diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..33f4d24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.a
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+*.o
+*.py[co]
+*.pyc
+*.so
+*.sqlite
+.*.swp
+.coverage
+.installed.cfg
+.testrepository
+.tox
+.venv
+AUTHORS
+ChangeLog
+_build
+build
+cover
+develop-eggs
+dist
+eggs
+sdist
diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
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index 00000000..826664a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
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+---
+- project:
+    check:
+      jobs:
+        - openstack-tox-linters:
+            voting: false
+        - openstack-tox-pep8:
+            voting: false
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
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index 00000000..f1587f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+bashate >= 0.2
+PyYAML >= 3.1.0
+yamllint >= 0.5.2
+# The following are for py27 and py35
+#mock  # BSD
+#nose  # LGPL
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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index 00000000..1bf6fb0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+envlist = linters,pep8
+minversion = 2.3
+skipsdist = True
+
+[testenv]
+basepython = python3
+install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+         OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=1
+         OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=1
+         OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=60
+         PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=True
+commands = find {toxinidir} -type f -not -path '{toxinidir}/.tox/*' -not -path '*/__pycache__/*' -name '*.py[c|o]' -delete
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+
+[testenv:linters]
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands =
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir}        \
+            \( -name middleware/io-monitor/recipes-common/io-monitor/io-monitor/io_monitor/test-tools/yaml/* -prune \) \
+            -o \( -name .tox -prune \)         \
+            -o -type f -name '*.yaml'       \
+            -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint"
+  bash -c "ls cgcs-patch/bin/*.sh | xargs bashate -v {posargs}"
+
+[pep8]
+# Temporarily ignoring these warnings
+# E101 indentation contains mixed spaces and tabs
+# E116 unexpected indentation (comment)
+# E121 continuation line under-indented for hanging indent
+# E122 continuation line missing indentation or outdented
+# E123 closing bracket does not match indentation of opening bracket
+# E124 closing bracket does not match visual indentation
+# E126 continuation line over-indented for hanging indent
+# E127 continuation line over-indented for visual indent
+# E128 continuation line under-indented for visual indent
+# E129 visually indented line with same indent as next logical line
+# E203 whitespace before ':'
+# E211 whitespace before '('
+# E225 missing whitespace around operator
+# E226 missing whitespace around arithmetic operator
+# E228 missing whitespace around modulo operator
+# E231 missing whitespace after ':'
+# E241 multiple spaces after
+# E261 at least two spaces before inline comment
+# E265 block comment should start with '# '
+# E251 unexpected spaces around keyword / parameter equals
+# E302 expected 2 blank lines, found 1
+# E303 too many blank lines 
+# E501 line too long
+# E712 comparison to bool should be reworded
+
+ignore = E101,E116,E121,E123,E122,E124,E126,E127,E128,E129,E203,E211,E225,E226,E228,E231,E241,E251,E261,E265,E302,E303,E501,E712
+
+[testenv:pep8]
+usedevelop = False
+skip_install = True
+deps =
+    pep8
+commands =
+    pep8
+
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}
+
+[nosetests]
+verbosity=2
+
+[testenv:py27]
+basepython = python2.7
+deps = {[testenv]deps}
+       {toxinidir}/nfv/nfv-client
+       {toxinidir}/nfv/nfv-common
+       {toxinidir}/nfv/nfv-plugins
+       {toxinidir}/nfv/nfv-vim
+whitelist_externals = cp
+                      find
+recreate = True
+commands = {[testenv]commands}
+           cp -v nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/test_data/nfv_vim_db_18.03_GA {envdir}/
+           nosetests --exe -w nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/tests/ '{posargs}'
+
+[testenv:py35]
+basepython = python3
+deps = {[testenv]deps}
+       nfv/nfv-client
+       nfv/nfv-common
+       nfv/nfv-plugins
+       nfv/nfv-vim
+whitelist_externals = cp
+                      find
+recreate = True
+commands = {[testenv]commands}
+           cp -v nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/test_data/nfv_vim_db_18.03_GA {envdir}/
+           nosetests --exe -w nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/tests/ '{posargs}'
+