diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/env/entrypoint.sh b/apps/files_external/tests/env/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6dd6ef23fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/env/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+: ${CLUSTER:=ceph}
+: ${RGW_NAME:=$(hostname -s)}
+: ${MON_NAME:=$(hostname -s)}
+: ${RGW_CIVETWEB_PORT:=80}
+: ${OSD_SIZE:=100}
+
+: ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN:=admin}
+: ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PORT:=35357}
+: ${KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_PORT:=5001}
+
+: ${KEYSTONE_SERVICE:=${CLUSTER}}
+: ${KEYSTONE_ENDPOINT_REGION:=region}
+
+: ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_USER:=admin}
+: ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TENANT:=admin}
+: ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PASS:=admin}
+
+ip_address=$(head -n1 /etc/hosts | cut -d"	" -f1)
+: ${MON_IP:=${ip_address}}
+subnet=$(ip route | grep "src ${ip_address}" | cut -d" " -f1)
+: ${CEPH_NETWORK:=${subnet}}
+
+#######
+# MON #
+#######
+
+if [ ! -n "$CEPH_NETWORK" ]; then
+   echo "ERROR- CEPH_NETWORK must be defined as the name of the network for the OSDs"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -n "$MON_IP" ]; then
+   echo "ERROR- MON_IP must be defined as the IP address of the monitor"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# bootstrap MON
+if [ ! -e /etc/ceph/ceph.conf ]; then
+   fsid=$(uuidgen)
+   cat <<ENDHERE >/etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.conf
+[global]
+fsid = $fsid
+mon initial members = ${MON_NAME}
+mon host = ${MON_IP}
+auth cluster required = cephx
+auth service required = cephx
+auth client required = cephx
+osd crush chooseleaf type = 0
+osd journal size = 100
+osd pool default pg num = 8
+osd pool default pgp num = 8
+osd pool default size = 1
+public network = ${CEPH_NETWORK}
+cluster network = ${CEPH_NETWORK}
+debug ms = 1
+
+[mon]
+debug mon = 20
+debug paxos = 20
+debug auth = 20
+
+[osd]
+debug osd = 20
+debug filestore = 20
+debug journal = 20
+debug monc = 20
+
+[mds]
+debug mds = 20
+debug mds balancer = 20
+debug mds log = 20
+debug mds migrator = 20
+
+[client.radosgw.gateway]
+rgw keystone url = http://${MON_IP}:${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PORT}
+rgw keystone admin token = ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN}
+rgw keystone accepted roles = _member_
+ENDHERE
+
+   # Generate administrator key
+   ceph-authtool /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.client.admin.keyring --create-keyring --gen-key -n client.admin --set-uid=0 --cap mon 'allow *' --cap osd 'allow *' --cap mds 'allow'
+
+   # Generate the mon. key
+   ceph-authtool /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring --create-keyring --gen-key -n mon. --cap mon 'allow *'
+
+   # Generate initial monitor map
+   monmaptool --create --add ${MON_NAME} ${MON_IP} --fsid ${fsid} /etc/ceph/monmap
+fi
+
+# If we don't have a monitor keyring, this is a new monitor
+if [ ! -e /var/lib/ceph/mon/${CLUSTER}-${MON_NAME}/keyring ]; then
+
+   if [ ! -e /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.client.admin.keyring ]; then
+      echo "ERROR- /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.client.admin.keyring must exist; get it from your existing mon"
+      exit 2
+   fi
+
+   if [ ! -e /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring ]; then
+      echo "ERROR- /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring must exist.  You can extract it from your current monitor by running 'ceph auth get mon. -o /tmp/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring'"
+      exit 3
+   fi
+
+   if [ ! -e /etc/ceph/monmap ]; then
+      echo "ERROR- /etc/ceph/monmap must exist.  You can extract it from your current monitor by running 'ceph mon getmap -o /tmp/monmap'"
+      exit 4
+   fi
+
+   # Import the client.admin keyring and the monitor keyring into a new, temporary one
+   ceph-authtool /tmp/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring --create-keyring --import-keyring /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.client.admin.keyring
+   ceph-authtool /tmp/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring --import-keyring /etc/ceph/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring
+
+   # Make the monitor directory
+   mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/mon/${CLUSTER}-${MON_NAME}
+
+   # Prepare the monitor daemon's directory with the map and keyring
+   ceph-mon --mkfs -i ${MON_NAME} --monmap /etc/ceph/monmap --keyring /tmp/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring
+
+   # Clean up the temporary key
+   rm /tmp/${CLUSTER}.mon.keyring
+fi
+
+# start MON
+ceph-mon -i ${MON_NAME} --public-addr ${MON_IP}:6789
+
+# change replica size
+ceph osd pool set rbd size 1
+
+
+#######
+# OSD #
+#######
+
+if [ ! -e /var/lib/ceph/osd/${CLUSTER}-0/keyring ]; then
+  # bootstrap OSD
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/osd/${CLUSTER}-0
+  # skip btrfs HACK if btrfs is already in place
