Test: Get the cord-tester ready for real CORD deployment.
Fabric test, manifest, option to specify container image prefix, gradle build changes to publish and a host of other changes for cord.

Change-Id: I4bd1c8d9ff4c0a6d117219ca847ae03c61784096
diff --git a/Dockerfile.tester b/Dockerfile.tester
index 2030ed2..e47ccff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.tester
+++ b/Dockerfile.tester
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
         unzip libpcre3-dev flex bison libboost-dev \
         python python-pip python-setuptools python-scapy tcpdump doxygen doxypy wget \
         openvswitch-common openvswitch-switch \
-        python-twisted python-sqlite sqlite3 python-pexpect telnet arping isc-dhcp-server
+        python-twisted python-sqlite sqlite3 python-pexpect telnet arping isc-dhcp-server \
+        python-paramiko python-maas-client
 RUN easy_install nose
 RUN mkdir -p /root/ovs
 WORKDIR /root
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6ef8a83..7737296 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     dockerPath = project.hasProperty('dockerPath') ? project.getProperty('dockerPath') : '/usr/bin'
 
     cordTesterImages = [ 'cord-test/radius:latest' : 'Dockerfile.radius', 'cord-test/quagga:latest' : 'Dockerfile.quagga', 'cord-test/nose:latest' : 'Dockerfile.tester' ]
+
 }
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global tasks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -49,8 +50,56 @@
     }
 }
 
+task buildRadiusImage(type: Exec) {
+    commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'build', '-t', 'cord-test/radius', '-f', 'Dockerfile.radius', '.'
+}
+
+task tagRadiusImage(type: Exec) {
+   dependsOn buildRadiusImage
+   commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'tag', 'cord-test/radius', "$targetReg/cord-test/radius:$targetTag"
+}
+
+task publishRadiusImage(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn tagRadiusImage
+    commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'push', "$targetReg/cord-test/radius:$targetTag"
+}
+
+task buildQuaggaImage(type: Exec) {
+    commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'build', '-t', 'cord-test/quagga', '-f', 'Dockerfile.quagga', '.'
+}
+
+task tagQuaggaImage(type: Exec) {
+   dependsOn buildQuaggaImage
+   commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'tag', 'cord-test/quagga', "$targetReg/cord-test/quagga:$targetTag"
+}
+
+task publishQuaggaImage(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn tagQuaggaImage
+    commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'push', "$targetReg/cord-test/quagga:$targetTag"
+}
+
+task buildTesterImage(type: Exec) {
+    commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'build', '-t', 'cord-test/nose', '-f', 'Dockerfile.tester', '.'
+}
+
+task tagTesterImage(type: Exec) {
+   dependsOn buildTesterImage
+   commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'tag', 'cord-test/nose', "$targetReg/cord-test/nose:$targetTag"
+}
+
+task publishTesterImage(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn tagTesterImage
+    commandLine "$dockerPath/docker", 'push', "$targetReg/cord-test/nose:$targetTag"
+}
+
 // Publish image(s) built during the build step into targetReg registry using the targetTag
 // tag. See maas subproject for examples on how to do this.
+task publishImages {
+     dependsOn publishTesterImage
+     dependsOn publishQuaggaImage
+     dependsOn publishRadiusImage
+}
+
 task publish {
-    println "$targetTag"
+    dependsOn publishImages
 }
diff --git a/src/test/cordSubscriber/cordSubscriberTest.py b/src/test/cordSubscriber/cordSubscriberTest.py
index 0447fcf..f4f32d6 100644
--- a/src/test/cordSubscriber/cordSubscriberTest.py
+++ b/src/test/cordSubscriber/cordSubscriberTest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# 
+# Copyright 2016-present Ciena Corporation
+#
+# 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
 from nose.tools import *
 from nose.twistedtools import reactor, deferred
diff --git a/src/test/fabric/__init__.py b/src/test/fabric/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3dcc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/fabric/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# 
+# Copyright 2016-present Ciena Corporation
+#
+# 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 os,sys
+##add the python path to lookup the utils
+working_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[-1]))
+utils_dir = os.path.join(working_dir, '../utils')
+fsm_dir = os.path.join(working_dir, '../fsm')
+__path__.append(utils_dir)
+__path__.append(fsm_dir)
diff --git a/src/test/fabric/fabricTest.py b/src/test/fabric/fabricTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec17e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/fabric/fabricTest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# 
+# Copyright 2016-present Ciena Corporation
+#
+# 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
+from nose.tools import *
+from nose.twistedtools import reactor, deferred
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from TestManifest import TestManifest
+from Fabric import FabricMAAS, Fabric
+from scapy.all import *
+import os
+log.setLevel('INFO')
+
+class fabric_exchange(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    node_list = []
+    fabric = None
+    FABRIC_TEST_TIMEOUT = 30
+    key_file = os.getenv('SSH_KEY_FILE', None)
+    api_key = os.getenv('MAAS_API_KEY', 'UNKNOWN')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        if cls.api_key == 'UNKNOWN':
+            return
+        maas = FabricMAAS(api_key = cls.api_key)
+        cls.node_list = maas.get_node_list()
+        cls.fabric = Fabric(cls.node_list, key_file = cls.key_file, verbose = False)
+
+    @deferred(FABRIC_TEST_TIMEOUT)
+    def test_fabric(self):
+        """Test the connectivity between the compute nodes"""
+        df = defer.Deferred()
+        def verify_fabric(df):
+            assert_not_equal(self.fabric, None)
+            failed_nodes = []
+            failed_nodes = self.fabric.ping_neighbors()
+            if failed_nodes:
+                log.info('Failed nodes: %s' %failed_nodes)
+                for node, neighbor, _ in failed_nodes:
+                    log.info('Ping from node %s to neighbor %s Failed' %(node, neighbor))
+            assert_equal(len(failed_nodes), 0)
+            df.callback(0)
+        reactor.callLater(0, verify_fabric, df)
+        return df
diff --git a/src/test/setup/cord-test.py b/src/test/setup/cord-test.py
index 8bc17ea..2108410 100755
--- a/src/test/setup/cord-test.py
+++ b/src/test/setup/cord-test.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import os,sys,time,socket,errno
+import shutil, platform
 utils_dir = os.path.join( os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../utils')
 sys.path.append(utils_dir)
 from OnosCtrl import OnosCtrl
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@
 from threadPool import ThreadPool
 from CordContainer import *
 from CordTestServer import cord_test_server_start, cord_test_server_stop, CORD_TEST_HOST, CORD_TEST_PORT
+from TestManifest import TestManifest
+try:
+    from Fabric import FabricMAAS
+except:
+    FabricMAAS = None
 
