diff --git a/PVE/API2.pm b/PVE/API2.pm
index 847736af..8b1e52be 100644
--- a/PVE/API2.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use base qw(PVE::RESTHandler);
 # preload classes
 use PVE::API2::Cluster;
 use PVE::API2::Nodes;
+use PVE::API2::Pool;
 use PVE::API2::AccessControl;
 use PVE::API2::Storage::Config;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
     path => 'access',
 });
 
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+    subclass => "PVE::API2::Pool",  
+    path => 'pools',
+});
+
 __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
     name => 'index', 
     path => '',
diff --git a/PVE/API2/Makefile b/PVE/API2/Makefile
index 72118aca..17fdfdc1 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Makefile
+++ b/PVE/API2/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PERLSOURCE = 			\
 	Cluster.pm		\
 	HAConfig.pm		\
 	Nodes.pm		\
+	Pool.pm			\
 	Tasks.pm		\
 	Network.pm		\
 	Services.pm		\
diff --git a/PVE/API2/Pool.pm b/PVE/API2/Pool.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08823f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PVE/API2/Pool.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+package PVE::API2::Pool;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PVE::Exception qw(raise_param_exc);
+use PVE::Cluster qw (cfs_read_file cfs_write_file);
+use PVE::AccessControl;
+
+use PVE::SafeSyslog;
+
+use Data::Dumper; # fixme: remove
+
+use PVE::RESTHandler;
+
+use base qw(PVE::RESTHandler);
+
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+    name => 'index', 
+    path => '', 
+    method => 'GET',
+    description => "Pool index.",
+    permissions => { 
+	user => 'all',
+    },
+    parameters => {
+	additionalProperties => 0,
+	properties => {},
+    },
+    returns => {
+	type => 'array',
+	items => {
+	    type => "object",
+	    properties => {
+		poolid => { type => 'string' },
+	    },
+	},
+	links => [ { rel => 'child', href => "{poolid}" } ],
+    },
+    code => sub {
+	my ($param) = @_;
+    
+	my $rpcenv = PVE::RPCEnvironment::get();
+
+	my $res = [];
+
+	my $usercfg = $rpcenv->{user_cfg};
+
+	foreach my $pool (keys %{$usercfg->{pools}}) {
+	    my $entry = { poolid => $pool };
+	    my $data = $usercfg->{pools}->{$pool};
+	    $entry->{comment} = $data->{comment} if defined($data->{comment});
+	    push @$res, $entry;
+	}
+
+	return $res;
+    }});
+
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+    name => 'create_pool', 
+    protected => 1,
+    path => '', 
+    method => 'POST',
+    permissions => { 
+	check => ['perm', '/access', ['Sys.Modify']],
+    },
+    description => "Create new pool.",
+    parameters => {
+   	additionalProperties => 0,
+	properties => {
+	    poolid => { type => 'string', format => 'pve-poolid' },
+	    comment => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
+	},
+    },
+    returns => { type => 'null' },
+    code => sub {
+	my ($param) = @_;
+
+	PVE::AccessControl::lock_user_config(
+	    sub {
+			
+		my $usercfg = cfs_read_file("user.cfg");
+
+		my $pool = $param->{poolid};
+
+		die "pool '$pool' already exists\n" 
+		    if $usercfg->{pools}->{$pool};
+
+		$usercfg->{pools}->{$pool} = { vms => {}, storage => {} };
+
+		$usercfg->{pools}->{$pool}->{comment} = $param->{comment} if $param->{comment};
+
+		cfs_write_file("user.cfg", $usercfg);
+	    }, "create pool failed");
+
+	return undef;
+    }});
+
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+    name => 'update_pool', 
+    protected => 1,
+    path => '{poolid}', 
+    method => 'PUT',
+    permissions => { 
+	check => ['perm', '/access', ['Sys.Modify']],
+    },
+    description => "Update pool data.",
+    parameters => {
+   	additionalProperties => 0,
+	properties => {
+	    poolid => { type => 'string', format => 'pve-poolid' },
+	    comment => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
+	    vms => { 
+		description => "List of virtual machines.",
+		type => 'string',  format => 'pve-vmid-list',  
+		optional => 1,
+	    },
+	    storage => { 
+		description => "List of storage IDs.",
+		type => 'string',  format => 'pve-storage-id-list',  
+		optional => 1,
+	    },
+	    delete => {
