Python: Tests and Setup do not get run

Both the setup and the test method do not seem to run when i execute the below code. Can anyone advise why this must be?

class InstallTest():
    """Ru Ovirt System Tests"""

    def setUp(self):
        """Test Case Setup"""
        Log.test_objective('Hi!!!')
        self.client = Client(OSSE_OLV_TESTBOX_HOST, OSSE_OLV_TESTBOX_USER,
                             OSSE_OLV_TESTBOX_PASS)
        self.client.concurrency = OSSE_OLV_TESTBOX_CONCURRENCY

        self.log_jobdir = os.getenv('osse_log_jobdir')
        self.log_jobdir_cc = os.path.join(self.log_jobdir, 'config_collect')

        LOG.Log.test_setup('Instantiate Client object')
        self.client_mgmt = _list(OSSE_OFSS_CLIENT_MGMT)
        self.client_head_list = str(OSSE_OFSS_CLIENT_HEAD_LIST)
        if self.client_head_list == '-1':
            self.client_head_list = 0
        self.head = self.client_mgmt[int(self.client_head_list)]
        self.client = CLIENT.Client(self.head,
                                    OSSE_OFSS_CLIENT_USER,
                                    OSSE_OFSS_CLIENT_PASS)

        self.client_luniqname = str(OSSE_OFSS_LUN_UNIQNAME)
        self.vdbench_binary = str(OSSE_OFSS_VDBENCH_BINARY_PATH) + '/vdbench'
        self.vdbench_out_path = str(OSSE_OFSS_VDBENCH_OUT_PATH) + '/'
        template = str(OSSE_OFSS_VDBENCH_TEMPLATE_FILE)
        if template.startswith('/'):
            self.vdbench_template = template
        else:
            self.vdbench_template = \
                os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + '/' + template

        self.host = self.client.hostname_get()
        msg = 'Setup the {0} client'.format(self.host)
        LOG.Log.test_setup(msg)

    def tearDown(self):
        self.client.close()

    def test_install_lago(self):        
        assert (1 == 1)

The last assert is just put in as filler for now in case assert is necessary for test methods

Your class doesn't inherit a test case.

import unittest
class InstallTest(unittest.TestCase):

First, as already answsered by Sayse, your class needs to inherit from unittest.TestCase. Also, unless this code is built on some frameworks that already includes it's own testrunners (ie Django 'manage.py test'), you need to actually execute the TestCase test methods:

import unittest

class YourTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
   # ...

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main() 

Note that all this is documented...