diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index 24af119..8568f22 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 
 # The list of modules to copy from openstack-common
-modules=install_venv_common
+module=install_venv_common
+module=lockutils
+module=log
 
 # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
 base=tempest
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
index a47e6c9..849cebb 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         resp, hosts = self.client.list_hosts(params)
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertTrue(len(hosts) >= 1)
-        self.assertTrue(host in hosts)
+        self.assertIn(host, hosts)
 
     @attr(type='negative')
     def test_list_hosts_with_non_existent_zone(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
index 3b3c6ce..ce16353 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@
                             service['host'] == host_name]
         params = {'host': host_name}
         resp, services = self.client.list_services(params)
-        self.assertEqual(services_on_host, services)
+
+        # we could have a periodic job checkin between the 2 service
+        # lookups, so only compare binary lists.
+        s1 = map(lambda x: x['binary'], services)
+        s2 = map(lambda x: x['binary'], services_on_host)
+        self.assertEqual(s1, s2)
 
     @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_service_by_invalid_params(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py
index 27526eb..51ce20c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
         resp, flavor = self.client.get_flavor_details(self.flavor_ref)
         flavor_min_detail = {'id': flavor['id'], 'links': flavor['links'],
                              'name': flavor['name']}
-        self.assertTrue(flavor_min_detail in flavors)
+        self.assertIn(flavor_min_detail, flavors)
 
     @attr(type='smoke')
     def test_list_flavors_with_detail(self):
         # Detailed list of all flavors should contain the expected flavor
         resp, flavors = self.client.list_flavors_with_detail()
         resp, flavor = self.client.get_flavor_details(self.flavor_ref)
-        self.assertTrue(flavor in flavors)
+        self.assertIn(flavor, flavors)
 
     @attr(type='smoke')
     def test_get_flavor(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_floating_ips_actions.py b/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_floating_ips_actions.py
index 0d7f26d..a8ac7de 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_floating_ips_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_floating_ips_actions.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                 self.client.get_floating_ip_details(floating_ip_id_allocated)
             #Checking if the details of allocated IP is in list of floating IP
             resp, body = self.client.list_floating_ips()
-            self.assertTrue(floating_ip_details in body)
+            self.assertIn(floating_ip_details, body)
         finally:
             #Deleting the floating IP which is created in this method
             self.client.delete_floating_ip(floating_ip_id_allocated)
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_list_floating_ips.py b/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_list_floating_ips.py
index 3e1aa82..7e4e833 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_list_floating_ips.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/floating_ips/test_list_floating_ips.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         self.assertNotEqual(0, len(floating_ips),
                             "Expected floating IPs. Got zero.")
         for i in range(3):
-            self.assertTrue(self.floating_ip[i] in floating_ips)
+            self.assertIn(self.floating_ip[i], floating_ips)
 
     @attr(type='gate')
     def test_get_floating_ip_details(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py b/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
index 6abca3f..3bcf7b4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
         try:
             resp, keypair_detail = self.client.get_keypair(k_name)
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('name' in keypair_detail)
-            self.assertTrue('public_key' in keypair_detail)
+            self.assertIn('name', keypair_detail)
+            self.assertIn('public_key', keypair_detail)
             self.assertEqual(keypair_detail['name'], k_name,
                              "The created keypair name is not equal "
                              "to requested name")
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py b/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
index ab100a3..68be206 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
         s_description = rand_name('description-')
         resp, securitygroup = \
             self.client.create_security_group(s_name, s_description)
-        self.assertTrue('id' in securitygroup)
+        self.assertIn('id', securitygroup)
         securitygroup_id = securitygroup['id']
         self.addCleanup(self._delete_security_group,
                         securitygroup_id)
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertFalse(securitygroup_id is None)
-        self.assertTrue('name' in securitygroup)
+        self.assertIn('name', securitygroup)
         securitygroup_name = securitygroup['name']
         self.assertEqual(securitygroup_name, s_name,
                          "The created Security Group name is "
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                         securitygroup['id'])
 
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-        self.assertTrue('name' in securitygroup)
+        self.assertIn('name', securitygroup)
         securitygroup_name = securitygroup['name']
         self.assertEqual(securitygroup_name, s_name,
                          "The created Security Group name is "
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_multiple_create.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_multiple_create.py
index 9fde618..edfafec 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_multiple_create.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_multiple_create.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         # reservation_id is not in the response body when the request send
         # contains return_reservation_id=False
         self.assertEqual('202', resp['status'])
-        self.assertFalse('reservation_id' in body)
+        self.assertNotIn('reservation_id', body)
 
     @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_min_count_less_than_one(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_extensions.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_extensions.py
index 291c8e4..4359c49 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_extensions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_extensions.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     def test_list_extensions(self):
         # List of all extensions
         resp, extensions = self.extensions_client.list_extensions()
-        self.assertTrue("extensions" in extensions)
+        self.assertIn("extensions", extensions)
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
index 6571491..e756870 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
             linux_client = RemoteClient(server,
                                         self.ssh_user, server['adminPass'])
             partitions = linux_client.get_partitions()
-            self.assertTrue(self.device in partitions)
+            self.assertIn(self.device, partitions)
 
             self._detach(server['id'], volume['id'])
             self.attached = False
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             linux_client = RemoteClient(server,
                                         self.ssh_user, server['adminPass'])
             partitions = linux_client.get_partitions()
-            self.assertFalse(self.device in partitions)
+            self.assertNotIn(self.device, partitions)
         except Exception:
             self.fail("The test_attach_detach_volume is faild!")
         finally:
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_get.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_get.py
index 363cd6a..f2dd93c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_get.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_get.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
                                                  metadata=metadata)
         self.addCleanup(self._delete_volume, volume)
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-        self.assertTrue('id' in volume)
-        self.assertTrue('displayName' in volume)
+        self.assertIn('id', volume)
+        self.assertIn('displayName', volume)
         self.assertEqual(volume['displayName'], v_name,
                          "The created volume name is not equal "
                          "to the requested name")
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
                                                  metadata={})
         self.addCleanup(self._delete_volume, volume)
         self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-        self.assertTrue('id' in volume)
-        self.assertTrue('displayName' in volume)
+        self.assertIn('id', volume)
+        self.assertIn('displayName', volume)
         #Wait for Volume status to become ACTIVE
         self.client.wait_for_volume_status(volume['id'], 'available')
         #GET Volume
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_negative.py
index f1ef5a4..2ecf3e8 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_volumes_negative.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as Cinder is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_volume_get_nonexistant_volume_id(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to get details of nonexistant volume
         #Creating a nonexistant volume id
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.get_volume,
                           non_exist_id)
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_volume_delete_nonexistant_volume_id(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to delete nonexistant Volume
         # Creating nonexistant volume id
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.delete_volume,
                           non_exist_id)
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_create_volume_with_invalid_size(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to create volume with invalid size
         # in request
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='#$%', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_create_volume_with_out_passing_size(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to create volume without passing size
         # in request
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_create_volume_with_size_zero(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to create volume with size zero
         v_name = rand_name('Volume-')
@@ -90,25 +90,25 @@
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='0', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_invalid_volume_id(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to get volume with invalid id
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound,
                           self.client.get_volume, '#$%%&^&^')
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_volume_without_passing_volume_id(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to get volume when empty ID is passed
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.get_volume, '')
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_delete_invalid_volume_id(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to delete volume when invalid ID is
         # passed
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound,
                           self.client.delete_volume, '!@#$%^&*()')
 
