diff --git a/DEMO.md b/DEMO.md
index f01f4f2..2dc6625 100644
--- a/DEMO.md
+++ b/DEMO.md
@@ -69,10 +69,26 @@ echo vm.swappiness=1 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
 sudo sysctl -p
 ```
 
+### Initialize MicroStack
+
+At this point, you have all the OpenStack bits on disk, and the
+services are running. But they still have to be configured to talk to
+each other. Plus, you need a root password and other niceties. Run the
+init script to set all of that up:
+
+```
+microstack.init --auto
+```
+
+(Note that you may leave --auto out at present. The init script will
+be interactive in the very near future, however, and if you are
+scripting, you'll want to leave that auto in!)
+
 ### Optional Microstack Config
 
 By default, microstack will use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 as a DNS. If
-you're in a network restricted environment, or simply want to use a different DNS, you'll need to edit the config manually:
+you're in a network restricted environment, or simply want to use a
+different DNS, you'll need to edit the config manually:
 
 ```
 sudo vim /var/snap/microstack/common/etc/neutron/dhcp_agent.ini
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3caf158..c634e4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ sudo snap install microstack --classic --candidate
 ```
 
 ## Quickstart
-To quickly configure networks and launch a vm, run `microstack.launch`.
+To quickly configure networks and launch a vm, run
+
+`sudo microstack.init`
+
+This will configure various Openstack databases. Then run:
+
+`microstack.launch`.
 
 This will launch an instance for you, and make it available to manage via the command line, or via the Horizon Dashboard.
 
diff --git a/snap-overlay/bin/configure-openstack b/snap-overlay/bin/configure-openstack
deleted file mode 100755
index 4f1a0d9..0000000
--- a/snap-overlay/bin/configure-openstack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-# Keystone
-echo "Configuring Keystone"
-
-snap-openstack keystone-manage fernet_setup --keystone-user root --keystone-group root
-snap-openstack keystone-manage db_sync
-
-systemctl restart snap.microstack.keystone-*
-
-openstack user show admin || {
-    snap-openstack keystone-manage bootstrap \
-        --bootstrap-password $OS_PASSWORD \
-        --bootstrap-admin-url http://10.20.20.1:5000/v3/ \
-        --bootstrap-internal-url http://10.20.20.1:5000/v3/ \
-        --bootstrap-public-url http://10.20.20.1:5000/v3/ \
-        --bootstrap-region-id microstack
-}
-
-openstack project show service || {
-    openstack project create --domain default --description "Service Project" service
-}
-
-# Nova
-echo "Configuring Nova"
-
-openstack user show nova || {
-    openstack user create --domain default --password nova nova
-    openstack role add --project service --user nova admin
-}
-
-openstack user show placement || {
-    openstack user create --domain default --password placement placement
-    openstack role add --project service --user placement admin
-}
-
-openstack service show compute || {
-    openstack service create --name nova \
-      --description "OpenStack Compute" compute
-
-    for endpoint in public internal admin; do
-        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
-          compute $endpoint http://10.20.20.1:8774/v2.1 || :
-    done
-}
-
-openstack service show placement || {
-    openstack service create --name placement \
-      --description "Placement API" placement
-
-    for endpoint in public internal admin; do
-        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
-          placement $endpoint http://10.20.20.1:8778 || :
-    done
-}
-
-snap-openstack nova-manage api_db sync
-snap-openstack nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells | grep cell0 || {
-    snap-openstack nova-manage cell_v2 map_cell0
-}
-snap-openstack nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells | grep cell1 || {
-    snap-openstack nova-manage cell_v2 create_cell --name=cell1 --verbose
-}
-snap-openstack nova-manage db sync
-
-systemctl restart snap.microstack.nova-*
-
-while ! nc -z 10.20.20.1 8774; do sleep 0.1; done;
-
-sleep 5
-
-openstack flavor show m1.tiny || {
-    openstack flavor create --id 1 --ram 512 --disk 1 --vcpus 1 m1.tiny
-}
-openstack flavor show m1.small || {
-    openstack flavor create --id 2 --ram 2048 --disk 20 --vcpus 1 m1.small
-}
-openstack flavor show m1.medium || {
-    openstack flavor create --id 3 --ram 4096 --disk 20 --vcpus 2 m1.medium
-}
-openstack flavor show m1.large || {
-    openstack flavor create --id 4 --ram 8192 --disk 20 --vcpus 4 m1.large
-}
-openstack flavor show m1.xlarge || {
-    openstack flavor create --id 5 --ram 16384 --disk 20 --vcpus 8 m1.xlarge
-}
-
-# Neutron
-echo "Configuring Neutron"
-
-openstack user show neutron || {
-    openstack user create --domain default --password neutron neutron
