diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b208052748..3e8fe105e48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Session.vim
 
 # Go test binaries
 *.test
+/hack/.test-cmd-auth
 
 # Mercurial files
 **/.hg
diff --git a/cmd/integration/integration.go b/cmd/integration/integration.go
index c7954f9dfa0..735fad312e1 100644
--- a/cmd/integration/integration.go
+++ b/cmd/integration/integration.go
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ func startComponents(manifestURL string) (apiServerURL string) {
 	minionController.Run(10 * time.Second)
 
 	// Kubelet (localhost)
-	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(etcdClient, &fakeDocker1, machineList[0], testRootDir, manifestURL, "127.0.0.1", 10250)
+	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(cl, etcdClient, &fakeDocker1, machineList[0], testRootDir, manifestURL, "127.0.0.1", 10250)
 	// Kubelet (machine)
 	// Create a second kubelet so that the guestbook example's two redis slaves both
 	// have a place they can schedule.
-	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(etcdClient, &fakeDocker2, machineList[1], testRootDir2, "", "127.0.0.1", 10251)
+	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(cl, etcdClient, &fakeDocker2, machineList[1], testRootDir2, "", "127.0.0.1", 10251)
 
 	return apiServer.URL
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 00cf4a2c1cd..d9595f415dd 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -100,10 +100,13 @@ func main() {
 		glog.Info(err)
 	}
 
+	client, err := standalone.GetAPIServerClient(*authPath, apiServerList)
+	if err != nil && len(apiServerList) > 0 {
+		glog.Warningf("No API client: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	kcfg := standalone.KubeletConfig{
 		Address:                 address,
-		AuthPath:                *authPath,
-		ApiServerList:           apiServerList,
 		AllowPrivileged:         *allowPrivileged,
 		HostnameOverride:        *hostnameOverride,
 		RootDirectory:           *rootDirectory,
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ func main() {
 		EnableServer:            *enableServer,
 		EnableDebuggingHandlers: *enableDebuggingHandlers,
 		DockerClient:            util.ConnectToDockerOrDie(*dockerEndpoint),
+		KubeClient:              client,
 		EtcdClient:              kubelet.EtcdClientOrDie(etcdServerList, *etcdConfigFile),
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 785048ecda4..38b36188c36 100644
--- a/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/cmd/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func startComponents(etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, cl *client.Client, addr string
 	standalone.RunControllerManager(machineList, cl, *nodeMilliCPU, *nodeMemory)
 
 	dockerClient := util.ConnectToDockerOrDie(*dockerEndpoint)
-	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(etcdClient, dockerClient, machineList[0], "/tmp/kubernetes", "", "127.0.0.1", 10250)
+	standalone.SimpleRunKubelet(cl, etcdClient, dockerClient, machineList[0], "/tmp/kubernetes", "", "127.0.0.1", 10250)
 }
 
 func newApiClient(addr string, port int) *client.Client {
diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index c53099d6cd1..4fc990c860b 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ sudo "${GO_OUT}/kubelet" \
   --etcd_servers="http://127.0.0.1:4001" \
   --hostname_override="127.0.0.1" \
   --address="127.0.0.1" \
+  --api_servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
+  --auth_path="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/.test-cmd-auth" \
   --port="$KUBELET_PORT" >"${KUBELET_LOG}" 2>&1 &
 KUBELET_PID=$!
 
diff --git a/hack/test-cmd.sh b/hack/test-cmd.sh
index a1a8743e6f7..29f4291c492 100755
--- a/hack/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/test-cmd.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ kube::log::status "Starting kubelet"
   --etcd_servers="http://${ETCD_HOST}:${ETCD_PORT}" \
   --hostname_override="127.0.0.1" \
   --address="127.0.0.1" \
+  --api_servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
+  --auth_path="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/.test-cmd-auth" \
   --port="$KUBELET_PORT" 1>&2 &
 KUBELET_PID=$!
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 2cc6ae01273..d84d3df14a2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1132,6 +1132,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoop(updates <-chan PodUpdate, handler SyncHandler) {
 