-    @attr(type='gate')
+    @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_delete_volume_without_passing_volume_id(self):
         # Negative: Should not be able to delete volume when empty ID is passed
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.delete_volume, '')
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_roles.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_roles.py
index 08b86ca..cc112cc 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_roles.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_roles.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         # Role should be created, verified, and deleted
         role_name = rand_name('role-test-')
         resp, body = self.client.create_role(role_name)
-        self.assertTrue('status' in resp)
+        self.assertIn('status', resp)
         self.assertTrue(resp['status'].startswith('2'))
         self.assertEqual(role_name, body['name'])
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         self.assertTrue(any(found))
 
         resp, body = self.client.delete_role(found[0]['id'])
-        self.assertTrue('status' in resp)
+        self.assertIn('status', resp)
         self.assertTrue(resp['status'].startswith('2'))
 
         resp, body = self.client.list_roles()
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         role_name = rand_name('role-dup-')
         resp, body = self.client.create_role(role_name)
         role1_id = body.get('id')
-        self.assertTrue('status' in resp)
+        self.assertIn('status', resp)
         self.assertTrue(resp['status'].startswith('2'))
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_role, role1_id)
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.Duplicate, self.client.create_role,
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_services.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_services.py
index 644853a..a590735 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_services.py
@@ -37,25 +37,25 @@
                 name, type, description=description)
             self.assertTrue(resp['status'].startswith('2'))
             #Verifying response body of create service
-            self.assertTrue('id' in service_data)
+            self.assertIn('id', service_data)
             self.assertFalse(service_data['id'] is None)
-            self.assertTrue('name' in service_data)
+            self.assertIn('name', service_data)
             self.assertEqual(name, service_data['name'])
-            self.assertTrue('type' in service_data)
+            self.assertIn('type', service_data)
             self.assertEqual(type, service_data['type'])
-            self.assertTrue('description' in service_data)
+            self.assertIn('description', service_data)
             self.assertEqual(description, service_data['description'])
             #Get service
             resp, fetched_service = self.client.get_service(service_data['id'])
             self.assertTrue(resp['status'].startswith('2'))
             #verifying the existence of service created
-            self.assertTrue('id' in fetched_service)
+            self.assertIn('id', fetched_service)
             self.assertEquals(fetched_service['id'], service_data['id'])
-            self.assertTrue('name' in fetched_service)
+            self.assertIn('name', fetched_service)
             self.assertEqual(fetched_service['name'], service_data['name'])
-            self.assertTrue('type' in fetched_service)
+            self.assertIn('type', fetched_service)
             self.assertEqual(fetched_service['type'], service_data['type'])
-            self.assertTrue('description' in fetched_service)
+            self.assertIn('description', fetched_service)
             self.assertEqual(fetched_service['description'],
                              service_data['description'])
         finally:
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_users.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_users.py
index 0bba250..3a20081 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_users.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/test_users.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
         self.data.users.append(user2)
         #List of users for the respective tenant ID
         resp, body = self.client.list_users_for_tenant(self.data.tenant['id'])
-        self.assertTrue(resp['status'] in ('200', '203'))
+        self.assertIn(resp['status'], ('200', '203'))
         for i in body:
             fetched_user_ids.append(i['id'])
         #verifying the user Id in the list
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_policies.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_policies.py
index 799b081..681db07 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_policies.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_policies.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         update_type = rand_name('UpdatedPolicyType-')
         resp, data = self.policy_client.update_policy(
             policy['id'], type=update_type)
-        self.assertTrue('type' in data)
+        self.assertIn('type', data)
         #Assertion for updated value with fetched value
         resp, fetched_policy = self.policy_client.get_policy(policy['id'])
         self.assertIn('id', fetched_policy)
diff --git a/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py b/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
index 640daa5..327df0f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                                        disk_format='raw',
                                        is_public=True,
                                        properties=properties)
-        self.assertTrue('id' in body)
+        self.assertIn('id', body)
         image_id = body.get('id')
         self.assertEqual('New Name', body.get('name'))
         self.assertTrue(body.get('is_public'))
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         # Now try uploading an image file
         image_file = StringIO.StringIO(('*' * 1024))
         resp, body = self.client.update_image(image_id, data=image_file)
-        self.assertTrue('size' in body)
+        self.assertIn('size', body)
         self.assertEqual(1024, body.get('size'))
 
     @attr(type='gate')
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                                                 '/someimage.iso',
                                        properties={'key1': 'value1',
                                                    'key2': 'value2'})
-        self.assertTrue('id' in body)
+        self.assertIn('id', body)
         self.assertEqual('New Remote Image', body.get('name'))
         self.assertTrue(body.get('is_public'))
         self.assertEqual('active', body.get('status'))
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                                        container_format='bare',
                                        disk_format='raw', is_public=True,
                                        copy_from=self.config.images.http_image)
-        self.assertTrue('id' in body)
+        self.assertIn('id', body)
         image_id = body.get('id')
         self.assertEqual('New Http Image', body.get('name'))
         self.assertTrue(body.get('is_public'))
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                                        is_public=True,
                                        min_ram=40,
                                        properties=properties)
-        self.assertTrue('id' in body)
+        self.assertIn('id', body)
         self.assertEqual('New_image_with_min_ram', body.get('name'))
         self.assertTrue(body.get('is_public'))
         self.assertEqual('queued', body.get('status'))
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '200')
         image_list = map(lambda x: x['id'], images_list)
         for image_id in self.created_images:
-            self.assertTrue(image_id in image_list)
+            self.assertIn(image_id, image_list)
 
     @attr(type='gate')
     def test_index_disk_format(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py b/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
index 34db6e3..7de7821 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
                                        container_format='bare',
                                        disk_format='raw',
                                        visibility='public')
-        self.assertTrue('id' in body)
+        self.assertIn('id', body)
         image_id = body.get('id')
-        self.assertTrue('name' in body)
+        self.assertIn('name', body)
         self.assertEqual('New Name', body.get('name'))
-        self.assertTrue('visibility' in body)
+        self.assertIn('visibility', body)
         self.assertTrue(body.get('visibility') == 'public')
-        self.assertTrue('status' in body)
+        self.assertIn('status', body)
         self.assertEqual('queued', body.get('status'))
 
         # Now try uploading an image file
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         resp, body = self.client.store_image(image_id, image_file)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status, 204)
         resp, body = self.client.get_image_metadata(image_id)
-        self.assertTrue('size' in body)
+        self.assertIn('size', body)
         self.assertEqual(1024, body.get('size'))
 
 
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '200')
         image_list = map(lambda x: x['id'], images_list)
         for image in self.created_images:
-            self.assertTrue(image in image_list)
+            self.assertIn(image, image_list)
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
index 029f2d5..52b37c1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(container_list)
         container_names = [c['name'] for c in container_list]
-        self.assertTrue(self.container_name in container_names)
+        self.assertIn(self.container_name, container_names)
 
     @attr(type='smoke')
     def test_list_account_metadata(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services.py
index 5cb6341..8b9fc8c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         container_name = rand_name(name='TestContainer')
         resp, body = self.container_client.create_container(container_name)
         self.containers.append(container_name)
-        self.assertTrue(resp['status'] in ('202', '201'))
+        self.assertIn(resp['status'], ('202', '201'))
 
