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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+# Dependencies. TODO: move these into a testing harness
+command -v multipass > /dev/null || (echo "Please install multipass."; exit 1);
+command -v petname > /dev/null || (echo "Please install petname."; exit 1);
+if [ ! -f microstack_rocky_amd64.snap ]; then
+   echo "microstack_rocky_amd64.snap not found."
+   echo "Please run snapcraft before executing the tests."
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+MACHINE=$(petname)
+DISTRO=18.04
+
+# Launch a machine and copy the snap to it.
+multipass launch --cpus 2 --mem 16G $DISTRO --name $MACHINE
+multipass copy-files microstack_rocky_amd64.snap $MACHINE:
+multipass exec $MACHINE -- \
+          sudo snap install --classic --dangerous microstack*.snap
+
+# Run microstack.launch and wait for it to complete.
+multipass exec $MACHINE -- /snap/bin/microstack.launch breakfast
+IP=$(multipass exec $MACHINE -- /snap/bin/microstack.openstack server list | grep breakfast | cut -d" " -f9)
+echo "Waiting for ping..."
+PINGS=1
+MAX_PINGS=20
+until multipass exec $MACHINE -- ping -c 1 $IP &>/dev/null; do
+    PINGS=$(($PINGS + 1));
+    if test $PINGS -gt $MAX_PINGS; then
+        break
+    fi
+done;
+
+# Verify that we can ping the machine, and ping from the machine to
+# canonical.com (91.189.94.250).
+# TODO no longer hard code canonical.com's IP address.
+multipass exec $MACHINE -- ping -c 1 $IP;
+sleep 5; # Sometimes the machine is still not quite ready. TODO better wait.
+multipass exec $MACHINE -- \
+          ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -i .ssh/id_microstack cirros@$IP -- \
+          ping -c 1 91.189.94.250
+
+# Cleanup
+unset IP
+echo "Completed tests. Tearing down $MACHINE."
+multipass stop $MACHINE
+multipass purge  # This is a little bit rude to do, but we assume that
+                 # we can beat up on the test machine a bit.
+