+		description => "Remove vms/storage (instead of adding it).",
+		type => 'boolean', 
+		optional => 1,
+	    },
+	},
+    },
+    returns => { type => 'null' },
+    code => sub {
+	my ($param) = @_;
+
+	PVE::AccessControl::lock_user_config(
+	    sub {
+			
+		my $usercfg = cfs_read_file("user.cfg");
+
+		my $pool = $param->{poolid};
+	
+		my $data = $usercfg->{pools}->{$pool};
+
+		die "pool '$pool' does not exist\n" 
+		    if !$data;
+
+		$data->{comment} = $param->{comment} if defined($param->{comment});
+		
+		if (defined($param->{vms})) {
+		    foreach my $vmid (PVE::Tools::split_list($param->{vms})) {
+			if ($param->{delete}) {
+			    die "VM $vmid is not a pool member\n"
+				if !$data->{vms}->{$vmid};
+			    delete $data->{vms}->{$vmid};
+			    delete $usercfg->{vms}->{$vmid};
+			} else {
+			    die "VM $vmid is already a pool member\n"
+				if $data->{vms}->{$vmid};
+			    die "VM $vmid belongs to pool '$usercfg->{vms}->{$vmid}'\n"
+				if $usercfg->{vms}->{$vmid};
+
+			    $data->{vms}->{$vmid} = 1;
+			    $usercfg->{vms}->{$vmid} = 1;
+			}
+		    }
+		}
+
+		if (defined($param->{storage})) {
+		    foreach my $storeid (PVE::Tools::split_list($param->{storage})) {
+			if ($param->{delete}) {
+			    die "Storage '$storeid' is not a pool member\n"
+				if !$data->{storage}->{$storeid};
+			    delete $data->{storage}->{$storeid};
+			} else {
+			    die "Storage '$storeid' is already a pool member\n"
+				if $data->{storage}->{$storeid};
+
+			    $data->{storage}->{$storeid} = 1;
+			}
+		    }
+		}
+
+		cfs_write_file("user.cfg", $usercfg);
+	    }, "update pools failed");
+
+	return undef;
+    }});
+
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+    name => 'read_pool', 
+    path => '{poolid}', 
+    method => 'GET',
+    permissions => { 
+	check => ['perm', '/access', ['Sys.Audit']],
+    },
+    description => "Get group configuration.",
+    parameters => {
+   	additionalProperties => 0,
+	properties => {
+	    poolid => {type => 'string', format => 'pve-poolid' },
+	},
+    },
+    returns => {
+	type => "object",
+	additionalProperties => 0,
+	properties => {
+	    comment => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
+	    members => {
+		type => 'array',
+		items => {
+		    type => "object",
+		    additionalProperties => 0,
+		    properties => {
+			type => { type => 'string', enum => ['vm', 'storage'] },
+			id => { type => 'string' },
+			vmid => { type => 'integer', optional => 1 },
+			storage => { type => 'string', optional => 1 },
+		    },
+		},
+	    },
+	},
+    },
+    code => sub {
+	my ($param) = @_;
+
+	my $usercfg = cfs_read_file("user.cfg");
+
+	my $pool = $param->{poolid};
+	
+	my $data = $usercfg->{pools}->{$pool};
+
+	die "pool '$pool' does not exist\n" 
+	    if !$data;
+ 
+	my $members = [];
+
+	foreach my $vmid (keys %{$data->{vms}}) {
+	    push @$members, {
+		id => "vm/$vmid",
+		vmid => $vmid + 0, 
+		type => 'vm',
+	    };
+	}
+
+	foreach my $storage (keys %{$data->{storage}}) {
+	    push @$members, {
+		id => "storage/$storage",
+		storage => $storage, 
+		type => 'storage',
+	    };
+	}
+
+	my $res = { members => $members	};
+	$res->{comment} = $data->{comment} if defined($data->{comment});
+
+	return $res;
+    }});
+
+
+__PACKAGE__->register_method ({
+    name => 'delete_pool', 
+    protected => 1,
+    path => '{poolid}', 
+    method => 'DELETE',
+    permissions => { 
+	check => ['perm', '/access', ['Sys.Modify']],
+    },
+    description => "Delete group.",
+    parameters => {
+   	additionalProperties => 0,
+	properties => {
+	    poolid => { type => 'string', format => 'pve-poolid' },
+	}
+    },
+    returns => { type => 'null' },
+    code => sub {
+	my ($param) = @_;
+
+	PVE::AccessControl::lock_user_config(
+	    sub {
+
+		my $usercfg = cfs_read_file("user.cfg");
+
+		my $pool = $param->{poolid};
+	
+		my $data = $usercfg->{pools}->{$pool};
+		
+		die "pool '$pool' does not exist\n" 
+		    if !$data;
+	
+		delete ($usercfg->{pools}->{$pool});
+
+		PVE::AccessControl::delete_pool_acl($pool, $usercfg);
+
+		cfs_write_file("user.cfg", $usercfg);
+	    }, "delete pool failed");
+	
+	return undef;
+    }});
+
+1;