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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.common import waiters
+from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib import decorators
+
+from patrole_tempest_plugin import rbac_rule_validation
+from patrole_tempest_plugin.rbac_utils import rbac_utils
+from patrole_tempest_plugin.tests.api.compute import rbac_base
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class SuspendServerRbacTest(rbac_base.BaseV2ComputeRbacTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(SuspendServerRbacTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(SuspendServerRbacTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.suspend:
+            msg = "%s skipped as suspend compute feature is not available." \
+                  % cls.__name__
+            raise cls.skipException(msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(SuspendServerRbacTest, cls).resource_setup()
+        cls.server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=False)
+
+        # Guarantee that the server is active during each test run.
+        vm_state = self.client.show_server(self.server['id'])['server'][
+            'OS-EXT-STS:vm_state'].upper()
+        if vm_state != 'ACTIVE':
+            self.client.resume_server(self.server['id'])
+            waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, self.server['id'],
+                                           'ACTIVE')
+
+        super(SuspendServerRbacTest, self).tearDown()
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('b775930f-237c-431c-83ae-d33ed1b9700b')
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-suspend-server:suspend")
+    def test_suspend_server(self):
+        rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        self.client.suspend_server(self.server['id'])
+        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, self.server['id'],
+                                       'SUSPENDED')
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('4d90bd02-11f8-45b1-a8a1-534665584675')
+    @rbac_rule_validation.action(
+        service="nova",
+        rule="os_compute_api:os-suspend-server:resume")
+    def test_resume_server(self):
+        self.client.suspend_server(self.server['id'])
+        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, self.server['id'],
+                                       'SUSPENDED')
+        rbac_utils.switch_role(self, switchToRbacRole=True)
+        self.client.resume_server(self.server['id'])
+        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, self.server['id'],
+                                       'ACTIVE')