactoryName" value="java:comp/env/jdbc/users"/>
-    <property name="shutdownConnectionFactoryName" value="java:comp/env/jdbc/usersShutdown"/>
-    <property name="persistenceManagerFactoryClass" value="org.jpox.PersistenceManagerFactoryImpl"/>
-    <property name="otherProperties">
-      <props>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.autoCreateSchema">true</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.validateTables">false</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.validateConstraints">false</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.validateColumns">false</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.autoStartMechanism">None</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.transactionIsolation">READ_COMMITTED</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.poid.transactionIsolation">READ_COMMITTED</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.rdbms.dateTimezone">JDK_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE</prop>
-        <!-- NEEDED FOR MYSQL UTF-8 Databases -->
-        <prop key="org.jpox.rdbms.stringDefaultLength">255</prop>
-
-        <!-- NEEDED FOR POSTGRES, But causes problems in other JDBC implementations.
-        <prop key="org.jpox.identifier.case">PreserveCase</prop>
-        -->
-
-        <!-- cache activation -->
-        <prop key="org.jpox.cache.level2">true</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.cache.level2.type">ehcacheclassbased</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.cache.level2.cacheName">defaultJpox</prop>
-        <prop key="org.jpox.cache.level2.configurationFile">/ehcache.xml</prop>
-      </props>
-    </property>
-  </bean>
-
-
   <bean name="scheduler" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.scheduler.DefaultScheduler">
     <property name="properties">
       <props>
@@ -324,4 +295,28 @@
   </bean>
   -->
 
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)"/>
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SchemaFactory" value="native(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+                  value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE"/>
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary" value="(disableSchemaFactoryColumnTypeErrors=true,BitTypeName=CHAR(1),BooleanTypeName=CHAR(1),BooleanRepresentation=STRING_YN)"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/admin/features/generaladmin/main.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/admin/features/generaladmin/main.js
index 8d3269ee1..95ed9f3da 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/admin/features/generaladmin/main.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/admin/features/generaladmin/main.js
@@ -1358,7 +1358,15 @@ define("archiva/admin/features/generaladmin/main",["jquery","jquery.ui","i18n","
         self.redbackRuntimeConfiguration().rbacManagerImpls.push(beanId);
       }
 
-
+      var adminAvailableResponseFn = function(adminExists) {
+        $.log("admin exists "+adminExists);
+        if (adminExists) {
+          window.sammyArchivaApplication.runRoute("get","#redbackruntimeconfig");
+        } else {
+          logout();
+          displayWelcome();
+        }
+      }
       $.log("rememberme enabled:"+self.redbackRuntimeConfiguration().findPropertyValue("security.rememberme.enabled"));
       $.ajax("restServices/archivaServices/redbackRuntimeConfigurationService/redbackRuntimeConfiguration",
         {
@@ -1368,7 +1376,7 @@ define("archiva/admin/features/generaladmin/main",["jquery","jquery.ui","i18n","
           dataType: 'json',
           success: function(data) {
             var message=$.i18n.prop('redback-runtime-configuration.updated');
-            window.sammyArchivaApplication.runRoute("get","#redbackruntimeconfig");
+            checkCreateAdminLink(adminAvailableResponseFn);
             displaySuccessMessage(message);
           },
           error: function(data) {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
index c047c2da8..4a72ce817 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
@@ -825,14 +825,15 @@ function(jquery,ui,sammy,tmpl,i18n,jqueryCookie,bootstrap,archivaSearch,jqueryVa
         } else {
           createAdminLink.hide();
         }
-        if(callbackFn){
-          callbackFn()
+        if(callbackFn) {
+          callbackFn(adminExists)
         }
         $.log("adminExists:"+adminExists);
       }
     });
   };
 
+
   // handle url with registration link
   checkUrlParams=function(){
     var validateMeId = $.urlParam('validateMe');
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml
index e4e860f73..55668911a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
   </properties>
 