-    openstack role add --project service --user neutron admin
-}
-
-openstack service show network || {
-    openstack service create --name neutron \
-      --description "OpenStack Network" network
-
-    for endpoint in public internal admin; do
-        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
-          network $endpoint http://10.20.20.1:9696 || :
-    done
-}
-
-snap-openstack neutron-db-manage upgrade head
-
-systemctl restart snap.microstack.neutron-*
-
-while ! nc -z 10.20.20.1 9696; do sleep 0.1; done;
-
-sleep 5
-
-openstack network show test || {
-    openstack network create test
-}
-
-openstack subnet show test-subnet || {
-    openstack subnet create --network test --subnet-range 192.168.222.0/24 test-subnet
-}
-
-openstack network show external || {
-    openstack network create --external \
-        --provider-physical-network=physnet1 \
-        --provider-network-type=flat external
-}
-
-openstack subnet show external-subnet || {
-    openstack subnet create --network external --subnet-range 10.20.20.0/24 \
-        --no-dhcp external-subnet
-}
-
-openstack router show test-router || {
-    openstack router create test-router
-    openstack router add subnet test-router test-subnet
-    openstack router set --external-gateway external test-router
-}
-
-# Glance
-echo "Configuring Glance"
-
-openstack user show glance || {
-    openstack user create --domain default --password glance glance
-    openstack role add --project service --user glance admin
-}
-
-openstack service show image || {
-    openstack service create --name glance --description "OpenStack Image" image
-    for endpoint in internal admin public; do
-        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
-            image $endpoint http://10.20.20.1:9292 || :
-    done
-}
-
-snap-openstack glance-manage db_sync
-
-systemctl restart snap.microstack.glance*
-
-while ! nc -z 10.20.20.1 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 ${HOME}/images/cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk.img \
-        --public --container-format=bare --disk-format=qcow2 cirros
-}
diff --git a/snap-overlay/bin/init.sh b/snap-overlay/bin/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e60398c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap-overlay/bin/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Initializing Microstack."
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Config
+#
+# Setup env and templates.
+#
+##############################################################################
+echo "Loading config and writing out templates ..."
+
+ospassword=$(snapctl get ospassword)
+extgateway=$(snapctl get extgateway)
+extcidr=$(snapctl get extcidr)
+dns=$(snapctl get dns)
+
+# Check Config
+if [ -z "$ospassword" -o -z "$extgateway" -o -z "$dns" -o -z "$extcidr"]; then
+    echo "Missing required config value."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Write out templates and read off of our microstack.rc template
+# TODO: any password change hooks would go here, updating the password
+# in the db before writing it to the templates and restarting
+# services.
+snap-openstack setup # Write out templates
+
+# Load openstack .rc into this script's environment. Outside of the
+# snap shell, this is handled by a wrapper.
+source $SNAP_COMMON/etc/microstack.rc
+
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# System Optimization
+#
+# Perform some tasks that change the host system in ways to better
+# support microstack.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+
+# Open up networking so that instances can route to the Internet (see
+# bin/setup-br-ex for more networking setup, executed on microstack
+# services start.)
+echo "Setting up ipv4 forwarding."
+sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+
+# TODO: add vm swappiness and increased file handle limits here.
+# TODO: make vm swappiness and file handle changes optional.
+
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# RabbitMQ Setup
+#
+# Configure database and wait for services to start.
+#
+##############################################################################
+echo "Configuring RabbitMQ"
+
+echo "Waiting for rabbitmq to start"
+while ! nc -z $extgateway 5672; do sleep 0.1; done;
+while :;
+do
+    grep "Starting broker..." ${SNAP_COMMON}/log/rabbitmq/startup_log && \
+        grep "completed" ${SNAP_COMMON}/log/rabbitmq/startup_log && \
+        break
+    sleep 1;
+done
+echo "Rabbitmq started."
+
+# Config!
+HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl add_user openstack rabbitmq || :
+HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl set_permissions openstack ".*" ".*" ".*"
+
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Database setup
+#
+# Create databases and initialize keystone.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Wait for MySQL to startup
+echo "Waiting for MySQL server to start ..."
