Merge lp:~lezbar/charms/trusty/neutron-agents-midonet/trunk into lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/neutron-agents-midonet/trunk

[Antoni Segura Puimedon]

Addition of the amulet tests.

[Antoni Segura Puimedon (celebdor)]

Looks good to me. Thanks Lucas.

review: Approve

=== added directory 'tests'
=== added file 'tests/00-setup'
--- tests/00-setup	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/00-setup	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Midokura SARL, All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:juju/stable -y
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install amulet python3-requests -y
 
=== added file 'tests/010-basic-trusty-juno'
--- tests/010-basic-trusty-juno	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/010-basic-trusty-juno	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Midokura SARL, All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from basic_deployment import MidonetBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = MidonetBasicDeployment(ubuntu_series='trusty',
+                                        openstack='cloud:trusty-juno',
+                                        midonet_release='juno/midonet-2015.06')
+    deployment.run_tests()
 
=== added file 'tests/011-basic-trusty-kilo'
--- tests/011-basic-trusty-kilo	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/011-basic-trusty-kilo	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Midokura SARL, All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from basic_deployment import MidonetBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = MidonetBasicDeployment(ubuntu_series='trusty',
+                                        openstack='cloud:trusty-kilo',
+                                        midonet_release='kilo/midonet-2015.06')
+    deployment.run_tests()
 
=== added file 'tests/basic_deployment.py'
--- tests/basic_deployment.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/basic_deployment.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 filetype=python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Midokura Europe SARL, All Rights Reserved.
+# All Rights Reserved
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+import amulet
+
+from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.amulet.utils import (
+    OpenStackAmuletUtils,
+    DEBUG,  # flake8: noqa
+    ERROR
+)
+
+# Use DEBUG to turn on debug logging
+u = OpenStackAmuletUtils(DEBUG)
+
+SETUP_TIMEOUT = 9600
+
+
+class MidonetBasicDeployment():
+    def __init__(self, ubuntu_series, openstack=None, midonet_release=None):
+        self.os_release = openstack
+        self.series = ubuntu_series
+        self.midonet_release = midonet_release
+        self.d = amulet.Deployment(series=self.series)
+        self._add_services()
+        self._add_relations()
+        self._configure_services()
+        self._deploy()
+        self._initialize_tests()
+
+    def _add_services(self):
+        self.d.add('mysql', charm='cs:trusty/mysql', units=1,
+                   series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('rabbitmq-server', charm='cs:trusty/rabbitmq-server',
+                   units=1, series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('cassandra', charm='cassandra', units=1,
+                   branch='lp:charms/cassandra', series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('keystone', charm='keystone', units=1, series=self.series,
+                    branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/keystone/trunk')
+        self.d.add('nova-compute', charm='nova-compute', units=1,
+                   branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/nova-compute/trunk',
+                   series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('neutron-api', charm='neutron-api', units=1,
+                   branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/neutron-api/trunk',
+                   series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('nova-cloud-controller', charm='nova-cloud-controller',
+               branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/nova-cloud-controller/trunk',
+               units=1, series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('zookeeper', charm='cs:trusty/zookeeper', units=1,
+                   series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('midonet-api', charm='midonet-api', units=1,
+                   branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/midonet-api/trunk',
+                   series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('midonet-agent', charm='midonet-agent', units=1,
+                   branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/midonet-agent/trunk',
+                   series=self.series)
+        self.d.add('neutron-agents-midonet', charm='neutron-agents-midonet',
+              branch='lp:~celebdor/charms/trusty/neutron-agents-midonet/trunk',
+              series='trusty')
+
+    def _add_relations(self):
+        self.d.relate('mysql:shared-db', 'keystone:shared-db')
+        self.d.relate('mysql:shared-db', 'nova-cloud-controller:shared-db')
+        self.d.relate('rabbitmq-server:amqp', 'nova-compute:amqp')
+        self.d.relate('rabbitmq-server:amqp', 'nova-cloud-controller:amqp')
+        self.d.relate('rabbitmq-server:amqp', 'neutron-api:amqp')
+        self.d.relate('nova-cloud-controller:identity-service',
