diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
index 324987e6..af8fe2db 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
@@ -486,9 +486,10 @@ class Hooks(object):
             hooks.execute(sys.argv)
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, config_save=True):
         super(Hooks, self).__init__()
         self._hooks = {}
+        self._config_save = config_save
 
     def register(self, name, function):
         """Register a hook"""
@@ -499,9 +500,10 @@ class Hooks(object):
         hook_name = os.path.basename(args[0])
         if hook_name in self._hooks:
             self._hooks[hook_name]()
-            cfg = config()
-            if cfg.implicit_save:
-                cfg.save()
+            if self._config_save:
+                cfg = config()
+                if cfg.implicit_save:
+                    cfg.save()
         else:
             raise UnregisteredHookError(hook_name)
 
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
index b85b0280..d7ce1e4c 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ def service_available(service_name):
     """Determine whether a system service is available"""
     try:
         subprocess.check_output(['service', service_name, 'status'], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        return False
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return 'unrecognized service' not in e.output
     else:
         return True
 
@@ -209,10 +209,15 @@ def mounts():
     return system_mounts
 
 
-def file_hash(path):
-    """Generate a md5 hash of the contents of 'path' or None if not found """
+def file_hash(path, hash_type='md5'):
+    """
+    Generate a hash checksum of the contents of 'path' or None if not found.
+
+    :param str hash_type: Any hash alrgorithm supported by :mod:`hashlib`,
+                          such as md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, etc.
+    """
     if os.path.exists(path):
-        h = hashlib.md5()
+        h = getattr(hashlib, hash_type)()
         with open(path, 'r') as source:
             h.update(source.read())  # IGNORE:E1101 - it does have update
         return h.hexdigest()
@@ -220,6 +225,26 @@ def file_hash(path):
         return None
 
 
+def check_hash(path, checksum, hash_type='md5'):
+    """
+    Validate a file using a cryptographic checksum.
+
+    :param str checksum: Value of the checksum used to validate the file.
+    :param str hash_type: Hash algorithm used to generate `checksum`.
+        Can be any hash alrgorithm supported by :mod:`hashlib`,
+        such as md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, etc.
+    :raises ChecksumError: If the file fails the checksum
+
+    """
+    actual_checksum = file_hash(path, hash_type)
+    if checksum != actual_checksum:
+        raise ChecksumError("'%s' != '%s'" % (checksum, actual_checksum))
+
+
+class ChecksumError(ValueError):
+    pass
+
+
 def restart_on_change(restart_map, stopstart=False):
     """Restart services based on configuration files changing
 
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py
index 4b90589b..7067b94b 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/services/helpers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+import yaml
 from charmhelpers.core import hookenv
 from charmhelpers.core import templating
 
@@ -19,15 +21,21 @@ class RelationContext(dict):
     the `name` attribute that are complete will used to populate the dictionary
     values (see `get_data`, below).
 
-    The generated context will be namespaced under the interface type, to prevent
-    potential naming conflicts.
+    The generated context will be namespaced under the relation :attr:`name`,
+    to prevent potential naming conflicts.
+
+    :param str name: Override the relation :attr:`name`, since it can vary from charm to charm
+    :param list additional_required_keys: Extend the list of :attr:`required_keys`
     """
     name = None
     interface = None
     required_keys = []
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(RelationContext, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, name=None, additional_required_keys=None):
+        if name is not None:
+            self.name = name
+        if additional_required_keys is not None:
+            self.required_keys.extend(additional_required_keys)
         self.get_data()
 
     def __bool__(self):
@@ -101,9 +109,115 @@ class RelationContext(dict):
         return {}
 
