diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index bc5165ed..075fe2b7 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Remember that, as always with QuerySets, any subsequent chained methods which im
 * create custom field that returns backend python objects
 
 * Timezone awareness on monitoring system (reading server-side logs with different TZ than orchestra) maybe a settings value? (use UTC internally, timezone.localtime() when interacting with servers)
-* Resource metric: KB MB B?
+* Resource metric: KB MB B? RESOURCE UNIT!! forms and serializers
 
 * EMAIL backend operations which contain stderr messages (because under certain failures status code is still 0)
+
+
+* Settings dictionary like DRF2 in order to better override large settings like WEBSITES_APPLICATIONS.etc
diff --git a/orchestra/apps/orchestration/manager.py b/orchestra/apps/orchestration/manager.py
index 1b9254ff..fdd22e04 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/orchestration/manager.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/orchestration/manager.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ from .helpers import send_report
 
 def as_task(execute):
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-#        with db.transaction.commit_manually():
-        log = execute(*args, **kwargs)
-#            db.transaction.commit()
+        with db.transaction.commit_manually():
+            log = execute(*args, **kwargs)
+            db.transaction.commit()
         if log.state != log.SUCCESS:
             send_report(execute, args, log)
         return log
diff --git a/orchestra/apps/resources/admin.py b/orchestra/apps/resources/admin.py
index 7f6ba1fe..53a45cac 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/resources/admin.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/resources/admin.py
@@ -63,13 +63,16 @@ class ResourceAdmin(ExtendedModelAdmin):
 
 
 class ResourceDataAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('id', 'resource', 'used', 'allocated', 'last_update',) # TODO content_object
+    list_display = ('id', 'resource', 'used', 'allocated', 'last_update', 'content_type') # TODO content_object
     list_filter = ('resource',)
 
 
 class MonitorDataAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('id', 'monitor', 'date', 'value') # TODO content_object
+    list_display = ('id', 'monitor', 'date', 'value', 'ct', 'object_id') # TODO content_object
     list_filter = ('monitor',)
+    
+    def ct(self, i):
+        return i.content_type_id
 
 
 admin.site.register(Resource, ResourceAdmin)
diff --git a/orchestra/apps/resources/backends.py b/orchestra/apps/resources/backends.py
index 1f7e7d8d..6339f316 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/resources/backends.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/resources/backends.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ServiceMonitor(ServiceBackend):
     DISK = 'disk'
     MEMORY = 'memory'
     CPU = 'cpu'
+    # TODO UNITS
     
     actions = ('monitor', 'resource_exceeded', 'resource_recovery')
     
diff --git a/orchestra/apps/resources/models.py b/orchestra/apps/resources/models.py
index 4d8c0b98..73609738 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/resources/models.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/resources/models.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import datetime
 
 from django.db import models
+from django.db.models.loading import get_model
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey, GenericRelation
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core import validators
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from djcelery.models import PeriodicTask, CrontabSchedule
 
 from orchestra.models.fields import MultiSelectField
+from orchestra.models.utils import get_model_field_path
 from orchestra.utils.apps import autodiscover
 
 from .backends import ServiceMonitor
@@ -119,11 +122,13 @@ class ResourceData(models.Model):
     
     @classmethod
     def get_or_create(cls, obj, resource):
+        ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(type(obj))
         try:
-            return cls.objects.get(content_object=obj, resource=resource)
-        except cls.DoesNotExists:
+            return cls.objects.get(content_type=ct, object_id=obj.pk,
+                                   resource=resource)
+        except cls.DoesNotExist:
             return cls.objects.create(content_object=obj, resource=resource,
-                                      allocated=resource.defalt_allocation)
+                                      allocated=resource.default_allocation)
     