     @attr(type='smoke')
     def test_delete_container(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py
index ea8637c..5de4df0 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
                        (cont_client[1].base_url, str(cont[1]))}
             resp, body = \
                 cont_client[0].put(str(cont[0]), body=None, headers=headers)
-            self.assertTrue(resp['status'] in ('202', '201'),
-                            'Error installing X-Container-Sync-To '
-                            'for the container "%s"' % (cont[0]))
+            self.assertIn(resp['status'], ('202', '201'),
+                          'Error installing X-Container-Sync-To '
+                          'for the container "%s"' % (cont[0]))
             # create object in container
             object_name = rand_name(name='TestSyncObject')
             data = object_name[::-1]  # arbitrary_string()
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
index 3c4b5d8..27caaad 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
                 vol_type_name,
                 extra_specs=extra_specs)
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('id' in body)
-            self.assertTrue('name' in body)
+            self.assertIn('id', body)
+            self.assertIn('name', body)
             resp, volume = self.volumes_client.create_volume(
                 size=1, display_name=vol_name,
                 volume_type=vol_type_name)
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('id' in volume)
-            self.assertTrue('display_name' in volume)
+            self.assertIn('id', volume)
+            self.assertIn('display_name', volume)
             self.assertEqual(volume['display_name'], vol_name,
                              "The created volume name is not equal "
                              "to the requested name")
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
                 name,
                 extra_specs=extra_specs)
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('id' in body)
-            self.assertTrue('name' in body)
+            self.assertIn('id', body)
+            self.assertIn('name', body)
             self.assertEqual(body['name'], name,
                              "The created volume_type name is not equal "
                              "to the requested name")
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@
                 name,
                 extra_specs=extra_specs)
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('id' in body)
-            self.assertTrue('name' in body)
+            self.assertIn('id', body)
+            self.assertIn('name', body)
             self.assertEqual(body['name'], name,
                              "The created volume_type name is not equal "
                              "to the requested name")
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
index 56a3006..91b44da 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         try:
             resp, volume = self.client.get_volume(self.volume['id'])
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('attachments' in volume)
+            self.assertIn('attachments', volume)
             attachment = volume['attachments'][0]
             self.assertEqual(mountpoint, attachment['device'])
             self.assertEqual(self.server['id'], attachment['server_id'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
index eda7153..ee285db 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
                                                      metadata=metadata,
                                                      **kwargs)
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('id' in volume)
-            self.assertTrue('display_name' in volume)
+            self.assertIn('id', volume)
+            self.assertIn('display_name', volume)
             self.assertEqual(volume['display_name'], v_name,
                              "The created volume name is not equal "
                              "to the requested name")
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
                                                      display_name=v_name,
                                                      metadata={})
             self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-            self.assertTrue('id' in volume)
-            self.assertTrue('display_name' in volume)
+            self.assertIn('id', volume)
+            self.assertIn('display_name', volume)
             self.client.wait_for_volume_status(volume['id'], 'available')
             #GET Volume
             resp, fetched_volume = self.client.get_volume(volume['id'])
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py b/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/excutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/excutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81aad14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/excutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# Copyright 2012, Red Hat, 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.
+
+"""
+Exception related utilities.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+
+from tempest.openstack.common.gettextutils import _  # noqa
+
+
+class save_and_reraise_exception(object):
+    """Save current exception, run some code and then re-raise.
+
+    In some cases the exception context can be cleared, resulting in None
+    being attempted to be re-raised after an exception handler is run. This
+    can happen when eventlet switches greenthreads or when running an
+    exception handler, code raises and catches an exception. In both
+    cases the exception context will be cleared.
+
+    To work around this, we save the exception state, run handler code, and
+    then re-raise the original exception. If another exception occurs, the
+    saved exception is logged and the new exception is re-raised.
+
+    In some cases the caller may not want to re-raise the exception, and
+    for those circumstances this context provides a reraise flag that
+    can be used to suppress the exception.  For example:
+
+    except Exception:
+        with save_and_reraise_exception() as ctxt:
+            decide_if_need_reraise()
+            if not should_be_reraised:
+                ctxt.reraise = False
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.reraise = True
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.type_, self.value, self.tb, = sys.exc_info()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        if exc_type is not None:
+            logging.error(_('Original exception being dropped: %s'),
+                          traceback.format_exception(self.type_,
+                                                     self.value,
+                                                     self.tb))
+            return False
+        if self.reraise:
+            raise self.type_, self.value, self.tb
+
+
+def forever_retry_uncaught_exceptions(infunc):
+    def inner_func(*args, **kwargs):
+        last_log_time = 0
+        last_exc_message = None
+        exc_count = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                return infunc(*args, **kwargs)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                if exc.message == last_exc_message:
+                    exc_count += 1
+                else:
+                    exc_count = 1
+                # Do not log any more frequently than once a minute unless
+                # the exception message changes
+                cur_time = int(time.time())
+                if (cur_time - last_log_time > 60 or
+                        exc.message != last_exc_message):
+                    logging.exception(
+                        _('Unexpected exception occurred %d time(s)... '
+                          'retrying.') % exc_count)
+                    last_log_time = cur_time
+                    last_exc_message = exc.message
+                    exc_count = 0
+                # This should be a very rare event. In case it isn't, do
+                # a sleep.
+                time.sleep(1)
+    return inner_func
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/fileutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/fileutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e3d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/fileutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 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 contextlib
+import errno
+import os
+
+from tempest.openstack.common import excutils
+from tempest.openstack.common.gettextutils import _  # noqa
+from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_FILE_CACHE = {}
+
+
+def ensure_tree(path):
+    """Create a directory (and any ancestor directories required)
+
+    :param path: Directory to create
+    """
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(path)
+    except OSError as exc:
+        if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST:
+            if not os.path.isdir(path):
+                raise
+        else:
+            raise
+
+
+def read_cached_file(filename, force_reload=False):
+    """Read from a file if it has been modified.
+
+    :param force_reload: Whether to reload the file.
+    :returns: A tuple with a boolean specifying if the data is fresh
+              or not.
+    """
+    global _FILE_CACHE
+
+    if force_reload and filename in _FILE_CACHE:
+        del _FILE_CACHE[filename]
+
+    reloaded = False
+    mtime = os.path.getmtime(filename)
+    cache_info = _FILE_CACHE.setdefault(filename, {})
+
+    if not cache_info or mtime > cache_info.get('mtime', 0):
+        LOG.debug(_("Reloading cached file %s") % filename)
+        with open(filename) as fap:
+            cache_info['data'] = fap.read()
+        cache_info['mtime'] = mtime
+        reloaded = True
+    return (reloaded, cache_info['data'])
+
+
+def delete_if_exists(path):
+    """Delete a file, but ignore file not found error.
+
+    :param path: File to delete
+    """
+
+    try:
+        os.unlink(path)
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+            return
+        else:
+            raise
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def remove_path_on_error(path):
+    """Protect code that wants to operate on PATH atomically.
+    Any exception will cause PATH to be removed.
+
+    :param path: File to work with
+    """
+    try:
+        yield
+    except Exception:
+        with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+            delete_if_exists(path)
+
+
+def file_open(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Open file
+
+    see built-in file() documentation for more details
+
+    Note: The reason this is kept in a separate module is to easily
+    be able to provide a stub module that doesn't alter system
+    state at all (for unit tests)
+    """
+    return file(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8594937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/gettextutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    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.
+
+"""
+gettext for openstack-common modules.
+
+Usual usage in an openstack.common module:
+
+    from tempest.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
+"""
+
+import copy
+import gettext
+import logging.handlers
+import os
+import re
+import UserString
+
+import six
+
+_localedir = os.environ.get('tempest'.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
+_t = gettext.translation('tempest', localedir=_localedir, fallback=True)
+
+
+def _(msg):
+    return _t.ugettext(msg)
+
+
+def install(domain):
+    """Install a _() function using the given translation domain.
+
+    Given a translation domain, install a _() function using gettext's
+    install() function.
+
+    The main difference from gettext.install() is that we allow
+    overriding the default localedir (e.g. /usr/share/locale) using
+    a translation-domain-specific environment variable (e.g.
+    NOVA_LOCALEDIR).
+    """
+    gettext.install(domain,
+                    localedir=os.environ.get(domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR'),
+                    unicode=True)
+
+
+"""
+Lazy gettext functionality.
+
+The following is an attempt to introduce a deferred way
+to do translations on messages in OpenStack. We attempt to
+override the standard _() function and % (format string) operation
+to build Message objects that can later be translated when we have
+more information. Also included is an example LogHandler that
+translates Messages to an associated locale, effectively allowing
+many logs, each with their own locale.
+"""
+
+
+def get_lazy_gettext(domain):
+    """Assemble and return a lazy gettext function for a given domain.
+
+    Factory method for a project/module to get a lazy gettext function
+    for its own translation domain (i.e. nova, glance, cinder, etc.)
+    """
+
+    def _lazy_gettext(msg):
+        """Create and return a Message object.
+
+        Message encapsulates a string so that we can translate it later when
