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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.
+
+
+class IntegrationException(Exception):
+    """
+    Base Tempest Exception
+
+    To correctly use this class, inherit from it and define
+    a 'message' property. That message will get printf'd
+    with the keyword arguments provided to the constructor.
+    """
+    message = "An unknown exception occurred"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(IntegrationException, self).__init__()
+        try:
+            self._error_string = self.message % kwargs
+        except Exception:
+            # at least get the core message out if something happened
+            self._error_string = self.message
+        if len(args) > 0:
+            # If there is a non-kwarg parameter, assume it's the error
+            # message or reason description and tack it on to the end
+            # of the exception message
+            # Convert all arguments into their string representations...
+            args = ["%s" % arg for arg in args]
+            self._error_string = (self._error_string +
+                                  "\nDetails: %s" % '\n'.join(args))
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._error_string
+
+
+class InvalidCredentials(IntegrationException):
+    message = "Invalid Credentials"
+
+
+class TimeoutException(IntegrationException):
+    message = "Request timed out"
+
+
+class BuildErrorException(IntegrationException):
+    message = "Server %(server_id)s failed to build and is in ERROR status"
+
+
+class StackBuildErrorException(IntegrationException):
+    message = ("Stack %(stack_identifier)s is in %(stack_status)s status "
+               "due to '%(stack_status_reason)s'")
+
+
+class StackResourceBuildErrorException(IntegrationException):
+    message = ("Resource %(resource_name)s in stack %(stack_identifier)s is "
+               "in %(resource_status)s status due to "
+               "'%(resource_status_reason)s'")
+
+
+class SSHTimeout(IntegrationException):
+    message = ("Connection to the %(host)s via SSH timed out.\n"
+               "User: %(user)s, Password: %(password)s")
+
+
+class SSHExecCommandFailed(IntegrationException):
+    """Raised when remotely executed command returns nonzero status."""
+    message = ("Command '%(command)s', exit status: %(exit_status)d, "
+               "Error:\n%(strerror)s")
+
+
+class ServerUnreachable(IntegrationException):
+    message = "The server is not reachable via the configured network"