 
+class MysqlRelation(RelationContext):
+    """
+    Relation context for the `mysql` interface.
+
+    :param str name: Override the relation :attr:`name`, since it can vary from charm to charm
+    :param list additional_required_keys: Extend the list of :attr:`required_keys`
+    """
+    name = 'db'
+    interface = 'mysql'
+    required_keys = ['host', 'user', 'password', 'database']
+
+
+class HttpRelation(RelationContext):
+    """
+    Relation context for the `http` interface.
+
+    :param str name: Override the relation :attr:`name`, since it can vary from charm to charm
+    :param list additional_required_keys: Extend the list of :attr:`required_keys`
+    """
+    name = 'website'
+    interface = 'http'
+    required_keys = ['host', 'port']
+
+    def provide_data(self):
+        return {
+            'host': hookenv.unit_get('private-address'),
+            'port': 80,
+        }
+
+
+class RequiredConfig(dict):
+    """
+    Data context that loads config options with one or more mandatory options.
+
+    Once the required options have been changed from their default values, all
+    config options will be available, namespaced under `config` to prevent
+    potential naming conflicts (for example, between a config option and a
+    relation property).
+
+    :param list *args: List of options that must be changed from their default values.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        self.required_options = args
+        self['config'] = hookenv.config()
+        with open(os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), 'config.yaml')) as fp:
+            self.config = yaml.load(fp).get('options', {})
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        for option in self.required_options:
+            if option not in self['config']:
+                return False
+            current_value = self['config'][option]
+            default_value = self.config[option].get('default')
+            if current_value == default_value:
+                return False
+            if current_value in (None, '') and default_value in (None, ''):
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return self.__bool__()
+
+
+class StoredContext(dict):
+    """
+    A data context that always returns the data that it was first created with.
+
+    This is useful to do a one-time generation of things like passwords, that
+    will thereafter use the same value that was originally generated, instead
+    of generating a new value each time it is run.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, file_name, config_data):
+        """
+        If the file exists, populate `self` with the data from the file.
+        Otherwise, populate with the given data and persist it to the file.
+        """
+        if os.path.exists(file_name):
+            self.update(self.read_context(file_name))
+        else:
+            self.store_context(file_name, config_data)
+            self.update(config_data)
+
+    def store_context(self, file_name, config_data):
+        if not os.path.isabs(file_name):
+            file_name = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), file_name)
+        with open(file_name, 'w') as file_stream:
+            os.fchmod(file_stream.fileno(), 0600)
+            yaml.dump(config_data, file_stream)
+
+    def read_context(self, file_name):
+        if not os.path.isabs(file_name):
+            file_name = os.path.join(hookenv.charm_dir(), file_name)
+        with open(file_name, 'r') as file_stream:
+            data = yaml.load(file_stream)
+            if not data:
+                raise OSError("%s is empty" % file_name)
+            return data
+
+
 class TemplateCallback(ManagerCallback):
     """
-    Callback class that will render a template, for use as a ready action.
+    Callback class that will render a Jinja2 template, for use as a ready action.
+
+    :param str source: The template source file, relative to `$CHARM_DIR/templates`
+    :param str target: The target to write the rendered template to
+    :param str owner: The owner of the rendered file
+    :param str group: The group of the rendered file
+    :param int perms: The permissions of the rendered file
     """
     def __init__(self, source, target, owner='root', group='root', perms=0444):
         self.source = source
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
index 8e9d3804..32a673d6 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ def add_source(source, key=None):
     """Add a package source to this system.
 
     @param source: a URL or sources.list entry, as supported by
-    add-apt-repository(1). Examples:
+    add-apt-repository(1). Examples::
+
         ppa:charmers/example
         deb https://stub:key@private.example.com/ubuntu trusty main
 
@@ -311,22 +312,35 @@ def configure_sources(update=False,
         apt_update(fatal=True)
 
 
-def install_remote(source):
+def install_remote(source, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     Install a file tree from a remote source
 
     The specified source should be a url of the form:
         scheme://[host]/path[#[option=value][&...]]
 