+  if [ "$(stat -f /var/lib/ceph/osd/${CLUSTER}-0 2>/dev/null | grep btrfs | wc -l)" == "0"  ]; then
+    # HACK create btrfs loopback device
+    echo "creating osd storage image"
+    dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/osddata bs=1M count=${OSD_SIZE}
+    mkfs.btrfs /tmp/osddata
+    echo "mounting via loopback"
+    mount -o loop /tmp/osddata /var/lib/ceph/osd/${CLUSTER}-0
+    echo "now mounted:"
+    mount
+    # end HACK
+  fi
+  echo "creating osd"
+  ceph osd create
+  echo "creating osd filesystem"
+  ceph-osd -i 0 --mkfs
+  echo "creating osd keyring"
+  ceph auth get-or-create osd.0 osd 'allow *' mon 'allow profile osd' -o /var/lib/ceph/osd/${CLUSTER}-0/keyring
+  echo "configuring osd crush"
+  ceph osd crush add 0 1 root=default host=$(hostname -s)
+  echo "adding osd keyring"
+  ceph-osd -i 0 -k /var/lib/ceph/osd/${CLUSTER}-0/keyring
+fi
+
+# start OSD
+echo "starting osd"
+ceph-osd --cluster=${CLUSTER} -i 0
+
+#sleep 10
+
+#######
+# MDS #
+#######
+
+if [ ! -e /var/lib/ceph/mds/${CLUSTER}-0/keyring ]; then
+  # create ceph filesystem
+  echo "creating osd pool"
+  ceph osd pool create cephfs_data 8
+  echo "creating osd pool metadata"
+  ceph osd pool create cephfs_metadata 8
+  echo "creating cephfs"
+  ceph fs new cephfs cephfs_metadata cephfs_data
+
+  # bootstrap MDS
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/mds/${CLUSTER}-0
+  echo "creating mds auth"
+  ceph auth get-or-create mds.0 mds 'allow' osd 'allow *' mon 'allow profile mds' > /var/lib/ceph/mds/${CLUSTER}-0/keyring
+fi
+
+# start MDS
+echo "starting mds"
+ceph-mds --cluster=${CLUSTER} -i 0
+
+#sleep 10
+
+
+#######
+# RGW #
+#######
+
+if [ ! -e /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/${RGW_NAME}/keyring ]; then
+  # bootstrap RGW
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/${RGW_NAME}
+  echo "creating rgw auth"
+  ceph auth get-or-create client.radosgw.gateway osd 'allow rwx' mon 'allow rw' -o /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/${RGW_NAME}/keyring
+fi
+
+# start RGW
+echo "starting rgw"
+radosgw -c /etc/ceph/ceph.conf -n client.radosgw.gateway -k /var/lib/ceph/radosgw/${RGW_NAME}/keyring --rgw-socket-path="" --rgw-frontends="civetweb port=${RGW_CIVETWEB_PORT}"
+
+
+#######
+# API #
+#######
+
+# start ceph-rest-api
+echo "starting rest api"
+ceph-rest-api -n client.admin &
+
+############
+# Keystone #
+############
+
+if [ ! -e /etc/keystone/${CLUSTER}.conf ]; then
+  cat <<ENDHERE > /etc/keystone/${CLUSTER}.conf
+[DEFAULT]
+admin_token=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN}
+admin_port=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PORT}
+public_port=${KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_PORT}
+
+[database]
+connection = sqlite:////var/lib/keystone/keystone.db
+ENDHERE
+
+  # start Keystone
+  echo "starting keystone"
+  keystone-all --config-file /etc/keystone/${CLUSTER}.conf &
+
+  # wait until up
+  while ! nc ${MON_IP} ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PORT} </dev/null; do
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  export OS_SERVICE_TOKEN=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN}
+  export OS_SERVICE_ENDPOINT=http://${MON_IP}:${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PORT}/v2.0
+
+  echo "creating keystone service ${KEYSTONE_SERVICE}"
+  keystone service-create --name ${KEYSTONE_SERVICE} --type object-store
+  echo "creating keystone endpoint ${KEYSTONE_SERVICE}"
+  keystone endpoint-create --service ${KEYSTONE_SERVICE} \
+    --region ${KEYSTONE_ENDPOINT_REGION} \
+    --publicurl http://${MON_IP}:${RGW_CIVETWEB_PORT}/swift/v1 \
+    --internalurl http://${MON_IP}:${RGW_CIVETWEB_PORT}/swift/v1 \
+    --adminurl http://${MON_IP}:${RGW_CIVETWEB_PORT}/swift/v1
+
+  echo "creating keystone user ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_USER}"
+  keystone user-create --name=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_USER} --pass=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_PASS} --email=dev@null.com
+  echo "creating keystone tenant ${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TENANT}"
+  keystone tenant-create --name=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TENANT} --description=admin
+  echo "adding keystone role _member_"
+  keystone user-role-add --user=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_USER} --tenant=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TENANT} --role=_member_
+
+  echo "creating keystone role admin"
+  keystone role-create --name=admin
+  echo "adding keystone role admin"
+  keystone user-role-add --user=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_USER} --tenant=${KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TENANT} --role=admin
+fi
+
+
+#########
+# WATCH #
+#########
+
+echo "watching ceph"
+exec ceph -w
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh b/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh
index 936bb667e9..f3707aa39f 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/env/start-swift-ceph.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ echo "Fetch recent ${docker_image} docker image"
 docker pull ${docker_image}
 
 # retrieve current folder to place the config in the parent folder
-thisFolder=`echo $0 | replace "env/start-swift-ceph.sh" ""`
+thisFolder=`echo $0 | sed 's#env/start-swift-ceph\.sh##'`
 
 if [ -z "$thisFolder" ]; then
     thisFolder="."
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pass=testing
 tenant=testenant
 region=testregion
 service=testceph
+endpointFolder="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 container=`docker run -d \
     -e KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_PORT=${port} \
@@ -46,7 +47,10 @@ container=`docker run -d \
     -e KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TENANT=${tenant} \
     -e KEYSTONE_ENDPOINT_REGION=${region} \
     -e KEYSTONE_SERVICE=${service} \
-    ${docker_image}`
+    -e OSD_SIZE=300 \
+    -v ${endpointFolder}/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh \
+    --privileged \
+    --entrypoint /entrypoint.sh ${docker_image}`
 
 host=`docker inspect --format="{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}" $container`
 
@@ -57,8 +61,9 @@ echo "${docker_image} container: $container"
 echo $container >> $thisFolder/dockerContainerCeph.$EXECUTOR_NUMBER.swift
 
 echo -n "Waiting for ceph initialization"
-if ! "$thisFolder"/env/wait-for-connection ${host} 80 60; then
-    echo "[ERROR] Waited 60 seconds, no response" >&2
+if ! "$thisFolder"/env/wait-for-connection ${host} 80 600; then
+    echo "[ERROR] Waited 600 seconds, no response" >&2
+    docker logs $container
     exit 1
 fi
 sleep 1