diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@opentelemetry/test-utils",
+  "version": "0.31.0",
+  "description": "Test utilities.",
+  "main": "build/src/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "precompile": "tsc --version",
+    "compile": "tsc -p .",
+    "prepare": "npm run compile"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "\"opentelemetry\"",
+    "\"test-utils\""
+  ],
+  "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "gts": "^1.1.2",
+    "ts-node": "^8.5.4",
+    "tslint-consistent-codestyle": "^1.16.0",
+    "tslint-microsoft-contrib": "^6.2.0",
+    "typescript": "3.7.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/testUtils.ts
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+/*!
+ * Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
+export function startDocker(db: 'redis' | 'mysql' | 'postgres') {
+  let dockerRunCmd;
+  switch (db) {
+    case 'redis':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run -d -p 63790:6379 --name ot${db} ${db}:alpine`;
+      break;
+
+    case 'mysql':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run --rm -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpw -e MYSQL_DATABASE=test_db -e MYSQL_USER=otel -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret -p 33306:3306 --name ot${db} circleci/${db}:5.7`;
+      break;
+
+    case 'postgres':
+      dockerRunCmd = `docker run -d -p 54320:5432 --name ot${db} ${db}:alpine`;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  const tasks = [run(dockerRunCmd)];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
+    const task = tasks[i];
+    if (task && task.code !== 0) {
+      console.error('Failed to start container!');
+      console.error(task.output);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function cleanUpDocker(db: 'redis' | 'mysql' | 'postgres') {
+  run(`docker stop ot${db}`);
+  run(`docker rm ot${db}`);
+}
+
+function run(cmd: string) {
+  try {
+    const proc = childProcess.spawnSync(cmd, {
+      shell: true,
+    });
+    return {
+      code: proc.status,
+      output: proc.output
+        .map(v => String.fromCharCode.apply(null, v as any))
+        .join(''),
+    };
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(e);
+    return;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "*.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json b/packages/opentelemetry-test-utils/tslint.json
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+{
+  "rulesDirectory": ["node_modules/tslint-microsoft-contrib"],
+  "extends": ["../../tslint.base.js", "./node_modules/tslint-consistent-codestyle"]
+}