diff --git a/xos/configurations/test/Makefile.inside b/xos/configurations/test/Makefile.inside
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+run_tests:
+	cd /opt/xos/tosca/tests
+	python ./alltests.py
+
diff --git a/xos/configurations/test/README b/xos/configurations/test/README
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+to be filled in with instructions for running test infrastructure