diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8beb2a9..64f2cdb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ define runtox
 	@cd "$(ROOT_DIR)" && tox -e $1
 endef
 
+.PHONY: selftest
+selftest:
+	$(call runtox, "selftest")
+
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	$(call runtox, "pytest")
diff --git a/selftest/test-info1.yml b/selftest/test-info1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1a689c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selftest/test-info1.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Server hostname to be tested
+server: server_name
+
+# Users to use for authentication
+users:
+  user1: user1password
+  user2: user2password
+
+# Backend filesystem of the exported shares
+backend: glusterfs
+
+# shares: List of dict of exported shares
+shares:
+  # share export1
+  export1:
+    # If present, it means the share is pre-mounted
+    # at the location given
+    path: /mnt/share/export1-cephfs-vfs
+    backend:
+      # If present override default backend filesystem
+      name: cephfs.vfs
+    # If present, use these credentials to perform the
+    # tests for this share
+    users:
+      test2: x
+    # If present, override the server to test for this share
+    server: hostname1
+  # share name export2
+  export2:
+    # Use default values set for this share
diff --git a/selftest/test-info2.yml b/selftest/test-info2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..373692a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selftest/test-info2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+public_interfaces:
+  - "192.168.123.10"
+  - "192.168.123.11"
+
+exported_sharenames:
+  - "gluster-vol"
+
+test_users:
+  - {"username": "test1", "password": "x"}
+  - {"username": "test2", "password": "x"}
+
+test_backend: glusterfs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/selftest/test_testhelper.py b/selftest/test_testhelper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b157f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selftest/test_testhelper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import testhelper
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_read_yaml1():
+    testinfo = testhelper.read_yaml("test-info1.yml")
+
+    export1 = testinfo["shares"]["export1"]
+    assert export1["server"] == "hostname1"
+    assert export1["path"] == "/mnt/share/export1-cephfs-vfs"
+    assert export1["backend"]["name"] == "cephfs.vfs"
+    assert "user1" not in export1["users"]
+    assert "test2" in export1["users"]
+    assert export1["users"]["test2"] == "x"
+
+    export2 = testinfo["shares"]["export2"]
+    assert export2["server"] == "server_name"
+    assert "path" not in export2
+    assert export2["backend"]["name"] == "glusterfs"
+    assert "test2" not in export2["users"]
+    assert "user2" in export2["users"]
+    assert export2["users"]["user2"] == "user2password"
+
+
+def test_read_yaml2():
+    testinfo = testhelper.read_yaml("test-info2.yml")
+
+    export = testinfo["shares"]["gluster-vol"]
+    assert export["server"] == "192.168.123.10"
+    assert "path" not in export
+    assert export["backend"]["name"] == "glusterfs"
+    assert "user1" not in export["users"]
+    assert "test1" in export["users"]
+    assert export["users"]["test1"] == "x"
+
+
+def test_get_share():
+    testinfo = testhelper.read_yaml("test-info1.yml")
+    export2 = testhelper.get_share(testinfo, "export2")
+    assert export2["server"] == "server_name"
+    assert "path" not in export2
+    assert export2["backend"]["name"] == "glusterfs"
+    assert "test2" not in export2["users"]
+    assert "user2" in export2["users"]
+    assert export2["users"]["user2"] == "user2password"
+
+
+def test_list_premounted():
+    testinfo = testhelper.read_yaml("test-info1.yml")
+    premounted = testhelper.get_premounted_shares(testinfo)
+    assert len(premounted) == 1
+    assert Path("/mnt/share/export1-cephfs-vfs") in premounted
+
+
+def test_generate_exported_shares():
+    testinfo = testhelper.read_yaml("test-info1.yml")
+    arr = []
+    for sharename in testhelper.get_exported_shares(testinfo):
+        share = testhelper.get_share(testinfo, sharename)
+        arr.append((share["server"], share["name"]))
+    assert len(arr) == 1
+    assert ("server_name", "export2") in arr
diff --git a/test-info.yml.example b/test-info.yml.example
index e84c89c..f1a689c 100644
--- a/test-info.yml.example
+++ b/test-info.yml.example
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
-private_interfaces:
-  - "192.168.122.100"
-  - "192.168.122.101"
+# Server hostname to be tested
+server: server_name
 
-public_interfaces:
-  - "192.168.123.10"
-  - "192.168.123.11"
+# Users to use for authentication
+users:
+  user1: user1password
+  user2: user2password
 
-exported_sharenames:
-  - "gluster-vol"
+# Backend filesystem of the exported shares
+backend: glusterfs
 
