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+#
+# Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+"""
+Some consul related convenience functions
+"""
+
+from structlog import get_logger
+from consul import Consul
+from random import randint
+from common.utils.nethelpers import get_my_primary_local_ipv4
+
+log = get_logger()
+
+
+def connect_to_consult(consul_endpoint):
+    log.debug('getting-service-endpoint', consul=consul_endpoint)
+
+    host = consul_endpoint.split(':')[0].strip()
+    port = int(consul_endpoint.split(':')[1].strip())
+
+    return Consul(host=host, port=port)
+
+
+def verify_all_services_healthy(consul_endpoint, service_name=None,
+                                number_of_expected_services=None):
+    """
+    Verify in consul if any service is healthy
+    :param consul_endpoint: a <host>:<port> string
+    :param service_name: name of service to check, optional
+    :param number_of_expected_services number of services to check for, optional
+    :return: true if healthy, false otherwise
+    """
+
+    def check_health(service):
+        _, serv_health = consul.health.service(service, passing=True)
+        return not serv_health == []
+
+    consul = connect_to_consult(consul_endpoint)
+
+    if service_name is not None:
+        return check_health(service_name)
+
+    services = get_all_services(consul_endpoint)
+
+    items = services.keys()
+
+    if number_of_expected_services is not None and \
+                    len(items) != number_of_expected_services:
+        return False
+
+    for item in items:
+        if not check_health(item):
+            return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def get_all_services(consul_endpoint):
+    log.debug('getting-service-verify-health')
+
+    consul = connect_to_consult(consul_endpoint)
+    _, services = consul.catalog.services()
+
+    return services
+
+
+def get_all_instances_of_service(consul_endpoint, service_name):
+    log.debug('getting-all-instances-of-service', service=service_name)
+
+    consul = connect_to_consult(consul_endpoint)
+    _, services = consul.catalog.service(service_name)
+
+    for service in services:
+        log.debug('service',
+                  name=service['ServiceName'],
+                  serviceid=service['ServiceID'],
+                  serviceport=service['ServicePort'],
+                  createindex=service['CreateIndex'])
+
+    return services
+
+
+def get_endpoint_from_consul(consul_endpoint, service_name):
+    """
+    Get endpoint of service_name from consul.
+    :param consul_endpoint: a <host>:<port> string
+    :param service_name: name of service for which endpoint
+                         needs to be found.
+    :return: service endpoint if available, else exit.
+    """
+    log.debug('getting-service-info', service=service_name)
+
+    consul = connect_to_consult(consul_endpoint)
+    _, services = consul.catalog.service(service_name)
+
+    if len(services) == 0:
+        raise Exception(
+            'Cannot find service {} in consul'.format(service_name))
+        os.exit(1)
+
+    """ Get host IPV4 address
+    """
+    local_ipv4 = get_my_primary_local_ipv4()
+    """ If host IP address from where the request came in matches
+        the IP address of the requested service's host IP address,
+        pick the endpoint
+    """
+    for i in range(len(services)):
+        service = services[i]
+        if service['ServiceAddress'] == local_ipv4:
+            log.debug("picking address locally")
+            endpoint = '{}:{}'.format(service['ServiceAddress'],
+                                      service['ServicePort'])
+            return endpoint
+
+    """ If service is not available locally, picak a random
+        endpoint for the service from the list
+    """
+    service = services[randint(0, len(services) - 1)]
+    endpoint = '{}:{}'.format(service['ServiceAddress'],
+                              service['ServicePort'])
+
+    return endpoint
+
+
+def get_healthy_instances(consul_endpoint, service_name=None,
+                          number_of_expected_services=None):
+    """
+    Verify in consul if any service is healthy
+    :param consul_endpoint: a <host>:<port> string
+    :param service_name: name of service to check, optional
+    :param number_of_expected_services number of services to check for, optional
+    :return: true if healthy, false otherwise
+    """
+
+    def check_health(service):
+        _, serv_health = consul.health.service(service, passing=True)
+        return not serv_health == []
+
+    consul = connect_to_consult(consul_endpoint)
+
+    if service_name is not None:
+        return check_health(service_name)
+
+    services = get_all_services(consul_endpoint)
+
+    items = services.keys()
+
+    if number_of_expected_services is not None and \
+                    len(items) != number_of_expected_services:
+        return False
+
+    for item in items:
+        if not check_health(item):
+            return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # print get_endpoint_from_consul('10.100.198.220:8500', 'kafka')
+    # print get_healthy_instances('10.100.198.220:8500', 'voltha-health')
+    # print get_healthy_instances('10.100.198.220:8500')
+    get_all_instances_of_service('10.100.198.220:8500', 'voltha-grpc')