 class CordTester(Container):
     sandbox = '/root/test'
@@ -42,19 +48,19 @@
     ALL_TESTS = ('tls', 'dhcp', 'dhcprelay','igmp', 'subscriber', 'cordSubscriber', 'vrouter', 'flows', 'proxyarp', 'acl')
 
     def __init__(self, tests, instance = 0, num_instances = 1, ctlr_ip = None,
-                 name = '', image = IMAGE, tag = 'latest',
+                 name = '', image = IMAGE, prefix = '', tag = 'candidate',
                  env = None, rm = False, update = False):
         self.tests = tests
         self.ctlr_ip = ctlr_ip
         self.rm = rm
         self.name = name or self.get_name()
-        super(CordTester, self).__init__(self.name, image = image, tag = tag)
+        super(CordTester, self).__init__(self.name, image = image, prefix = prefix, tag = tag)
         host_config = self.create_host_config(host_guest_map = self.host_guest_map, privileged = True)
         volumes = []
         for _, g in self.host_guest_map:
             volumes.append(g)
         if update is True or not self.img_exists():
-            self.build_image(image)
+            self.build_image(self.image_name)
         self.create = True
         #check if are trying to run tests on existing container
         if not name or not self.exists():
@@ -221,7 +227,8 @@
         unzip libpcre3-dev flex bison libboost-dev \
         python python-pip python-setuptools python-scapy tcpdump doxygen doxypy wget \
         openvswitch-common openvswitch-switch \
-        python-twisted python-sqlite sqlite3 python-pexpect telnet arping isc-dhcp-server
+        python-twisted python-sqlite sqlite3 python-pexpect telnet arping isc-dhcp-server \
+        python-paramiko python-maas-client
 RUN easy_install nose
 RUN mkdir -p /root/ovs
 WORKDIR /root
@@ -285,12 +292,27 @@
 
 ##default onos/radius/test container images and names
 onos_image_default='onosproject/onos:latest'
-nose_image_default= '{}:latest'.format(CordTester.IMAGE)
+nose_image_default= '{}:candidate'.format(CordTester.IMAGE)
 test_type_default='dhcp'
 onos_app_version = '2.0-SNAPSHOT'
 cord_tester_base = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 onos_app_file = os.path.abspath('{0}/../apps/ciena-cordigmp-'.format(cord_tester_base) + onos_app_version + '.oar')
 cord_test_server_address = '{}:{}'.format(CORD_TEST_HOST, CORD_TEST_PORT)
+identity_file_default = '/etc/maas/ansible/id_rsa'
+
+##sets up the ssh key file for the test container
+def set_ssh_key_file(identity_file):
+    ssh_key_file = None
+    if os.access(identity_file, os.F_OK):
+        ##copy it to setup directory
+        identity_dest = os.path.join(CordTester.tester_base, 'id_rsa')
+        if os.path.abspath(identity_file) != identity_dest:
+            try:
+                shutil.copy(identity_file, identity_dest)
+                ssh_key_file = os.path.join(CordTester.sandbox_setup, 'id_rsa')
+            except: pass
+
+    return ssh_key_file
 
