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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 Quanta Research Cambridge, Inc.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+from novaclient.v1_1 import client
+import tempest.config
+
+# get the environment variables for credentials
+identity = tempest.config.TempestConfig().identity
+print identity.username, identity.password,\
+    identity.tenant_name, identity.auth_url
+
+nt = client.Client(identity.username, identity.password,
+                   identity.tenant_name, identity.auth_url)
+
+flavor_list = nt.flavors.list()
+server_list = nt.servers.list()
+images_list = nt.images.list()
+keypairs_list = nt.keypairs.list()
+floating_ips_list = nt.floating_ips.list()
+
+print "total servers: %3d, total flavors: %3d, total images: %3d" % \
+    (len(server_list),
+     len(flavor_list),
+     len(images_list))
+
+print "total keypairs: %3d, total floating ips: %3d" % \
+    (len(keypairs_list),
+     len(floating_ips_list))
+
+print "flavors:\t", flavor_list
+print "servers:\t", server_list
+print "images: \t", images_list
+print "keypairs:\t", keypairs_list
+print "floating ips:\t", floating_ips_list