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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (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.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# 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
+os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'sdncon.settings'
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+test_labels = ['clusterAdmin', "contenttypes", "sessions", "messages"]
+smoke_test_labels = ["admin", "rest", "controller", "stats"]
+
+def runtests(tests=test_labels):
+    import django.test.utils, django.conf
+    test_runner = django.test.utils.get_runner(django.conf.settings)
+    if hasattr(test_runner, "run_tests"):
+        test_runner = test_runner(verbosity=2).run_tests
+    failures = test_runner(tests)
+    sys.exit(0 if failures == 0 else 1)
+
+def runtests_smoke():
+    return runtests(smoke_test_labels)