diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
index a3c26e4..462721b 100644
--- a/cli/main.go
+++ b/cli/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 )
 
 type ExecFunc func(client *contrail.Client, flagSet *flag.FlagSet)
@@ -95,8 +96,15 @@ func setupAuthKeystone(client *contrail.Client) {
 func usage() {
 	flag.PrintDefaults()
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  Commands:\n")
-	for name, _ := range commandMap {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "    %s\n", name)
+	commandMapArray := make([]string, len(commandMap))
+	i := 0
+	for j, _ := range commandMap {
+		commandMapArray[i] = j
+		i++
+	}
+	sort.Strings(commandMapArray)
+	for s, _ := range commandMapArray {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "    %s\n", commandMapArray[s])
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/virtual_machine.go b/cli/virtual_machine.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1902f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/virtual_machine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "flag"
+    "fmt"
+    "os"
+    "text/tabwriter"
+    "text/template"
+
+    "github.com/Juniper/contrail-go-api"
+    "github.com/Juniper/contrail-go-api/config"
+)
+
+type machineCommonOptions struct {
+    project string
+    project_id string
+}
+
+type machineListOptions struct {
+    detail bool
+}
+
+type machineShowOptions struct {
+    detail bool
+}
+
+var (
+    machineCommonOpts machineCommonOptions
+    machineListOpts machineListOptions
+    machineShowOpts machineShowOptions
+)
+
+const machineShowFormat = `  Machine: {{.DisplayName}}
+      Uuid: {{.Uuid}}
+      Instance Ip: {{.InstanceIp}}
+      Floating Ip: {{.FloatingIp}}
+` 
+
+func machineList(client *contrail.Client, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
+    var parent_id string
+    var writer *tabwriter.Writer
+    var err error
+
+    parent_id, err = config.GetProjectId(client, machineCommonOpts.project, machineCommonOpts.project_id)
+    if err != nil {
+        fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+
+    machineList, err := config.MachineList(client, parent_id, machineListOpts.detail)
+    if err != nil {
+        fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, err)
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+
+    writer = new(tabwriter.Writer)
+    writer.Init(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 1, ' ', 0)
+    fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Uuid\tInstance Ip\tFloating Ip\n")
+    for _, n := range machineList {
+        fmt.Fprintf(writer, "%s\t%s\t%s\n", n.Uuid, n.InstanceIp, n.FloatingIp)
+    }
+    writer.Flush()
+}
+
+func machineShow(client *contrail.Client, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
+    var tmpl string
+    var uuid string
+    
+    if flagSet.NArg() < 1 {
+        fmt.Println("Usage: virtual-machine-show <instance uuid>")
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+ 
+    nameOrId := flagSet.Args()[0]
+    if config.IsUuid(nameOrId) {
+        uuid = nameOrId
+    } else {
+        fmt.Println("Valid instance Uuid not provided") 
+    }
+
+    info, err := config.MachineShow(client, uuid, machineShowOpts.detail)
+    if err != nil {
+        fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, err)
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+    
+    tmpl = machineShowFormat
+    t := template.Must(template.New("machine-show").Parse(tmpl))
+    t.Execute(os.Stdout, info) 
+}
+
+func machineInitCommonFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
+    defaultProject := os.Getenv("OS_TENANT_NAME")
+    if len(defaultProject) == 0 {
+        defaultProject = "admin"
+    }
+    
+    flagSet.StringVar(&machineCommonOpts.project, "project", defaultProject,
+        "Project name (Env: OS_TENANT_NAME)")
+    flagSet.StringVar(&machineCommonOpts.project_id, "project-id",
+        os.Getenv("OS_TENANT_ID"), "Project id (Env: OS_TENANT_ID)")
+}
+
+func init() {
+    listFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("virtual-machine-list", flag.ExitOnError)
+    machineInitCommonFlags(listFlags)
+    RegisterCliCommand("virtual-machine-list", listFlags, machineList)	
+
+    showFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("virtual-machine-show", flag.ExitOnError)
+    machineInitCommonFlags(showFlags)
+    RegisterCliCommand("virtual-machine-show", showFlags, machineShow)
+}
+
diff --git a/config/machine.go b/config/machine.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..747a297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/machine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+    "github.com/Juniper/contrail-go-api"
+    "github.com/Juniper/contrail-go-api/types"
+)
+
+type MachineInfo struct {
+    DisplayName         string
+    Uuid                string
+    InstanceIp          string
+    FloatingIp          string
+}
+
+func buildMachineInfo(client contrail.ApiClient, machine *types.VirtualMachineInterface, detail bool) (*MachineInfo, error) {
+    var machineDisplayName   string
+    var machineUuid          string
+    var machineInstanceIp    string
+    var machineFloatingIp    string
+
+    virtualMachineRefs, err := machine.GetVirtualMachineRefs()
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    virtualMachine, err := client.FindByUuid("virtual-machine", virtualMachineRefs[0].Uuid)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    machineDisplayName = virtualMachine.(*types.VirtualMachine).GetDisplayName()
+    machineUuid = virtualMachine.(*types.VirtualMachine).GetUuid()
+
+    //get instance ip
+    instanceIpBackRefs, err := machine.GetInstanceIpBackRefs()
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+    instanceIp, err := client.FindByUuid("instance-ip", instanceIpBackRefs[0].Uuid)
+    if err != nil { 
+        return nil, err
+    }   
+    machineInstanceIp = instanceIp.(*types.InstanceIp).GetInstanceIpAddress()    
+
+    //get floating ip
+    floatingIpBackRefs, err := machine.GetFloatingIpBackRefs()
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+    if len(floatingIpBackRefs) == 1 {
+        floatingIp, err := client.FindByUuid("floating-ip", floatingIpBackRefs[0].Uuid)
+        if err != nil {
+            return nil, err
+        }
+        machineFloatingIp = floatingIp.(*types.FloatingIp).GetFloatingIpAddress()
+    }
+
+    info := &MachineInfo{
+        machineDisplayName,
+        machineUuid,
+        machineInstanceIp,
+        machineFloatingIp,
+    }
+
+    return info, nil
+}
+
+func MachineShow(client contrail.ApiClient, uuid string, detail bool) (*MachineInfo, error) {
+    machine, err := client.FindByUuid("virtual-machine", uuid)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    virtualMachineInterfaceRefs, err := machine.(*types.VirtualMachine).GetVirtualMachineInterfaceBackRefs()
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    virtualMachineInterface, err := client.FindByUuid("virtual-machine-interface", virtualMachineInterfaceRefs[0].Uuid)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    return buildMachineInfo(client, virtualMachineInterface.(*types.VirtualMachineInterface), detail)   
+}
+
+func MachineList(client contrail.ApiClient, project_id string, detail bool) ([]*MachineInfo, error) {
+    var machineList []*MachineInfo
+    var fields []string
+
+    machineInterfaces, err := client.ListDetailByParent("virtual-machine-interface", project_id, fields)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+
+    for _, reference := range machineInterfaces {
+        info, err := buildMachineInfo(client, reference.(*types.VirtualMachineInterface), detail)
+        if err != nil {
+            return nil, err
+        }
+        machineList = append(machineList, info)
+    }
+
+    return machineList, nil 
+}
+
+