diff --git a/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc b/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc
index 020104444..6fd4e605a 100644
--- a/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc
+++ b/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ Wallaby (or OSP 17.1) OpenStack in Standalone configuration.
 
 == Environment prep
 
+Get dataplane adoption repo:
+[,bash]
+----
+git clone https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/data-plane-adoption.git ~/data-plane-adoption
+----
+
 Get install_yamls:
 
 [,bash]
 ----
-git clone https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/install_yamls.git
+git clone https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/install_yamls.git ~/install_yamls
 ----
 
 Install tools for operator development:
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ a RedFish BMC emulator.
 
 [,bash]
 ----
-cd ..  # back to install_yamls
+cd ~/install_yamls
 make nmstate
 make namespace
 cd devsetup  # back to install_yamls/devsetup
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ To use Wallaby content instead, run the following:
 
 [,bash]
 ----
-cd install_yamls/devsetup
+cd ~/install_yamls/devsetup
 make standalone
 ----
 
@@ -261,12 +267,21 @@ ping -c 4 $(openstack server show baremetal-test -f json -c addresses | jq -r .a
 
 '''
 
+==== Virtual Machine Steps
+
 [,bash]
 ----
-export OS_CLOUD=standalone
-source ~/install_yamls/devsetup/scripts/edpm-deploy-instance.sh
+cd ~/data-plane-adoption
+bash tests/roles/development_environment/templates/pre_launch.bash
 ----
 
+'''
+
+==== Ceph Storage Steps
+
+Make sure a cinder-volume backend is properly configured, or skip below steps
+to create a test workload without volume attachments.
+
 Confirm the image UUID can be seen in Ceph's images pool.
 
 [,bash]
diff --git a/docs_user/modules/openstack-backend_services_deployment.adoc b/docs_user/modules/openstack-backend_services_deployment.adoc
index 3c96365b7..52b8b9d33 100644
--- a/docs_user/modules/openstack-backend_services_deployment.adoc
+++ b/docs_user/modules/openstack-backend_services_deployment.adoc
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ podified OpenStack control plane services.
 
 == Prerequisites
 
-* The cloud which we want to adopt is up and running. It's on
+* The source cloud which we want to adopt is up and running. It's on
 OpenStack Wallaby release.
+* A VM instance named `test` is running on the source cloud and its
+floating IP is set into `FIP` env var. You can use a
+xref:../docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc#virtual-machine-steps[helper script]
+to create that test VM.
 * The `openstack-operator` is deployed, but `OpenStackControlPlane` is
 *not* deployed.
 +
diff --git a/docs_user/modules/openstack-edpm_adoption.adoc b/docs_user/modules/openstack-edpm_adoption.adoc
index d70143ef4..0747cb590 100644
--- a/docs_user/modules/openstack-edpm_adoption.adoc
+++ b/docs_user/modules/openstack-edpm_adoption.adoc
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ ____
 == Variables
 
 Define the shell variables used in the Fast-forward upgrade steps below.
+Set `FIP` to the floating IP address of the `test` VM pre-created earlier on the source cloud.
 Define the map of compute node name, IP pairs.
 The values are just illustrative, use values that are correct for your environment:
 
 [,bash]
 ----
 PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(oc get -o json secret/osp-secret | jq -r .data.DbRootPassword | base64 -d)
+
+alias openstack="oc exec -t openstackclient -- openstack"
+FIP=192.168.122.20
 declare -A computes
 export computes=(
   ["standalone.localdomain"]="192.168.122.100"
@@ -428,7 +432,7 @@ ____
 +
 [,bash]
 ----
-  oc exec -it openstack-cell1-galera-0 -- mysql --user=root --password=${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD} \
+  oc exec -it openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql --user=root --password=${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD} \
     -e "select a.version from nova_cell1.services a join nova_cell1.services b where a.version!=b.version and a.binary='nova-compute';"
 ----
 +
@@ -535,3 +539,21 @@ The above query should return an empty result as a completion criterion.
   oc exec -it nova-cell0-conductor-0 -- nova-manage db online_data_migrations
   oc exec -it nova-cell1-conductor-0 -- nova-manage db online_data_migrations
 ----
+
+* Verify if Nova services con stop the existing test VM instance:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -qF '| test | ACTIVE |' && openstack server stop test
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -qF '| test | SHUTOFF |'
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server --os-compute-api-version 2.48 show --diagnostics test | grep "it is in power state shutdown" || echo PASS
+----
+
+* Verify if Nova services can start the existing test VM instance:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -qF '| test | SHUTOFF |' && openstack server start test
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -F '| test | ACTIVE |'
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server --os-compute-api-version 2.48 show --diagnostics test --fit-width -f json | jq -r '.state' | grep running
+----
diff --git a/docs_user/modules/openstack-mariadb_copy.adoc b/docs_user/modules/openstack-mariadb_copy.adoc
index 5460276cf..722047c39 100644
--- a/docs_user/modules/openstack-mariadb_copy.adoc
+++ b/docs_user/modules/openstack-mariadb_copy.adoc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ____
  ** The OpenStackControlPlane resource must be already created at this point.
  ** Podified MariaDB and RabbitMQ are running. No other podified
 control plane services are running.
+ ** Required services specific topology xref:openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc#get-services-topology-specific-configuration[configuration collected]
  ** OpenStack services have been xref:stop_openstack_services.adoc[stopped]
  ** There must be network routability between:
   *** The adoption host and the original MariaDB.
@@ -34,39 +35,29 @@ just illustrative, use values that are correct for your environment:
 