     def get_used(self):
         resource = self.resource
@@ -131,8 +136,19 @@ class ResourceData(models.Model):
         result = 0
         has_result = False
         for monitor in resource.monitors:
-            dataset = MonitorData.objects.filter(monitor=monitor,
-                    content_type=self.content_type, object_id=self.object_id)
+            resource_model = self.content_type.model_class()
+            monitor_model = get_model(ServiceMonitor.get_backend(monitor).model)
+            if resource_model == monitor_model:
+                dataset = MonitorData.objects.filter(monitor=monitor,
+                        content_type=self.content_type_id, object_id=self.object_id)
+            else:
+                path = get_model_field_path(monitor_model, resource_model)
+                fields = '__'.join(path)
+                objects = monitor_model.objects.filter(**{fields: self.object_id})
+                pks = objects.values_list('id', flat=True)
+                ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(monitor_model)
+                dataset = MonitorData.objects.filter(monitor=monitor,
+                        content_type=ct, object_id__in=pks)
             if resource.period == resource.MONTHLY_AVG:
                 try:
                     last = dataset.latest()
@@ -143,17 +159,18 @@ class ResourceData(models.Model):
                                  tzinfo=timezone.utc)
                 total = (epoch-last.date).total_seconds()
                 dataset = dataset.filter(date__year=today.year,
-                                                 date__month=today.month)
+                                         date__month=today.month)
                 for data in dataset:
                     slot = (previous-data.date).total_seconds()
                     result += data.value * slot/total
             elif resource.period == resource.MONTHLY_SUM:
-                data = dataset.filter(date__year=today.year,
-                                      date__month=today.month)
-                value = data.aggregate(models.Sum('value'))['value__sum']
-                if value:
+                data = dataset.filter(date__year=today.year, date__month=today.month)
+                # FIXME Aggregation of 0s returns None! django bug?
+                # value = data.aggregate(models.Sum('value'))['value__sum']
+                values = data.values_list('value', flat=True)
+                if values:
                     has_result = True
-                    result += value
+                    result += sum(values)
             elif resource.period == resource.LAST:
                 try:
                     result += dataset.latest().value
diff --git a/orchestra/apps/resources/tasks.py b/orchestra/apps/resources/tasks.py
index 0f834994..26f0553f 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/resources/tasks.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/resources/tasks.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from celery import shared_task
+from django.db.models.loading import get_model
 from django.utils import timezone
+
 from orchestra.apps.orchestration.models import BackendOperation as Operation
 
 from .backends import ServiceMonitor
-from .models import MonitorData
+from .models import ResourceData, Resource
 
 
 @shared_task(name='resources.Monitor')
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ def monitor(resource_id):
     # Execute monitors
     for monitor_name in resource.monitors:
         backend = ServiceMonitor.get_backend(monitor_name)
-        model = backend.model
+        model = get_model(*backend.model.split('.'))
         operations = []
         # Execute monitor
         for obj in model.objects.all():
@@ -22,18 +24,18 @@ def monitor(resource_id):
     
     # Update used resources and trigger resource exceeded and revovery
     operations = []
-    model = resource.model
+    model = resource.content_type.model_class()
     for obj in model.objects.all():
-        data = MonitorData.get_or_create(obj, resource)
+        data = ResourceData.get_or_create(obj, resource)
         current = data.get_used()
         if not resource.disable_trigger:
             if data.used < data.allocated and current > data.allocated:
-                op = Operation.create(backend, data.content_object, Operation.EXCEED)
+                op = Operation.create(backend, obj, Operation.EXCEED)
                 operations.append(op)
-            elif res.used > res.allocated and current < res.allocated:
-                op = Operation.create(backend, data.content_object, Operation.RECOVERY)
+            elif data.used > data.allocated and current < data.allocated:
+                op = Operation.create(backend, obj, Operation.RECOVERY)
                 operation.append(op)
-        data.used = current
-        data.las_update = timezone.now()
+        data.used = current or 0
+        data.last_update = timezone.now()
         data.save()
     Operation.execute(operations)
diff --git a/orchestra/apps/websites/backends/apache.py b/orchestra/apps/websites/backends/apache.py
index 2006b4c4..5c751eda 100644
--- a/orchestra/apps/websites/backends/apache.py
+++ b/orchestra/apps/websites/backends/apache.py
@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@ class Apache2Traffic(ServiceMonitor):
     
     def monitor(self, site):
         context = self.get_context(site)
-        self.append("""
+        self.append("""{
             awk 'BEGIN {
                 ini = "%(last_date)s"
                 end = "%(current_date)s"
+                sum = 0
                 
