Merge pull request #1385 from ypu/systemtest

Add system test with ginkgo

79 files changed, 1483 insertions, 642 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 798501ac3..195d105b7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BASHINSTALLDIR=${PREFIX}/share/bash-completion/completions
 OCIUMOUNTINSTALLDIR=$(PREFIX)/share/oci-umount/oci-umount.d
 
 SELINUXOPT ?= $(shell test -x /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled && selinuxenabled && echo -Z)
-PACKAGES ?= $(shell $(GO) list -tags "${BUILDTAGS}" ./... | grep -v github.com/containers/libpod/vendor | grep -v e2e)
+PACKAGES ?= $(shell $(GO) list -tags "${BUILDTAGS}" ./... | grep -v github.com/containers/libpod/vendor | grep -v e2e | grep -v system )
 
 COMMIT_NO ?= $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
 GIT_COMMIT ?= $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no),"${COMMIT_NO}-dirty","${COMMIT_NO}")
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ test/copyimg/copyimg: .gopathok $(wildcard test/copyimg/*.go)
 test/checkseccomp/checkseccomp: .gopathok $(wildcard test/checkseccomp/*.go)
 	$(GO) build -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)' -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) containers_image_ostree_stub" -o $@ $(PROJECT)/test/checkseccomp
 
+test/goecho/goecho: .gopathok $(wildcard test/goecho/*.go)
+	$(GO) build -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)' -o $@ $(PROJECT)/test/goecho
+
 podman: .gopathok $(PODMAN_VARLINK_DEPENDENCIES)
 	$(GO) build -i -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS_PODMAN)' -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o bin/$@ $(PROJECT)/cmd/podman
 
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ clean:
 		test/bin2img/bin2img \
 		test/checkseccomp/checkseccomp \
 		test/copyimg/copyimg \
+		test/goecho/goecho \
 		test/testdata/redis-image \
 		cmd/podman/varlink/iopodman.go \
 		libpod/container_ffjson.go \
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ shell: libpodimage
 testunit: libpodimage
 	${CONTAINER_RUNTIME} run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e CGROUP_MANAGER=cgroupfs -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} make localunit
 
-localunit: varlink_generate
+localunit: test/goecho/goecho varlink_generate
 	$(GO) test -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -cover $(PACKAGES)
 
 ginkgo:
@@ -174,6 +178,12 @@ ginkgo:
 
 localintegration: varlink_generate test-binaries clientintegration ginkgo
 
+localsystem: .install.ginkgo .install.gomega
+	ginkgo -v -noColor test/system/
+
+system.test-binary: .install.ginkgo .install.gomega
+	$(GO) test -c ./test/system
+
 clientintegration:
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/python/podman integration
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/python/pypodman integration
@@ -183,7 +193,7 @@ vagrant-check:
 
 binaries: varlink_generate easyjson_generate podman
 
-test-binaries: test/bin2img/bin2img test/copyimg/copyimg test/checkseccomp/checkseccomp
+test-binaries: test/bin2img/bin2img test/copyimg/copyimg test/checkseccomp/checkseccomp test/goecho/goecho
 
 MANPAGES_MD ?= $(wildcard docs/*.md pkg/*/docs/*.md)
 MANPAGES ?= $(MANPAGES_MD:%.md=%)
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index a068bb4f5..2a9a4d4b1 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,33 @@
 ![PODMAN logo](../logo/podman-logo-source.svg)
-# Integration Tests
+# Test utils
+Test utils provide common functions and structs for testing. It includes two structs:
+* `PodmanTest`: Handle the *podman* command and other global resources like temporary
+directory. It provides basic methods, like checking podman image and pod status. Test
+suites should create their owner test *struct* as a composite of `PodmanTest`, and their
+owner PodmanMakeOptions().
+
+* `PodmanSession`: Store execution session data and related *methods*. Such like get command
+output and so on. It can be used directly in the test suite, only embed it to your owner
+session struct if you need expend it.
+
+## Unittest for test/utils
+To ensure neither *tests* nor *utils* break, There are unit-tests for each *functions* and
+*structs* in `test/utils`. When you adding functions or structs to this *package*, please
+update both unit-tests for it and this documentation.
+
+### Run unit test for test/utils
+Run unit test for test/utils.
+
+```
+make localunit
+```
+
+## Structure of the test utils and test suites
+The test *utils* package is at the same level of test suites. Each test suites also have their
+owner common functions and structs stored in `libpod_suite_test.go`.
 
-Our primary means of performing integration testing for libpod is with the
-[Ginkgo](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo) BDD testing framework. This allows
+# Ginkgo test framework
+[Ginkgo](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo) is a BDD testing framework. This allows
 us to use native Golang to perform our tests and there is a strong affiliation
 between Ginkgo and the Go test framework.
 
@@ -32,8 +57,16 @@ The gomega sources can be simply installed with the command:
 GOPATH=~/go go get github.com/onsi/gomega/...
 ```
 
-### Running the integration tests
+# Integration Tests
+Test suite for integration test for podman command line. It has its own structs:
+* `PodmanTestIntegration`: Integration test *struct* as a composite of `PodmanTest`. It
+set up the global options for *podman* command to ignore the environment influence from
+different test system.
+
+* `PodmanSessionIntegration`: This *struct* has it own *methods* for checking command
+output with given format JSON by using *structs* defined in inspect package.
 
+## Running the integration tests
 You can run the entire suite of integration tests with the following command:
 