 [,bash]
 ----
-MARIADB_IMAGE=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-mariadb:current-podified
-
 PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP=$(oc get svc --selector "mariadb/name=openstack" -ojsonpath='{.items[0].spec.clusterIP}')
 PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP=$(oc get svc --selector "mariadb/name=openstack-cell1" -ojsonpath='{.items[0].spec.clusterIP}')
 PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(oc get -o json secret/osp-secret | jq -r .data.DbRootPassword | base64 -d)
 
-# Replace with your environment's MariaDB IP:
-SOURCE_MARIADB_IP=192.168.122.100
-SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(cat ~/tripleo-standalone-passwords.yaml | grep ' MysqlRootPassword:' | awk -F ': ' '{ print $2; }')
-
 # The CHARACTER_SET and collation should match the source DB
 # if the do not then it will break foreign key relationships
 # for any tables that are created in the future as part of db sync
 CHARACTER_SET=utf8
 COLLATION=utf8_general_ci
+
+MARIADB_IMAGE=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-mariadb:current-podified
+# Replace with your environment's MariaDB IP:
+SOURCE_MARIADB_IP=192.168.122.100
+SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(cat ~/tripleo-standalone-passwords.yaml | grep ' MysqlRootPassword:' | awk -F ': ' '{ print $2; }')
 ----
 
 == Pre-checks
 
-* Test connection to the original DB (show databases):
+* Get the count of not-OK source databases:
 +
 [,bash]
 ----
-podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
-    mysql -h "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
-----
-
-* Run mysqlcheck on the original DB to look for things that are not OK:
-+
-[,bash]
-----
-podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
-    mysqlcheck --all-databases -h $SOURCE_MARIADB_IP -u root "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" | grep -v OK
+test -z "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK"  || [ "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK" = " " ]
 ----
 
 * Test connection to podified DBs (show databases):
@@ -74,9 +65,9 @@ podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
 [,bash]
 ----
 oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-    mysql -h "$PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
+    mysql -rsh "$PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
 oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-    mysql -h "$PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
+    mysql -rsh "$PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
 ----
 
 == Procedure - data copy
@@ -163,29 +154,52 @@ EOF
     oc run ${container_name} --image ${MARIADB_IMAGE} -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
         mysql -h "${db_server}" -uroot "-p${db_password}" "${db_name}" < "${db_file}"
 done
-oc exec -it openstack-galera-0 -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
+oc exec -it openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
     "update nova_api.cell_mappings set name='cell1' where name='default';"
-oc exec -it openstack-cell1-galera-0 -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
+oc exec -it openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
     "delete from nova_cell1.services where host not like '%nova-cell1-%' and services.binary != 'nova-compute';"
 ----
 