 def runTest(args):
     #Start the cord test tcp server
@@ -317,7 +339,7 @@
     tests_parallel = [ t for t in tests if t.split(':')[0] not in tests_exempt ]
     tests_not_parallel = [ t for t in tests if t.split(':')[0] in tests_exempt ]
     onos_cnt = {'tag':'latest'}
-    nose_cnt = {'image': CordTester.IMAGE, 'tag': 'latest'}
+    nose_cnt = {'image': CordTester.IMAGE, 'tag': 'candidate'}
     update_map = { 'quagga' : False, 'test' : False, 'radius' : False }
     update_map[args.update.lower()] = True
 
@@ -325,7 +347,25 @@
        for c in update_map.keys():
            update_map[c] = True
 
+    onos_ip = None
     radius_ip = None
+    head_node = platform.node()
+    use_manifest = False
+    if args.manifest:
+        if os.access(args.manifest, os.F_OK):
+            ##copy it to setup directory
+            dest = os.path.join(CordTester.tester_base, 'manifest.json')
+            if os.path.abspath(args.manifest) != dest:
+                try:
+                    shutil.copy(args.manifest, dest)
+                except: pass
+            test_manifest = TestManifest(dest)
+            onos_ip = test_manifest.onos_ip
+            radius_ip = test_manifest.radius_ip
+            head_node = test_manifest.head_node
+            use_manifest = True
+        else:
+            print('Unable to access test manifest: %s' %args.manifest)
 
     #don't spawn onos if the user has specified external test controller with test interface config
     if args.test_controller:
@@ -335,40 +375,68 @@
             radius_ip = ips[1]
         else:
             radius_ip = None
-    else:
-        onos_cnt['image'] = args.onos.split(':')[0]
-        if args.onos.find(':') >= 0:
-            onos_cnt['tag'] = args.onos.split(':')[1]
 
-        onos = Onos(image = onos_cnt['image'], tag = onos_cnt['tag'], boot_delay = 60)
+    Container.IMAGE_PREFIX = args.prefix
+    if onos_ip is None:
+        image_names = args.onos.rsplit(':', 1)
+        onos_cnt['image'] = image_names[0]
+        if len(image_names) > 1:
+            if image_names[1].find('/') < 0:
+                onos_cnt['tag'] = image_names[1]
+            else:
+                #tag cannot have slashes
+                onos_cnt['image'] = args.onos
+
+        Onos.IMAGE = onos_cnt['image']
+        Onos.PREFIX = args.prefix
+        Onos.TAG = onos_cnt['tag']
+        onos = Onos(image = Onos.IMAGE,
+                    tag = Onos.TAG, boot_delay = 60)
         onos_ip = onos.ip()
 
     print('Onos IP %s, Test type %s' %(onos_ip, args.test_type))
-    if args.test_controller:
+    if use_manifest or args.test_controller:
         print('Installing ONOS cord apps')
-        Onos.install_cord_apps(onos_ip = onos_ip)
+        try:
+            Onos.install_cord_apps(onos_ip = onos_ip)
+        except: pass
 
     print('Installing cord tester ONOS app %s' %onos_app_file)
-    OnosCtrl.install_app(args.app, onos_ip = onos_ip)
+    try:
+        OnosCtrl.install_app(args.app, onos_ip = onos_ip)
+    except: pass
 
     if radius_ip is None:
         ##Start Radius container
-        radius = Radius( update = update_map['radius'])
+        radius = Radius(prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, update = update_map['radius'])
         radius_ip = radius.ip()
 
     print('Radius server running with IP %s' %radius_ip)
 
     if args.quagga == True:
         #Start quagga. Builds container if required
-        quagga = Quagga(update = update_map['quagga'])
+        quagga = Quagga(prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, update = update_map['quagga'])
 
