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+# usage: `KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.openstack.yml kitchen test`
+
+# https://docs.chef.io/config_yml_kitchen.html
+# https://github.com/test-kitchen/kitchen-openstack
+
+---
+driver:
+  name: openstack
+  openstack_auth_url: <%= ENV['OS_AUTH_URL'] %>/tokens
+  openstack_username: <%= ENV['OS_USERNAME'] || 'ci' %>
+  openstack_api_key:  <%= ENV['OS_PASSWORD'] || 'ci' %>
+  openstack_tenant:   <%= ENV['OS_TENANT_NAME'] || 'ci_jenkins' %>
+
+  #floating_ip_pool: <%= ENV['OS_FLOATING_IP_POOL'] || 'nova' %>
+  key_name: <%= ENV['BOOTSTRAP_SSH_KEY_NAME'] || 'bootstrap_insecure' %>
+  private_key_path: <%= ENV['BOOTSTRAP_SSH_KEY_PATH'] || "#{ENV['HOME']}/.ssh/id_rsa_bootstrap_insecure" %>
+
+
+platforms:
+  - name: ubuntu-14.04
+    driver:
+      username: <%= ENV['OS_UBUNTU_IMAGE_USER'] || 'root' %>
+      image_ref: <%= ENV['OS_UBUNTU_IMAGE_REF'] || 'ubuntu-14-04-x64-1455869035' %>
+      flavor_ref: m1.medium
+      network_ref:
+        <% if ENV['OS_NETWORK_REF'] -%>
+        - <% ENV['OS_NETWORK_REF'] %>
+        <% else -%>
+        - ci-net
+        <% end -%>
+    # force update apt cache on the image
+    run_list:
+      - recipe[apt]
+    attributes:
+      apt:
+          compile_time_update: true
+transport:
+  username: <%= ENV['OS_UBUNTU_IMAGE_USER'] || 'root' %>
+
+# vim: ft=yaml sw=2 ts=2 sts=2 tw=125