diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59eacf89..bdbbd720 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,20 +2,28 @@
 
 lint:
 	@echo "Running flake8 tests: "
-	@flake8 --exclude hooks/charmhelpers hooks unit_tests
+	@flake8 --exclude hooks/charmhelpers hooks unit_tests tests
 	@echo "OK"
 	@echo "Running charm proof: "
 	@charm proof
 	@echo "OK"
 
 sync:
-	@charm-helper-sync -c charm-helpers.yaml
+	@charm-helper-sync -c charm-helpers-hooks.yaml
+	@charm-helper-sync -c charm-helpers-tests.yaml
 
-test:
+unit_test:
 	@$(PYTHON) /usr/bin/nosetests --nologcapture --with-coverage  unit_tests
 
-publish: lint test
+test:
+	@echo Starting Amulet tests...
+	# /!\ Note: The -v should only be temporary until Amulet sends
+	# raise_status() messages to stderr:
+	#   https://bugs.launchpad.net/amulet/+bug/1320357
+	@juju test -v -p AMULET_HTTP_PROXY
+
+publish: lint unit_test
 	bzr push lp:charms/glance
 	bzr push lp:charms/trusty/glance
 
-all: test lint
+all: unit_test lint
diff --git a/charm-helpers.yaml b/charm-helpers-hooks.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from charm-helpers.yaml
rename to charm-helpers-hooks.yaml
diff --git a/charm-helpers-tests.yaml b/charm-helpers-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48b12f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charm-helpers-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+branch: lp:charm-helpers
+destination: tests/charmhelpers
+include:
+    - contrib.amulet
+    - contrib.openstack.amulet
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/hahelpers/cluster.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/hahelpers/cluster.py
index bf832f7d..4e1a473d 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/hahelpers/cluster.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/hahelpers/cluster.py
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ def canonical_url(configs, vip_setting='vip'):
 
     :configs    : OSTemplateRenderer: A config tempating object to inspect for
                                       a complete https context.
+
     :vip_setting:                str: Setting in charm config that specifies
                                       VIP address.
     '''
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e476b6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from charmhelpers.contrib.amulet.deployment import (
+    AmuletDeployment
+)
+
+
+class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
+    """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):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self).__init__(series)
+        self.openstack = openstack
+        self.source = source
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services to the deployment and set openstack-origin."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self)._add_services(this_service,
+                                                             other_services)
+        name = 0
+        services = other_services
+        services.append(this_service)
+        use_source = ['mysql', 'mongodb', 'rabbitmq-server', 'ceph']
+
+        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):
+        """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/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..222281e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+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):
+    """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 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 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 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 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 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 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."""
+        service_ip = \
+            keystone_sentry.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 = "tests/cirros-{}-x86_64-disk.img".format(version)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(cirros_img):
+            cirros_url = "http://{}/{}/{}".format("download.cirros-cloud.net",
+                                                  version, cirros_img)
+            opener.retrieve(cirros_url, cirros_img)
+        f.close()
+
+        with open(cirros_img) as f:
+            image = glance.images.create(name=image_name, is_public=True,
+                                         disk_format='qcow2',
+                                         container_format='bare', data=f)
+        return image
+
+    def delete_image(self, glance, image):
+        """Delete the specified image."""
+        glance.images.delete(image)
+
+    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 == 'BUILD':
+            return None
+
+        return instance
+
+    def delete_instance(self, nova, instance):
+        """Delete the specified instance."""
+        nova.servers.delete(instance)
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py
index 474d51ea..7d745cdb 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
     unit_get,
     unit_private_ip,
     ERROR,
+    INFO
 )
 
 from charmhelpers.contrib.hahelpers.cluster import (
@@ -243,23 +244,31 @@ class IdentityServiceContext(OSContextGenerator):
 
 
 class AMQPContext(OSContextGenerator):
-    interfaces = ['amqp']
 
-    def __init__(self, ssl_dir=None):
+    def __init__(self, ssl_dir=None, rel_name='amqp', relation_prefix=None):
         self.ssl_dir = ssl_dir
+        self.rel_name = rel_name
+        self.relation_prefix = relation_prefix
+        self.interfaces = [rel_name]
 
     def __call__(self):
         log('Generating template context for amqp')
         conf = config()
+        user_setting = 'rabbit-user'
+        vhost_setting = 'rabbit-vhost'
+        if self.relation_prefix:
+            user_setting = self.relation_prefix + '-rabbit-user'
+            vhost_setting = self.relation_prefix + '-rabbit-vhost'
+
         try:
-            username = conf['rabbit-user']
-            vhost = conf['rabbit-vhost']
+            username = conf[user_setting]
+            vhost = conf[vhost_setting]
         except KeyError as e:
             log('Could not generate shared_db context. '
                 'Missing required charm config options: %s.' % e)
             raise OSContextError
         ctxt = {}
-        for rid in relation_ids('amqp'):
+        for rid in relation_ids(self.rel_name):
             ha_vip_only = False
             for unit in related_units(rid):
                 if relation_get('clustered', rid=rid, unit=unit):
@@ -418,12 +427,13 @@ class ApacheSSLContext(OSContextGenerator):
     """
     Generates a context for an apache vhost configuration that configures
     HTTPS reverse proxying for one or many endpoints.  Generated context
-    looks something like:
-    {
-        'namespace': 'cinder',
-        'private_address': 'iscsi.mycinderhost.com',
-        'endpoints': [(8776, 8766), (8777, 8767)]
-    }
+    looks something like::
+
+        {
+            'namespace': 'cinder',
+            'private_address': 'iscsi.mycinderhost.com',
+            'endpoints': [(8776, 8766), (8777, 8767)]
+        }
 