-    Schemes supported are based on this modules submodules
-    Options supported are submodule-specific"""
+    Schemes supported are based on this modules submodules.
+    Options supported are submodule-specific.
+    Additional arguments are passed through to the submodule.
+
+    For example::
+
+        dest = install_remote('http://example.com/archive.tgz',
+                              checksum='deadbeef',
+                              hash_type='sha1')
+
+    This will download `archive.tgz`, validate it using SHA1 and, if
+    the file is ok, extract it and return the directory in which it
+    was extracted.  If the checksum fails, it will raise
+    :class:`charmhelpers.core.host.ChecksumError`.
+    """
     # We ONLY check for True here because can_handle may return a string
     # explaining why it can't handle a given source.
     handlers = [h for h in plugins() if h.can_handle(source) is True]
     installed_to = None
     for handler in handlers:
         try:
-            installed_to = handler.install(source)
+            installed_to = handler.install(source, *args, **kwargs)
         except UnhandledSource:
             pass
     if not installed_to:
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py
index 1b11fa03..8c045650 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py
@@ -12,21 +12,19 @@ from charmhelpers.payload.archive import (
     get_archive_handler,
     extract,
 )
-from charmhelpers.core.host import mkdir
+from charmhelpers.core.host import mkdir, check_hash
 
-"""
-This class is a plugin for charmhelpers.fetch.install_remote.
 
-It grabs, validates and installs remote archives fetched over "http", "https", "ftp" or "file" protocols. The contents of the archive are installed in $CHARM_DIR/fetched/.
-
-Example usage:
-install_remote("https://example.com/some/archive.tar.gz")
-# Installs the contents of archive.tar.gz in $CHARM_DIR/fetched/.
-
-See charmhelpers.fetch.archiveurl.get_archivehandler for supported archive types.
-"""
 class ArchiveUrlFetchHandler(BaseFetchHandler):
-    """Handler for archives via generic URLs"""
+    """
+    Handler to download archive files from arbitrary URLs.
+
+    Can fetch from http, https, ftp, and file URLs.
+
+    Can install either tarballs (.tar, .tgz, .tbz2, etc) or zip files.
+
+    Installs the contents of the archive in $CHARM_DIR/fetched/.
+    """
     def can_handle(self, source):
         url_parts = self.parse_url(source)
         if url_parts.scheme not in ('http', 'https', 'ftp', 'file'):
@@ -36,6 +34,12 @@ class ArchiveUrlFetchHandler(BaseFetchHandler):
         return False
 
     def download(self, source, dest):
+        """
+        Download an archive file.
+
+        :param str source: URL pointing to an archive file.
+        :param str dest: Local path location to download archive file to.
+        """
         # propogate all exceptions
         # URLError, OSError, etc
         proto, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse.urlparse(source)
@@ -60,7 +64,30 @@ class ArchiveUrlFetchHandler(BaseFetchHandler):
                 os.unlink(dest)
             raise e
 