 == Post-checks
 
+Compare the following outputs with the topology specific configuration
+xref:openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc#get-services-topology-specific-configuration[collected earlier]:
+
 * Check that the databases were imported correctly:
 +
 [,bash]
 ----
-oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-mysql -h "${PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP}" -uroot "-p${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e 'SHOW databases;' \
-    | grep keystone
+# use 'oc exec' and 'mysql -rs' to maintain formatting
+dbs=$(oc exec openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;')
+echo $dbs | grep -Eq '\bkeystone\b'
+
 # ensure neutron db is renamed from ovs_neutron
-oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-mysql -h "${PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP}" -uroot "-p${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e 'SHOW databases;' \
-    | grep neutron
+echo $dbs | grep -Eq '\bneutron\b'
+echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES | grep -Eq '\bovs_neutron\b'
+
 # ensure nova cell1 db is extracted to a separate db server and renamed from nova to nova_cell1
-oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-mysql -h "${PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP}" -uroot "-p${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e 'SHOW databases;' \
-    | grep nova_cell1
+c1dbs=$(oc exec openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;')
+echo $c1dbs | grep -Eq '\bnova_cell1\b'
+
+# ensure default cell renamed to cell1, and the cell UUIDs retained intact
+novadb_mapped_cells=$(oc exec openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" \
+  nova_api -e 'select uuid,name,transport_url,database_connection,disabled from cell_mappings;')
+uuidf='\S{8,}-\S{4,}-\S{4,}-\S{4,}-\S{12,}'
+left_behind=$(comm -23 \
+  <(echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+") \
+  <(echo $novadb_mapped_cells | tr -s "| " " " | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+"))
+changed=$(comm -13 \
+  <(echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+") \
+  <(echo $novadb_mapped_cells | tr -s "| " " " | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+"))
+test $(grep -Ec ' \S+$' <<<$left_behind) -eq 1
+default=$(grep -E ' default$' <<<$left_behind)
+test $(grep -Ec ' \S+$' <<<$changed) -eq 1
+grep -qE " $(awk '{print $1}' <<<$default) cell1$" <<<$changed
+
+# ensure the registered Nova compute service name has not changed
+novadb_svc_records=$(oc exec openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" \
+  nova_cell1 -e "select host from services where services.binary='nova-compute' order by host asc;")
+diff -Z <(echo $novadb_svc_records) <(echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES)
 ----
 
 * During the pre/post checks the pod `mariadb-client` might have returned a pod security warning
diff --git a/docs_user/modules/openstack-nova_adoption.adoc b/docs_user/modules/openstack-nova_adoption.adoc
index 893562e70..64057244e 100644
--- a/docs_user/modules/openstack-nova_adoption.adoc
+++ b/docs_user/modules/openstack-nova_adoption.adoc
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ must already be imported into the podified MariaDB;
  ** the xref:glance_adoption.adoc[Glance service] needs to be imported;
  ** the xref:ovn_adoption.adoc[OVN DB services] need to be imported;
  ** the xref:neutron_adoption.adoc[Neutron service] needs to be imported;
- ** Required services specific topology link:pull_openstack_configuration.md#get-services-topology-specific-configuration[configuration collected];
- ** OpenStack services have been xref:stop_openstack_services.adoc[stopped]
+ ** Required services specific topology xref:openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc#get-services-topology-specific-configuration[configuration collected];
+ ** OpenStack services have been xref:openstack-stop_openstack_services.adoc[stopped]
 
 == Variables
 
@@ -132,3 +132,26 @@ podified FQDNs and that Nova API responds.
 openstack endpoint list | grep nova
 openstack server list
 ----
+
+Compare the following outputs with the topology specific configuration
+xref:openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc#get-services-topology-specific-configuration[collected earlier]:
+
+* Query the superconductor for cell1 existance and compare it to pre-adoption values:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS
+oc rsh nova-cell0-conductor-0 nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells | grep -F '| cell1 |'
+----
++
+The expected changes to happen:
+
+ ** cell1's `nova` DB and user name become `nova_cell1`.
+ ** Default cell is renamed to `cell1` (in a multi-cell setup, it should become indexed as the last cell instead).
+ ** RabbitMQ transport URL no longer uses `guest`.
+
+____
+*NOTE* At this point, Nova control plane services have yet taken control over
+existing Nova compute workloads. That would become possible to verify only after
+xref:./edpm_adoption.adoc[EDPM adoption] completed.
+____
diff --git a/docs_user/modules/openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc b/docs_user/modules/openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc
index 98816c0f1..af41c479c 100644
--- a/docs_user/modules/openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc
+++ b/docs_user/modules/openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc
@@ -90,3 +90,65 @@ Once it's done, you should have into your local path a directory per services su
       ▾ glance/
       ▾ keystone/
 ----
+
+== Get services topology specific configuration
+
+Define the shell variables used in the steps below. The values are
+just illustrative, use values that are correct for your environment:
+
+[,bash]
+----
+MARIADB_IMAGE=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-mariadb:current-podified
+SOURCE_MARIADB_IP=192.168.122.100
+SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(cat ~/tripleo-standalone-passwords.yaml | grep ' MysqlRootPassword:' | awk -F ': ' '{ print $2; }')
+----
+
+Export shell variables for the following outputs to compare it with post-adoption values later on:
+
+* Test connection to the original DB:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
+    mysql -rsh "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;')
+echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES"
+----
++
+Note the `nova`, `nova_api`, `nova_cell0` databases residing in the same DB host.
+
+* Run mysqlcheck on the original DB to look for things that are not OK:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
+    mysqlcheck --all-databases -h $SOURCE_MARIADB_IP -u root "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" | grep -v OK)
+echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK"
+----
+
+* Get Nova cells mappings from database:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE mysql \
+    -rsh "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" nova_api -e \
+    'select uuid,name,transport_url,database_connection,disabled from cell_mappings;')
+echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS"
+----
+
+* Get the host names of the registered Nova compute services:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE mysql \
+    -rsh "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" nova_api -e \
+    "select host from nova.services where services.binary='nova-compute';")
+echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES"
+----
+
+* Get the list of mapped Nova cells:
++
+[,bash]
+----
+export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS=$($CONTROLLER_SSH sudo podman exec -it nova_api nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells)
+echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS"
+----
diff --git a/docs_user/modules/openstack-stop_openstack_services.adoc b/docs_user/modules/openstack-stop_openstack_services.adoc
index dffc38d3f..0b40e2702 100644
--- a/docs_user/modules/openstack-stop_openstack_services.adoc
+++ b/docs_user/modules/openstack-stop_openstack_services.adoc
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ openstack share list --all-projects -c ID -c Status |grep -E '\| .+ing \|'| grep
 openstack image list -c ID -c Status |grep -E '\| .+ing \|'
 ----
 