                 months["Jan"] = "01";
                 months["Feb"] = "02";
@@ -212,16 +213,10 @@ class Apache2Traffic(ServiceMonitor):
                 second = substr(date, 19, 2)
                 line_date = year month day hour minute second
                 if ( line_date > ini && line_date < end)
-                    if ( $10 == "" )
-                        sum += $9
-                    else
-                        sum += $10
+                    sum += $NF
             } END {
-                if ( sum )
-                    print sum
-                else
-                    print 0
-            }' %(log_file)s | xargs echo %(object_id)s """ % context)
+                print sum
+            }' %(log_file)s || echo 0; } | xargs echo %(object_id)s """ % context)
     
     def get_context(self, site):
         return {
diff --git a/orchestra/bin/celerybeat b/orchestra/bin/celerybeat
index e43c300b..00e8b35b 100755
--- a/orchestra/bin/celerybeat
+++ b/orchestra/bin/celerybeat
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          celerybeat
-# Required-Start:    $network $local_fs $remote_fs postgresql celeryd
-# Required-Stop:     $network $local_fs $remote_fs postgresql celeryd
+# Required-Start:    $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop:     $network $local_fs $remote_fs
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
 # Short-Description: celery periodic task scheduler
@@ -20,25 +20,104 @@
 # Cannot use set -e/bash -e since the kill -0 command will abort
 # abnormally in the absence of a valid process ID.
 #set -e
+VERSION=10.0
+echo "celery init v${VERSION}."
 
-DEFAULT_PID_FILE="/var/run/celery/beat.pid"
-DEFAULT_LOG_FILE="/var/log/celery/beat.log"
-DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
-DEFAULT_CELERYBEAT="celerybeat"
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: This program can only be used by the root user."
+    echo "       Unpriviliged users must use 'celery beat --detach'"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# May be a runlevel symlink (e.g. S02celeryd)
+if [ -L "$0" ]; then
+    SCRIPT_FILE=$(readlink "$0")
+else
+    SCRIPT_FILE="$0"
+fi
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$SCRIPT_FILE")"
 
 # /etc/init.d/celerybeat: start and stop the celery periodic task scheduler daemon.
 
+# Make sure executable configuration script is owned by root
+_config_sanity() {
+    local path="$1"
+    local owner=$(ls -ld "$path" | awk '{print $3}')
+    local iwgrp=$(ls -ld "$path" | cut -b 6)
+    local iwoth=$(ls -ld "$path" | cut -b 9)
+
+    if [ "$(id -u $owner)" != "0" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Config script '$path' must be owned by root!"
+        echo
+        echo "Resolution:"
+        echo "Review the file carefully and make sure it has not been "
+        echo "modified with mailicious intent.  When sure the "
+        echo "script is safe to execute with superuser privileges "
+        echo "you can change ownership of the script:"
+        echo "    $ sudo chown root '$path'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$iwoth" != "-" ]; then  # S_IWOTH
+        echo "Error: Config script '$path' cannot be writable by others!"
+        echo
+        echo "Resolution:"
+        echo "Review the file carefully and make sure it has not been "
+        echo "modified with malicious intent.  When sure the "
+        echo "script is safe to execute with superuser privileges "
+        echo "you can change the scripts permissions:"
+        echo "    $ sudo chmod 640 '$path'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$iwgrp" != "-" ]; then  # S_IWGRP
+        echo "Error: Config script '$path' cannot be writable by group!"
+        echo
+        echo "Resolution:"
+        echo "Review the file carefully and make sure it has not been "
+        echo "modified with malicious intent.  When sure the "
+        echo "script is safe to execute with superuser privileges "
+        echo "you can change the scripts permissions:"
+        echo "    $ sudo chmod 640 '$path'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+scripts=""
+
 if test -f /etc/default/celeryd; then
+    scripts="/etc/default/celeryd"
+    _config_sanity /etc/default/celeryd
     . /etc/default/celeryd
 fi
 
