diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+sdist/
+var/
+container_registry.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+doc/build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# virtualenv
+.venv/
+
+# jenkins config
+jenkins/config.ini
+playbooks/debug.yml
+
+# Files created by releasenotes build
+releasenotes/build
+
+# Editors
+.*.sw[klmnop]
+
+
+ansible_role_tripleo*
+ansible-role-tripleo*
diff --git a/ansible-requirements.txt b/ansible-requirements.txt
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+++ b/ansible-requirements.txt
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+# These are required here because ansible can't be in global-requirements due
+# to licensing conflicts. But we sill need to be able to pull them in for
+# lint checks and want to document these as ansible specific things that may
+# be required for this repository.
+ansible
+ansible-lint
diff --git a/ci-scripts/ansible-lint.sh b/ci-scripts/ansible-lint.sh
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index 0000000..ca26e51
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+++ b/ci-scripts/ansible-lint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# ANSIBLE0006: Using command rather than module
+#   we have a few use cases where we need to use curl and rsync
+# ANSIBLE0007: Using command rather than an argument to e.g file
+#   we have a lot of 'rm' command and we should use file module instead
+# ANSIBLE0010: Package installs should not use latest.
+#   Sometimes we need to update some packages.
+# ANSIBLE0012: Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing
+# ANSIBLE0013: Use Shell only when shell functionality is required
+# ANSIBLE0016: Tasks that run when changed should likely be handlers
+#   this requires refactoring roles, skipping for now
+SKIPLIST="ANSIBLE0006,ANSIBLE0007,ANSIBLE0010,ANSIBLE0012,ANSIBLE0013,ANSIBLE0016"
+
+# Generate the role from cookiecutter
+cookiecutter --no-input . project_name=ci
+
+# Lint the role.
+ansible-lint -vvv -x $SKIPLIST ./ansible-role-tripleo-ci|| lint_error=1
+
+# exit with 1 if we had a least an error or warning.
+if [[ -n "$lint_error" ]]; then
+    exit 1;
+fi
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+++ b/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+name = ansible-role-tripleo-cookiecutter
+summary = ansible-role-tripleo-cookiecutter - Ansible cookiecutter role for the TripleO project.
+description-file =
+    README.md
+author = TripleO Team
+author-email = jillr@redhat.com
+home-page = https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ansible-role-tripleo-cookiecutter
+classifier =
+  License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+  Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+  Intended Audience :: Developers
+  Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+  Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+  Topic :: Utilities
+
+[global]
+setup-hooks =
+    pbr.hooks.setup_hook
+
+[files]
+data_files =
+    share/ansible/roles/tripleo-cookiecutter/defaults = defaults/*
+    share/ansible/roles/tripleo-cookiecutter/meta = meta/*
+    share/ansible/roles/tripleo-cookiecutter/tasks = tasks/*
+    share/ansible/roles/tripleo-cookiecutter/templates = templates/*
+    share/ansible/roles/tripleo-cookiecutter/files = files/*
+
+[wheel]
+universal = 1
+
+[pbr]
+skip_authors = True
+skip_changelog = True
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#   Copyright Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#   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.
+
+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr'],
+    pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
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+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
+cookiecutter
+ansible-lint
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+++ b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+envlist = docs, linters
+skipdist = True
+
+[testenv]
+usedevelop = True
+install_command = pip install -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt} {opts} {packages}
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+whitelist_externals = bash
+
+[testenv:bindep]
+# Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
+# system dependencies are missing, since it's used to tell you what system
+# dependencies are missing! This also means that bindep must be installed
+# separately, outside of the requirements files.
+deps = bindep
+commands = bindep test
+
+[testenv:pep8]
+commands =
+    # Run hacking/flake8 check for all python files
+    bash -c "git ls-files | grep -v releasenotes |  xargs grep --binary-files=without-match \
+        --files-with-match '^.!.*python$' \
+        --exclude-dir .tox \
+        --exclude-dir .git \
+        --exclude-dir .eggs \
+        --exclude-dir *.egg-info \
+        --exclude-dir dist \
+        --exclude-dir *lib/python* \
+        --exclude-dir doc \
+        | xargs flake8 --verbose"
+
+[testenv:ansible-lint]
+basepython=python3
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands =
+  bash ci-scripts/ansible-lint.sh
+
+[testenv:linters]
+deps =
+    -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+    -r{toxinidir}/ansible-requirements.txt
+commands =
+    {[testenv:pep8]commands}
+    {[testenv:ansible-lint]commands}
+
+[testenv:releasenotes]
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands = bash -c ci-scripts/releasenotes_tox.sh
+
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}
+
+[flake8]
+# E123, E125 skipped as they are invalid PEP-8.
+# E265 deals withs paces inside of comments
+show-source = True
+ignore = E123,E125,E265
+builtins = _
diff --git a/zuul.d/layout.yaml b/zuul.d/layout.yaml
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+++ b/zuul.d/layout.yaml
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+- project:
+    templates:
+      - release-openstack-server
+    check:
+      jobs:
+        - openstack-tox-linters
+    gate:
+      jobs:
+        - openstack-tox-linters
+    post:
+      jobs:
+        - publish-openstack-python-branch-tarball