diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index 4fe2e9f..e21deea 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@
 Eventually the config options for providing credentials to tempest will be
 deprecated and removed in favor of the accounts.yaml file.
 
+Keystone Connection Info
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+In order for tempest to be able to talk to your OpenStack deployment you need
+to provide it with information about how it communicates with keystone.
+This involves configuring the following options in the identity section:
+
+ #. auth_version
+ #. uri
+ #. uri_v3
+
+The *auth_version* option is used to tell tempest whether it should be using
+keystone's v2 or v3 api for communicating with keystone. (except for the
+identity api tests which will test a specific version) The 2 uri options are
+used to tell tempest the url of the keystone endpoint. The *uri* option is used
+for keystone v2 request and *uri_v3* is used for keystone v3. You want to ensure
+that which ever version you set for *auth_version* has its uri option defined.
+
+
 Credential Provider Mechanisms
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -123,3 +141,233 @@
 is that if a test requires specific roles on accounts these tests can not be
 run. This is because the config options do not give sufficient flexibility to
 describe the roles assigned to a user for running the tests.
+
+Compute
+-------
+
+Flavors
+^^^^^^^
+For tempest to be able to create servers you need to specify flavors that it
+can use to boot the servers with. There are 2 options in the tempest config
+for doing this:
+
+ #. flavor_ref
+ #. flavor_ref_alt
+
+Both of these options are in the compute section of the config file and take
+in the flavor id (not the name) from nova. The *flavor_ref* option is what will
+be used for booting almost all of the guests, *flavor_ref_alt* is only used in
+tests where 2 different sized servers are required. (for example a resize test)
+
+Using a smaller flavor is generally recommended, when larger flavors are used
+the extra time required to bring up servers will likely affect total run time
+and probably require tweaking timeout values to ensure tests have ample time to
+finish.
+
+Images
+^^^^^^
+Just like with flavors, tempest needs to know which images to use for booting
+servers. There are 2 options in the compute section just like with flavors:
+
+ #. image_ref
+ #. image_ref_alt
+
+Both options are expecting an image id (not name) from nova. The *image_ref*
+option is what what will be used for booting the majority of servers in tempest.
+*image_ref_alt* is used for tests that require 2 images such as rebuild. If 2
+images are not available you can set both options to the same image_ref and
+those tests will be skipped.
+
+There are also options in the scenario section for images:
+
+ #. img_file
+ #. img_dir
+ #. aki_img_file
+ #. ari_img_file
+ #. ami_img_file
+ #. img_container_format
+ #. img_disk_format
+
+however unlike the other image options these are used for a very small subset
+of scenario tests which are uploading an image. These options are used to tell
+tempest where an image file is located and describe it's metadata for when it's
+uploaded.
+
+The behavior of these options is a bit convoluted (which will likely be fixed
+in future versions). You first need to specify *img_dir*, which is the directory
+tempest will look for the image files in. First it will check if the filename
+set for *img_file* could be found in *img_dir*. If it is found then the
+*img_container_format* and *img_disk_format* options are used to upload that
+image to glance. However if it's not found tempest will look for the 3 uec image
+file name options as a fallback. If neither is found the tests requiring an
+image to upload will fail.
+
+It is worth pointing out that using `cirros`_ is a very good choice for running
+tempest. It's what is used for upstream testing, they boot quickly and have a
+small footprint.
+
+.. _cirros: https://launchpad.net/cirros
+
+Networking
+----------
+OpenStack has a myriad of different networking configurations possible and
+depending on which of the 2 network backends, nova-network or neutron, you are
+using things can vary drastically. Due to this complexity Tempest has to provide
+a certain level of flexibility in it's configuration to ensure it will work
+against any cloud. This ends up causing a large number of permutations in
+Tempest's config around network configuration.
+
+
+Enabling Remote Access to Created Servers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+When Tempest creates servers for testing, some tests require being able to
+connect those servers. Depending on the configuration of the cloud, the methods
+for doing this can be different. In certain configurations it is required to
+specify a single network with server create calls. Accordingly, Tempest provides
+a few different methods for providing this information in configuration to try
+and ensure that regardless of the clouds configuration it'll still be able to
+run. This section covers the different methods of configuring Tempest to provide
+a network when creating servers.
+
+Fixed Network Name
+""""""""""""""""""
+This is the simplest method of specifying how networks should be used. You can
+just specify a single network name/label to use for all server creations. The
+limitation with this is that all tenants/projects and users must be able to see
+that network name/label if they were to perform a network list and be able to
+use it.
+
+If no network name is assigned in the config file and none of the below
+alternatives are used, then Tempest will not specify a network on server
+creations, which depending on the cloud configuration might prevent them from
+booting.
+
+To set a fixed network name simply do:
+
+ #. Set the fixed_network_name option in the compute group
+
+In the case that the configured fixed network name can not be found by a user
+network list call, it will be treated like one was not provided except that a
+warning will be logged stating that it couldn't be found.
+
+
+Accounts File
+"""""""""""""
+If you are using an accounts file to provide credentials for running Tempest
+then you can leverage it to also specify which network should be used with
+server creations on a per tenant/project and user pair basis. This provides
+the necessary flexibility to work with more intricate networking configurations
+by enabling the user to specify exactly which network to use for which
+tenants/projects. You can refer to the accounts.yaml sample file included in
+the tempest repo for the syntax around specifying networks in the file.
+
+However, specifying a network is not required when using an accounts file. If
+one is not specified you can use a fixed network name to specify the network to
+use when creating servers just as without an accounts file. However, any network
