diff --git a/tcp_tests/settings.py b/tcp_tests/settings.py
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+#    Copyright 2016 Mirantis, Inc.
+#
+#    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 os
+import pkg_resources
+import time
+
+_boolean_states = {'1': True, 'yes': True, 'true': True, 'on': True,
+                   '0': False, 'no': False, 'false': False, 'off': False}
+
+_default_conf = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+    __name__, 'templates/tcpcloud-default.yaml')
+
+
+def get_var_as_bool(name, default):
+    value = os.environ.get(name, '')
+    return _boolean_states.get(value.lower(), default)
+
+
+LOGS_DIR = os.environ.get('LOGS_DIR', os.getcwd())
+TIMESTAT_PATH_YAML = os.environ.get(
+    'TIMESTAT_PATH_YAML', os.path.join(
+        LOGS_DIR, 'timestat_{}.yaml'.format(time.strftime("%Y%m%d"))))
+
+SSH_LOGIN = os.environ.get('SSH_LOGIN', 'vagrant')
+SSH_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('SSH_PASSWORD', 'vagrant')
+SSH_NODE_CREDENTIALS = {"login": SSH_LOGIN,
+                        "password": SSH_PASSWORD}
+
+CONF_PATH = os.environ.get('CONF_PATH', os.path.abspath(_default_conf))
+SHUTDOWN_ENV_ON_TEARDOWN = get_var_as_bool('SHUTDOWN_ENV_ON_TEARDOWN', True)
+
+# public_iface = IFACES[0]
+# private_iface = IFACES[1]
+IFACES = [
+    os.environ.get("IFACE_0", "eth0"),
+    os.environ.get("IFACE_1", "eth1"),
+]