-test_users:
-  - {"username": "test1", "password": "x"}
-  - {"username": "test2", "password": "x"}
-
-test_backend: glusterfs
-
-premounted_shares:
-  - "/testdir1"
-  - "/testdir2"
\ No newline at end of file
+# shares: List of dict of exported shares
+shares:
+  # share export1
+  export1:
+    # If present, it means the share is pre-mounted
+    # at the location given
+    path: /mnt/share/export1-cephfs-vfs
+    backend:
+      # If present override default backend filesystem
+      name: cephfs.vfs
+    # If present, use these credentials to perform the
+    # tests for this share
+    users:
+      test2: x
+    # If present, override the server to test for this share
+    server: hostname1
+  # share name export2
+  export2:
+    # Use default values set for this share
diff --git a/testcases/consistency/test_consistency.py b/testcases/consistency/test_consistency.py
index 555c835..aeb4982 100755
--- a/testcases/consistency/test_consistency.py
+++ b/testcases/consistency/test_consistency.py
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ def generate_consistency_check(
     if not test_info_file:
         return []
     arr = []
-    for ipaddr in test_info_file["public_interfaces"]:
-        for share_name in test_info_file["exported_sharenames"]:
-            arr.append((ipaddr, share_name))
+    for share in testhelper.get_exported_shares(test_info):
+        s = testhelper.get_share(test_info, share)
+        arr.append((s["server"], s["name"]))
     return arr
 
 
diff --git a/testcases/containers/test_containers.py b/testcases/containers/test_containers.py
index 8569e19..ee1d423 100755
--- a/testcases/containers/test_containers.py
+++ b/testcases/containers/test_containers.py
@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@ def containers_check(ipaddr: str, share_name: str, test: str) -> None:
 
 
 def generate_containers_test() -> typing.List[typing.Tuple[str, str, str]]:
-    # Use the first given public_interface for our tests
-    ipaddr = test_info["public_interfaces"][0]
     arr = []
-    for share_name in test_info["exported_sharenames"]:
+    for share_name in testhelper.get_exported_shares(test_info):
+        server = testhelper.get_share(test_info, share_name)["server"]
         for test in container_tests.keys():
-            arr.append((ipaddr, share_name, test))
+            arr.append((server, share_name, test))
     return arr
 
 
diff --git a/testcases/misc/conftest.py b/testcases/misc/conftest.py
index 21e0531..c495fbc 100644
--- a/testcases/misc/conftest.py
+++ b/testcases/misc/conftest.py
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ def setup_mount(
 
 
 def gen_params() -> typing.List[typing.Any]:
-    ipaddr = test_info["public_interfaces"][0]
-    exported_sharenames = test_info.get("exported_sharenames", [])
+    exported_sharenames = testhelper.get_exported_shares(test_info)
     arr = []
     for share_name in exported_sharenames:
+        server = testhelper.get_share(test_info, share_name)["server"]
         arr.append(
-            pytest.param((ipaddr, share_name), id=f"{ipaddr}-{share_name}")
+            pytest.param((server, share_name), id=f"{server}-{share_name}")
         )
     return arr
 
diff --git a/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py b/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
index e266c36..6c053b2 100755
--- a/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
+++ b/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def smbtorture(share_name: str, test: str, tmp_output: Path) -> bool:
             "--expected-failures=" + script_root + "/selftest/" + filter
         )
     flapping_list = ["flapping", "flapping.d"]
-    test_backend = test_info.get("test_backend")
+    share = testhelper.get_share(test_info, share_name)
+    test_backend = share["backend"].get("name")
     if test_backend is not None:
         flapping_file = "flapping." + test_backend
         flapping_file_path = os.path.join(
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ def list_smbtorture_tests():
 def generate_smbtorture_tests() -> typing.List[typing.Tuple[str, str]]:
     smbtorture_info = list_smbtorture_tests()
     arr = []
-    for share_name in test_info.get("exported_sharenames", []):
+    for share_name in testhelper.get_exported_shares(test_info):
         for torture_test in smbtorture_info:
             arr.append((share_name, torture_test))
     return arr
diff --git a/testhelper/testhelper.py b/testhelper/testhelper.py
index 47b51c6..457ca9f 100644
--- a/testhelper/testhelper.py
+++ b/testhelper/testhelper.py
@@ -4,17 +4,63 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-def read_yaml(test_info):
+def _get_default_backend(test_info: dict) -> str:
+    return test_info.get("backend") or test_info.get("test_backend", "xfs")
+
+
+def _get_default_server(test_info: dict) -> str:
+    return (
+        test_info.get("server")
+        or test_info.get("public_interfaces", ["localhost"])[0]
+    )
+
+
+def _get_default_users(test_info: dict) -> typing.Dict[str, str]:
+    default_users = test_info.get("users", {})
+    if not default_users:
+        for user in test_info.get("test_users", []):
+            default_users[user["username"]] = user["password"]
+    return default_users
+
+
+def read_yaml(test_info_file):
     """Returns a dict containing the contents of the yaml file.
 
