diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/clouds.yaml b/doc/source/contributor/clouds.yaml
index 04cd4aaf3..b92ba85b7 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/clouds.yaml
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/clouds.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ clouds:
       username: demo
       password: secrete
       project_name: demo
-    example:
-      image_name: fedora-20.x86_64
-      flavor_name: m1.small
-      network_name: private
   rackspace:
     cloud: rackspace
     auth:
@@ -17,3 +13,7 @@ clouds:
       password: joes-password
       project_name: 123123
     region_name: IAD
+example:
+  image_name: fedora-20.x86_64
+  flavor_name: m1.small
+  network_name: private
diff --git a/examples/connect.py b/examples/connect.py
index 4a4eaa92f..1d4b86ad8 100644
--- a/examples/connect.py
+++ b/examples/connect.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ openstack.enable_logging(True, stream=sys.stdout)
 #: will determine where the examples will be run and what resource defaults
 #: will be used to run the examples.
 TEST_CLOUD = os.getenv('OS_TEST_CLOUD', 'devstack-admin')
+EXAMPLE_CONFIG_KEY = os.getenv('OPENSTACKSDK_EXAMPLE_CONFIG_KEY', 'example')
 config = loader.OpenStackConfig()
 cloud = openstack.connect(cloud=TEST_CLOUD)
 
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ class Opts(object):
 
 
 def _get_resource_value(resource_key, default):
-    return config.get_extra_config('example').get(resource_key, default)
+    return config.get_extra_config(
+        EXAMPLE_CONFIG_KEY).get(resource_key, default)
 
 
 SERVER_NAME = 'openstacksdk-example'
diff --git a/openstack/tests/functional/base.py b/openstack/tests/functional/base.py
index 2c2a154a6..1a19153ba 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/functional/base.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/functional/base.py
@@ -22,15 +22,14 @@ from openstack.tests import base
 #: file, typically in $HOME/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml. That configuration
 #: will determine where the functional tests will be run and what resource
 #: defaults will be used to run the functional tests.
+TEST_CONFIG = openstack.config.OpenStackConfig()
 TEST_CLOUD_NAME = os.getenv('OS_CLOUD', 'devstack-admin')
 TEST_CLOUD_REGION = openstack.config.get_cloud_region(cloud=TEST_CLOUD_NAME)
 
 
 def _get_resource_value(resource_key, default):
-    try:
-        return TEST_CLOUD_REGION.config['functional'][resource_key]
-    except KeyError:
-        return default
+    return TEST_CONFIG.get_extra_config(
+        'functional').get(resource_key, default)
 
 
 def _disable_keep_alive(conn):
diff --git a/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_clustering.py b/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_clustering.py
index 9c3f775c2..75645b6da 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_clustering.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/functional/cloud/test_clustering.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ class TestClustering(base.BaseFunctionalTest):
         spec = {
             "properties": {
                 "flavor": "m1.tiny",
-                "image": "cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk",
+                "image": base.IMAGE_NAME,
                 "networks": [
                     {
                         "network": "private"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index db99c9573..43283d415 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ setenv =
     {[testenv]setenv}
     OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=600
     OPENSTACKSDK_FUNC_TEST_TIMEOUT_LOAD_BALANCER=600
+    OPENSTACKSDK_EXAMPLE_CONFIG_KEY=functional
 commands = stestr --test-path ./openstack/tests/functional/{env:OPENSTACKSDK_TESTS_SUBDIR:} run --serial {posargs}
            stestr slowest