+                      'keystone:identity-service')
+
+        self.d.relate('neutron-api:identity-service',
+                      'keystone:identity-service')
+        self.d.relate('nova-compute:cloud-compute',
+                      'nova-cloud-controller:cloud-compute')
+        self.d.relate('neutron-api:neutron-api',
+                      'nova-cloud-controller:neutron-api')
+
+        self.d.relate('keystone:identity-service', 'midonet-api:keystone')
+        self.d.relate('zookeeper:zookeeper', 'midonet-api:zookeeper')
+        self.d.relate('midonet-agent:host', 'midonet-api:host')
+        self.d.relate('neutron-api:midonet', 'midonet-api:midonet-api')
+
+        self.d.relate('neutron-agents-midonet:neutron_agents',
+                      'nova-cloud-controller:quantum-network-service')
+
+        self.d.relate('neutron-agents-midonet:neutron-plugin-api',
+                      'neutron-api:neutron-plugin-api')
+
+        self.d.relate('midonet-agent:neutron-plugin',
+                      'nova-compute:neutron-plugin')
+
+        self.d.relate('midonet-agent:host', 'neutron-api:midonet-host')
+        self.d.relate('midonet-agent:cassandra', 'cassandra:database')
+        self.d.relate('midonet-agent:zookeeper', 'zookeeper:zookeeper')
+
+    def _configure_services(self):
+        self.d.configure('keystone', {
+                         'enable-pki': 'false',
+                         'openstack-origin': self.os_release})
+
+        self.d.configure('cassandra', {
+            'allow-single-node': True,
+            'cluster-name': 'midonet',
+            'apt-repo-key': '7E41C00F85BFC1706C4FFFB3350200F2B999A372',
+            'apt-repo-spec':
+            'deb http://debian.datastax.com/community 2.0 main',
+            'extra_packages': 'openjdk-7-jre-headless dsc20'})
+
+        self.d.configure('mysql', {'max-connections': 2000})
+
+        self.d.configure('nova-compute', {
+                         'openstack-origin': self.os_release,
+                         'virt-type': 'qemu',
+                         'flat-interface': 'eth0',
+                         'manage-neutron-plugin-legacy-mode': 'false'})
+
+        self.d.configure('nova-cloud-controller', {
+                         'openstack-origin': self.os_release,
+                         'network-manager': 'Neutron',
+                         'shared_secret': 'secret'})
+
+        self.d.configure('neutron-api', {
+                         'neutron-plugin': 'midonet',
+                         'neutron-security-groups': 'True',
+                         'neutron-external-network': 'Public_Network',
+                         'l2-population': 'False',
+                         'openstack-origin': self.os_release,
+                         'midonet-release': self.midonet_release})
+
+        self.d.configure('midonet-api',
+                         {'midonet-release': self.midonet_release})
+
+        self.d.configure('neutron-agents-midonet',
+                         {'shared_secret': 'secret'})
+
+        self.d.configure('midonet-agent',
+                         {'midonet-release': self.midonet_release})
+
+    def _deploy(self):
+        try:
+            self.d.setup(timeout=SETUP_TIMEOUT)
+            self.d.sentry.wait(timeout=SETUP_TIMEOUT)
+        except amulet.helpers.TimeoutError:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.SKIP,
+                                msg="Environment wasn't stood up in time")
+
+    def _initialize_tests(self):
+        self.zookeeper_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['zookeeper/0']
+        self.keystone_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['keystone/0']
+        self.cassandra_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['cassandra/0']
+        self.nova_compute_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['nova-compute/0']
+        self.mn_api_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['midonet-api/0']
+        self.mn_agent_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['midonet-agent/0']
+        self.agents_mn_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['neutron-agents-midonet/0']
+
+        self.keystone_api_relation = self.keystone_sentry.relation(
+             'identity-service', 'midonet-api:keystone')
+        self.zookeeper_api_relation = self.zookeeper_sentry.relation(
+             'zookeeper', 'midonet-api:zookeeper')
+        self.zk_host_relation = self.zookeeper_sentry.relation(
+                                'zookeeper', 'midonet-agent:zookeeper')
+        self.cs_host_relation = self.cassandra_sentry.relation(
+            'database', 'midonet-agent:cassandra')
+        self.api_host_relation = self.mn_api_sentry.relation(
+            'host', 'midonet-agent:host')
+
+    def run_tests(self):
+        for test in dir(self):
+            if test.startswith('test_'):
+                getattr(self, test)()
+
+    def test_neutron_agents_mn(self):
+        u.log.debug('Checking if the key has been correctly fetched...')
+        apt_key_out, apt_key_exit = self.mn_agent_sentry.run(
+                                    'apt-key list | grep Midokura')
+        if 'Midokura' not in apt_key_out:
+            message = ("error, Midokura repository key is not installed")
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+        u.log.debug('Checking if midonet-plugin package has been installed...')