+while ! nc -z $extgateway 3306; do sleep 0.1; done;
+while :;
+do
+    grep "mysqld: ready for connections." \
+         ${SNAP_COMMON}/log/mysql/error.log && break;
+    sleep 1;
+done
+echo "Mysql server started."
+
+for db in neutron nova nova_api nova_cell0 cinder glance keystone; do
+    echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${db}; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ${db}.* TO '${db}'@'$extgateway' IDENTIFIED BY '${db}';" \
+        | mysql-start-client -u root
+done
+
+# Configure Keystone Fernet Keys
+echo "Configuring Keystone..."
+snap-openstack launch keystone-manage fernet_setup \
+               --keystone-user root \
+               --keystone-group root
+snap-openstack launch keystone-manage db_sync
+
+systemctl restart snap.microstack.keystone-*
+
+openstack user show admin || {
+    snap-openstack launch keystone-manage bootstrap \
+        --bootstrap-password $ospassword \
+        --bootstrap-admin-url http://$extgateway:5000/v3/ \
+        --bootstrap-internal-url http://$extgateway:5000/v3/ \
+        --bootstrap-public-url http://$extgateway:5000/v3/ \
+        --bootstrap-region-id microstack
+}
+
+openstack project show service || {
+    openstack project create --domain default --description "Service Project" service
+}
+echo "Keystone configured."
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Nova Setup
+#
+# Configure database and wait for services to start.
+#
+##############################################################################
+echo "Configuring Nova..."
+
+openstack user show nova || {
+    openstack user create --domain default --password nova nova
+    openstack role add --project service --user nova admin
+}
+
+openstack user show placement || {
+    openstack user create --domain default --password placement placement
+    openstack role add --project service --user placement admin
+}
+
+openstack service show compute || {
+    openstack service create --name nova \
+      --description "OpenStack Compute" compute
+
+    for endpoint in public internal admin; do
+        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
+          compute $endpoint http://$extgateway:8774/v2.1 || :
+    done
+}
+
+openstack service show placement || {
+    openstack service create --name placement \
+      --description "Placement API" placement
+
+    for endpoint in public internal admin; do
+        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
+          placement $endpoint http://$extgateway:8778 || :
+    done
+}
+
+# Grant nova user access to cell0
+echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nova_cell0.* TO 'nova'@'$extgateway' IDENTIFIED BY 'nova';" \
+    | mysql-start-client -u root
+
+snap-openstack launch nova-manage api_db sync
+snap-openstack launch nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells | grep cell0 || {
+    snap-openstack launch nova-manage cell_v2 map_cell0
+}
+snap-openstack launch nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells | grep cell1 || {
+    snap-openstack launch nova-manage cell_v2 create_cell --name=cell1 --verbose
+}
+snap-openstack launch nova-manage db sync
+
+systemctl restart snap.microstack.nova-*
+
+while ! nc -z $extgateway 8774; do sleep 0.1; done;
+
+sleep 5
+
+openstack flavor show m1.tiny || {
+    openstack flavor create --id 1 --ram 512 --disk 1 --vcpus 1 m1.tiny
+}
+openstack flavor show m1.small || {
+    openstack flavor create --id 2 --ram 2048 --disk 20 --vcpus 1 m1.small
+}
+openstack flavor show m1.medium || {
+    openstack flavor create --id 3 --ram 4096 --disk 20 --vcpus 2 m1.medium
+}
+openstack flavor show m1.large || {
+    openstack flavor create --id 4 --ram 8192 --disk 20 --vcpus 4 m1.large
+}
+openstack flavor show m1.xlarge || {
+    openstack flavor create --id 5 --ram 16384 --disk 20 --vcpus 8 m1.xlarge
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Neutron Setup
+#
+# Configure database and wait for services to start.
+#
+##############################################################################
+echo "Configuring Neutron"
+
+openstack user show neutron || {
+    openstack user create --domain default --password neutron neutron
+    openstack role add --project service --user neutron admin
+}
+
+openstack service show network || {
+    openstack service create --name neutron \
+      --description "OpenStack Network" network
+
+    for endpoint in public internal admin; do
+        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
+          network $endpoint http://$extgateway:9696 || :
+    done
+}
+
+snap-openstack launch neutron-db-manage upgrade head
+
+systemctl restart snap.microstack.neutron-*
+
+while ! nc -z $extgateway 9696; do sleep 0.1; done;
+
+sleep 5
+
+openstack network show test || {
+    openstack network create test
+}
+
+openstack subnet show test-subnet || {
+    openstack subnet create --network test --subnet-range 192.168.222.0/24 test-subnet
+}
+
+openstack network show external || {
+    openstack network create --external \
+        --provider-physical-network=physnet1 \
+        --provider-network-type=flat external
+}
+
+openstack subnet show external-subnet || {
+    openstack subnet create --network external --subnet-range 10.20.20.0/24 \
+        --no-dhcp external-subnet
+}
+
+openstack router show test-router || {
+    openstack router create test-router
+    openstack router add subnet test-router test-subnet
+    openstack router set --external-gateway external test-router
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Glance Setup
+#
+# Configure database and wait for services to start.