+Also collect the xref:openstack-pull_openstack_configuration.adoc#get-services-topology-specific-configuration[topology configuration],
+before stopping services required to gather it live. You will need it to compare it
+with the post-adoption values later on.
+
 == Stopping control plane services
 
 We can stop OpenStack services at any moment, but we may leave things in an
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index d11a5c9e5..d5c567ef6 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ theme:
 nav:
   - Overview: README.md
   - OpenStack:
+    - contributing/development_environment.md
     - openstack/planning.md
     - openstack/backend_services_deployment.md
     - openstack/pull_openstack_configuration.md
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/test_minimal.yaml b/tests/playbooks/test_minimal.yaml
index daf6cd5b7..b9c09a680 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/test_minimal.yaml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/test_minimal.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
     ansible.builtin.shell:
       executable: /bin/bash
   roles:
+    - development_environment
     - backend_services
+    - pull_openstack_configuration
     - stop_openstack_services
     - mariadb_copy
     - ovn_adoption
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/test_with_ceph.yaml b/tests/playbooks/test_with_ceph.yaml
index 488b62afa..86ae45622 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/test_with_ceph.yaml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/test_with_ceph.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
     ansible.builtin.shell:
       executable: /bin/bash
   roles:
+    - development_environment
     - backend_services
+    - pull_openstack_configuration
     - stop_openstack_services
     - mariadb_copy
     - ovn_adoption
diff --git a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
index d44fdee85..5ef17865e 100644
--- a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -316,3 +316,7 @@
 - name: Complete Nova services Wallaby->Antelope FFU
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
     file: nova_ffu.yaml
+
+- name: Adopted Nova FFU post-checks
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+    file: nova_verify.yaml
diff --git a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_ffu.yaml b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_ffu.yaml
index 2886d5da0..d3cc5dd9e 100644
--- a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_ffu.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_ffu.yaml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-- name: set podified MariaDB copy shell vars
-  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    mariadb_copy_shell_vars: |
-      PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="{{ podified_db_root_password }}"
+- name: get dst database service environment variables
+  ansible.builtin.include_role:
+    name: mariadb_copy
+    tasks_from: env_vars_dst.yaml
 