     The endpoints list consists of a tuples mapping external ports
     to internal ports.
@@ -541,6 +551,26 @@ class NeutronContext(OSContextGenerator):
 
         return nvp_ctxt
 
+    def n1kv_ctxt(self):
+        driver = neutron_plugin_attribute(self.plugin, 'driver',
+                                          self.network_manager)
+        n1kv_config = neutron_plugin_attribute(self.plugin, 'config',
+                                               self.network_manager)
+        n1kv_ctxt = {
+            'core_plugin': driver,
+            'neutron_plugin': 'n1kv',
+            'neutron_security_groups': self.neutron_security_groups,
+            'local_ip': unit_private_ip(),
+            'config': n1kv_config,
+            'vsm_ip': config('n1kv-vsm-ip'),
+            'vsm_username': config('n1kv-vsm-username'),
+            'vsm_password': config('n1kv-vsm-password'),
+            'restrict_policy_profiles': config(
+                'n1kv_restrict_policy_profiles'),
+        }
+
+        return n1kv_ctxt
+
     def neutron_ctxt(self):
         if https():
             proto = 'https'
@@ -572,6 +602,8 @@ class NeutronContext(OSContextGenerator):
             ctxt.update(self.ovs_ctxt())
         elif self.plugin in ['nvp', 'nsx']:
             ctxt.update(self.nvp_ctxt())
+        elif self.plugin == 'n1kv':
+            ctxt.update(self.n1kv_ctxt())
 
         alchemy_flags = config('neutron-alchemy-flags')
         if alchemy_flags:
@@ -611,7 +643,7 @@ class SubordinateConfigContext(OSContextGenerator):
     The subordinate interface allows subordinates to export their
     configuration requirements to the principle for multiple config
     files and multiple serivces.  Ie, a subordinate that has interfaces
-    to both glance and nova may export to following yaml blob as json:
+    to both glance and nova may export to following yaml blob as json::
 
         glance:
             /etc/glance/glance-api.conf:
@@ -630,7 +662,8 @@ class SubordinateConfigContext(OSContextGenerator):
 
     It is then up to the principle charms to subscribe this context to
     the service+config file it is interestd in.  Configuration data will
-    be available in the template context, in glance's case, as:
+    be available in the template context, in glance's case, as::
+
         ctxt = {
             ... other context ...
             'subordinate_config': {
@@ -657,7 +690,7 @@ class SubordinateConfigContext(OSContextGenerator):
         self.interface = interface
 
     def __call__(self):
-        ctxt = {}
+        ctxt = {'sections': {}}
         for rid in relation_ids(self.interface):
             for unit in related_units(rid):
                 sub_config = relation_get('subordinate_configuration',
@@ -683,10 +716,14 @@ class SubordinateConfigContext(OSContextGenerator):
 
                     sub_config = sub_config[self.config_file]
                     for k, v in sub_config.iteritems():
-                        ctxt[k] = v
+                        if k == 'sections':
+                            for section, config_dict in v.iteritems():
+                                log("adding section '%s'" % (section))
+                                ctxt[k][section] = config_dict
+                        else:
+                            ctxt[k] = v
 
-        if not ctxt:
-            ctxt['sections'] = {}
+        log("%d section(s) found" % (len(ctxt['sections'])), level=INFO)
 
         return ctxt
 
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/neutron.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/neutron.py
index ba97622c..84d97bca 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/neutron.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/neutron.py
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ def neutron_plugins():
             'server_packages': ['neutron-server',
                                 'neutron-plugin-vmware'],
             'server_services': ['neutron-server']
+        },
+        'n1kv': {
+            'config': '/etc/neutron/plugins/cisco/cisco_plugins.ini',
+            'driver': 'neutron.plugins.cisco.network_plugin.PluginV2',
+            'contexts': [
+                context.SharedDBContext(user=config('neutron-database-user'),
+                                        database=config('neutron-database'),
+                                        relation_prefix='neutron',
+                                        ssl_dir=NEUTRON_CONF_DIR)],
+            'services': [],
+            'packages': [['neutron-plugin-cisco']],
+            'server_packages': ['neutron-server',
+                                'neutron-plugin-cisco'],
+            'server_services': ['neutron-server']
         }
     }
     if release >= 'icehouse':
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templating.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templating.py
index 4595778c..f5442712 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templating.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templating.py
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ def get_loader(templates_dir, os_release):
     loading dir.
 
     A charm may also ship a templates dir with this module
-    and it will be appended to the bottom of the search list, eg:
-    hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templates.
+    and it will be appended to the bottom of the search list, eg::
 
-    :param templates_dir: str: Base template directory containing release
-                               sub-directories.
-    :param os_release   : str: OpenStack release codename to construct template
-                               loader.
+        hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templates
 
-    :returns            : jinja2.ChoiceLoader constructed with a list of
-                          jinja2.FilesystemLoaders, ordered in descending
-                          order by OpenStack release.
+    :param templates_dir (str): Base template directory containing release
+        sub-directories.
+    :param os_release (str): OpenStack release codename to construct template
+        loader.
+    :returns: jinja2.ChoiceLoader constructed with a list of
+        jinja2.FilesystemLoaders, ordered in descending
+        order by OpenStack release.
     """
     tmpl_dirs = [(rel, os.path.join(templates_dir, rel))
                  for rel in OPENSTACK_CODENAMES.itervalues()]
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ class OSConfigRenderer(object):
     and ease the burden of managing config templates across multiple OpenStack
     releases.
 
-    Basic usage:
+    Basic usage::
+
         # import some common context generates from charmhelpers
         from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack import context
 
@@ -131,21 +132,19 @@ class OSConfigRenderer(object):
         # write out all registered configs
         configs.write_all()
 
-    Details:
+    **OpenStack Releases and template loading**
 
-    OpenStack Releases and template loading
-    ---------------------------------------
     When the object is instantiated, it is associated with a specific OS
     release.  This dictates how the template loader will be constructed.
 
     The constructed loader attempts to load the template from several places
     in the following order:
-        - from the most recent OS release-specific template dir (if one exists)
-        - the base templates_dir
-        - a template directory shipped in the charm with this helper file.
+    - from the most recent OS release-specific template dir (if one exists)
+    - the base templates_dir
+    - a template directory shipped in the charm with this helper file.
 
+    For the example above, '/tmp/templates' contains the following structure::
 
-    For the example above, '/tmp/templates' contains the following structure:
         /tmp/templates/nova.conf
         /tmp/templates/api-paste.ini
         /tmp/templates/grizzly/api-paste.ini
@@ -169,8 +168,8 @@ class OSConfigRenderer(object):
     $CHARM/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/templates.  This allows
     us to ship common templates (haproxy, apache) with the helpers.
 
