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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2012 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.
+
+# Config
+import ConfigParser
+import os
+
+# Default client libs
+import keystoneclient.v2_0.client as keystone_client
+
+# Import Openstack exceptions
+import keystoneclient.exceptions as keystone_exception
+
+
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR = "%s/etc" % os.path.abspath(os.path.pardir)
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = "tempest.conf"
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_SAMPLE = "tempest.conf.sample"
+
+# Environment variables override defaults
+TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR = os.environ.get('TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR') or DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR
+TEMPEST_CONFIG = os.environ.get('TEMPEST_CONFIG') or "%s/%s" % \
+    (TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE)
+TEMPEST_CONFIG_SAMPLE = os.environ.get('TEMPEST_CONFIG_SAMPLE') or "%s/%s" % \
+    (TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR, DEFAULT_CONFIG_SAMPLE)
+
+# Admin credentials
+OS_USERNAME = os.environ.get('OS_USERNAME')
+OS_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('OS_PASSWORD')
+OS_TENANT_NAME = os.environ.get('OS_TENANT_NAME')
+OS_AUTH_URL = os.environ.get('OS_AUTH_URL')
+
+# Image references
+IMAGE_ID = os.environ.get('IMAGE_ID')
+IMAGE_ID_ALT = os.environ.get('IMAGE_ID_ALT')
+
+
+class ClientManager(object):
+    """
+    Manager that provides access to the official python clients for
+    calling various OpenStack APIs.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.identity_client = None
+        self.image_client = None
+        self.network_client = None
+        self.compute_client = None
+        self.volume_client = None
+
+    def get_identity_client(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Returns the openstack identity python client
+        :param username: a string representing the username
+        :param password: a string representing the user's password
+        :param tenant_name: a string representing the tenant name of the user
+        :param auth_url: a string representing the auth url of the identity
+        :param insecure: True if we wish to disable ssl certificate validation,
+        False otherwise
+        :returns an instance of openstack identity python client
+        """
+        if not self.identity_client:
+            self.identity_client = keystone_client.Client(**kwargs)
+
+        return self.identity_client
+
+
+def getTempestConfigSample():
+    """
+    Gets the tempest configuration file as a ConfigParser object
+    :return: the tempest configuration file
+    """
+    # get the sample config file from the sample
+    config_sample = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    config_sample.readfp(open(TEMPEST_CONFIG_SAMPLE))
+
+    return config_sample
+
+
+def update_config_admin_credentials(config, config_section):
+    """
+    Updates the tempest config with the admin credentials
+    :param config: an object representing the tempest config file
+    :param config_section: the section name where the admin credentials are
+    """
+    # Check if credentials are present
+    if not (OS_AUTH_URL and
+            OS_USERNAME and
+            OS_PASSWORD and
+            OS_TENANT_NAME):
+        raise Exception("Admin environment variables not found.")
+
+    # TODO(tkammer): Add support for uri_v3
+    config_identity_params = {'uri': OS_AUTH_URL,
+                              'admin_username': OS_USERNAME,
+                              'admin_password': OS_PASSWORD,
+                              'admin_tenant_name': OS_TENANT_NAME}
+
+    update_config_section_with_params(config,
+                                      config_section,
+                                      config_identity_params)
+
+
+def update_config_section_with_params(config, section, params):
+    """
+    Updates a given config object with given params
+    :param config: the object representing the config file of tempest
+    :param section: the section we would like to update
+    :param params: the parameters we wish to update for that section
+    """
+    for option, value in params.items():
+        config.set(section, option, value)
+
+
+def get_identity_client_kwargs(config, section_name):
+    """
+    Get the required arguments for the identity python client
+    :param config: the tempest configuration file
+    :param section_name: the section name in the configuration where the
+    arguments can be found
+    :return: a dictionary representing the needed arguments for the identity
+    client
+    """
+    username = config.get(section_name, 'admin_username')
+    password = config.get(section_name, 'admin_password')
+    tenant_name = config.get(section_name, 'admin_tenant_name')
+    auth_url = config.get(section_name, 'uri')
+    dscv = config.get(section_name, 'disable_ssl_certificate_validation')
+    kwargs = {'username': username,
+              'password': password,
+              'tenant_name': tenant_name,
+              'auth_url': auth_url,
+              'insecure': dscv}
+
+    return kwargs
+
+
+def create_user_with_tenant(identity_client, username, password, tenant_name):
+    """
+    Creates a user using a given identity client
+    :param identity_client: openstack identity python client
+    :param username: a string representing the username
+    :param password: a string representing the user's password
+    :param tenant_name: a string representing the tenant name of the user
+    """
+    # Try to create the necessary tenant
+    tenant_id = None
+    try:
+        tenant_description = "Tenant for Tempest %s user" % username
+        tenant = identity_client.tenants.create(tenant_name,
+                                                tenant_description)
+        tenant_id = tenant.id
+    except keystone_exception.Conflict:
+
+        # if already exist, use existing tenant
+        tenant_list = identity_client.tenants.list()
+        for tenant in tenant_list:
+            if tenant.name == tenant_name:
+                tenant_id = tenant.id
+
+    # Try to create the user
+    try:
+        email = "%s@test.com" % username
+        identity_client.users.create(name=username,
+                                     password=password,
+                                     email=email,
+                                     tenant_id=tenant_id)
+    except keystone_exception.Conflict:
+
+        # if already exist, use existing user
+        pass
+
+
+def create_users_and_tenants(identity_client,
+                             config,
+                             identity_section):
+    """
+    Creates the two non admin users and tenants for tempest
+    :param identity_client: openstack identity python client
+    :param config: tempest configuration file
+    :param identity_section: the section name of identity in the config
+    """
+    # Get the necessary params from the config file
+    tenant_name = config.get(identity_section, 'tenant_name')
+    username = config.get(identity_section, 'username')
+    password = config.get(identity_section, 'password')
+
+    alt_tenant_name = config.get(identity_section, 'alt_tenant_name')
+    alt_username = config.get(identity_section, 'alt_username')
+    alt_password = config.get(identity_section, 'alt_password')
+
+    # Create the necessary users for the test runs
+    create_user_with_tenant(identity_client, username, password, tenant_name)
+    create_user_with_tenant(identity_client, alt_username, alt_password,
+                            alt_tenant_name)
+
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Main module to control the script
+    """
+    # TODO(tkammer): add support for existing config file
+    config_sample = getTempestConfigSample()
+    update_config_admin_credentials(config_sample, 'identity')
+
+    client_manager = ClientManager()
+
+    # Set the identity related info for tempest
+    identity_client_kwargs = get_identity_client_kwargs(config_sample,
+                                                        'identity')
+    identity_client = client_manager.get_identity_client(
+        **identity_client_kwargs)
+
+    # Create the necessary users and tenants for tempest run
+    create_users_and_tenants(identity_client,
+                             config_sample,
+                             'identity')
+
+    # TODO(tkammer): add image implementation
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()