 // GetKubeletContainerLogs returns logs from the container
 // The second parameter of GetPodInfo and FindPodContainer methods represents pod UUID, which is allowed to be blank
+// TODO: this method is returning logs of random container attempts, when it should be returning the most recent attempt
+// or all of them.
 func (kl *Kubelet) GetKubeletContainerLogs(podFullName, containerName, tail string, follow bool, stdout, stderr io.Writer) error {
 	_, err := kl.GetPodInfo(podFullName, "")
 	if err == dockertools.ErrNoContainersInPod {
@@ -1153,6 +1155,18 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) GetBoundPods() ([]api.BoundPod, error) {
 	return kl.pods, nil
 }
 
+// GetPodFullName provides the first pod that matches namespace and name, or false
+// if no such pod can be found.
+func (kl *Kubelet) GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*api.BoundPod, bool) {
+	for i := range kl.pods {
+		pod := &kl.pods[i]
+		if pod.Namespace == namespace && pod.Name == name {
+			return pod, true
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, false
+}
+
 // GetPodInfo returns information from Docker about the containers in a pod
 func (kl *Kubelet) GetPodInfo(podFullName, uuid string) (api.PodInfo, error) {
 	var manifest api.PodSpec
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
index f036f0bcc45..60ee5e0d0b9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/healthz"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/httplog"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/dockertools"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/info"
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ type HostInterface interface {
 	GetRootInfo(req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 	GetMachineInfo() (*info.MachineInfo, error)
 	GetBoundPods() ([]api.BoundPod, error)
+	GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*api.BoundPod, bool)
 	GetPodInfo(name, uuid string) (api.PodInfo, error)
 	RunInContainer(name, uuid, container string, cmd []string) ([]byte, error)
 	GetKubeletContainerLogs(podFullName, containerName, tail string, follow bool, stdout, stderr io.Writer) error
@@ -146,13 +146,11 @@ func (s *Server) handleContainerLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	follow, _ := strconv.ParseBool(uriValues.Get("follow"))
 	tail := uriValues.Get("tail")
 
-	podFullName := GetPodFullName(&api.BoundPod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        podID,
-			Namespace:   podNamespace,
-			Annotations: map[string]string{ConfigSourceAnnotationKey: "etcd"},
-		},
-	})
+	pod, ok := s.host.GetPodByName(podNamespace, podID)
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(w, "Pod does not exist", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
 
 	fw := FlushWriter{writer: w}
 	if flusher, ok := fw.writer.(http.Flusher); ok {
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleContainerLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 	w.Header().Set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	err = s.host.GetKubeletContainerLogs(podFullName, containerName, tail, follow, &fw, &fw)
+	err = s.host.GetKubeletContainerLogs(GetPodFullName(pod), containerName, tail, follow, &fw, &fw)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.error(w, err)
 		return
@@ -217,19 +215,12 @@ func (s *Server) handlePodInfo(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, version
 		http.Error(w, "Missing 'podNamespace=' query entry.", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
-	// TODO: backwards compatibility with existing API, needs API change
-	podFullName := GetPodFullName(&api.BoundPod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        podID,
-			Namespace:   podNamespace,
-			Annotations: map[string]string{ConfigSourceAnnotationKey: "etcd"},
-		},
-	})
-	info, err := s.host.GetPodInfo(podFullName, podUUID)
-	if err == dockertools.ErrNoContainersInPod {
-		http.Error(w, "api.BoundPod does not exist", http.StatusNotFound)
+	pod, ok := s.host.GetPodByName(podNamespace, podID)
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(w, "Pod does not exist", http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
+	info, err := s.host.GetPodInfo(GetPodFullName(pod), podUUID)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.error(w, err)
 		return
@@ -293,15 +284,13 @@ func (s *Server) handleRun(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, "Unexpected path for command running", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
-	podFullName := GetPodFullName(&api.BoundPod{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        podID,
-			Namespace:   podNamespace,
-			Annotations: map[string]string{ConfigSourceAnnotationKey: "etcd"},
-		},
-	})
+	pod, ok := s.host.GetPodByName(podNamespace, podID)
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(w, "Pod does not exist", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
 	command := strings.Split(u.Query().Get("cmd"), " ")
-	data, err := s.host.RunInContainer(podFullName, uuid, container, command)
+	data, err := s.host.RunInContainer(GetPodFullName(pod), uuid, container, command)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.error(w, err)
 		return
@@ -344,24 +333,20 @@ func (s *Server) serveStats(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		// TODO(monnand) Implement this
 		errors.New("pod level status currently unimplemented")
 	case 3:
-		// Backward compatibility without uuid information
-		podFullName := GetPodFullName(&api.BoundPod{
-			ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:        components[1],
-				Namespace:   api.NamespaceDefault,
-				Annotations: map[string]string{ConfigSourceAnnotationKey: "etcd"},
-			},
-		})
-		stats, err = s.host.GetContainerInfo(podFullName, "", components[2], &query)
+		// Backward compatibility without uuid information, does not support namespace
+		pod, ok := s.host.GetPodByName(api.NamespaceDefault, components[1])
+		if !ok {
+			http.Error(w, "Pod does not exist", http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		stats, err = s.host.GetContainerInfo(GetPodFullName(pod), "", components[2], &query)
 	case 5:
-		podFullName := GetPodFullName(&api.BoundPod{
-			ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:        components[2],
-				Namespace:   components[1],
-				Annotations: map[string]string{ConfigSourceAnnotationKey: "etcd"},
-			},
-		})
-		stats, err = s.host.GetContainerInfo(podFullName, components[3], components[4], &query)
+		pod, ok := s.host.GetPodByName(components[1], components[2])
+		if !ok {
+			http.Error(w, "Pod does not exist", http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+		stats, err = s.host.GetContainerInfo(GetPodFullName(pod), components[3], components[4], &query)
 	default:
 		http.Error(w, "unknown resource.", http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
index 3eb22e8b447..2f04fc5ab69 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type fakeKubelet struct {
+	podByNameFunc     func(namespace, name string) (*api.BoundPod, bool)
 	infoFunc          func(name string) (api.PodInfo, error)
 	containerInfoFunc func(podFullName, uid, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 	rootInfoFunc      func(query *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ type fakeKubelet struct {
 	containerLogsFunc func(podFullName, containerName, tail string, follow bool, stdout, stderr io.Writer) error
 }
 
+func (fk *fakeKubelet) GetPodByName(namespace, name string) (*api.BoundPod, bool) {
+	return fk.podByNameFunc(namespace, name)
+}
+
 func (fk *fakeKubelet) GetPodInfo(name, uuid string) (api.PodInfo, error) {
 	return fk.infoFunc(name)
 }
@@ -88,7 +93,19 @@ func newServerTest() *serverTestFramework {
 		updateChan: make(chan interface{}),
 	}
 	fw.updateReader = startReading(fw.updateChan)
-	fw.fakeKubelet = &fakeKubelet{}
+	fw.fakeKubelet = &fakeKubelet{
+		podByNameFunc: func(namespace, name string) (*api.BoundPod, bool) {
+			return &api.BoundPod{
+				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+					Namespace: namespace,
+					Name:      name,
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						ConfigSourceAnnotationKey: "etcd",
+					},
+				},
+			}, true
+		},
+	}
 	server := NewServer(fw.fakeKubelet, true)
 	fw.serverUnderTest = &server
 	fw.testHTTPServer = httptest.NewServer(fw.serverUnderTest)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/util.go b/pkg/kubelet/util.go
index cc6aa5834ce..589bebf097f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/util.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/util.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kubelet
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/capabilities"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/clientauth"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/health"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
@@ -97,47 +95,12 @@ func SetupLogging() {
 	record.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
 }
 
