diff --git a/etc/trove/trove-guestagent.conf.sample b/etc/trove/trove-guestagent.conf.sample
index babf7ee551..09f89d2af7 100644
--- a/etc/trove/trove-guestagent.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/trove/trove-guestagent.conf.sample
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ rabbit_password=f7999d1955c5014aa32c
 
 # ========== Default Users / DBs Configuration ==========
 
-# Users to ignore for user create/list/delete operations
-ignore_users = os_admin
-
-# Databases to ignore for db create/list/delete operations
-ignore_dbs = lost+found, mysql, information_schema
-
 # Permissions to grant "root" user by default
 root_grant = ALL
 root_grant_option = True
@@ -132,6 +126,12 @@ log_file = logfile.txt
 # replication_user = slave_user
 # replication_password = slave_password
 
+# Users to ignore for user create/list/delete operations
+# ignore_users = os_admin
+
+# Databases to ignore for db create/list/delete operations
+# ignore_dbs = mysql, information_schema, performance_schema
+
 [vertica]
 # For vertica, following are the defaults needed:
 # mount_point = /var/lib/vertica
diff --git a/etc/trove/trove.conf.sample b/etc/trove/trove.conf.sample
index bb824fc5e7..c4835e4a59 100644
--- a/etc/trove/trove.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/trove/trove.conf.sample
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ taskmanager_queue = taskmanager
 # Auth
 admin_roles = admin
 
-# Users to ignore for user create/list/delete operations
-ignore_users = os_admin, root
-ignore_dbs = lost+found, mysql, information_schema
-
 # Guest related conf
 agent_heartbeat_time = 10
 agent_call_low_timeout = 5
@@ -219,6 +215,11 @@ tcp_ports = 3306
 volume_support = True
 device_path = /dev/vdb
 
+# Users to ignore for user create/list/delete operations
+ignore_users = os_admin, root
+ignore_dbs = mysql, information_schema, performance_schema
+
+
 [redis]
 tcp_ports = 6379
 #redis uses local storage
diff --git a/trove/common/cfg.py b/trove/common/cfg.py
index 73eba83be7..523749ade6 100644
--- a/trove/common/cfg.py
+++ b/trove/common/cfg.py
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ common_opts = [
                help='Page size for listing backups.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('configurations_page_size', default=20,
                help='Page size for listing configurations.'),
-    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_users', default=['os_admin', 'root'],
-                help='Users to exclude when listing users.'),
-    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_dbs',
-                default=['mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema'],
-                help='Databases to exclude when listing databases.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('agent_call_low_timeout', default=5,
                help="Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for Guest Agent 'quick'"
                     "requests (such as retrieving a list of users or "
@@ -491,6 +486,15 @@ mysql_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('root_controller',
                default='trove.extensions.common.service.DefaultRootController',
                help='Root controller implementation for mysql.'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_users', default=['os_admin', 'root'],
+                help='Users to exclude when listing users.',
+                deprecated_name='ignore_users',
+                deprecated_group='DEFAULT'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_dbs',
+                default=['mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema'],
+                help='Databases to exclude when listing databases.',
+                deprecated_name='ignore_dbs',
+                deprecated_group='DEFAULT'),
 ]
 
 # Percona
@@ -555,6 +559,15 @@ percona_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('root_controller',
                default='trove.extensions.common.service.DefaultRootController',
                help='Root controller implementation for percona.'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_users', default=['os_admin', 'root'],
+                help='Users to exclude when listing users.',
+                deprecated_name='ignore_users',
+                deprecated_group='DEFAULT'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_dbs',
+                default=['mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema'],
+                help='Databases to exclude when listing databases.',
+                deprecated_name='ignore_dbs',
+                deprecated_group='DEFAULT'),
 ]
 
 # Percona XtraDB Cluster
@@ -608,6 +621,9 @@ pxc_opts = [
                 'backup.'),
     cfg.ListOpt('ignore_users', default=['os_admin', 'root', 'clusterrepuser'],
                 help='Users to exclude when listing users.'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_dbs',
+                default=['mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema'],
+                help='Databases to exclude when listing databases.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('cluster_support', default=True,
                 help='Enable clusters to be created and managed.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('min_cluster_member_count', default=3,
@@ -1132,6 +1148,15 @@ mariadb_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('root_controller',
                default='trove.extensions.common.service.DefaultRootController',
                help='Root controller implementation for mysql.'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_users', default=['os_admin', 'root'],
+                help='Users to exclude when listing users.',
+                deprecated_name='ignore_users',
+                deprecated_group='DEFAULT'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('ignore_dbs',
+                default=['mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema'],
+                help='Databases to exclude when listing databases.',
+                deprecated_name='ignore_dbs',
+                deprecated_group='DEFAULT'),
 ]
 