+        needed.
+        """
+        return Message(msg, domain)
+
+    return _lazy_gettext
+
+
+class Message(UserString.UserString, object):
+    """Class used to encapsulate translatable messages."""
+    def __init__(self, msg, domain):
+        # _msg is the gettext msgid and should never change
+        self._msg = msg
+        self._left_extra_msg = ''
+        self._right_extra_msg = ''
+        self.params = None
+        self.locale = None
+        self.domain = domain
+
+    @property
+    def data(self):
+        # NOTE(mrodden): this should always resolve to a unicode string
+        # that best represents the state of the message currently
+
+        localedir = os.environ.get(self.domain.upper() + '_LOCALEDIR')
+        if self.locale:
+            lang = gettext.translation(self.domain,
+                                       localedir=localedir,
+                                       languages=[self.locale],
+                                       fallback=True)
+        else:
+            # use system locale for translations
+            lang = gettext.translation(self.domain,
+                                       localedir=localedir,
+                                       fallback=True)
+
+        full_msg = (self._left_extra_msg +
+                    lang.ugettext(self._msg) +
+                    self._right_extra_msg)
+
+        if self.params is not None:
+            full_msg = full_msg % self.params
+
+        return six.text_type(full_msg)
+
+    def _save_dictionary_parameter(self, dict_param):
+        full_msg = self.data
+        # look for %(blah) fields in string;
+        # ignore %% and deal with the
+        # case where % is first character on the line
+        keys = re.findall('(?:[^%]|^)%\((\w*)\)[a-z]', full_msg)
+
+        # if we don't find any %(blah) blocks but have a %s
+        if not keys and re.findall('(?:[^%]|^)%[a-z]', full_msg):
+            # apparently the full dictionary is the parameter
+            params = copy.deepcopy(dict_param)
+        else:
+            params = {}
+            for key in keys:
+                try:
+                    params[key] = copy.deepcopy(dict_param[key])
+                except TypeError:
+                    # cast uncopyable thing to unicode string
+                    params[key] = unicode(dict_param[key])
+
+        return params
+
+    def _save_parameters(self, other):
+        # we check for None later to see if
+        # we actually have parameters to inject,
+        # so encapsulate if our parameter is actually None
+        if other is None:
+            self.params = (other, )
+        elif isinstance(other, dict):
+            self.params = self._save_dictionary_parameter(other)
+        else:
+            # fallback to casting to unicode,
+            # this will handle the problematic python code-like
+            # objects that cannot be deep-copied
+            try:
+                self.params = copy.deepcopy(other)
+            except TypeError:
+                self.params = unicode(other)
+
+        return self
+
+    # overrides to be more string-like
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.data
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.data.encode('utf-8')
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        to_copy = ['_msg', '_right_extra_msg', '_left_extra_msg',
+                   'domain', 'params', 'locale']
+        new_dict = self.__dict__.fromkeys(to_copy)
+        for attr in to_copy:
+            new_dict[attr] = copy.deepcopy(self.__dict__[attr])
+
+        return new_dict
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        for (k, v) in state.items():
+            setattr(self, k, v)
+
+    # operator overloads
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
+        copied._right_extra_msg += other.__str__()
+        return copied
+
+    def __radd__(self, other):
+        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
+        copied._left_extra_msg += other.__str__()
+        return copied
+
+    def __mod__(self, other):
+        # do a format string to catch and raise
+        # any possible KeyErrors from missing parameters
+        self.data % other
+        copied = copy.deepcopy(self)
+        return copied._save_parameters(other)
+
+    def __mul__(self, other):
+        return self.data * other
+
+    def __rmul__(self, other):
+        return other * self.data
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.data[key]
+
+    def __getslice__(self, start, end):
+        return self.data.__getslice__(start, end)
+
+    def __getattribute__(self, name):
+        # NOTE(mrodden): handle lossy operations that we can't deal with yet
+        # These override the UserString implementation, since UserString
+        # uses our __class__ attribute to try and build a new message
+        # after running the inner data string through the operation.
+        # At that point, we have lost the gettext message id and can just
+        # safely resolve to a string instead.
+        ops = ['capitalize', 'center', 'decode', 'encode',
+               'expandtabs', 'ljust', 'lstrip', 'replace', 'rjust', 'rstrip',
+               'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', 'upper', 'zfill']
+        if name in ops:
+            return getattr(self.data, name)
+        else:
+            return UserString.UserString.__getattribute__(self, name)
+
+
+class LocaleHandler(logging.Handler):
+    """Handler that can have a locale associated to translate Messages.
+
+    A quick example of how to utilize the Message class above.
+    LocaleHandler takes a locale and a target logging.Handler object
+    to forward LogRecord objects to after translating the internal Message.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, locale, target):
+        """Initialize a LocaleHandler
+
+        :param locale: locale to use for translating messages
+        :param target: logging.Handler object to forward
+                       LogRecord objects to after translation
+        """
+        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
+        self.locale = locale
+        self.target = target
+
+    def emit(self, record):
+        if isinstance(record.msg, Message):
+            # set the locale and resolve to a string
+            record.msg.locale = self.locale
+
+        self.target.emit(record)
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a303f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/importutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 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 related utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+
+def import_class(import_str):
+    """Returns a class from a string including module and class."""
+    mod_str, _sep, class_str = import_str.rpartition('.')
+    try:
+        __import__(mod_str)
+        return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str)
+    except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+        raise ImportError('Class %s cannot be found (%s)' %
+                          (class_str,
+                           traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
+
+
+def import_object(import_str, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Import a class and return an instance of it."""
+    return import_class(import_str)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def import_object_ns(name_space, import_str, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Tries to import object from default namespace.
+
+    Imports a class and return an instance of it, first by trying
+    to find the class in a default namespace, then failing back to
+    a full path if not found in the default namespace.
+    """
+    import_value = "%s.%s" % (name_space, import_str)
+    try:
+        return import_class(import_value)(*args, **kwargs)
+    except ImportError:
+        return import_class(import_str)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def import_module(import_str):
+    """Import a module."""
+    __import__(import_str)
+    return sys.modules[import_str]
+
+
+def try_import(import_str, default=None):
+    """Try to import a module and if it fails return default."""
+    try:
+        return import_module(import_str)
+    except ImportError:
+        return default
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/jsonutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd43e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# Copyright 2011 Justin Santa Barbara
+# 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.
+
+'''
+JSON related utilities.
+
+This module provides a few things:
+
+    1) A handy function for getting an object down to something that can be
+    JSON serialized.  See to_primitive().
+
+    2) Wrappers around loads() and dumps().  The dumps() wrapper will
+    automatically use to_primitive() for you if needed.
+
+    3) This sets up anyjson to use the loads() and dumps() wrappers if anyjson
+    is available.
+'''
+
+
+import datetime
+import functools
+import inspect
+import itertools
+import json
+import types
+import xmlrpclib
+
+import netaddr
+import six
+
+from tempest.openstack.common import timeutils
+
+
+_nasty_type_tests = [inspect.ismodule, inspect.isclass, inspect.ismethod,
+                     inspect.isfunction, inspect.isgeneratorfunction,
+                     inspect.isgenerator, inspect.istraceback, inspect.isframe,
+                     inspect.iscode, inspect.isbuiltin, inspect.isroutine,
+                     inspect.isabstract]
+
+_simple_types = (types.NoneType, int, basestring, bool, float, long)
+
+
+def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
+                 level=0, max_depth=3):
+    """Convert a complex object into primitives.
+
+    Handy for JSON serialization. We can optionally handle instances,
+    but since this is a recursive function, we could have cyclical
+    data structures.
+
+    To handle cyclical data structures we could track the actual objects
+    visited in a set, but not all objects are hashable. Instead we just
+    track the depth of the object inspections and don't go too deep.
+
+    Therefore, convert_instances=True is lossy ... be aware.
+
+    """
+    # handle obvious types first - order of basic types determined by running
+    # full tests on nova project, resulting in the following counts:
+    # 572754 <type 'NoneType'>
+    # 460353 <type 'int'>
+    # 379632 <type 'unicode'>
+    # 274610 <type 'str'>
+    # 199918 <type 'dict'>
+    # 114200 <type 'datetime.datetime'>
+    #  51817 <type 'bool'>
+    #  26164 <type 'list'>
+    #   6491 <type 'float'>
+    #    283 <type 'tuple'>
+    #     19 <type 'long'>
+    if isinstance(value, _simple_types):
+        return value
+
+    if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+        if convert_datetime:
+            return timeutils.strtime(value)
+        else:
+            return value
+
+    # value of itertools.count doesn't get caught by nasty_type_tests
+    # and results in infinite loop when list(value) is called.
+    if type(value) == itertools.count:
+        return six.text_type(value)
+
+    # FIXME(vish): Workaround for LP bug 852095. Without this workaround,
+    #              tests that raise an exception in a mocked method that
+    #              has a @wrap_exception with a notifier will fail. If
+    #              we up the dependency to 0.5.4 (when it is released) we
+    #              can remove this workaround.
+    if getattr(value, '__module__', None) == 'mox':
+        return 'mock'
+
+    if level > max_depth:
+        return '?'
+
+    # The try block may not be necessary after the class check above,
+    # but just in case ...
+    try:
+        recursive = functools.partial(to_primitive,
+                                      convert_instances=convert_instances,
+                                      convert_datetime=convert_datetime,
+                                      level=level,
+                                      max_depth=max_depth)
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            return dict((k, recursive(v)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
+        elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+            return [recursive(lv) for lv in value]
+
+        # It's not clear why xmlrpclib created their own DateTime type, but
+        # for our purposes, make it a datetime type which is explicitly
+        # handled
+        if isinstance(value, xmlrpclib.DateTime):
+            value = datetime.datetime(*tuple(value.timetuple())[:6])
+
+        if convert_datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+            return timeutils.strtime(value)
+        elif hasattr(value, 'iteritems'):
+            return recursive(dict(value.iteritems()), level=level + 1)
+        elif hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
+            return recursive(list(value))
+        elif convert_instances and hasattr(value, '__dict__'):
+            # Likely an instance of something. Watch for cycles.
+            # Ignore class member vars.
+            return recursive(value.__dict__, level=level + 1)
+        elif isinstance(value, netaddr.IPAddress):
+            return six.text_type(value)
+        else:
+            if any(test(value) for test in _nasty_type_tests):
+                return six.text_type(value)
+            return value
+    except TypeError:
+        # Class objects are tricky since they may define something like
+        # __iter__ defined but it isn't callable as list().
+        return six.text_type(value)
+
+
+def dumps(value, default=to_primitive, **kwargs):
+    return json.dumps(value, default=default, **kwargs)
+
+
+def loads(s):
+    return json.loads(s)
+
+
+def load(s):
+    return json.load(s)
+
+
+try:
+    import anyjson
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    anyjson._modules.append((__name__, 'dumps', TypeError,
+                                       'loads', ValueError, 'load'))
+    anyjson.force_implementation(__name__)
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/local.py b/tempest/openstack/common/local.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1bfc82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/local.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 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.
+
+"""Greenthread local storage of variables using weak references"""
+
+import weakref
+
+from eventlet import corolocal
+
+
+class WeakLocal(corolocal.local):
+    def __getattribute__(self, attr):
+        rval = corolocal.local.__getattribute__(self, attr)
+        if rval:
+            # NOTE(mikal): this bit is confusing. What is stored is a weak
+            # reference, not the value itself. We therefore need to lookup
+            # the weak reference and return the inner value here.
+            rval = rval()
+        return rval
+
+    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
+        value = weakref.ref(value)
+        return corolocal.local.__setattr__(self, attr, value)
+
+
+# NOTE(mikal): the name "store" should be deprecated in the future
+store = WeakLocal()
+
+# A "weak" store uses weak references and allows an object to fall out of scope
+# when it falls out of scope in the code that uses the thread local storage. A
+# "strong" store will hold a reference to the object so that it never falls out
+# of scope.
+weak_store = WeakLocal()
+strong_store = corolocal.local
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/lockutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/lockutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ff1a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/lockutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 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 contextlib
+import errno
+import functools
+import os
+import time
+import weakref
+
+from eventlet import semaphore
+from oslo.config import cfg
+
+from tempest.openstack.common import fileutils
+from tempest.openstack.common.gettextutils import _  # noqa
+from tempest.openstack.common import local
+from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+util_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('disable_process_locking', default=False,
+                help='Whether to disable inter-process locks'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('lock_path',
+               help=('Directory to use for lock files.'))
+]
+
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+CONF.register_opts(util_opts)
+
+
+def set_defaults(lock_path):
+    cfg.set_defaults(util_opts, lock_path=lock_path)
+
+
+class _InterProcessLock(object):
+    """Lock implementation which allows multiple locks, working around
+    issues like bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632857 and does
+    not require any cleanup. Since the lock is always held on a file
+    descriptor rather than outside of the process, the lock gets dropped
+    automatically if the process crashes, even if __exit__ is not executed.
+
+    There are no guarantees regarding usage by multiple green threads in a
+    single process here. This lock works only between processes. Exclusive
+    access between local threads should be achieved using the semaphores
+    in the @synchronized decorator.
+
+    Note these locks are released when the descriptor is closed, so it's not
+    safe to close the file descriptor while another green thread holds the
+    lock. Just opening and closing the lock file can break synchronisation,
+    so lock files must be accessed only using this abstraction.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.lockfile = None
+        self.fname = name
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.lockfile = open(self.fname, 'w')
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                # Using non-blocking locks since green threads are not
+                # patched to deal with blocking locking calls.
+                # Also upon reading the MSDN docs for locking(), it seems
+                # to have a laughable 10 attempts "blocking" mechanism.
+                self.trylock()
+                return self
+            except IOError as e:
+                if e.errno in (errno.EACCES, errno.EAGAIN):
+                    # external locks synchronise things like iptables
+                    # updates - give it some time to prevent busy spinning
+                    time.sleep(0.01)
+                else:
+                    raise
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        try:
+            self.unlock()
+            self.lockfile.close()
+        except IOError:
+            LOG.exception(_("Could not release the acquired lock `%s`"),
+                          self.fname)
+
+    def trylock(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class _WindowsLock(_InterProcessLock):
+    def trylock(self):
+        msvcrt.locking(self.lockfile.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_NBLCK, 1)
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        msvcrt.locking(self.lockfile.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_UNLCK, 1)
+
+
+class _PosixLock(_InterProcessLock):
+    def trylock(self):
+        fcntl.lockf(self.lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+
+    def unlock(self):
+        fcntl.lockf(self.lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+
+
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    import msvcrt
+    InterProcessLock = _WindowsLock
+else:
+    import fcntl
+    InterProcessLock = _PosixLock
+
+_semaphores = weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def lock(name, lock_file_prefix=None, external=False, lock_path=None):
+    """Context based lock
+
+    This function yields a `semaphore.Semaphore` instance unless external is
+    True, in which case, it'll yield an InterProcessLock instance.
+
+    :param lock_file_prefix: The lock_file_prefix argument is used to provide
+    lock files on disk with a meaningful prefix.
+
+    :param external: The external keyword argument denotes whether this lock
+    should work across multiple processes. This means that if two different
+    workers both run a a method decorated with @synchronized('mylock',
+    external=True), only one of them will execute at a time.
+
+    :param lock_path: The lock_path keyword argument is used to specify a
+    special location for external lock files to live. If nothing is set, then
+    CONF.lock_path is used as a default.
+    """
+    # NOTE(soren): If we ever go natively threaded, this will be racy.
+    #              See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5390569/dyn
+    #              amically-allocating-and-destroying-mutexes
+    sem = _semaphores.get(name, semaphore.Semaphore())
+    if name not in _semaphores:
+        # this check is not racy - we're already holding ref locally
+        # so GC won't remove the item and there was no IO switch
+        # (only valid in greenthreads)
+        _semaphores[name] = sem
+
+    with sem:
+        LOG.debug(_('Got semaphore "%(lock)s"'), {'lock': name})
+
+        # NOTE(mikal): I know this looks odd
+        if not hasattr(local.strong_store, 'locks_held'):
+            local.strong_store.locks_held = []
+        local.strong_store.locks_held.append(name)
+
+        try:
+            if external and not CONF.disable_process_locking:
+                LOG.debug(_('Attempting to grab file lock "%(lock)s"'),
+                          {'lock': name})
+
+                # We need a copy of lock_path because it is non-local
+                local_lock_path = lock_path or CONF.lock_path
+                if not local_lock_path:
+                    raise cfg.RequiredOptError('lock_path')
+
+                if not os.path.exists(local_lock_path):
+                    fileutils.ensure_tree(local_lock_path)
+                    LOG.info(_('Created lock path: %s'), local_lock_path)
+
+                def add_prefix(name, prefix):
+                    if not prefix:
+                        return name
+                    sep = '' if prefix.endswith('-') else '-'
+                    return '%s%s%s' % (prefix, sep, name)
+
+                # NOTE(mikal): the lock name cannot contain directory
+                # separators
+                lock_file_name = add_prefix(name.replace(os.sep, '_'),
+                                            lock_file_prefix)
+
+                lock_file_path = os.path.join(local_lock_path, lock_file_name)
+
+                try:
+                    lock = InterProcessLock(lock_file_path)
+                    with lock as lock:
+                        LOG.debug(_('Got file lock "%(lock)s" at %(path)s'),
+                                  {'lock': name, 'path': lock_file_path})
+                        yield lock
+                finally:
+                    LOG.debug(_('Released file lock "%(lock)s" at %(path)s'),
+                              {'lock': name, 'path': lock_file_path})
+            else:
+                yield sem
+
+        finally:
+            local.strong_store.locks_held.remove(name)
+
+
+def synchronized(name, lock_file_prefix=None, external=False, lock_path=None):
+    """Synchronization decorator.
+
+    Decorating a method like so::
+
+        @synchronized('mylock')
+        def foo(self, *args):
+           ...
+
+    ensures that only one thread will execute the foo method at a time.
+
+    Different methods can share the same lock::
+
+        @synchronized('mylock')
+        def foo(self, *args):
+           ...
+
+        @synchronized('mylock')
+        def bar(self, *args):
+           ...
+
+    This way only one of either foo or bar can be executing at a time.
+    """
+
+    def wrap(f):
+        @functools.wraps(f)
+        def inner(*args, **kwargs):
+            with lock(name, lock_file_prefix, external, lock_path):
+                LOG.debug(_('Got semaphore / lock "%(function)s"'),
+                          {'function': f.__name__})
+                return f(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            LOG.debug(_('Semaphore / lock released "%(function)s"'),
+                      {'function': f.__name__})
+        return inner
+    return wrap
+
+
+def synchronized_with_prefix(lock_file_prefix):
+    """Partial object generator for the synchronization decorator.
+
+    Redefine @synchronized in each project like so::
+
+        (in nova/utils.py)
+        from nova.openstack.common import lockutils
+
+        synchronized = lockutils.synchronized_with_prefix('nova-')
+
+
+        (in nova/foo.py)
+        from nova import utils
+
+        @utils.synchronized('mylock')
+        def bar(self, *args):
+           ...
+
+    The lock_file_prefix argument is used to provide lock files on disk with a
+    meaningful prefix.
+    """
+
+    return functools.partial(synchronized, lock_file_prefix=lock_file_prefix)
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/log.py b/tempest/openstack/common/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4133c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,559 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack Foundation.
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# 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.
+
+"""Openstack logging handler.
+
+This module adds to logging functionality by adding the option to specify
+a context object when calling the various log methods.  If the context object
+is not specified, default formatting is used. Additionally, an instance uuid
+may be passed as part of the log message, which is intended to make it easier
+for admins to find messages related to a specific instance.
+
+It also allows setting of formatting information through conf.
+
+"""
+
+import inspect
+import itertools
+import logging
+import logging.config
+import logging.handlers
+import os
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+from oslo.config import cfg
+from six import moves
+
+from tempest.openstack.common.gettextutils import _  # noqa
+from tempest.openstack.common import importutils
+from tempest.openstack.common import jsonutils