-    def install(self, source):
+    # Mandatory file validation via Sha1 or MD5 hashing.
+    def download_and_validate(self, url, hashsum, validate="sha1"):
+        tempfile, headers = urlretrieve(url)
+        check_hash(tempfile, hashsum, validate)
+        return tempfile
+
+    def install(self, source, dest=None, checksum=None, hash_type='sha1'):
+        """
+        Download and install an archive file, with optional checksum validation.
+
+        The checksum can also be given on the `source` URL's fragment.
+        For example::
+
+            handler.install('http://example.com/file.tgz#sha1=deadbeef')
+
+        :param str source: URL pointing to an archive file.
+        :param str dest: Local destination path to install to. If not given,
+            installs to `$CHARM_DIR/archives/archive_file_name`.
+        :param str checksum: If given, validate the archive file after download.
+        :param str hash_type: Algorithm used to generate `checksum`.
+            Can be any hash alrgorithm supported by :mod:`hashlib`,
+            such as md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, etc.
+
+        """
         url_parts = self.parse_url(source)
         dest_dir = os.path.join(os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR'), 'fetched')
         if not os.path.exists(dest_dir):
@@ -72,32 +99,10 @@ class ArchiveUrlFetchHandler(BaseFetchHandler):
             raise UnhandledSource(e.reason)
         except OSError as e:
             raise UnhandledSource(e.strerror)
-        return extract(dld_file)
-
-    # Mandatory file validation via Sha1 or MD5 hashing.
-    def download_and_validate(self, url, hashsum, validate="sha1"):
-        if validate == 'sha1' and len(hashsum) != 40:
-            raise ValueError("HashSum must be = 40 characters when using sha1"
-                             " validation")
-        if validate == 'md5' and len(hashsum) != 32:
-            raise ValueError("HashSum must be = 32 characters when using md5"
-                             " validation")
-        tempfile, headers = urlretrieve(url)
-        self.validate_file(tempfile, hashsum, validate)
-        return tempfile
-
-    # Predicate method that returns status of hash matching expected hash.
-    def validate_file(self, source, hashsum, vmethod='sha1'):
-        if vmethod != 'sha1' and vmethod != 'md5':
-            raise ValueError("Validation Method not supported")
-
-        if vmethod == 'md5':
-            m = hashlib.md5()
-        if vmethod == 'sha1':
-            m = hashlib.sha1()
-        with open(source) as f:
-            for line in f:
-                m.update(line)
-        if hashsum != m.hexdigest():
-            msg = "Hash Mismatch on {} expected {} got {}"
-            raise ValueError(msg.format(source, hashsum, m.hexdigest()))
+        options = urlparse.parse_qs(url_parts.fragment)
+        for key, value in options.items():
+            if key in hashlib.algorithms:
+                check_hash(dld_file, value, key)
+        if checksum:
+            check_hash(dld_file, checksum, hash_type)
+        return extract(dld_file, dest)
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/__init__.py b/tests/charmhelpers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/__init__.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d859d367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import amulet
+
+import os
+
+
+class AmuletDeployment(object):
+    """Amulet deployment.
+
+       This class provides generic Amulet deployment and test runner
+       methods.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, series=None):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        self.series = None
+
+        if series:
+            self.series = series
+            self.d = amulet.Deployment(series=self.series)
+        else:
+            self.d = amulet.Deployment()
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services.
+
+           Add services to the deployment where this_service is the local charm
+           that we're testing and other_services are the other services that
+           are being used in the local amulet tests.
+           """
+        if this_service['name'] != os.path.basename(os.getcwd()):
+            s = this_service['name']
+            msg = "The charm's root directory name needs to be {}".format(s)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=msg)
+
+        if 'units' not in this_service:
+            this_service['units'] = 1
+
+        self.d.add(this_service['name'], units=this_service['units'])
+
+        for svc in other_services:
+            if 'location' in svc:
+                branch_location = svc['location']
+            elif self.series:
+                branch_location = 'cs:{}/{}'.format(self.series, svc['name']),
+            else:
+                branch_location = None
+
+            if 'units' not in svc:
+                svc['units'] = 1
+
+            self.d.add(svc['name'], charm=branch_location, units=svc['units'])
+
+    def _add_relations(self, relations):
+        """Add all of the relations for the services."""
+        for k, v in relations.iteritems():
+            self.d.relate(k, v)
+
+    def _configure_services(self, configs):
+        """Configure all of the services."""
+        for service, config in configs.iteritems():
+            self.d.configure(service, config)
+
+    def _deploy(self):
+        """Deploy environment and wait for all hooks to finish executing."""
+        try:
+            self.d.setup(timeout=900)
+            self.d.sentry.wait(timeout=900)