 - name: wait for cell1 Nova compute EDPM services version updated
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     {{ shell_header }}
     {{ oc_header }}
-    {{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars }}
-    oc rsh openstack-cell1-galera-0 mysql --user=root --password=${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD} \
+    {{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_dst }}
+    oc exec openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot -p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD \
       -e "select a.version from nova_cell1.services a join nova_cell1.services b where a.version!=b.version and a.binary='nova-compute';"
   register: records_check_results
   until: records_check_results.rc == 0 and records_check_results.stdout_lines | length == 0
diff --git a/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_verify.yaml b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_verify.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b475fd016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/dataplane_adoption/tasks/nova_verify.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+- name: set Nova services shell vars
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    nova_header: |
+      alias openstack="oc exec -t openstackclient -- openstack"
+      FIP={{ lookup('env', 'FIP') | default('192.168.122.20', True) }}
+
+- name: verify if Nova services can stop the existing test VM instance
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ nova_header }}
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -qF '| test | ACTIVE |' && ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server stop test
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -qF '| test | SHUTOFF |'
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server --os-compute-api-version 2.48 show --diagnostics test | grep "it is in power state shutdown" || echo PASS
+  register: nova_verify_stop_result
+  until: nova_verify_stop_result is success
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 6
+
+- name: verify if Nova services can start the existing test VM instance
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ nova_header }}
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -qF '| test | SHUTOFF |' && ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server start test
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server list | grep -F '| test | ACTIVE |'
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server --os-compute-api-version 2.48 show --diagnostics test --fit-width -f json | jq -r '.state' | grep running
+  register: nova_verify_start_result
+  until: nova_verify_start_result is success
+  retries: 60
+  delay: 6
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml b/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9b7657bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+prelaunch_test_instance: true
+edpm_privatekey_path: ~/install_yamls/out/edpm/ansibleee-ssh-key-id_rsa
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash b/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74674c229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+set -e
+
+# Create Image
+IMG=cirros-0.5.2-x86_64-disk.img
+URL=http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.5.2/$IMG
+DISK_FORMAT=qcow2
+RAW=$IMG
+curl -L -# $URL > /tmp/$IMG
+if type qemu-img >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    RAW=$(echo $IMG | sed s/img/raw/g)
+    qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw /tmp/$IMG /tmp/$RAW
+    DISK_FORMAT=raw
+fi
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} image show cirros || \
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} image create --container-format bare --disk-format $DISK_FORMAT cirros < /tmp/$RAW
+
+# Create flavor
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} flavor show m1.small || \
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} flavor create --ram 512 --vcpus 1 --disk 1 --ephemeral 1 m1.small
+
+# Create networks
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} network show private || ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} network create private --share
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} subnet show priv_sub || ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} subnet create priv_sub --subnet-range 192.168.0.0/24 --network private
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} network show public || ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} network create public --external --provider-network-type flat --provider-physical-network datacentre
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} subnet show pub_sub || \
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} subnet create pub_sub --subnet-range 192.168.122.0/24 --allocation-pool start=192.168.122.200,end=192.168.122.210 --gateway 192.168.122.1 --no-dhcp --network public
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} router show priv_router || {
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} router create priv_router
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} router add subnet priv_router priv_sub
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} router set priv_router --external-gateway public
+}
+
+# Create a floating IP
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} floating ip show 192.168.122.20 || \
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} floating ip create public --floating-ip-address 192.168.122.20
+
+# Create a test instance
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server show test || {
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server create --flavor m1.small --image cirros --nic net-id=private test --wait
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server add floating ip test 192.168.122.20
+}
+
+# Create security groups
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} security group rule list --protocol icmp --ingress -f json | grep -q '"IP Range": "0.0.0.0/0"' || \
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} security group rule create --protocol icmp --ingress --icmp-type -1 $(${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} security group list --project admin -f value -c ID)
+${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} security group rule list --protocol tcp --ingress -f json | grep '"Port Range": "22:22"' || \
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} security group rule create --protocol tcp --ingress --dst-port 22 $(${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} security group list --project admin -f value -c ID)
+
+# check connectivity via FIP
+# FIXME: defer __network_adoption__ - this doesn't work yet in the adoption procedure
+#ping -c4 192.168.122.20
+
+# FIXME: Invalid volume: Volume xxx status must be available, but current status is: backing-up
+# Create a Cinder volume, a backup from it, and snapshot it.
+#${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume show disk || \
+#    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume create --image cirros --bootable --size 1 disk
+#${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume backup show backup || \
+#    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume backup create --name backup disk
+#${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume snapshot show snapshot || \
+#    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume snapshot create --volume disk snapshot
+
+# TODO: Add volume to the test VM, after tripleo wallaby (osp 17) isolnet network adoption implemented for storage networks
+#${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} volume show disk -f json | jq -r '.status' | grep -q available && \
+#    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} server add volume test disk
+
+export FIP=192.168.122.20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/meta/main.yaml b/tests/roles/development_environment/meta/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..610f184fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/meta/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - role: common_defaults
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb2287689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- name: pre-launch test VM instance
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  when: prelaunch_test_instance|bool
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+      alias openstack="ssh -i {{ edpm_privatekey_path }} root@{{ edpm_node_ip }} OS_CLOUD=standalone openstack"
+      {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'pre_launch.bash') }}
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/env_vars_dst.yaml b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/env_vars_dst.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75f25452a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/env_vars_dst.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+- name: get podified MariaDB service cluster IP
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ oc_header }}
+    oc get svc --selector "mariadb/name=openstack" -ojsonpath='{.items[0].spec.clusterIP}'
+  register: podified_mariadb_ip_result
+
+- name: get podified cell1 MariaDB IP
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ oc_header }}
+    oc get svc --selector "mariadb/name=openstack-cell1" -ojsonpath='{.items[0].spec.clusterIP}'
+  register: podified_cell1_mariadb_ip_result
+
+- name: set MariaDB copy shell vars
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    mariadb_copy_shell_vars_dst: |
+      PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP={{ podified_mariadb_ip_result.stdout }}
+      PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP={{ podified_cell1_mariadb_ip_result.stdout }}
+      PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="{{ podified_db_root_password }}"
+
+      # The CHARACTER_SET and collation should match the source DB
+      # if the do not then it will break foreign key relationships
+      # for any tables that are created in the future as part of db sync
+      CHARACTER_SET=utf8
+      COLLATION=utf8_general_ci
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/env_vars_src.yaml b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/env_vars_src.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66bbd5312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/env_vars_src.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- name: set src MariaDB copy shell vars
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src: |
+      MARIADB_IMAGE=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-mariadb:current-podified
+      # TODO: remove the default(external_...) when CI is transitioned to use 'source_...'
+      SOURCE_MARIADB_IP={{ source_mariadb_ip|default(external_mariadb_ip) }}
+      SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="{{ source_db_root_password|default(external_db_root_password) }}"
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/main.yaml
index 87b324032..928c3d886 100644
--- a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,37 +1,18 @@
-- name: get podified MariaDB service cluster IP
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    {{ shell_header }}
-    {{ oc_header }}
-    oc get svc --selector "mariadb/name=openstack" -ojsonpath='{.items[0].spec.clusterIP}'
-  register: podified_mariadb_ip_result
+- name: get the source database service environment variables
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+    file: env_vars_src.yaml
 
