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Setting up a keystone development environment
=============================================

This document describes getting the source from keystone's `Git Repository`_
and setting the environment up for development purposes.

To install keystone from packaging, refer instead to OpenStack's `User
Documentation`_.

.. _`Git Repository`: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/keystone
.. _`User Documentation`: http://docs.openstack.org/

Prerequisites
=============

This document assumes you are using an Ubuntu, Fedora, or openSUSE platform and
that you have the following tools pre-installed on your system:

- Python_ 2.7 and 3.4, as the programming language;
- git_, as the version control tool;

**Reminder**: If you are successfully using a different platform, or a
different version of the above, please document your configuration here!

.. _git: http://git-scm.com/
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/

Getting the latest code
=======================

Make a clone of the code from our git repository and enter the directory:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/keystone.git
    $ cd keystone

Development environment
=======================

For setting up the Python development environment and running `tox` testing
environments, please refer to the `Project Team Guide: Python Project Guide`_,
the OpenStack guide on wide standard practices around the use of Python.

That documentation will guide you to configure your development environment
and run keystone tests using `tox`, which uses virtualenv_ to isolate the Python
environment. After running it, notice the existence of a `.tox` directory.

.. _`Project Team Guide: Python Project Guide`: http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/project-setup/python.html
.. _virtualenv: http://www.virtualenv.org/

Verifying keystone is set up
============================

Once set up, you should be able to invoke Python and import the libraries:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ .tox/py27/bin/python -c "import keystone"

If you can import keystone without a traceback, you should be ready to move on
to :doc:`../developing`.