+specified in the accounts file will take precedence over the fixed network name
+provided. If no network is provided in the accounts file and a fixed network
+name is not set then no network will be included in create server requests.
+
+If a fixed network is provided and the accounts.yaml file also contains networks
+this has the benefit of enabling a couple more tests which require a static
+network to perform operations like server lists with a network filter. If a
+fixed network name is not provided these tests are skipped. Additionally, if a
+fixed network name is provided it will serve as a fallback in case of a
+misconfiguration or a missing network in the accounts file.
+
+
+With Tenant Isolation
+"""""""""""""""""""""
+With tenant isolation enabled and using nova-network then nothing changes. Your
+only option for configuration is to either set a fixed network name or not.
+However, in most cases it shouldn't matter because nova-network should have no
+problem booting a server with multiple networks. If this is not the case for
+your cloud then using an accounts file is recommended because it provides the
+necessary flexibility to describe your configuration. Tenant isolation is not
+able to dynamically allocate things as necessary if neutron is not enabled.
+
+With neutron and tenant isolation enabled there should not be any additional
+configuration necessary to enable Tempest to create servers with working
+networking, assuming you have properly configured the network section to work
+for your cloud. Tempest will dynamically create the neutron resources necessary
+to enable using servers with that network. Also, just as with the accounts
+file, if you specify a fixed network name while using neutron and tenant
+isolation it will enable running tests which require a static network and it
+will additionally be used as a fallback for server creation. However, unlike
+accounts.yaml this should never be triggered.
+
+Configuring Available Services
+------------------------------
+OpenStack is really a constellation of several different projects which
+are running together to create a cloud. However which projects you're running
+is not set in stone, and which services are running is up to the deployer.
+Tempest however needs to know which services are available so it can figure
+out which tests it is able to run and certain setup steps which differ based
+on the available services.
+
+The *service_available* section of the config file is used to set which
+services are available. It contains a boolean option for each service (except
+for keystone which is a hard requirement) set it to True if the service is
+available or False if it is not.
+
+Service Catalog
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Each project which has its own REST API contains an entry in the service
+catalog. Like most things in OpenStack this is also completely configurable.
+However, for tempest to be able to figure out the endpoints to send REST API
+calls for each service to it needs to know how that project is defined in the
+service catalog. There are 3 options for each service section to accomplish
+this:
+
+ #. catalog_type
+ #. endpoint_type
+ #. region
+
+Setting *catalog_type* and *endpoint_type* should normally give Tempest enough
+information to determine which endpoint it should pull from the service
+catalog to use for talking to that particular service. However, if you're cloud
+has multiple regions available and you need to specify a particular one to use
+a service you can set the *region* option in that service's section.
+
+It should also be noted that the default values for these options are set
+to what devstack uses. (which is a de facto standard for service catalog
+entries) So often nothing actually needs to be set on these options to enable
+communication to a particular service. It is only if you are either not using
+the same *catalog_type* as devstack or you want Tempest to talk to a different
+endpoint type instead of publicURL for a service that these need to be changed.
+
+
+Service feature configuration
+-----------------------------
+
+OpenStack provides its deployers a myriad of different configuration options
+to enable anyone deploying it to create a cloud tailor-made for any individual
+use case. It provides options for several different backend type, databases,
+message queues, etc. However, the downside to this configurability is that
+certain operations and features aren't supported depending on the configuration.
+These features may or may not be discoverable from the API so the burden is
+often on the user to figure out what the cloud they're talking to supports.
+Besides the obvious interoperability issues with this it also leaves Tempest
+in an interesting situation trying to figure out which tests are expected to
+work. However, Tempest tests do not rely on dynamic api discovery for a feature
+(assuming one exists). Instead Tempest has to be explicitly configured as to
+which optional features are enabled. This is in order to prevent bugs in the
+discovery mechanisms from masking failures.
+
+The service feature-enabled config sections are how Tempest addresses the
+optional feature question. Each service that has tests for optional features
+contains one of these sections. The only options in it are boolean options
+with the name of a feature which is used. If it is set to false any test which
+depends on that functionality will be skipped. For a complete list of all these
+options refer to the sample config file.
+
+
+API Extensions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The service feature-enabled sections often contain an *api-extensions* option
+(or in the case of swift a *discoverable_apis* option) this is used to tell
+tempest which api extensions (or configurable middleware) is used in your
+deployment. It has 2 valid config states, either it contains a single value
+"all" (which is the default) which means that every api extension is assumed
+to be enabled, or it is set to a list of each individual extension that is
+enabled for that service.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf7471e..0d7fc0d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 python-glanceclient>=0.15.0
 python-cinderclient>=1.1.0
 python-heatclient>=0.3.0
-python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 oslo.concurrency>=1.8.0,<1.9.0         # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.9.3,<1.10.0  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tempest/api/data_processing/base.py b/tempest/api/data_processing/base.py
index d91fbaa..5a903b7 100644
--- a/tempest/api/data_processing/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/data_processing/base.py
@@ -12,14 +12,216 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+import six
 from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 
 from tempest import config
+from tempest import exceptions
 import tempest.test
 