+        except amulet.helpers.TimeoutError:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg="Deployment timed out")
+        except Exception:
+            raise
+
+    def run_tests(self):
+        """Run all of the methods that are prefixed with 'test_'."""
+        for test in dir(self):
+            if test.startswith('test_'):
+                getattr(self, test)()
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c843333f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import ConfigParser
+import io
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+class AmuletUtils(object):
+    """Amulet utilities.
+
+       This class provides common utility functions that are used by Amulet
+       tests.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, log_level=logging.ERROR):
+        self.log = self.get_logger(level=log_level)
+
+    def get_logger(self, name="amulet-logger", level=logging.DEBUG):
+        """Get a logger object that will log to stdout."""
+        log = logging
+        logger = log.getLogger(name)
+        fmt = log.Formatter("%(asctime)s %(funcName)s "
+                            "%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+
+        handler = log.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
+        handler.setLevel(level)
+        handler.setFormatter(fmt)
+
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+        logger.setLevel(level)
+
+        return logger
+
+    def valid_ip(self, ip):
+        if re.match(r"^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$", ip):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def valid_url(self, url):
+        p = re.compile(
+            r'^(?:http|ftp)s?://'
+            r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+(?:[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|[A-Z0-9-]{2,}\.?)|'  # noqa
+            r'localhost|'
+            r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})'
+            r'(?::\d+)?'
+            r'(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$',
+            re.IGNORECASE)
+        if p.match(url):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def validate_services(self, commands):
+        """Validate services.
+
+           Verify the specified services are running on the corresponding
+           service units.
+           """
+        for k, v in commands.iteritems():
+            for cmd in v:
+                output, code = k.run(cmd)
+                if code != 0:
+                    return "command `{}` returned {}".format(cmd, str(code))
+        return None
+
+    def _get_config(self, unit, filename):
+        """Get a ConfigParser object for parsing a unit's config file."""
+        file_contents = unit.file_contents(filename)
+        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        config.readfp(io.StringIO(file_contents))
+        return config
+
+    def validate_config_data(self, sentry_unit, config_file, section,
+                             expected):
+        """Validate config file data.
+
+           Verify that the specified section of the config file contains
+           the expected option key:value pairs.
+           """
+        config = self._get_config(sentry_unit, config_file)
+
+        if section != 'DEFAULT' and not config.has_section(section):
+            return "section [{}] does not exist".format(section)
+
+        for k in expected.keys():
+            if not config.has_option(section, k):
+                return "section [{}] is missing option {}".format(section, k)
+            if config.get(section, k) != expected[k]:
+                return "section [{}] {}:{} != expected {}:{}".format(
+                       section, k, config.get(section, k), k, expected[k])
+        return None
+
+    def _validate_dict_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate dictionary data.
+
+           Compare expected dictionary data vs actual dictionary data.
+           The values in the 'expected' dictionary can be strings, bools, ints,
+           longs, or can be a function that evaluate a variable and returns a
+           bool.
+           """
+        for k, v in expected.iteritems():
+            if k in actual:
+                if (isinstance(v, basestring) or
+                        isinstance(v, bool) or
+                        isinstance(v, (int, long))):
+                    if v != actual[k]:
+                        return "{}:{}".format(k, actual[k])
+                elif not v(actual[k]):
+                    return "{}:{}".format(k, actual[k])
+            else:
+                return "key '{}' does not exist".format(k)
+        return None
+
+    def validate_relation_data(self, sentry_unit, relation, expected):
+        """Validate actual relation data based on expected relation data."""
+        actual = sentry_unit.relation(relation[0], relation[1])
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        return self._validate_dict_data(expected, actual)
+
+    def _validate_list_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Compare expected list vs actual list data."""
+        for e in expected:
+            if e not in actual:
+                return "expected item {} not found in actual list".format(e)
+        return None
+
+    def not_null(self, string):
+        if string is not None:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def _get_file_mtime(self, sentry_unit, filename):
+        """Get last modification time of file."""
+        return sentry_unit.file_stat(filename)['mtime']
+
