diff --git a/docs/api/examples/post_vpcs.txt b/docs/api/examples/post_vpcs.txt
index 08616805..b0d5e689 100644
--- a/docs/api/examples/post_vpcs.txt
+++ b/docs/api/examples/post_vpcs.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ POST /vpcs HTTP/1.1
 
 HTTP/1.1 200
 CONNECTION: close
-CONTENT-LENGTH: 67
+CONTENT-LENGTH: 66
 CONTENT-TYPE: application/json
 DATE: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:09:15 GMT
 SERVER: Python/3.4 aiohttp/0.13.1
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ X-ROUTE: /vpcs
 {
     "console": 4242,
     "name": "PC TEST 1",
-    "vpcs_id": 42
+    "vpcs_id": 1
 }
diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/vpcs_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/vpcs_handler.py
index 74d44fc1..abc2cd15 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/vpcs_handler.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/vpcs_handler.py
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 from ..web.route import Route
-from ..modules.vpcs import VPCS
-
-# schemas
 from ..schemas.vpcs import VPCS_CREATE_SCHEMA
 from ..schemas.vpcs import VPCS_OBJECT_SCHEMA
 from ..schemas.vpcs import VPCS_ADD_NIO_SCHEMA
+from ..modules import VPCS
 
 
 class VPCSHandler(object):
@@ -40,9 +38,9 @@ class VPCSHandler(object):
         output=VPCS_OBJECT_SCHEMA)
     def create(request, response):
         vpcs = VPCS.instance()
-        i = yield from vpcs.create(request.json)
-        response.json({'name': request.json['name'],
-                       "vpcs_id": i,
+        vm = yield from vpcs.create_vm(request.json['name'])
+        response.json({'name': vm.name,
+                       "vpcs_id": vm.id,
                        "console": 4242})
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/base.py b/gns3server/modules/base.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 38761bf3..00000000
--- a/gns3server/modules/base.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import asyncio
-
-
-#TODO: make this more generic (not json but *args?)
-class BaseModule(object):
-    _instance = None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def instance(cls):
-        if cls._instance is None:
-            cls._instance = cls()
-            asyncio.async(cls._instance.run())
-        return cls._instance
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._queue = asyncio.Queue()
-
-    @classmethod
-    def destroy(cls):
-        future = asyncio.Future()
-        cls._instance._queue.put_nowait((future, None, ))
-        yield from asyncio.wait([future])
-        cls._instance = None
-
-    @asyncio.coroutine
-    def put(self, json):
-
-        future = asyncio.Future()
-        self._queue.put_nowait((future, json, ))
-        yield from asyncio.wait([future])
-        return future.result()
-
-    @asyncio.coroutine
-    def run(self):
-
-        while True:
-            future, json = yield from self._queue.get()
-            if json is None:
-                future.set_result(True)
-                break
-            try:
-                result = yield from self.process(json)
-                future.set_result(result)
-            except Exception as e:
-                future.set_exception(e)
-
-    @asyncio.coroutine
-    def process(self, json):
-        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/base_vm.py b/gns3server/modules/base_vm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e618059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/modules/base_vm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import asyncio
+from .vm_error import VMError
+
+
+class BaseVM:
+
+    def __init__(self, name, identifier):
+        self._queue = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._name = name
+        self._id = identifier
+        self._created = asyncio.Future()
+        self._worker = asyncio.async(self._run())
+
+    @property
+    def id(self):
+        """
+        Returns the unique ID for this VM.
+
+        :returns: id (integer)
+        """
+
+        return self._id
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """
+        Returns the name for this VM.
+
+        :returns: name (string)
+        """
+
+        return self._name
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def _execute(self, subcommand, args):
+        """Called when we receive an event"""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def _create(self):
+        """Called when the run loop start"""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def _run(self, timeout=60):
+
+        try:
+            yield from self._create()
+            self._created.set_result(True)
+        except VMError as e:
+            self._created.set_exception(e)
+            return
+
+        while True:
+            future, subcommand, args = yield from self._queue.get()
+            try:
+                try:
+                    yield from asyncio.wait_for(self._execute(subcommand, args), timeout=timeout)
+                except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                    raise VMError("{} has timed out after {} seconds!".format(subcommand, timeout))
+                future.set_result(True)
+            except Exception as e:
+                future.set_exception(e)
+
+    def wait_for_creation(self):
+        return self._created
+
+    def put(self, *args):
+        """
+        Add to the processing queue of the VM
+
+        :returns: future
+        """
+
+        future = asyncio.Future()
+        try:
+            args.insert(0, future)
+            self._queue.put_nowait(args)
+        except asyncio.qeues.QueueFull:
+            raise VMError("Queue is full")
+        return future
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/vm_error.py b/gns3server/modules/vm_error.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7b71e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/modules/vm_error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+class VMError(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/vm_manager.py b/gns3server/modules/vm_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7065a084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/modules/vm_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import asyncio
+import aiohttp
+
+from .vm_error import VMError
+
+
+class VMManager:
+    """
+    Base class for all VMManager.
+    Responsible of management of a VM pool
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._vms = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def instance(cls):
+        """
+        Singleton to return only one instance of Manager.
+
+        :returns: instance of Manager
+        """
+
+        if not hasattr(cls, "_instance"):
+            cls._instance = cls()
+        return cls._instance
+
+    @classmethod
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def destroy(cls):
+        cls._instance = None
+
+    def _get_vm_instance(self, vm_id):
+        """
+        Returns a VM instance.
+
+        :param vm_id: VM identifier
+
+        :returns: VM instance
+        """
+
+        if vm_id not in self._vms:
+            raise aiohttp.web.HTTPNotFound(text="ID {} doesn't exist".format(vm_id))
+        return self._vms[vm_id]
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def create_vm(self, vmname, identifier=None):
+        if not identifier:
+            for i in range(1, 1024):
+                if i not in self._vms:
+                    identifier = i
+                    break
+            if identifier == 0:
+                raise VMError("Maximum number of VM instances reached")
+        else:
+            if identifier in self._vms:
+                raise VMError("VM identifier {} is already used by another VM instance".format(identifier))
+        vm = self._VM_CLASS(vmname, identifier)
+        yield from vm.wait_for_creation()
+        self._vms[vm.id] = vm
+        return vm
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def start_vm(self, vm_id):
+        vm = self._get_vm_instance(vm_id)
+        yield from vm.start()
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def stop_vm(self, vm_id):
+        vm = self._get_vm_instance(vm_id)
+        yield from vm.stop()
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/vpcs/__init__.py b/gns3server/modules/vpcs/__init__.py
index d544365c..618124d1 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/vpcs/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/vpcs/__init__.py
@@ -19,19 +19,12 @@
 VPCS server module.
 """
 