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
+"""Default templates.
+There should always be at least a master1 and a worker1 node
+group template."""
+DEFAULT_TEMPLATES = {
+    'vanilla': OrderedDict([
+        ('2.6.0', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['namenode', 'resourcemanager',
+                                       'hiveserver']
+                },
+                'master2': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['oozie', 'historyserver',
+                                       'secondarynamenode']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['datanode', 'nodemanager'],
+                    'node_configs': {
+                        'MapReduce': {
+                            'yarn.app.mapreduce.am.resource.mb': 256,
+                            'yarn.app.mapreduce.am.command-opts': '-Xmx256m'
+                        },
+                        'YARN': {
+                            'yarn.scheduler.minimum-allocation-mb': 256,
+                            'yarn.scheduler.maximum-allocation-mb': 1024,
+                            'yarn.nodemanager.vmem-check-enabled': False
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'HDFS': {
+                    'dfs.replication': 1
+                }
+            }
+        }),
+        ('1.2.1', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['namenode', 'jobtracker']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['datanode', 'tasktracker'],
+                    'node_configs': {
+                        'HDFS': {
+                            'Data Node Heap Size': 1024
+                        },
+                        'MapReduce': {
+                            'Task Tracker Heap Size': 1024
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'HDFS': {
+                    'dfs.replication': 1
+                },
+                'MapReduce': {
+                    'mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution': False,
+                    'mapred.child.java.opts': '-Xmx500m'
+                },
+                'general': {
+                    'Enable Swift': False
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    ]),
+    'hdp': OrderedDict([
+        ('2.0.6', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['NAMENODE', 'SECONDARY_NAMENODE',
+                                       'ZOOKEEPER_SERVER', 'AMBARI_SERVER',
+                                       'HISTORYSERVER', 'RESOURCEMANAGER',
+                                       'GANGLIA_SERVER', 'NAGIOS_SERVER',
+                                       'OOZIE_SERVER']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['HDFS_CLIENT', 'DATANODE',
+                                       'YARN_CLIENT', 'ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT',
+                                       'MAPREDUCE2_CLIENT', 'NODEMANAGER',
+                                       'PIG', 'OOZIE_CLIENT']
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'HDFS': {
+                    'dfs.replication': 1
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    ]),
+    'spark': OrderedDict([
+        ('1.0.0', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['namenode', 'master']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['datanode', 'slave']
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'HDFS': {
+                    'dfs.replication': 1
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    ]),
+    'cdh': OrderedDict([
+        ('5.3.0', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['CLOUDERA_MANAGER']
+                },
+                'master2': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['HDFS_NAMENODE',
+                                       'YARN_RESOURCEMANAGER']
+                },
+                'master3': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['OOZIE_SERVER', 'YARN_JOBHISTORY',
+                                       'HDFS_SECONDARYNAMENODE',
+                                       'HIVE_METASTORE', 'HIVE_SERVER2']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['YARN_NODEMANAGER', 'HDFS_DATANODE']
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'HDFS': {
+                    'dfs_replication': 1
+                }
+            }
+        }),
+        ('5', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['CLOUDERA_MANAGER']
+                },
+                'master2': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['HDFS_NAMENODE',
+                                       'YARN_RESOURCEMANAGER']
+                },
+                'master3': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['OOZIE_SERVER', 'YARN_JOBHISTORY',
+                                       'HDFS_SECONDARYNAMENODE',
+                                       'HIVE_METASTORE', 'HIVE_SERVER2']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['YARN_NODEMANAGER', 'HDFS_DATANODE']
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'HDFS': {
+                    'dfs_replication': 1
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    ]),
+    'mapr': OrderedDict([
+        ('4.0.1.mrv2', {
+            'NODES': {
+                'master1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['CLDB', 'FileServer', 'ZooKeeper',
+                                       'NodeManager', 'ResourceManager',
+                                       'HistoryServer', 'Oozie']
+                },
+                'worker1': {
+                    'count': 1,
+                    'node_processes': ['FileServer', 'NodeManager', 'Pig']
+                }
+            },
+            'cluster_configs': {
+                'Hive': {
+                    'Hive Version': '0.13',
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    ]),
+}
+
 
