rax accounts, containers acceptance tests
diff --git a/acceptance/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/common.go b/acceptance/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/common.go
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+// +build acceptance rackspace
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+)
+
+func rackspaceAuthOptions(t *testing.T) gophercloud.AuthOptions {
+	// Obtain credentials from the environment.
+	options := gophercloud.AuthOptions{
+		Username: os.Getenv("RS_USERNAME"),
+		APIKey:   os.Getenv("RS_APIKEY"),
+	}
+
+	if options.Username == "" {
+		t.Fatal("Please provide a Rackspace username as RS_USERNAME.")
+	}
+	if options.APIKey == "" {
+		t.Fatal("Please provide a Rackspace API key as RS_APIKEY.")
+	}
+
+	return options
+}
+
+func createClient(t *testing.T, cdn bool) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	region := os.Getenv("RS_REGION")
+	if region == "" {
+		t.Fatal("Please provide a Rackspace region as RS_REGION")
+	}
+
+	ao := rackspaceAuthOptions(t)
+
+	provider, err := rackspace.NewClient(ao.IdentityEndpoint)
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	err = rackspace.Authenticate(provider, ao)
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	if cdn {
+		return rackspace.NewObjectCDNV1(provider, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+			Region: region,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return rackspace.NewObjectStorageV1(provider, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+		Region: region,
+	})
+}