diff --git a/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/ubuntu12.04.yaml b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/ubuntu12.04.yaml
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index 00000000000..dbc3a8d9c58
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+++ b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/ubuntu12.04.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+os_type: ubuntu
+os_version: "12.04"
diff --git a/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_centos6.5.yaml b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_centos6.5.yaml
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index 00000000000..9ff9e84d434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_centos6.5.yaml
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+machine_type: vps
+os_type: centos 
+os_version: "6.5"
diff --git a/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_debian7.yaml b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_debian7.yaml
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index 00000000000..7a3df798862
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+++ b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_debian7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+machine_type: vps
+os_type: debian 
+os_version: "7.0"
diff --git a/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_rhel6.4.yaml b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_rhel6.4.yaml
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index 00000000000..f895a55cdbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_rhel6.4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+machine_type: vps
+os_type: rhel 
+os_version: "6.4"
diff --git a/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_rhel6.5.yaml b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_rhel6.5.yaml
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index 00000000000..f5bb7b83739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suites/teuthology/no-ceph/distros/vps_rhel6.5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+machine_type: vps
+os_type: rhel 
+os_version: "6.5"