 # RPC version groups
@@ -1202,3 +1227,31 @@ def parse_args(argv, default_config_files=None):
              project='trove',
              version=trove.__version__,
              default_config_files=default_config_files)
+
+
+def get_ignored_dbs(manager=None):
+    """
+    Get the list of ignored databases taking into account the fact
+    that the manager may not be specified, and the manager (if
+    specified) may not list ignore_dbs.
+    """
+
+    _manager = manager or CONF.datastore_manager or 'mysql'
+
+    _ignore_dbs = CONF.get(_manager).ignore_dbs or CONF.ignore_dbs or []
+
+    return _ignore_dbs
+
+
+def get_ignored_users(manager=None):
+    """
+    Get the list of ignored users taking into account the fact
+    that the manager may not be specified, and the manager (if
+    specified) may not list ignore_users.
+    """
+
+    _manager = manager or CONF.datastore_manager or 'mysql'
+
+    _ignore_users = CONF.get(_manager).ignore_users or CONF.ignore_users or []
+
+    return _ignore_users
diff --git a/trove/extensions/mysql/models.py b/trove/extensions/mysql/models.py
index 80ba45b456..e79c70c189 100644
--- a/trove/extensions/mysql/models.py
+++ b/trove/extensions/mysql/models.py
@@ -189,11 +189,10 @@ class Users(object):
             marker=marker,
             include_marker=include_marker)
         model_users = []
-        ignore_users = CONF.ignore_users
         for user in user_list:
             mysql_user = guest_models.MySQLUser()
             mysql_user.deserialize(user)
-            if mysql_user.name in ignore_users:
+            if mysql_user.name in cfg.get_ignored_users():
                 continue
             # TODO(hub-cap): databases are not being returned in the
             # reference agent
@@ -253,11 +252,10 @@ class Schemas(object):
             marker=marker,
             include_marker=include_marker)
         model_schemas = []
-        ignore_dbs = CONF.ignore_dbs
         for schema in schemas:
             mysql_schema = guest_models.MySQLDatabase()
             mysql_schema.deserialize(schema)
-            if mysql_schema.name in ignore_dbs:
+            if mysql_schema.name in cfg.get_ignored_dbs():
                 continue
             model_schemas.append(Schema(mysql_schema.name,
                                         mysql_schema.collate,
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/service.py
index 2e2ba3d064..933f5fa630 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/db2/service.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from trove.guestagent.db import models
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-IGNORE_USERS_LIST = CONF.db2.ignore_users
 
 
 class DB2App(object):
@@ -340,8 +339,9 @@ class DB2Admin(object):
                 LOG.debug("item = %r" % item)
                 user = item.split() if item != "" else None
                 LOG.debug("user = %r" % (user))
-                if user is not None and user[0] not in IGNORE_USERS_LIST \
-                        and user[1] == 'Y':
+                if (user is not None
+                    and (user[0] not in cfg.get_ignored_users(manager='db2')
+                         and user[1] == 'Y')):
                     userlist.append(user[0])
             result = iter(userlist)
 
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py
index 94c7edfe1f..e9ed52369d 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ CNF_CLUSTER = 'clustering'
 
 MONGODB_PORT = CONF.mongodb.mongodb_port
 CONFIGSVR_PORT = CONF.mongodb.configsvr_port
-IGNORED_DBS = CONF.mongodb.ignore_dbs
-IGNORED_USERS = CONF.mongodb.ignore_users
 
 
 class MongoDBApp(object):
@@ -645,7 +643,7 @@ class MongoDBAdmin(object):
             for user_info in admin_client.admin.system.users.find():
                 user = models.MongoDBUser(name=user_info['_id'])
                 user.roles = user_info['roles']
-                if user.name not in IGNORED_USERS:
+                if user.name not in cfg.get_ignored_users(manager='mongodb'):
                     users.append(user.serialize())
         LOG.debug('users = ' + str(users))
         return pagination.paginate_list(users, limit, marker,
@@ -737,7 +735,7 @@ class MongoDBAdmin(object):
     def list_databases(self, limit=None, marker=None, include_marker=False):
         """Lists the databases."""
         db_names = self.list_database_names()
-        for hidden in IGNORED_DBS:
+        for hidden in cfg.get_ignored_dbs(manager='mongodb'):
             if hidden in db_names:
                 db_names.remove(hidden)
         databases = [models.MongoDBSchema(db_name).serialize()
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/database.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/database.py
index f7d625125e..775034b417 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/database.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/database.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from trove.guestagent.datastore.experimental.postgresql import pgutil
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-IGNORE_DBS_LIST = CONF.get(CONF.datastore_manager).ignore_dbs
 