 ```
@@ -67,3 +100,21 @@ make shell
 ```
 
 This will run a container and give you a shell and you can follow the instructions above.
+
+# System test
+System tests are used for testing the *podman* CLI in the context of a complete system. It
+requires that *podman*, all dependencies, and configurations are in place.  The intention of
+system testing is to match as closely as possible with real-world user/developer use-cases
+and environments. The orchestration of the environments and tests is left to external
+tooling.
+
+* `PodmanTestSystem`: System test *struct* as a composite of `PodmanTest`. It will not add any
+options to the command by default. When you run system test, you can set GLOBALOPTIONS,
+PODMAN_SUBCMD_OPTIONS or PODMAN_BINARY in ENV to run the test suite for different test matrices.
+
+## Run system test
+You can run the test with following command:
+
+```
+make localsystem
+```
diff --git a/test/e2e/attach_test.go b/test/e2e/attach_test.go
index 245ccf649..6bc576461 100644
--- a/test/e2e/attach_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/attach_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman attach", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman attach", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/checkpoint_test.go b/test/e2e/checkpoint_test.go
index 928a76324..1e4f1eeac 100644
--- a/test/e2e/checkpoint_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/checkpoint_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/criu"
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman checkpoint", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman checkpoint", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 		if !criu.CheckForCriu() {
 			Skip("CRIU is missing or too old.")
diff --git a/test/e2e/commit_test.go b/test/e2e/commit_test.go
index c0e050da4..4ee5061f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/commit_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/commit_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman commit", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman commit", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/create_test.go b/test/e2e/create_test.go
index c36a8e31f..befe7b06d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/create_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/create_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman create", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman create", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/diff_test.go b/test/e2e/diff_test.go
index a83bb14da..2c0060dd5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/diff_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/diff_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman diff", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman diff", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/exec_test.go b/test/e2e/exec_test.go
index 250e08704..fec80717f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/exec_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/exec_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman exec", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman exec", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/export_test.go b/test/e2e/export_test.go
index c11fd777b..42ea45041 100644
--- a/test/e2e/export_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/export_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman export", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman export", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/history_test.go b/test/e2e/history_test.go
index d4b5ad5c0..9bec9ad13 100644
--- a/test/e2e/history_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/history_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman history", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman history", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/images_test.go b/test/e2e/images_test.go
index a8854d08d..a927088ca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/images_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/images_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman images", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman images", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/import_test.go b/test/e2e/import_test.go
index 80773cf8b..9ed4593c6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/import_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/import_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman import", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman import", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/info_test.go b/test/e2e/info_test.go
index dd8645223..e972c86c8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/info_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/info_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman Info", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman Info", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/inspect_test.go b/test/e2e/inspect_test.go
index bff56189e..87c4db935 100644
--- a/test/e2e/inspect_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/inspect_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman inspect", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman inspect", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/kill_test.go b/test/e2e/kill_test.go
index fdf42f2b6..913a843cb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kill_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kill_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman kill", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman kill", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
index ec274cc34..52507c083 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/inspect"
-	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/parsers/kernel"
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -35,14 +31,9 @@ var (
 	defaultWaitTimeout = 90
 )
 
-// PodmanSession wrapps the gexec.session so we can extend it
-type PodmanSession struct {
-	*gexec.Session
-}
-
-// PodmanTest struct for command line options
-type PodmanTest struct {
-	PodmanBinary        string
+// PodmanTestIntegration struct for command line options
+type PodmanTestIntegration struct {
+	PodmanTest
 	ConmonBinary        string
 	CrioRoot            string
 	CNIConfigDir        string
@@ -50,17 +41,13 @@ type PodmanTest struct {
 	RunRoot             string
 	StorageOptions      string
 	SignaturePolicyPath string
-	ArtifactPath        string
-	TempDir             string
 	CgroupManager       string
 	Host                HostOS
 }
 
-// HostOS is a simple struct for the test os
-type HostOS struct {
-	Distribution string
-	Version      string
-	Arch         string
+// PodmanSessionIntegration sturct for command line session
+type PodmanSessionIntegration struct {
+	*PodmanSession
 }
 
 // TestLibpod ginkgo master function
@@ -80,7 +67,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	//Cache images
 	cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
 	INTEGRATION_ROOT = filepath.Join(cwd, "../../")
-	podman := PodmanCreate("/tmp")
+	podman := PodmanTestCreate("/tmp")
 	podman.ArtifactPath = ARTIFACT_DIR
 	if _, err := os.Stat(ARTIFACT_DIR); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		if err = os.Mkdir(ARTIFACT_DIR, 0777); err != nil {
@@ -110,13 +97,8 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	}
 })
 
-// CreateTempDirin
-func CreateTempDirInTempDir() (string, error) {
-	return ioutil.TempDir("", "podman_test")
-}
-
-// PodmanCreate creates a PodmanTest instance for the tests
-func PodmanCreate(tempDir string) PodmanTest {
+// PodmanTestCreate creates a PodmanTestIntegration instance for the tests
+func PodmanTestCreate(tempDir string) *PodmanTestIntegration {
 
 	host := GetHostDistributionInfo()
 	cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
@@ -157,8 +139,12 @@ func PodmanCreate(tempDir string) PodmanTest {
 
 	CNIConfigDir := "/etc/cni/net.d"
 
-	p := PodmanTest{
-		PodmanBinary:        podmanBinary,
+	p := &PodmanTestIntegration{
+		PodmanTest: PodmanTest{
+			PodmanBinary: podmanBinary,
+			ArtifactPath: ARTIFACT_DIR,
+			TempDir:      tempDir,
+		},
 		ConmonBinary:        conmonBinary,
 		CrioRoot:            filepath.Join(tempDir, "crio"),
 		CNIConfigDir:        CNIConfigDir,
@@ -166,73 +152,50 @@ func PodmanCreate(tempDir string) PodmanTest {
 		RunRoot:             filepath.Join(tempDir, "crio-run"),
 		StorageOptions:      storageOptions,
 		SignaturePolicyPath: filepath.Join(INTEGRATION_ROOT, "test/policy.json"),
-		ArtifactPath:        ARTIFACT_DIR,
-		TempDir:             tempDir,
 		CgroupManager:       cgroupManager,
 		Host:                host,
 	}
 
 	// Setup registries.conf ENV variable
 	p.setDefaultRegistriesConfigEnv()
+	// Rewrite the PodmanAsUser function
+	p.PodmanMakeOptions = p.makeOptions
 	return p
 }
 
 //MakeOptions assembles all the podman main options
-func (p *PodmanTest) MakeOptions() []string {
-	return strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("--root %s --runroot %s --runtime %s --conmon %s --cni-config-dir %s --cgroup-manager %s",
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) makeOptions(args []string) []string {
+	podmanOptions := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("--root %s --runroot %s --runtime %s --conmon %s --cni-config-dir %s --cgroup-manager %s",
 		p.CrioRoot, p.RunRoot, p.RunCBinary, p.ConmonBinary, p.CNIConfigDir, p.CgroupManager), " ")
-}
-
-// Podman is the exec call to podman on the filesystem, uid and gid the credentials to use
-func (p *PodmanTest) PodmanAsUser(args []string, uid, gid uint32, env []string) *PodmanSession {
-	podmanOptions := p.MakeOptions()
 	if os.Getenv("HOOK_OPTION") != "" {
 		podmanOptions = append(podmanOptions, os.Getenv("HOOK_OPTION"))
 	}
 	podmanOptions = append(podmanOptions, strings.Split(p.StorageOptions, " ")...)
 	podmanOptions = append(podmanOptions, args...)
-	if env == nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Running: %s %s\n", p.PodmanBinary, strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "))
-	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("Running: (env: %v) %s %s\n", env, p.PodmanBinary, strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "))
-	}
-	var command *exec.Cmd
-
-	if uid != 0 || gid != 0 {
-		nsEnterOpts := append([]string{"--userspec", fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", uid, gid), "/", p.PodmanBinary}, podmanOptions...)
-		command = exec.Command("chroot", nsEnterOpts...)
-	} else {
-		command = exec.Command(p.PodmanBinary, podmanOptions...)
-	}
-	if env != nil {
-		command.Env = env
-	}
-
-	session, err := gexec.Start(command, GinkgoWriter, GinkgoWriter)
-	if err != nil {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unable to run podman command: %s\n%v", strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "), err))
-	}
-	return &PodmanSession{session}
+	return podmanOptions
 }
 
 // Podman is the exec call to podman on the filesystem
-func (p *PodmanTest) Podman(args []string) *PodmanSession {
-	return p.PodmanAsUser(args, 0, 0, nil)
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) Podman(args []string) *PodmanSessionIntegration {
+	podmanSession := p.PodmanBase(args)
+	return &PodmanSessionIntegration{podmanSession}
 }
 
-//WaitForContainer waits on a started container
-func WaitForContainer(p *PodmanTest) bool {
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
-		if p.NumberOfRunningContainers() == 1 {
-			return true
-		}
-		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+// PodmanPID execs podman and returns its PID
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) PodmanPID(args []string) (*PodmanSessionIntegration, int) {
+	podmanOptions := p.MakeOptions(args)
+	fmt.Printf("Running: %s %s\n", p.PodmanBinary, strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "))
+	command := exec.Command(p.PodmanBinary, podmanOptions...)
+	session, err := gexec.Start(command, GinkgoWriter, GinkgoWriter)
+	if err != nil {
+		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unable to run podman command: %s", strings.Join(podmanOptions, " ")))
 	}
-	return false
+	podmanSession := &PodmanSession{session}
+	return &PodmanSessionIntegration{podmanSession}, command.Process.Pid
 }
 
 // Cleanup cleans up the temporary store
-func (p *PodmanTest) Cleanup() {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) Cleanup() {
 	// Remove all containers
 	stopall := p.Podman([]string{"stop", "-a", "--timeout", "0"})
 	stopall.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
@@ -248,7 +211,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) Cleanup() {
 }
 
 // CleanupPod cleans up the temporary store
-func (p *PodmanTest) CleanupPod() {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) CleanupPod() {
 	// Remove all containers
 	session := p.Podman([]string{"pod", "rm", "-fa"})
 	session.Wait(90)
@@ -258,103 +221,26 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) CleanupPod() {
 	}
 }
 
-// GrepString takes session output and behaves like grep. it returns a bool
-// if successful and an array of strings on positive matches
-func (s *PodmanSession) GrepString(term string) (bool, []string) {
-	var (
-		greps   []string
-		matches bool
-	)
-
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(s.OutputToString(), "\n") {
-		if strings.Contains(line, term) {
-			matches = true
-			greps = append(greps, line)
-		}
-	}
-	return matches, greps
-}
-
-// Pull Images pulls multiple images
-func (p *PodmanTest) PullImages(images []string) error {
+// PullImages pulls multiple images
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) PullImages(images []string) error {
 	for _, i := range images {
 		p.PullImage(i)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Pull Image a single image
+// PullImage pulls a single image
 // TODO should the timeout be configurable?
-func (p *PodmanTest) PullImage(image string) error {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) PullImage(image string) error {
 	session := p.Podman([]string{"pull", image})
 	session.Wait(60)
 	Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	return nil
 }
 
-// OutputToString formats session output to string
-func (s *PodmanSession) OutputToString() string {
-	fields := strings.Fields(fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Out.Contents()))
-	return strings.Join(fields, " ")
-}
-
-// OutputToStringArray returns the output as a []string
-// where each array item is a line split by newline
-func (s *PodmanSession) OutputToStringArray() []string {
-	var results []string
-	output := fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Out.Contents())
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
-		if line != "" {
-			results = append(results, line)
-		}
-	}
-	return results
-}
-
-// ErrorGrepString takes session stderr output and behaves like grep. it returns a bool
-// if successful and an array of strings on positive matches
-func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorGrepString(term string) (bool, []string) {
-	var (
-		greps   []string
-		matches bool
-	)
-