+from tempest.openstack.common import local
+
+
+_DEFAULT_LOG_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
+common_cli_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('debug',
+                short='d',
+                default=False,
+                help='Print debugging output (set logging level to '
+                     'DEBUG instead of default WARNING level).'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('verbose',
+                short='v',
+                default=False,
+                help='Print more verbose output (set logging level to '
+                     'INFO instead of default WARNING level).'),
+]
+
+logging_cli_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-config',
+               metavar='PATH',
+               help='If this option is specified, the logging configuration '
+                    'file specified is used and overrides any other logging '
+                    'options specified. Please see the Python logging module '
+                    'documentation for details on logging configuration '
+                    'files.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-format',
+               default=None,
+               metavar='FORMAT',
+               help='DEPRECATED. '
+                    'A logging.Formatter log message format string which may '
+                    'use any of the available logging.LogRecord attributes. '
+                    'This option is deprecated.  Please use '
+                    'logging_context_format_string and '
+                    'logging_default_format_string instead.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-date-format',
+               default=_DEFAULT_LOG_DATE_FORMAT,
+               metavar='DATE_FORMAT',
+               help='Format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. '
+                    'Default: %(default)s'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-file',
+               metavar='PATH',
+               deprecated_name='logfile',
+               help='(Optional) Name of log file to output to. '
+                    'If no default is set, logging will go to stdout.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('log-dir',
+               deprecated_name='logdir',
+               help='(Optional) The base directory used for relative '
+                    '--log-file paths'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use-syslog',
+                default=False,
+                help='Use syslog for logging.'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('syslog-log-facility',
+               default='LOG_USER',
+               help='syslog facility to receive log lines')
+]
+
+generic_log_opts = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use_stderr',
+                default=True,
+                help='Log output to standard error')
+]
+
+log_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_context_format_string',
+               default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s '
+                       '%(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user)s %(tenant)s] '
+                       '%(instance)s%(message)s',
+               help='format string to use for log messages with context'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_default_format_string',
+               default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s '
+                       '%(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s',
+               help='format string to use for log messages without context'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_debug_format_suffix',
+               default='%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d',
+               help='data to append to log format when level is DEBUG'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('logging_exception_prefix',
+               default='%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d TRACE %(name)s '
+               '%(instance)s',
+               help='prefix each line of exception output with this format'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('default_log_levels',
+                default=[
+                    'amqplib=WARN',
+                    'sqlalchemy=WARN',
+                    'boto=WARN',
+                    'suds=INFO',
+                    'keystone=INFO',
+                    'eventlet.wsgi.server=WARN'
+                ],
+                help='list of logger=LEVEL pairs'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('publish_errors',
+                default=False,
+                help='publish error events'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('fatal_deprecations',
+                default=False,
+                help='make deprecations fatal'),
+
+    # NOTE(mikal): there are two options here because sometimes we are handed
+    # a full instance (and could include more information), and other times we
+    # are just handed a UUID for the instance.
+    cfg.StrOpt('instance_format',
+               default='[instance: %(uuid)s] ',
+               help='If an instance is passed with the log message, format '
+                    'it like this'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('instance_uuid_format',
+               default='[instance: %(uuid)s] ',
+               help='If an instance UUID is passed with the log message, '
+                    'format it like this'),
+]
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+CONF.register_cli_opts(common_cli_opts)
+CONF.register_cli_opts(logging_cli_opts)
+CONF.register_opts(generic_log_opts)
+CONF.register_opts(log_opts)
+
+# our new audit level
+# NOTE(jkoelker) Since we synthesized an audit level, make the logging
+#                module aware of it so it acts like other levels.
+logging.AUDIT = logging.INFO + 1
+logging.addLevelName(logging.AUDIT, 'AUDIT')
+
+
+try:
+    NullHandler = logging.NullHandler
+except AttributeError:  # NOTE(jkoelker) NullHandler added in Python 2.7
+    class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
+        def handle(self, record):
+            pass
+
+        def emit(self, record):
+            pass
+
+        def createLock(self):
+            self.lock = None
+
+
+def _dictify_context(context):
+    if context is None:
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(context, dict) and getattr(context, 'to_dict', None):
+        context = context.to_dict()
+    return context
+
+
+def _get_binary_name():
+    return os.path.basename(inspect.stack()[-1][1])
+
+
+def _get_log_file_path(binary=None):
+    logfile = CONF.log_file
+    logdir = CONF.log_dir
+
+    if logfile and not logdir:
+        return logfile
+
+    if logfile and logdir:
+        return os.path.join(logdir, logfile)
+
+    if logdir:
+        binary = binary or _get_binary_name()
+        return '%s.log' % (os.path.join(logdir, binary),)
+
+
+class BaseLoggerAdapter(logging.LoggerAdapter):
+
+    def audit(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.log(logging.AUDIT, msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class LazyAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
+    def __init__(self, name='unknown', version='unknown'):
+        self._logger = None
+        self.extra = {}
+        self.name = name
+        self.version = version
+
+    @property
+    def logger(self):
+        if not self._logger:
+            self._logger = getLogger(self.name, self.version)
+        return self._logger
+
+
+class ContextAdapter(BaseLoggerAdapter):
+    warn = logging.LoggerAdapter.warning
+
+    def __init__(self, logger, project_name, version_string):
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.project = project_name
+        self.version = version_string
+
+    @property
+    def handlers(self):
+        return self.logger.handlers
+
+    def deprecated(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        stdmsg = _("Deprecated: %s") % msg
+        if CONF.fatal_deprecations:
+            self.critical(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
+            raise DeprecatedConfig(msg=stdmsg)
+        else:
+            self.warn(stdmsg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def process(self, msg, kwargs):
+        if 'extra' not in kwargs:
+            kwargs['extra'] = {}
+        extra = kwargs['extra']
+
+        context = kwargs.pop('context', None)
+        if not context:
+            context = getattr(local.store, 'context', None)
+        if context:
+            extra.update(_dictify_context(context))
+
+        instance = kwargs.pop('instance', None)
+        instance_extra = ''
+        if instance:
+            instance_extra = CONF.instance_format % instance
+        else:
+            instance_uuid = kwargs.pop('instance_uuid', None)
+            if instance_uuid:
+                instance_extra = (CONF.instance_uuid_format
+                                  % {'uuid': instance_uuid})
+        extra.update({'instance': instance_extra})
+
+        extra.update({"project": self.project})
+        extra.update({"version": self.version})
+        extra['extra'] = extra.copy()
+        return msg, kwargs
+
+
+class JSONFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    def __init__(self, fmt=None, datefmt=None):
+        # NOTE(jkoelker) we ignore the fmt argument, but its still there
+        #                since logging.config.fileConfig passes it.
+        self.datefmt = datefmt
+
+    def formatException(self, ei, strip_newlines=True):
+        lines = traceback.format_exception(*ei)
+        if strip_newlines:
+            lines = [itertools.ifilter(
+                lambda x: x,
+                line.rstrip().splitlines()) for line in lines]
+            lines = list(itertools.chain(*lines))
+        return lines
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        message = {'message': record.getMessage(),
+                   'asctime': self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt),
+                   'name': record.name,
+                   'msg': record.msg,
+                   'args': record.args,
+                   'levelname': record.levelname,
+                   'levelno': record.levelno,
+                   'pathname': record.pathname,
+                   'filename': record.filename,
+                   'module': record.module,
+                   'lineno': record.lineno,
+                   'funcname': record.funcName,
+                   'created': record.created,
+                   'msecs': record.msecs,
+                   'relative_created': record.relativeCreated,
+                   'thread': record.thread,
+                   'thread_name': record.threadName,
+                   'process_name': record.processName,
+                   'process': record.process,
+                   'traceback': None}
+
+        if hasattr(record, 'extra'):
+            message['extra'] = record.extra
+
+        if record.exc_info:
+            message['traceback'] = self.formatException(record.exc_info)
+
+        return jsonutils.dumps(message)
+
+
+def _create_logging_excepthook(product_name):
+    def logging_excepthook(type, value, tb):
+        extra = {}
+        if CONF.verbose:
+            extra['exc_info'] = (type, value, tb)
+        getLogger(product_name).critical(str(value), **extra)
+    return logging_excepthook
+
+
+class LogConfigError(Exception):
+
+    message = _('Error loading logging config %(log_config)s: %(err_msg)s')
+
+    def __init__(self, log_config, err_msg):
+        self.log_config = log_config
+        self.err_msg = err_msg
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message % dict(log_config=self.log_config,
+                                   err_msg=self.err_msg)
+
+
+def _load_log_config(log_config):
+    try:
+        logging.config.fileConfig(log_config)
+    except moves.configparser.Error as exc:
+        raise LogConfigError(log_config, str(exc))
+
+
+def setup(product_name):
+    """Setup logging."""
+    if CONF.log_config:
+        _load_log_config(CONF.log_config)
+    else:
+        _setup_logging_from_conf()
+    sys.excepthook = _create_logging_excepthook(product_name)
+
+
+def set_defaults(logging_context_format_string):
+    cfg.set_defaults(log_opts,
+                     logging_context_format_string=
+                     logging_context_format_string)
+
+
+def _find_facility_from_conf():
+    facility_names = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.facility_names
+    facility = getattr(logging.handlers.SysLogHandler,
+                       CONF.syslog_log_facility,
+                       None)
+
+    if facility is None and CONF.syslog_log_facility in facility_names:
+        facility = facility_names.get(CONF.syslog_log_facility)
+
+    if facility is None:
+        valid_facilities = facility_names.keys()
+        consts = ['LOG_AUTH', 'LOG_AUTHPRIV', 'LOG_CRON', 'LOG_DAEMON',
+                  'LOG_FTP', 'LOG_KERN', 'LOG_LPR', 'LOG_MAIL', 'LOG_NEWS',
+                  'LOG_AUTH', 'LOG_SYSLOG', 'LOG_USER', 'LOG_UUCP',