 class BaseDataProcessingTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
 
@@ -28,6 +230,7 @@
         super(BaseDataProcessingTest, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.sahara:
             raise cls.skipException('Sahara support is required')
+        cls.default_plugin = cls._get_default_plugin()
 
     @classmethod
     def setup_credentials(cls):
@@ -43,6 +246,10 @@
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(BaseDataProcessingTest, cls).resource_setup()
 
+        cls.default_version = cls._get_default_version()
+        if cls.default_plugin is not None and cls.default_version is None:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidConfiguration(
+                message="No known Sahara plugin version was found")
         cls.flavor_ref = CONF.compute.flavor_ref
 
         # add lists for watched resources
@@ -172,3 +379,100 @@
         cls._jobs.append(resp_body['id'])
 
         return resp_body
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_default_plugin(cls):
+        """Returns the default plugin used for testing."""
+        if len(CONF.data_processing_feature_enabled.plugins) == 0:
+            return None
+
+        for plugin in CONF.data_processing_feature_enabled.plugins:
+            if plugin in DEFAULT_TEMPLATES.keys():
+                break
+        else:
+            plugin = ''
+        return plugin
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_default_version(cls):
+        """Returns the default plugin version used for testing.
+        This is gathered separately from the plugin to allow
+        the usage of plugin name in skip_checks. This method is
+        rather invoked into resource_setup, which allows API calls
+        and exceptions.
+        """
+        if not cls.default_plugin:
+            return None
+        plugin = cls.client.get_plugin(cls.default_plugin)
+
+        for version in DEFAULT_TEMPLATES[cls.default_plugin].keys():
+            if version in plugin['versions']:
+                break
+        else:
+            version = None
+
+        return version
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_node_group_template(cls, nodegroup='worker1'):
+        """Returns a node group template for the default plugin."""
+        try:
+            plugin_data = (
+                DEFAULT_TEMPLATES[cls.default_plugin][cls.default_version]
+            )
+            nodegroup_data = plugin_data['NODES'][nodegroup]
+            node_group_template = {
+                'description': 'Test node group template',
+                'plugin_name': cls.default_plugin,
+                'hadoop_version': cls.default_version,
+                'node_processes': nodegroup_data['node_processes'],
+                'flavor_id': cls.flavor_ref,
+                'node_configs': nodegroup_data.get('node_configs', {}),
+            }
+            return node_group_template
+        except (IndexError, KeyError):
+            return None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_cluster_template(cls, node_group_template_ids=None):
+        """Returns a cluster template for the default plugin.
+        node_group_template_defined contains the type and ID of pre-defined
+        node group templates that have to be used in the cluster template
+        (instead of dynamically defining them with 'node_processes').
+        """
+        if node_group_template_ids is None:
+            node_group_template_ids = {}
+        try:
+            plugin_data = (
+                DEFAULT_TEMPLATES[cls.default_plugin][cls.default_version]
+            )
+
+            all_node_groups = []
+            for ng_name, ng_data in six.iteritems(plugin_data['NODES']):
+                node_group = {
+                    'name': '%s-node' % (ng_name),
+                    'flavor_id': cls.flavor_ref,
+                    'count': ng_data['count']
+                }
+                if ng_name in node_group_template_ids.keys():
+                    # node group already defined, use it
+                    node_group['node_group_template_id'] = (
+                        node_group_template_ids[ng_name]
+                    )
+                else:
+                    # node_processes list defined on-the-fly
+                    node_group['node_processes'] = ng_data['node_processes']
+                if 'node_configs' in ng_data:
+                    node_group['node_configs'] = ng_data['node_configs']
+                all_node_groups.append(node_group)
+
+            cluster_template = {
+                'description': 'Test cluster template',
+                'plugin_name': cls.default_plugin,
+                'hadoop_version': cls.default_version,
+                'cluster_configs': plugin_data.get('cluster_configs', {}),
+                'node_groups': all_node_groups,
+            }
+            return cluster_template
+        except (IndexError, KeyError):
+            return None
diff --git a/tempest/api/data_processing/test_cluster_templates.py b/tempest/api/data_processing/test_cluster_templates.py
index 8a63c3f..cebf493 100644
--- a/tempest/api/data_processing/test_cluster_templates.py
+++ b/tempest/api/data_processing/test_cluster_templates.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from tempest_lib.common.utils import data_utils
 
 from tempest.api.data_processing import base as dp_base
+from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest import test
 
 
@@ -23,55 +24,30 @@
     sahara/restapi/rest_api_v1.0.html#cluster-templates
     """
     @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ClusterTemplateTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if cls.default_plugin is None:
+            raise cls.skipException("No Sahara plugins configured")
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(ClusterTemplateTest, cls).resource_setup()
-        # create node group template
-        node_group_template = {
-            'name': data_utils.rand_name('sahara-ng-template'),
-            'description': 'Test node group template',
-            'plugin_name': 'vanilla',
-            'hadoop_version': '1.2.1',
-            'node_processes': ['datanode'],
-            'flavor_id': cls.flavor_ref,
-            'node_configs': {
-                'HDFS': {
-                    'Data Node Heap Size': 1024
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        resp_body = cls.create_node_group_template(**node_group_template)
-        node_group_template_id = resp_body['id']
 