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(s.ErrorToString(), "\n") {
-		if strings.Contains(line, term) {
-			matches = true
-			greps = append(greps, line)
-		}
-	}
-	return matches, greps
-}
-
-// ErrorToString formats session stderr to string
-func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorToString() string {
-	fields := strings.Fields(fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Err.Contents()))
-	return strings.Join(fields, " ")
-}
-
-// ErrorToStringArray returns the stderr output as a []string
-// where each array item is a line split by newline
-func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorToStringArray() []string {
-	output := fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Err.Contents())
-	return strings.Split(output, "\n")
-}
-
-// IsJSONOutputValid attempts to unmarshal the session buffer
-// and if successful, returns true, else false
-func (s *PodmanSession) IsJSONOutputValid() bool {
-	var i interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 // InspectContainerToJSON takes the session output of an inspect
 // container and returns json
-func (s *PodmanSession) InspectContainerToJSON() []inspect.ContainerData {
+func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectContainerToJSON() []inspect.ContainerData {
 	var i []inspect.ContainerData
 	err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i)
 	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -362,7 +248,7 @@ func (s *PodmanSession) InspectContainerToJSON() []inspect.ContainerData {
 }
 
 // InspectPodToJSON takes the sessions output from a pod inspect and returns json
-func (s *PodmanSession) InspectPodToJSON() libpod.PodInspect {
+func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectPodToJSON() libpod.PodInspect {
 	var i libpod.PodInspect
 	err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i)
 	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -371,30 +257,15 @@ func (s *PodmanSession) InspectPodToJSON() libpod.PodInspect {
 
 // InspectImageJSON takes the session output of an inspect
 // image and returns json
-func (s *PodmanSession) InspectImageJSON() []inspect.ImageData {
+func (s *PodmanSessionIntegration) InspectImageJSON() []inspect.ImageData {
 	var i []inspect.ImageData
 	err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i)
 	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 	return i
 }
 
-func (s *PodmanSession) WaitWithDefaultTimeout() {
-	s.Wait(defaultWaitTimeout)
-	fmt.Println("output:", s.OutputToString())
-}
-
-// SystemExec is used to exec a system command to check its exit code or output
-func (p *PodmanTest) SystemExec(command string, args []string) *PodmanSession {
-	c := exec.Command(command, args...)
-	session, err := gexec.Start(c, GinkgoWriter, GinkgoWriter)
-	if err != nil {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unable to run command: %s %s", command, strings.Join(args, " ")))
-	}
-	return &PodmanSession{session}
-}
-
 // CreateArtifact creates a cached image in the artifact dir
-func (p *PodmanTest) CreateArtifact(image string) error {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) CreateArtifact(image string) error {
 	if os.Getenv("NO_TEST_CACHE") != "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -415,7 +286,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) CreateArtifact(image string) error {
 }
 
 // RestoreArtifact puts the cached image into our test store
-func (p *PodmanTest) RestoreArtifact(image string) error {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RestoreArtifact(image string) error {
 	fmt.Printf("Restoring %s...\n", image)
 	dest := strings.Split(image, "/")
 	destName := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/%s.tar", strings.Replace(strings.Join(strings.Split(dest[len(dest)-1], "/"), ""), ":", "-", -1))
@@ -425,7 +296,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) RestoreArtifact(image string) error {
 }
 
 // RestoreAllArtifacts unpacks all cached images
-func (p *PodmanTest) RestoreAllArtifacts() error {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RestoreAllArtifacts() error {
 	if os.Getenv("NO_TEST_CACHE") != "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -439,7 +310,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) RestoreAllArtifacts() error {
 
 // CreatePod creates a pod with no infra container
 // it optionally takes a pod name
-func (p *PodmanTest) CreatePod(name string) (*PodmanSession, int, string) {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) CreatePod(name string) (*PodmanSessionIntegration, int, string) {
 	var podmanArgs = []string{"pod", "create", "--infra=false", "--share", ""}
 	if name != "" {
 		podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--name", name)
@@ -451,7 +322,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) CreatePod(name string) (*PodmanSession, int, string) {
 
 //RunTopContainer runs a simple container in the background that
 // runs top.  If the name passed != "", it will have a name
-func (p *PodmanTest) RunTopContainer(name string) *PodmanSession {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RunTopContainer(name string) *PodmanSessionIntegration {
 	var podmanArgs = []string{"run"}
 	if name != "" {
 		podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--name", name)
@@ -460,7 +331,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) RunTopContainer(name string) *PodmanSession {
 	return p.Podman(podmanArgs)
 }
 
-func (p *PodmanTest) RunTopContainerInPod(name, pod string) *PodmanSession {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RunTopContainerInPod(name, pod string) *PodmanSessionIntegration {
 	var podmanArgs = []string{"run", "--pod", pod}
 	if name != "" {
 		podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--name", name)
@@ -471,7 +342,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) RunTopContainerInPod(name, pod string) *PodmanSession {
 
 //RunLsContainer runs a simple container in the background that
 // simply runs ls. If the name passed != "", it will have a name
-func (p *PodmanTest) RunLsContainer(name string) (*PodmanSession, int, string) {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RunLsContainer(name string) (*PodmanSessionIntegration, int, string) {
 	var podmanArgs = []string{"run"}
 	if name != "" {
 		podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--name", name)
@@ -482,7 +353,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) RunLsContainer(name string) (*PodmanSession, int, string) {
 	return session, session.ExitCode(), session.OutputToString()
 }
 
-func (p *PodmanTest) RunLsContainerInPod(name, pod string) (*PodmanSession, int, string) {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) RunLsContainerInPod(name, pod string) (*PodmanSessionIntegration, int, string) {
 	var podmanArgs = []string{"run", "--pod", pod}
 	if name != "" {
 		podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--name", name)
@@ -493,147 +364,9 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) RunLsContainerInPod(name, pod string) (*PodmanSession, int,
 	return session, session.ExitCode(), session.OutputToString()
 }
 
-//NumberOfContainersRunning returns an int of how many
-// containers are currently running.
-func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfContainersRunning() int {
-	var containers []string
-	ps := p.Podman([]string{"ps", "-q"})
-	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
-		if i != "" {
-			containers = append(containers, i)
-		}
-	}
-	return len(containers)
-}
-
-// NumberOfContainers returns an int of how many
-// containers are currently defined.
-func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfContainers() int {
-	var containers []string
-	ps := p.Podman([]string{"ps", "-aq"})
-	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
-		if i != "" {
-			containers = append(containers, i)
-		}
-	}
-	return len(containers)
-}
-
-// NumberOfPods returns an int of how many
-// pods are currently defined.
-func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfPods() int {
-	var pods []string
-	ps := p.Podman([]string{"pod", "ps", "-q"})
-	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
-		if i != "" {
-			pods = append(pods, i)
-		}
-	}
-	return len(pods)
-}
-
-// NumberOfRunningContainers returns an int of how many containers are currently
-// running
-func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfRunningContainers() int {
-	var containers []string
-	ps := p.Podman([]string{"ps", "-q"})
-	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
-		if i != "" {
-			containers = append(containers, i)
-		}
-	}
-	return len(containers)
-}
-
-// StringInSlice determines if a string is in a string slice, returns bool
-func StringInSlice(s string, sl []string) bool {
-	for _, i := range sl {
-		if i == s {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-//LineInOutputStartsWith returns true if a line in a
-// session output starts with the supplied string
-func (s *PodmanSession) LineInOuputStartsWith(term string) bool {
-	for _, i := range s.OutputToStringArray() {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(i, term) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-//LineInOutputContains returns true if a line in a
-// session output starts with the supplied string
-func (s *PodmanSession) LineInOutputContains(term string) bool {
-	for _, i := range s.OutputToStringArray() {
-		if strings.Contains(i, term) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-//tagOutPutToMap parses each string in imagesOutput and returns
-// a map of repo:tag pairs.  Notice, the first array item will
-// be skipped as it's considered to be the header.
-func tagOutputToMap(imagesOutput []string) map[string]string {
-	m := make(map[string]string)
-	// iterate over output but skip the header
-	for _, i := range imagesOutput[1:] {
-		tmp := []string{}
-		for _, x := range strings.Split(i, " ") {
-			if x != "" {
-				tmp = append(tmp, x)
-			}
-		}
-		// podman-images(1) return a list like output
-		// in the format of "Repository Tag [...]"
-		if len(tmp) < 2 {
-			continue
-		}
-		m[tmp[0]] = tmp[1]
-	}
-	return m
-}
-
-//LineInOutputContainsTag returns true if a line in the
-// session's output contains the repo-tag pair as returned
-// by podman-images(1).
-func (s *PodmanSession) LineInOutputContainsTag(repo, tag string) bool {
-	tagMap := tagOutputToMap(s.OutputToStringArray())
-	for r, t := range tagMap {
-		if repo == r && tag == t {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-//GetContainerStatus returns the containers state.
-// This function assumes only one container is active.
-func (p *PodmanTest) GetContainerStatus() string {
-	var podmanArgs = []string{"ps"}
-	podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--all", "--format={{.Status}}")
-	session := p.Podman(podmanArgs)
-	session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	return session.OutputToString()
-}
-
 // BuildImage uses podman build and buildah to build an image
 // called imageName based on a string dockerfile
-func (p *PodmanTest) BuildImage(dockerfile, imageName string, layers string) {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) BuildImage(dockerfile, imageName string, layers string) {
 	dockerfilePath := filepath.Join(p.TempDir, "Dockerfile")
 	err := ioutil.WriteFile(dockerfilePath, []byte(dockerfile), 0755)
 	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
@@ -642,34 +375,12 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) BuildImage(dockerfile, imageName string, layers string) {
 	Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 }
 
-//GetHostDistributionInfo returns a struct with its distribution name and version
-func GetHostDistributionInfo() HostOS {
-	f, err := os.Open("/etc/os-release")
-	defer f.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return HostOS{}
-	}
-
-	l := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	host := HostOS{}
-	host.Arch = runtime.GOARCH
-	for l.Scan() {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(l.Text(), "ID=") {
-			host.Distribution = strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(strings.Split(l.Text(), "=")[1:], "")), "\"", "", -1)
-		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(l.Text(), "VERSION_ID=") {
-			host.Version = strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(strings.Split(l.Text(), "=")[1:], "")), "\"", "", -1)
-		}
-	}
-	return host
-}
-
-func (p *PodmanTest) setDefaultRegistriesConfigEnv() {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) setDefaultRegistriesConfigEnv() {
 	defaultFile := filepath.Join(INTEGRATION_ROOT, "test/registries.conf")
 	os.Setenv("REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH", defaultFile)
 }
 
-func (p *PodmanTest) setRegistriesConfigEnv(b []byte) {
+func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) setRegistriesConfigEnv(b []byte) {
 	outfile := filepath.Join(p.TempDir, "registries.conf")
 	os.Setenv("REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH", outfile)
 	ioutil.WriteFile(outfile, b, 0644)
@@ -678,81 +389,3 @@ func (p *PodmanTest) setRegistriesConfigEnv(b []byte) {
 func resetRegistriesConfigEnv() {
 	os.Setenv("REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH", "")
 }
-
-// IsKernelNewThan compares the current kernel version to one provided.  If
-// the kernel is equal to or greater, returns true
-func IsKernelNewThan(version string) (bool, error) {
-	inputVersion, err := kernel.ParseRelease(version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	kv, err := kernel.GetKernelVersion()
-	if err == nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	// CompareKernelVersion compares two kernel.VersionInfo structs.
-	// Returns -1 if a < b, 0 if a == b, 1 it a > b
-	result := kernel.CompareKernelVersion(*kv, *inputVersion)
-	if result >= 0 {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-	return false, nil
-
-}
-
-//Wait process or service inside container start, and ready to be used.
-func WaitContainerReady(p *PodmanTest, id string, expStr string, timeout int, step int) bool {
-	startTime := time.Now()
-	s := p.Podman([]string{"logs", id})
-	s.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	fmt.Println(startTime)
-	for {
-		if time.Since(startTime) >= time.Duration(timeout)*time.Second {
-			return false
-		}
-		if strings.Contains(s.OutputToString(), expStr) {
-			return true
-		}
-		time.Sleep(time.Duration(step) * time.Second)
-		s = p.Podman([]string{"logs", id})
-		s.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
-	}
-}
-
-//IsCommandAvaible check if command exist
-func IsCommandAvailable(command string) bool {
-	check := exec.Command("bash", "-c", strings.Join([]string{"command -v", command}, " "))
-	err := check.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-// WriteJsonFile write json format data to a json file
-func WriteJsonFile(data []byte, filePath string) error {
-	var jsonData map[string]interface{}
-	json.Unmarshal(data, &jsonData)
-	formatJson, _ := json.MarshalIndent(jsonData, "", "	")
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, formatJson, 0644)
-}
-
-func getTestContext() context.Context {
-	return context.Background()
-}
-
-func containerized() bool {
-	container := os.Getenv("container")
