diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
index 8a541d4..e1d852d 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ def get_swift_codename(version):
             releases = UBUNTU_OPENSTACK_RELEASE
             release = [k for k, v in six.iteritems(releases) if codename in v]
             ret = subprocess.check_output(['apt-cache', 'policy', 'swift'])
+            if six.PY3:
+                ret = ret.decode('UTF-8')
             if codename in ret or release[0] in ret:
                 return codename
     elif len(codenames) == 1:
@@ -2043,14 +2045,25 @@ def token_cache_pkgs(source=None, release=None):
 
 def update_json_file(filename, items):
     """Updates the json `filename` with a given dict.
-    :param filename: json filename (i.e.: /etc/glance/policy.json)
+    :param filename: path to json file (e.g. /etc/glance/policy.json)
     :param items: dict of items to update
     """
+    if not items:
+        return
+
     with open(filename) as fd:
         policy = json.load(fd)
+
+    # Compare before and after and if nothing has changed don't write the file
+    # since that could cause unnecessary service restarts.
+    before = json.dumps(policy, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
     policy.update(items)
+    after = json.dumps(policy, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+    if before == after:
+        return
+
     with open(filename, "w") as fd:
-        fd.write(json.dumps(policy, indent=4))
+        fd.write(after)
 
 
 @cached
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
index 3923161..e13e60a 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def validator(value, valid_type, valid_range=None):
         assert isinstance(valid_range, list), \
             "valid_range must be a list, was given {}".format(valid_range)
         # If we're dealing with strings
-        if valid_type is six.string_types:
+        if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
             assert value in valid_range, \
                 "{} is not in the list {}".format(value, valid_range)
         # Integer, float should have a min and max
@@ -377,12 +377,12 @@ def get_mon_map(service):
         try:
             return json.loads(mon_status)
         except ValueError as v:
-            log("Unable to parse mon_status json: {}. Error: {}".format(
-                mon_status, v.message))
+            log("Unable to parse mon_status json: {}. Error: {}"
+                .format(mon_status, str(v)))
             raise
     except CalledProcessError as e:
-        log("mon_status command failed with message: {}".format(
-            e.message))
+        log("mon_status command failed with message: {}"
+            .format(str(e)))
         raise
 
 
@@ -517,7 +517,8 @@ def pool_set(service, pool_name, key, value):
     :param value:
     :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
     """
-    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'set', pool_name, key, value]
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'set', pool_name, key,
+           str(value).lower()]
     try:
         check_call(cmd)
     except CalledProcessError:
@@ -621,16 +622,24 @@ def create_erasure_profile(service, profile_name, erasure_plugin_name='jerasure'
     :param durability_estimator: int
     :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
     """
+    version = ceph_version()
+
     # Ensure this failure_domain is allowed by Ceph
     validator(failure_domain, six.string_types,
               ['chassis', 'datacenter', 'host', 'osd', 'pdu', 'pod', 'rack', 'region', 'room', 'root', 'row'])
 
     cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'erasure-code-profile', 'set', profile_name,
-           'plugin=' + erasure_plugin_name, 'k=' + str(data_chunks), 'm=' + str(coding_chunks),
-           'ruleset_failure_domain=' + failure_domain]
+           'plugin=' + erasure_plugin_name, 'k=' + str(data_chunks), 'm=' + str(coding_chunks)
+           ]
     if locality is not None and durability_estimator is not None:
         raise ValueError("create_erasure_profile should be called with k, m and one of l or c but not both.")
 
+    # failure_domain changed in luminous
+    if version and version >= '12.0.0':
+        cmd.append('crush-failure-domain=' + failure_domain)
+    else:
+        cmd.append('ruleset-failure-domain=' + failure_domain)
+
     # Add plugin specific information
     if locality is not None:
         # For local erasure codes
@@ -1064,14 +1073,24 @@ class CephBrokerRq(object):
         self.ops = []
 
     def add_op_request_access_to_group(self, name, namespace=None,
-                                       permission=None, key_name=None):
+                                       permission=None, key_name=None,
+                                       object_prefix_permissions=None):
         """
         Adds the requested permissions to the current service's Ceph key,
-        allowing the key to access only the specified pools
+        allowing the key to access only the specified pools or
+        object prefixes. object_prefix_permissions should be a dictionary
+        keyed on the permission with the corresponding value being a list
+        of prefixes to apply that permission to.
+            {
+                'rwx': ['prefix1', 'prefix2'],
+                'class-read': ['prefix3']}
         """
-        self.ops.append({'op': 'add-permissions-to-key', 'group': name,
-                         'namespace': namespace, 'name': key_name or service_name(),
-                         'group-permission': permission})
+        self.ops.append({
+            'op': 'add-permissions-to-key', 'group': name,
+            'namespace': namespace,
+            'name': key_name or service_name(),
+            'group-permission': permission,
+            'object-prefix-permissions': object_prefix_permissions})
 