-        cls.full_cluster_template = {
-            'description': 'Test cluster template',
-            'plugin_name': 'vanilla',
-            'hadoop_version': '1.2.1',
-            'cluster_configs': {
-                'HDFS': {
-                    'dfs.replication': 2
-                },
-                'MapReduce': {
-                    'mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution': False,
-                    'mapred.child.java.opts': '-Xmx500m'
-                },
-                'general': {
-                    'Enable Swift': False
-                }
-            },
-            'node_groups': [
-                {
-                    'name': 'master-node',
-                    'flavor_id': cls.flavor_ref,
-                    'node_processes': ['namenode'],
-                    'count': 1
-                },
-                {
-                    'name': 'worker-node',
-                    'node_group_template_id': node_group_template_id,
-                    'count': 3
-                }
-            ]
-        }
+        # pre-define a node group templates
+        node_group_template_w = cls.get_node_group_template('worker1')
+        if node_group_template_w is None:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidConfiguration(
+                message="No known Sahara plugin was found")
+
+        node_group_template_w['name'] = data_utils.rand_name(
+            'sahara-ng-template')
+        resp_body = cls.create_node_group_template(**node_group_template_w)
+        node_group_template_id = resp_body['id']
+        configured_node_group_templates = {'worker1': node_group_template_id}
+
+        cls.full_cluster_template = cls.get_cluster_template(
+            configured_node_group_templates)
+
         # create cls.cluster_template variable to use for comparison to cluster
         # template response body. The 'node_groups' field in the response body
         # has some extra info that post body does not have. The 'node_groups'
diff --git a/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py b/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py
index d7381f4..4068027 100644
--- a/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py
+++ b/tempest/api/data_processing/test_node_group_templates.py
@@ -19,27 +19,16 @@
 
 
 class NodeGroupTemplateTest(dp_base.BaseDataProcessingTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(NodeGroupTemplateTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if cls.default_plugin is None:
+            raise cls.skipException("No Sahara plugins configured")
+
     @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(NodeGroupTemplateTest, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.node_group_template = {
-            'description': 'Test node group template',
-            'plugin_name': 'vanilla',
-            'hadoop_version': '1.2.1',
-            'node_processes': [
-                'datanode',
-                'tasktracker'
-            ],
-            'flavor_id': cls.flavor_ref,
-            'node_configs': {
-                'HDFS': {
-                    'Data Node Heap Size': 1024
-                },
-                'MapReduce': {
-                    'Task Tracker Heap Size': 1024
-                }
-            }
-        }
 
