diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3a280a56..07e4fc5d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ copyright = u'2015, Netflix Inc.'
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = get_version()
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = get_version()
+base_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir)
+about = {}
+with open(os.path.join(base_dir, "lemur", "__about__.py")) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
+version = release = about["__version__"]
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/doing-a-release.rst b/docs/doing-a-release.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09848eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/doing-a-release.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+Doing a release
+===============
+
+Doing a release of ``lemur`` requires a few steps.
+
+Bumping the version number
+--------------------------
+
+The next step in doing a release is bumping the version number in the
+software.
+
+* Update the version number in ``lemur/__about__.py``.
+* Set the release date in the :doc:`/changelog`.
+* Do a commit indicating this.
+* Send a pull request with this.
+* Wait for it to be merged.
+
+Performing the release
+----------------------
+
+The commit that merged the version number bump is now the official release
+commit for this release. You will need to have ``gpg`` installed and a ``gpg``
+key in order to do a release. Once this has happened:
+
+* Run ``invoke release {version}``.
+
+The release should now be available on PyPI and a tag should be available in
+the repository.
+
+Verifying the release
+---------------------
+
+You should verify that ``pip install lemur`` works correctly:
+
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>> import lemur
+    >>> lemur.__version__
+    '...'
+
+Verify that this is the version you just released.
+
+Post-release tasks
+------------------
+
+* Update the version number to the next major (e.g. ``0.5.dev1``) in
+  ``lemur/__about__.py`` and
+* Add new :doc:`/changelog` entry with next version and note that it is under
+  active development
+* Send a pull request with these items
+* Check for any outstanding code undergoing a deprecation cycle by looking in
+  ``lemur.utils`` for ``DeprecatedIn**`` definitions. If any exist open
+  a ticket to increment them for the next release.
diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index 6ee9c4a9..a3129751 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ I am seeing Lemur's javascript load in my browser but not the CSS.
   :doc:`production/index` for example configurations.
 
 
+After installing Lemur I am unable to login
+  Ensure that you are trying to login with the credentials you entered during `lemur init`. These are separate
+  from the postgres database credentials.
+
+
 Running 'lemur db upgrade' seems stuck.
   Most likely, the upgrade is stuck because an existing query on the database is holding onto a lock that the
   migration needs.
diff --git a/docs/version.py b/docs/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e02db92..00000000
--- a/docs/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Source: https://github.com/Changaco/version.py
-
-from os.path import dirname, isdir, join
-import re
-from subprocess import CalledProcessError, check_output
-
-
-PREFIX = ''
-
-tag_re = re.compile(r'\btag: %s([0-9][^,]*)\b' % PREFIX)
-version_re = re.compile('^Version: (.+)$', re.M)
-
-
-def get_version():
-    # Return the version if it has been injected into the file by git-archive
-    version = tag_re.search('$Format:%D$')
-    if version:
-        return version.group(1)
-
-    d = dirname(__file__)
-
-    if isdir(join(d, '.git')):
-        # Get the version using "git describe".
-        cmd = 'git describe --tags --match %s[0-9]* --dirty' % PREFIX
-        try:
-            version = check_output(cmd.split()).decode().strip()[len(PREFIX):]
-        except CalledProcessError:
-            raise RuntimeError('Unable to get version number from git tags')
-
-        # PEP 440 compatibility
-        if '-' in version:
-            if version.endswith('-dirty'):
-                raise RuntimeError('The working tree is dirty')
-            version = '.post'.join(version.split('-')[:2])
-
-    else:
-        # Extract the version from the PKG-INFO file.
-        with open(join(d, 'PKG-INFO')) as f:
-            version = version_re.search(f.read()).group(1)
-
-    return version
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print(get_version())
diff --git a/lemur/__about__.py b/lemur/__about__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7d7a909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lemur/__about__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__all__ = [
+    "__title__", "__summary__", "__uri__", "__version__", "__author__",
+    "__email__", "__license__", "__copyright__",
+]
+
+__title__ = "lemur"
+__summary__ = ("Certificate management and orchestration service")
+__uri__ = "https://github.com/Netflix/lemur"
+
+__version__ = "0.2"
+
+__author__ = "The Lemur developers"
+__email__ = "security@netflix.com"
+
+__license__ = "Apache License, Version 2.0"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2015 {0}".format(__author__)
diff --git a/lemur/__init__.py b/lemur/__init__.py
index 79b45241..5ceed3ea 100644
--- a/lemur/__init__.py
+++ b/lemur/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
 from lemur import factory
 