+        dpkg_plugin_out, dpkg_exit = self.agents_mn_sentry.run(
+                              ('dpkg -l | grep python-neutron-plugin-midonet'))
+        if 'python-neutron-plugin-midonet' not in dpkg_plugin_out:
+            message = (
+               "error: python-neutron-plugin-midonet package is not installed")
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+        u.log.debug('Checking neutron-dhcp-agent...')
+        dhcp_agent_out, dhcp_agent_exit = self.agents_mn_sentry.run(
+                                  'service neutron-dhcp-agent status')
+        if 'running' not in dhcp_agent_out:
+            message = (
+               "error, neutron-dhcp-agent not running: %s" % dhcp_agent_out)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+        u.log.debug('Checking neutron-metadata-agent...')
+        meta_agent_out, meta_agent_exit = self.agents_mn_sentry.run(
+                                  'service neutron-metadata-agent status')
+        if 'running' not in meta_agent_out:
+            message = (
+              "error, neutron-metadata-agent not running: %s" % meta_agent_out)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
 
=== added directory 'tests/charmhelpers'
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/__init__.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/__init__.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Bootstrap charm-helpers, installing its dependencies if necessary using
+# only standard libraries.
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import six  # flake8: noqa
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python-six'])
+    else:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python3-six'])
+    import six  # flake8: noqa
+
+try:
+    import yaml  # flake8: noqa
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python-yaml'])
+    else:
+        subprocess.check_call(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'python3-yaml'])
+    import yaml  # flake8: noqa
 
=== added directory 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib'
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
=== added directory 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet'
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/__init__.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/__init__.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import amulet
+import os
+import six
+
+
+class AmuletDeployment(object):
+    """Amulet deployment.
+
+       This class provides generic Amulet deployment and test runner
+       methods.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, series=None):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        self.series = None
+
+        if series:
+            self.series = series
+            self.d = amulet.Deployment(series=self.series)
+        else:
+            self.d = amulet.Deployment()
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services.
+
+           Add services to the deployment where this_service is the local charm
+           that we're testing and other_services are the other services that
+           are being used in the local amulet tests.
+           """
+        if this_service['name'] != os.path.basename(os.getcwd()):
+            s = this_service['name']
+            msg = "The charm's root directory name needs to be {}".format(s)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=msg)
+
+        if 'units' not in this_service:
+            this_service['units'] = 1
+
+        self.d.add(this_service['name'], units=this_service['units'])
+
+        for svc in other_services:
+            if 'location' in svc:
+                branch_location = svc['location']
+            elif self.series:
+                branch_location = 'cs:{}/{}'.format(self.series, svc['name']),
+            else:
+                branch_location = None
+
+            if 'units' not in svc:
+                svc['units'] = 1
+
+            self.d.add(svc['name'], charm=branch_location, units=svc['units'])
+
+    def _add_relations(self, relations):
+        """Add all of the relations for the services."""
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(relations):
+            self.d.relate(k, v)
+
+    def _configure_services(self, configs):
+        """Configure all of the services."""
+        for service, config in six.iteritems(configs):
+            self.d.configure(service, config)
+
+    def _deploy(self):
+        """Deploy environment and wait for all hooks to finish executing."""
+        try:
+            self.d.setup(timeout=900)
+            self.d.sentry.wait(timeout=900)
+        except amulet.helpers.TimeoutError:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg="Deployment timed out")
+        except Exception:
+            raise
+
+    def run_tests(self):
+        """Run all of the methods that are prefixed with 'test_'."""
+        for test in dir(self):
+            if test.startswith('test_'):
+                getattr(self, test)()
 
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import ConfigParser
+import io
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+
+import six
+
+
+class AmuletUtils(object):
+    """Amulet utilities.
+
+       This class provides common utility functions that are used by Amulet
+       tests.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, log_level=logging.ERROR):
+        self.log = self.get_logger(level=log_level)
+
+    def get_logger(self, name="amulet-logger", level=logging.DEBUG):
+        """Get a logger object that will log to stdout."""
+        log = logging
+        logger = log.getLogger(name)
+        fmt = log.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(funcName)s "
+                            "%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+
+        handler = log.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
+        handler.setLevel(level)
+        handler.setFormatter(fmt)
+
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+        logger.setLevel(level)
+
+        return logger
+
+    def valid_ip(self, ip):
+        if re.match(r"^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$", ip):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def valid_url(self, url):
+        p = re.compile(
+            r'^(?:http|ftp)s?://'
+            r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+(?:[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|[A-Z0-9-]{2,}\.?)|'  # noqa
+            r'localhost|'
+            r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})'
+            r'(?::\d+)?'