+#
+##############################################################################
+echo "Configuring Glance"
+
+openstack user show glance || {
+    openstack user create --domain default --password glance glance
+    openstack role add --project service --user glance admin
+}
+
+openstack service show image || {
+    openstack service create --name glance --description "OpenStack Image" image
+    for endpoint in internal admin public; do
+        openstack endpoint create --region microstack \
+            image $endpoint http://$extgateway:9292 || :
+    done
+}
+
+snap-openstack launch glance-manage db_sync
+
+systemctl restart snap.microstack.glance*
+
+while ! nc -z $extgateway 9292; do sleep 0.1; done;
+
+sleep 5
+
+# Setup the cirros image, which is used by the launch app
+echo "Grabbing cirros image."
+openstack image show cirros || {
+    [ -f $SNAP_COMMON/images/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img ] || {
+        mkdir -p $SNAP_COMMON/images
+        wget \
+          http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.4.0/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img \
+          -O ${SNAP_COMMON}/images/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img
+    }
+    openstack image create \
+        --file ${SNAP_COMMON}/images/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img \
+        --public --container-format=bare --disk-format=qcow2 cirros
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Post-setup tasks.
+#
+# Clean up hanging threads and wait for services to restart.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Restart libvirt and virtlogd to get logging
+# TODO: figure out why this doesn't Just Work initially
+systemctl restart snap.microstack.*virt*
+
+echo "Complete. Marking microstack as initialized!"
+snapctl set initialized=true
diff --git a/snap-overlay/bin/launch.sh b/snap-overlay/bin/launch.sh
index eafe5f9..5b5226b 100755
--- a/snap-overlay/bin/launch.sh
+++ b/snap-overlay/bin/launch.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Check for microstack.init. TODO: just run microstack.init ...
+if ! [ "$(snapctl get initialized)" == "true" ]; then
+    echo "Microstack is not initialized. Please run microstack.init!"
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
 source $SNAP_COMMON/etc/microstack.rc
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
diff --git a/snap-wrappers/openstack/openstack-wrapper b/snap-wrappers/openstack/openstack-wrapper
index 8f4275b..d881c41 100755
--- a/snap-wrappers/openstack/openstack-wrapper
+++ b/snap-wrappers/openstack/openstack-wrapper
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if ! [ "$(snapctl get initialized)" == "true" ]; then
+    echo "Microstack is not initialized. Please run microstack.init!"
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
 source $SNAP_COMMON/etc/microstack.rc
 
 exec $@
diff --git a/snap/hooks/configure b/snap/hooks/configure
index 530f248..752fd0b 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/configure
+++ b/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -15,81 +15,3 @@ fi
 snap-openstack setup # Write out templates
 
 source $SNAP_COMMON/etc/microstack.rc
-
-# Open up networking so that instances can route to the Internet (see
-# bin/setup-br-ex for more networking setup, executed on microstack
-# services start.)
-sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
-
-# Create all of the databases
-echo "Creating OpenStack Databases"
-
-# Wait for MySQL to startup
-while ! nc -z $extgateway 3306; do sleep 0.1; done;
-sleep 5
-
-# Wait for rabbitmq to start
-while ! nc -z $extgateway 5672; do sleep 0.1; done;
-
-for db in neutron nova nova_api nova_cell0 cinder glance keystone; do
-    echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${db}; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ${db}.* TO '${db}'@'$extgateway' IDENTIFIED BY '${db}';" \
-        | mysql-start-client -u root
-done
-
-# Grant nova user access to cell0
-echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON nova_cell0.* TO 'nova'@'$extgateway' IDENTIFIED BY 'nova';" | mysql-start-client -u root
-
-# Endpoints from localhost -> $extgateway
-# TODO Rebuild database so that these are already set to $extgateway,
-# after lp:1824176 is addressed, and the process of building a new
-# mysql.tar.xz is less fraught.