     def add_op_create_pool(self, name, replica_count=3, pg_num=None,
                            weight=None, group=None, namespace=None):
@@ -1107,7 +1126,10 @@ class CephBrokerRq(object):
     def _ops_equal(self, other):
         if len(self.ops) == len(other.ops):
             for req_no in range(0, len(self.ops)):
-                for key in ['replicas', 'name', 'op', 'pg_num', 'weight']:
+                for key in [
+                        'replicas', 'name', 'op', 'pg_num', 'weight',
+                        'group', 'group-namespace', 'group-permission',
+                        'object-prefix-permissions']:
                     if self.ops[req_no].get(key) != other.ops[req_no].get(key):
                         return False
         else:
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py
index 7f2a060..79a7a24 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import functools
 from subprocess import (
     CalledProcessError,
     check_call,
@@ -101,3 +102,52 @@ def create_lvm_volume_group(volume_group, block_device):
     :block_device: str: Full path of PV-initialized block device.
     '''
     check_call(['vgcreate', volume_group, block_device])
+
+
+def list_logical_volumes(select_criteria=None, path_mode=False):
+    '''
+    List logical volumes
+
+    :param select_criteria: str: Limit list to those volumes matching this
+                                 criteria (see 'lvs -S help' for more details)
+    :param path_mode: bool: return logical volume name in 'vg/lv' format, this
+                            format is required for some commands like lvextend
+    :returns: [str]: List of logical volumes
+    '''
+    lv_diplay_attr = 'lv_name'
+    if path_mode:
+        # Parsing output logic relies on the column order
+        lv_diplay_attr = 'vg_name,' + lv_diplay_attr
+    cmd = ['lvs', '--options', lv_diplay_attr, '--noheadings']
+    if select_criteria:
+        cmd.extend(['--select', select_criteria])
+    lvs = []
+    for lv in check_output(cmd).decode('UTF-8').splitlines():
+        if not lv:
+            continue
+        if path_mode:
+            lvs.append('/'.join(lv.strip().split()))
+        else:
+            lvs.append(lv.strip())
+    return lvs
+
+
+list_thin_logical_volume_pools = functools.partial(
+    list_logical_volumes,
+    select_criteria='lv_attr =~ ^t')
+
+list_thin_logical_volumes = functools.partial(
+    list_logical_volumes,
+    select_criteria='lv_attr =~ ^V')
+
+
+def extend_logical_volume_by_device(lv_name, block_device):
+    '''
+    Extends the size of logical volume lv_name by the amount of free space on
+    physical volume block_device.
+
+    :param lv_name: str: name of logical volume to be extended (vg/lv format)
+    :param block_device: str: name of block_device to be allocated to lv_name
+    '''
+    cmd = ['lvextend', lv_name, block_device]
+    check_call(cmd)
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
index 5cc5c86..fd14d60 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py
@@ -549,6 +549,8 @@ def write_file(path, content, owner='root', group='root', perms=0o444):
         with open(path, 'wb') as target:
             os.fchown(target.fileno(), uid, gid)
             os.fchmod(target.fileno(), perms)
+            if six.PY3 and isinstance(content, six.string_types):
+                content = content.encode('UTF-8')
             target.write(content)
         return
     # the contents were the same, but we might still need to change the
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
index d8dc378..99451b5 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ UBUNTU_RELEASES = (
     'yakkety',
     'zesty',
     'artful',
+    'bionic',
 )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
index e37f283..5afbbd8 100644
--- a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/deployment.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import six
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
             self.d.configure(service, config)
 
     def _auto_wait_for_status(self, message=None, exclude_services=None,
-                              include_only=None, timeout=1800):
+                              include_only=None, timeout=None):
         """Wait for all units to have a specific extended status, except
         for any defined as excluded.  Unless specified via message, any
         status containing any case of 'ready' will be considered a match.
@@ -215,7 +216,10 @@ class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
         :param timeout: Maximum time in seconds to wait for status match
         :returns: None.  Raises if timeout is hit.
         """
-        self.log.info('Waiting for extended status on units...')
+        if not timeout:
+            timeout = int(os.environ.get('AMULET_SETUP_TIMEOUT', 1800))
+        self.log.info('Waiting for extended status on units for {}s...'
+                      ''.format(timeout))
 
         all_services = self.d.services.keys()
 
@@ -252,9 +256,9 @@ class OpenStackAmuletDeployment(AmuletDeployment):
         service_messages = {service: message for service in services}
 
         # Check for idleness
-        self.d.sentry.wait()
+        self.d.sentry.wait(timeout=timeout)
         # Check for error states and bail early
-        self.d.sentry.wait_for_status(self.d.juju_env, services)
+        self.d.sentry.wait_for_status(self.d.juju_env, services, timeout=timeout)
         # Check for ready messages
         self.d.sentry.wait_for_messages(service_messages, timeout=timeout)
 
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
index b71b2b1..87f364d 100644
--- a/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/amulet/utils.py
@@ -858,9 +858,12 @@ class OpenStackAmuletUtils(AmuletUtils):
         :returns: List of pool name, object count, kb disk space used
         """
         df = self.get_ceph_df(sentry_unit)
-        pool_name = df['pools'][pool_id]['name']
-        obj_count = df['pools'][pool_id]['stats']['objects']
-        kb_used = df['pools'][pool_id]['stats']['kb_used']
+        for pool in df['pools']:
+            if pool['id'] == pool_id:
+                pool_name = pool['name']
+                obj_count = pool['stats']['objects']
+                kb_used = pool['stats']['kb_used']
+
         self.log.debug('Ceph {} pool (ID {}): {} objects, '
                        '{} kb used'.format(pool_name, pool_id,
                                            obj_count, kb_used))
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/core/host.py b/tests/charmhelpers/core/host.py
index 5cc5c86..fd14d60 100644
--- a/tests/charmhelpers/core/host.py
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/core/host.py
@@ -549,6 +549,8 @@ def write_file(path, content, owner='root', group='root', perms=0o444):
         with open(path, 'wb') as target:
             os.fchown(target.fileno(), uid, gid)
             os.fchmod(target.fileno(), perms)
+            if six.PY3 and isinstance(content, six.string_types):
+                content = content.encode('UTF-8')
             target.write(content)
         return
     # the contents were the same, but we might still need to change the
diff --git a/tests/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py b/tests/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
index d8dc378..99451b5 100644
--- a/tests/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
+++ b/tests/charmhelpers/core/host_factory/ubuntu.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ UBUNTU_RELEASES = (
     'yakkety',
     'zesty',
     'artful',
+    'bionic',
 )