diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0563d1a..a60ac82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *~
 *.bak
+*.pyc
 *.swp
 
diff --git a/ZanataFunctions.py b/ZanataFunctions.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e51d1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ZanataFunctions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Generic Helper Function"""
+
+import argparse
+import errno
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess  # nosec
+import sys
+import urllib2  # noqa: F401 # pylint: disable=import-error,unused-import
+import urlparse  # noqa: F401 # pylint: disable=import-error,unused-import
+
+try:
+    from typing import List, Any  # noqa: F401 # pylint: disable=unused-import
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write("python typing module is not installed" + os.linesep)
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+ZANATA_ENV_FILE = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'zanata-env.sh')
+BASH_CMD = '/bin/bash'
+
+
+def logging_init(level=logging.INFO):
+    # type (int) -> logging.Logger
+    """Initialize logging"""
+    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)-15s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
+    logger = logging.getLogger()
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    return logger
+
+
+def read_env(filename):
+    # type (str) -> dict
+    """Read environment variables by sourcing a bash file"""
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(  # nosec
+            [BASH_CMD, '-c',
+             "source %s && set -o posix && set" % (filename)],
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    return {kv[0]: kv[1] for kv in [
+            s.strip().split('=', 1)
+            for s in proc.stdout.readlines() if '=' in s]}
+
+
+ZANATA_ENV = read_env(ZANATA_ENV_FILE)
+
+
+class HTTPBasicAuthHandler(urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler):
+    """Handle Basic Authentication"""
+    def http_error_401(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers):  # noqa: E501  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,unused-argument,too-many-arguments
+        """retry with basic auth when facing a 401"""
+        host = req.get_host()
+        realm = None
+        return self.retry_http_basic_auth(host, req, realm)
+
+    def http_error_403(self, req, fp, code, msg, hdrs):  # noqa: E501  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,unused-argument,too-many-arguments
+        """retry with basic auth when facing a 403"""
+        host = req.get_host()
+        realm = None
+        return self.retry_http_basic_auth(host, req, realm)
+
+
+class SshHost(object):
+    """SSH/SCP helper functions"""
+
+    SCP_CMD = '/usr/bin/scp'
+    SSH_CMD = '/usr/bin/ssh'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_parent_parser():
+        # type () -> argparse.ArgumentParser
+        """Create parent parser for SSH related program"""
+        parent_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+        parent_parser.add_argument(
+                '-i', '--identity-file', type=str,
+                help='SSH/SCP indent-files')
+        parent_parser.add_argument(
+                'host', type=str,
+                help='host with/without username,'
+                + ' e.g. user@host.example or host.example')
+        parent_parser.add_argument(
+                '-t', '--dest-path', type=str, help='Destination path')
+        return parent_parser
+
+    def __init__(self, host, identity_file=None):
+        # type (str, str) -> None
+        self.host = host
+        self.identity_file = identity_file
+        if self.identity_file:
+            self.opt_list = ['-i', identity_file]
+        else:
+            self.opt_list = []
+
+    def run_check_call(self, command, sudo=False):
+        # type (str, bool) -> None
+        """Run command though ssh"""
+        cmd_list = [SshHost.SSH_CMD]
+        cmd_list += self.opt_list
+        cmd_list += [
+                self.host,
+                ('sudo ' if sudo else '') + command]
+        logging.info(' '.join(cmd_list))
+
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd_list)  # nosec
+
+    def scp_to_remote(
+            self, source_path, dest_path,
+            sudo=False, rm_old=False):
+        # type (str, str, bool, bool) -> None
+        """scp to remote host"""
+        if rm_old:
+            self.run_check_call(
+                    "rm -fr %s" % dest_path, sudo)
+
+        cmd_list = [
+                'scp', '-p'] + self.opt_list + [
+                        source_path,
+                        "%s:%s" % (self.host, dest_path)]
+
+        logging.info(' '.join(cmd_list))
+
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd_list)  # nosec
+
+
+class UrlHelper(object):
+    """URL helper functions"""
+    def __init__(self, base_url, user, token):
+        """install the authentication handler."""