-// TODO: move this into pkg/client
-func getApiserverClient(authPath string, apiServerList util.StringList) (*client.Client, error) {
-	authInfo, err := clientauth.LoadFromFile(authPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	clientConfig, err := authInfo.MergeWithConfig(client.Config{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if len(apiServerList) < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no apiservers specified.")
-	}
-	// TODO: adapt Kube client to support LB over several servers
-	if len(apiServerList) > 1 {
-		glog.Infof("Mulitple api servers specified.  Picking first one")
-	}
-	clientConfig.Host = apiServerList[0]
-	if c, err := client.New(&clientConfig); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	} else {
-		return c, nil
-	}
-}
-
-func SetupEventSending(authPath string, apiServerList util.StringList) {
-	// Make an API client if possible.
-	if len(apiServerList) < 1 {
-		glog.Info("No api servers specified.")
-	} else {
-		if apiClient, err := getApiserverClient(authPath, apiServerList); err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("Unable to make apiserver client: %v", err)
-		} else {
-			// Send events to APIserver if there is a client.
-			hostname := util.GetHostname("")
-			glog.Infof("Sending events to APIserver.")
-			record.StartRecording(apiClient.Events(""),
-				api.EventSource{
-					Component: "kubelet",
-					Host:      hostname,
-				})
-		}
-	}
+func SetupEventSending(client *client.Client) {
+	glog.Infof("Sending events to api server.")
+	hostname := util.GetHostname("")
+	record.StartRecording(client.Events(""),
+		api.EventSource{
+			Component: "kubelet",
+			Host:      hostname,
+		})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
index b9af29ac77a..7a8408014ab 100644
--- a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
+++ b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/apiserver"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/clientauth"
 	minionControllerPkg "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/controller"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet"
@@ -55,6 +56,31 @@ func (h *delegateHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 }
 
+// TODO: replace this with clientcmd
+func GetAPIServerClient(authPath string, apiServerList util.StringList) (*client.Client, error) {
+	authInfo, err := clientauth.LoadFromFile(authPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	clientConfig, err := authInfo.MergeWithConfig(client.Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(apiServerList) < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no api servers specified.")
+	}
+	// TODO: adapt Kube client to support LB over several servers
+	if len(apiServerList) > 1 {
+		glog.Infof("Mulitple api servers specified.  Picking first one")
+	}
+	clientConfig.Host = apiServerList[0]
+	c, err := client.New(&clientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
 // RunApiServer starts an API server in a go routine.
 func RunApiServer(cl *client.Client, etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, addr string, port int) {
 	handler := delegateHandler{}
@@ -129,8 +155,9 @@ func RunControllerManager(machineList []string, cl *client.Client, nodeMilliCPU,
 
 // SimpleRunKubelet is a simple way to start a Kubelet talking to dockerEndpoint, using an etcdClient.
 // Under the hood it calls RunKubelet (below)
-func SimpleRunKubelet(etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, dockerClient dockertools.DockerInterface, hostname, rootDir, manifestURL, address string, port uint) {
+func SimpleRunKubelet(client *client.Client, etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, dockerClient dockertools.DockerInterface, hostname, rootDir, manifestURL, address string, port uint) {
 	kcfg := KubeletConfig{
+		KubeClient:            client,
 		EtcdClient:            etcdClient,
 		DockerClient:          dockerClient,
 		HostnameOverride:      hostname,
@@ -152,7 +179,11 @@ func SimpleRunKubelet(etcdClient tools.EtcdClient, dockerClient dockertools.Dock
 //   3 Standalone 'kubernetes' binary
 // Eventually, #2 will be replaced with instances of #3
 func RunKubelet(kcfg *KubeletConfig) {
-	kubelet.SetupEventSending(kcfg.AuthPath, kcfg.ApiServerList)
+	if kcfg.KubeClient != nil {
+		kubelet.SetupEventSending(kcfg.KubeClient)
+	} else {
+		glog.Infof("No api server defined - no events will be sent.")
+	}
 	kubelet.SetupLogging()
 	kubelet.SetupCapabilities(kcfg.AllowPrivileged)
 
@@ -210,11 +241,10 @@ func makePodSourceConfig(kc *KubeletConfig) *config.PodConfig {
 
 type KubeletConfig struct {
 	EtcdClient              tools.EtcdClient
+	KubeClient              *client.Client
 	DockerClient            dockertools.DockerInterface
 	CAdvisorPort            uint
 	Address                 util.IP
-	AuthPath                string
-	ApiServerList           util.StringList
 	AllowPrivileged         bool
 	HostnameOverride        string
 	RootDirectory           string