-openstack endpoint list | grep localhost | while read line; do openstack endpoint set `echo $line | cut -d" " -f2` --url `echo $line | cut -d" " -f14 | sed "s/localhost/$extgateway/"`; done
-
-# RabbitMQ
-echo "Configuring RabbitMQ"
-# Rabbitmq isn't always started when we run this. Wait for it to start.
-while :;
-do
-    grep "Starting broker..." ${SNAP_COMMON}/log/rabbitmq/startup_log && \
-        grep "completed" ${SNAP_COMMON}/log/rabbitmq/startup_log && \
-        break
-    echo "waiting for rabbitmq to start" && sleep 1;
-done
-
-HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl add_user openstack rabbitmq || :
-HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl set_permissions openstack ".*" ".*" ".*"
-
-# Glance
-echo "Waiting for glance to start."
-while ! nc -z $extgateway 9292; do sleep 0.1; done;
-
-sleep 5
-
-# Wait for identity service
-while ! nc -z $extgateway 5000; do sleep 0.1; done;
-
-# Setup the cirros image, which is used by the launch app
-openstack image show cirros || {
-    [ -f $SNAP_COMMON/images/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img ] || {
-        mkdir -p $SNAP_COMMON/images
-        wget \
-          http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.4.0/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img \
-          -O ${SNAP_COMMON}/images/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img
-    }
-    openstack image create \
-        --file ${SNAP_COMMON}/images/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img \
-        --public --container-format=bare --disk-format=qcow2 cirros
-}
-
-# Restart libvirt and virtlogd to get logging
-# TODO: figure out why this doesn't Just Work initially
-systemctl restart snap.microstack.*virt*
-
-# Wait for horizon
-while ! nc -z $extgateway 80; do sleep 0.1; done;
-
-# Restart Placement API
-# Workaround for issue w/ base:core18, where the Placement API throws
-# http 500s until it has been restarted.
-# TODO: root cause and fix the problem.
-systemctl restart snap.microstack.nova-uwsgi.service
diff --git a/snap/hooks/install b/snap/hooks/install
index b26b32e..2d06aaa 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/install
+++ b/snap/hooks/install
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ snapctl set \
 # 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"
@@ -22,5 +21,5 @@ done
 
 snap-openstack setup  # Sets up templates for the first time.
 
-# Configure Keystone Fernet Keys
-snap-openstack launch keystone-manage fernet_setup --keystone-user root --keystone-group root
+
+
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index 894d5d0..a118884 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ apps:
 #      - network
 
   # OpenStack Service Configuration
-  configure:
-    command: configure-openstack
+  init:
+    command: init.sh
 #    plugs:
 #      - network
 
diff --git a/tests/basic-test.sh b/tests/basic-test.sh
index c4fbb0f..6d69c4a 100755
--- a/tests/basic-test.sh
+++ b/tests/basic-test.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ fi
 
 # Install the snap under test
 $PREFIX sudo snap install --classic --dangerous microstack*.snap
+$PREFIX sudo /snap/bin/microstack.init
 
 # Comment out the above and uncomment below to install the version of
 # the snap from the store.
diff --git a/tools/install_and_build.sh b/tools/lxd_build.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/install_and_build.sh
rename to tools/lxd_build.sh
diff --git a/tools/multipass_build.sh b/tools/multipass_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fe393e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/multipass_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+export PATH=/snap/bin:$PATH
+
+sudo snap install --classic snapcraft
+sudo snap install --classic --beta multipass
+
+snapcraft --debug
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5e5280a..aadb98e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = snap
+envlist = multipass
 skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
@@ -12,7 +12,22 @@ whitelist_externals =
     /snap/bin/snapcraft
 
 [testenv:snap]
+# Testing environment for the gerrit gate. Named 'snap' to conform to
+# the requirements of the snap friendly job that we inherit from in
+# .zuul.yaml.
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
-    {toxinidir}/tools/install_and_build.sh
+    {toxinidir}/tools/lxd_build.sh
     {toxinidir}/tests/basic-test.sh
+
+[testenv:multipass]
+# Default testing environment for a human operated machine. Builds the
+# snap in a multipass instance, then runs tests in a separate multipass
+# instance. This makes the fewest changes to your personal computer,
+# but is heavier on system requirements. For a more lightweight test,
+# use the "snap" environment above. Beware that you will wind up with
+# a lot of things installed, including potentially the locally built
+# version of MicroStack!
+commands =
+    {toxinidir}/tools/multipass_build.sh
+    {toxinidir}/tests/basic-test.sh -m