+    def _get_dir_mtime(self, sentry_unit, directory):
+        """Get last modification time of directory."""
+        return sentry_unit.directory_stat(directory)['mtime']
+
+    def _get_proc_start_time(self, sentry_unit, service, pgrep_full=False):
+        """Get process' start time.
+
+           Determine start time of the process based on the last modification
+           time of the /proc/pid directory. If pgrep_full is True, the process
+           name is matched against the full command line.
+           """
+        if pgrep_full:
+            cmd = 'pgrep -o -f {}'.format(service)
+        else:
+            cmd = 'pgrep -o {}'.format(service)
+        proc_dir = '/proc/{}'.format(sentry_unit.run(cmd)[0].strip())
+        return self._get_dir_mtime(sentry_unit, proc_dir)
+
+    def service_restarted(self, sentry_unit, service, filename,
+                          pgrep_full=False, sleep_time=20):
+        """Check if service was restarted.
+
+           Compare a service's start time vs a file's last modification time
+           (such as a config file for that service) to determine if the service
+           has been restarted.
+           """
+        time.sleep(sleep_time)
+        if (self._get_proc_start_time(sentry_unit, service, pgrep_full) >=
+                self._get_file_mtime(sentry_unit, filename)):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def relation_error(self, name, data):
+        return 'unexpected relation data in {} - {}'.format(name, data)
+
+    def endpoint_error(self, name, data):
+        return 'unexpected endpoint data in {} - {}'.format(name, data)
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/__init__.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a882fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+from charmhelpers.contrib.amulet.deployment import (
+    AmuletDeployment
+)
+
+
+class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
+    """OpenStack amulet deployment.
+
+       This class inherits from AmuletDeployment and has additional support
+       that is specifically for use by OpenStack charms.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, series=None, openstack=None, source=None, stable=True):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self).__init__(series)
+        self.openstack = openstack
+        self.source = source
+        self.stable = stable
+        # Note(coreycb): this needs to be changed when new next branches come out.
+        self.current_next = "trusty"
+
+    def _determine_branch_locations(self, other_services):
+        """Determine the branch locations for the other services.
+
+           Determine if the local branch being tested is derived from its
+           stable or next (dev) branch, and based on this, use the corresonding
+           stable or next branches for the other_services."""
+        base_charms = ['mysql', 'mongodb', 'rabbitmq-server']
+
+        if self.stable:
+            for svc in other_services:
+                temp = 'lp:charms/{}'
+                svc['location'] = temp.format(svc['name'])
+        else:
+            for svc in other_services:
+                if svc['name'] in base_charms:
+                    temp = 'lp:charms/{}'
+                    svc['location'] = temp.format(svc['name'])
+                else:
+                    temp = 'lp:~openstack-charmers/charms/{}/{}/next'
+                    svc['location'] = temp.format(self.current_next,
+                                                  svc['name'])
+        return other_services
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services to the deployment and set openstack-origin/source."""
+        other_services = self._determine_branch_locations(other_services)
+
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self)._add_services(this_service,
+                                                             other_services)
+
+        services = other_services
+        services.append(this_service)
+        use_source = ['mysql', 'mongodb', 'rabbitmq-server', 'ceph',
+                      'ceph-osd', 'ceph-radosgw']
+
+        if self.openstack:
+            for svc in services:
+                if svc['name'] not in use_source:
+                    config = {'openstack-origin': self.openstack}
+                    self.d.configure(svc['name'], config)
+
+        if self.source:
+            for svc in services:
+                if svc['name'] in use_source:
+                    config = {'source': self.source}
+                    self.d.configure(svc['name'], config)
+
+    def _configure_services(self, configs):
+        """Configure all of the services."""
+        for service, config in configs.iteritems():
+            self.d.configure(service, config)
+
+    def _get_openstack_release(self):
+        """Get openstack release.
+
+           Return an integer representing the enum value of the openstack
+           release.
+           """
+        (self.precise_essex, self.precise_folsom, self.precise_grizzly,
+         self.precise_havana, self.precise_icehouse,
+         self.trusty_icehouse) = range(6)
+        releases = {
+            ('precise', None): self.precise_essex,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-folsom'): self.precise_folsom,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-grizzly'): self.precise_grizzly,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-havana'): self.precise_havana,
+            ('precise', 'cloud:precise-icehouse'): self.precise_icehouse,
+            ('trusty', None): self.trusty_icehouse}