+    try:
+        maas_api_key = FabricMAAS.get_api_key()
+    except:
+        maas_api_key = 'UNKNOWN'
+
+    ssh_key_file = set_ssh_key_file(args.identity_file)
     test_cnt_env = { 'ONOS_CONTROLLER_IP' : onos_ip,
                      'ONOS_AAA_IP' : radius_ip if radius_ip is not None else '',
                      'QUAGGA_IP': test_host,
                      'CORD_TEST_HOST' : test_host,
                      'CORD_TEST_PORT' : test_port,
                      'ONOS_RESTART' : 0 if args.olt and args.test_controller else 1,
+                     'MANIFEST': int(use_manifest),
+                     'HEAD_NODE': head_node if head_node else CORD_TEST_HOST,
+                     'MAAS_API_KEY': maas_api_key
                    }
+
+    if ssh_key_file:
+        test_cnt_env['SSH_KEY_FILE'] = ssh_key_file
+
     if args.olt:
         olt_conf_test_loc = os.path.join(CordTester.sandbox_setup, 'olt_config.json')
         test_cnt_env['OLT_CONFIG'] = olt_conf_test_loc
@@ -390,7 +458,10 @@
         test_cnt = CordTester(tests_parallel[test_slice_start:test_slice_end],
                               instance = container, num_instances = num_test_containers,
                               ctlr_ip = onos_ip,
-                              name = args.container, image = nose_cnt['image'], tag = nose_cnt['tag'],
+                              name = args.container,
+                              image = nose_cnt['image'],
+                              prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX,
+                              tag = nose_cnt['tag'],
                               env = test_cnt_env,
                               rm = False if args.keep else True,
                               update = update_map['test'])
@@ -401,7 +472,8 @@
         if not test_cnt.create:
             continue
         if test_cnt.create and (args.start_switch or not args.olt):
-            test_cnt.start_switch()
+            if not args.no_switch:
+                test_cnt.start_switch()
         if test_cnt.create and test_cnt.olt:
             _, port_num = test_cnt.setup_intfs(port_num = port_num)
 
@@ -414,14 +486,18 @@
     if tests_not_parallel:
         test_cnt = CordTester(tests_not_parallel,
                               ctlr_ip = onos_ip,
-                              name = args.container, image = nose_cnt['image'], tag = nose_cnt['tag'],
+                              name = args.container,
+                              image = nose_cnt['image'],
+                              prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX,
+                              tag = nose_cnt['tag'],
                               env = test_cnt_env,
                               rm = False if args.keep else True,
                               update = update_map['test'])
         if test_cnt.create and (args.start_switch or not args.olt):
             #For non parallel tests, we just restart the switch also for OLT's
             CordTester.switch_on_olt = False
-            test_cnt.start_switch()
+            if not args.no_switch:
+                test_cnt.start_switch()
         if test_cnt.create and test_cnt.olt:
             test_cnt.setup_intfs(port_num = port_num)
         test_cnt.run_tests()
@@ -432,7 +508,7 @@
 ##Starts onos/radius/quagga containers as appropriate
 def setupCordTester(args):
     onos_cnt = {'tag':'latest'}
-    nose_cnt = {'image': CordTester.IMAGE, 'tag': 'latest'}
+    nose_cnt = {'image': CordTester.IMAGE, 'tag': 'candidate'}
     update_map = { 'quagga' : False, 'radius' : False, 'test': False }
     update_map[args.update.lower()] = True
 
@@ -452,6 +528,22 @@
         #Disable test container provisioning on the ONOS compute node
         args.dont_provision = True
 
+    head_node = platform.node()
+    use_manifest = False
+    if args.manifest:
+        if os.access(args.manifest, os.F_OK):
+            ##copy it to setup directory
+            dest = os.path.join(CordTester.tester_base, 'manifest.json')
+            if os.path.abspath(args.manifest) != dest:
+                try:
+                    shutil.copy(args.manifest, dest)
+                except: pass
+            test_manifest = TestManifest(dest)
+            onos_ip = test_manifest.onos_ip
+            radius_ip = test_manifest.radius_ip
+            head_node = test_manifest.head_node
+            use_manifest = True
+
     ##If onos/radius was already started
     if args.test_controller:
         ips = args.test_controller.split('/')
@@ -469,33 +561,46 @@
             sys.exit(1)
         onos_cord = OnosCord(onos_ip, onos_cord_loc)
 
+    Container.IMAGE_PREFIX = args.prefix
     #don't spawn onos if the user had started it externally
-    onos_cnt['image'] = args.onos.split(':')[0]
-    if args.onos.find(':') >= 0:
-        onos_cnt['tag'] = args.onos.split(':')[1]
+    image_names = args.onos.rsplit(':', 1)
+    onos_cnt['image'] = image_names[0]
+    if len(image_names) > 1:
+        if image_names[1].find('/') < 0:
+            onos_cnt['tag'] = image_names[1]
+        else:
+            #tag cannot have slashes
+            onos_cnt['image'] = args.onos
 
+    Onos.IMAGE = onos_cnt['image']
+    Onos.PREFIX = args.prefix
+    Onos.TAG = onos_cnt['tag']
     if onos_ip is None:
-        onos = Onos(image = onos_cnt['image'], tag = onos_cnt['tag'], boot_delay = 60)
+        onos = Onos(image = Onos.IMAGE, tag = Onos.TAG, boot_delay = 60)
         onos_ip = onos.ip()
 
     print('Onos IP %s' %onos_ip)
-    if args.test_controller:
+    if use_manifest or args.test_controller:
         print('Installing ONOS cord apps')
-        Onos.install_cord_apps(onos_ip = onos_ip)
+        try:
+            Onos.install_cord_apps(onos_ip = onos_ip)
+        except: pass
 
     print('Installing cord tester ONOS app %s' %onos_app_file)
-    OnosCtrl.install_app(args.app, onos_ip = onos_ip)
+    try:
+        OnosCtrl.install_app(args.app, onos_ip = onos_ip)
+    except: pass
 