+        self.base_url = base_url
+        auth_handler = HTTPBasicAuthHandler()
+        auth_handler.add_password(
+                realm=None,
+                uri=self.base_url,
+                user=user,
+                passwd=token)
+        opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth_handler)
+        # install it for all urllib2.urlopen calls
+        urllib2.install_opener(opener)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def read(url):
+        # type (str) -> str
+        """Read URL"""
+        logging.info("Reading from %s", url)
+        return urllib2.urlopen(url).read()  # nosec
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def download_file(url, dest_file='', dest_dir='.'):
+        # type (str, str, str) -> None
+        """Download file"""
+        target_file = dest_file
+        if not target_file:
+            url_parsed = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+            target_file = os.path.basename(url_parsed.path)
+        chunk = 128 * 1024  # 128 KiB
+        target_dir = os.path.abspath(dest_dir)
+        target_path = os.path.join(target_dir, target_file)
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(target_dir)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(target_dir):
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise
+
+        logging.info("Downloading to %s from %s", target_path, url)
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(url)  # nosec
+        chunk_count = 0
+        with open(target_path, 'wb') as out_file:
+            while True:
+                buf = response.read(chunk)
+                if not buf:
+                    break
+                out_file.write(buf)
+                chunk_count += 1
+                if chunk_count % 100 == 0:
+                    sys.stderr.write('#')
+                    sys.stderr.flush()
+                elif chunk_count % 10 == 0:
+                    sys.stderr.write('.')
+                    sys.stderr.flush()
+        return response
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/py-test-all b/py-test-all
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..91fab31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-test-all
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+### NAME
+###     py-test-all - test all python files
+###
+
+set -eu
+PY_SOURCES=*.py
+
+## Pylint
+echo "====== pylint ======" > /dev/stderr
+python2 -m pylint $PY_SOURCES
+
+## flake8
+echo "====== flake8 =====" > /dev/stderr
+flake8 --benchmark $PY_SOURCES
+
+## pytest
+echo "====== pytest-2 ======" > /dev/stderr
+pytest-2  $PY_SOURCES
+
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d553452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[MASTER]
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once).You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W"
+disable=print-statement,parameter-unpacking,unpacking-in-except,old-raise-syntax,backtick,long-suffix,old-ne-operator,old-octal-literal,import-star-module-level,raw-checker-failed,bad-inline-option,locally-disabled,locally-enabled,file-ignored,suppressed-message,useless-suppression,deprecated-pragma,apply-builtin,basestring-builtin,buffer-builtin,cmp-builtin,coerce-builtin,execfile-builtin,file-builtin,long-builtin,raw_input-builtin,reduce-builtin,standarderror-builtin,unicode-builtin,xrange-builtin,coerce-method,delslice-method,getslice-method,setslice-method,no-absolute-import,old-division,dict-iter-method,dict-view-method,next-method-called,metaclass-assignment,indexing-exception,raising-string,reload-builtin,oct-method,hex-method,nonzero-method,cmp-method,input-builtin,round-builtin,intern-builtin,unichr-builtin,map-builtin-not-iterating,zip-builtin-not-iterating,range-builtin-not-iterating,filter-builtin-not-iterating,using-cmp-argument,eq-without-hash,div-method,idiv-method,rdiv-method,exception-message-attribute,invalid-str-codec,sys-max-int,bad-python3-import,deprecated-string-function,deprecated-str-translate-call,superfluous-parens,relative-import,invalid-name
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging  or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=8
+
diff --git a/testZanataFunctions.py b/testZanataFunctions.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8309e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testZanataFunctions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Test the ZanataFunctions"""
+import subprocess  # nosec
+import unittest
+import ZanataFunctions
+
+
+class ZanataFunctionsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test Case for ZanataFunctions"""
+    def test_read_env(self):
+        """Test read_env()"""
+        zanata_env = ZanataFunctions.read_env(
+                ZanataFunctions.ZANATA_ENV_FILE)
+        self.assertEqual(zanata_env['EXIT_OK'], '0')
+
+
+class SshHostTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test SSH with localhost
+    thus set up password less SSH is required"""
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.ssh_host = ZanataFunctions.SshHost('localhost')
+
+    def test_run_check_call(self):
+        """Test SssHost.run_check_call"""
+        self.ssh_host.run_check_call('true')
+        self.assertRaises(
+                subprocess.CalledProcessError,
+                self.ssh_host.run_check_call,
+                'false')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()