+            r'(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$',
+            re.IGNORECASE)
+        if p.match(url):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def validate_services(self, commands):
+        """Validate services.
+
+           Verify the specified services are running on the corresponding
+           service units.
+           """
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(commands):
+            for cmd in v:
+                output, code = k.run(cmd)
+                self.log.debug('{} `{}` returned '
+                               '{}'.format(k.info['unit_name'],
+                                           cmd, code))
+                if code != 0:
+                    return "command `{}` returned {}".format(cmd, str(code))
+        return None
+
+    def _get_config(self, unit, filename):
+        """Get a ConfigParser object for parsing a unit's config file."""
+        file_contents = unit.file_contents(filename)
+
+        # NOTE(beisner):  by default, ConfigParser does not handle options
+        # with no value, such as the flags used in the mysql my.cnf file.
+        # https://bugs.python.org/issue7005
+        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+        config.readfp(io.StringIO(file_contents))
+        return config
+
+    def validate_config_data(self, sentry_unit, config_file, section,
+                             expected):
+        """Validate config file data.
+
+           Verify that the specified section of the config file contains
+           the expected option key:value pairs.
+           """
+        config = self._get_config(sentry_unit, config_file)
+
+        if section != 'DEFAULT' and not config.has_section(section):
+            return "section [{}] does not exist".format(section)
+
+        for k in expected.keys():
+            if not config.has_option(section, k):
+                return "section [{}] is missing option {}".format(section, k)
+            if config.get(section, k) != expected[k]:
+                return "section [{}] {}:{} != expected {}:{}".format(
+                       section, k, config.get(section, k), k, expected[k])
+        return None
+
+    def _validate_dict_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate dictionary data.
+
+           Compare expected dictionary data vs actual dictionary data.
+           The values in the 'expected' dictionary can be strings, bools, ints,
+           longs, or can be a function that evaluate a variable and returns a
+           bool.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        self.log.debug('expected: {}'.format(repr(expected)))
+
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(expected):
+            if k in actual:
+                if (isinstance(v, six.string_types) or
+                        isinstance(v, bool) or
+                        isinstance(v, six.integer_types)):
+                    if v != actual[k]:
+                        return "{}:{}".format(k, actual[k])
+                elif not v(actual[k]):
+                    return "{}:{}".format(k, actual[k])
+            else:
+                return "key '{}' does not exist".format(k)
+        return None
+
+    def validate_relation_data(self, sentry_unit, relation, expected):
+        """Validate actual relation data based on expected relation data."""
+        actual = sentry_unit.relation(relation[0], relation[1])
+        return self._validate_dict_data(expected, actual)
+
+    def _validate_list_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Compare expected list vs actual list data."""
+        for e in expected:
+            if e not in actual:
+                return "expected item {} not found in actual list".format(e)
+        return None
+
+    def not_null(self, string):
+        if string is not None:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def _get_file_mtime(self, sentry_unit, filename):
+        """Get last modification time of file."""
+        return sentry_unit.file_stat(filename)['mtime']
+
+    def _get_dir_mtime(self, sentry_unit, directory):
+        """Get last modification time of directory."""
+        return sentry_unit.directory_stat(directory)['mtime']
+
+    def _get_proc_start_time(self, sentry_unit, service, pgrep_full=False):
+        """Get process' start time.
+
+           Determine start time of the process based on the last modification
+           time of the /proc/pid directory. If pgrep_full is True, the process
+           name is matched against the full command line.
+           """
+        if pgrep_full:
+            cmd = 'pgrep -o -f {}'.format(service)
+        else:
+            cmd = 'pgrep -o {}'.format(service)
+        cmd = cmd + '  | grep  -v pgrep || exit 0'
+        cmd_out = sentry_unit.run(cmd)
+        self.log.debug('CMDout: ' + str(cmd_out))
+        if cmd_out[0]:
+            self.log.debug('Pid for %s %s' % (service, str(cmd_out[0])))
+            proc_dir = '/proc/{}'.format(cmd_out[0].strip())
+            return self._get_dir_mtime(sentry_unit, proc_dir)
+
+    def service_restarted(self, sentry_unit, service, filename,
+                          pgrep_full=False, sleep_time=20):
+        """Check if service was restarted.
+
+           Compare a service's start time vs a file's last modification time
+           (such as a config file for that service) to determine if the service
+           has been restarted.
+           """
+        time.sleep(sleep_time)
+        if (self._get_proc_start_time(sentry_unit, service, pgrep_full) >=
+                self._get_file_mtime(sentry_unit, filename)):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def service_restarted_since(self, sentry_unit, mtime, service,
+                                pgrep_full=False, sleep_time=20,
+                                retry_count=2):
+        """Check if service was been started after a given time.
+
+        Args:
+          sentry_unit (sentry): The sentry unit to check for the service on
+          mtime (float): The epoch time to check against
+          service (string): service name to look for in process table
+          pgrep_full (boolean): Use full command line search mode with pgrep
+          sleep_time (int): Seconds to sleep before looking for process
+          retry_count (int): If service is not found, how many times to retry
+
+        Returns:
+          bool: True if service found and its start time it newer than mtime,
+                False if service is older than mtime or if service was
+                not found.
+        """
+        self.log.debug('Checking %s restarted since %s' % (service, mtime))
+        time.sleep(sleep_time)
+        proc_start_time = self._get_proc_start_time(sentry_unit, service,
+                                                    pgrep_full)
+        while retry_count > 0 and not proc_start_time:
+            self.log.debug('No pid file found for service %s, will retry %i '
+                           'more times' % (service, retry_count))
+            time.sleep(30)
+            proc_start_time = self._get_proc_start_time(sentry_unit, service,
+                                                        pgrep_full)
+            retry_count = retry_count - 1
+
+        if not proc_start_time:
+            self.log.warn('No proc start time found, assuming service did '
+                          'not start')
+            return False
+        if proc_start_time >= mtime:
+            self.log.debug('proc start time is newer than provided mtime'
+                           '(%s >= %s)' % (proc_start_time, mtime))
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.log.warn('proc start time (%s) is older than provided mtime '
+                          '(%s), service did not restart' % (proc_start_time,
+                                                             mtime))
+            return False
+
+    def config_updated_since(self, sentry_unit, filename, mtime,
+                             sleep_time=20):
+        """Check if file was modified after a given time.
+
+        Args:
+          sentry_unit (sentry): The sentry unit to check the file mtime on
+          filename (string): The file to check mtime of
+          mtime (float): The epoch time to check against
+          sleep_time (int): Seconds to sleep before looking for process
+
+        Returns:
+          bool: True if file was modified more recently than mtime, False if
+                file was modified before mtime,
+        """
+        self.log.debug('Checking %s updated since %s' % (filename, mtime))
+        time.sleep(sleep_time)
+        file_mtime = self._get_file_mtime(sentry_unit, filename)
+        if file_mtime >= mtime:
+            self.log.debug('File mtime is newer than provided mtime '
+                           '(%s >= %s)' % (file_mtime, mtime))
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.log.warn('File mtime %s is older than provided mtime %s'
+                          % (file_mtime, mtime))
+            return False
+
+    def validate_service_config_changed(self, sentry_unit, mtime, service,
+                                        filename, pgrep_full=False,
+                                        sleep_time=20, retry_count=2):
+        """Check service and file were updated after mtime
+
+        Args:
+          sentry_unit (sentry): The sentry unit to check for the service on
+          mtime (float): The epoch time to check against
+          service (string): service name to look for in process table
+          filename (string): The file to check mtime of
+          pgrep_full (boolean): Use full command line search mode with pgrep
+          sleep_time (int): Seconds to sleep before looking for process
+          retry_count (int): If service is not found, how many times to retry
+
+        Typical Usage:
+            u = OpenStackAmuletUtils(ERROR)
+            ...
+            mtime = u.get_sentry_time(self.cinder_sentry)
+            self.d.configure('cinder', {'verbose': 'True', 'debug': 'True'})
+            if not u.validate_service_config_changed(self.cinder_sentry,
+                                                     mtime,
+                                                     'cinder-api',
+                                                     '/etc/cinder/cinder.conf')
+                amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg='update failed')
+        Returns:
+          bool: True if both service and file where updated/restarted after
+                mtime, False if service is older than mtime or if service was
+                not found or if filename was modified before mtime.