     ##Start Radius container if not started
     if radius_ip is None:
-        radius = Radius( update = update_map['radius'])
+        radius = Radius(prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, update = update_map['radius'])
         radius_ip = radius.ip()
 
     print('Radius server running with IP %s' %radius_ip)
 
     if args.quagga == True:
         #Start quagga. Builds container if required
-        quagga = Quagga(update = update_map['quagga'])
+        quagga = Quagga(prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, update = update_map['quagga'])
         print('Quagga started')
 
     params = args.server.split(':')
@@ -504,6 +609,13 @@
     if len(params) > 1:
         port = int(params[1])
 
+    try:
+        maas_api_key = FabricMAAS.get_api_key()
+    except:
+        maas_api_key = 'UNKNOWN'
+
+    ssh_key_file = set_ssh_key_file(args.identity_file)
+
     #provision the test container
     if not args.dont_provision:
         test_cnt_env = { 'ONOS_CONTROLLER_IP' : onos_ip,
@@ -512,7 +624,13 @@
                          'CORD_TEST_HOST' : ip,
                          'CORD_TEST_PORT' : port,
                          'ONOS_RESTART' : 0 if args.olt and args.test_controller else 1,
+                         'MANIFEST': int(use_manifest),
+                         'HEAD_NODE': head_node if head_node else CORD_TEST_HOST,
+                         'MAAS_API_KEY': maas_api_key
                        }
+
+        if ssh_key_file:
+            test_cnt_env['SSH_KEY_FILE'] = ssh_key_file
         if args.olt:
             olt_conf_test_loc = os.path.join(CordTester.sandbox_setup, 'olt_config.json')
             test_cnt_env['OLT_CONFIG'] = olt_conf_test_loc
@@ -520,6 +638,7 @@
         test_cnt = CordTester((),
                               ctlr_ip = onos_ip,
                               image = nose_cnt['image'],
+                              prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX,
                               tag = nose_cnt['tag'],
                               env = test_cnt_env,
                               rm = False,
@@ -540,7 +659,10 @@
         sys.exit(0)
 
 def cleanupTests(args):
-    test_container = '{}:latest'.format(CordTester.IMAGE)
+    prefix = args.prefix
+    if prefix:
+        prefix += '/'
+    test_container = '{}{}:candidate'.format(prefix, CordTester.IMAGE)
     print('Cleaning up Test containers ...')
     Container.cleanup(test_container)
     if args.olt:
@@ -555,28 +677,44 @@
     CordTester.list_tests(tests)
 
 def buildImages(args):
+    tag = 'candidate'
+    prefix = args.prefix
+    if prefix:
+        prefix += '/'
     if args.image == 'all' or args.image == 'quagga':
-        Quagga.build_image(Quagga.IMAGE)
+        image_name = '{}{}:{}'.format(prefix, Quagga.IMAGE, tag)
+        Quagga.build_image(image_name)
 
     if args.image == 'all' or args.image == 'radius':
-        Radius.build_image(Radius.IMAGE)
+        image_name = '{}{}:{}'.format(prefix, Radius.IMAGE, tag)
+        Radius.build_image(image_name)
 
     if args.image == 'all' or args.image == 'test':
-        CordTester.build_image(CordTester.IMAGE)
+        image_name = '{}{}:{}'.format(prefix, CordTester.IMAGE, tag)
+        CordTester.build_image(image_name)
 
 def startImages(args):
-
     ##starts the latest ONOS image
+    onos_cnt = {'tag': 'latest'}
+    image_names = args.onos.rsplit(':', 1)
+    onos_cnt['image'] = image_names[0]
+    if len(image_names) > 1:
+        if image_names[1].find('/') < 0:
+            onos_cnt['tag'] = image_names[1]
+        else:
+            #tag cannot have slashes
+            onos_cnt['image'] = args.onos
+
     if args.image == 'all' or args.image == 'onos':
-        onos = Onos()
+        onos = Onos(image = onos_cnt['image'], tag = onos_cnt['tag'])
         print('ONOS started with ip %s' %(onos.ip()))
 
     if args.image == 'all' or args.image == 'quagga':
-        quagga = Quagga()
+        quagga = Quagga(prefix = args.prefix)
         print('Quagga started with ip %s' %(quagga.ip()))
 
     if args.image == 'all' or args.image == 'radius':
-        radius = Radius()
+        radius = Radius(prefix = args.prefix)
         print('Radius started with ip %s' %(radius.ip()))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -587,7 +725,7 @@
     parser_run.add_argument('-o', '--onos', default=onos_image_default, type=str, help='ONOS container image')
     parser_run.add_argument('-q', '--quagga',action='store_true',help='Provision quagga container for vrouter')
     parser_run.add_argument('-a', '--app', default=onos_app_file, type=str, help='Cord ONOS app filename')
-    parser_run.add_argument('-p', '--olt', action='store_true', help='Use OLT config')
+    parser_run.add_argument('-l', '--olt', action='store_true', help='Use OLT config')
     parser_run.add_argument('-e', '--test-controller', default='', type=str, help='External test controller ip for Onos and/or radius server. '
                         'Eg: 10.0.0.2/10.0.0.3 to specify ONOS and Radius ip to connect')
     parser_run.add_argument('-r', '--server', default=cord_test_server_address, type=str,
@@ -602,6 +740,11 @@
     parser_run.add_argument('-n', '--num-containers', default=1, type=int,
                             help='Specify number of test containers to spawn for tests')
     parser_run.add_argument('-c', '--container', default='', type=str, help='Test container name for running tests')
+    parser_run.add_argument('-m', '--manifest', default='', type=str, help='Provide test configuration manifest')
+    parser_run.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', default='', type=str, help='Provide container image prefix')
+    parser_run.add_argument('-d', '--no-switch', action='store_true', help='Dont start test switch.')
+    parser_run.add_argument('-i', '--identity-file', default=identity_file_default,
+                            type=str, help='ssh identity file to access compute nodes from test container')
     parser_run.set_defaults(func=runTest)
 
 
@@ -618,10 +761,14 @@
                         '    --update=radius to rebuild radius server image.'
                         '    --update=all to rebuild all cord tester images.')
     parser_setup.add_argument('-d', '--dont-provision', action='store_true', help='Dont start test container.')
-    parser_setup.add_argument('-p', '--olt', action='store_true', help='Use OLT config')
+    parser_setup.add_argument('-l', '--olt', action='store_true', help='Use OLT config')
     parser_setup.add_argument('-s', '--start-switch', action='store_true', help='Start OVS when running under OLT config')
     parser_setup.add_argument('-c', '--onos-cord', default='', type=str,
                               help='Specify cord location for ONOS cord when running on podd')
+    parser_setup.add_argument('-m', '--manifest', default='', type=str, help='Provide test configuration manifest')
+    parser_setup.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', default='', type=str, help='Provide container image prefix')
+    parser_setup.add_argument('-i', '--identity-file', default=identity_file_default,
+                              type=str, help='ssh identity file to access compute nodes from test container')
     parser_setup.set_defaults(func=setupCordTester)
 
     parser_list = subparser.add_parser('list', help='List test cases')
@@ -633,14 +780,18 @@
 
     parser_build = subparser.add_parser('build', help='Build cord test container images')
     parser_build.add_argument('image', choices=['quagga', 'radius', 'test', 'all'])
+    parser_build.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', default='', type=str, help='Provide container image prefix')
     parser_build.set_defaults(func=buildImages)
 
     parser_start = subparser.add_parser('start', help='Start cord tester containers')
+    parser_start.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', default='', type=str, help='Provide container image prefix')
+    parser_start.add_argument('-o', '--onos', default=onos_image_default, type=str, help='ONOS container image')
     parser_start.add_argument('image', choices=['onos', 'quagga', 'radius', 'all'])
     parser_start.set_defaults(func=startImages)
 
     parser_cleanup = subparser.add_parser('cleanup', help='Cleanup test containers')
-    parser_cleanup.add_argument('-p', '--olt', action = 'store_true', help = 'Cleanup OLT config')
+    parser_cleanup.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', default='', type=str, help='Provide container image prefix')
+    parser_cleanup.add_argument('-l', '--olt', action = 'store_true', help = 'Cleanup OLT config')
     parser_cleanup.set_defaults(func=cleanupTests)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/src/test/setup/manifest.json b/src/test/setup/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..366558e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/setup/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "onos"   : "172.17.0.2",
+  "radius" : "172.17.0.3",
+  "head_node"   : "cord-r6-s1.cord.lab"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/utils/CordContainer.py b/src/test/utils/CordContainer.py
index e5a3a1d..11f257b 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/CordContainer.py
+++ b/src/test/utils/CordContainer.py
@@ -48,8 +48,14 @@
 
 class Container(object):
     dckr = Client()
-    def __init__(self, name, image, tag = 'latest', command = 'bash', quagga_config = None):
+    IMAGE_PREFIX = '' ##for saving global prefix for all test classes
+
+    def __init__(self, name, image, prefix='', tag = 'candidate', command = 'bash', quagga_config = None):
         self.name = name
+        self.prefix = prefix
+        if prefix:
+            self.prefix += '/'
+            image = '{}{}'.format(self.prefix, image)
         self.image = image
         self.tag = tag
         if tag:
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@
         return '/{0}'.format(self.name) in list(flatten(n['Names'] for n in self.dckr.containers()))
 