+                  'LOG_LOCAL0', 'LOG_LOCAL1', 'LOG_LOCAL2', 'LOG_LOCAL3',
+                  'LOG_LOCAL4', 'LOG_LOCAL5', 'LOG_LOCAL6', 'LOG_LOCAL7']
+        valid_facilities.extend(consts)
+        raise TypeError(_('syslog facility must be one of: %s') %
+                        ', '.join("'%s'" % fac
+                                  for fac in valid_facilities))
+
+    return facility
+
+
+def _setup_logging_from_conf():
+    log_root = getLogger(None).logger
+    for handler in log_root.handlers:
+        log_root.removeHandler(handler)
+
+    if CONF.use_syslog:
+        facility = _find_facility_from_conf()
+        syslog = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log',
+                                                facility=facility)
+        log_root.addHandler(syslog)
+
+    logpath = _get_log_file_path()
+    if logpath:
+        filelog = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(logpath)
+        log_root.addHandler(filelog)
+
+    if CONF.use_stderr:
+        streamlog = ColorHandler()
+        log_root.addHandler(streamlog)
+
+    elif not CONF.log_file:
+        # pass sys.stdout as a positional argument
+        # python2.6 calls the argument strm, in 2.7 it's stream
+        streamlog = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        log_root.addHandler(streamlog)
+
+    if CONF.publish_errors:
+        handler = importutils.import_object(
+            "tempest.openstack.common.log_handler.PublishErrorsHandler",
+            logging.ERROR)
+        log_root.addHandler(handler)
+
+    datefmt = CONF.log_date_format
+    for handler in log_root.handlers:
+        # NOTE(alaski): CONF.log_format overrides everything currently.  This
+        # should be deprecated in favor of context aware formatting.
+        if CONF.log_format:
+            handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt=CONF.log_format,
+                                                   datefmt=datefmt))
+            log_root.info('Deprecated: log_format is now deprecated and will '
+                          'be removed in the next release')
+        else:
+            handler.setFormatter(ContextFormatter(datefmt=datefmt))
+
+    if CONF.debug:
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    elif CONF.verbose:
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    else:
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    for pair in CONF.default_log_levels:
+        mod, _sep, level_name = pair.partition('=')
+        level = logging.getLevelName(level_name)
+        logger = logging.getLogger(mod)
+        logger.setLevel(level)
+
+_loggers = {}
+
+
+def getLogger(name='unknown', version='unknown'):
+    if name not in _loggers:
+        _loggers[name] = ContextAdapter(logging.getLogger(name),
+                                        name,
+                                        version)
+    return _loggers[name]
+
+
+def getLazyLogger(name='unknown', version='unknown'):
+    """Returns lazy logger.
+
+    Creates a pass-through logger that does not create the real logger
+    until it is really needed and delegates all calls to the real logger
+    once it is created.
+    """
+    return LazyAdapter(name, version)
+
+
+class WritableLogger(object):
+    """A thin wrapper that responds to `write` and logs."""
+
+    def __init__(self, logger, level=logging.INFO):
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.level = level
+
+    def write(self, msg):
+        self.logger.log(self.level, msg)
+
+
+class ContextFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """A context.RequestContext aware formatter configured through flags.
+
+    The flags used to set format strings are: logging_context_format_string
+    and logging_default_format_string.  You can also specify
+    logging_debug_format_suffix to append extra formatting if the log level is
+    debug.
+
+    For information about what variables are available for the formatter see:
+    http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#formatter
+
+    """
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        """Uses contextstring if request_id is set, otherwise default."""
+        # NOTE(sdague): default the fancier formating params
+        # to an empty string so we don't throw an exception if
+        # they get used
+        for key in ('instance', 'color'):
+            if key not in record.__dict__:
+                record.__dict__[key] = ''
+
+        if record.__dict__.get('request_id', None):
+            self._fmt = CONF.logging_context_format_string
+        else:
+            self._fmt = CONF.logging_default_format_string
+
+        if (record.levelno == logging.DEBUG and
+                CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix):
+            self._fmt += " " + CONF.logging_debug_format_suffix
+
+        # Cache this on the record, Logger will respect our formated copy
+        if record.exc_info:
+            record.exc_text = self.formatException(record.exc_info, record)
+        return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+
+    def formatException(self, exc_info, record=None):
+        """Format exception output with CONF.logging_exception_prefix."""
+        if not record:
+            return logging.Formatter.formatException(self, exc_info)
+
+        stringbuffer = moves.StringIO()
+        traceback.print_exception(exc_info[0], exc_info[1], exc_info[2],
+                                  None, stringbuffer)
+        lines = stringbuffer.getvalue().split('\n')
+        stringbuffer.close()
+
+        if CONF.logging_exception_prefix.find('%(asctime)') != -1:
+            record.asctime = self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt)
+
+        formatted_lines = []
+        for line in lines:
+            pl = CONF.logging_exception_prefix % record.__dict__
+            fl = '%s%s' % (pl, line)
+            formatted_lines.append(fl)
+        return '\n'.join(formatted_lines)
+
+
+class ColorHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
+    LEVEL_COLORS = {
+        logging.DEBUG: '\033[00;32m',  # GREEN
+        logging.INFO: '\033[00;36m',  # CYAN
+        logging.AUDIT: '\033[01;36m',  # BOLD CYAN
+        logging.WARN: '\033[01;33m',  # BOLD YELLOW
+        logging.ERROR: '\033[01;31m',  # BOLD RED
+        logging.CRITICAL: '\033[01;31m',  # BOLD RED
+    }
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        record.color = self.LEVEL_COLORS[record.levelno]
+        return logging.StreamHandler.format(self, record)
+
+
+class DeprecatedConfig(Exception):
+    message = _("Fatal call to deprecated config: %(msg)s")
+
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        super(Exception, self).__init__(self.message % dict(msg=msg))
diff --git a/tempest/openstack/common/timeutils.py b/tempest/openstack/common/timeutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd60489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/openstack/common/timeutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 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.
+
+"""
+Time related utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import calendar
+import datetime
+
+import iso8601
+import six
+
+
+# ISO 8601 extended time format with microseconds
+_ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT_SUBSECOND = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f'
+_ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT = _ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT_SUBSECOND
+
+
+def isotime(at=None, subsecond=False):
+    """Stringify time in ISO 8601 format."""
+    if not at:
+        at = utcnow()
+    st = at.strftime(_ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT
+                     if not subsecond
+                     else _ISO8601_TIME_FORMAT_SUBSECOND)
+    tz = at.tzinfo.tzname(None) if at.tzinfo else 'UTC'
+    st += ('Z' if tz == 'UTC' else tz)
+    return st
+
+
+def parse_isotime(timestr):
+    """Parse time from ISO 8601 format."""
+    try:
+        return iso8601.parse_date(timestr)
+    except iso8601.ParseError as e:
+        raise ValueError(e.message)
+    except TypeError as e:
+        raise ValueError(e.message)
+
+
+def strtime(at=None, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
+    """Returns formatted utcnow."""
+    if not at:
+        at = utcnow()
+    return at.strftime(fmt)
+
+
+def parse_strtime(timestr, fmt=PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT):
+    """Turn a formatted time back into a datetime."""
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(timestr, fmt)
+
+
+def normalize_time(timestamp):
+    """Normalize time in arbitrary timezone to UTC naive object."""
+    offset = timestamp.utcoffset()
+    if offset is None:
+        return timestamp
+    return timestamp.replace(tzinfo=None) - offset
+
+
+def is_older_than(before, seconds):
+    """Return True if before is older than seconds."""
+    if isinstance(before, six.string_types):
+        before = parse_strtime(before).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    return utcnow() - before > datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+
+
+def is_newer_than(after, seconds):
+    """Return True if after is newer than seconds."""
+    if isinstance(after, six.string_types):
+        after = parse_strtime(after).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    return after - utcnow() > datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+
+
+def utcnow_ts():
+    """Timestamp version of our utcnow function."""
+    return calendar.timegm(utcnow().timetuple())
+
+
+def utcnow():
+    """Overridable version of utils.utcnow."""
+    if utcnow.override_time:
+        try:
+            return utcnow.override_time.pop(0)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return utcnow.override_time
+    return datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
+
+def iso8601_from_timestamp(timestamp):
+    """Returns a iso8601 formated date from timestamp."""
+    return isotime(datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp))
+
+
+utcnow.override_time = None
+
+
+def set_time_override(override_time=datetime.datetime.utcnow()):
+    """Overrides utils.utcnow.
+
+    Make it return a constant time or a list thereof, one at a time.
+    """
+    utcnow.override_time = override_time
+
+
+def advance_time_delta(timedelta):
+    """Advance overridden time using a datetime.timedelta."""
+    assert(not utcnow.override_time is None)
+    try:
+        for dt in utcnow.override_time:
+            dt += timedelta
+    except TypeError:
+        utcnow.override_time += timedelta
+
+
+def advance_time_seconds(seconds):
+    """Advance overridden time by seconds."""
+    advance_time_delta(datetime.timedelta(0, seconds))
+
+
+def clear_time_override():
+    """Remove the overridden time."""
+    utcnow.override_time = None
+
+
+def marshall_now(now=None):
+    """Make an rpc-safe datetime with microseconds.
+
+    Note: tzinfo is stripped, but not required for relative times.
+    """
+    if not now:
+        now = utcnow()
+    return dict(day=now.day, month=now.month, year=now.year, hour=now.hour,
+                minute=now.minute, second=now.second,
+                microsecond=now.microsecond)
+
+
+def unmarshall_time(tyme):
+    """Unmarshall a datetime dict."""
+    return datetime.datetime(day=tyme['day'],
+                             month=tyme['month'],
+                             year=tyme['year'],
+                             hour=tyme['hour'],
+                             minute=tyme['minute'],
+                             second=tyme['second'],
+                             microsecond=tyme['microsecond'])
+
+
+def delta_seconds(before, after):
+    """Return the difference between two timing objects.
+
+    Compute the difference in seconds between two date, time, or
+    datetime objects (as a float, to microsecond resolution).
+    """
+    delta = after - before
+    try:
+        return delta.total_seconds()
+    except AttributeError:
+        return ((delta.days * 24 * 3600) + delta.seconds +
+                float(delta.microseconds) / (10 ** 6))
+
+
+def is_soon(dt, window):
+    """Determines if time is going to happen in the next window seconds.
+
+    :params dt: the time
+    :params window: minimum seconds to remain to consider the time not soon
+
+    :return: True if expiration is within the given duration
+    """
+    soon = (utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=window))
+    return normalize_time(dt) <= soon
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_minimum_basic.py b/tempest/scenario/test_minimum_basic.py
index 2097f50..12227f6 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_minimum_basic.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_minimum_basic.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     def nova_list(self):
         servers = self.compute_client.servers.list()
         LOG.debug("server_list:%s" % servers)
-        self.assertTrue(self.server in servers)
+        self.assertIn(self.server, servers)
 