-if test -f /etc/default/celerybeat; then
-    . /etc/default/celerybeat
+EXTRA_CONFIG="/etc/default/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
+if test -f "$EXTRA_CONFIG"; then
+    scripts="$scripts, $EXTRA_CONFIG"
+    _config_sanity "$EXTRA_CONFIG"
+    . "$EXTRA_CONFIG"
 fi
 
+echo "Using configuration: $scripts"
+
+CELERY_BIN=${CELERY_BIN:-"celery"}
+DEFAULT_USER="celery"
+DEFAULT_PID_FILE="/var/run/celery/beat.pid"
+DEFAULT_LOG_FILE="/var/log/celery/beat.log"
+DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
+DEFAULT_CELERYBEAT="$CELERY_BIN beat"
+
 CELERYBEAT=${CELERYBEAT:-$DEFAULT_CELERYBEAT}
 CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL=${CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL:-${CELERYBEAT_LOGLEVEL:-$DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL}}
 
+# Sets --app argument for CELERY_BIN
+CELERY_APP_ARG=""
+if [ ! -z "$CELERY_APP" ]; then
+    CELERY_APP_ARG="--app=$CELERY_APP"
+fi
+
+CELERYBEAT_USER=${CELERYBEAT_USER:-${CELERYD_USER:-$DEFAULT_USER}}
+
 # Set CELERY_CREATE_DIRS to always create log/pid dirs.
 CELERY_CREATE_DIRS=${CELERY_CREATE_DIRS:-0}
 CELERY_CREATE_RUNDIR=$CELERY_CREATE_DIRS
@@ -64,16 +143,10 @@ CELERYBEAT_LOG_DIR=`dirname $CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE`
 CELERYBEAT_PID_DIR=`dirname $CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE`
 
 # Extra start-stop-daemon options, like user/group.
-if [ -n "$CELERYBEAT_USER" ]; then
-    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --uid $CELERYBEAT_USER"
-fi
-if [ -n "$CELERYBEAT_GROUP" ]; then
-    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --gid $CELERYBEAT_GROUP"
-fi
 
 CELERYBEAT_CHDIR=${CELERYBEAT_CHDIR:-$CELERYD_CHDIR}
 if [ -n "$CELERYBEAT_CHDIR" ]; then
-    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --workdir $CELERYBEAT_CHDIR"
+    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --workdir=$CELERYBEAT_CHDIR"
 fi
 
 
@@ -155,7 +228,7 @@ wait_pid () {
 
 
 stop_beat () {
-    echo -n "Stopping celerybeat... "
+    echo -n "Stopping ${SCRIPT_NAME}... "
     if [ -f "$CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE" ]; then
         wait_pid $(cat "$CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE")
     else
@@ -163,12 +236,13 @@ stop_beat () {
     fi
 }
 
+_chuid () {
+    su "$CELERYBEAT_USER" -c "$CELERYBEAT $*"
+}
+
 start_beat () {
-    echo "Starting celerybeat..."
-    if [ -n "$VIRTUALENV" ]; then
-        source $VIRTUALENV/bin/activate
-    fi
-    $CELERYBEAT $CELERYBEAT_OPTS $DAEMON_OPTS --detach \
+    echo "Starting ${SCRIPT_NAME}..."
+    _chuid $CELERY_APP_ARG $CELERYBEAT_OPTS $DAEMON_OPTS --detach \
                 --pidfile="$CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE"
 }
 
@@ -203,10 +277,9 @@ case "$1" in
         check_paths
     ;;
     *)
-        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/celerybeat {start|stop|restart|create-paths}"
+        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/${SCRIPT_NAME} {start|stop|restart|create-paths}"
         exit 64  # EX_USAGE
     ;;
 esac
 
 exit 0
-
diff --git a/orchestra/bin/celeryd b/orchestra/bin/celeryd
index 0d34dce6..df918bca 100755
--- a/orchestra/bin/celeryd
+++ b/orchestra/bin/celeryd
@@ -11,25 +11,106 @@
 