     def img_exists(self):
-        return self.image_name in [ctn['RepoTags'][0] for ctn in self.dckr.images()]
+        return self.image_name[len(self.prefix):] in [ctn['RepoTags'][0] for ctn in self.dckr.images()]
 
     def ip(self):
         cnt_list = filter(lambda c: c['Image'] == self.image_name, self.dckr.containers())
@@ -286,6 +292,9 @@
     NAME = 'cord-onos'
     ##the ip of ONOS in default cluster.json in setup/onos-config
     CLUSTER_CFG_IP = '172.17.0.2'
+    IMAGE = 'onosproject/onos'
+    TAG = 'latest'
+    PREFIX = ''
 
     @classmethod
     def onos_generate_cluster_cfg(cls, ip):
@@ -294,7 +303,7 @@
             os.system(cmd)
         except: pass
 
-    def __init__(self, name = NAME, image = 'onosproject/onos', tag = 'latest',
+    def __init__(self, name = NAME, image = 'onosproject/onos', prefix = '', tag = 'latest',
                  boot_delay = 60, restart = False, network_cfg = None):
         if restart is True:
             ##Find the right image to restart
@@ -306,7 +315,7 @@
                     tag = image_name.split(':')[1]
                 except: pass
 
-        super(Onos, self).__init__(name, image, tag = tag, quagga_config = self.quagga_config)
+        super(Onos, self).__init__(name, image, prefix = prefix, tag = tag, quagga_config = self.quagga_config)
         if restart is True and self.exists():
             self.kill()
         if not self.exists():
@@ -369,11 +378,11 @@
     IMAGE = 'cord-test/radius'
     NAME = 'cord-radius'
 
-    def __init__(self, name = NAME, image = IMAGE, tag = 'latest',
+    def __init__(self, name = NAME, image = IMAGE, prefix = '', tag = 'candidate',
                  boot_delay = 10, restart = False, update = False):
-        super(Radius, self).__init__(name, image, tag = tag, command = self.start_command)
+        super(Radius, self).__init__(name, image, prefix = prefix, tag = tag, command = self.start_command)
         if update is True or not self.img_exists():
-            self.build_image(image)
+            self.build_image(self.image_name)
         if restart is True and self.exists():
             self.kill()
         if not self.exists():
@@ -416,11 +425,11 @@
     IMAGE = 'cord-test/quagga'
     NAME = 'cord-quagga'
 
-    def __init__(self, name = NAME, image = IMAGE, tag = 'latest',
+    def __init__(self, name = NAME, image = IMAGE, prefix = '', tag = 'candidate',
                  boot_delay = 15, restart = False, config_file = quagga_config_file, update = False):
-        super(Quagga, self).__init__(name, image, tag = tag, quagga_config = self.quagga_config)
+        super(Quagga, self).__init__(name, image, prefix = prefix, tag = tag, quagga_config = self.quagga_config)
         if update is True or not self.img_exists():
-            self.build_image(image)
+            self.build_image(self.image_name)
         if restart is True and self.exists():
             self.kill()
         if not self.exists():
diff --git a/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py b/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py
index 3b97814..47b84e3 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py
+++ b/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 CORD_TEST_PORT = 25000
 
 class QuaggaStopWrapper(Container):
-    def __init__(self, name = Quagga.NAME, image = Quagga.IMAGE, tag = 'latest'):
-        super(QuaggaStopWrapper, self).__init__(name, image, tag = tag)
+    def __init__(self, name = Quagga.NAME, image = Quagga.IMAGE, tag = 'candidate'):
+        super(QuaggaStopWrapper, self).__init__(name, image, prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, tag = tag)
         if self.exists():
             self.kill()
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         if self.onos_cord:
             self.onos_cord.start(restart = True, network_cfg = config)
         else:
-            Onos(restart = True, network_cfg = config)
+            Onos(restart = True, network_cfg = config, image = Onos.IMAGE, tag = Onos.TAG)
         return 'DONE'
 
     def restart_onos(self, kwargs):
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             with open(quagga_config, 'w+') as fd:
                 fd.write(str(config))
         print('Restarting QUAGGA with config file %s, delay %d' %(config_file, boot_delay))
-        Quagga(restart = True, config_file = config_file, boot_delay = boot_delay)
+        Quagga(prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, restart = True, config_file = config_file, boot_delay = boot_delay)
         return 'DONE'
 
     def restart_quagga(self, kwargs):
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
     def restart_radius(self):
         print('Restarting RADIUS Server')
-        Radius(restart = True)
+        Radius(prefix = Container.IMAGE_PREFIX, restart = True)
         return 'DONE'
 
