diff --git a/elements/trove/README.md b/elements/trove/README.md
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+Install OpenStack Trove.
diff --git a/elements/trove/element-deps b/elements/trove/element-deps
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+os-refresh-config
+os-svc-install
+source-repositories
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diff --git a/elements/trove/environment.d/10-trove-venv-dir.bash b/elements/trove/environment.d/10-trove-venv-dir.bash
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+if [ -z "${TROVE_VENV_DIR:-}" ]; then
+    export TROVE_VENV_DIR=${OPENSTACK_VENV_DIR:-"/opt/stack/venvs/trove"}
+fi
+if [ -z "${TROVE_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS:-}" ]; then
+    # use -s to enable --system-site-packages in the virtualenv
+    export TROVE_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS=${OPENSTACK_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS:-"-s"}
+fi
diff --git a/elements/trove/install.d/trove-source-install/77-trove b/elements/trove/install.d/trove-source-install/77-trove
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eux
+
+os-svc-install $TROVE_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS -i "$TROVE_VENV_DIR" -u trove -r /opt/stack/trove
diff --git a/elements/trove/os-refresh-config/configure.d/16-trove-state b/elements/trove/os-refresh-config/configure.d/16-trove-state
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+#!/bin/bash
+[ -d /mnt/state/var/log/trove ] && exit 0
+install -D -d -o trove -g trove -m 0775 /mnt/state/var/log/trove
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diff --git a/elements/trove/source-repository-trove b/elements/trove/source-repository-trove
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+trove git /opt/stack/trove https://git.openstack.org/openstack/trove.git