diff --git a/snap-overlay/data/mysql.tar.xz b/snap-overlay/data/mysql.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9552131
Binary files /dev/null and b/snap-overlay/data/mysql.tar.xz differ
diff --git a/snap/hooks/configure b/snap/hooks/configure
index a2e9af0..541ed62 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/configure
+++ b/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-# Install conf.d configuration from snap for db etc
-echo "Installing configuration for OpenStack Services"
-for project in neutron nova keystone glance; do
-    mkdir -p ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}/${project}.conf.d
-    cp -r ${SNAP}/etc/${project}/${project}.conf.d/* ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}/${project}.conf.d
-done
-
 # Create all of the databases
 echo "Creating OpenStack Databases"
 
@@ -43,3 +36,18 @@ ovs-vsctl --retry --may-exist add-br br-ex
 # Configure br-ex
 ip address add 10.20.20.1/24 dev br-ex || :
 ip link set br-ex up || :
+
+while ! nc -z localhost 9292; do sleep 0.1; done;
+
+sleep 5
+
+openstack image show cirros || {
+    [ -f $HOME/images/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img ] || {
+        mkdir -p $HOME/images
+        wget \
+          http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.5/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img \
+          -O ${HOME}/images/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img
+    }
+    openstack image create --file ${HOME}/images/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img \
+        --public --container-format=bare --disk-format=qcow2 cirros
+}
diff --git a/snap/hooks/install b/snap/hooks/install
index 4eca4cc..e693b4e 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/install
+++ b/snap/hooks/install
@@ -3,3 +3,19 @@ set -e
 
 install -D $SNAP/var/snap/microstack/common/libvirt/libvirtd.conf $SNAP_COMMON/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
 sed -i 's/unix_sock_group = "libvirtd"/unix_sock_group = "sudo"/' $SNAP_COMMON/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+
+# MySQL snapshot for speedy install
+# snapshot is a mysql data dir with
+# rocky keystone,nova,glance,neutron dbs.
+mkdir -p ${SNAP_COMMON}/lib
+tar -xJf ${SNAP}/data/mysql.tar.xz -C ${SNAP_COMMON}/lib
+
+# Install conf.d configuration from snap for db etc
+echo "Installing configuration for OpenStack Services"
+for project in neutron nova keystone glance; do
+    mkdir -p ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}/${project}.conf.d
+    cp -r ${SNAP}/etc/${project}/${project}.conf.d/* ${SNAP_COMMON}/etc/${project}/${project}.conf.d
+done
+
+# Configure Keystone Fernet Keys
+snap-openstack keystone-manage fernet_setup --keystone-user root --keystone-group root