-    Context generators
-    ---------------------------------------
+    **Context generators**
+
     Context generators are used to generate template contexts during hook
     execution.  Doing so may require inspecting service relations, charm
     config, etc.  When registered, a config file is associated with a list
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
index 1a44ab1f..127b03fe 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Common python helper functions used for OpenStack charms.
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-import apt_pkg as apt
 import subprocess
 import os
 import socket
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ def get_os_codename_install_source(src):
     '''Derive OpenStack release codename from a given installation source.'''
     ubuntu_rel = lsb_release()['DISTRIB_CODENAME']
     rel = ''
+    if src is None:
+        return rel
     if src in ['distro', 'distro-proposed']:
         try:
             rel = UBUNTU_OPENSTACK_RELEASE[ubuntu_rel]
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ def get_os_version_codename(codename):
 
 def get_os_codename_package(package, fatal=True):
     '''Derive OpenStack release codename from an installed package.'''
+    import apt_pkg as apt
     apt.init()
 
     # Tell apt to build an in-memory cache to prevent race conditions (if
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ def get_os_version_package(pkg, fatal=True):
     for version, cname in vers_map.iteritems():
         if cname == codename:
             return version
-    #e = "Could not determine OpenStack version for package: %s" % pkg
+    # e = "Could not determine OpenStack version for package: %s" % pkg
     # error_out(e)
 
 
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ def openstack_upgrade_available(package):
 
     """
 
+    import apt_pkg as apt
     src = config('openstack-origin')
     cur_vers = get_os_version_package(package)
     available_vers = get_os_version_install_source(src)
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
index 12417410..768438a4 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def ensure_ceph_storage(service, pool, rbd_img, sizemb, mount_point,
                         blk_device, fstype, system_services=[]):
     """
     NOTE: This function must only be called from a single service unit for
-          the same rbd_img otherwise data loss will occur.
+    the same rbd_img otherwise data loss will occur.
 
     Ensures given pool and RBD image exists, is mapped to a block device,
     and the device is formatted and mounted at the given mount_point.
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/fstab.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/fstab.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfaf0a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/fstab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+__author__ = 'Jorge Niedbalski R. <jorge.niedbalski@canonical.com>'
+
+import os
+
+
+class Fstab(file):
+    """This class extends file in order to implement a file reader/writer
+    for file `/etc/fstab`
+    """
+
+    class Entry(object):
+        """Entry class represents a non-comment line on the `/etc/fstab` file
+        """
+        def __init__(self, device, mountpoint, filesystem,
+                     options, d=0, p=0):
+            self.device = device
+            self.mountpoint = mountpoint
+            self.filesystem = filesystem
+
+            if not options:
+                options = "defaults"
+
+            self.options = options
+            self.d = d
+            self.p = p
+
+        def __eq__(self, o):
+            return str(self) == str(o)
+
+        def __str__(self):
+            return "{} {} {} {} {} {}".format(self.device,
+                                              self.mountpoint,
+                                              self.filesystem,
+                                              self.options,
+                                              self.d,
+                                              self.p)
+
+    DEFAULT_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.sep, 'etc', 'fstab')
+
+    def __init__(self, path=None):
+        if path:
+            self._path = path
+        else:
+            self._path = self.DEFAULT_PATH
+        file.__init__(self, self._path, 'r+')
+
+    def _hydrate_entry(self, line):
+        # NOTE: use split with no arguments to split on any
+        #       whitespace including tabs
+        return Fstab.Entry(*filter(
+            lambda x: x not in ('', None),
+            line.strip("\n").split()))
+
+    @property
+    def entries(self):
+        self.seek(0)
+        for line in self.readlines():
+            try:
+                if not line.startswith("#"):
+                    yield self._hydrate_entry(line)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+
+    def get_entry_by_attr(self, attr, value):
+        for entry in self.entries:
+            e_attr = getattr(entry, attr)
+            if e_attr == value:
+                return entry
+        return None
+
+    def add_entry(self, entry):
+        if self.get_entry_by_attr('device', entry.device):
+            return False
+
+        self.write(str(entry) + '\n')
+        self.truncate()
+        return entry
+
+    def remove_entry(self, entry):
+        self.seek(0)
+
+        lines = self.readlines()
+
+        found = False
+        for index, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if not line.startswith("#"):
+                if self._hydrate_entry(line) == entry:
+                    found = True
+                    break
+
+        if not found:
+            return False
+
+        lines.remove(line)
+
+        self.seek(0)
+        self.write(''.join(lines))
+        self.truncate()
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def remove_by_mountpoint(cls, mountpoint, path=None):
+        fstab = cls(path=path)
+        entry = fstab.get_entry_by_attr('mountpoint', mountpoint)
+        if entry:
+            return fstab.remove_entry(entry)
+        return False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add(cls, device, mountpoint, filesystem, options=None, path=None):
+        return cls(path=path).add_entry(Fstab.Entry(device,
+                                                    mountpoint, filesystem,
+                                                    options=options))
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
index c2e66f66..c9530433 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cache = {}
 def cached(func):
     """Cache return values for multiple executions of func + args
 
-    For example:
+    For example::
 
         @cached
         def unit_get(attribute):
@@ -445,18 +445,19 @@ class UnregisteredHookError(Exception):
 class Hooks(object):
     """A convenient handler for hook functions.
 
-    Example:
+    Example::
+
         hooks = Hooks()
 
         # register a hook, taking its name from the function name
         @hooks.hook()
         def install():
-            ...
+            pass  # your code here
 
         # register a hook, providing a custom hook name
         @hooks.hook("config-changed")
         def config_changed():
-            ...
+            pass  # your code here
 
         if __name__ == "__main__":
             # execute a hook based on the name the program is called by
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
index 186147f6..8b617a42 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import random
 import string
 import subprocess
 import hashlib
-import apt_pkg
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from hookenv import log
+from fstab import Fstab
 
 
 def service_start(service_name):
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def service_restart(service_name):
 
 
 def service_reload(service_name, restart_on_failure=False):
-    """Reload a system service, optionally falling back to restart if reload fails"""
+    """Reload a system service, optionally falling back to restart if
+    reload fails"""
     service_result = service('reload', service_name)
     if not service_result and restart_on_failure:
         service_result = service('restart', service_name)
@@ -144,7 +145,19 @@ def write_file(path, content, owner='root', group='root', perms=0444):
         target.write(content)
 