+        return releases[(self.series, self.openstack)]
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f312b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import time
+import urllib
+
+import glanceclient.v1.client as glance_client
+import keystoneclient.v2_0 as keystone_client
+import novaclient.v1_1.client as nova_client
+
+from charmhelpers.contrib.amulet.utils import (
+    AmuletUtils
+)
+
+DEBUG = logging.DEBUG
+ERROR = logging.ERROR
+
+
+class OpenStackAmuletUtils(AmuletUtils):
+    """OpenStack amulet utilities.
+
+       This class inherits from AmuletUtils and has additional support
+       that is specifically for use by OpenStack charms.
+       """
+
+    def __init__(self, log_level=ERROR):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletUtils, self).__init__(log_level)
+
+    def validate_endpoint_data(self, endpoints, admin_port, internal_port,
+                               public_port, expected):
+        """Validate endpoint data.
+
+           Validate actual endpoint data vs expected endpoint data. The ports
+           are used to find the matching endpoint.
+           """
+        found = False
+        for ep in endpoints:
+            self.log.debug('endpoint: {}'.format(repr(ep)))
+            if (admin_port in ep.adminurl and
+                    internal_port in ep.internalurl and
+                    public_port in ep.publicurl):
+                found = True
+                actual = {'id': ep.id,
+                          'region': ep.region,
+                          'adminurl': ep.adminurl,
+                          'internalurl': ep.internalurl,
+                          'publicurl': ep.publicurl,
+                          'service_id': ep.service_id}
+                ret = self._validate_dict_data(expected, actual)
+                if ret:
+                    return 'unexpected endpoint data - {}'.format(ret)
+
+        if not found:
+            return 'endpoint not found'
+
+    def validate_svc_catalog_endpoint_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate service catalog endpoint data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual service catalog endpoints vs a list of
+           expected service catalog endpoints.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for k, v in expected.iteritems():
+            if k in actual:
+                ret = self._validate_dict_data(expected[k][0], actual[k][0])
+                if ret:
+                    return self.endpoint_error(k, ret)
+            else:
+                return "endpoint {} does not exist".format(k)
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_tenant_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate tenant data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual tenant data vs list of expected tenant
+           data.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for e in expected:
+            found = False
+            for act in actual:
+                a = {'enabled': act.enabled, 'description': act.description,
+                     'name': act.name, 'id': act.id}
+                if e['name'] == a['name']:
+                    found = True
+                    ret = self._validate_dict_data(e, a)
+                    if ret:
+                        return "unexpected tenant data - {}".format(ret)
+            if not found:
+                return "tenant {} does not exist".format(e['name'])
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_role_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate role data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual role data vs a list of expected role
+           data.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for e in expected:
+            found = False
+            for act in actual:
+                a = {'name': act.name, 'id': act.id}
+                if e['name'] == a['name']:
+                    found = True
+                    ret = self._validate_dict_data(e, a)
+                    if ret:
+                        return "unexpected role data - {}".format(ret)
+            if not found:
+                return "role {} does not exist".format(e['name'])
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_user_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate user data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual user data vs a list of expected user
+           data.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        for e in expected:
+            found = False
+            for act in actual:
+                a = {'enabled': act.enabled, 'name': act.name,
+                     'email': act.email, 'tenantId': act.tenantId,
+                     'id': act.id}
+                if e['name'] == a['name']:
+                    found = True
+                    ret = self._validate_dict_data(e, a)
+                    if ret:
+                        return "unexpected user data - {}".format(ret)
+            if not found:
+                return "user {} does not exist".format(e['name'])
+        return ret
+
+    def validate_flavor_data(self, expected, actual):
+        """Validate flavor data.
+
+           Validate a list of actual flavors vs a list of expected flavors.
+           """
+        self.log.debug('actual: {}'.format(repr(actual)))
+        act = [a.name for a in actual]
+        return self._validate_list_data(expected, act)
+
+    def tenant_exists(self, keystone, tenant):
+        """Return True if tenant exists."""
+        return tenant in [t.name for t in keystone.tenants.list()]
+