     def _create_node_group_template(self, template_name=None):
         """Creates Node Group Template with optional name specified.
@@ -47,6 +36,10 @@
         It creates template, ensures template name and response body.
         Returns id and name of created template.
         """
+        self.node_group_template = self.get_node_group_template()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.node_group_template,
+                             "No known Sahara plugin was found")
+
         if not template_name:
             # generate random name if it's not specified
             template_name = data_utils.rand_name('sahara-ng-template')
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/version.py b/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/version.py
index 32c6d96..6579c63 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/version.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/version.py
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@
                         }
                     },
                     'status': {'type': 'string'},
-                    'updated': {'type': 'string', 'format': 'date-time'}
+                    'updated': {'type': 'string', 'format': 'date-time'},
+                    'version': {'type': 'string'},
+                    'min_version': {'type': 'string'}
                 },
+                # NOTE: version and min_version have been added since Kilo,
+                # so they should not be required.
                 'required': ['id', 'links', 'media-types', 'status', 'updated']
             }
         },
diff --git a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/__init__.py b/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/test_swift.py b/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/test_swift.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7201eab..0000000
--- a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/test_swift.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
-# 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 re
-
-from tempest_lib import exceptions
-
-from tempest import cli
-from tempest import config
-from tempest import test
-
-CONF = config.CONF
-
-
-class SimpleReadOnlySwiftClientTest(cli.ClientTestBase):
-    """Basic, read-only tests for Swift CLI client.
-
-    Checks return values and output of read-only commands.
-    These tests do not presume any content, nor do they create
-    their own. They only verify the structure of output if present.
-    """
-
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        if not CONF.service_available.swift:
-            msg = ("%s skipped as Swift is not available" % cls.__name__)
-            raise cls.skipException(msg)
-        super(SimpleReadOnlySwiftClientTest, cls).resource_setup()
-
-    def swift(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.clients.swift(
-            *args, endpoint_type=CONF.object_storage.endpoint_type, **kwargs)
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('74360cdc-e7ec-493f-8a87-2b65f4d54aa3')
-    def test_swift_fake_action(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.CommandFailed,
-                          self.swift,
-                          'this-does-not-exist')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('809ec373-828e-4279-8df6-9d4db81c7909')
-    def test_swift_list(self):
-        self.swift('list')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('325d5fe4-e5ab-4f52-aec4-357533f24fa1')
-    def test_swift_stat(self):
-        output = self.swift('stat')
-        entries = ['Account', 'Containers', 'Objects', 'Bytes', 'Content-Type',
-                   'X-Timestamp', 'X-Trans-Id']
-        for entry in entries:
-            self.assertTrue(entry in output)
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('af1483e1-dafd-4552-a39b-b9d337df808b')
-    def test_swift_capabilities(self):
-        output = self.swift('capabilities')
-        entries = ['account_listing_limit', 'container_listing_limit',
-                   'max_file_size', 'Additional middleware']
-        for entry in entries:
-            self.assertTrue(entry in output)
