diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 akanda-rug
 ==========
 
-ties the room together
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+ties the room together
+
+The RUG is a service that manages tenant Akanda Router instances in an
+Openstack environment.
+
diff --git a/akanda/__init__.py b/akanda/__init__.py
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+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/akanda/rug/__init__.py b/akanda/rug/__init__.py
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diff --git a/akanda/rug/agent.py b/akanda/rug/agent.py
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+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    pass
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+[nosetests]
+where = test
+verbosity = 2
+detailed-errors = 1
+cover-package = akanda
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+setup(
+    name='Akanda Router Update Generator',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='A service that manages tenant Akanda router instances',
+    author='DreamHost',
+    author_email='dev-community@dreamhost.com',
+    url='http://github.com/dreamhost/akanda-rug',
+    license='BSD',
+    install_requires=[
+        'netaddr>=0.7.7',
+    ],
+    namespace_packages=['akanda'],
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'akanda-rug-service=akanda.rug.agent:main'
+        ]
+    },
+)
diff --git a/test/__init__.py b/test/__init__.py
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diff --git a/test/unit/__init__.py b/test/unit/__init__.py
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diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
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+tox
+unittest2
+nose
+coverage
+mock>=0.8.0
+pep8
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+envlist = py26,py27,pep8
+
+[testenv]
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test_requirements.txt
+commands = nosetests {posargs}
+sitepackages = False
+
+[tox:jenkins]
+
+[testenv:pep8]
+deps = pep8
+       setuptools_git>=0.4
+commands = pep8 --repeat --show-source --ignore=E125 --exclude=.venv,.tox,dist,doc,*egg .
+
+[testenv:cover]
+setenv = NOSE_WITH_COVERAGE=1
+
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}