+        """
+        self.log.debug('Checking %s restarted since %s' % (service, mtime))
+        time.sleep(sleep_time)
+        service_restart = self.service_restarted_since(sentry_unit, mtime,
+                                                       service,
+                                                       pgrep_full=pgrep_full,
+                                                       sleep_time=0,
+                                                       retry_count=retry_count)
+        config_update = self.config_updated_since(sentry_unit, filename, mtime,
+                                                  sleep_time=0)
+        return service_restart and config_update
+
+    def get_sentry_time(self, sentry_unit):
+        """Return current epoch time on a sentry"""
+        cmd = "date +'%s'"
+        return float(sentry_unit.run(cmd)[0])
+
+    def relation_error(self, name, data):
+        return 'unexpected relation data in {} - {}'.format(name, data)
+
+    def endpoint_error(self, name, data):
+        return 'unexpected endpoint data in {} - {}'.format(name, data)
 
=== added directory 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack'
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/__init__.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/__init__.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
=== added directory 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet'
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import six
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from charmhelpers.contrib.amulet.deployment import (
+    AmuletDeployment
+)
+
+
+class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
+    """OpenStack amulet deployment.
+
+       This class inherits from AmuletDeployment and has additional support
+       that is specifically for use by OpenStack charms.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, series=None, openstack=None, source=None, stable=True):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self).__init__(series)
+        self.openstack = openstack
+        self.source = source
+        self.stable = stable
+        # Note(coreycb): this needs to be changed when new next branches come
+        # out.
+        self.current_next = "trusty"
+
+    def _determine_branch_locations(self, other_services):
+        """Determine the branch locations for the other services.
+
+           Determine if the local branch being tested is derived from its
+           stable or next (dev) branch, and based on this, use the corresonding
+           stable or next branches for the other_services."""
+        base_charms = ['mysql', 'mongodb']
+
+        if self.series in ['precise', 'trusty']:
+            base_series = self.series
+        else:
+            base_series = self.current_next
+
+        if self.stable:
+            for svc in other_services:
+                temp = 'lp:charms/{}/{}'
+                svc['location'] = temp.format(base_series,
+                                              svc['name'])
+        else:
+            for svc in other_services:
+                if svc['name'] in base_charms:
+                    temp = 'lp:charms/{}/{}'
+                    svc['location'] = temp.format(base_series,
+                                                  svc['name'])
+                else:
+                    temp = 'lp:~openstack-charmers/charms/{}/{}/next'
+                    svc['location'] = temp.format(self.current_next,
+                                                  svc['name'])
+        return other_services
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services to the deployment and set openstack-origin/source."""
+        other_services = self._determine_branch_locations(other_services)
+
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self)._add_services(this_service,
+                                                             other_services)
+
+        services = other_services
+        services.append(this_service)
+        use_source = ['mysql', 'mongodb', 'rabbitmq-server', 'ceph',
+                      'ceph-osd', 'ceph-radosgw']
+        # Openstack subordinate charms do not expose an origin option as that
+        # is controlled by the principle
+        ignore = ['neutron-openvswitch']
+
+        if self.openstack:
+            for svc in services:
+                if svc['name'] not in use_source + ignore:
+                    config = {'openstack-origin': self.openstack}
+                    self.d.configure(svc['name'], config)
+
+        if self.source:
+            for svc in services:
+                if svc['name'] in use_source and svc['name'] not in ignore:
+                    config = {'source': self.source}
+                    self.d.configure(svc['name'], config)
+
+    def _configure_services(self, configs):
+        """Configure all of the services."""
+        for service, config in six.iteritems(configs):
+            self.d.configure(service, config)
+
+    def _get_openstack_release(self):
+        """Get openstack release.
+
+           Return an integer representing the enum value of the openstack
+           release.
+           """
+        # Must be ordered by OpenStack release (not by Ubuntu release):
+        (self.precise_essex, self.precise_folsom, self.precise_grizzly,
+         self.precise_havana, self.precise_icehouse,
+         self.trusty_icehouse, self.trusty_juno, self.utopic_juno,
+         self.trusty_kilo, self.vivid_kilo) = range(10)
+
+        releases = {
+            ('precise', None): self.precise_essex,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-folsom'): self.precise_folsom,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-grizzly'): self.precise_grizzly,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-havana'): self.precise_havana,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-icehouse'): self.precise_icehouse,
+            ('trusty', None): self.trusty_icehouse,
+            ('trusty', 'cloud:trusty-juno'): self.trusty_juno,
+            ('trusty', 'cloud:trusty-kilo'): self.trusty_kilo,
+            ('utopic', None): self.utopic_juno,
+            ('vivid', None): self.vivid_kilo}
+        return releases[(self.series, self.openstack)]
+
+    def _get_openstack_release_string(self):
+        """Get openstack release string.