-import asyncio
-
-from ..base import BaseModule
+from ..vm_manager import VMManager
+from .vpcs_device import VPCSDevice
 
 
-class VPCS(BaseModule):
+class VPCS(VMManager):
+    _VM_CLASS = VPCSDevice
 
-    @asyncio.coroutine
-    def process(self, json):
-        yield from asyncio.sleep(1)
-        return 42
-
-    @asyncio.coroutine
-    def create(self, json):
-        i = yield from self.put(json)
-        return i
+    def create_vm(self, name):
+        return super().create_vm(name)
diff --git a/gns3server/modules/vpcs/vpcs_device.py b/gns3server/modules/vpcs/vpcs_device.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..734344db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gns3server/modules/vpcs/vpcs_device.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from ..base_vm import BaseVM
+
+
+class VPCSDevice(BaseVM):
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/api/test_vpcs.py b/tests/api/test_vpcs.py
index fb2b3c9a..d5c441ca 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_vpcs.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_vpcs.py
@@ -20,16 +20,8 @@ from tests.utils import asyncio_patch
 from gns3server import modules
 
 
-def test_vpcs_create(server):
-    response = server.post('/vpcs', {'name': 'PC TEST 1'}, example=True)
-    assert response.status == 200
-    assert response.route == '/vpcs'
-    assert response.json['name'] == 'PC TEST 1'
-    assert response.json['vpcs_id'] == 42
-
-
-@asyncio_patch('demoserver.modules.VPCS.create', return_value=84)
-def test_vpcs_mock(server, mock):
+@asyncio_patch('gns3server.modules.VPCS.create_vm', return_value=84)
+def test_vpcs_create(server, mock):
     response = server.post('/vpcs', {'name': 'PC TEST 1'}, example=False)
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.route == '/vpcs'