-	if container != "" {
-		return true
-	}
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/1/cgroup")
-	if err != nil {
-		// shrug, if we cannot read that file, return false
-		return false
-	}
-	if strings.Index(string(b), "docker") > -1 {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/load_test.go b/test/e2e/load_test.go
index 21e8a4859..4d7007191 100644
--- a/test/e2e/load_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/load_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman load", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman load", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman load", func() {
 		save.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(save.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		compress := podmanTest.SystemExec("gzip", []string{outfile})
+		compress := SystemExec("gzip", []string{outfile})
 		compress.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		outfile = outfile + ".gz"
 
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman load", func() {
 		save := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"save", "-o", outfile, BB})
 		save.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(save.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		session := podmanTest.SystemExec("xz", []string{outfile})
+		session := SystemExec("xz", []string{outfile})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/logs_test.go b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
index 6888863ca..236ddb221 100644
--- a/test/e2e/logs_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/mount_test.go b/test/e2e/mount_test.go
index fbb0a3eb7..a93a0aa4a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/mount_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/mount_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman mount", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman mount", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/namespace_test.go b/test/e2e/namespace_test.go
index 017edd231..ebce09f54 100644
--- a/test/e2e/namespace_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/namespace_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman namespaces", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman namespaces", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pause_test.go b/test/e2e/pause_test.go
index e80915670..e109bc077 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pause_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pause_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pause", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	pausedState := "Paused"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pause", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_create_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_create_test.go
index 0ce1e22a8..51522ffd1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_create_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_create_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod create", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod create", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_infra_container_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_infra_container_test.go
index f1e2375ce..8c7c09c97 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_infra_container_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_infra_container_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod create", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod create", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(infra)
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go
index 667e59f38..51e95f788 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_inspect_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod inspect", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod inspect", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_kill_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_kill_test.go
index b29fe1e17..d9cec2cad 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_kill_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_kill_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod kill", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod kill", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_pause_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_pause_test.go
index 384cbfcb7..8f766d3db 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_pause_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_pause_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod pause", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	pausedState := "Paused"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod pause", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_pod_namespaces.go b/test/e2e/pod_pod_namespaces.go
index 3e84005c3..b1d5abb1c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_pod_namespaces.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_pod_namespaces.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod create", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod create", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(infra)
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_ps_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_ps_test.go
index b48cb9578..9e816bcfa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_ps_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_ps_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman ps", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman ps", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_restart_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_restart_test.go
index e486f8791..d0964e8de 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_restart_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_restart_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod restart", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod restart", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go
index 09002e954..48767b33f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_rm_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod rm", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod rm", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_start_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_start_test.go
index 9d2ea9b26..346346425 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_start_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_start_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod start", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod start", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go
index f9c8e06c4..d7b9a8f48 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod stats", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod stats", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_stop_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_stop_test.go
index 32f8559ad..6c5319a3d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_stop_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_stop_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod stop", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod stop", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_top_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_top_test.go
index f72456307..3dc80ddfb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_top_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_top_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman top", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman top", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/port_test.go b/test/e2e/port_test.go
index ed15b54ac..09f3ab53a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/port_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/port_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman port", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman port", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/ps_test.go b/test/e2e/ps_test.go
index a873b57bb..9caa6e7f1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/ps_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/ps_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman ps", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman ps", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/pull_test.go b/test/e2e/pull_test.go
index 606160198..ad8742984 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pull_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pull_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"fmt"
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"strings"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"rmi", "alpine"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp.tar"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp.tar"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
@@ -119,12 +120,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"rmi", "alpine"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/oci-alp.tar"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/oci-alp.tar"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 	})
 
 	It("podman pull from local directory", func() {
-		setup := podmanTest.SystemExec("mkdir", []string{"-p", "/tmp/podmantestdir"})
+		setup := SystemExec("mkdir", []string{"-p", "/tmp/podmantestdir"})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", "alpine", "dir:/tmp/podmantestdir"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"-fr", "/tmp/podmantestdir"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"-fr", "/tmp/podmantestdir"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/push_test.go b/test/e2e/push_test.go
index 5e3d3745a..3447cd57e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/push_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/push_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"-fr", "/tmp/busybox"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"-fr", "/tmp/busybox"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 
@@ -82,20 +83,20 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		authPath := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "auth")
 		os.Mkdir(authPath, os.ModePerm)
 		os.MkdirAll("/etc/containers/certs.d/localhost:5000", os.ModePerm)
-		debug := podmanTest.SystemExec("ls", []string{"-l", podmanTest.TempDir})
+		debug := SystemExec("ls", []string{"-l", podmanTest.TempDir})
 		debug.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
 		cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
 		certPath := filepath.Join(cwd, "../", "certs")
 
 		if IsCommandAvailable("getenforce") {
-			ge := podmanTest.SystemExec("getenforce", []string{})
+			ge := SystemExec("getenforce", []string{})
 			ge.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 			if ge.OutputToString() == "Enforcing" {
-				se := podmanTest.SystemExec("setenforce", []string{"0"})
+				se := SystemExec("setenforce", []string{"0"})
 				se.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
-				defer podmanTest.SystemExec("setenforce", []string{"1"})
+				defer SystemExec("setenforce", []string{"1"})
 			}
 		}
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(registry)
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 
 		f.WriteString(session.OutputToString())
 		f.Sync()
-		debug = podmanTest.SystemExec("cat", []string{filepath.Join(authPath, "htpasswd")})
+		debug = SystemExec("cat", []string{filepath.Join(authPath, "htpasswd")})
 		debug.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "-p", "5000:5000", "--name", "registry", "-v",
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		push.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(push.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		setup := podmanTest.SystemExec("cp", []string{filepath.Join(certPath, "domain.crt"), "/etc/containers/certs.d/localhost:5000/ca.crt"})
+		setup := SystemExec("cp", []string{filepath.Join(certPath, "domain.crt"), "/etc/containers/certs.d/localhost:5000/ca.crt"})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		defer os.RemoveAll("/etc/containers/certs.d/localhost:5000")
 
@@ -155,20 +156,20 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", ALPINE, "docker-archive:/tmp/alp:latest"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
 
 	It("podman push to docker daemon", func() {
-		setup := podmanTest.SystemExec("bash", []string{"-c", "systemctl status docker 2>&1"})
+		setup := SystemExec("bash", []string{"-c", "systemctl status docker 2>&1"})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
 		if setup.LineInOutputContains("Active: inactive") {
-			setup = podmanTest.SystemExec("systemctl", []string{"start", "docker"})
+			setup = SystemExec("systemctl", []string{"start", "docker"})
 			setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
-			defer podmanTest.SystemExec("systemctl", []string{"stop", "docker"})
+			defer SystemExec("systemctl", []string{"stop", "docker"})
 		} else if setup.ExitCode() != 0 {
 			Skip("Docker is not available")
 		}
@@ -177,12 +178,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		check := podmanTest.SystemExec("docker", []string{"images", "--format", "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}"})
+		check := SystemExec("docker", []string{"images", "--format", "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}"})
 		check.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(check.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(check.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("alpine:podmantest"))
 
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("docker", []string{"rmi", "alpine:podmantest"})
+		clean := SystemExec("docker", []string{"rmi", "alpine:podmantest"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", ALPINE, "oci-archive:/tmp/alp.tar:latest"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp.tar"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp.tar"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
@@ -204,14 +205,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		ostreePath := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "ostree/repo")
 		os.MkdirAll(ostreePath, os.ModePerm)
 
-		setup := podmanTest.SystemExec("ostree", []string{strings.Join([]string{"--repo=", ostreePath}, ""), "init"})
+		setup := SystemExec("ostree", []string{strings.Join([]string{"--repo=", ostreePath}, ""), "init"})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", ALPINE, strings.Join([]string{"ostree:alp@", ostreePath}, "")})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"-rf", ostreePath})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"-rf", ostreePath})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", ALPINE, "docker-archive:/tmp/alp"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman push", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", ALPINE, "oci-archive:/tmp/alp-oci"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		clean := podmanTest.SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp-oci"})
+		clean := SystemExec("rm", []string{"/tmp/alp-oci"})
