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diff --git a/test/proxysql_test.py b/test/proxysql_test.py
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+import subprocess
+import time
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from docker import Client
+from docker.utils import kwargs_from_env
+import MySQLdb
+
+class ProxySQLTest(TestCase):
+
+	DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE = "./docker/1backend"
+
+	@classmethod
+	def _startup_docker_services(cls):
+		# We have to perform docker-compose build + docker-compose up,
+		# instead of just doing the latter because of a bug which will give a
+		# 500 internal error for the Docker bug. When this is fixed, we should
+		# remove this first extra step.
+		subprocess.call(["docker-compose", "build"], cwd=cls.DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE)
+		subprocess.call(["docker-compose", "up", "-d"], cwd=cls.DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE)
+
+	@classmethod
+	def _shutdown_docker_services(cls):
+		subprocess.call(["docker-compose", "stop"], cwd=cls.DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE)
+		subprocess.call(["docker-compose", "rm", "--force"], cwd=cls.DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE)
+
+	@classmethod
+	def _get_proxysql_container(cls):
+		containers = Client(**kwargs_from_env()).containers()
+		for container in containers:
+			if 'proxysql' in container['image']:
+				return container
+
+	@classmethod
+	def _get_mysql_containers(cls):
+		result = []
+		containers = Client(**kwargs_from_env()).containers()
+		for container in containers:
+			if 'proxysql' not in container['Image']:
+				result.append(container)
+		return result
+
+	@classmethod
+	def _populate_mysql_containers_with_dump(cls):
+		mysql_containers = cls._get_mysql_containers()
+		# We have already added the SQL dump to the container by using
+		# the ADD mysql command in the Dockerfile for mysql -- check it
+		# out. The standard agreed location is at /tmp/schema.sql.
+		#
+		# Unfortunately we can't do this step at runtime due to limitations
+		# on how transfer between host and container is supposed to work by
+		# design. See the Dockerfile for MySQL for more details.
+		for mysql_container in mysql_containers:
+			container_id = mysql_container['Names'][0][1:]
+			subprocess.call(["docker", "exec", container_id, "bash", "/tmp/import_schema.sh"])
+
+	@classmethod
+	def _populate_proxy_configuration_with_backends(cls):
+		pass
+
+	@classmethod
+	def setUpClass(cls):
+		cls._shutdown_docker_services()
+		cls._startup_docker_services()
+
+		# TODO(andrei): figure out a more reliable method to wait for
+		# MySQL to start up within the container. Otherwise, there will be
+		# an error when we try to initialize the MySQL instance with the dump.
+		time.sleep(30)
+		cls._populate_mysql_containers_with_dump()
+
+		cls._populate_proxy_configuration_with_backends()
+
+	@classmethod
+	def tearDownClass(cls):
+		pass
+
+	def test_asd(self):
+		self.assertEqual(1, 1)
+
+	def test_asdf(self):
+		self.assertEqual(1, 1)
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