 @nottest
diff --git a/src/test/utils/Fabric.py b/src/test/utils/Fabric.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7a3e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/utils/Fabric.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# 
+# Copyright 2016-present Ciena Corporation
+#
+# 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 os, sys
+import json
+import platform
+import subprocess
+from apiclient.maas_client import MAASOAuth, MAASDispatcher, MAASClient
+from paramiko import SSHClient, WarningPolicy, AutoAddPolicy
+from CordTestServer import CORD_TEST_HOST
+
+class FabricMAAS(object):
+    head_node = os.getenv('HEAD_NODE', CORD_TEST_HOST)
+    maas_url = 'http://{}/MAAS/api/1.0/'.format(head_node)
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key = None, url = maas_url):
+        if api_key == None:
+            self.api_key = self.get_api_key()
+        else:
+            self.api_key = api_key
+        self.auth = MAASOAuth(*self.api_key.split(':'))
+        self.url = url
+        self.client = MAASClient(self.auth, MAASDispatcher(), self.url)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_api_key(cls):
+        api_key = os.getenv('MAAS_API_KEY', None)
+        if api_key:
+            return api_key
+        cmd = ['maas-region-admin', 'apikey', '--username=cord']
+        try:
+            p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
+        except:
+            return 'UNKNOWN'
+        out, err = p.communicate()
+        if err:
+            raise Exception('Cannot get api key for MAAS')
+        return out.strip()
+
+    def get_node_list(self):
+        nodes = self.client.get(u'nodes/', 'list').read()
+        node_list = json.loads(nodes)
+        hosts = [ self.head_node ] +  map(lambda n: n['hostname'], node_list)
+        return hosts
+
+class Fabric(object):
+    entropy = 1
+    simulation = False
+    def __init__(self, node_list, user = 'ubuntu', passwd = 'ubuntu', key_file = None, verbose = False):
+        self.cur_node = None
+        if Fabric.simulation:
+            self.cur_node = FabricMAAS.head_node
+        self.node_list = node_list
+        self.user = user
+        self.passwd = passwd
+        self.key_file = key_file
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.client = SSHClient()
+        self.client.load_system_host_keys()
+        self.client.set_missing_host_key_policy(AutoAddPolicy())
+
+    def run_cmd(self, node, neighbor, cmd, simulation = False):
+        if simulation is True:
+            Fabric.entropy = Fabric.entropy ^ 1
+            return bool(Fabric.entropy)
+        if node == self.cur_node:
+            res = os.system(cmd)
+            return res == 0
+        try:
+            self.client.connect(node, username = self.user, key_filename = self.key_file, timeout = 5)
+        except:
+            print('Unable to ssh to node %s for neighbor %s' %(node, neighbor))
+            return False
+        channel = self.client.get_transport().open_session()
+        channel.exec_command(cmd)
+        status = channel.recv_exit_status()
+        channel.close()
+        if self.verbose:
+            print('Cmd %s returned with status %d on node %s for neighbor %s' %(cmd, status, node, neighbor))
+        return status == 0
+
+    def ping_neighbor(self, node, neighbor):
+        cmd = 'ping -c 1 -w 2 {}'.format(neighbor)
+        return self.run_cmd(node, neighbor, cmd, Fabric.simulation)
+
+    def ping_neighbors(self):
+        result_map = []
+        for n in self.node_list:
+            for adj in self.node_list:
+                if adj == n:
+                    continue
+                res = self.ping_neighbor(n, adj)
+                result_map.append((n,adj,res))
+
+        ##report
+        if self.verbose:
+            for node, neighbor, res in result_map:
+                print('Ping from node %s to neighbor %s returned %s\n' %(node, neighbor, res))
+
+        failed_nodes = filter(lambda f: f[2] == False, result_map)
+        return failed_nodes
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        nodes_file = sys.argv[1]
+        with open(nodes_file, 'r') as fd:
+            nodes = json.load(fd)
+        node_list = nodes['node_list']
+    else:
+        m = FabricMAAS()
+        node_list = m.get_node_list()
+        print('Node list: %s' %node_list)
+    Fabric.simulation = True
+    fab = Fabric(node_list, verbose = False)
+    failed_nodes = fab.ping_neighbors()
+    if failed_nodes:
+        print('Failed nodes: %s' %failed_nodes)
+        for node, neighbor, _ in failed_nodes:
+            print('Ping from node %s to neighbor %s Failed' %(node, neighbor))
+    else:
+        print('Fabric test between nodes %s is successful' %node_list)
diff --git a/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py b/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2156972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# 
+# Copyright 2016-present Ciena Corporation
+#
+# 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 json
+import os
+import shutil
+
+class TestManifest(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, manifest):
+        self.manifest = manifest
+        with open(self.manifest, 'r') as fd:
+            data = json.load(fd)
+        self.onos_ip = data.get('onos', None)
+        self.radius_ip = data.get('radius', None)
+        self.head_node = data.get('head_node', None)