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+#    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 time
+
+from oslo_utils import timeutils
+from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+
+from tempest.common import compute
+from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest import config
+from tempest import exceptions
+import tempest.test
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class BaseTelemetryTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
+
+    """Base test case class for all Telemetry API tests."""
+
+    credentials = ['primary']
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not CONF.service_available.ceilometer:
+            raise cls.skipException("Ceilometer support is required")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_credentials(cls):
+        cls.set_network_resources()
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).setup_credentials()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.telemetry_client = cls.os.telemetry_client
+        cls.servers_client = cls.os.servers_client
+        cls.flavors_client = cls.os.flavors_client
+        cls.image_client = cls.os.image_client
+        cls.image_client_v2 = cls.os.image_client_v2
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).resource_setup()
+        cls.nova_notifications = ['memory', 'vcpus', 'disk.root.size',
+                                  'disk.ephemeral.size']
+
+        cls.glance_notifications = ['image.size']
+
+        cls.glance_v2_notifications = ['image.download', 'image.serve']
+
+        cls.server_ids = []
+        cls.image_ids = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_server(cls):
+        tenant_network = cls.get_tenant_network()
+        body, server = compute.create_test_server(
+            cls.os,
+            tenant_network=tenant_network,
+            name=data_utils.rand_name('ceilometer-instance'),
+            wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        cls.server_ids.append(body['id'])
+        return body
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_image(cls, client):
+        body = client.create_image(
+            data_utils.rand_name('image'), container_format='bare',
+            disk_format='raw', visibility='private')
+        # TODO(jswarren) Move ['image'] up to initial body value assignment
+        # once both v1 and v2 glance clients include the full response
+        # object.
+        if 'image' in body:
+            body = body['image']
+        cls.image_ids.append(body['id'])
+        return body
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def cleanup_resources(method, list_of_ids):
+        for resource_id in list_of_ids:
+            try:
+                method(resource_id)
+            except lib_exc.NotFound:
+                pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
+        cls.cleanup_resources(cls.servers_client.delete_server, cls.server_ids)
+        cls.cleanup_resources(cls.image_client.delete_image, cls.image_ids)
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
+
+    def await_samples(self, metric, query):
+        """This method is to wait for sample to add it to database.
+
+        There are long time delays when using Postgresql (or Mysql)
+        database as ceilometer backend
+        """
+        timeout = CONF.compute.build_timeout
+        start = timeutils.utcnow()
+        while timeutils.delta_seconds(start, timeutils.utcnow()) < timeout:
+            body = self.telemetry_client.list_samples(metric, query)
+            if body:
+                return body
+            time.sleep(CONF.compute.build_interval)
+
+        raise exceptions.TimeoutException(
+            'Sample for metric:%s with query:%s has not been added to the '
+            'database within %d seconds' % (metric, query,
+                                            CONF.compute.build_timeout))
+
+
+class BaseTelemetryAdminTest(BaseTelemetryTest):
+    """Base test case class for admin Telemetry API tests."""
+
+    credentials = ['primary', 'admin']
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(BaseTelemetryAdminTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.telemetry_admin_client = cls.os_adm.telemetry_client
+
+    def await_events(self, query):
+        timeout = CONF.compute.build_timeout
+        start = timeutils.utcnow()
+        while timeutils.delta_seconds(start, timeutils.utcnow()) < timeout:
+            body = self.telemetry_admin_client.list_events(query)
+            if body:
+                return body
+            time.sleep(CONF.compute.build_interval)
+
+        raise exceptions.TimeoutException(
+            'Event with query:%s has not been added to the '
+            'database within %d seconds' % (query, CONF.compute.build_timeout))