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          celeryd
-# Required-Start:    $network $local_fs $remote_fs postgresql celeryev rabbitmq-server
-# Required-Stop:     $network $local_fs $remote_fs postgresql celeryev rabbitmq-server
+# Required-Start:    $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop:     $network $local_fs $remote_fs
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
 # Short-Description: celery task worker daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
+#
+#
+# To implement separate init scripts, copy this script and give it a different
+# name:
+# I.e., if my new application, "little-worker" needs an init, I
+# should just use:
+#
+#   cp /etc/init.d/celeryd /etc/init.d/little-worker
+#
+# You can then configure this by manipulating /etc/default/little-worker.
+#
+VERSION=10.0
+echo "celery init v${VERSION}."
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: This program can only be used by the root user."
+    echo "       Unprivileged users must use the 'celery multi' utility, "
+    echo "       or 'celery worker --detach'."
+    exit 1
+fi
 
-# some commands work asyncronously, so we'll wait this many seconds
-SLEEP_SECONDS=5
 
+# Can be a runlevel symlink (e.g. S02celeryd)
+if [ -L "$0" ]; then
+    SCRIPT_FILE=$(readlink "$0")
+else
+    SCRIPT_FILE="$0"
+fi
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$SCRIPT_FILE")"
+
+DEFAULT_USER="celery"
 DEFAULT_PID_FILE="/var/run/celery/%n.pid"
-DEFAULT_LOG_FILE="/var/log/celery/%n.log"
+DEFAULT_LOG_FILE="/var/log/celery/%n%I.log"
 DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
 DEFAULT_NODES="celery"
-DEFAULT_CELERYD="-m celery.bin.celeryd_detach"
+DEFAULT_CELERYD="-m celery worker --detach"
 
-CELERY_DEFAULTS=${CELERY_DEFAULTS:-"/etc/default/celeryd"}
+CELERY_DEFAULTS=${CELERY_DEFAULTS:-"/etc/default/${SCRIPT_NAME}"}
 
-test -f "$CELERY_DEFAULTS" && . "$CELERY_DEFAULTS"
+# Make sure executable configuration script is owned by root
+_config_sanity() {
+    local path="$1"
+    local owner=$(ls -ld "$path" | awk '{print $3}')
+    local iwgrp=$(ls -ld "$path" | cut -b 6)
+    local iwoth=$(ls -ld "$path" | cut -b 9)
+
+    if [ "$(id -u $owner)" != "0" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Config script '$path' must be owned by root!"
+        echo
+        echo "Resolution:"
+        echo "Review the file carefully and make sure it has not been "
+        echo "modified with mailicious intent.  When sure the "
+        echo "script is safe to execute with superuser privileges "
+        echo "you can change ownership of the script:"
+        echo "    $ sudo chown root '$path'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$iwoth" != "-" ]; then  # S_IWOTH
+        echo "Error: Config script '$path' cannot be writable by others!"
+        echo
+        echo "Resolution:"
+        echo "Review the file carefully and make sure it has not been "
+        echo "modified with malicious intent.  When sure the "
+        echo "script is safe to execute with superuser privileges "
+        echo "you can change the scripts permissions:"
+        echo "    $ sudo chmod 640 '$path'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$iwgrp" != "-" ]; then  # S_IWGRP
+        echo "Error: Config script '$path' cannot be writable by group!"
+        echo
+        echo "Resolution:"
+        echo "Review the file carefully and make sure it has not been "
+        echo "modified with malicious intent.  When sure the "
+        echo "script is safe to execute with superuser privileges "
+        echo "you can change the scripts permissions:"
+        echo "    $ sudo chmod 640 '$path'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+if [ -f "$CELERY_DEFAULTS" ]; then
+    _config_sanity "$CELERY_DEFAULTS"
+    echo "Using config script: $CELERY_DEFAULTS"
+    . "$CELERY_DEFAULTS"
+fi
+
+# Sets --app argument for CELERY_BIN
+CELERY_APP_ARG=""
+if [ ! -z "$CELERY_APP" ]; then
+    CELERY_APP_ARG="--app=$CELERY_APP"
+fi
+
+CELERYD_USER=${CELERYD_USER:-$DEFAULT_USER}
 
 # Set CELERY_CREATE_DIRS to always create log/pid dirs.
 CELERY_CREATE_DIRS=${CELERY_CREATE_DIRS:-0}
@@ -45,8 +126,8 @@ if [ -z "$CELERYD_LOG_FILE" ]; then
 fi
 
 CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL=${CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL:-${CELERYD_LOGLEVEL:-$DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL}}
-CELERYD_MULTI=${CELERYD_MULTI:-"celeryd-multi"}
-CELERYD=${CELERYD:-$DEFAULT_CELERYD}
+CELERY_BIN=${CELERY_BIN:-"celery"}
+CELERYD_MULTI=${CELERYD_MULTI:-"$CELERY_BIN multi"}
 CELERYD_NODES=${CELERYD_NODES:-$DEFAULT_NODES}
 
 export CELERY_LOADER
@@ -59,13 +140,6 @@ CELERYD_LOG_DIR=`dirname $CELERYD_LOG_FILE`
 CELERYD_PID_DIR=`dirname $CELERYD_PID_FILE`
 
 # Extra start-stop-daemon options, like user/group.
-if [ -n "$CELERYD_USER" ]; then
-    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --uid=$CELERYD_USER"
-fi
-if [ -n "$CELERYD_GROUP" ]; then
-    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --gid=$CELERYD_GROUP"
-fi
-
 if [ -n "$CELERYD_CHDIR" ]; then
     DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --workdir=$CELERYD_CHDIR"
 fi
@@ -125,58 +199,119 @@ create_paths() {
 export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 
 
-_get_pid_files() {
-    [ ! -d "$CELERYD_PID_DIR" ] && return
-    echo `ls -1 "$CELERYD_PID_DIR"/*.pid 2> /dev/null`
+_get_pids() {
+    found_pids=0
+    my_exitcode=0
+
+    for pid_file in "$CELERYD_PID_DIR"/*.pid; do
+        local pid=`cat "$pid_file"`
+        local cleaned_pid=`echo "$pid" | sed -e 's/[^0-9]//g'`
+        if [ -z "$pid" ] || [ "$cleaned_pid" != "$pid" ]; then
+            echo "bad pid file ($pid_file)"
+            one_failed=true
+            my_exitcode=1
+        else
+            found_pids=1
+            echo "$pid"
+        fi
+
+    if [ $found_pids -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: All nodes down"
+        exit $my_exitcode
+    fi
+    done
 }
 
-stop_workers () {
-    $CELERYD_MULTI stopwait $CELERYD_NODES --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"
-    sleep $SLEEP_SECONDS
+
+_chuid () {
+    su "$CELERYD_USER" -c "$CELERYD_MULTI $*"
 }
 
 
 start_workers () {
-    $CELERYD_MULTI start $CELERYD_NODES $DAEMON_OPTS        \
-                         --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"      \
-                         --logfile="$CELERYD_LOG_FILE"      \
-                         --loglevel="$CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL"    \
-                         --cmd="$CELERYD"                   \
-                         $CELERYD_OPTS
-    sleep $SLEEP_SECONDS
+    if [ ! -z "$CELERYD_ULIMIT" ]; then
+        ulimit $CELERYD_ULIMIT
+    fi
+    _chuid $* start $CELERYD_NODES $DAEMON_OPTS     \
+                 --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"      \
+                 --logfile="$CELERYD_LOG_FILE"      \
+                 --loglevel="$CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL"    \
+                 $CELERY_APP_ARG                    \
+                 $CELERYD_OPTS
+}
+
+
+dryrun () {
+    (C_FAKEFORK=1 start_workers --verbose)
+}
+
+
+stop_workers () {
+    _chuid stopwait $CELERYD_NODES --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"
 }
 
 
 restart_workers () {
-    $CELERYD_MULTI restart $CELERYD_NODES $DAEMON_OPTS      \
-                           --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"    \
-                           --logfile="$CELERYD_LOG_FILE"    \
-                           --loglevel="$CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL"  \
-                           --cmd="$CELERYD"                 \
-                           $CELERYD_OPTS
-    sleep $SLEEP_SECONDS
+    _chuid restart $CELERYD_NODES $DAEMON_OPTS      \
+                   --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"    \
+                   --logfile="$CELERYD_LOG_FILE"    \
+                   --loglevel="$CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL"  \
+                   $CELERY_APP_ARG                  \
+                   $CELERYD_OPTS
 }
 