 
-def mount(device, mountpoint, options=None, persist=False):
+def fstab_remove(mp):
+    """Remove the given mountpoint entry from /etc/fstab
+    """
+    return Fstab.remove_by_mountpoint(mp)
+
+
+def fstab_add(dev, mp, fs, options=None):
+    """Adds the given device entry to the /etc/fstab file
+    """
+    return Fstab.add(dev, mp, fs, options=options)
+
+
+def mount(device, mountpoint, options=None, persist=False, filesystem="ext3"):
     """Mount a filesystem at a particular mountpoint"""
     cmd_args = ['mount']
     if options is not None:
@@ -155,9 +168,9 @@ def mount(device, mountpoint, options=None, persist=False):
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
         log('Error mounting {} at {}\n{}'.format(device, mountpoint, e.output))
         return False
+
     if persist:
-        # TODO: update fstab
-        pass
+        return fstab_add(device, mountpoint, filesystem, options=options)
     return True
 
 
@@ -169,9 +182,9 @@ def umount(mountpoint, persist=False):
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
         log('Error unmounting {}\n{}'.format(mountpoint, e.output))
         return False
+
     if persist:
-        # TODO: update fstab
-        pass
+        return fstab_remove(mountpoint)
     return True
 
 
@@ -198,13 +211,13 @@ def file_hash(path):
 def restart_on_change(restart_map, stopstart=False):
     """Restart services based on configuration files changing
 
-    This function is used a decorator, for example
+    This function is used a decorator, for example::
 
         @restart_on_change({
             '/etc/ceph/ceph.conf': [ 'cinder-api', 'cinder-volume' ]
             })
         def ceph_client_changed():
-            ...
+            pass  # your code here
 
     In this example, the cinder-api and cinder-volume services
     would be restarted if /etc/ceph/ceph.conf is changed by the
@@ -300,10 +313,13 @@ def get_nic_hwaddr(nic):
 
 def cmp_pkgrevno(package, revno, pkgcache=None):
     '''Compare supplied revno with the revno of the installed package
-       1 => Installed revno is greater than supplied arg
-       0 => Installed revno is the same as supplied arg
-      -1 => Installed revno is less than supplied arg
+
+    *  1 => Installed revno is greater than supplied arg
+    *  0 => Installed revno is the same as supplied arg
+    * -1 => Installed revno is less than supplied arg
+
     '''
+    import apt_pkg
     if not pkgcache:
         apt_pkg.init()
         pkgcache = apt_pkg.Cache()
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
index e8e837a5..5be512ce 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
     config,
     log,
 )
-import apt_pkg
 import os
 
 
@@ -117,6 +116,7 @@ class BaseFetchHandler(object):
 
 def filter_installed_packages(packages):
     """Returns a list of packages that require installation"""
+    import apt_pkg
     apt_pkg.init()
 
     # Tell apt to build an in-memory cache to prevent race conditions (if
@@ -235,31 +235,39 @@ def configure_sources(update=False,
                       sources_var='install_sources',
                       keys_var='install_keys'):
     """
-    Configure multiple sources from charm configuration
+    Configure multiple sources from charm configuration.
+
+    The lists are encoded as yaml fragments in the configuration.
+    The frament needs to be included as a string.
 
     Example config:
-        install_sources:
+        install_sources: |
           - "ppa:foo"
           - "http://example.com/repo precise main"
-        install_keys:
+        install_keys: |
           - null
           - "a1b2c3d4"
 
     Note that 'null' (a.k.a. None) should not be quoted.
     """
-    sources = safe_load(config(sources_var))
-    keys = config(keys_var)
-    if keys is not None:
-        keys = safe_load(keys)
-    if isinstance(sources, basestring) and (
-            keys is None or isinstance(keys, basestring)):
-        add_source(sources, keys)
+    sources = safe_load((config(sources_var) or '').strip()) or []
+    keys = safe_load((config(keys_var) or '').strip()) or None
+
+    if isinstance(sources, basestring):
+        sources = [sources]
+
+    if keys is None:
+        for source in sources:
+            add_source(source, None)
     else:
-        if not len(sources) == len(keys):
-            msg = 'Install sources and keys lists are different lengths'
-            raise SourceConfigError(msg)
-        for src_num in range(len(sources)):
-            add_source(sources[src_num], keys[src_num])
+        if isinstance(keys, basestring):
+            keys = [keys]
+
+        if len(sources) != len(keys):
+            raise SourceConfigError(
+                'Install sources and keys lists are different lengths')
+        for source, key in zip(sources, keys):
+            add_source(source, key)
     if update:
         apt_update(fatal=True)
 
