diff --git a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+print_hint() {
+    echo "Try \`${0##*/} --help' for more information." >&2
+}
+
+PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:o: \
+                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir: -- "$@")
+
+if [ $? != 0 ] ; then print_hint ; exit 1 ; fi
+
+eval set -- "$PARSED_OPTIONS"
+
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -h|--help)
+            echo "${0##*/} [options]"
+            echo ""
+            echo "options:"
+            echo "-h, --help                show brief help"
+            echo "-b, --base-dir=DIR        project base directory"
+            echo "-p, --package-name=NAME   project package name"
+            echo "-o, --output-dir=DIR      file output directory"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        -b|--base-dir)
+            shift
+            BASEDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -p|--package-name)
+            shift
+            PACKAGENAME=`echo $1`
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -o|--output-dir)
+            shift
+            OUTPUTDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --)
+            break
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+BASEDIR=${BASEDIR:-`pwd`}
+if ! [ -d $BASEDIR ]
+then
+    echo "${0##*/}: missing project base directory" >&2 ; print_hint ; exit 1
+elif [[ $BASEDIR != /* ]]
+then
+    BASEDIR=$(cd "$BASEDIR" && pwd)
+fi
+
+PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-${BASEDIR##*/}}
+TARGETDIR=$BASEDIR/$PACKAGENAME
+if ! [ -d $TARGETDIR ]
+then
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid project package name" >&2 ; print_hint ; exit 1
+fi
+
+OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:-$BASEDIR/etc}
+# NOTE(bnemec): Some projects put their sample config in etc/,
+#               some in etc/$PACKAGENAME/
+if [ -d $OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME ]
+then
+    OUTPUTDIR=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME
+elif ! [ -d $OUTPUTDIR ]
+then
+    echo "${0##*/}: cannot access \`$OUTPUTDIR': No such file or directory" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+BASEDIRESC=`echo $BASEDIR | sed -e 's/\//\\\\\//g'`
+find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+FILES=$(find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.py" ! -path "*/tests/*" \
+        -exec grep -l "Opt(" {} + | sed -e "s/^$BASEDIRESC\///g" | sort -u)
+
+EXTRA_MODULES_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
+if test -r "$EXTRA_MODULES_FILE"
+then
+    source "$EXTRA_MODULES_FILE"
+fi
+
+export EVENTLET_NO_GREENDNS=yes
+
+OS_VARS=$(set | sed -n '/^OS_/s/=[^=]*$//gp' | xargs)
+[ "$OS_VARS" ] && eval "unset \$OS_VARS"
+DEFAULT_MODULEPATH=tempest.openstack.common.config.generator
+MODULEPATH=${MODULEPATH:-$DEFAULT_MODULEPATH}
+OUTPUTFILE=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME.conf.sample
+python -m $MODULEPATH $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE