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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function usage {
+  echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..."
+  echo "Run Tempest test suite"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -V, --virtual-env        Always use virtualenv.  Install automatically if not present"
+  echo "  -N, --no-virtual-env     Don't use virtualenv.  Run tests in local environment"
+  echo "  -n, --no-site-packages   Isolate the virtualenv from the global Python environment"
+  echo "  -f, --force              Force a clean re-build of the virtual environment. Useful when dependencies have been added."
+  echo "  -u, --update             Update the virtual environment with any newer package versions"
+  echo "  -s, --smoke              Only run smoke tests"
+  echo "  -t, --serial             Run testr serially"
+  echo "  -C, --config             Config file location"
+  echo "  -h, --help               Print this usage message"
+  echo "  -d, --debug              Debug this script -- set -o xtrace"
+  echo "  -l, --logging            Enable logging"
+  echo "  -L, --logging-config     Logging config file location.  Default is etc/logging.conf"
+  echo "  -- [TESTROPTIONS]        After the first '--' you can pass arbitrary arguments to testr "
+}
+
+testrargs=""
+venv=.venv
+with_venv=tools/with_venv.sh
+serial=0
+always_venv=0
+never_venv=0
+no_site_packages=0
+force=0
+wrapper=""
+config_file=""
+update=0
+logging=0
+logging_config=etc/logging.conf
+
+if ! options=$(getopt -o VNnfusthdC:lL: -l virtual-env,no-virtual-env,no-site-packages,force,update,smoke,serial,help,debug,config:,logging,logging-config: -- "$@")
+then
+    # parse error
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+eval set -- $options
+first_uu=yes
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -h|--help) usage; exit;;
+    -V|--virtual-env) always_venv=1; never_venv=0;;
+    -N|--no-virtual-env) always_venv=0; never_venv=1;;
+    -n|--no-site-packages) no_site_packages=1;;
+    -f|--force) force=1;;
+    -u|--update) update=1;;
+    -d|--debug) set -o xtrace;;
+    -C|--config) config_file=$2; shift;;
+    -s|--smoke) testrargs+="smoke"; noseargs+="--attr=type=smoke";;
+    -t|--serial) serial=1;;
+    -l|--logging) logging=1;;
+    -L|--logging-config) logging_config=$2; shift;;
+    --) [ "yes" == "$first_uu" ] || testrargs="$testrargs $1"; first_uu=no  ;;
+    *) testrargs="$testrargs $1"; noseargs+=" $1" ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+if [ -n "$config_file" ]; then
+    config_file=`readlink -f "$config_file"`
+    export TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR=`dirname "$config_file"`
+    export TEMPEST_CONFIG=`basename "$config_file"`
+fi
+
+if [ $logging -eq 1 ]; then
+    if [ ! -f "$logging_config" ]; then
+        echo "No such logging config file: $logging_config"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    logging_config=`readlink -f "$logging_config"`
+    export TEMPEST_LOG_CONFIG_DIR=`dirname "$logging_config"`
+    export TEMPEST_LOG_CONFIG=`basename "$logging_config"`
+fi
+
+cd `dirname "$0"`
+
+if [ $no_site_packages -eq 1 ]; then
+  installvenvopts="--no-site-packages"
+fi
+
+function testr_init {
+  if [ ! -d .testrepository ]; then
+      ${wrapper} testr init
+  fi
+}
+
+function run_tests {
+  testr_init
+  ${wrapper} find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  export OS_TEST_PATH=./tempest/test_discover
+  if [ $serial -eq 1 ]; then
+      ${wrapper} testr run --subunit $testrargs | ${wrapper} subunit-2to1 | ${wrapper} tools/colorizer.py
+  else
+      ${wrapper} testr run --parallel --subunit $testrargs | ${wrapper} subunit-2to1 | ${wrapper} tools/colorizer.py
+  fi
+}
+
+function run_tests_nose {
+    export NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
+    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
+    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15.00
+    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3.00
+    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
+    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
+    export TEMPEST_PY26_NOSE_COMPAT=1
+    if [[ "x$noseargs" =~ "tempest" ]]; then
+        noseargs="$testrargs"
+    else
+        noseargs="$noseargs tempest"
+    fi
+    ${wrapper} nosetests $noseargs
+}
+
+if [ $never_venv -eq 0 ]
+then
+  # Remove the virtual environment if --force used
+  if [ $force -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "Cleaning virtualenv..."
+    rm -rf ${venv}
+  fi
+  if [ $update -eq 1 ]; then
+      echo "Updating virtualenv..."
+      python tools/install_venv.py $installvenvopts
+  fi
+  if [ -e ${venv} ]; then
+    wrapper="${with_venv}"
+  else
+    if [ $always_venv -eq 1 ]; then
+      # Automatically install the virtualenv
+      python tools/install_venv.py $installvenvopts
+      wrapper="${with_venv}"
+    else
+      echo -e "No virtual environment found...create one? (Y/n) \c"
+      read use_ve
+      if [ "x$use_ve" = "xY" -o "x$use_ve" = "x" -o "x$use_ve" = "xy" ]; then
+        # Install the virtualenv and run the test suite in it
+        python tools/install_venv.py $installvenvopts
+        wrapper=${with_venv}
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+py_version=`${wrapper} python --version 2>&1`
+if [[ $py_version =~ "2.6" ]] ; then
+    run_tests_nose
+else
+    run_tests
+fi
+retval=$?
+
+exit $retval