rackspace acceptance tests
diff --git a/acceptance/rackspace/orchestration/v1/common.go b/acceptance/rackspace/orchestration/v1/common.go
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+// +build acceptance
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+)
+
+var template = fmt.Sprintf(`
+{
+		"heat_template_version": "2013-05-23",
+		"description": "Simple template to test heat commands",
+		"parameters": {},
+		"resources": {
+				"hello_world": {
+						"type":"OS::Nova::Server",
+						"properties": {
+								"flavor": "%s",
+								"image": "%s",
+								"user_data": "#!/bin/bash -xv\necho \"hello world\" > /root/hello-world.txt\n"
+						}
+				}
+		}
+}
+`, os.Getenv("RS_FLAVOR_ID"), os.Getenv("RS_IMAGE_ID"))
+
+func newClient(t *testing.T) *gophercloud.ServiceClient {
+	ao, err := rackspace.AuthOptionsFromEnv()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	client, err := rackspace.AuthenticatedClient(ao)
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	c, err := rackspace.NewOrchestrationV1(client, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+		Region: os.Getenv("RS_REGION_NAME"),
+	})
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	return c
+}