diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/db.py b/ceilometer/tests/db.py
index 355852f4..ae67df1f 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/db.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/db.py
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ class MongoDbManager(fixtures.Fixture):
 
 
 class SQLManager(fixtures.Fixture):
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        db_name = 'ceilometer_%s' % uuid.uuid4().hex
+        engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(url)
+        conn = engine.connect()
+        self._create_database(conn, db_name)
+        conn.close()
+        engine.dispose()
+        parsed = list(urlparse.urlparse(url))
+        parsed[2] = '/' + db_name
+        self.url = urlparse.urlunparse(parsed)
+
     def setUp(self):
         super(SQLManager, self).setUp()
         self.connection = storage.get_connection(
@@ -71,37 +82,19 @@ class SQLManager(fixtures.Fixture):
         self.event_connection = storage.get_connection(
             self.url, 'ceilometer.event.storage')
 
-    @property
-    def url(self):
-        return self._url.replace('template1', self._db_name)
-
 
 class PgSQLManager(SQLManager):
-
-    def __init__(self, url):
-        self._url = url
-        self._db_name = 'ceilometer_%s' % uuid.uuid4().hex
-        self._engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(self._url)
-        self._conn = self._engine.connect()
-        self._conn.connection.set_isolation_level(0)
-        self._conn.execute(
-            'CREATE DATABASE %s WITH TEMPLATE template0;' % self._db_name)
-        self._conn.connection.set_isolation_level(1)
-        self._conn.close()
-        self._engine.dispose()
+    @staticmethod
+    def _create_database(conn, db_name):
+        conn.connection.set_isolation_level(0)
+        conn.execute('CREATE DATABASE %s WITH TEMPLATE template0;' % db_name)
+        conn.connection.set_isolation_level(1)
 
 
 class MySQLManager(SQLManager):
-
-    def __init__(self, url):
-        self._url = url
-        self._db_name = 'ceilometer_%s' % uuid.uuid4().hex
-        self._engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(
-            self._url.replace('template1', ''))
-        self._conn = self._engine.connect()
-        self._conn.execute('CREATE DATABASE %s;' % self._db_name)
-        self._conn.close()
-        self._engine.dispose()
+    @staticmethod
+    def _create_database(conn, db_name):
+        conn.execute('CREATE DATABASE %s;' % db_name)
 
 
 class ElasticSearchManager(fixtures.Fixture):
@@ -188,8 +181,8 @@ class TestBase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestBase, self).setUp()
-        db_url = os.environ.get('CEILOMETER_TEST_STORAGE_URL',
-                                "sqlite://")
+        db_url = os.environ.get('OVERTEST_URL', "sqlite://").replace(
+            "mysql://", "mysql+pymysql://")
 
         engine = urlparse.urlparse(db_url).scheme
         # in case some drivers have additional specification, for example:
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/functional/gabbi/fixtures.py b/ceilometer/tests/functional/gabbi/fixtures.py
index 3af34673..04c34d7c 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/functional/gabbi/fixtures.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/functional/gabbi/fixtures.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class ConfigFixture(fixture.GabbiFixture):
         self.conf = None
 
         # Determine the database connection.
-        db_url = os.environ.get('CEILOMETER_TEST_STORAGE_URL')
+        db_url = os.environ.get('OVERTEST_URL', "sqlite://").replace(
+            "mysql://", "mysql+pymysql://")
         if not db_url:
             raise case.SkipTest('No database connection configured')
 
diff --git a/run-functional-tests.sh b/run-functional-tests.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0ebc5737..ec230e30
--- a/run-functional-tests.sh
+++ b/run-functional-tests.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 set -e
 # Use a mongodb backend by default
 