 		clean.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(clean.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/refresh_test.go b/test/e2e/refresh_test.go
index c4a65aa47..bf8fff105 100644
--- a/test/e2e/refresh_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/refresh_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman refresh", func() {
 	var (
 		tmpdir     string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman refresh", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tmpdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tmpdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -43,13 +44,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman refresh", func() {
 		createSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(createSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainers()).To(Equal(1))
-		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfRunningContainers()).To(Equal(0))
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(0))
 
 		refreshSession := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "refresh"})
 		refreshSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(refreshSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainers()).To(Equal(1))
-		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfRunningContainers()).To(Equal(0))
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
 
 	Specify("Refresh with running container restarts container", func() {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman refresh", func() {
 		createSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(createSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainers()).To(Equal(1))
-		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfRunningContainers()).To(Equal(1))
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(1))
 
 		// HACK: ensure container starts before we move on
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
@@ -66,6 +67,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman refresh", func() {
 		refreshSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(refreshSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainers()).To(Equal(1))
-		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfRunningContainers()).To(Equal(1))
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(1))
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/restart_test.go b/test/e2e/restart_test.go
index eca2bbcda..30801c272 100644
--- a/test/e2e/restart_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/restart_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman restart", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman restart", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman restart", func() {
 
 	It("Podman restart running container", func() {
 		_ = podmanTest.RunTopContainer("test1")
-		ok := WaitForContainer(&podmanTest)
+		ok := WaitForContainer(podmanTest)
 		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
 		startTime := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", "--format='{{.State.StartedAt}}'", "test1"})
 		startTime.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
diff --git a/test/e2e/rm_test.go b/test/e2e/rm_test.go
index cbc03a078..c6a2b61ee 100644
--- a/test/e2e/rm_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/rm_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rm", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rm", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/rmi_test.go b/test/e2e/rmi_test.go
index 2a1a0da77..c2eb8b7d7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/rmi_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/rmi_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rmi", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rmi", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/rootless_test.go b/test/e2e/rootless_test.go
index 876e10969..995744ae5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/rootless_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/rootless_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rootless", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rootless", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.CgroupManager = "cgroupfs"
 		podmanTest.StorageOptions = ROOTLESS_STORAGE_OPTIONS
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rootless", func() {
 		return os.Lchown(p, 1000, 1000)
 	}
 
-	type rootlessCB func(test PodmanTest, xdgRuntimeDir string, home string, mountPath string)
+	type rootlessCB func(test *PodmanTestIntegration, xdgRuntimeDir string, home string, mountPath string)
 
 	runInRootlessContext := func(cb rootlessCB) {
 		// Check if we can create an user namespace
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rootless", func() {
 
 		tempdir, err := CreateTempDirInTempDir()
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-		rootlessTest := PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		rootlessTest := PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		rootlessTest.CgroupManager = "cgroupfs"
 		rootlessTest.StorageOptions = ROOTLESS_STORAGE_OPTIONS
 		err = filepath.Walk(tempdir, chownFunc)
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rootless", func() {
 	}
 
 	It("podman rootless pod", func() {
-		f := func(rootlessTest PodmanTest, xdgRuntimeDir string, home string, mountPath string) {
+		f := func(rootlessTest *PodmanTestIntegration, xdgRuntimeDir string, home string, mountPath string) {
 			env := os.Environ()
 			env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=%s", xdgRuntimeDir))
 			env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("HOME=%s", home))
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rootless", func() {
 	})
 
 	runRootlessHelper := func(args []string) {
-		f := func(rootlessTest PodmanTest, xdgRuntimeDir string, home string, mountPath string) {
+		f := func(rootlessTest *PodmanTestIntegration, xdgRuntimeDir string, home string, mountPath string) {
 			runtime.LockOSThread()
 			defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
 			env := os.Environ()
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_cgroup_parent_test.go b/test/e2e/run_cgroup_parent_test.go
index f266fafa4..57b3aa6b1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_cgroup_parent_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_cgroup_parent_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --cgroup-parent", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --cgroup-parent", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(fedoraMinimal)
 	})
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --cgroup-parent", func() {
 	})
 
 	Specify("valid --cgroup-parent using cgroupfs", func() {
-		if !containerized() {
+		if !Containerized() {
 			Skip("Must be containerized to run this test.")
 		}
 		cgroup := "/zzz"
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --cgroup-parent", func() {
 
 	Specify("no --cgroup-parent", func() {
 		cgroup := "/libpod_parent"
-		if !containerized() && podmanTest.CgroupManager != "cgroupfs" {
+		if !Containerized() && podmanTest.CgroupManager != "cgroupfs" {
 			cgroup = "/machine.slice"
 		}
 		run := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", fedoraMinimal, "cat", "/proc/self/cgroup"})
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --cgroup-parent", func() {
 	})
 
 	Specify("valid --cgroup-parent using slice", func() {
-		if containerized() || podmanTest.CgroupManager == "cgroupfs" {
+		if Containerized() || podmanTest.CgroupManager == "cgroupfs" {
 			Skip("Requires Systemd cgroup manager support")
 		}
 		cgroup := "aaaa.slice"
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_cleanup_test.go b/test/e2e/run_cleanup_test.go
index 02c70734a..5b60efa86 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_cleanup_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_cleanup_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run exit", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run exit", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run exit", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman run -d mount cleanup test", func() {
-		mount := podmanTest.SystemExec("mount", nil)
+		mount := SystemExec("mount", nil)
 		mount.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		out1 := mount.OutputToString()
 		result := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", "-dt", ALPINE, "echo", "hello"})
 		result.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(result.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		mount = podmanTest.SystemExec("mount", nil)
+		mount = SystemExec("mount", nil)
 		mount.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		out2 := mount.OutputToString()
 		Expect(out1).To(Equal(out2))
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_cpu_test.go b/test/e2e/run_cpu_test.go
index d56dfac64..343fe656c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_cpu_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_cpu_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run cpu", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run cpu", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_device_test.go b/test/e2e/run_device_test.go
index fedd696d1..7f1f7b2d0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_device_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_device_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run device", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run device", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go b/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go
index a617035a1..444c568e0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run dns", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run dns", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_entrypoint_test.go b/test/e2e/run_entrypoint_test.go
index 5e4ef75e1..227037f92 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_entrypoint_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_entrypoint_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run entrypoint", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run entrypoint", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(ALPINE)
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_exit_test.go b/test/e2e/run_exit_test.go
index bb38f7222..788cbd8dd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_exit_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_exit_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run exit", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run exit", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_memory_test.go b/test/e2e/run_memory_test.go
index d1768138b..91a311e85 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_memory_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_memory_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run memory", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run memory", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go b/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go
index 021825d4b..1b05ac031 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_networking_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rmi", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir     string
 		err         error
-		podmanTest  PodmanTest
+		podmanTest  *PodmanTestIntegration
 		hostname, _ = os.Hostname()
 	)
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rmi", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rmi", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-dt", "--expose", "222-223", "-P", ALPINE, "/bin/sh"})
 		session.Wait(30)
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		results := podmanTest.SystemExec("iptables", []string{"-t", "nat", "-L"})
+		results := SystemExec("iptables", []string{"-t", "nat", "-L"})
 		results.Wait(30)
 		Expect(results.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(results.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("222"))
@@ -65,12 +66,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman rmi", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-dt", "-p", "80:8000", ALPINE, "/bin/sh"})
 		session.Wait(30)
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
-		results := podmanTest.SystemExec("iptables", []string{"-t", "nat", "-L"})
+		results := SystemExec("iptables", []string{"-t", "nat", "-L"})
 		results.Wait(30)
 		Expect(results.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		Expect(results.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("8000"))
 
-		ncBusy := podmanTest.SystemExec("nc", []string{"-l", "-p", "80"})
+		ncBusy := SystemExec("nc", []string{"-l", "-p", "80"})
 		ncBusy.Wait(10)
 		Expect(ncBusy.ExitCode()).ToNot(Equal(0))
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_ns_test.go b/test/e2e/run_ns_test.go
index 88c0b1ad2..e4dcc5adc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_ns_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_ns_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run ns", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run ns", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(fedoraMinimal)
 	})
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run ns", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman run ipcns test", func() {
-		setup := podmanTest.SystemExec("ls", []string{"--inode", "-d", "/dev/shm"})
+		setup := SystemExec("ls", []string{"--inode", "-d", "/dev/shm"})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(setup.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		hostShm := setup.OutputToString()
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run ns", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman run ipcns ipcmk host test", func() {
-		setup := podmanTest.SystemExec("ipcmk", []string{"-M", "1024"})
+		setup := SystemExec("ipcmk", []string{"-M", "1024"})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(setup.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 		output := strings.Split(setup.OutputToString(), " ")
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run ns", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		setup = podmanTest.SystemExec("ipcrm", []string{"-m", ipc})
+		setup = SystemExec("ipcrm", []string{"-m", ipc})
 		setup.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(setup.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go b/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go
index 0bea092bb..891f4fbd8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"fmt"
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run passwd", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run passwd", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_privileged_test.go b/test/e2e/run_privileged_test.go
index 0a62d8505..770ea3e6b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_privileged_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_privileged_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman privileged container tests", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman privileged container tests", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman privileged container tests", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman privileged CapEff", func() {
