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+#    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 cinderclient.client
+import heatclient.client
+import keystoneclient.exceptions
+import keystoneclient.v2_0.client
+import neutronclient.v2_0.client
+import novaclient.client
+
+import logging
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ClientManager(object):
+    """
+    Manager that provides access to the official python clients for
+    calling various OpenStack APIs.
+    """
+
+    CINDERCLIENT_VERSION = '1'
+    HEATCLIENT_VERSION = '1'
+    NOVACLIENT_VERSION = '2'
+
+    def __init__(self, conf):
+        self.conf = conf
+        self.identity_client = self._get_identity_client()
+        self.orchestration_client = self._get_orchestration_client()
+        self.compute_client = self._get_compute_client()
+        self.network_client = self._get_network_client()
+        self.volume_client = self._get_volume_client()
+
+    def _get_orchestration_client(self):
+        keystone = self._get_identity_client()
+        region = self.conf.region
+        token = keystone.auth_token
+        try:
+            endpoint = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(
+                attr='region',
+                filter_value=region,
+                service_type='orchestration',
+                endpoint_type='publicURL')
+        except keystoneclient.exceptions.EndpointNotFound:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return heatclient.client.Client(
+                self.HEATCLIENT_VERSION,
+                endpoint,
+                token=token,
+                username=self.conf.username,
+                password=self.conf.password)
+
+    def _get_identity_client(self):
+        return keystoneclient.v2_0.client.Client(
+            username=self.conf.username,
+            password=self.conf.password,
+            tenant_name=self.conf.tenant_name,
+            auth_url=self.conf.auth_url,
+            insecure=self.conf.disable_ssl_certificate_validation)
+
+    def _get_compute_client(self):
+
+        dscv = self.conf.disable_ssl_certificate_validation
+        region = self.conf.region
+
+        client_args = (
+            self.conf.username,
+            self.conf.password,
+            self.conf.tenant_name,
+            self.conf.auth_url
+        )
+
+        # Create our default Nova client to use in testing
+        return novaclient.client.Client(
+            self.NOVACLIENT_VERSION,
+            *client_args,
+            service_type='compute',
+            endpoint_type='publicURL',
+            region_name=region,
+            no_cache=True,
+            insecure=dscv,
+            http_log_debug=True)
+
+    def _get_network_client(self):
+        auth_url = self.conf.auth_url
+        dscv = self.conf.disable_ssl_certificate_validation
+
+        return neutronclient.v2_0.client.Client(
+            username=self.conf.username,
+            password=self.conf.password,
+            tenant_name=self.conf.tenant_name,
+            endpoint_type='publicURL',
+            auth_url=auth_url,
+            insecure=dscv)
+
+    def _get_volume_client(self):
+        auth_url = self.conf.auth_url
+        region = self.conf.region
+        endpoint_type = 'publicURL'
+        dscv = self.conf.disable_ssl_certificate_validation
+        return cinderclient.client.Client(
+            self.CINDERCLIENT_VERSION,
+            self.conf.username,
+            self.conf.password,
+            self.conf.tenant_name,
+            auth_url,
+            region_name=region,
+            endpoint_type=endpoint_type,
+            insecure=dscv,
+            http_log_debug=True)