-
 if [ -z $CEILOMETER_TEST_BACKEND ]; then
     CEILOMETER_TEST_BACKEND="mongodb"
 fi
-echo $CEILOMETER_TEST_BACKEND
+
 for backend in $CEILOMETER_TEST_BACKEND; do
-    ./setup-test-env-${backend}.sh ./tools/pretty_tox.sh $*
+    overtest $backend ./tools/pretty_tox.sh $*
 done
diff --git a/setup-test-env-es.sh b/setup-test-env-es.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ecb32d35..00000000
--- a/setup-test-env-es.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source functions.sh
-
-if [ "$1" = "--coverage" ]; then
-    COVERAGE_ARG="$1"
-    shift
-fi
-
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin
-
-check_for_cmd elasticsearch
-
-# check for Java
-if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
-    JAVA="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
-else
-    JAVA=`which java`
-fi
-
-if [ ! -x "$JAVA" ]; then
-    echo "Could not find any executable java binary. Please install java in your PATH or set JAVA_HOME"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Start ElasticSearch process for tests
-ES_DATA=`mktemp -d /tmp/CEILO-ES-XXXXX`
-ES_PORT=9200
-ES_PID=${ES_DATA}/elasticsearch.pid
-elasticsearch -p ${ES_PID} -Des.http.port=${ES_PORT} -Des.path.logs=${ES_DATA}/logs -Des.path.data=${ES_DATA} -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch &> ${ES_DATA}/out &
-# Wait for ElasticSearch to start listening to connections
-sleep 3
-wait_for_line "started" ${ES_DATA}/out
-export CEILOMETER_TEST_STORAGE_URL="es://localhost:${ES_PORT}"
-
-# Yield execution to venv command
-$*
-
-# Kill ElasticSearch
-kill $(cat ${ES_PID})
diff --git a/setup-test-env-mongodb.sh b/setup-test-env-mongodb.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a1489296..00000000
--- a/setup-test-env-mongodb.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source functions.sh
-
-if [ "$1" = "--coverage" ]; then
-	COVERAGE_ARG="$1"
-	shift
-fi
-
-export PATH=${PATH:+$PATH:}/sbin:/usr/sbin
-check_for_cmd mongod
-
-# Start MongoDB process for tests
-MONGO_DATA=`mktemp -d /tmp/CEILO-MONGODB-XXXXX`
-MONGO_PORT=29000
-trap "clean_exit ${MONGO_DATA}" EXIT
-mkfifo ${MONGO_DATA}/out
-mongod --maxConns 32 --nojournal --noprealloc --smallfiles --quiet --noauth --port ${MONGO_PORT} --dbpath "${MONGO_DATA}" --bind_ip localhost --config /dev/null &>${MONGO_DATA}/out &
-# Wait for Mongo to start listening to connections
-wait_for_line "waiting for connections on port ${MONGO_PORT}" ${MONGO_DATA}/out
-# Read the fifo for ever otherwise mongod would block
-cat ${MONGO_DATA}/out > /dev/null &
-export CEILOMETER_TEST_STORAGE_URL="mongodb://localhost:${MONGO_PORT}/ceilometer"
-
-# Yield execution to venv command
-$*
diff --git a/setup-test-env-mysql.sh b/setup-test-env-mysql.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9e94d441..00000000
--- a/setup-test-env-mysql.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source functions.sh
-
-if [ "$1" = "--coverage" ]; then
-	COVERAGE_ARG="$1"
-	shift
-fi
-
-export PATH=${PATH:+$PATH:}/sbin:/usr/sbin
-
-# On systems like Fedora here's where mysqld can be found
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/libexec
-
-check_for_cmd mysqld
-
-# Start MySQL process for tests
-MYSQL_DATA=`mktemp -d /tmp/CEILO-MYSQL-XXXXX`
-trap "clean_exit ${MYSQL_DATA}" EXIT
-mkfifo ${MYSQL_DATA}/out
-mysqld --datadir=${MYSQL_DATA} --pid-file=${MYSQL_DATA}/mysql.pid --socket=${MYSQL_DATA}/mysql.socket --skip-networking --skip-grant-tables &> ${MYSQL_DATA}/out &
-# Wait for MySQL to start listening to connections
-wait_for_line "mysqld: ready for connections." ${MYSQL_DATA}/out
-export CEILOMETER_TEST_STORAGE_URL="mysql+pymysql://root@localhost/template1?unix_socket=${MYSQL_DATA}/mysql.socket&charset=utf8"
-
-# Yield execution to venv command
-$*
diff --git a/setup-test-env-postgresql.sh b/setup-test-env-postgresql.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 64bc6355..00000000
--- a/setup-test-env-postgresql.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source functions.sh
-
-if [ "$1" = "--coverage" ]; then
-	COVERAGE_ARG="$1"
-	shift
-fi
-
-function clean_exit_pgsql(){
-    ret=$?
-    ${1}/pg_ctl -w -D ${2} -o "-p ${3}" stop
-    rm -rf ${2}
-    return ${ret}
-}
-
-
-#export PATH=${PATH:+$PATH:}/sbin:/usr/sbin
-
-check_for_cmd pg_config
-
-# Start PostgreSQL process for tests
-PGSQL_DATA=`mktemp -d /tmp/CEILO-PGSQL-XXXXX`
-PGSQL_PATH=`pg_config --bindir`
-PGSQL_PORT=9823
-${PGSQL_PATH}/initdb -E UTF8 ${PGSQL_DATA}
-trap "clean_exit_pgsql ${PGSQL_PATH} ${PGSQL_DATA} ${PGSQL_PORT}" EXIT
-
-LANGUAGE=C ${PGSQL_PATH}/pg_ctl -w -D ${PGSQL_DATA} -o "-F -k ${PGSQL_DATA} -p ${PGSQL_PORT}" start
-export CEILOMETER_TEST_STORAGE_URL="postgresql:///?host=${PGSQL_DATA}&port=${PGSQL_PORT}&dbname=template1"
-
-# Yield execution to venv command
-$*
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 6581dce2..c4d79f0f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ oslosphinx!=3.4.0,>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=0.1.1 # Apache2
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.vmware>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+overtest>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 psycopg2>=2.5 # LGPL/ZPL
 pylint==1.4.5 # GNU GPL v2
 pymongo>=3.0.2 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 111c57aa..ce14dc42 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -22,24 +22,20 @@ whitelist_externals = bash
 
 [testenv:py-mongodb]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional/
-commands =
-   bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-mongodb.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+commands = overtest mongodb {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
 
 [testenv:py-mysql]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional/
-commands =
-   bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-mysql.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+commands = overtest mysql {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
 
 [testenv:py-pgsql]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional/
-commands =
-   bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-postgresql.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+commands = overtest postgresql {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
 
 # Functional tests for elastic search
 [testenv:py-elastic]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional/
-commands =
-   bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-es.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+commands = overtest elasticsearch {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
 
 [testenv:functional]
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
@@ -75,8 +71,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:gabbi]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional/gabbi
 passenv = CEILOMETER_*
-commands =
-    bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-mongodb.sh {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
+commands = overtest mongodb {toxinidir}/tools/pretty_tox.sh "{posargs}"
 
 [testenv:cover]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests
@@ -111,19 +106,19 @@ commands = bash -x oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
 
 [testenv:debug-mongodb]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional
-commands = bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-mongodb.sh oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
+commands = overtest mongodb oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
 
 [testenv:debug-mysql]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional
-commands = bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-mysql.sh oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
+commands = overtest mysql oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
 
 [testenv:debug-pgsql]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional
-commands = bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-pgsql.sh oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
+commands = overtest postgresql oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
 
 [testenv:debug-elastic]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=ceilometer/tests/functional
-commands = bash -x {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-es.sh oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
+commands = overtest elasticsearch oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
 
 [flake8]
 ignore =