-		cap := podmanTest.SystemExec("grep", []string{"CapEff", "/proc/self/status"})
+		cap := SystemExec("grep", []string{"CapEff", "/proc/self/status"})
 		cap.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(cap.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman privileged container tests", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman cap-add CapEff", func() {
-		cap := podmanTest.SystemExec("grep", []string{"CapEff", "/proc/self/status"})
+		cap := SystemExec("grep", []string{"CapEff", "/proc/self/status"})
 		cap.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(cap.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
@@ -87,13 +88,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman privileged container tests", func() {
 
 	It("run no-new-privileges test", func() {
 		// Check if our kernel is new enough
-		k, err := IsKernelNewThan("4.14")
+		k, err := IsKernelNewerThan("4.14")
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 		if !k {
 			Skip("Kernel is not new enough to test this feature")
 		}
 
-		cap := podmanTest.SystemExec("grep", []string{"NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"})
+		cap := SystemExec("grep", []string{"NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"})
 		cap.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		if cap.ExitCode() != 0 {
 			Skip("Can't determine NoNewPrivs")
@@ -103,12 +104,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman privileged container tests", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		privs := strings.Split(cap.OutputToString(), ":")
+		privs := strings.Split(session.OutputToString(), ":")
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--security-opt", "no-new-privileges", "busybox", "grep", "NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		noprivs := strings.Split(cap.OutputToString(), ":")
+		noprivs := strings.Split(session.OutputToString(), ":")
 		Expect(privs[1]).To(Not(Equal(noprivs[1])))
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_restart_test.go b/test/e2e/run_restart_test.go
index a2f0b8b41..018c66b45 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_restart_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_restart_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run restart containers", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run restart containers", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run restart containers", func() {
 
 	It("Podman start after signal kill", func() {
 		_ = podmanTest.RunTopContainer("test1")
-		ok := WaitForContainer(&podmanTest)
+		ok := WaitForContainer(podmanTest)
 		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
 
 		killSession := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"kill", "-s", "9", "test1"})
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_selinux_test.go b/test/e2e/run_selinux_test.go
index a1a18c780..418382e16 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_selinux_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_selinux_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 		if !selinux.GetEnabled() {
 			Skip("SELinux not enabled")
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_signal_test.go b/test/e2e/run_signal_test.go
index 5de17108c..8f7894db8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_signal_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_signal_test.go
@@ -4,39 +4,24 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-// PodmanPID execs podman and returns its PID
-func (p *PodmanTest) PodmanPID(args []string) (*PodmanSession, int) {
-	podmanOptions := p.MakeOptions()
-	podmanOptions = append(podmanOptions, strings.Split(p.StorageOptions, " ")...)
-	podmanOptions = append(podmanOptions, args...)
-	fmt.Printf("Running: %s %s\n", p.PodmanBinary, strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "))
-	command := exec.Command(p.PodmanBinary, podmanOptions...)
-	session, err := gexec.Start(command, GinkgoWriter, GinkgoWriter)
-	if err != nil {
-		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unable to run podman command: %s", strings.Join(podmanOptions, " ")))
-	}
-	return &PodmanSession{session}, command.Process.Pid
-}
-
 const sigCatch = "trap \"echo FOO >> /h/fifo \" 8; echo READY >> /h/fifo; while :; do sleep 0.25; done"
 
 var _ = Describe("Podman run with --sig-proxy", func() {
 	var (
 		tmpdir     string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -44,7 +29,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --sig-proxy", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tmpdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tmpdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(fedoraMinimal)
 	})
 
@@ -122,7 +107,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --sig-proxy", func() {
 		signal := syscall.SIGPOLL
 		session, pid := podmanTest.PodmanPID([]string{"run", "--name", "test2", "--sig-proxy=false", fedoraMinimal, "bash", "-c", sigCatch})
 
-		ok := WaitForContainer(&podmanTest)
+		ok := WaitForContainer(podmanTest)
 		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
 
 		// Kill with given signal
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_staticip_test.go b/test/e2e/run_staticip_test.go
index b69d15cee..b9fc00fce 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_staticip_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_staticip_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --ip flag", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run with --ip flag", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_test.go b/test/e2e/run_test.go
index 98bf66a67..beb408fd4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	"github.com/mrunalp/fileutils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run", func() {
 		keyFile := filepath.Join(targetDir, "key.pem")
 		err = ioutil.WriteFile(keyFile, []byte(mountString), 0755)
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-		execSession := podmanTest.SystemExec("ln", []string{"-s", targetDir, filepath.Join(secretsDir, "mysymlink")})
+		execSession := SystemExec("ln", []string{"-s", targetDir, filepath.Join(secretsDir, "mysymlink")})
 		execSession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(execSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_userns_test.go b/test/e2e/run_userns_test.go
index f2a9af6bf..b1f3d08b4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_userns_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_userns_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"fmt"
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman UserNS support", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman UserNS support", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/runlabel_test.go b/test/e2e/runlabel_test.go
index 8d10d3c24..93a19ba30 100644
--- a/test/e2e/runlabel_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/runlabel_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("podman container runlabel", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ var _ = Describe("podman container runlabel", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/save_test.go b/test/e2e/save_test.go
index 586215c46..9f64e49a7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/save_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/save_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman save", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman save", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/search_test.go b/test/e2e/search_test.go
index 84f1efbca..0167e9062 100644
--- a/test/e2e/search_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/search_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 	const regFileContents = `
 	[registries.search]
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		fakereg.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(fakereg.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		registry.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(registry.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry3", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry3", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		registry.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(registry.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry4", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry4", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		registry.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(registry.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry5", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry5", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 		push := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", "--tls-verify=false", "--remove-signatures", ALPINE, "localhost:5000/my-alpine"})
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		registry.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(registry.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry6", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry6", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 		push := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", "--tls-verify=false", "--remove-signatures", ALPINE, "localhost:5000/my-alpine"})
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		registryLocal.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(registryLocal.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry7", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry7", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman search", func() {
 		registryLocal.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(registryLocal.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 
-		if !WaitContainerReady(&podmanTest, "registry8", "listening on", 20, 1) {
+		if !WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "registry8", "listening on", 20, 1) {
 			Skip("Can not start docker registry.")
 		}
 		push := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"push", "--tls-verify=false", "--remove-signatures", ALPINE, "localhost:6000/my-alpine"})
diff --git a/test/e2e/start_test.go b/test/e2e/start_test.go
index 9218cda69..c11511d1f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/start_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/start_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman start", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman start", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/stats_test.go b/test/e2e/stats_test.go
index e456d7114..be00d68b2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/stats_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/stats_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman stats", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman stats", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/stop_test.go b/test/e2e/stop_test.go
index 9698a3110..b172cd81e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/stop_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/stop_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman stop", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman stop", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/tag_test.go b/test/e2e/tag_test.go
index 1b58fbd30..53896d1a2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tag_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tag_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman tag", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman tag", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/top_test.go b/test/e2e/top_test.go
index 9537c2f50..cfcf2a959 100644
--- a/test/e2e/top_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/top_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman top", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman top", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/version_test.go b/test/e2e/version_test.go
index 6caf0e3dd..68a462bdb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/version_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/version_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman version", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman version", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 	})
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/wait_test.go b/test/e2e/wait_test.go
index 8e7035204..a7e9b4c06 100644
--- a/test/e2e/wait_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/wait_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman wait", func() {
 	var (
 		tempdir    string
 		err        error
-		podmanTest PodmanTest
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman wait", func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		podmanTest = PodmanCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
 		podmanTest.RestoreAllArtifacts()
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/goecho/goecho.go b/test/goecho/goecho.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c8d2f586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/goecho/goecho.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	args := os.Args[1:]
+	exitCode := 0
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, args[i])
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, args[i])
+	}
+
+	if len(args) > 1 {
+		num, _ := strconv.Atoi(args[1])
+		if args[0] == "exitcode" {
+			exitCode = num
+		}
+		if args[0] == "sleep" {
+			time.Sleep(time.Duration(num) * time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+	os.Exit(exitCode)
+}
diff --git a/test/system/libpod_suite_test.go b/test/system/libpod_suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5de50e4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/libpod_suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+package system
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var (
+	PODMAN_BINARY string
+	GLOBALOPTIONS = []string{"--cgroup-manager",
+		"--cni-config-dir",
+		"--config", "-c",
+		"--conmon",
+		"--cpu-profile",
+		"--log-level",
+		"--root",
+		"--tmpdir",
+		"--runroot",
+		"--runtime",
+		"--storage-driver",
+		"--storage-opt",
+		"--syslog",
+	}
+	PODMAN_SUBCMD = []string{"attach",
+		"commit",
+		"container",
+		"build",
+		"create",
+		"diff",
+		"exec",
+		"export",
+		"history",
+		"image",
+		"images",
+		"import",
+		"info",
+		"inspect",
+		"kill",
+		"load",
+		"login",
+		"logout",
+		"logs",
+		"mount",
+		"pause",
+		"ps",
+		"pod",
+		"port",
+		"pull",
+		"push",
+		"restart",
+		"rm",
+		"rmi",
+		"run",
+		"save",
+		"search",
+		"start",
+		"stats",
+		"stop",
+		"tag",
+		"top",
+		"umount",
+		"unpause",
+		"version",
+		"wait",
+		"h",
+	}
+	INTEGRATION_ROOT   string
+	ARTIFACT_DIR       = "/tmp/.artifacts"
+	ALPINE             = "docker.io/library/alpine:latest"
+	BB                 = "docker.io/library/busybox:latest"
+	BB_GLIBC           = "docker.io/library/busybox:glibc"
+	fedoraMinimal      = "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-minimal:latest"
+	nginx              = "quay.io/baude/alpine_nginx:latest"
+	redis              = "docker.io/library/redis:alpine"
+	registry           = "docker.io/library/registry:2"
+	infra              = "k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1"
