diff --git a/tests/alarms/cpu.json b/tests/alarms/cpu.json
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index 0000000..1490a38
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+++ b/tests/alarms/cpu.json
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+ {
+    "description": "mini-mon cpu alarm",
+    "name": "compute.cpu",
+    "expression": "compute.cpu{hostname=kafka} >= 90",
+    "alarm_actions": [
+      "%s"
+    ],
+    "ok_actions": [
+      "%s"
+    ],
+    "undetermined_actions": [
+      "%s"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/alarms_notifications.py b/tests/alarms_notifications.py
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+++ b/tests/alarms_notifications.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+"""alarm_notification_setup
+    Sets up test alarms and notifications using the mon-api. Assumes the mini-mon setup.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+from glob import glob
+import httplib
+import json
+import sys
+
+API_HOST = '192.168.10.4'
+API_PORT = '8080'
+HEADERS = {"Content-Type": "application/json",
+           "Accept": "application/json",
+           "X-Tenant-Id": "1"}
+
+
+def post(conn, url, body):
+    conn.request("POST", url, body, HEADERS)
+    http_response = conn.getresponse()
+    response = http_response.read()
+    if http_response.status < 200 or http_response > 300:
+        print("\tError %d response: %s" % (http_response.status, response))
+    return response
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Setup Alarms and Notification via the api. Assumes mini-mon')
+    parser.add_argument('--email', '-e', required=True)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(API_HOST, API_PORT)
+
+    with open('notification.json', 'r') as notification_file:
+        notification_json = notification_file.read() % args.email
+
+    print('Adding email notification.')
+    response = post(conn, '/v2.0/notification-methods', notification_json)
+    response_json = json.loads(response)
+
+    notification_method_id = response_json['id']
+
+    for path in glob('alarms/*.json'):
+        with open(path, 'r') as alarm_file:
+            alarm_json = alarm_file.read() % (notification_method_id, notification_method_id, notification_method_id)
+        print('Adding Alarm %s' % path)
+        post(conn, '/v2.0/alarms', alarm_json)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tests/notification.json b/tests/notification.json
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+++ b/tests/notification.json
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+{
+    "name": "mini-mon test",
+    "type": "EMAIL",
+    "address": "%s"
+}