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+# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+# 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.
+
+import random
+
+import six
+
+from tempest.api.compute import base
+from tempest.common import image as common_image
+from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+from tempest import test
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class FlavorsV2NegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsV2NegativeTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        if CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v1:
+            cls.images_client = cls.os.image_client
+        elif CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v2:
+            cls.images_client = cls.os.image_client_v2
+        else:
+            raise lib_exc.InvalidConfiguration(
+                'Either api_v1 or api_v2 must be True in '
+                '[image-feature-enabled].')
+
+    @test.attr(type=['negative'])
+    @test.services('image')
+    @test.idempotent_id('90f0d93a-91c1-450c-91e6-07d18172cefe')
+    def test_boot_with_low_ram(self):
+        """Try boot a vm with lower than min ram
+
+        Create an image with min_ram value
+        Try to create server with flavor of insufficient ram size from
+        that image
+        """
+        flavor = self.flavors_client.show_flavor(
+            CONF.compute.flavor_ref)['flavor']
+        min_img_ram = flavor['ram'] + 1
+        size = random.randint(1024, 4096)
+        image_file = six.BytesIO(data_utils.random_bytes(size))
+        params = {
+            'name': data_utils.rand_name('image'),
+            'container_format': CONF.image.container_formats[0],
+            'disk_format': CONF.image.disk_formats[0],
+            'min_ram': min_img_ram
+        }
+
+        if CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v1:
+            params.update({'is_public': False})
+            params = {'headers': common_image.image_meta_to_headers(**params)}
+        else:
+            params.update({'visibility': 'private'})
+
+        image = self.images_client.create_image(**params)
+        image = image['image'] if 'image' in image else image
+        self.addCleanup(self.images_client.delete_image, image['id'])
+
+        if CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v1:
+            self.images_client.update_image(image['id'], data=image_file)
+        else:
+            self.images_client.store_image_file(image['id'], data=image_file)
+
+        self.assertEqual(min_img_ram, image['min_ram'])
+
+        # Try to create server with flavor of insufficient ram size
+        self.assertRaisesRegexp(lib_exc.BadRequest,
+                                "Flavor's memory is too small for "
+                                "requested image",
+                                self.create_test_server,
+                                image_id=image['id'],
+                                flavor=flavor['id'])