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/bzrurl.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/bzrurl.py
index db5dd9a3..0e580e47 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/bzrurl.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/bzrurl.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class BzrUrlFetchHandler(BaseFetchHandler):
     def install(self, source):
         url_parts = self.parse_url(source)
         branch_name = url_parts.path.strip("/").split("/")[-1]
-        dest_dir = os.path.join(os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR'), "fetched", branch_name)
+        dest_dir = os.path.join(os.environ.get('CHARM_DIR'), "fetched",
+                                branch_name)
         if not os.path.exists(dest_dir):
             mkdir(dest_dir, perms=0755)
         try:
diff --git a/tests/00-setup b/tests/00-setup
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4dbcc7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/00-setup
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:juju/stable
+sudo apt-get update --yes
+sudo apt-get install --yes python-amulet
+sudo apt-get install --yes python-keystoneclient
+sudo apt-get install --yes python-glanceclient
+
diff --git a/tests/10-basic-precise-essex b/tests/10-basic-precise-essex
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5869c57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/10-basic-precise-essex
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""Amulet tests on a basic glance deployment on precise-essex."""
+
+from basic_deployment import GlanceBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = GlanceBasicDeployment(series='precise')
+    deployment.run_tests()
diff --git a/tests/11-basic-precise-folsom b/tests/11-basic-precise-folsom
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5549f601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/11-basic-precise-folsom
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""Amulet tests on a basic glance deployment on precise-folsom."""
+
+from basic_deployment import GlanceBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = GlanceBasicDeployment(series='precise',
+                                         openstack='cloud:precise-folsom',
+                                         source='cloud:precise-updates/folsom')
+    deployment.run_tests()
diff --git a/tests/12-basic-precise-grizzly b/tests/12-basic-precise-grizzly
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..03a93cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/12-basic-precise-grizzly
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""Amulet tests on a basic glance deployment on precise-grizzly."""
+
+from basic_deployment import GlanceBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = GlanceBasicDeployment(series='precise',
+                                         openstack='cloud:precise-grizzly',
+                                         source='cloud:precise-updates/grizzly')
+    deployment.run_tests()
diff --git a/tests/13-basic-precise-havana b/tests/13-basic-precise-havana
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0ceaf36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/13-basic-precise-havana
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""Amulet tests on a basic glance deployment on precise-havana."""
+
+from basic_deployment import GlanceBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = GlanceBasicDeployment(series='precise',
+                                         openstack='cloud:precise-havana',
+                                         source='cloud:precise-updates/havana')
+    deployment.run_tests()
diff --git a/tests/14-basic-precise-icehouse b/tests/14-basic-precise-icehouse
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b14c7490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/14-basic-precise-icehouse
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""Amulet tests on a basic glance deployment on precise-icehouse."""
+
+from basic_deployment import GlanceBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = GlanceBasicDeployment(series='precise',
+                                         openstack='cloud:precise-icehouse',
+                                         source='cloud:precise-updates/icehouse')
+    deployment.run_tests()
diff --git a/tests/15-basic-trusty-icehouse b/tests/15-basic-trusty-icehouse
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a4e142c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/15-basic-trusty-icehouse
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""Amulet tests on a basic Glance deployment on trusty-icehouse."""
+
+from basic_deployment import GlanceBasicDeployment
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    deployment = GlanceBasicDeployment(series='trusty')
+    deployment.run_tests()
diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3065b607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+This directory provides Amulet tests that focus on verification of Glance
+deployments.
+
+If you use a web proxy server to access the web, you'll need to set the
+AMULET_HTTP_PROXY environment variable to the http URL of the proxy server.
+
+The following examples demonstrate different ways that tests can be executed.
+All examples are run from the charm's root directory.
+
+  * To run all tests (starting with 00-setup):
+
+      make test
+
+  * To run a specific test module (or modules):
+
+      juju test -v -p AMULET_HTTP_PROXY 15-basic-trusty-icehouse
+
+  * To run a specific test module (or modules), and keep the environment
+    deployed after a failure:
+
+      juju test --set-e -v -p AMULET_HTTP_PROXY 15-basic-trusty-icehouse
+
+  * To re-run a test module against an already deployed environment (one
+    that was deployed by a previous call to 'juju test --set-e'):
+
+      ./tests/15-basic-trusty-icehouse
+
+
+For debugging and test development purposes, all code should be idempotent.
+In other words, the code should have the ability to be re-run without changing
+the results beyond the initial run.  This enables editing and re-running of a
+test module against an already deployed environment, as described above.
+
+
+Notes for additional test writing:
+
+  * Use DEBUG to turn on debug logging, use ERROR otherwise.
+      u = OpenStackAmuletUtils(ERROR)
+      u = OpenStackAmuletUtils(DEBUG)
+
+  * To interact with the deployed environment:
+      export OS_USERNAME=admin
+      export OS_PASSWORD=openstack
+      export OS_TENANT_NAME=admin
+      export OS_REGION_NAME=RegionOne
+      export OS_AUTH_URL=${OS_AUTH_PROTOCOL:-http}://`juju-deployer -e trusty -f keystone`:5000/v2.0
+      keystone user-list
+      glance image-list
+
+  * Preserving the deployed environment:
+    Even with juju --set-e, amulet will tear down the juju environment
+    when all tests pass.  This force_fail 'test' can be used in basic_deployment.py
+    to simulate a failed test and keep the environment.
+
+    def test_zzzz_fake_fail(self):
+        '''Force a fake fail to keep juju environment after a successful test run'''
+        # Useful in test writing, when used with:   juju test --set-e
+        amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg='using fake fail to keep juju environment')
diff --git a/tests/basic_deployment.py b/tests/basic_deployment.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..190b859b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic_deployment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,495 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import amulet
+import time
+
+from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.amulet.deployment import (
+    OpenStackAmuletDeployment
+)
+
+from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.amulet.utils import (
+    OpenStackAmuletUtils,
+    DEBUG, # flake8: noqa
+    ERROR
+)
+
+# Use DEBUG to turn on debug logging
+u = OpenStackAmuletUtils(ERROR)
+
+class GlanceBasicDeployment(OpenStackAmuletDeployment):
+    '''Amulet tests on a basic file-backed glance deployment.  Verify relations,
+       service status, endpoint service catalog, create and delete new image.'''
+
+#  TO-DO(beisner): 
+#    * Add tests with different storage back ends
+#    * Resolve Essex->Havana juju set charm bug
+
+    def __init__(self, series=None, openstack=None, source=None):
+        '''Deploy the entire test environment.'''
+        super(GlanceBasicDeployment, self).__init__(series, openstack, source)
+        self._add_services()
+        self._add_relations()
+        self._configure_services()
+        self._deploy()
+        self._initialize_tests()
+
+    def _add_services(self):