     def nova_show(self):
         got_server = self.compute_client.servers.get(self.server)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
     def cinder_list(self):
         volumes = self.volume_client.volumes.list()
-        self.assertTrue(self.volume in volumes)
+        self.assertIn(self.volume, volumes)
 
     def cinder_show(self):
         volume = self.volume_client.volumes.get(self.volume.id)
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_stamp_pattern.py b/tempest/scenario/test_stamp_pattern.py
index 89beb15..a6f2206 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_stamp_pattern.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_stamp_pattern.py
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import time
+
 from cinderclient import exceptions
+import testtools
+
 from tempest.common import log as logging
 from tempest.common.utils.data_utils import rand_name
 from tempest.common.utils.linux.remote_client import RemoteClient
 from tempest.scenario import manager
-import time
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@
         got_timestamp = ssh_client.exec_command('sudo cat /mnt/timestamp')
         self.assertEqual(self.timestamp, got_timestamp)
 
+    @testtools.skip("Until Bug #1205344 is fixed")
     def test_stamp_pattern(self):
         # prepare for booting a instance
         self._add_keypair()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index eb1ef4b..93a53ac 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 sitepackages = True
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 commands =
-  sh tools/pretty_tox.sh 'tempest.api tempest.scenario tempest.thirdparty tempest.cli'
+  sh tools/pretty_tox.sh 'tempest.api tempest.scenario tempest.thirdparty tempest.cli {posargs}'
 
 [testenv:smoke]
 sitepackages = True