diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
index 9d02fd7377..2efc94f94c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/mysql": "^2.15.4",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts
index 600b3aa9b3..cd207a7216 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/mysql.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as mysql from 'mysql';
 import { MysqlPlugin, plugin } from '../src';
-import * as testUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 import { CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/types';
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('mysql@2.x', () => {
     }
     tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(memoryExporter));
     if (testMysqlLocally) {
-      testUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('mysql');
       // wait 15 seconds for docker container to start
       this.timeout(20000);
       setTimeout(done, 15000);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('mysql@2.x', () => {
   after(function() {
     if (testMysqlLocally) {
       this.timeout(5000);
-      testUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('mysql');
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a569ff57d1..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run(
-      'docker run --rm -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpw -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test_db -e MYSQL_USER=otel -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret -p 33306:3306 --name otmysql circleci/mysql:5.7'
-    ),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otmysql');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json
index 4697636985..d02fb84ddc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/plugin-pg": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/node": "^12.6.9",
     "@types/pg": "^7.11.2",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/assertionUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/assertionUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a964d47a2f..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/assertionUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import {
-  SpanKind,
-  Attributes,
-  Event,
-  Span,
-  TimedEvent,
-} from '@opentelemetry/types';
-import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
-import {
-  hrTimeToMilliseconds,
-  hrTimeToMicroseconds,
-} from '@opentelemetry/core';
-
-export const assertSpan = (
-  span: ReadableSpan,
-  kind: SpanKind,
-  attributes: Attributes,
-  events: Event[]
-) => {
-  assert.strictEqual(span.spanContext.traceId.length, 32);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.spanContext.spanId.length, 16);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.kind, kind);
-
-  // check all the AttributeNames fields
-  Object.keys(span.attributes).forEach(key => {
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes[key], attributes[key]);
-  });
-
-  assert.ok(span.endTime);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.links.length, 0);
-
-  assert.ok(
-    hrTimeToMicroseconds(span.startTime) < hrTimeToMicroseconds(span.endTime)
-  );
-  assert.ok(hrTimeToMilliseconds(span.endTime) > 0);
-
-  // events
-  assert.strictEqual(
-    span.events.length,
-    events.length,
-    'Should contain same number of events'
-  );
-  span.events.forEach((_: TimedEvent, index: number) => {
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(span.events[index], events[index]);
-  });
-};
-
-// Check if sourceSpan was propagated to targetSpan
-export const assertPropagation = (
-  childSpan: ReadableSpan,
-  parentSpan: Span
-) => {
-  const targetSpanContext = childSpan.spanContext;
-  const sourceSpanContext = parentSpan.context();
-  assert.strictEqual(targetSpanContext.traceId, sourceSpanContext.traceId);
-  assert.strictEqual(childSpan.parentSpanId, sourceSpanContext.spanId);
-  assert.strictEqual(
-    targetSpanContext.traceFlags,
-    sourceSpanContext.traceFlags
-  );
-  assert.notStrictEqual(targetSpanContext.spanId, sourceSpanContext.spanId);
-};
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts
index 73ca6650a1..28ad86113a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/pg-pool.test.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ import {
   InMemorySpanExporter,
   SimpleSpanProcessor,
 } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
-import { SpanKind, Attributes, TimedEvent, Span } from '@opentelemetry/types';
+import {
+  SpanKind,
+  Attributes,
+  TimedEvent,
+  Span,
+  CanonicalCode,
+  Status,
+} from '@opentelemetry/types';
 import { plugin as pgPlugin, PostgresPlugin } from '@opentelemetry/plugin-pg';
 import { plugin, PostgresPoolPlugin } from '../src';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as pg from 'pg';
 import * as pgPool from 'pg-pool';
-import * as assertionUtils from './assertionUtils';
-import * as testUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 
 const memoryExporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
 
@@ -65,18 +71,23 @@ const DEFAULT_PG_ATTRIBUTES = {
   [AttributeNames.DB_USER]: CONFIG.user,
 };
 
+const okStatus: Status = {
+  code: CanonicalCode.OK,
+};
+
 const runCallbackTest = (
   parentSpan: Span,
   attributes: Attributes,
   events: TimedEvent[],
+  status: Status = okStatus,
   spansLength = 1,
   spansIndex = 0
 ) => {
   const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
   assert.strictEqual(spans.length, spansLength);
   const pgSpan = spans[spansIndex];
-  assertionUtils.assertSpan(pgSpan, SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes, events);
-  assertionUtils.assertPropagation(pgSpan, parentSpan);
+  testUtils.assertSpan(pgSpan, SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes, events, status);
+  testUtils.assertPropagation(pgSpan, parentSpan);
 };
 
 describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
@@ -97,14 +108,14 @@ describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
     pool = new pgPool(CONFIG);
     tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(memoryExporter));
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('postgres');
     }
     done();
   });
 
   after(function(done) {
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('postgres');
     }
     pool.end(() => {
       done();
@@ -144,11 +155,11 @@ describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
       const span = tracer.startSpan('test span');
       await tracer.withSpan(span, async () => {
         const client = await pool.connect();
-        runCallbackTest(span, pgPoolattributes, events, 1, 0);
+        runCallbackTest(span, pgPoolattributes, events, okStatus, 1, 0);
         assert.ok(client, 'pool.connect() returns a promise');
         try {
           await client.query('SELECT NOW()');
-          runCallbackTest(span, pgAttributes, events, 2, 1);
+          runCallbackTest(span, pgAttributes, events, okStatus, 2, 1);
         } catch (e) {
           throw e;
         } finally {
@@ -175,13 +186,13 @@ describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
           }
           release();
           assert.ok(client);
-          runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgPoolattributes, events, 1, 0);
+          runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgPoolattributes, events, okStatus, 1, 0);
           client.query('SELECT NOW()', (err, ret) => {
             if (err) {
               return done(err);
             }
             assert.ok(ret);
-            runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgAttributes, events, 2, 1);
+            runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgAttributes, events, okStatus, 2, 1);
             done();
           });
         });
@@ -205,8 +216,8 @@ describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
       await tracer.withSpan(span, async () => {
         try {
           const result = await pool.query('SELECT NOW()');
-          runCallbackTest(span, pgPoolattributes, events, 2, 0);
-          runCallbackTest(span, pgAttributes, events, 2, 1);
+          runCallbackTest(span, pgPoolattributes, events, okStatus, 2, 0);
+          runCallbackTest(span, pgAttributes, events, okStatus, 2, 1);
           assert.ok(result, 'pool.query() returns a promise');
         } catch (e) {
           throw e;
@@ -230,8 +241,8 @@ describe('pg-pool@2.x', () => {
           if (err) {
             return done(err);
           }
-          runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgPoolattributes, events, 2, 0);
-          runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgAttributes, events, 2, 1);
+          runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgPoolattributes, events, okStatus, 2, 0);
+          runCallbackTest(parentSpan, pgAttributes, events, okStatus, 2, 1);
           done();
         });
         assert.strictEqual(resNoPromise, undefined, 'No promise is returned');
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eec866fc41..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg-pool/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run('docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name otpostgres postgres:alpine'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otpostgres');
-  run('docker rm otpostgres');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json
index 34f685c53e..43b3ccb16f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/assertionUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/assertionUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c81918305..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/assertionUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import {
-  SpanKind,
-  Attributes,
-  Event,
-  Span,
-  Status,
-} from '@opentelemetry/types';
-import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { PostgresPlugin } from '../src';
-import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/tracing';
-import {
-  hrTimeToMilliseconds,
-  hrTimeToMicroseconds,
-} from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
-
-export const assertSpan = (
-  span: ReadableSpan,
-  kind: SpanKind,
-  attributes: Attributes,
-  events: Event[],
-  status: Status
-) => {
-  assert.strictEqual(span.spanContext.traceId.length, 32);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.spanContext.spanId.length, 16);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.kind, kind);
-
-  assert.strictEqual(
-    span.attributes[AttributeNames.COMPONENT],
-    PostgresPlugin.COMPONENT
-  );
-  assert.ok(span.endTime);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.links.length, 0);
-
-  assert.ok(
-    hrTimeToMicroseconds(span.startTime) < hrTimeToMicroseconds(span.endTime)
-  );
-  assert.ok(hrTimeToMilliseconds(span.endTime) > 0);
-
-  // attributes
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(span.attributes, attributes);
-
-  // events
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(span.events, events);
-
-  assert.strictEqual(span.status.code, status.code);
-  if (status.message) {
-    assert.strictEqual(span.status.message, status.message);
-  }
-};
-
-// Check if sourceSpan was propagated to targetSpan
-export const assertPropagation = (
-  childSpan: ReadableSpan,
-  parentSpan: Span
-) => {
-  const targetSpanContext = childSpan.spanContext;
-  const sourceSpanContext = parentSpan.context();
-  assert.strictEqual(targetSpanContext.traceId, sourceSpanContext.traceId);
-  assert.strictEqual(childSpan.parentSpanId, sourceSpanContext.spanId);
-  assert.strictEqual(
-    targetSpanContext.traceFlags,
-    sourceSpanContext.traceFlags
-  );
-  assert.notStrictEqual(targetSpanContext.spanId, sourceSpanContext.spanId);
-};
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts
index b260131a1b..c508f5840f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/pg.test.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ import { plugin, PostgresPlugin } from '../src';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as pg from 'pg';
-import * as assertionUtils from './assertionUtils';
-import * as testUtils from './testUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 
 const memoryExporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
 
@@ -74,15 +73,9 @@ const runCallbackTest = (
   const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
   assert.strictEqual(spans.length, spansLength);
   const pgSpan = spans[spansIndex];
-  assertionUtils.assertSpan(
-    pgSpan,
-    SpanKind.CLIENT,
-    attributes,
-    events,
-    status
-  );
+  testUtils.assertSpan(pgSpan, SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes, events, status);
   if (span) {
-    assertionUtils.assertPropagation(pgSpan, span);
+    testUtils.assertPropagation(pgSpan, span);
   }
 };
 
@@ -103,7 +96,7 @@ describe('pg@7.x', () => {
     }
     tracer.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(memoryExporter));
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('postgres');
     }
 
     client = new pg.Client(CONFIG);
@@ -116,7 +109,7 @@ describe('pg@7.x', () => {
 
   after(async () => {
     if (testPostgresLocally) {
-      testUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('postgres');
     }
     await client.end();
   });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eec866fc41..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-postgres/opentelemetry-plugin-pg/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run('docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name otpostgres postgres:alpine'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otpostgres');
-  run('docker rm otpostgres');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json
index 1c1f7226c0..f9c910fd4c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/node": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
     "@types/node": "^12.6.9",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts
index 72d6730a69..422cfa995a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/redis.test.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ import { NodeTracer } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 import { plugin, RedisPlugin } from '../src';
 import * as redisTypes from 'redis';
 import { NoopLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import * as dockerUtils from './testUtils';
-import * as assertionUtils from './assertionUtils';
+import * as testUtils from '@opentelemetry/test-utils';
 import { SpanKind, Status, CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/types';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ describe('redis@2.x', () => {
     }
 
     if (shouldTestLocal) {
-      dockerUtils.startDocker();
+      testUtils.startDocker('redis');
     }
 
     redis = require('redis');
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ describe('redis@2.x', () => {
 
   after(() => {
     if (shouldTestLocal) {
-      dockerUtils.cleanUpDocker();
+      testUtils.cleanUpDocker('redis');
     }
   });
 
@@ -174,14 +173,14 @@ describe('redis@2.x', () => {
                 endedSpans[0].name,
                 `redis-${operation.command}`
               );
-              assertionUtils.assertSpan(
+              testUtils.assertSpan(
                 endedSpans[0],
                 SpanKind.CLIENT,
                 attributes,
                 [],
                 okStatus
               );
-              assertionUtils.assertPropagation(endedSpans[0], span);
+              testUtils.assertPropagation(endedSpans[0], span);
               done();
             });
           });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/testUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a40b0b4aab..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/testUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
-export function startDocker() {
-  const tasks = [
-    run('docker run -d -p 63790:6379 --name otjsredis redis:alpine'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
-    const task = tasks[i];
-    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
-      console.error('Failed to start container!');
-      console.error(task.output);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
-export function cleanUpDocker() {
-  run('docker stop otjsredis');
-  run('docker rm otjsredis');
-}
-
-function run(cmd: string) {
-  try {
-    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
-      shell: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      code: proc.status,
-      output: proc.output
-        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
-        .join(''),
-    };
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
-    return;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80a42ddd19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "name": "@opentelemetry/test-utils",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "description": "Test utilities.",
+  "main": "build/testUtils.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "check": "gts check",
+    "compile": "tsc -p .",
+    "fix": "gts fix",
+    "precompile": "tsc --version",
+    "prepare": "npm run compile"
+  },
+  "repository": "open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js",
+  "keywords": [
+    "opentelemetry",
+    "test-utils"
+  ],
+  "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.3.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/types": "^0.3.1",
+    "gts": "^1.1.2",
+    "ts-node": "^8.5.4",
+    "tslint-consistent-codestyle": "^1.16.0",
+    "tslint-microsoft-contrib": "^6.2.0",
+    "typescript": "3.7.4"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/assertionUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/assertionUtils.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
index fdb517c7a0..f0eb0aa702 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/test/assertionUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
 import {
   SpanKind,
   Attributes,
@@ -28,6 +29,57 @@ import {
   hrTimeToMicroseconds,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 
+export function startDocker(db: 'redis' | 'mysql' | 'postgres') {
+  let dockerRunCmd;
+  switch (db) {
+    case 'redis':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run -d -p 63790:6379 --name ot${db} ${db}:alpine`;
+      break;
+
+    case 'mysql':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run --rm -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpw -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test_db -e MYSQL_USER=otel -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret -p 33306:3306 --name ot${db} circleci/${db}:5.7`;
+      break;
+
+    case 'postgres':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name ot${db} ${db}:alpine`;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  const tasks = [run(dockerRunCmd)];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
+    const task = tasks[i];
+    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
+      console.error('Failed to start container!');
+      console.error(task.output);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function cleanUpDocker(db: 'redis' | 'mysql' | 'postgres') {
+  run(`docker stop ot${db}`);
+  run(`docker rm ot${db}`);
+}
+
+function run(cmd: string) {
+  try {
+    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
+      shell: true,
+    });
+    return {
+      code: proc.status,
+      output: proc.output
+        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
+        .join(''),
+    };
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(e);
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
 export const assertSpan = (
   span: ReadableSpan,
   kind: SpanKind,
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eba808d7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "*.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0710b135d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "rulesDirectory": ["node_modules/tslint-microsoft-contrib"],
+  "extends": ["../../tslint.base.js", "./node_modules/tslint-consistent-codestyle"]
+}