diff --git a/.ci/ansible/smash-config.json b/.ci/ansible/smash-config.json
index cd0e7d7b..701d9b4e 100644
--- a/.ci/ansible/smash-config.json
+++ b/.ci/ansible/smash-config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     ],
     "selinux enabled": false,
     "version": "3",
-    "aiohttp_fixtures_origin": "172.18.0.1"
+    "aiohttp_fixtures_origin": "127.0.0.1"
   },
   "hosts": [
     {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         "pulp workers": {},
         "redis": {},
         "shell": {
-          "transport": "docker"
+          "transport": "local"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 6e28718e..1b14876e 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-130-ge87b661
+2021.08.26-130-gf6574f2-dirty
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 99243b18..8b39a582 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_REPO_SLUG: ${{ github.repository }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
-
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        if: always()
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
       - name: Extract Deprecations from Logs
         id: deprecations
         run: echo "::set-output name=deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}::$(docker logs pulp 2>&1 | grep -i pulpcore.deprecation | base64 -w 0)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/func_test_script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/func_test_script.sh
index 2bcffe40..e51e2868 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/func_test_script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/func_test_script.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 set -mveuo pipefail
 
-pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m "parallel and not nightly" -n 8
-pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m "not parallel and not nightly"
+cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m 'parallel and not nightly' -n 8"
+cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m 'not parallel and not nightly'"
 
 if [ "${GITHUB_REF##refs/tags/}" != "${GITHUB_REF}" ]
 then
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ then
   if [ ${PULPCORE_VERSION::3} == "3.9" ]
   then
     # Temporarily need to downgrade pulp-smash to run pulpcore 3.9 tests
-    pip install 'pulp-smash==1!0.12.0'
+    cmd_prefix bash -c "pip install 'pulp-smash==1!0.12.0'"
   fi
 fi
 
-pip install -r ../pulpcore/functest_requirements.txt
-
-pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m "parallel and not nightly" -n 8
-pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m "not parallel and not nightly"
+cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m 'parallel and not nightly' -n 8"
+cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m 'not parallel and not nightly'"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
index fc834117..e85e6889 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ if [[ "$TEST" = "docs" || "$TEST" = "publish" ]]; then
   pip install -r doc_requirements.txt
 fi
 
-pip install -e ../pulpcore -e ../pulp-certguard
-pip install -r functest_requirements.txt
-
 cd .ci/ansible/
 
 TAG=ci_build
@@ -68,6 +65,8 @@ plugins:
     source: $PULP_CERTGUARD
   - name: pulpcore
     source: ./pulpcore
+  - name: pulp-smash
+    source: ./pulp-smash
 VARSYAML
 fi
 
@@ -78,6 +77,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./settings:/etc/pulp
       - ./ssh:/keys/
+      - ~/.config:/root/.config
+      - ../../../pulp-openapi-generator:/root/pulp-openapi-generator
 VARSYAML
 
 cat >> vars/main.yaml << VARSYAML
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index 96725267..4ad5a485 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -61,24 +61,33 @@ if [[ "$TEST" == "plugin-from-pypi" ]]; then
   git checkout ${COMPONENT_VERSION} -- pulp_file/tests/
 fi
 
+cat unittest_requirements.txt | cmd_stdin_prefix bash -c "cat > /tmp/unittest_requirements.txt"
+cat functest_requirements.txt | cmd_stdin_prefix bash -c "cat > /tmp/functest_requirements.txt"
+cmd_prefix pip3 install -r /tmp/unittest_requirements.txt
+cmd_prefix pip3 install -r /tmp/functest_requirements.txt
+cmd_prefix pip3 install --upgrade ../pulp-smash
+
 cd ../pulp-openapi-generator
+./generate.sh pulp_file python
+cmd_prefix pip3 install /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulp_file-client
+sudo rm -rf ./pulp_file-client
 ./generate.sh pulpcore python
-pip install ./pulpcore-client
-rm -rf ./pulpcore-client
+cmd_prefix pip3 install /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulpcore-client
+sudo rm -rf ./pulpcore-client
 if [[ "$TEST" = 'bindings' ]]; then
   ./generate.sh pulpcore ruby 0
   cd pulpcore-client
   gem build pulpcore_client.gemspec
-  gem install --both ./pulpcore_client-0.gem
+  cmd_prefix gem install --both /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulpcore-client/pulpcore_client-0.gem
 fi
 ./generate.sh pulp_certguard python
-pip install ./pulp_certguard-client
-rm -rf ./pulp_certguard-client
+cmd_prefix pip3 install /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulp_certguard-client
+sudo rm -rf ./pulp_certguard-client
 if [[ "$TEST" = 'bindings' ]]; then
   ./generate.sh pulp-certguard ruby 0
   cd pulp-certguard-client
   gem build pulp-certguard_client.gemspec
-  gem install --both ./pulp-certguard_client-0.gem
+  cmd_prefix gem install --both /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulp-certguard-client/pulp-certguard_client-0.gem
   cd ..
 fi
 cd $REPO_ROOT
@@ -93,8 +102,8 @@ if [[ "$TEST" = 'bindings' ]]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-cat unittest_requirements.txt | cmd_stdin_prefix bash -c "cat > /tmp/unittest_requirements.txt"
-cmd_prefix pip3 install -r /tmp/unittest_requirements.txt
+CERTIFI=$(cmd_prefix python3 -c 'import certifi; print(certifi.where())')
+cmd_prefix bash -c "cat /etc/pulp/certs/pulp_webserver.crt  | tee -a "$CERTIFI" > /dev/null"
 