+        '''Add the service that we're testing, including the number of units,
+           where this charm is local, and the other charms are from
+           the charm store.'''
+        this_service = ('glance', 1)
+        other_services = [('mysql', 1), ('rabbitmq-server', 1), ('keystone', 1)]
+        super(GlanceBasicDeployment, self)._add_services(this_service,
+                                                         other_services)
+
+    def _add_relations(self):
+        '''Add relations for the services.'''
+        relations = {'glance:identity-service': 'keystone:identity-service',
+                     'glance:shared-db': 'mysql:shared-db',
+                     'keystone:shared-db': 'mysql:shared-db',
+                     'glance:amqp': 'rabbitmq-server:amqp'}
+        super(GlanceBasicDeployment, self)._add_relations(relations)
+
+    def _configure_services(self):
+        '''Configure all of the services.'''
+        keystone_config = {'admin-password': 'openstack',
+                           'admin-token': 'ubuntutesting'}
+
+        mysql_config = {'dataset-size': '50%'}
+        configs = {'keystone': keystone_config,
+                   'mysql': mysql_config}
+        super(GlanceBasicDeployment, self)._configure_services(configs)
+
+    def _initialize_tests(self):
+        '''Perform final initialization before tests get run.'''
+        # Access the sentries for inspecting service units
+        self.mysql_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['mysql/0']
+        self.glance_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['glance/0']
+        self.keystone_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['keystone/0']
+        self.rabbitmq_sentry = self.d.sentry.unit['rabbitmq-server/0']
+
+        # Authenticate admin with keystone
+        self.keystone = u.authenticate_keystone_admin(self.keystone_sentry,
+                                                      user='admin',
+                                                      password='openstack',
+                                                      tenant='admin')
+
+        # Authenticate admin with glance endpoint
+        self.glance = u.authenticate_glance_admin(self.keystone)
+
+        u.log.debug('openstack release: {}'.format(self._get_openstack_release()))
+
+    def test_services(self):
+        '''Verify that the expected services are running on the
+           corresponding service units.'''
+        commands = {
+            self.mysql_sentry: ['status mysql'],
+            self.keystone_sentry: ['status keystone'],
+            self.glance_sentry: ['status glance-api', 'status glance-registry'],
+            self.rabbitmq_sentry: ['sudo service rabbitmq-server status']
+        }
+        u.log.debug('commands: {}'.format(commands))
+        ret = u.validate_services(commands)
+        if ret:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=ret)
+
+    def test_service_catalog(self):
+        '''Verify that the service catalog endpoint data'''
+        endpoint_vol = {'adminURL': u.valid_url,
+                        'region': 'RegionOne',
+                        'publicURL': u.valid_url,
+                        'internalURL': u.valid_url}
+        endpoint_id = {'adminURL': u.valid_url,
+                       'region': 'RegionOne',
+                       'publicURL': u.valid_url,
+                       'internalURL': u.valid_url}
+        if self._get_openstack_release() >= self.trusty_icehouse:
+            endpoint_vol['id'] = u.not_null
+            endpoint_id['id'] = u.not_null
+
+        expected = {'image': [endpoint_id],
+                    'identity': [endpoint_id]}
+        actual = self.keystone.service_catalog.get_endpoints()
+
+        ret = u.validate_svc_catalog_endpoint_data(expected, actual)
+        if ret:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=ret)
+
+    def test_mysql_glance_db_relation(self):
+        '''Verify the mysql:glance shared-db relation data'''
+        unit = self.mysql_sentry
+        relation = ['shared-db', 'glance:shared-db']
+        expected = {
+            'private-address': u.valid_ip,
+            'db_host': u.valid_ip
+        }
+        ret = u.validate_relation_data(unit, relation, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = u.relation_error('mysql shared-db', ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_mysql_db_relation(self):
+        '''Verify the glance:mysql shared-db relation data'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        relation = ['shared-db', 'mysql:shared-db']
+        expected = {
+            'private-address': u.valid_ip,
+            'hostname': u.valid_ip,
+            'username': 'glance',
+            'database': 'glance'
+        }
+        ret = u.validate_relation_data(unit, relation, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = u.relation_error('glance shared-db', ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_keystone_glance_id_relation(self):
+        '''Verify the keystone:glance identity-service relation data'''
+        unit = self.keystone_sentry
+        relation = ['identity-service',
+                    'glance:identity-service']
+        expected = {
+            'service_protocol': 'http',
+            'service_tenant': 'services',
+            'admin_token': 'ubuntutesting',
+            'service_password': u.not_null,
+            'service_port': '5000',
+            'auth_port': '35357',
+            'auth_protocol': 'http',
+            'private-address': u.valid_ip,
+            'https_keystone': 'False',
+            'auth_host': u.valid_ip,
+            'service_username': 'glance',
+            'service_tenant_id': u.not_null,
+            'service_host': u.valid_ip
+        }
+        ret = u.validate_relation_data(unit, relation, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = u.relation_error('keystone identity-service', ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_keystone_id_relation(self):
+        '''Verify the glance:keystone identity-service relation data'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        relation = ['identity-service',
+                    'keystone:identity-service']
+        expected = {
+            'service': 'glance',
+            'region': 'RegionOne',
+            'public_url': u.valid_url,
+            'internal_url': u.valid_url,
+            'admin_url': u.valid_url,
+            'private-address': u.valid_ip
+        }
+        ret = u.validate_relation_data(unit, relation, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = u.relation_error('glance identity-service', ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_rabbitmq_glance_amqp_relation(self):
+        '''Verify the rabbitmq-server:glance amqp relation data'''
+        unit = self.rabbitmq_sentry
+        relation = ['amqp', 'glance:amqp']
+        expected = {
+            'private-address': u.valid_ip,
+            'password': u.not_null,
+            'hostname': u.valid_ip
+        }
+        ret = u.validate_relation_data(unit, relation, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = u.relation_error('rabbitmq amqp', ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_rabbitmq_amqp_relation(self):
+        '''Verify the glance:rabbitmq-server amqp relation data'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        relation = ['amqp', 'rabbitmq-server:amqp']
+        expected = {
+            'private-address': u.valid_ip,
+            'vhost': 'openstack',
+            'username': u.not_null
+        }
+        ret = u.validate_relation_data(unit, relation, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = u.relation_error('glance amqp', ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_image_create_delete(self):
+        '''Create new cirros image in glance, verify, then delete it'''
+
+        # Create a new image
+        image_name = 'cirros-image-1'
+        image_new = u.create_cirros_image(self.glance, image_name)
+
+        # Confirm image is created and has status of 'active' 
+        if not image_new:
+            message = 'glance image create failed'
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+        # Verify new image name
+        images_list = list(self.glance.images.list())
+        if images_list[0].name != image_name:
+            message = 'glance image create failed or unexpected image name {}'.format(images_list[0].name)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+        # Delete the new image
+        u.log.debug('image count before delete: {}'.format(len(list(self.glance.images.list()))))
+        u.delete_image(self.glance, image_new)
+        u.log.debug('image count after delete: {}'.format(len(list(self.glance.images.list()))))