 from lemur.users.views import mod as users_bp
@@ -22,6 +24,16 @@ from lemur.plugins.views import mod as plugins_bp
 from lemur.notifications.views import mod as notifications_bp
 from lemur.sources.views import mod as sources_bp
 
+from lemur.__about__ import (
+    __author__, __copyright__, __email__, __license__, __summary__, __title__,
+    __uri__, __version__
+)
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "__title__", "__summary__", "__uri__", "__version__", "__author__",
+    "__email__", "__license__", "__copyright__",
+]
 
 LEMUR_BLUEPRINTS = (
     users_bp,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ed80255..68b94089 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Is a TLS management and orchestration tool.
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import sys
 import json
 import os.path
 import datetime
@@ -21,10 +22,17 @@ from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from subprocess import check_output
 
-from version import get_version
-
 ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
+# When executing the setup.py, we need to be able to import ourselves, this
+# means that we need to add the src/ directory to the sys.path.
+sys.path.insert(0, ROOT)
+
+about = {}
+with open(os.path.join(ROOT, "lemur", "__about__.py")) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
+
 install_requires = [
     'Flask==0.10.1',
     'Flask-RESTful==0.3.3',
@@ -125,13 +133,12 @@ class BuildStatic(Command):
             log.warn("Unable to build static content")
 
 setup(
-    name='lemur',
-    version=get_version(),
-    author='Kevin Glisson',
-    author_email='kglisson@netflix.com',
-    url='https://github.com/netflix/lemur',
-    download_url='https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/archive/{0}.tar.gz'.format(get_version()),
-    description='Certificate management and orchestration service',
+    name=about["__title__"],
+    version=about["__version__"],
+    author=about["__author__"],
+    author_email=about["__email__"],
+    url=about["__uri__"],
+    description=about["__summary__"],
     long_description=open(os.path.join(ROOT, 'README.rst')).read(),
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
@@ -164,6 +171,12 @@ setup(
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Topic :: Software Development'
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License"
     ]
 )
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e02db92..00000000
--- a/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Source: https://github.com/Changaco/version.py
-
-from os.path import dirname, isdir, join
-import re
-from subprocess import CalledProcessError, check_output
-
-
-PREFIX = ''
-
-tag_re = re.compile(r'\btag: %s([0-9][^,]*)\b' % PREFIX)
-version_re = re.compile('^Version: (.+)$', re.M)
-
-
-def get_version():
-    # Return the version if it has been injected into the file by git-archive
-    version = tag_re.search('$Format:%D$')
-    if version:
-        return version.group(1)
-
-    d = dirname(__file__)
-
-    if isdir(join(d, '.git')):
-        # Get the version using "git describe".
-        cmd = 'git describe --tags --match %s[0-9]* --dirty' % PREFIX
-        try:
-            version = check_output(cmd.split()).decode().strip()[len(PREFIX):]
-        except CalledProcessError:
-            raise RuntimeError('Unable to get version number from git tags')
-
-        # PEP 440 compatibility
-        if '-' in version:
-            if version.endswith('-dirty'):
-                raise RuntimeError('The working tree is dirty')
-            version = '.post'.join(version.split('-')[:2])
-
-    else:
-        # Extract the version from the PKG-INFO file.
-        with open(join(d, 'PKG-INFO')) as f:
-            version = version_re.search(f.read()).group(1)
-
-    return version
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print(get_version())