-- name: get podified cell1 MariaDB IP
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    {{ shell_header }}
-    {{ oc_header }}
-    oc get svc --selector "mariadb/name=openstack-cell1" -ojsonpath='{.items[0].spec.clusterIP}'
-  register: podified_cell1_mariadb_ip_result
+- name: get the destination database service environment variables
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+    file: env_vars_dst.yaml
 
-- name: set MariaDB copy shell vars
+- name: Get the count of not-OK source databases
   no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    mariadb_copy_shell_vars: |
-      MARIADB_IMAGE=quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-mariadb:current-podified
-
-      PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP={{ podified_mariadb_ip_result.stdout }}
-      PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP={{ podified_cell1_mariadb_ip_result.stdout }}
-      PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="{{ podified_db_root_password }}"
-
-      SOURCE_MARIADB_IP={{ source_mariadb_ip }}
-      SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="{{ source_db_root_password }}"
-
-      # The CHARACTER_SET and collation should match the source DB
-      # if the do not then it will break foreign key relationships
-      # for any tables that are created in the future as part of db sync
-      CHARACTER_SET=utf8
-      COLLATION=utf8_general_ci
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ pulled_openstack_configuration_shell_headers }}
+    test -z "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK"  || [ "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK" = " " ]
 
-- name: MariaDB copy pre checks
+- name: test connection to podified DBs (show databases)
   no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.template', 'pre_checks.bash') }}"
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/dump_dbs.bash b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/dump_dbs.bash
index 3c73ed20d..45266d03f 100644
--- a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/dump_dbs.bash
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/dump_dbs.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 {{ shell_header }}
 {{ oc_header }}
-{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars }}
+{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
 
