diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad336b37a..31e838fa5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,3 +86,9 @@ CI_TOOLS_REPO
 
 # utility binaries
 /bin
+
+# python venvs
+.venv
+
+# openstack client config
+clouds.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c829f8fd5..462d2e7ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ PROCS?=$(shell expr $(shell nproc --ignore 2) / 2)
 PROC_CMD = --procs ${PROCS}
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: manifests generate fmt vet envtest ## Run tests.
-	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(shell $(ENVTEST) use $(ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION) -p path)" ginkgo --trace --cover --coverpkg=../../pkg/nova,../../pkg/novaapi,../../pkg/novaconductor,../../controllers,../../api/v1beta1 --coverprofile cover.out --covermode=atomic --randomize-all ${PROC_CMD} ./test/...
+test: manifests generate fmt vet envtest ginkgo ## Run tests.
+	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(shell $(ENVTEST) use $(ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION) -p path)" $(GINKGO) --trace --cover --coverpkg=../../pkg/nova,../../pkg/novaapi,../../pkg/novaconductor,../../controllers,../../api/v1beta1 --coverprofile cover.out --covermode=atomic --randomize-all ${PROC_CMD} ./test/...
 
 ##@ Build
 
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ $(LOCALBIN):
 KUSTOMIZE ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kustomize
 CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
+GINKGO ?= $(LOCALBIN)/ginkgo
 
 ## Tool Versions
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
@@ -184,6 +185,12 @@ envtest: $(ENVTEST) ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
 $(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
 	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
 
+
+.PHONY: ginkgo
+ginkgo: $(GINKGO) ## Download ginkgo locally if necessary.
+$(GINKGO): $(LOCALBIN)
+	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/ginkgo || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo
+
 .PHONY: bundle
 bundle: manifests kustomize ## Generate bundle manifests and metadata, then validate generated files.
 	operator-sdk generate kustomize manifests -q
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 32d5d5b8e..ae360e66c 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Qa4Bsj2Vb+FAVeAKsLD8RLQ+YRJB8YDmOAKxaBQ
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.3/go.mod h1:rjx6GuL8TTa9VaixXglHmQmIL98+wF9xc8zWvFonSJ8=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5/go.mod h1:RdybgQwPxbL4UEjuAruzK1x3nE69AqPYEJeo/TWfEeg=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.14/go.mod h1:QYRuS/SOXUCsnplDa677K7+DxSOj6IPNl/eQntq43wQ=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0 h1:p104kn46Q8WdvHunIJ9dAyjPVtrBPhSr3KT2yUst43I=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg7847qk6SyHyPtNmDHnmrv/HOrqktSC+C9fM+CJOE=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ github.com/google/gnostic v0.5.7-v3refs/go.mod h1:73MKFl6jIHelAJNaBGFzt3SPtZULs9
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8/DtOE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJYCmNdQXq6neHJOYx3V6jnqNEec=
 github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.0.0-20220520183353-fd19c99a87aa/go.mod h1:17drOmN3MwGY7t0e+Ei9b45FFGA3fBs3x36SsCg1hq8=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:hddJymUZASv3XPyGkUpKj8pPO47Rmb0eJc8R6ouapiM=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:as02EH8zWkzwUoLbBaFeQ+arQaj/OthfcblKl4IGNaM=
@@ -334,6 +336,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201224043029-2b0845dc783e/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4f
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.10-0.20220218145154-897bd77cd717/go.mod h1:Uh6Zz+xoGYZom868N8YTex3t7RhtHDBrE8Gzo9bV56E=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.10/go.mod h1:Uh6Zz+xoGYZom868N8YTex3t7RhtHDBrE8Gzo9bV56E=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.2.0 h1:G6AHpWxTMGY1KyEYoAQ5WTtIekUUvDNjan3ugu60JvE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.2.0/go.mod h1:y4OqIKeOV/fWJetJ8bXPU1sEVniLMIyDAZWeHdV+NTA=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220411194840-2f41105eb62f/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220517211312-f3a8303e98df/go.mod h1:K8+ghG5WaK9qNqU5K3HdILfMLy1f3aNYFI/wnl100a8=