diff --git a/ci/ci_setup.sh b/ci/ci_setup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#squid proxy work, so if there is a proxy it can be cached.
+sed -i.bak 's/https:/http:/' tools/Gemfile
+
+# Clean up some  possible stale directories
+rm -rf vendor       # make sure there are no vendorized dependencies
+rm -rf spec/reports # no stale spec reports from previous executions
+
+# Setup the environment
+rake bootstrap # Bootstrap your logstash instance
diff --git a/ci/ci_test.sh b/ci/ci_test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##
+# Keep in mind to run ci/ci_setup.sh if you need to setup/clean up your environment before
+# running the test suites here.
+##
+
+SELECTED_TEST_SUITE=$1
+
+if [[ $SELECTED_TEST_SUITE == $"all" ]]; then
+  echo "Running all plugins tests"
+  rake plugin:install-all   # Install all plugins, using the file at tools/Gemfile.plugins.all
+  rake vendor:append_development_dependencies\[tools/Gemfile.plugins.all\] # Append development dependencies to run the test
+  rake plugin:install-all   # Install previously appended development dependencies
+
+  #Run the specs test from all previously installed logstash plugins
+  ./bin/logstash rspec --order rand vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-*/spec/{input,filter,codec,output}s/*_spec.rb
+else
+  echo "Running core tests"
+  rake test:prep # setup the necessary plugins and dependencies for testing
+  # Execute the test
+  ./bin/logstash rspec --order rand --format CI::Reporter::RSpec spec/**/*_spec.rb spec/*_spec.rb
+fi