 mkdir -p {{ mariadb_copy_tmp_dir }}
 cd {{ mariadb_copy_tmp_dir }}
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/post_checks.bash b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/post_checks.bash
index dbe92c043..384d790e1 100644
--- a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/post_checks.bash
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/post_checks.bash
@@ -1,14 +1,36 @@
 {{ shell_header }}
 {{ oc_header }}
-{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars }}
-oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-mysql -h "${PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP}" -uroot "-p${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e 'SHOW databases;' \
-    | grep keystone
+{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_dst }}
+{{ pulled_openstack_configuration_shell_headers }}
+
+# use 'oc exec' and 'mysql -rs' to maintain formatting
+dbs=$(oc exec openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;')
+echo $dbs | grep -Eq '\bkeystone\b'
+
 # ensure neutron db is renamed from ovs_neutron
-oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-mysql -h "${PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP}" -uroot "-p${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e 'SHOW databases;' \
-    | grep neutron
+echo $dbs | grep -Eq '\bneutron\b'
+echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES | grep -Eq '\bovs_neutron\b'
+
 # ensure nova cell1 db is extracted to a separate db server and renamed from nova to nova_cell1
-oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-mysql -h "${PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP}" -uroot "-p${PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e 'SHOW databases;' \
-    | grep nova_cell1
\ No newline at end of file
+c1dbs=$(oc exec openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;')
+echo $c1dbs | grep -Eq '\bnova_cell1\b'
+
+# ensure default cell renamed to cell1, and the cell UUIDs retained intact
+novadb_mapped_cells=$(oc exec openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" \
+  nova_api -e 'select uuid,name,transport_url,database_connection,disabled from cell_mappings;')
+uuidf='\S{8,}-\S{4,}-\S{4,}-\S{4,}-\S{12,}'
+left_behind=$(comm -23 \
+  <(echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+") \
+  <(echo $novadb_mapped_cells | tr -s "| " " " | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+"))
+changed=$(comm -13 \
+  <(echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+") \
+  <(echo $novadb_mapped_cells | tr -s "| " " " | grep -oE " $uuidf \S+"))
+test $(grep -Ec ' \S+$' <<<$left_behind) -eq 1
+default=$(grep -E ' default$' <<<$left_behind)
+test $(grep -Ec ' \S+$' <<<$changed) -eq 1
+grep -qE " $(awk '{print $1}' <<<$default) cell1$" <<<$changed
+
+# ensure the registered Nova compute service name has not changed
+novadb_svc_records=$(oc exec openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql -rs -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" \
+  nova_cell1 -e "select host from services where services.binary='nova-compute' order by host asc;")
+diff -Z <(echo $novadb_svc_records) <(echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES)
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/pre_checks.bash b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/pre_checks.bash
index 9f61b135c..0f26ffc2a 100644
--- a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/pre_checks.bash
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/pre_checks.bash
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 {{ shell_header }}
 {{ oc_header }}
-{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars }}
+{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
+{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_dst }}
 
-# Test connection to the original DB (show databases)
-podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID -v $PWD:$PWD:z,rw -w $PWD $MARIADB_IMAGE \
-    mysql -h "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
-# Run mysqlcheck on the original DB to look for things that are not OK
-podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID -v $PWD:$PWD:z,rw -w $PWD $MARIADB_IMAGE \
-    mysqlcheck --all-databases -h $SOURCE_MARIADB_IP -u root "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD"
 # Test connection to podified DBs (show databases)
 oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-    mysql -h "$PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
+    mysql -rsh "$PODIFIED_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
 oc run mariadb-client --image $MARIADB_IMAGE -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
-    mysql -h "$PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
\ No newline at end of file
+    mysql -rsh "$PODIFIED_CELL1_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$PODIFIED_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/restore_dbs.bash b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/restore_dbs.bash
index bf81fe97f..a383c12dd 100755
--- a/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/restore_dbs.bash
+++ b/tests/roles/mariadb_copy/templates/restore_dbs.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 {{ shell_header }}
 {{ oc_header }}
-{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars }}
+{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
+{{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_dst }}
 cd {{ mariadb_copy_tmp_dir }}
 
 # db schemas to rename on import
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ EOF
     oc run ${container_name} --image ${MARIADB_IMAGE} -i --rm --restart=Never -- \
         mysql -h "${db_server}" -uroot "-p${db_password}" "${db_name}" < "${db_file}"
 done
-oc exec -it openstack-galera-0 -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
+oc exec -it openstack-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
     "update nova_api.cell_mappings set name='cell1' where name='default';"
-oc exec -it openstack-cell1-galera-0 -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
+oc exec -it openstack-cell1-galera-0 -c galera -- mysql --user=root --password=${db_server_password_map["default"]} -e \
     "delete from nova_cell1.services where host not like '%nova-cell1-%' and services.binary != 'nova-compute';"
diff --git a/tests/roles/nova_adoption/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/nova_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
index 5b4c749ce..6d2ab0b4b 100644
--- a/tests/roles/nova_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/nova_adoption/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@
                   disable_compute_service_check_for_ffu=true
     '
 
-- name: Wait for Nova control plane services' CRs to become ready
+- name: wait for Nova control plane services' CRs to become ready
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
     file: wait.yaml
 