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('29c83a64-8eb7-418c-a39b-c70cefa5b695')
-    def test_swift_help(self):
-        help_text = self.swift('', flags='--help')
-        lines = help_text.split('\n')
-        self.assertFirstLineStartsWith(lines, 'Usage: swift')
-
-        commands = []
-        cmds_start = lines.index('Positional arguments:')
-        cmds_end = lines.index('Examples:')
-        command_pattern = re.compile('^ {4}([a-z0-9\-\_]+)')
-        for line in lines[cmds_start:cmds_end]:
-            match = command_pattern.match(line)
-            if match:
-                commands.append(match.group(1))
-        commands = set(commands)
-        wanted_commands = set(('stat', 'list', 'delete',
-                               'download', 'post', 'upload'))
-        self.assertFalse(wanted_commands - commands)
-
-    # Optional arguments:
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('2026be82-4e53-4414-a828-f1c894b8cf0f')
-    def test_swift_version(self):
-        self.swift('', flags='--version')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('0ae6172e-3df7-42b8-a987-d42609ada6ed')
-    def test_swift_debug_list(self):
-        self.swift('list', flags='--debug')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('1bdf5dd0-7df5-446c-a124-2b0703a5d199')
-    def test_swift_retries_list(self):
-        self.swift('list', flags='--retries 3')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('64eae749-8fbd-4d85-bc7f-f706d3581c6f')
-    def test_swift_region_list(self):
-        region = CONF.object_storage.region
-        if not region:
-            region = CONF.identity.region
-        self.swift('list', flags='--os-region-name ' + region)
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_load_balancer_basic.py b/tempest/scenario/test_load_balancer_basic.py
index 0d17048..8f37d74 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_load_balancer_basic.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_load_balancer_basic.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
             # Start netcat
             start_server = ('while true; do '
                             'sudo nc -ll -p %(port)s -e sh /tmp/%(script)s; '
-                            'done &')
+                            'done > /dev/null &')
             cmd = start_server % {'port': self.port1,
                                   'script': 'script1'}
             ssh_client.exec_command(cmd)
diff --git a/tempest/services/telemetry/json/telemetry_client.py b/tempest/services/telemetry/json/telemetry_client.py
index 36c123b..070309d 100644
--- a/tempest/services/telemetry/json/telemetry_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/telemetry/json/telemetry_client.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         body = self.deserialize(body)
         return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
-    def helper_list(self, uri, query=None, period=None):
+    def _helper_list(self, uri, query=None, period=None):
         uri_dict = {}
         if query:
             uri_dict = {'q.field': query[0],
@@ -67,23 +67,23 @@
 
     def list_resources(self, query=None):
         uri = '%s/resources' % self.uri_prefix
-        return self.helper_list(uri, query)
+        return self._helper_list(uri, query)
 
     def list_meters(self, query=None):
         uri = '%s/meters' % self.uri_prefix
-        return self.helper_list(uri, query)
+        return self._helper_list(uri, query)
 
     def list_alarms(self, query=None):
         uri = '%s/alarms' % self.uri_prefix
-        return self.helper_list(uri, query)
+        return self._helper_list(uri, query)
 
     def list_statistics(self, meter, period=None, query=None):
         uri = "%s/meters/%s/statistics" % (self.uri_prefix, meter)
-        return self.helper_list(uri, query, period)
+        return self._helper_list(uri, query, period)
 
     def list_samples(self, meter_id, query=None):
         uri = '%s/meters/%s' % (self.uri_prefix, meter_id)
-        return self.helper_list(uri, query)
+        return self._helper_list(uri, query)
 
     def get_resource(self, resource_id):
         uri = '%s/resources/%s' % (self.uri_prefix, resource_id)