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+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+# This script will be run by OpenStack CI before unit tests are run,
+# it sets up the test system as needed.
+# Developers should setup their test systems in a similar way.
+
+# This setup needs to be run as a user that can run sudo.
+
+# Config Zookeeper to run on tmpfs
+sudo service zookeeper stop
+DATADIR=$(sed -n -e 's/^dataDir=//p' /etc/zookeeper/conf/zoo.cfg)
+sudo mount -t tmpfs -o nodev,nosuid,size=500M none $DATADIR
+sudo service zookeeper start