diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Packages
+# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
+# git has its own built in compression methods
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+.venv
+venv/
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Logs and other temporary files
+*.log
+*.retry
+*.swp
+
+# track these files, if they exist
+!.gitignore
+
+# engine temporary files
+engine/inventory/inventory.ini
+engine/inventory/bifrost_inventory.py
+engine/inventory/group_vars/all/pdf.yaml
+engine/inventory/group_vars/all/idf.yaml
diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
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+++ b/.gitreview
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+[gerrit]
+host=gerrit.nordix.org
+port=29418
+project=infra/stack/kubernetes.git
+defaultbranch=master
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
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+---
+yaml-files:
+  - '*.yaml'
+  - '*.yml'
+  - '.yamllint'
+
+rules:
+  braces: enable
+  brackets: enable
+  colons: enable
+  commas: enable
+  comments:
+    level: warning
+  comments-indentation:
+    level: warning
+  document-end: disable
+  document-start:
+    level: warning
+  empty-lines: enable
+  empty-values: disable
+  hyphens: enable
+  indentation: enable
+  key-duplicates: enable
+  key-ordering: disable
+  line-length: disable
+  new-line-at-end-of-file: enable
+  new-lines: enable
+  octal-values: disable
+  quoted-strings: disable
+  trailing-spaces: enable
+  truthy:
+    level: error
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+++ b/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+name = engine
+summary = An automation framework
+description-file =
+    README.md
+author = Nordix Infra
+author-email = infra@nordix.org
+home-page = https://www.nordix.org/
+classifier =
+    Environment :: Cloud Infra
+    Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
+import setuptools
+
+# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
+# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+try:
+    import multiprocessing  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
+    pbr=True)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
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+++ b/test-requirements.txt
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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file contains engine python requirement version pins.
+# Changing versions might have side effects!
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# NOTE: engine test requirements
+tox==3.14.3
+ansible-lint==4.1.0
+yamllint==1.19.0
+shellcheck-py==0.7.0.1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+basepython = py36
+minversion = 2.5
+skipsdist = true
+envlist = ansible-lint, shellcheck, yamllint, docs
+install_command = pip install --force-reinstall {opts} {packages}
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+
+[testenv:ansible-lint]
+description = invoke ansible-lint to analyse Ansible playbooks and roles
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands =
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir} -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' \
+    ! -regex '.*heat-template.*\|.*.tox.*\|.*.venv.*' \
+    -print0 | xargs -t -n1 -0 ansible-lint --nocolor"
+
+[testenv:yamllint]
+description = invoke yamllint to analyse YAML files
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands =
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir} -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' \
+    ! -regex '.*.tox.*\|.*.venv.*' \
+    -print0 | xargs -t -n1 -0 yamllint --format standard --strict"
+
+[testenv:shellcheck]
+description = invoke shellcheck to analyse bash shell scripts
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands =
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir} -type f -regex '.*.sh' \
+    ! -regex '.*.tox.*\|.*.venv.*' \
+    -print0 | xargs -t -n1 -0 shellcheck --color=never --source-path={toxinidir} \
+    --external-sources --format=tty"