diff --git a/xos/api/service/hpc/hpc_config.py b/xos/api/service/hpc/hpc_config.py
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+++ b/xos/api/service/hpc/hpc_config.py
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+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseServerError
+from core.models import *
+from services.hpc.models import *
+from services.requestrouter.models import *
+import xos.settings
+import json
+import os
+import time
+
+def get_service_slices(service):
+    try:
+       return service.slices.all()
+    except:
+       # this field used to be improperly named, and makemigrations won't fix it
+       return service.service.all()
+
+def HpcConfig(request):
+    hpcSlice=None
+    cmiSlice=None
+    redirSlice=None
+    demuxSlice=None
+
+    node_slicename = request.GET.get("slicename", None)
+    if not node_slicename:
+        return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no slicename passed in request")
+
+    # search for an HPC Service that owns the slicename that was passed
+    # to us.
+    hpc=None
+    for candidate in HpcService.objects.all():
+        if candidate.cmi_hostname == node_slicename:
+            # A hack for standalone CMIs that aren't managed by XOS. Set
+            # /etc/slicename to cmi_hostname that's configured in the
+            # HPCService object.
+            hpc = candidate
+
+        for slice in get_service_slices(candidate):
+            if slice.name == node_slicename:
+                hpc = candidate
+
+    if (not hpc):
+        return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no HPC service")
+
+    for slice in get_service_slices(hpc):
+        if "cmi" in slice.name:
+            cmiSlice = slice
+        elif ("hpc" in slice.name) or ("vcoblitz" in slice.name):
+            hpcSlice = slice
+        elif "redir" in slice.name:
+            redirSlice = slice
+        elif "demux" in slice.name:
+            demuxSlice = slice
+
+    if (hpc.cmi_hostname):
+        cmi_hostname = hpc.cmi_hostname
+    else:
+        if not cmiSlice:
+            return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no CMI slice")
+
+        if len(cmiSlice.instances.all())==0:
+            return HttpResponseServerError("Error: CMI slice has no instances")
+
+        # for now, assuming using NAT
+        cmi_hostname = cmiSlice.instances.all()[0].node.name
+
+    if not hpcSlice:
+        return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no HPC slice")
+
+    if (redirSlice==None) or (demuxSlice==None):
+        # The HPC Service didn't have a dnsredir or a dnsdemux, so try looking
+        # in the RequestRouterService for one.
+
+        rr = RequestRouterService.objects.all()
+        if not (rr):
+            return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no RR service")
+
+        rr = rr[0]
+        try:
+           slices = rr.slices.all()
+        except:
+           # this field used to be improperly named, and makemigrations won't fix it
+           slices = rr.service.all()
+        for slice in slices:
+            if "redir" in slice.name:
+                redirSlice = slice
+            elif "demux" in slice.name:
+                demuxSlice = slice
+
+    if not redirSlice:
+        return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no dnsredir slice")
+
+    if not demuxSlice:
+        return HttpResponseServerError("Error: no dnsdemux slice")
+
+    d = {}
+    d["hpc_slicename"] = hpcSlice.name
+    d["redir_slicename"] = redirSlice.name
+    d["demux_slicename"] = demuxSlice.name
+    d["cmi_hostname"] = cmi_hostname
+    d["xos_hostname"] = xos.settings.RESTAPI_HOSTNAME
+    d["xos_port"] = str(xos.settings.RESTAPI_PORT)
+
+    if hpc.hpc_port80:
+        d["hpc_port80"] = "True"
+    else:
+        d["hpc_port80"] = "False"
+
+    return HttpResponse("""# auto-generated by HpcConfig
+ENABLE_PLC=False
+ENABLE_PS=True
+BASE_HRN="princeton"
+RELEVANT_SERVICE_NAMES=['vcoblitz', 'coredirect', 'codnsdemux', "syndicate_comon_server"]
+COBLITZ_SLICE_NAME=BASE_HRN+"_vcoblitz"
+COBLITZ_SLICE_ID=70
+COBLITZ_PS_SLICE_NAME="{hpc_slicename}"
+DNSREDIR_SLICE_NAME=BASE_HRN+"_coredirect"
+DNSREDIR_SLICE_ID=71
+DNSREDIR_PS_SLICE_NAME="{redir_slicename}"
+DNSDEMUX_SLICE_NAME=BASE_HRN+"_codnsdemux"
+DNSDEMUX_SLICE_ID=69
+DNSDEMUX_PS_SLICE_NAME="{demux_slicename}"
+CMI_URL="http://{cmi_hostname}/"
+CMI_HTTP_PORT="8004"
+CMI_HTTPS_PORT="8003"
+PUPPET_MASTER_HOSTNAME="{cmi_hostname}"
+PUPPET_MASTER_PORT="8140"
+PS_HOSTNAME="{xos_hostname}"
+PS_PORT="{xos_port}"
+COBLITZ_PORT_80={hpc_port80}
+""".format(**d))
+