diff --git a/etc/ironic_python_agent/ironic_python_agent.conf.sample b/etc/ironic_python_agent/ironic_python_agent.conf.sample
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index 000000000..2d34eac65
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+++ b/etc/ironic_python_agent/ironic_python_agent.conf.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+
+#
+# Options defined in ironic_python_agent.openstack.common.log
+#
+
+# Print debugging output (set logging level to DEBUG instead
+# of default WARNING level). (boolean value)
+#debug=false
+
+# Print more verbose output (set logging level to INFO instead
+# of default WARNING level). (boolean value)
+#verbose=false
+
+# Log output to standard error (boolean value)
+#use_stderr=true
+
+# format string to use for log messages with context (string
+# value)
+#logging_context_format_string=%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user)s %(tenant)s] %(instance)s%(message)s
+
+# format string to use for log messages without context
+# (string value)
+#logging_default_format_string=%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s
+
+# data to append to log format when level is DEBUG (string
+# value)
+#logging_debug_format_suffix=%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d
+
+# prefix each line of exception output with this format
+# (string value)
+#logging_exception_prefix=%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d TRACE %(name)s %(instance)s
+
+# list of logger=LEVEL pairs (list value)
+#default_log_levels=amqplib=WARN,sqlalchemy=WARN,boto=WARN,suds=INFO,keystone=INFO,eventlet.wsgi.server=WARN
+
+# publish error events (boolean value)
+#publish_errors=false
+
+# make deprecations fatal (boolean value)
+#fatal_deprecations=false
+
+# If an instance is passed with the log message, format it
+# like this (string value)
+#instance_format="[instance: %(uuid)s] "
+
+# If an instance UUID is passed with the log message, format
+# it like this (string value)
+#instance_uuid_format="[instance: %(uuid)s] "
+
+# If this option is specified, the logging configuration file
+# specified is used and overrides any other logging options
+# specified. Please see the Python logging module
+# documentation for details on logging configuration files.
+# (string value)
+#log_config=<None>
+
+# DEPRECATED. A logging.Formatter log message format string
+# which may use any of the available logging.LogRecord
+# attributes. This option is deprecated.  Please use
+# logging_context_format_string and
+# logging_default_format_string instead. (string value)
+#log_format=<None>
+
+# Format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default:
+# %(default)s (string value)
+#log_date_format=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
+
+# (Optional) Name of log file to output to. If no default is
+# set, logging will go to stdout. (string value)
+#log_file=<None>
+
+# (Optional) The base directory used for relative --log-file
+# paths (string value)
+#log_dir=<None>
+
+# Use syslog for logging. (boolean value)
+#use_syslog=false
+
+# syslog facility to receive log lines (string value)
+#syslog_log_facility=LOG_USER
+
+
diff --git a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..deca94045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PROJECT_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME:-ironic_python_agent}
+CFGFILE_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample
+
+if [ -e etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
+    CFGFILE=etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME}
+elif [ -e etc/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
+    CFGFILE=etc/${CFGFILE_NAME}
+else
+    echo "${0##*/}: can not find config file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/${PROJECT_NAME}.XXXXXX`
+trap "rm -rf $TEMPDIR" EXIT
+
+tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p ${PROJECT_NAME} -o ${TEMPDIR}
+
+if ! diff -u ${TEMPDIR}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ${CFGFILE}
+then
+   echo "${0##*/}: ${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample is not up to date."
+   echo "${0##*/}: Please run ${0%%${0##*/}}generate_sample.sh."
+   exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4b7d7f0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+print_hint() {
+    echo "Try \`${0##*/} --help' for more information." >&2
+}
+
+PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:m:l:o: \
+                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir:,module:,library: -- "$@")
+
+if [ $? != 0 ] ; then print_hint ; exit 1 ; fi
+
+eval set -- "$PARSED_OPTIONS"
+
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -h|--help)
+            echo "${0##*/} [options]"
+            echo ""
+            echo "options:"
+            echo "-h, --help                show brief help"
+            echo "-b, --base-dir=DIR        project base directory"
+            echo "-p, --package-name=NAME   project package name"
+            echo "-o, --output-dir=DIR      file output directory"
+            echo "-m, --module=MOD          extra python module to interrogate for options"
+            echo "-l, --library=LIB         extra library that registers options for discovery"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        -b|--base-dir)
+            shift
+            BASEDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -p|--package-name)
+            shift
+            PACKAGENAME=`echo $1`
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -o|--output-dir)
+            shift
+            OUTPUTDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -m|--module)
+            shift
+            MODULES="$MODULES -m $1"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -l|--library)
+            shift
+            LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $1"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --)
+            break
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+BASEDIR=${BASEDIR:-`pwd`}
+if ! [ -d $BASEDIR ]
+then
+    echo "${0##*/}: missing project base directory" >&2 ; print_hint ; exit 1
+elif [[ $BASEDIR != /* ]]
+then
+    BASEDIR=$(cd "$BASEDIR" && pwd)
+fi
+
+PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-${BASEDIR##*/}}
+PACKAGENAME=`echo $PACKAGENAME | tr - _`
+TARGETDIR=$BASEDIR/$PACKAGENAME
+if ! [ -d $TARGETDIR ]
+then
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid project package name" >&2 ; print_hint ; exit 1
+fi
+
+OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:-$BASEDIR/etc}
+# NOTE(bnemec): Some projects put their sample config in etc/,
+#               some in etc/$PACKAGENAME/
+if [ -d $OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME ]
+then
+    OUTPUTDIR=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME
+elif ! [ -d $OUTPUTDIR ]
+then
+    echo "${0##*/}: cannot access \`$OUTPUTDIR': No such file or directory" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+BASEDIRESC=`echo $BASEDIR | sed -e 's/\//\\\\\//g'`
+find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+FILES=$(find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.py" ! -path "*/tests/*" ! -path "*/nova/*" \
+        -exec grep -l "Opt(" {} + | sed -e "s/^$BASEDIRESC\///g" | sort -u)
+
+RC_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
+if test -r "$RC_FILE"
+then
+    source "$RC_FILE"
+fi
+
+for mod in ${IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_MODULES}; do
+    MODULES="$MODULES -m $mod"
+done
+
+for lib in ${IRONIC_PYTHON_AGENT_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_LIBRARIES}; do
+    LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $lib"
+done
+
+export EVENTLET_NO_GREENDNS=yes
+
+OS_VARS=$(set | sed -n '/^OS_/s/=[^=]*$//gp' | xargs)
+[ "$OS_VARS" ] && eval "unset \$OS_VARS"
+DEFAULT_MODULEPATH=ironic_python_agent.openstack.common.config.generator
+MODULEPATH=${MODULEPATH:-$DEFAULT_MODULEPATH}
+OUTPUTFILE=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME.conf.sample
+python -m $MODULEPATH $MODULES $LIBRARIES $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE
+
+# Hook to allow projects to append custom config file snippets
+CONCAT_FILES=$(ls $BASEDIR/tools/config/*.conf.sample 2>/dev/null)
+for CONCAT_FILE in $CONCAT_FILES; do
+    cat $CONCAT_FILE >> $OUTPUTFILE
+done
diff --git a/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc b/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tools/with_venv.sh b/tools/with_venv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..94e05c127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/with_venv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+tools_path=${tools_path:-$(dirname $0)}
+venv_path=${venv_path:-${tools_path}}
+venv_dir=${venv_name:-/../.venv}
+TOOLS=${tools_path}
+VENV=${venv:-${venv_path}/${venv_dir}}
+source ${VENV}/bin/activate && "$@"