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+# (c) Copyright 2014,2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# 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 unittest
+
+import mock
+# from mock import patch
+
+from freezer.storage import ftp
+
+
+class BaseFtpStorageTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(BaseFtpStorageTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.ftp_opt = mock.Mock()
+        self.ftp_opt.ftp_storage_path = '/just/a/path'
+        self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_pwd = 'passawd'
+        self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_username = 'usrname'
+        self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_ip = '0.0.0.0'
+        self.ftp_opt.self.ftp_port = 80
+        self.ftp_opt.ftp_max_segment_size = 1024
+
+    def test_validate_BaseFtpStorage(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as cm:  # noqa
+            ftp.FtpStorage(
+                storage_path=self.ftp_opt.ftp_storage_path,
+                remote_pwd=self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_pwd,
+                remote_ip=None,
+                remote_username=self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_username,
+                port=self.ftp_opt.ftp_port,
+                max_segment_size=self.ftp_opt.ftp_max_segment_size)
+            the_exception = cm.exception
+            self.assertIn('Please provide --ftp-host value',
+                          str(the_exception))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as cm:  # noqa
+            ftp.FtpStorage(
+                storage_path=self.ftp_opt.ftp_storage_path,
+                remote_pwd=self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_pwd,
+                remote_ip=self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_ip,
+                remote_username=None,
+                port=self.ftp_opt.ftp_port,
+                max_segment_size=self.ftp_opt.ftp_max_segment_size)
+            the_exception = cm.exception
+            self.assertIn('Please provide --ftp-username value',
+                          str(the_exception))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as cm:  # noqa
+            ftp.FtpStorage(
+                storage_path=self.ftp_opt.ftp_storage_path,
+                remote_pwd=None,
+                remote_username=self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_username,
+                remote_ip=self.ftp_opt.ftp_remote_ip,
+                port=self.ftp_opt.ftp_port,
+                max_segment_size=self.ftp_opt.ftp_max_segment_size)
+            the_exception = cm.exception
+            self.assertIn('Please provide remote password',
+                          str(the_exception))