diff --git a/planetstack/tests/planetstacktest.py b/planetstack/tests/planetstacktest.py
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+import os
+import json
+import sys
+import time
+
+sys.path.append("/opt/planetstack")
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "planetstack.settings")
+from openstack.manager import OpenStackManager
+from core.models import Slice, Sliver, ServiceClass, Reservation, Tag, Network, User, Node, Image, Deployment, Site, NetworkTemplate, NetworkSlice
+
+TEST_SITE_NAME = "Princeton University"
+TEST_USER_EMAIL = "sbaker@planetstack.org"
+TEST_IMAGE_NAME = "Fedora 16 LXC rev 1.3"
+TEST_NODE_NAME = "viccidev3.cs.princeton.edu"
+TEST_DEPLOYMENT_NAME = "VICCI"
+
+def fail(msg):
+    print msg
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+def fail_unless(condition, msg):
+    if not condition:
+        fail(msg)
+
+class PlanetStackTest:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.objs_saved = []
+        self.counter = 0
+
+    def setup(self):
+        self.manager = OpenStackManager()
+
+        print "getting test site"
+        self.testSite = Site.objects.get(name=TEST_SITE_NAME)
+
+        print "getting test user"
+        self.testUser = User.objects.get(email=TEST_USER_EMAIL)
+
+        print "getting test image"
+        self.testImage = Image.objects.get(name=TEST_IMAGE_NAME)
+
+        print "getting test node"
+        self.testNode = Node.objects.get(name=TEST_NODE_NAME)
+
+        print "getting test deployment"
+        self.testDeployment = Deployment.objects.get(name=TEST_DEPLOYMENT_NAME)
+
+    def save_and_wait_for_enacted(self, x, nonempty_fields=[]):
+        print "saving", x.__class__.__name__, str(x)
+        x.save()
+        self.objs_saved.append(x)
+        print "   waiting for", str(x), "to be enacted"
+        tStart = time.time()
+        while True:
+            new_x = x.__class__.objects.get(id=x.id)
+            if (new_x.enacted != None) and (new_x.enacted >= new_x.updated):
+                print "  ", str(x), "has been enacted"
+                break
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+        if nonempty_fields:
+            print "   waiting for", ", ".join(nonempty_fields), "to be nonempty"
+            while True:
+                new_x = x.__class__.objects.get(id=x.id)
+                keep_waiting=False
+                for field in nonempty_fields:
+                    if not getattr(new_x, field, None):
+                        keep_waiting=True
+                if not keep_waiting:
+                    break
+
+        print "   saved and enacted in %d seconds" % int(time.time() - tStart)
+
+        return new_x
+
+    def make_slice_name(self):
+        self.counter = self.counter +1
+        return "test-" + str(time.time()) + "." + str(self.counter)
+
+    def get_network_template(self,name):
+        template = NetworkTemplate.objects.get(name=name)
+        return template
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        print "cleaning up"
+        print "press return"
+        sys.stdin.readline()
+        for obj in self.objs_saved:
+            try:
+                 print "  deleting", str(obj)
+                 obj.delete()
+            except:
+                 print "failed to delete", str(obj)