diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-If you would like to contribute to the development of OpenStack, you must
-follow the steps in this page:
+The source repository for this project can be found at:
- https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html
+ https://opendev.org/openstack/tempest
-If you already have a good understanding of how the system works and your
-OpenStack accounts are set up, you can skip to the development workflow
-section of this documentation to learn how changes to OpenStack should be
-submitted for review via the Gerrit tool:
+Pull requests submitted through GitHub are not monitored.
- https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+To start contributing to OpenStack, follow the steps in the contribution guide
+to set up and use Gerrit:
-Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
+ https://docs.openstack.org/contributors/code-and-documentation/quick-start.html
-Bugs should be filed on Launchpad, not GitHub:
+Bugs should be filed on Launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/tempest
+
+For more specific information about contributing to this repository, see the
+Tempest contributor guide:
+
+ https://docs.openstack.org/tempest/latest/contributor/contributing.html
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+============================
+So You Want to Contribute...
+============================
+
+For general information on contributing to OpenStack, please check out the
+`contributor guide `_ to get started.
+It covers all the basics that are common to all OpenStack projects: the accounts
+you need, the basics of interacting with our Gerrit review system, how we
+communicate as a community, etc.
+
+Below will cover the more project specific information you need to get started
+with Tempest.
+
+Communication
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* IRC channel #openstack-qa at FreeNode
+* Mailing list (prefix subjects with ``[qa]`` for faster responses)
+ http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-discuss
+
+Contacting the Core Team
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Please refer the `Tempest Core Team
+`_ contacts.
+
+New Feature Planning
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If you want to propose a new feature please read `Feature Proposal Process`_
+Tempest features are tracked on `Launchpad BP `_.
+
+Task Tracking
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+We track our tasks in `Launchpad `_.
+
+If you're looking for some smaller, easier work item to pick up and get started
+on, search for the 'low-hanging-fruit' tag.
+
+Reporting a Bug
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+You found an issue and want to make sure we are aware of it? You can do so on
+`Launchpad `__.
+More info about Launchpad usage can be found on `OpenStack docs page
+`_
+
+Getting Your Patch Merged
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+All changes proposed to the Tempest requires two ``Code-Review +2`` votes from
+Tempest core reviewers before one of the core reviewers can approve patch by
+giving ``Workflow +1`` vote. More detailed guidelines for reviewers are available
+at :doc:`../REVIEWING`.
+
+Project Team Lead Duties
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+All common PTL duties are enumerated in the `PTL guide
+`_.
+
+Release Process fir QA is documented in `QA Release Process
+`_.
+
+.. _Feature Proposal Process: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/QA#Feature_Proposal_.26_Design_discussions
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index ab994d12b9..630cccce17 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ Supported OpenStack Releases and Python Versions
supported_version
+For Contributors
+================
+
+* If you are a new contributor to Tempest please refer: :doc:`contributor/contributing`
+
+.. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ contributor/contributing
+
Developers Guide
================
@@ -104,4 +114,4 @@ Search
* :ref:`Tempest document search `: Search the contents of this document.
* `OpenStack wide search `_: Search the wider
- set of OpenStack documentation, including forums.
\ No newline at end of file
+ set of OpenStack documentation, including forums.