 # TODO(bogdando): implement podified FQDNs check for Nova endpoints
-- name: Check that Nova endpoints are defined and pointing to the podified FQDNs and that Nova API responds
+- name: check that Nova endpoints are defined and pointing to the podified FQDNs and that Nova API responds
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
     {{ shell_header }}
     {{ oc_header }}
@@ -86,3 +86,12 @@
   until: nova_responding_result is success
   retries: 60
   delay: 2
+
+# TODO(bogdando): provide automated checks for 'The expected changes to happen'
+- name: query the superconductor for cell1 existance and compare it to pre-adoption values
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ oc_header }}
+    {{ pulled_openstack_configuration_shell_headers }}
+    echo $PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS
+    oc rsh nova-cell0-conductor-0 nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells | grep -F '| cell1 |'
diff --git a/tests/roles/pull_openstack_configuration/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/pull_openstack_configuration/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d69019a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roles/pull_openstack_configuration/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+- name: set shell vars pull openstack configuration ssh commands
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    pull_openstack_configuration_ssh_shell_vars: |
+      CONTROLLER_SSH="{{ controller1_ssh }}"
+
+- name: get src database service environment variables
+  ansible.builtin.include_role:
+    name: mariadb_copy
+    tasks_from: env_vars_src.yaml
+
+# NOTE(bogdando): env variables must be used to keep this consistent with documentation,
+# where the stored values need to be compared with post-adoption ones w/o using ansible specifics
+- name: test connection to the original DB
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ oc_header }}
+    {{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
+    export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
+      mysql -rsh "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'SHOW databases;')
+    echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES"
+  register: _databases_check
+
+- name: run mysqlcheck on the original DB to look for things that are not OK
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    {{ shell_header }}
+    {{ oc_header }}
+    {{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
+    export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE \
+      mysqlcheck --all-databases -h $SOURCE_MARIADB_IP -u root "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" | grep -v OK)
+    echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK"
+  failed_when: _mysqlnok_check.stdout != ''
+  register: _mysqlnok_check
+
+- name: get source Nova services topology specific configuration
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  block:
+    - name: get Nova cells mappings from database
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        {{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
+        export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE mysql \
+          -rsh "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" nova_api -e \
+          'select uuid,name,transport_url,database_connection,disabled from cell_mappings;')
+        echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS"
+      register: _novadb_mapped_cells_check
+
+    - name: get the host names of the registered Nova compute services
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        {{ mariadb_copy_shell_vars_src }}
+        export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES=$(podman run -i --rm --userns=keep-id -u $UID $MARIADB_IMAGE mysql \
+          -rsh "$SOURCE_MARIADB_IP" -uroot "-p$SOURCE_DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" nova_api -e \
+          "select host from nova.services where services.binary='nova-compute';")
+        echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES"
+      register: _nova_compute_hostnames_check
+
+    - name: get the list of mapped Nova cells
+      ansible.builtin.shell: |
+        {{ shell_header }}
+        {{ oc_header }}
+        {{ pull_openstack_configuration_ssh_shell_vars }}
+        export PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS=$($CONTROLLER_SSH sudo podman exec -it nova_api nova-manage cell_v2 list_cells)
+        echo "$PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS"
+      register: _nova_cell_mappings_check
+
+- name: set cached fact for pulled openstack services configuration shell headers
+  no_log: "{{ use_no_log }}"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    pulled_openstack_configuration_shell_headers: |
+      PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_DATABASES="{{ _databases_check.stdout_lines | join(' ') }}"
+      PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_MYSQLCHECK_NOK="{{ _mysqlnok_check.stdout_lines | join(' ') }}"
+      PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVADB_MAPPED_CELLS="{{ _novadb_mapped_cells_check.stdout_lines | join(' ') }}"
+      PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVA_COMPUTE_HOSTNAMES="{{ _nova_compute_hostnames_check.stdout_lines | join(' ') }}"
+      PULL_OPENSTACK_CONFIGURATION_NOVAMANAGE_CELL_MAPPINGS="{{ _nova_cell_mappings_check.stdout_lines | join(' ') }}"
diff --git a/tests/vars.sample.yaml b/tests/vars.sample.yaml
index ee9c032a5..945b4dd4c 100644
--- a/tests/vars.sample.yaml
+++ b/tests/vars.sample.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ install_yamls_path: ~/install_yamls #CUSTOMIZE_THIS
 # Whether to use 'make crc_storage_cleanup; make crc_storage' before the test
 reset_crc_storage: true
 
+# Pre-launch test VM instance on the source cloud
+prelaunch_test_instance: false
+
 storage_class_name: crc-csi-hostpath-provisioner #CUSTOMIZE_THIS
 storage_reclaim_policy: delete # or retain