+
+    def test_glance_api_default_config(self):
+        '''Verify default section configs in glance-api.conf and
+           compare some of the parameters to relation data.'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        rel_gl_mq = unit.relation('amqp', 'rabbitmq-server:amqp')
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-api.conf'
+        expected = {'use_syslog': 'False',
+                    'default_store': 'file',
+                    'filesystem_store_datadir': '/var/lib/glance/images/',
+                    'rabbit_userid': rel_gl_mq['username'],
+                    'log_file': '/var/log/glance/api.log',
+                    'debug': 'False',
+                    'verbose': 'False'}
+        section = 'DEFAULT'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # Defaults were different before icehouse
+            expected['debug'] = 'True'
+            expected['verbose'] = 'True'
+
+        ret = u.validate_config_data(unit, conf, section, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = "glance-api default config error: {}".format(ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_api_auth_config(self):
+        '''Verify authtoken section config in glance-api.conf using
+           glance/keystone relation data.'''
+        unit_gl = self.glance_sentry
+        unit_ks = self.keystone_sentry
+        rel_gl_mq = unit_gl.relation('amqp', 'rabbitmq-server:amqp')
+        rel_ks_gl = unit_ks.relation('identity-service', 'glance:identity-service')
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-api.conf'
+        section = 'keystone_authtoken'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() > self.precise_havana:
+            # No auth config exists in this file before icehouse
+            expected = {'admin_user': 'glance',
+                    'admin_password': rel_ks_gl['service_password']}
+
+            ret = u.validate_config_data(unit_gl, conf, section, expected)
+            if ret:
+                message = "glance-api auth config error: {}".format(ret)
+                amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_api_paste_auth_config(self):
+        '''Verify authtoken section config in glance-api-paste.ini using
+           glance/keystone relation data.'''
+        unit_gl = self.glance_sentry
+        unit_ks = self.keystone_sentry
+        rel_gl_mq = unit_gl.relation('amqp', 'rabbitmq-server:amqp')
+        rel_ks_gl = unit_ks.relation('identity-service', 'glance:identity-service')
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-api-paste.ini'
+        section = 'filter:authtoken'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # No auth config exists in this file after havana
+            expected = {'admin_user': 'glance',
+                    'admin_password': rel_ks_gl['service_password']}
+
+            ret = u.validate_config_data(unit_gl, conf, section, expected)
+            if ret:
+                message = "glance-api-paste auth config error: {}".format(ret)
+                amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_registry_paste_auth_config(self):
+        '''Verify authtoken section config in glance-registry-paste.ini using
+           glance/keystone relation data.'''
+        unit_gl = self.glance_sentry
+        unit_ks = self.keystone_sentry
+        rel_gl_mq = unit_gl.relation('amqp', 'rabbitmq-server:amqp')
+        rel_ks_gl = unit_ks.relation('identity-service', 'glance:identity-service')
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-registry-paste.ini'
+        section = 'filter:authtoken'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # No auth config exists in this file after havana
+            expected = {'admin_user': 'glance',
+                    'admin_password': rel_ks_gl['service_password']}
+
+            ret = u.validate_config_data(unit_gl, conf, section, expected)
+            if ret:
+                message = "glance-registry-paste auth config error: {}".format(ret)
+                amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_registry_default_config(self):
+        '''Verify default section configs in glance-registry.conf'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf'
+        expected = {'use_syslog': 'False',
+                    'log_file': '/var/log/glance/registry.log',
+                    'debug': 'False',
+                    'verbose': 'False'}
+        section = 'DEFAULT'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # Defaults were different before icehouse
+            expected['debug'] = 'True'
+            expected['verbose'] = 'True'
+
+        ret = u.validate_config_data(unit, conf, section, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = "glance-registry default config error: {}".format(ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_registry_auth_config(self):
+        '''Verify authtoken section config in glance-registry.conf
+           using glance/keystone relation data.'''
+        unit_gl = self.glance_sentry
+        unit_ks = self.keystone_sentry
+        rel_gl_mq = unit_gl.relation('amqp', 'rabbitmq-server:amqp')
+        rel_ks_gl = unit_ks.relation('identity-service', 'glance:identity-service')
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf'
+        section = 'keystone_authtoken'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() > self.precise_havana:
+            # No auth config exists in this file before icehouse
+            expected = {'admin_user': 'glance',
+                    'admin_password': rel_ks_gl['service_password']}
+
+            ret = u.validate_config_data(unit_gl, conf, section, expected)
+            if ret:
+                message = "glance-registry keystone_authtoken config error: {}".format(ret)
+                amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_api_database_config(self):
+        '''Verify database config in glance-api.conf and
+           compare with a db uri constructed from relation data.'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-api.conf'
+        relation = self.mysql_sentry.relation('shared-db', 'glance:shared-db')
+        db_uri = "mysql://{}:{}@{}/{}".format('glance', relation['password'],
+                                              relation['db_host'], 'glance')
+        expected = {'connection': db_uri, 'sql_idle_timeout': '3600'}
+        section = 'database'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # Section and directive for this config changed in icehouse
+            expected = {'sql_connection': db_uri, 'sql_idle_timeout': '3600'}
+            section = 'DEFAULT'
+ 
+        ret = u.validate_config_data(unit, conf, section, expected) 
+        if ret:
+            message = "glance db config error: {}".format(ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_registry_database_config(self):
+        '''Verify database config in glance-registry.conf and
+           compare with a db uri constructed from relation data.'''
+        unit = self.glance_sentry
+        conf = '/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf'
+        relation = self.mysql_sentry.relation('shared-db', 'glance:shared-db')
+        db_uri = "mysql://{}:{}@{}/{}".format('glance', relation['password'],
+                                              relation['db_host'], 'glance')
+        expected = {'connection': db_uri, 'sql_idle_timeout': '3600'}
+        section = 'database'
+
+        if self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # Section and directive for this config changed in icehouse
+            expected = {'sql_connection': db_uri, 'sql_idle_timeout': '3600'}
+            section = 'DEFAULT'
+
+        ret = u.validate_config_data(unit, conf, section, expected)
+        if ret:
+            message = "glance db config error: {}".format(ret)
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+    def test_glance_endpoint(self):
+        '''Verify the glance endpoint data.'''
+        endpoints = self.keystone.endpoints.list()
+        admin_port = internal_port = public_port = '9292'
+        expected = {'id': u.not_null,
+                    'region': 'RegionOne',
+                    'adminurl': u.valid_url,
+                    'internalurl': u.valid_url,
+                    'publicurl': u.valid_url,
+                    'service_id': u.not_null}
+        ret = u.validate_endpoint_data(endpoints, admin_port, internal_port,
+                                       public_port, expected)
+
+        if ret:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL,
+                                msg='glance endpoint: {}'.format(ret))
+
+    def test_keystone_endpoint(self):
+        '''Verify the keystone endpoint data.'''
