1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py b/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py
index 23fddd07..4dad2afd 100644
--- a/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import functools
 import httpretty
 import logging
 import os
+import random
 import shutil
+import string
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
@@ -243,6 +245,12 @@ class CiTestCase(TestCase):
             myds.metadata.update(metadata)
         return cloud.Cloud(myds, self.paths, sys_cfg, mydist, None)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def random_string(cls, length=8):
+        """ return a random lowercase string with default length of 8"""
+        return ''.join(
+            random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(length))
+
 
 class ResourceUsingTestCase(CiTestCase):