     Parameters:
-    test_info: filename of yaml file.
+    test_info_file: filename of yaml file.
 
     Returns:
     dict: The parsed test information yml as a dictionary.
     """
-    with open(test_info) as f:
+    with open(test_info_file) as f:
         test_info = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+
+    shares = test_info.get("shares", {})
+
+    # Copy exported_sharenames to shares
+    # Todo - remove once sit-environment is updated
+    for sharename in test_info.get("exported_sharenames", []):
+        assert sharename not in shares, "Duplicate share name present"
+        shares[sharename] = {}
+
+    # Add missing fields with defaults
+    # Todo : Remove old field names once sit-environment is updated
+    default_backend = _get_default_backend(test_info)
+    default_server = _get_default_server(test_info)
+    default_users = _get_default_users(test_info)
+
+    for sharename in shares:
+        if shares[sharename] is None:
+            shares[sharename] = {"name": sharename}
+        share = shares[sharename]
+        share.setdefault("name", sharename)
+        share.setdefault("backend", {})
+        share.setdefault("server", default_server)
+        share.setdefault("users", default_users)
+        share["backend"].setdefault("name", default_backend)
+
+    test_info["shares"] = shares
+
     return test_info
 
 
@@ -48,11 +94,14 @@ def get_mount_parameters(test_info: dict, share: str) -> typing.Dict[str, str]:
     test_info: Dict containing the parsed yaml file.
     share: The share for which to get the mount_params
     """
+    s = get_share(test_info, share)
+    server = s["server"]
+    users = list(s["users"].keys())
     return gen_mount_params(
-        test_info["public_interfaces"][0],
+        server,
         share,
-        test_info["test_users"][0]["username"],
-        test_info["test_users"][0]["password"],
+        users[0],
+        s["users"][users[0]],
     )
 
 
@@ -76,6 +125,46 @@ def generate_random_bytes(size: int) -> bytes:
     return rba[:size]
 
 
+def get_shares(test_info: dict) -> dict:
+    """
+    Get list of shares
+
+    Parameters:
+    test_info: Dict containing the parsed yaml file.
+    Returns:
+    list of dict of shares
+    """
+    return test_info["shares"]
+
+
+def get_share(test_info: dict, sharename: str) -> dict:
+    """
+    Get share dict for a given sharename
+
+    Parameters:
+    test_info: Dict containing the parsed yaml file.
+    sharename: name of the share
+    Returns:
+    dict of the share
+    """
+    shares = get_shares(test_info)
+    assert sharename in shares.keys(), "Share not found"
+    return shares[sharename]
+
+
+def is_premounted_share(share: dict) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if the share is a premounted share
+
+    Parameters:
+    share: dict of the share
+    Returns:
+    bool
+    """
+    mntdir = share.get("path")
+    return mntdir is not None
+
+
 def get_premounted_shares(test_info: dict) -> typing.List[Path]:
     """
     Get list of premounted shares
@@ -85,5 +174,20 @@ def get_premounted_shares(test_info: dict) -> typing.List[Path]:
     Returns:
     list of paths with shares
     """
-    premounted_shares = test_info.get("premounted_shares", [])
-    return [Path(mnt) for mnt in premounted_shares]
+    share_values = get_shares(test_info).values()
+    return [Path(s["path"]) for s in share_values if is_premounted_share(s)]
+
+
+def get_exported_shares(test_info: dict) -> typing.List[str]:
+    """Get the list of exported shares
+
+    Parameters:
+    test_info: Dict containing the parsed yaml file.
+    Returns:
+    list of exported shares
+    """
+    arr = []
+    for share in get_shares(test_info).values():
+        if not is_premounted_share(share):
+            arr.append(share["name"])
+    return arr
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 05aa6d1..a2646b6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ deps =
 changedir = {toxinidir}
 commands = pytest -vrfEsxXpP testcases/consistency
 
+[testenv:selftest]
+deps =
+    pytest
+    pyyaml
+changedir = {toxinidir}/selftest
+commands = pytest -vrfEsxXpP .
+
 [testenv:flake8]
 deps = flake8
 changedir = {toxinidir}