+
+           Return a string representing the openstack release.
+           """
+        releases = OrderedDict([
+            ('precise', 'essex'),
+            ('quantal', 'folsom'),
+            ('raring', 'grizzly'),
+            ('saucy', 'havana'),
+            ('trusty', 'icehouse'),
+            ('utopic', 'juno'),
+            ('vivid', 'kilo'),
+        ])
+        if self.openstack:
+            os_origin = self.openstack.split(':')[1]
+            return os_origin.split('%s-' % self.series)[1].split('/')[0]
+        else:
+            return releases[self.series]
 
=== added file 'tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py'
--- tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py	2015-10-19 03:23:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import logging
+import os
+import time
+import urllib
+
+import glanceclient.v1.client as glance_client
+import keystoneclient.v2_0 as keystone_client
+import novaclient.v1_1.client as nova_client
+
+import six
+
+from charmhelpers.contrib.amulet.utils import (
+    AmuletUtils
+)
+
+DEBUG = logging.DEBUG
+ERROR = logging.ERROR
+
+
+class OpenStackAmuletUtils(AmuletUtils):
+    """OpenStack amulet utilities.
+
+       This class inherits from AmuletUtils and has additional support
+       that is specifically for use by OpenStack charms.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, log_level=ERROR):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletUtils, self).__init__(log_level)
+
+    def validate_endpoint_data(self, endpoints, admin_port, internal_port,
+                               public_port, expected):
+        """Validate endpoint data.
+
+           Validate actual endpoint data vs expected endpoint data. The ports
+           are used to find the matching endpoint.
+           """
+        found = False
+        for ep in endpoints:
+            self.log.debug('endpoint: {}'.format(repr(ep)))
+            if (admin_port in ep.adminurl and
+                    internal_port in ep.internalurl and
+                    public_port in ep.publicurl):
+                found = True
+                actual = {'id': ep.id,
+                          'region': ep.region,
+                          'adminurl': ep.adminurl,
+                          'internalurl': ep.internalurl,
+                          'publicurl': ep.publicurl,
+                          'service_id': ep.service_id}
+                ret = self._validate_dict_data(expected, actual)
+                if ret:
+                    return 'unexpected endpoint data - {}'.format(ret)
+
+        if not found:
+            return 'endpoint not found'
+
+    def validate_svc_catalog_endpoint_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate service catalog endpoint data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual service catalog endpoints vs a list of
+           expected service catalog endpoints.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for k, v in six.iteritems(expected):
+            if k in actual:
+                ret = self._validate_dict_data(expected[k][0], actual[k][0])
+                if ret:
+                    return self.endpoint_error(k, ret)
+            else:
+                return "endpoint {} does not exist".format(k)
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_tenant_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate tenant data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual tenant data vs list of expected tenant
+           data.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for e in expected:
+            found = False
+            for act in actual:
+                a = {'enabled': act.enabled, 'description': act.description,
+                     'name': act.name, 'id': act.id}
+                if e['name'] == a['name']:
+                    found = True
+                    ret = self._validate_dict_data(e, a)
+                    if ret:
+                        return "unexpected tenant data - {}".format(ret)
+            if not found:
+                return "tenant {} does not exist".format(e['name'])
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_role_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate role data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual role data vs a list of expected role
+           data.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for e in expected:
+            found = False
+            for act in actual:
+                a = {'name': act.name, 'id': act.id}
+                if e['name'] == a['name']:
+                    found = True
+                    ret = self._validate_dict_data(e, a)
+                    if ret:
+                        return "unexpected role data - {}".format(ret)
+            if not found:
+                return "role {} does not exist".format(e['name'])
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_user_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate user data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual user data vs a list of expected user
+           data.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for e in expected:
+            found = False
+            for act in actual:
+                a = {'enabled': act.enabled, 'name': act.name,
+                     'email': act.email, 'tenantId': act.tenantId,
+                     'id': act.id}
+                if e['name'] == a['name']:
+                    found = True
+                    ret = self._validate_dict_data(e, a)
+                    if ret:
+                        return "unexpected user data - {}".format(ret)
+            if not found:
+                return "user {} does not exist".format(e['name'])
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_flavor_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate flavor data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual flavors vs a list of expected flavors.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        act = [a.name for a in actual]
+        return self._validate_list_data(expected, act)
+
+    def tenant_exists(self, keystone, tenant):
+        """Return True if tenant exists."""