+        endpoints = self.keystone.endpoints.list()
+        admin_port = '35357'
+        internal_port = public_port = '5000'
+        expected = {'id': u.not_null,
+                    'region': 'RegionOne',
+                    'adminurl': u.valid_url,
+                    'internalurl': u.valid_url,
+                    'publicurl': u.valid_url,
+                    'service_id': u.not_null}
+        ret = u.validate_endpoint_data(endpoints, admin_port, internal_port,
+                                       public_port, expected)
+        if ret:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL,
+                                msg='keystone endpoint: {}'.format(ret))
+
+    def test_glance_restart_on_config_change(self):
+        '''Verify that glance is restarted when the config is changed.'''
+
+        # Make config change to trigger a service restart
+        if self._get_openstack_release() > self.precise_havana:
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'verbose': 'True'})
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'debug': 'True'})
+        elif self._get_openstack_release() <= self.precise_havana:
+            # /!\ NOTE(beisner): Glance charm before Icehouse doesn't respond
+            # to attempted config changes via juju / juju set.
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+source/glance/+bug/1340307
+
+            u.log.error('NOTE(beisner): skipping glance restart on config ' +
+                        'change check due to bug 1340307.')
+            return
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'verbose': 'False'})
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'debug': 'False'})
+
+        if not u.service_restarted(self.glance_sentry, 'glance-api',
+                                   '/etc/glance/glance-api.conf'):
+            message = "glance service didn't restart after config change"
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+
+        if not u.service_restarted(self.glance_sentry, 'glance-registry',
+                                   '/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf',
+                                   sleep_time=0):
+            message = "glance service didn't restart after config change"
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=message)
+        
+        # Return to original config
+        if self._get_openstack_release() > self.precise_havana:
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'verbose': 'False'})
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'debug': 'False'})
+        else:
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'verbose': 'True'})
+            self.d.configure('glance', {'debug': 'True'})
+
+    def test_users(self):
+        '''Verify expected users.'''
+        user0 = {'name': 'glance',
+                 'enabled': True,
+                 'tenantId': u.not_null,
+                 'id': u.not_null,
+                 'email': 'juju@localhost'}
+        user1 = {'name': 'admin',
+                 'enabled': True,
+                 'tenantId': u.not_null,
+                 'id': u.not_null,
+                 'email': 'juju@localhost'}
+        expected = [user0, user1]
+        actual = self.keystone.users.list()
+
+        ret = u.validate_user_data(expected, actual)
+        if ret:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg=ret)
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..9e194320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/deployment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import amulet
+import re
+
+
+class AmuletDeployment(object):
+    """This class provides generic Amulet deployment and test runner
+       methods."""
+
+    def __init__(self, series):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        self.series = series
+        self.d = amulet.Deployment(series=self.series)
+
+    def _get_charm_name(self, service_name):
+        """Gets the charm name from the service name. Unique service names can
+           be specified with a '-service#' suffix (e.g. mysql-service1)."""
+        if re.match(r"^.*-service\d{1,3}$", service_name):
+            charm_name = re.sub('\-service\d{1,3}$', '', service_name)
+        else:
+            charm_name = service_name
+        return charm_name
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services to the deployment where this_service is the local charm
+           that we're focused on testing and other_services are the other
+           charms that come from the charm store."""
+        name, units = range(2)
+
+        charm_name = self._get_charm_name(this_service[name])
+        self.d.add(this_service[name],
+                   units=this_service[units])
+
+        for svc in other_services:
+            charm_name = self._get_charm_name(svc[name])
+            self.d.add(svc[name],
+                       charm='cs:{}/{}'.format(self.series, charm_name),
+                       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()
+            self.d.sentry.wait()
+        except amulet.helpers.TimeoutError:
+            amulet.raise_status(amulet.FAIL, msg="Deployment timed out")
+        except:
+            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..03e4a818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/amulet/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import ConfigParser
+import io
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
+from time import sleep
+
+
+class AmuletUtils(object):
+    """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,}\.?)|' # flake8: 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):
+        """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):
+        """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):
+        """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 != 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):
+        """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):
+        """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."""
+        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..de2a6bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from charmhelpers.contrib.amulet.deployment import (
+    AmuletDeployment
+)
+
+
+class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
+    """This class inherits from AmuletDeployment and has additional support
+       that is specifically for use by OpenStack charms."""
+
+    def __init__(self, series, openstack=None, source=None):
+        """Initialize the deployment environment."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self).__init__(series)
+        self.openstack = openstack
+        self.source = source
+
+    def _add_services(self, this_service, other_services):
+        """Add services to the deployment and set openstack-origin."""
+        super(OpenStackAmuletDeployment, self)._add_services(this_service,
+                                                             other_services)
+        name = 0
+        services = other_services
+        services.append(this_service)
+        use_source = ['mysql', 'mongodb', 'rabbitmq-server', 'ceph']
+
+        if self.openstack:
+            for svc in services:
+                charm_name = self._get_charm_name(svc[name])
+                if charm_name not in use_source:
+                    config = {'openstack-origin': self.openstack}
+                    self.d.configure(svc[name], config)
+
+        if self.source:
+            for svc in services:
+                charm_name = self._get_charm_name(svc[name])
+                if charm_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):
+        """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..806bd212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+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):
+    """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 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 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 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 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 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 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."""
+        service_ip = \
+            keystone_sentry.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 = "tests/cirros-{}-x86_64-disk.img".format(version)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(cirros_img):
+            cirros_url = "http://{}/{}/{}".format("download.cirros-cloud.net",
+                                                  version, cirros_img)
+            opener.retrieve(cirros_url, cirros_img)
+        f.close()
+
+        with open(cirros_img) 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