 
 class PgSqlDatabase(object):
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ class PgSqlDatabase(object):
             [{"_name": "", "_character_set": "", "_collate": ""}, ...]
         """
         results = pgutil.query(
-            pgutil.DatabaseQuery.list(ignore=IGNORE_DBS_LIST),
+            pgutil.DatabaseQuery.list(ignore=cfg.get_ignored_dbs()),
             timeout=30,
         )
         # Convert results to dictionaries.
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/root.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/root.py
index 01039e16c6..c7d19db95e 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/root.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/root.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from trove.guestagent.datastore.experimental.postgresql import pgutil
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-IGNORE_USERS_LIST = CONF.get(CONF.datastore_manager).ignore_users
 
 
 class PgSqlRoot(object):
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class PgSqlRoot(object):
         system administration superuser of os_admin.
         """
         results = pgutil.query(
-            pgutil.UserQuery.list_root(ignore=IGNORE_USERS_LIST),
+            pgutil.UserQuery.list_root(ignore=cfg.get_ignored_users()),
             timeout=30,
         )
         # Reduce iter of iters to iter of single values.
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/users.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/users.py
index eaa8575613..83fe37039c 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/users.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/users.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from trove.guestagent.datastore.experimental.postgresql.service.access import (
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-IGNORE_USERS_LIST = CONF.get(CONF.datastore_manager).ignore_users
 
 
 class PgSqlUsers(PgSqlAccess):
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ class PgSqlUsers(PgSqlAccess):
               "_databases": [{"_name": ""}, ...]}, ...]
         """
         results = pgutil.query(
-            pgutil.UserQuery.list(ignore=IGNORE_USERS_LIST),
+            pgutil.UserQuery.list(ignore=cfg.get_ignored_users()),
             timeout=30,
         )
         # Convert results into dictionaries.
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
index 5e24dfc102..985b76ba4a 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql_common/service.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ TMP_MYCNF = "/tmp/my.cnf.tmp"
 MYSQL_BASE_DIR = "/var/lib/mysql"
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-MANAGER = CONF.datastore_manager if CONF.datastore_manager else 'mysql'
 
 INCLUDE_MARKER_OPERATORS = {
     True: ">=",
@@ -420,7 +419,7 @@ class BaseMySqlAdmin(object):
     def list_databases(self, limit=None, marker=None, include_marker=False):
         """List databases the user created on this mysql instance."""
         LOG.debug("---Listing Databases---")
-        ignored_database_names = "'%s'" % "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs)
+        ignored_database_names = "'%s'" % "', '".join(cfg.get_ignored_dbs())
         LOG.debug("The following database names are on ignore list and will "
                   "be omitted from the listing: %s" % ignored_database_names)
         databases = []
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/db/models.py b/trove/guestagent/db/models.py
index 1d02c63c98..840411ec5b 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/db/models.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/db/models.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class MongoDBSchema(DatastoreSchema):
 class MySQLDatabase(Base):
     """Represents a Database and its properties."""
 
-    _ignore_dbs = CONF.ignore_dbs
+    _ignore_dbs = cfg.get_ignored_dbs()
 
     # Defaults
     __charset__ = "utf8"
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ class MySQLUser(Base):
     """Represents a MySQL User and its associated properties."""
 
     not_supported_chars = re.compile("^\s|\s$|'|\"|;|`|,|/|\\\\")
-    _ignore_users = CONF.ignore_users
+    _ignore_users = cfg.get_ignored_users()
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._name = None
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py
index 0426e244d3..bc7dcf4a8f 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py
@@ -534,7 +534,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" +
+                     "', '".join(cfg.get_ignored_dbs()) +
                      "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
@@ -550,8 +551,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
-                     "')"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" +
+                     "', '".join(cfg.get_ignored_dbs()) + "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
         for text in expected:
@@ -567,8 +568,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
-                     "')"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" +
+                     "', '".join(cfg.get_ignored_dbs()) + "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
 
@@ -587,8 +588,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
-                     "')"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" +
+                     "', '".join(cfg.get_ignored_dbs()) + "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
         for text in expected: