diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05f8934137f2f05f9519ff0c6b02eb0cda64c205..fb15f05b9043977eec723f107ff5c2f31066ecb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,71 +37,59 @@
 
 #### Documentation
 
-Implementation documentation and discussion can be found in the [FLAME CLMC Information Model Specification](docs/clmc-information-model.md)
-
-#### Development Environment
-
-The development environment is currently Vagrant/Virtualbox providing the infrastructure for dev and testing.
-
-Vagrant-disksize plugin must be installed. 
-
-`vagrant plugin install vagrant-disksize`
+Implementation documentation and discussion can be found in the docs directory. 
 
 #### Testing
 
 Testing is implemented using pytest using the following convention:
 
+* The testing environment is Vagrant/Virtualbox for a base VM with LXC is installed for specific containers.
 * Tests are written in python using pytest
-* Related tests are stored in a python module `clmctest/<testmodule>` to create a suite of tests. All tests are stored in files test_*.py, there can be many tests per file, and many files per module
-* Each test module has a rspec.yml that provides the baseline "fixture" for the tests in the module
-* Tests are executed against fixtures. Fixtures are modular "setups" created for a test, that are inserted into the python code using dependancy injection. This offers more flexibility than the unit style testing. The baseline deployment is created using `vagrant up` with an appropriate rspec, and the pytest fixture reads the rspec.yml and makes the configuration available to the test.
-* Tests are executed from a guest VM (not the host) in the repo root using the command `pytest test/<testmodule>`
-* Pytest will scan the directory for all tests including in files test_*.py and run them
-
-#### Creating a deployment for a test
-
-Each test has a fixture defining a set of VMs required for the test. The fixture is described in an rspec.yml file that is stored within the clmctest/<testmoduel> directory. For example, the monitoring test fixture is stored in the following file.
-
-`clmctest\monitoring\rspec.yml`
-
-The fixture is created by running the vagrant up command with the test module name as a parameter
-
-`vagrant --fixture=monitoring -- up`
-
-This will provision the following VMs clmc-service, ipendpoint1, ipendpoint2
-
-The **clmc-service** vm includes influx, Kapacitor and Chronograf. The following ports forwarded to the clmc VM from the host machine are as follows:
+* Related tests are stored in a python module `src/test/clmctest/<testmodule>` to create a suite of tests. All tests are stored in files test_*.py, there can be many tests per file, and many files per module
+* Tests are executed against a set of LXC containers described in `src/test/clmctest/rspec.json`. 
+* Tests are executed from the test-runner container on the VM using install python modules
 
-* Influx: 8086 
-* Chronograf: 8888
-* Kapacitor: 9092
+Here's the instructions
 
-Typically, tests are run from a test-runner VM that has pytest installed. The script used to install pytest is 
+`vagrant up`
 
-`clmctest/services/pytest/install.sh`
+This will create a single VM with LXC installed and configured with lxcbr0 configured for the network 172.40.231.0/24
 
-To run a test, SSH into the test runner machine
+SSH into the VM
 
-`vagrant --fixture=monitoring -- ssh test-runner`
+`vagrant ssh`
 
-Then go to the 'vagrant' directory.
+Create the services needed for integration tests
 
-`cd /vagrant`
+`/vagrant/scripts/test/conts-create.sh`
 
-Run the pytest.
+All of the containers created are defined in the file `/vagrant/src/test/clmctest/rspec.json`
 
-`pytest -s clmctest/monitoring/`
+Attach to the test-runner
 
-#### Tests run from the host
+`lxc-attach -n test-runner`
 
-Tests can be run from the host by sshing commands to the test running. This is described in the .gitlab-ci.yml file. The file shows how a python package is created
+Here we need to define a make file but for now the commands are manual
 
-`python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build`
+```
+cd /vagrant/src/test
+python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=../../build
+cd ../../src/service
+python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=../../build
+pip3 install /vagrant/build/clmctest-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz
+pip3 install /vagrant/build/clmcservice-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz   
+```
 
-Then the package is installed 
+The following modules are unit tests
 
-`vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pip3 install /vagrant/build/clmctest-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz"`
+```
+pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.scripts
+pytest -s --pyargs clmcservice.tests  
+```
 
-Then the tests are run
+The following modules are integration tests
 
-`vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.scripts"`
+```
+pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.monitoring  
+pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.inputs
+```
diff --git a/scripts/test/conts-create.sh b/scripts/test/conts-create.sh
index ca3aac39375941c356f69e14b19798aab342b3e6..637d8ba519666e16c9681a2d96903fe3914ec1e9 100644
--- a/scripts/test/conts-create.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/conts-create.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu -o pipefail
+cd `dirname $0`
 
 source conts-env.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh b/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh
index 9a707149bd224f58cc441108647439afef269f29..29fa36db677fa276edf31c825a9118c2cf6211ac 100644
--- a/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu -o pipefail
+cd `dirname $0`
 
 source conts-env.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/test/conts-start.sh b/scripts/test/conts-start.sh
index f15a3a1dc6f457bbd81ea0074b3c9a88a97dacf7..2af56c1a6f3ee7a301bdefd6f9e4fe1ce7487e1e 100644
--- a/scripts/test/conts-start.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/conts-start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu -o pipefail
+cd `dirname $0`
 
 source conts-env.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/test/conts-stop.sh b/scripts/test/conts-stop.sh
index 33d89360d8b7254dc4b4f5280b07474d0b78abd4..a64786939ffdbfa2a7916da356d69b3a197c749f 100644
--- a/scripts/test/conts-stop.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/conts-stop.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eu -o pipefail
+cd `dirname $0`
 
 source conts-env.sh
 
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/e2e_response_time/rspec.yml b/src/test/clmctest/e2e_response_time/rspec.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fe3767ddb075e033c3b10acd81a885d73cdc18a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/test/clmctest/e2e_response_time/rspec.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-## (c) University of Southampton IT Innovation Centre, 2018
-##
-## Copyright in this software belongs to University of Southampton
-## IT Innovation Centre of Gamma House, Enterprise Road, 
-## Chilworth Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK.
-##
-## This software may not be used, sold, licensed, transferred, copied
-## or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or
-## on any media by any person other than in accordance with the terms
-## of the Licence Agreement supplied with the software, or otherwise
-## without the prior written consent of the copyright owners.
-##
-## This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the
-## implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-## PURPOSE, except where stated in the Licence Agreement supplied with
-## the software.
-##
-##      Created By :            Michael Boniface
-##      Created Date :          02-02-2018
-##      Created for Project :   FLAME
-
-hosts:
-  - name: clmc-service
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 8086
-        host: 8086
-      - guest: 8888
-        host: 8888
-      - guest: 9092
-        host: 9092
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.51"
-  - name: minio
-    service_name: "minio"
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 9000
-        host: 9000
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.155"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
-    sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_I1_minio"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
-  - name: test-runner
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.200"
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/inputs/rspec.yml b/src/test/clmctest/inputs/rspec.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5084b29ebdb308e7c116f9db5827f0c15ff289d0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/test/clmctest/inputs/rspec.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-## (c) University of Southampton IT Innovation Centre, 2018
-##
-## Copyright in this software belongs to University of Southampton
-## IT Innovation Centre of Gamma House, Enterprise Road, 
-## Chilworth Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK.
-##
-## This software may not be used, sold, licensed, transferred, copied
-## or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or
-## on any media by any person other than in accordance with the terms
-## of the Licence Agreement supplied with the software, or otherwise
-## without the prior written consent of the copyright owners.
-##
-## This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the
-## implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-## PURPOSE, except where stated in the Licence Agreement supplied with
-## the software.
-##
-##      Created By :            Michael Boniface
-##      Created Date :          02-02-2018
-##      Created for Project :   FLAME
-
-hosts:
-  - name: clmc-service
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 8086
-        host: 8086
-      - guest: 8888
-        host: 8888
-      - guest: 9092
-        host: 9092
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.51"
-  - name: apache
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "apache"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8881
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.150"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
-    sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_I1_apache1"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
-  - name: nginx
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "nginx"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8882
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.151"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
-    sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_nginx_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_nginx_I1_apache1"
-    sr_id: "service_router"    
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
-  - name: mongo
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "mongo"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8883
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.152"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "metadata_database"
-    sf_id_instance: "metadata_database_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "metadata_database_I1_apache1"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics" 
-  - name: ffmpeg
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "ffmpeg"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8884
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.153"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "metadata_database"
-    sf_id_instance: "metadata_database_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "metadata_database_I1_apache1"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics" 
-  - name: host
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "host"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8885
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.154"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
-    sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_I1_apache1"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
-  - name: test-runner
-    cpus: 2
-    memory: 4096
-    disk: "10GB"
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.200"
-  - name: minio
-    service_name: "minio"
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 9000
-        host: 9000
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.155"
-    location: "DC1"
-    sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
-    sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
-    sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
-    sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_I1"
-    ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_I1_minio"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
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diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_rspec.py b/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_rspec.py
index e3e0f6650d30d70e96ce1b13ee704b040795d398..e56bac91e7335a0fcad399dc41f5ac00ae8c1fd5 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_rspec.py
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_rspec.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import pytest
     'apache',
     'nginx',
     'mongo',
-    'ffmpeg',
     'host',
     'minio'    
 ])
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_telegraf_agents.py b/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_telegraf_agents.py
index 65f79ad7f300fb3cecd70221501055d8a968a402..2358d93d6968f83ad7c0712e7dcce25575df638b 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_telegraf_agents.py
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/inputs/test_telegraf_agents.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
     ('apache'),
     ('nginx'),
     ('mongo'),
-    ('ffmpeg'),
     ('host'),
     ('minio')
     ])
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/monitoring/rspec.yml b/src/test/clmctest/monitoring/rspec.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fa5297ab2aca0d58b3c9ecd9b5373c5a3ee3f49e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/test/clmctest/monitoring/rspec.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-## (c) University of Southampton IT Innovation Centre, 2018
-##
-## Copyright in this software belongs to University of Southampton
-## IT Innovation Centre of Gamma House, Enterprise Road, 
-## Chilworth Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK.
-##
-## This software may not be used, sold, licensed, transferred, copied
-## or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or
-## on any media by any person other than in accordance with the terms
-## of the Licence Agreement supplied with the software, or otherwise
-## without the prior written consent of the copyright owners.
-##
-## This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the
-## implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-## PURPOSE, except where stated in the Licence Agreement supplied with
-## the software.
-##
-##      Created By :            Michael Boniface
-##      Created Date :          02-02-2018
-##      Created for Project :   FLAME
-
-hosts:
-  - name: clmc-service
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 8086
-        host: 8086
-      - guest: 8888
-        host: 8888
-      - guest: 9092
-        host: 9092
-      - guest: 9080
-        host: 9080
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.51"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
-    report_period: 25    
-  - name: ipendpoint1
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "ipendpoint"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8081
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.170"
-    location: "nova"
-    sfc_id: "media_service_A"
-    sfc_id_instance: "StackID"
-    sf_id: "test-sf-clmc-agent-build"
-    sf_id_instance: "ms-A.ict-flame.eu"
-    ipendpoint_id: "endpoint1.ms-A.ict-flame.eu"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
-  - name: ipendpoint2
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "ipendpoint"
-    forward_ports:
-      - guest: 80
-        host: 8082
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.171"
-    location: "nova"
-    sfc_id: "media_service_A"
-    sfc_id_instance: "StackID"
-    sf_id: "test-sf-clmc-agent-build"
-    sf_id_instance: "ms-A.ict-flame.eu"
-    ipendpoint_id: "endpoint2.ms-A.ict-flame.eu"
-    sr_id: "service_router"
-    influxdb_url: "http://172.40.231.51:8086"
-    database_name: "CLMCMetrics"      
-  - name: test-runner
-    cpus: 1
-    memory: 2048
-    disk: "10GB"
-    ip_address: "172.40.231.200"       
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