+	defaultWaitTimeout = 90
+)
+
+// PodmanTestSystem struct for command line options
+type PodmanTestSystem struct {
+	PodmanTest
+	GlobalOptions    map[string]string
+	PodmanCmdOptions map[string][]string
+}
+
+// TestLibpod ginkgo master function
+func TestLibpod(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "Libpod Suite")
+}
+
+var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+})
+
+// PodmanTestCreate creates a PodmanTestSystem instance for the tests
+func PodmanTestCreate(tempDir string) *PodmanTestSystem {
+	var envKey string
+	globalOptions := make(map[string]string)
+	podmanCmdOptions := make(map[string][]string)
+
+	for _, n := range GLOBALOPTIONS {
+		envKey = strings.Replace(strings.ToUpper(strings.Trim(n, "-")), "-", "_", -1)
+		if isEnvSet(envKey) {
+			globalOptions[n] = os.Getenv(envKey)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, n := range PODMAN_SUBCMD {
+		envKey = strings.Replace("PODMAN_SUBCMD_OPTIONS", "SUBCMD", strings.ToUpper(n), -1)
+		if isEnvSet(envKey) {
+			podmanCmdOptions[n] = strings.Split(os.Getenv(envKey), " ")
+		}
+	}
+
+	podmanBinary := "podman"
+	if os.Getenv("PODMAN_BINARY") != "" {
+		podmanBinary = os.Getenv("PODMAN_BINARY")
+	}
+
+	p := &PodmanTestSystem{
+		PodmanTest: PodmanTest{
+			PodmanBinary: podmanBinary,
+			ArtifactPath: ARTIFACT_DIR,
+			TempDir:      tempDir,
+		},
+		GlobalOptions:    globalOptions,
+		PodmanCmdOptions: podmanCmdOptions,
+	}
+
+	p.PodmanMakeOptions = p.makeOptions
+
+	return p
+}
+
+func (p *PodmanTestSystem) Podman(args []string) *PodmanSession {
+	return p.PodmanBase(args)
+}
+
+//MakeOptions assembles all the podman options
+func (p *PodmanTestSystem) makeOptions(args []string) []string {
+	var addOptions, subArgs []string
+	for _, n := range GLOBALOPTIONS {
+		if p.GlobalOptions[n] != "" {
+			addOptions = append(addOptions, n, p.GlobalOptions[n])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return addOptions
+	}
+
+	subCmd := args[0]
+	addOptions = append(addOptions, subCmd)
+	if subCmd == "unmount" {
+		subCmd = "umount"
+	}
+	if subCmd == "help" {
+		subCmd = "h"
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := p.PodmanCmdOptions[subCmd]; ok {
+		m := make(map[string]bool)
+		subArgs = p.PodmanCmdOptions[subCmd]
+		for i := 0; i < len(subArgs); i++ {
+			m[subArgs[i]] = true
+		}
+		for i := 1; i < len(args); i++ {
+			if _, ok := m[args[i]]; !ok {
+				subArgs = append(subArgs, args[i])
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		subArgs = args[1:]
+	}
+
+	addOptions = append(addOptions, subArgs...)
+
+	return addOptions
+}
+
+// Cleanup cleans up the temporary store
+func (p *PodmanTestSystem) Cleanup() {
+	// Remove all containers
+	stopall := p.Podman([]string{"stop", "-a", "--timeout", "0"})
+	stopall.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+
+	session := p.Podman([]string{"rm", "-fa"})
+	session.Wait(90)
+	// Nuke tempdir
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(p.TempDir); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("%q\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// CleanupPod cleans up the temporary store
+func (p *PodmanTestSystem) CleanupPod() {
+	// Remove all containers
+	session := p.Podman([]string{"pod", "rm", "-fa"})
+	session.Wait(90)
+	// Nuke tempdir
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(p.TempDir); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("%q\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Check if the key is set in Env
+func isEnvSet(key string) bool {
+	_, set := os.LookupEnv(key)
+	return set
+}
diff --git a/test/system/version_test.go b/test/system/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ada0093b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package system
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Podman version test", func() {
+	var (
+		tempdir    string
+		err        error
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestSystem
+	)
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		tempdir, err = CreateTempDirInTempDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		podmanTest.Cleanup()
+		f := CurrentGinkgoTestDescription()
+		timedResult := fmt.Sprintf("Test: %s completed in %f seconds", f.TestText, f.Duration.Seconds())
+		GinkgoWriter.Write([]byte(timedResult))
+	})
+
+	It("Smoking test: podman version with extra args", func() {
+		logc := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"version", "anything", "-", "--"})
+		logc.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(logc.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+		ver := logc.OutputToString()
+		Expect(regexp.MatchString("Version:.*?Go Version:.*?OS/Arch", ver)).To(BeTrue())
+	})
+
+	It("Negative test: podman version with extra flag", func() {
+		logc := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"version", "--foo"})
+		logc.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(logc.ExitCode()).NotTo(Equal(0))
+		err, _ := logc.GrepString("Incorrect Usage: flag provided but not defined: -foo")
+		Expect(err).To(BeTrue())
+	})
+
+})
diff --git a/test/utils/common_function_test.go b/test/utils/common_function_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1648a4899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/common_function_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/extensions/table"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Common functions test", func() {
+	var defaultOSPath string
+	var defaultCgroupPath string
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		defaultOSPath = OSReleasePath
+		defaultCgroupPath = ProcessOneCgroupPath
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		OSReleasePath = defaultOSPath
+		ProcessOneCgroupPath = defaultCgroupPath
+	})
+
+	It("Test CreateTempDirInTempDir", func() {
+		tmpDir, _ := CreateTempDirInTempDir()
+		_, err := os.Stat(tmpDir)
+		Expect(os.IsNotExist(err)).ShouldNot(BeTrue(), "Directory is not created as expect")
+	})
+
+	It("Test SystemExec", func() {
+		session := SystemExec(GoechoPath, []string{})
+		Expect(session.Command.Process).ShouldNot(BeNil(), "SystemExec can not start a process")
+	})
+
+	It("Test StringInSlice", func() {
+		testSlice := []string{"apple", "peach", "pear"}
+		Expect(StringInSlice("apple", testSlice)).To(BeTrue(), "apple should in ['apple', 'peach', 'pear']")
+		Expect(StringInSlice("banana", testSlice)).ShouldNot(BeTrue(), "banana should not in ['apple', 'peach', 'pear']")
+		Expect(StringInSlice("anything", []string{})).ShouldNot(BeTrue(), "anything should not in empty slice")
+	})
+
+	DescribeTable("Test GetHostDistributionInfo",
+		func(path, id, ver string, empty bool) {
+			txt := fmt.Sprintf("ID=%s\nVERSION_ID=%s", id, ver)
+			if !empty {
+				f, _ := os.Create(path)
+				f.WriteString(txt)
+				f.Close()
+			}
+
+			OSReleasePath = path
+			host := GetHostDistributionInfo()
+			if empty {
+				Expect(host).To(Equal(HostOS{}), "HostOs should be empty.")
+			} else {
+				Expect(host.Distribution).To(Equal(strings.Trim(id, "\"")))
+				Expect(host.Version).To(Equal(strings.Trim(ver, "\"")))
+			}
+		},
+		Entry("Configure file is not exist.", "/tmp/notexist", "", "", true),
+		Entry("Item value with and without \"", "/tmp/os-release.test", "fedora", "\"28\"", false),
+		Entry("Item empty with and without \"", "/tmp/os-release.test", "", "\"\"", false),
+	)
+
+	DescribeTable("Test IsKernelNewerThan",
+		func(kv string, expect, isNil bool) {
+			newer, err := IsKernelNewerThan(kv)
+			Expect(newer).To(Equal(expect), "Version compare results is not as expect.")
+			Expect(err == nil).To(Equal(isNil), "Error is not as expect.")
+		},
+		Entry("Invlid kernel version: 0", "0", false, false),
+		Entry("Older kernel version:0.0", "0.0", true, true),
+		Entry("Newer kernel version: 100.17.14", "100.17.14", false, true),
+		Entry("Invlid kernel version: I am not a kernel version", "I am not a kernel version", false, false),
+	)
+
+	DescribeTable("Test TestIsCommandAvailable",
+		func(cmd string, expect bool) {
+			cmdExist := IsCommandAvailable(cmd)
+			Expect(cmdExist).To(Equal(expect))
+		},
+		Entry("Command exist", GoechoPath, true),
+		Entry("Command exist", "Fakecmd", false),
+	)
+
+	It("Test WriteJsonFile", func() {
+		type testJson struct {
+			Item1 int
+			Item2 []string
+		}
+		compareData := &testJson{}
+
+		testData := &testJson{
+			Item1: 5,
+			Item2: []string{"test"},
+		}
+
+		testByte, _ := json.Marshal(testData)
+		err := WriteJsonFile(testByte, "/tmp/testJson")
+
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "Failed to write JSON to file.")
+
+		read, err := os.Open("/tmp/testJson")
+		defer read.Close()
+
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "Can not find the JSON file after we write it.")
+
+		bytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(read)
+		json.Unmarshal(bytes, compareData)
+
+		Expect(reflect.DeepEqual(testData, compareData)).To(BeTrue(), "Data chaned after we store it to file.")
+	})
+
+	DescribeTable("Test Containerized",
+		func(path string, setEnv, createFile, expect bool) {
+			if setEnv && (os.Getenv("container") == "") {
+				os.Setenv("container", "test")
+				defer os.Setenv("container", "")
+			}
+			if !setEnv && (os.Getenv("container") != "") {
+				containerized := os.Getenv("container")
+				os.Setenv("container", "")
+				defer os.Setenv("container", containerized)
+			}
+			txt := "1:test:/"
+			if expect {
+				txt = "2:docker:/"
+			}
+			if createFile {
+				f, _ := os.Create(path)
+				f.WriteString(txt)
+				f.Close()
+			}
+			ProcessOneCgroupPath = path
+			Expect(Containerized()).To(Equal(expect))
+		},
+		Entry("Set container in env", "", true, false, true),
+		Entry("Can not read from file", "/tmp/notexist", false, false, false),
+		Entry("Docker in cgroup file", "/tmp/cgroup.test", false, true, true),
+		Entry("Docker not in cgroup file", "/tmp/cgroup.test", false, true, false),
+	)
+
+})
diff --git a/test/utils/podmansession_test.go b/test/utils/podmansession_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de8c20b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/podmansession_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("PodmanSession test", func() {
+	var session *PodmanSession
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		session = StartFakeCmdSession([]string{"PodmanSession", "test", "Podman Session"})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+	})
+
+	It("Test OutputToString", func() {
+		Expect(session.OutputToString()).To(Equal("PodmanSession test Podman Session"))
+	})
+
+	It("Test OutputToStringArray", func() {
+		Expect(session.OutputToStringArray()).To(Equal([]string{"PodmanSession", "test", "Podman Session"}))
+	})
+
+	It("Test ErrorToString", func() {
+		Expect(session.ErrorToString()).To(Equal("PodmanSession test Podman Session"))
+	})
+
+	It("Test ErrorToStringArray", func() {
+		Expect(session.ErrorToStringArray()).To(Equal([]string{"PodmanSession", "test", "Podman Session", ""}))
+	})
+
+	It("Test GrepString", func() {
+		match, backStr := session.GrepString("Session")
+		Expect(match).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(backStr).To(Equal([]string{"PodmanSession", "Podman Session"}))
+
+		match, backStr = session.GrepString("I am not here")
+		Expect(match).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+		Expect(backStr).To(BeNil())
+
+	})
+
+	It("Test ErrorGrepString", func() {
+		match, backStr := session.ErrorGrepString("Session")
+		Expect(match).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(backStr).To(Equal([]string{"PodmanSession", "Podman Session"}))
+
+		match, backStr = session.ErrorGrepString("I am not here")
+		Expect(match).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+		Expect(backStr).To(BeNil())
+
+	})
+
+	It("Test LineInOutputStartsWith", func() {
+		Expect(session.LineInOuputStartsWith("Podman")).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(session.LineInOuputStartsWith("Session")).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+	})
+
+	It("Test LineInOutputContains", func() {
+		Expect(session.LineInOutputContains("Podman")).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(session.LineInOutputContains("Session")).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(session.LineInOutputContains("I am not here")).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+	})
+
+	It("Test LineInOutputContainsTag", func() {
+		session = StartFakeCmdSession([]string{"HEAD LINE", "docker.io/library/busybox   latest   e1ddd7948a1c   5 weeks ago   1.38MB"})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.LineInOutputContainsTag("docker.io/library/busybox", "latest")).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(session.LineInOutputContainsTag("busybox", "latest")).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+	})
+
+	It("Test IsJSONOutputValid", func() {
+		session = StartFakeCmdSession([]string{`{"page":1,"fruits":["apple","peach","pear"]}`})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.IsJSONOutputValid()).To(BeTrue())
+
+		session = StartFakeCmdSession([]string{"I am not JSON"})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.IsJSONOutputValid()).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+	})
+
+	It("Test WaitWithDefaultTimeout", func() {
+		session = StartFakeCmdSession([]string{"sleep", "2"})
+		Expect(session.ExitCode()).Should(Equal(-1))
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.ExitCode()).Should(Equal(0))
+	})
+
+})
diff --git a/test/utils/podmantest_test.go b/test/utils/podmantest_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87f756920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/podmantest_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("PodmanTest test", func() {
+	var podmanTest *FakePodmanTest
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		podmanTest = FakePodmanTestCreate()
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		FakeOutputs = make(map[string][]string)
+	})
+
+	It("Test PodmanAsUser", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["check"] = []string{"check"}
+		os.Setenv("HOOK_OPTION", "hook_option")
+		env := os.Environ()
+		session := podmanTest.PodmanAsUser([]string{"check"}, 1000, 1000, env)
+		os.Unsetenv("HOOK_OPTION")
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.Command.Process).ShouldNot(BeNil())
+	})
+
+	It("Test NumberOfContainersRunning", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["ps -q"] = []string{"one", "two"}
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainersRunning()).To(Equal(2))
+	})
+
+	It("Test NumberOfContainers", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["ps -aq"] = []string{"one", "two"}
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfContainers()).To(Equal(2))
+	})
+
+	It("Test NumberOfPods", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["pod ps -q"] = []string{"one", "two"}
+		Expect(podmanTest.NumberOfPods()).To(Equal(2))
+	})
+
+	It("Test WaitForContainer", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["ps -q"] = []string{"one", "two"}
+		Expect(WaitForContainer(podmanTest)).To(BeTrue())
+
+		FakeOutputs["ps -q"] = []string{"one"}
+		Expect(WaitForContainer(podmanTest)).To(BeTrue())
+
+		FakeOutputs["ps -q"] = []string{""}