+        return tenant in [t.name for t in keystone.tenants.list()]
+
+    def authenticate_keystone_admin(self, keystone_sentry, user, password,
+                                    tenant):
+        """Authenticates admin user with the keystone admin endpoint."""
+        unit = keystone_sentry
+        service_ip = unit.relation('shared-db',
+                                   'mysql:shared-db')['private-address']
+        ep = "http://{}:35357/v2.0".format(service_ip.strip().decode('utf-8'))
+        return keystone_client.Client(username=user, password=password,
+                                      tenant_name=tenant, auth_url=ep)
+
+    def authenticate_keystone_user(self, keystone, user, password, tenant):
+        """Authenticates a regular user with the keystone public endpoint."""
+        ep = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(service_type='identity',
+                                              endpoint_type='publicURL')
+        return keystone_client.Client(username=user, password=password,
+                                      tenant_name=tenant, auth_url=ep)
+
+    def authenticate_glance_admin(self, keystone):
+        """Authenticates admin user with glance."""
+        ep = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(service_type='image',
+                                              endpoint_type='adminURL')
+        return glance_client.Client(ep, token=keystone.auth_token)
+
+    def authenticate_nova_user(self, keystone, user, password, tenant):
+        """Authenticates a regular user with nova-api."""
+        ep = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(service_type='identity',
+                                              endpoint_type='publicURL')
+        return nova_client.Client(username=user, api_key=password,
+                                  project_id=tenant, auth_url=ep)
+
+    def create_cirros_image(self, glance, image_name):
+        """Download the latest cirros image and upload it to glance."""
+        http_proxy = os.getenv('AMULET_HTTP_PROXY')
+        self.log.debug('AMULET_HTTP_PROXY: {}'.format(http_proxy))
+        if http_proxy:
+            proxies = {'http': http_proxy}
+            opener = urllib.FancyURLopener(proxies)
+        else:
+            opener = urllib.FancyURLopener()
+
+        f = opener.open("http://download.cirros-cloud.net/version/released")
+        version = f.read().strip()
+        cirros_img = "cirros-{}-x86_64-disk.img".format(version)
+        local_path = os.path.join('tests', cirros_img)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(local_path):
+            cirros_url = "http://{}/{}/{}".format("download.cirros-cloud.net",
+                                                  version, cirros_img)
+            opener.retrieve(cirros_url, local_path)
+        f.close()
+
+        with open(local_path) as f:
+            image = glance.images.create(name=image_name, is_public=True,
+                                         disk_format='qcow2',
+                                         container_format='bare', data=f)
+        count = 1
+        status = image.status
+        while status != 'active' and count < 10:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            image = glance.images.get(image.id)
+            status = image.status
+            self.log.debug('image status: {}'.format(status))
+            count += 1
+
+        if status != 'active':
+            self.log.error('image creation timed out')
+            return None
+
+        return image
+
+    def delete_image(self, glance, image):
+        """Delete the specified image."""
+        num_before = len(list(glance.images.list()))
+        glance.images.delete(image)
+
+        count = 1
+        num_after = len(list(glance.images.list()))
+        while num_after != (num_before - 1) and count < 10:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            num_after = len(list(glance.images.list()))
+            self.log.debug('number of images: {}'.format(num_after))
+            count += 1
+
+        if num_after != (num_before - 1):
+            self.log.error('image deletion timed out')
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def create_instance(self, nova, image_name, instance_name, flavor):
+        """Create the specified instance."""
+        image = nova.images.find(name=image_name)
+        flavor = nova.flavors.find(name=flavor)
+        instance = nova.servers.create(name=instance_name, image=image,
+                                       flavor=flavor)
+
+        count = 1
+        status = instance.status
+        while status != 'ACTIVE' and count < 60:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            instance = nova.servers.get(instance.id)
+            status = instance.status
+            self.log.debug('instance status: {}'.format(status))
+            count += 1
+
+        if status != 'ACTIVE':
+            self.log.error('instance creation timed out')
+            return None
+
+        return instance
+
+    def delete_instance(self, nova, instance):
+        """Delete the specified instance."""
+        num_before = len(list(nova.servers.list()))
+        nova.servers.delete(instance)
+
+        count = 1
+        num_after = len(list(nova.servers.list()))
+        while num_after != (num_before - 1) and count < 10:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            num_after = len(list(nova.servers.list()))
+            self.log.debug('number of instances: {}'.format(num_after))
+            count += 1
+
+        if num_after != (num_before - 1):
+            self.log.error('instance deletion timed out')
+            return False
+
+        return True