+    def authenticate_keystone_admin(self, keystone_sentry, user, password,
+                                    tenant):
+        """Authenticates admin user with the keystone admin endpoint."""
+        unit = keystone_sentry
+        service_ip = unit.relation('shared-db',
+                                   'mysql:shared-db')['private-address']
+        ep = "http://{}:35357/v2.0".format(service_ip.strip().decode('utf-8'))
+        return keystone_client.Client(username=user, password=password,
+                                      tenant_name=tenant, auth_url=ep)
+
+    def authenticate_keystone_user(self, keystone, user, password, tenant):
+        """Authenticates a regular user with the keystone public endpoint."""
+        ep = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(service_type='identity',
+                                              endpoint_type='publicURL')
+        return keystone_client.Client(username=user, password=password,
+                                      tenant_name=tenant, auth_url=ep)
+
+    def authenticate_glance_admin(self, keystone):
+        """Authenticates admin user with glance."""
+        ep = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(service_type='image',
+                                              endpoint_type='adminURL')
+        return glance_client.Client(ep, token=keystone.auth_token)
+
+    def authenticate_nova_user(self, keystone, user, password, tenant):
+        """Authenticates a regular user with nova-api."""
+        ep = keystone.service_catalog.url_for(service_type='identity',
+                                              endpoint_type='publicURL')
+        return nova_client.Client(username=user, api_key=password,
+                                  project_id=tenant, auth_url=ep)
+
+    def create_cirros_image(self, glance, image_name):
+        """Download the latest cirros image and upload it to glance."""
+        http_proxy = os.getenv('AMULET_HTTP_PROXY')
+        self.log.debug('AMULET_HTTP_PROXY: {}'.format(http_proxy))
+        if http_proxy:
+            proxies = {'http': http_proxy}
+            opener = urllib.FancyURLopener(proxies)
+        else:
+            opener = urllib.FancyURLopener()
+
+        f = opener.open("http://download.cirros-cloud.net/version/released")
+        version = f.read().strip()
+        cirros_img = "cirros-{}-x86_64-disk.img".format(version)
+        local_path = os.path.join('tests', cirros_img)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(local_path):
+            cirros_url = "http://{}/{}/{}".format("download.cirros-cloud.net",
+                                                  version, cirros_img)
+            opener.retrieve(cirros_url, local_path)
+        f.close()
+
+        with open(local_path) as f:
+            image = glance.images.create(name=image_name, is_public=True,
+                                         disk_format='qcow2',
+                                         container_format='bare', data=f)
+        count = 1
+        status = image.status
+        while status != 'active' and count < 10:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            image = glance.images.get(image.id)
+            status = image.status
+            self.log.debug('image status: {}'.format(status))
+            count += 1
+
+        if status != 'active':
+            self.log.error('image creation timed out')
+            return None
+
+        return image
+
+    def delete_image(self, glance, image):
+        """Delete the specified image."""
+        num_before = len(list(glance.images.list()))
+        glance.images.delete(image)
+
+        count = 1
+        num_after = len(list(glance.images.list()))
+        while num_after != (num_before - 1) and count < 10:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            num_after = len(list(glance.images.list()))
+            self.log.debug('number of images: {}'.format(num_after))
+            count += 1
+
+        if num_after != (num_before - 1):
+            self.log.error('image deletion timed out')
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def create_instance(self, nova, image_name, instance_name, flavor):
+        """Create the specified instance."""
+        image = nova.images.find(name=image_name)
+        flavor = nova.flavors.find(name=flavor)
+        instance = nova.servers.create(name=instance_name, image=image,
+                                       flavor=flavor)
+
+        count = 1
+        status = instance.status
+        while status != 'ACTIVE' and count < 60:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            instance = nova.servers.get(instance.id)
+            status = instance.status
+            self.log.debug('instance status: {}'.format(status))
+            count += 1
+
+        if status != 'ACTIVE':
+            self.log.error('instance creation timed out')
+            return None
+
+        return instance
+
+    def delete_instance(self, nova, instance):
+        """Delete the specified instance."""
+        num_before = len(list(nova.servers.list()))
+        nova.servers.delete(instance)
+
+        count = 1
+        num_after = len(list(nova.servers.list()))
+        while num_after != (num_before - 1) and count < 10:
+            time.sleep(3)
+            num_after = len(list(nova.servers.list()))
+            self.log.debug('number of instances: {}'.format(num_after))
+            count += 1
+
+        if num_after != (num_before - 1):
+            self.log.error('instance deletion timed out')
+            return False
+
+        return True