+		Expect(WaitForContainer(podmanTest)).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+	})
+
+	It("Test GetContainerStatus", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["ps --all --format={{.Status}}"] = []string{"Need func update"}
+		Expect(podmanTest.GetContainerStatus()).To(Equal("Need func update"))
+	})
+
+	It("Test WaitContainerReady", func() {
+		FakeOutputs["logs testimage"] = []string{""}
+		Expect(WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "testimage", "ready", 2, 1)).To(Not(BeTrue()))
+
+		FakeOutputs["logs testimage"] = []string{"I am ready"}
+		Expect(WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "testimage", "am ready", 2, 1)).To(BeTrue())
+
+		FakeOutputs["logs testimage"] = []string{"I am ready"}
+		Expect(WaitContainerReady(podmanTest, "testimage", "", 2, 1)).To(BeTrue())
+	})
+
+})
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9409c9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,432 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/parsers/kernel"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultWaitTimeout   = 90
+	OSReleasePath        = "/etc/os-release"
+	ProcessOneCgroupPath = "/proc/1/cgroup"
+)
+
+// PodmanTestCommon contains common functions will be updated later in
+// the inheritance structs
+type PodmanTestCommon interface {
+	MakeOptions(args []string) []string
+	WaitForContainer() bool
+	WaitContainerReady(id string, expStr string, timeout int, step int) bool
+}
+
+// PodmanTest struct for command line options
+type PodmanTest struct {
+	PodmanMakeOptions func(args []string) []string
+	PodmanBinary      string
+	ArtifactPath      string
+	TempDir           string
+}
+
+// PodmanSession wraps the gexec.session so we can extend it
+type PodmanSession struct {
+	*gexec.Session
+}
+
+// HostOS is a simple struct for the test os
+type HostOS struct {
+	Distribution string
+	Version      string
+	Arch         string
+}
+
+// MakeOptions assembles all podman options
+func (p *PodmanTest) MakeOptions(args []string) []string {
+	return p.PodmanMakeOptions(args)
+}
+
+// PodmanAsUser exec podman as user. uid and gid is set for credentials useage. env is used
+// to record the env for debugging
+func (p *PodmanTest) PodmanAsUser(args []string, uid, gid uint32, env []string) *PodmanSession {
+	var command *exec.Cmd
+	podmanOptions := p.MakeOptions(args)
+
+	if env == nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Running: %s %s\n", p.PodmanBinary, strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("Running: (env: %v) %s %s\n", env, p.PodmanBinary, strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "))
+	}
+	if uid != 0 || gid != 0 {
+		nsEnterOpts := append([]string{"--userspec", fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", uid, gid), "/", p.PodmanBinary}, podmanOptions...)
+		command = exec.Command("chroot", nsEnterOpts...)
+	} else {
+		command = exec.Command(p.PodmanBinary, podmanOptions...)
+	}
+	if env != nil {
+		command.Env = env
+	}
+
+	session, err := gexec.Start(command, GinkgoWriter, GinkgoWriter)
+	if err != nil {
+		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unable to run podman command: %s\n%v", strings.Join(podmanOptions, " "), err))
+	}
+	return &PodmanSession{session}
+}
+
+// PodmanBase exec podman with default env.
+func (p *PodmanTest) PodmanBase(args []string) *PodmanSession {
+	return p.PodmanAsUser(args, 0, 0, nil)
+}
+
+// WaitForContainer waits on a started container
+func (p *PodmanTest) WaitForContainer() bool {
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		if p.NumberOfContainersRunning() > 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// NumberOfContainersRunning returns an int of how many
+// containers are currently running.
+func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfContainersRunning() int {
+	var containers []string
+	ps := p.PodmanBase([]string{"ps", "-q"})
+	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
+		if i != "" {
+			containers = append(containers, i)
+		}
+	}
+	return len(containers)
+}
+
+// NumberOfContainers returns an int of how many
+// containers are currently defined.
+func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfContainers() int {
+	var containers []string
+	ps := p.PodmanBase([]string{"ps", "-aq"})
+	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
+		if i != "" {
+			containers = append(containers, i)
+		}
+	}
+	return len(containers)
+}
+
+// NumberOfPods returns an int of how many
+// pods are currently defined.
+func (p *PodmanTest) NumberOfPods() int {
+	var pods []string
+	ps := p.PodmanBase([]string{"pod", "ps", "-q"})
+	ps.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+	Expect(ps.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+	for _, i := range ps.OutputToStringArray() {
+		if i != "" {
+			pods = append(pods, i)
+		}
+	}
+	return len(pods)
+}
+
+// GetContainerStatus returns the containers state.
+// This function assumes only one container is active.
+func (p *PodmanTest) GetContainerStatus() string {
+	var podmanArgs = []string{"ps"}
+	podmanArgs = append(podmanArgs, "--all", "--format={{.Status}}")
+	session := p.PodmanBase(podmanArgs)
+	session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+	return session.OutputToString()
+}
+
+// WaitContainerReady waits process or service inside container start, and ready to be used.
+func (p *PodmanTest) WaitContainerReady(id string, expStr string, timeout int, step int) bool {
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	s := p.PodmanBase([]string{"logs", id})
+	s.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+
+	for {
+		if time.Since(startTime) >= time.Duration(timeout)*time.Second {
+			fmt.Printf("Container %s is not ready in %ds", id, timeout)
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if strings.Contains(s.OutputToString(), expStr) {
+			return true
+		}
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(step) * time.Second)
+		s = p.PodmanBase([]string{"logs", id})
+		s.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+	}
+}
+
+// WaitForContainer is a wrapper function for accept inheritance PodmanTest struct.
+func WaitForContainer(p PodmanTestCommon) bool {
+	return p.WaitForContainer()
+}
+
+// WaitForContainerReady is a wrapper function for accept inheritance PodmanTest struct.
+func WaitContainerReady(p PodmanTestCommon, id string, expStr string, timeout int, step int) bool {
+	return p.WaitContainerReady(id, expStr, timeout, step)
+}
+
+// OutputToString formats session output to string
+func (s *PodmanSession) OutputToString() string {
+	fields := strings.Fields(fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Out.Contents()))
+	return strings.Join(fields, " ")
+}
+
+// OutputToStringArray returns the output as a []string
+// where each array item is a line split by newline
+func (s *PodmanSession) OutputToStringArray() []string {
+	var results []string
+	output := fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Out.Contents())
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
+		if line != "" {
+			results = append(results, line)
+		}
+	}
+	return results
+}
+
+// ErrorToString formats session stderr to string
+func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorToString() string {
+	fields := strings.Fields(fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Err.Contents()))
+	return strings.Join(fields, " ")
+}
+
+// ErrorToStringArray returns the stderr output as a []string
+// where each array item is a line split by newline
+func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorToStringArray() []string {
+	output := fmt.Sprintf("%s", s.Err.Contents())
+	return strings.Split(output, "\n")
+}
+
+// GrepString takes session output and behaves like grep. it returns a bool
+// if successful and an array of strings on positive matches
+func (s *PodmanSession) GrepString(term string) (bool, []string) {
+	var (
+		greps   []string
+		matches bool
+	)
+
+	for _, line := range s.OutputToStringArray() {
+		if strings.Contains(line, term) {
+			matches = true
+			greps = append(greps, line)
+		}
+	}
+	return matches, greps
+}
+
+// ErrorGrepString takes session stderr output and behaves like grep. it returns a bool
+// if successful and an array of strings on positive matches
+func (s *PodmanSession) ErrorGrepString(term string) (bool, []string) {
+	var (
+		greps   []string
+		matches bool
+	)
+
+	for _, line := range s.ErrorToStringArray() {
+		if strings.Contains(line, term) {
+			matches = true
+			greps = append(greps, line)
+		}
+	}
+	return matches, greps
+}
+
+//LineInOutputStartsWith returns true if a line in a
+// session output starts with the supplied string
+func (s *PodmanSession) LineInOuputStartsWith(term string) bool {
+	for _, i := range s.OutputToStringArray() {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(i, term) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+//LineInOutputContains returns true if a line in a
+// session output starts with the supplied string
+func (s *PodmanSession) LineInOutputContains(term string) bool {
+	for _, i := range s.OutputToStringArray() {
+		if strings.Contains(i, term) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+//LineInOutputContainsTag returns true if a line in the
+// session's output contains the repo-tag pair as returned
+// by podman-images(1).
+func (s *PodmanSession) LineInOutputContainsTag(repo, tag string) bool {
+	tagMap := tagOutputToMap(s.OutputToStringArray())
+	for r, t := range tagMap {
+		if repo == r && tag == t {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// IsJSONOutputValid attempts to unmarshal the session buffer
+// and if successful, returns true, else false
+func (s *PodmanSession) IsJSONOutputValid() bool {
+	var i interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(s.Out.Contents(), &i); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// WaitWithDefaultTimeout waits for process finished with defaultWaitTimeout
+func (s *PodmanSession) WaitWithDefaultTimeout() {
+	s.Wait(defaultWaitTimeout)
+	fmt.Println("output:", s.OutputToString())
+}
+
+// CreateTempDirinTempDir create a temp dir with prefix podman_test
+func CreateTempDirInTempDir() (string, error) {
+	return ioutil.TempDir("", "podman_test")
+}
+
+// SystemExec is used to exec a system command to check its exit code or output
+func SystemExec(command string, args []string) *PodmanSession {
+	c := exec.Command(command, args...)
+	session, err := gexec.Start(c, GinkgoWriter, GinkgoWriter)
+	if err != nil {
+		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("unable to run command: %s %s", command, strings.Join(args, " ")))
+	}
+	return &PodmanSession{session}
+}
+
+// StringInSlice determines if a string is in a string slice, returns bool
+func StringInSlice(s string, sl []string) bool {
+	for _, i := range sl {
+		if i == s {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+//tagOutPutToMap parses each string in imagesOutput and returns
+// a map of repo:tag pairs.  Notice, the first array item will
+// be skipped as it's considered to be the header.
+func tagOutputToMap(imagesOutput []string) map[string]string {
+	m := make(map[string]string)
+	// iterate over output but skip the header
+	for _, i := range imagesOutput[1:] {
+		tmp := []string{}
+		for _, x := range strings.Split(i, " ") {
+			if x != "" {
+				tmp = append(tmp, x)
+			}
+		}
+		// podman-images(1) return a list like output
+		// in the format of "Repository Tag [...]"
+		if len(tmp) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		m[tmp[0]] = tmp[1]
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+//GetHostDistributionInfo returns a struct with its distribution name and version
+func GetHostDistributionInfo() HostOS {
+	f, err := os.Open(OSReleasePath)
+	defer f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return HostOS{}
+	}
+
+	l := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	host := HostOS{}
+	host.Arch = runtime.GOARCH
+	for l.Scan() {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(l.Text(), "ID=") {
+			host.Distribution = strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(strings.Split(l.Text(), "=")[1:], "")), "\"", "", -1)
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(l.Text(), "VERSION_ID=") {
+			host.Version = strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(strings.Split(l.Text(), "=")[1:], "")), "\"", "", -1)
+		}
+	}
+	return host
+}
+
+// IsKernelNewerThan compares the current kernel version to one provided.  If
+// the kernel is equal to or greater, returns true
+func IsKernelNewerThan(version string) (bool, error) {
+	inputVersion, err := kernel.ParseRelease(version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	kv, err := kernel.GetKernelVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// CompareKernelVersion compares two kernel.VersionInfo structs.
+	// Returns -1 if a < b, 0 if a == b, 1 it a > b
+	result := kernel.CompareKernelVersion(*kv, *inputVersion)
+	if result >= 0 {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, nil
+
+}
+
+//IsCommandAvaible check if command exist
+func IsCommandAvailable(command string) bool {
+	check := exec.Command("bash", "-c", strings.Join([]string{"command -v", command}, " "))
+	err := check.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// WriteJsonFile write json format data to a json file
+func WriteJsonFile(data []byte, filePath string) error {
+	var jsonData map[string]interface{}
+	json.Unmarshal(data, &jsonData)
+	formatJson, _ := json.MarshalIndent(jsonData, "", "	")
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, formatJson, 0644)
+}
+
+// Containerized check the podman command run inside container
+func Containerized() bool {
+	container := os.Getenv("container")
+	if container != "" {
+		return true
+	}
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(ProcessOneCgroupPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		// shrug, if we cannot read that file, return false
+		return false
+	}
+	if strings.Index(string(b), "docker") > -1 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/test/utils/utils_suite_test.go b/test/utils/utils_suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1100892b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/utils_suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/containers/libpod/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
+)
+
+var FakeOutputs map[string][]string
+var GoechoPath = "../goecho/goecho"
+
+type FakePodmanTest struct {
+	PodmanTest
+}
+
+func FakePodmanTestCreate() *FakePodmanTest {
+	FakeOutputs = make(map[string][]string)
+	p := &FakePodmanTest{
+		PodmanTest: PodmanTest{
+			PodmanBinary: GoechoPath,
+		},
+	}
+
+	p.PodmanMakeOptions = p.makeOptions
+	return p
+}
+
+func (p *FakePodmanTest) makeOptions(args []string) []string {
+	return FakeOutputs[strings.Join(args, " ")]
+}
+
+func StartFakeCmdSession(args []string) *PodmanSession {
+	var outWriter, errWriter io.Writer
+	command := exec.Command(GoechoPath, args...)
+	session, err := gexec.Start(command, outWriter, errWriter)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	return &PodmanSession{session}
+}
+
+func TestUtils(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "Unit test for test utils package")
+}