   <appenders>
-    <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+    <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT" level="info">
       <!--PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/-->
       <PatternLayout pattern="%highlight{%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n}" />
     </Console>
     <RollingRandomAccessFile name="rolling" fileName="${logsDirectory}/archiva.log"
-                     filePattern="${logsDirectory}/archiva-%d{MM-dd-yyyy}.log" immediateFlush="false" append="true">
+                     filePattern="${logsDirectory}/archiva-%d{MM-dd-yyyy}.log"
+
+                             immediateFlush="true" append="true">
       <PatternLayout>
         <pattern>%d [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n</pattern>
       </PatternLayout>
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@
 
     <logger name="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.registry.commons.CommonsConfigurationRegistry" level="debug"/>
 
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.taskqueue.DefaultTaskQueue" level="info" />
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva" level="debug" />
     <!--
     <logger name="org.apache.archiva.scheduler.indexing" level="debug"/>
     -->
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/tomcat-context-archiva.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/tomcat-context-archiva.xml
index 4f7ce1d69..9e5769484 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/tomcat-context-archiva.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/test/tomcat/tomcat-context-archiva.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@
             driverClassName="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver"
             url="jdbc:derby:${appserver.base}/database/users;create=true"
   />
+
   <Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container"
           type="javax.mail.Session"
           mail.smtp.host="localhost"/>
-                
+
+
+
+
+
 </Context>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
index 0cee94fa7..fdf11ddf0 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-keys-jpa</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
       <artifactId>redback-users-memory</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context-servlet-security-test.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context-servlet-security-test.xml
index 048c824f0..1619c96e5 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context-servlet-security-test.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context-servlet-security-test.xml
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:property-placeholder system-properties-mode="OVERRIDE"/>
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
   <context:component-scan
-      base-package="org.apache.archiva.webdav,org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository,org.apache.archiva.webdav.util,org.apache.archiva.common.plexusbridge"/>
+      base-package="org.apache.archiva.redback.keys,org.apache.archiva.webdav,org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository,org.apache.archiva.webdav.util,org.apache.archiva.common.plexusbridge"/>
 
   <bean name="scheduler" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.scheduler.DefaultScheduler">
     <property name="properties">
@@ -75,4 +75,36 @@
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
   <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
   <alias name="userManager#configurable" alias="userManager#default"/>
+
+  <!-- ***
+   JPA settings
+   *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index fc8cb6076..66f4661ce 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
   -->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
-           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
   <context:property-placeholder system-properties-mode="OVERRIDE"/>
 
   <context:annotation-config/>
-  <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.archiva.webdav,org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository"/>
+  <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.archiva.redback.keys,org.apache.archiva.webdav,org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository"/>
 
   <bean name="scheduler" class="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.scheduler.DefaultScheduler">
     <property name="properties">
@@ -76,4 +76,36 @@
   <alias name="userConfiguration#redback" alias="userConfiguration#default"/>
   <alias name="authorizer#rbac" alias="authorizer#default"/>
   <alias name="userManager#configurable" alias="userManager#default"/>
+
+  <!-- ***
+   JPA settings
+   *** -->
+  <bean name="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
+    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter" >
+      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.OpenJpaVendorAdapter" />
+    </property>
+    <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml" />
+    <property name="jpaPropertyMap">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionURL" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback_database" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE, Runtime=TRACE, Tool=INFO, SQL=TRACE" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
+               value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
+      </map>
+    </property>
+
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean name="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager" >
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <tx:annotation-driven />
+  <!-- ***
+     End of JPA settings
+     *** -->
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92197f8aa..9057c531d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     <javaxMailVersion>1.4</javaxMailVersion>
     <jettyVersion>9.4.5.v20170502</jettyVersion>
     <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
+    <openjpaVersion>2.4.1</openjpaVersion>
 
     <!-- restore when we will be able to use a derby in memory database -->
     <redbackTestJdbcUrl>jdbc:derby:memory:users-test;create=true</redbackTestJdbcUrl>
@@ -1027,6 +1028,17 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+        <artifactId>redback-keys-jpa</artifactId>
+        <version>${redback.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
         <artifactId>redback-rbac-model</artifactId>
         <version>${redback.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
@@ -1529,6 +1541,7 @@
         <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
         <version>1.7.2</version>
       </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>