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+#    Copyright 2017 AT&T Corporation.
+#    All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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 tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
+from tempest.lib import decorators
+
+from patrole_tempest_plugin import rbac_rule_validation
+from patrole_tempest_plugin.tests.api.compute import rbac_base
+
+
+class KeypairsRbacTest(rbac_base.BaseV2ComputeRbacTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(KeypairsRbacTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.keypairs_client
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=False)
+        super(KeypairsRbacTest, self).tearDown()
+
+    def _create_keypair(self):
+        key_name = data_utils.rand_name('key')
+        keypair = self.client.create_keypair(name=key_name)
+        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
+                        self.client.delete_keypair,
+                        key_name)
+        return keypair
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('16e0ae81-e05f-48cd-b253-cf31ab0732f0')
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-keypairs:create")
+    def test_create_keypair(self):
+        self.rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        self._create_keypair()
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('85a5eb99-40ec-4e77-9358-bee2cdf9d7df')
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-keypairs:show")
+    def test_show_keypair(self):
+        kp_name = self._create_keypair()['keypair']['name']
+        self.rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        self.client.show_keypair(kp_name)
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('6bff9f1c-b809-43c1-8d63-61fbd19d49d3')
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-keypairs:delete")
+    def test_delete_keypair(self):
+        kp_name = self._create_keypair()['keypair']['name']
+        self.rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        self.client.delete_keypair(kp_name)
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('6bb31346-ff7f-4b10-978e-170ac5fcfa3e')
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-keypairs:index")
+    def test_index_keypair(self):
+        self.rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        self.client.list_keypairs()