diff --git a/tests/functional/ubuntu/16.04/mon/initial_members/scenario.py b/tests/functional/ubuntu/16.04/mon/initial_members/scenario.py
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+# Basic information about ceph and its configuration
+ceph = {
+    'releases': ['infernalis', 'jewel'],
+    'cluster_name': 'ceph'
+}
+
+# remote nodes to test, with anything specific to them that might be useful for
+# tests to get. Each one of these can get requested as a py.test fixture to
+# validate information.
+nodes = {
+    'mon0': {
+        'username': 'vagrant',
+        'components': ['mon', 'mon_initial_members']
+    }
+}