+
+kill_workers() {
+    _chuid kill $CELERYD_NODES --pidfile="$CELERYD_PID_FILE"
+}
+
+
+restart_workers_graceful () {
+    local worker_pids=
+    worker_pids=`_get_pids`
+    [ "$one_failed" ] && exit 1
+
+    for worker_pid in $worker_pids; do
+        local failed=
+        kill -HUP $worker_pid 2> /dev/null || failed=true
+        if [ "$failed" ]; then
+            echo "${SCRIPT_NAME} worker (pid $worker_pid) could not be restarted"
+            one_failed=true
+        else
+            echo "${SCRIPT_NAME} worker (pid $worker_pid) received SIGHUP"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    [ "$one_failed" ] && exit 1 || exit 0
+}
+
+
 check_status () {
-     local pid_files=
-     pid_files=`_get_pid_files`
-     [ -z "$pid_files" ] && echo "celeryd not running (no pidfile)" && exit 1
+    my_exitcode=0
+    found_pids=0
 
     local one_failed=
-    for pid_file in $pid_files; do
+    for pid_file in "$CELERYD_PID_DIR"/*.pid; do
+        if [ ! -r $pid_file ]; then
+            echo "${SCRIPT_NAME} is stopped: no pids were found"
+            one_failed=true
+            break
+        fi
+
         local node=`basename "$pid_file" .pid`
         local pid=`cat "$pid_file"`
         local cleaned_pid=`echo "$pid" | sed -e 's/[^0-9]//g'`
         if [ -z "$pid" ] || [ "$cleaned_pid" != "$pid" ]; then
             echo "bad pid file ($pid_file)"
+            one_failed=true
         else
             local failed=
             kill -0 $pid 2> /dev/null || failed=true
             if [ "$failed" ]; then
-                echo "celeryd (node $node) (pid $pid) is stopped, but pid file exists!"
+                echo "${SCRIPT_NAME} (node $node) (pid $pid) is stopped, but pid file exists!"
                 one_failed=true
             else
-                echo "celeryd (node $node) (pid $pid) is running..."
+                echo "${SCRIPT_NAME} (node $node) (pid $pid) is running..."
             fi
         fi
     done
@@ -211,24 +346,42 @@ case "$1" in
         check_paths
         restart_workers
     ;;
+
+    graceful)
+        check_dev_null
+        restart_workers_graceful
+    ;;
+
+    kill)
+        check_dev_null
+        kill_workers
+    ;;
+
+    dryrun)
+        check_dev_null
+        dryrun
+    ;;
+
     try-restart)
         check_dev_null
         check_paths
         restart_workers
     ;;
+
     create-paths)
         check_dev_null
         create_paths
     ;;
+
     check-paths)
         check_dev_null
         check_paths
     ;;
+
     *)
-        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/celeryd {start|stop|restart|kill|create-paths}"
+        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/${SCRIPT_NAME} {start|stop|restart|graceful|kill|dryrun|create-paths}"
         exit 64  # EX_USAGE
     ;;
 esac
 
 exit 0
-
diff --git a/orchestra/models/utils.py b/orchestra/models/utils.py
index 9b3710ab..445b9619 100644
--- a/orchestra/models/utils.py
+++ b/orchestra/models/utils.py
@@ -47,3 +47,25 @@ def get_field_value(obj, field_name):
             rel = getattr(rel.get(), name)
     return rel
 
+
+def get_model_field_path(origin, target):
+    """ BFS search on model relaion fields """
+    mqueue = []
+    mqueue.append([origin])
+    pqueue = [[]]
+    while mqueue:
+        model = mqueue.pop(0)
+        path = pqueue.pop(0)
+        if len(model) > 4:
+            raise RuntimeError('maximum recursion depth exceeded while looking for %s" % target')
+        node = model[-1]
+        if node == target:
+            return path
+        for field in node._meta.fields:
+            if field.rel:
+                new_model = list(model)
+                new_model.append(field.rel.to)
+                mqueue.append(new_model)
+                new_path = list(path)
+                new_path.append(field.name)
+                pqueue.append(new_path)