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+# Copyright 2016 Rackspace 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.
+
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+from octavia_tempest_plugin.common import constants as const
+
+service_available_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='service_available',
+                                       title='Available OpenStack Services')
+
+ServiceAvailableGroup = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('load_balancer',
+                default=True,
+                help="Whether or not the load-balancer service is expected "
+                     "to be available."),
+]
+
+octavia_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='load_balancer',
+                             title='load-balancer service options')
+
+OctaviaGroup = [
+    # Tempest plugin common options
+    cfg.StrOpt("region",
+               default="",
+               help="The region name to use. If empty, the value "
+                    "of identity.region is used instead. If no such region "
+                    "is found in the service catalog, the first found one is "
+                    "used."),
+    cfg.StrOpt('catalog_type',
+               default='load-balancer',
+               help='Catalog type of the Octavia service.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('endpoint_type',
+               default='publicURL',
+               choices=['public', 'admin', 'internal',
+                        'publicURL', 'adminURL', 'internalURL'],
+               help="The endpoint type to use for the load-balancer service"),
+    cfg.IntOpt('build_interval',
+               default=5,
+               help='Time in seconds between build status checks for '
+                    'non-load-balancer resources to build'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('build_timeout',
+               default=30,
+               help='Timeout in seconds to wait for non-load-balancer '
+                    'resources to build'),
+    # load-balancer specific options
+    cfg.IntOpt('check_interval',
+               default=5,
+               help='Interval to check for status changes.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('check_timeout',
+               default=60,
+               help='Timeout, in seconds, to wait for a status change.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('test_with_noop',
+                default=False,
+                help='Runs the tests assuming no-op drivers are being used. '
+                     'Tests will assume no actual amphora are created.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('lb_build_interval',
+               default=10,
+               help='Time in seconds between build status checks for a '
+                    'load balancer.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('lb_build_timeout',
+               default=900,
+               help='Timeout in seconds to wait for a '
+                    'load balancer to build.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('member_role',
+               default='load-balancer_member',
+               help='The load balancing member RBAC role.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('admin_role',
+               default='load-balancer_admin',
+               help='The load balancing admin RBAC role.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('scp_connection_timeout',
+               default=5,
+               help='Timeout in seconds to wait for a '
+                    'scp connection to complete.'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('scp_connection_attempts',
+               default=20,
+               help='Retries for scp to attempt to connect.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('provider',
+               default='octavia',
+               help='The provider driver to use for the tests.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('RBAC_test_type', default=const.ADVANCED,
+               choices=[const.ADVANCED, const.OWNERADMIN, const.NONE],
+               help='Type of RBAC tests to run. "advanced" runs the octavia '
+                    'default RBAC tests. "owner_or_admin" runs the legacy '
+                    'owner or admin tests. "none" disables the RBAC tests.'),
+    # Networking
+    cfg.BoolOpt('test_with_ipv6',
+                default=True,
+                help='When true the IPv6 tests will be run.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('disable_boot_network', default=False,
+                help='True if your cloud does not allow creating networks or '
+                     'specifying the boot network for instances.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('enable_security_groups', default=False,
+                help='When true, security groups will be created for the test '
+                     'servers. When false, port security will be disabled on '
+                     'the created networks.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('test_network_override',
+               help='Overrides network creation and uses this network ID for '
+                    'all tests (VIP, members, etc.). Required if '
+                    'test_subnet_override is set.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('test_subnet_override',
+               help='Overrides subnet creation and uses this subnet ID for '
+                    'all IPv4 tests (VIP, members, etc.). Optional'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('test_ipv6_subnet_override',
+               help='Overrides subnet creation and uses this subnet ID for '
+                    'all IPv6 tests (VIP, members, etc.). Optional and only '
+                    'valid if test_network_override is set.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('vip_subnet_cidr',
+               default='10.1.1.0/24',
+               help='CIDR format subnet to use for the vip subnet.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('vip_ipv6_subnet_cidr',
+               default='fdde:1a92:7523:70a0::/64',
+               help='CIDR format subnet to use for the IPv6 vip subnet.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('member_1_ipv4_subnet_cidr',
+               default='10.2.1.0/24',
+               help='CIDR format subnet to use for the member 1 subnet.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('member_1_ipv6_subnet_cidr',
+               default='fd7b:f9f7:0fff:4eca::/64',
+               help='CIDR format subnet to use for the member 1 ipv6 subnet.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('member_2_ipv4_subnet_cidr',
+               default='10.2.2.0/24',
+               help='CIDR format subnet to use for the member 2 subnet.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('member_2_ipv6_subnet_cidr',
+               default='fd77:1457:4cf0:26a8::/64',
+               help='CIDR format subnet to use for the member 1 ipv6 subnet.'),
+    # Environment specific options
+    # These are used to accomidate clouds with specific limitations
+    cfg.IntOpt('random_server_name_length',
+               default=0,
+               help='If non-zero, generate a random name of the length '
+                    'provided for each server, in the format "m[A-Z0-9]*". '),
+    cfg.StrOpt('availability_zone',
+               default=None,
+               help='Availability zone to use for creating servers.'),
+]