 # check for any uncommitted migrations
 echo "Checking for uncommitted migrations..."
@@ -106,16 +115,13 @@ if [[ "$TEST" != "upgrade" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Run functional tests
-export PYTHONPATH=$REPO_ROOT/../pulp-certguard${PYTHONPATH:+:${PYTHONPATH}}
-export PYTHONPATH=$REPO_ROOT${PYTHONPATH:+:${PYTHONPATH}}
-
 
 if [[ "$TEST" == "upgrade" ]]; then
   # Handle app label change:
   sed -i "/require_pulp_plugins(/d" pulp_file/tests/functional/utils.py
 
   # Running pre upgrade tests:
-  pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no pulp_file.tests.upgrade.pre
+  cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no pulp_file.tests.upgrade.pre"
 
   # Checking out ci_upgrade_test branch and upgrading plugins
   cmd_prefix bash -c "cd pulpcore; git checkout -f ci_upgrade_test; pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall ."
@@ -157,25 +163,25 @@ if [[ "$TEST" == "upgrade" ]]; then
   # Rebuilding bindings
   cd ../pulp-openapi-generator
   ./generate.sh pulpcore python
-  pip install ./pulpcore-client
+  cmd_prefix pip3 install /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulpcore-client
   ./generate.sh pulp_file python
-  pip install ./pulp_file-client
+  cmd_prefix pip3 install /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulp_file-client
   ./generate.sh pulp_certguard python
-  pip install ./pulp_certguard-client
+  cmd_prefix pip3 install /root/pulp-openapi-generator/pulp_certguard-client
   cd $REPO_ROOT
 
   # Running post upgrade tests
   git checkout ci_upgrade_test -- pulp_file/tests/
-  pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no pulp_file.tests.upgrade.post
+  cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no pulp_file.tests.upgrade.post"
   exit
 fi
 
 
 if [[ "$TEST" == "performance" ]]; then
   if [[ -z ${PERFORMANCE_TEST+x} ]]; then
-    pytest -vv -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no --durations=0 pulp_file.tests.performance
+    cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -vv -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no --durations=0 pulp_file.tests.performance"
   else
-    pytest -vv -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no --durations=0 pulp_file.tests.performance.test_$PERFORMANCE_TEST
+    cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -vv -r sx --color=yes --pyargs --capture=no --durations=0 pulp_file.tests.performance.test_$PERFORMANCE_TEST"
   fi
   exit
 fi
@@ -185,20 +191,20 @@ if [ -f $FUNC_TEST_SCRIPT ]; then
 else
 
     if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "File Nightly CI/CD" ]]; then
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m "not parallel"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m 'not parallel'"
 
     
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m "from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and parallel" -n  8
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m "from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and not parallel"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m 'from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and parallel' -n  8"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m 'from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and not parallel'"
     
     else
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m "parallel and not nightly" -n 8
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m "not parallel and not nightly"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m 'parallel and not nightly' -n 8"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_file.tests.functional -m 'not parallel and not nightly'"
 
     
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m "from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and not nightly and parallel" -n  8
-        pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m "from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and not nightly and not parallel"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m 'from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and not nightly and parallel' -n  8"
+        cmd_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulpcore.tests.functional -m 'from_pulpcore_for_all_plugins and not nightly and not parallel'"
     
     fi
 
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index 6f605f10..00c0b5a4 100644
--- a/template_config.yml
+++ b/template_config.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # This config represents the latest values used when running the plugin-template. Any settings that
 # were not present before running plugin-template have been added with their default values.
 
-# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-129-gf780fda
+# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-129-gf780fda-dirty
 
 additional_repos:
 - branch: main
   name: pulp-certguard
-aiohttp_fixtures_origin: 172.18.0.1
+aiohttp_fixtures_origin: 127.0.0.1
 api_root: /pulp/
 black: true
 check_commit_message: true