diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/upload.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/upload.py
index 977bad8fea..0c700956e3 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/upload.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/upload.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import random
 import os
 
 TEST_ROOT = settings.COMMON_TEST_DATA_ROOT
-HTTP_PREFIX = "http://localhost:8001"
+HTTP_PREFIX = "http://localhost:%s" % settings.LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT
 
 
 @step(u'I go to the files and uploads page')
diff --git a/cms/envs/acceptance.py b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
index 4d1f1f2a4b..ecd22ed769 100644
--- a/cms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ DEBUG = True
 # Disable warnings for acceptance tests, to make the logs readable
 import logging
 logging.disable(logging.ERROR)
+import os
+import random
+
+
+def seed():
+    return os.getppid()
 
 MODULESTORE_OPTIONS = {
     'default_class': 'xmodule.raw_module.RawDescriptor',
     'host': 'localhost',
-    'db': 'test_xmodule',
-    'collection': 'acceptance_modulestore',
+    'db': 'acceptance_xmodule',
+    'collection': 'acceptance_modulestore_%s' % seed(),
     'fs_root': TEST_ROOT / "data",
     'render_template': 'mitxmako.shortcuts.render_to_string',
 }
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
     'ENGINE': 'xmodule.contentstore.mongo.MongoContentStore',
     'OPTIONS': {
         'host': 'localhost',
-        'db': 'acceptance_xcontent',
+        'db': 'acceptance_xcontent_%s' % seed(),
     },
     # allow for additional options that can be keyed on a name, e.g. 'trashcan'
     'ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS': {
@@ -61,13 +67,13 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
-        'TEST_NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
+        'NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx_%s.db" % seed(),
+        'TEST_NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx_%s.db" % seed(),
     }
 }
 
 # Include the lettuce app for acceptance testing, including the 'harvest' django-admin command
 INSTALLED_APPS += ('lettuce.django',)
 LETTUCE_APPS = ('contentstore',)
-LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT = 8001
+LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT = random.randint(1024, 65535)
 LETTUCE_BROWSER = 'chrome'
diff --git a/cms/envs/acceptance_static.py b/cms/envs/acceptance_static.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7d69794fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/envs/acceptance_static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""
+This config file extends the test environment configuration
+so that we can run the lettuce acceptance tests.
+This is used in the django-admin call as acceptance.py
+contains random seeding, causing django-admin to create a random collection
+"""
+
+# We intentionally define lots of variables that aren't used, and
+# want to import all variables from base settings files
+# pylint: disable=W0401, W0614
+
+from .test import *
+
+# You need to start the server in debug mode,
+# otherwise the browser will not render the pages correctly
+DEBUG = True
+
+# Disable warnings for acceptance tests, to make the logs readable
+import logging
+logging.disable(logging.ERROR)
+import os
+import random
+
+MODULESTORE_OPTIONS = {
+    'default_class': 'xmodule.raw_module.RawDescriptor',
+    'host': 'localhost',
+    'db': 'acceptance_xmodule',
+    'collection': 'acceptance_modulestore',
+    'fs_root': TEST_ROOT / "data",
+    'render_template': 'mitxmako.shortcuts.render_to_string',
+}
+
+MODULESTORE = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'xmodule.modulestore.draft.DraftModuleStore',
+        'OPTIONS': MODULESTORE_OPTIONS
+    },
+    'direct': {
+        'ENGINE': 'xmodule.modulestore.mongo.MongoModuleStore',
+        'OPTIONS': MODULESTORE_OPTIONS
+    },
+    'draft': {
+        'ENGINE': 'xmodule.modulestore.draft.DraftModuleStore',
+        'OPTIONS': MODULESTORE_OPTIONS
+    }
+}
+
+CONTENTSTORE = {
+    'ENGINE': 'xmodule.contentstore.mongo.MongoContentStore',
+    'OPTIONS': {
+        'host': 'localhost',
+        'db': 'acceptance_xcontent',
+    },
+    # allow for additional options that can be keyed on a name, e.g. 'trashcan'
+    'ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS': {
+        'trashcan': {
+            'bucket': 'trash_fs'
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# Set this up so that rake lms[acceptance] and running the
+# harvest command both use the same (test) database
+# which they can flush without messing up your dev db
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
+        'TEST_NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
+    }
+}
+
+# Include the lettuce app for acceptance testing, including the 'harvest' django-admin command
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('lettuce.django',)
+LETTUCE_APPS = ('contentstore',)
+LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT = random.randint(1024, 65535)
+LETTUCE_BROWSER = 'chrome'
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py b/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py
index d237edc4b7..0c1303ed1a 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 # These names aren't used, but do important work on import.
 from lms import one_time_startup        # pylint: disable=W0611
 from cms import one_time_startup        # pylint: disable=W0611
+from pymongo import MongoClient
+import xmodule.modulestore.django
+from xmodule.contentstore.django import _CONTENTSTORE
 
 # There is an import issue when using django-staticfiles with lettuce
 # Lettuce assumes that we are using django.contrib.staticfiles,
@@ -87,6 +90,22 @@ def reset_data(scenario):
     LOGGER.debug("Flushing the test database...")
     call_command('flush', interactive=False)
 
+
+@after.each_scenario
+def reset_databases(scenario):
+    '''
+    After each scenario, all databases are cleared/dropped.  Contentstore data are stored in unique databases
+    whereas modulestore data is in unique collection names.  This data is created implicitly during the scenarios.
+    If no data is created during the test, these lines equivilently do nothing.
+    '''
+    mongo = MongoClient()
+    mongo.drop_database(settings.CONTENTSTORE['OPTIONS']['db'])
+    _CONTENTSTORE.clear()
+    modulestore = xmodule.modulestore.django.modulestore()
+    modulestore.collection.drop()
+    xmodule.modulestore.django._MODULESTORES.clear()
+
+
 # Uncomment below to trigger a screenshot on error
 # @after.each_scenario
 def screenshot_on_error(scenario):
diff --git a/lms/envs/acceptance.py b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
index 3b87bb4326..087c1ca85c 100644
--- a/lms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@ DEBUG = True
 # Disable warnings for acceptance tests, to make the logs readable
 import logging
 logging.disable(logging.ERROR)
+import os
+import random
+
+
+def seed():
+    return os.getppid()
 
 # Use the mongo store for acceptance tests
 modulestore_options = {
     'default_class': 'xmodule.raw_module.RawDescriptor',
     'host': 'localhost',
-    'db': 'test_xmodule',
-    'collection': 'acceptance_modulestore',
+    'db': 'acceptance_xmodule',
+    'collection': 'acceptance_modulestore_%s' % seed(),
     'fs_root': TEST_ROOT / "data",
     'render_template': 'mitxmako.shortcuts.render_to_string',
 }
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
     'ENGINE': 'xmodule.contentstore.mongo.MongoContentStore',
     'OPTIONS': {
         'host': 'localhost',
-        'db': 'test_xmodule',
+        'db': 'acceptance_xcontent_%s' % seed(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -52,14 +58,14 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
-        'TEST_NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
+        'NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx_%s.db" % seed(),
+        'TEST_NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx_%s.db" % seed(),
     }
 }
 
 # Set up XQueue information so that the lms will send
 # requests to a mock XQueue server running locally
-XQUEUE_PORT = 8027
+XQUEUE_PORT = random.randint(1024, 65535)
 XQUEUE_INTERFACE = {
     "url": "http://127.0.0.1:%d" % XQUEUE_PORT,
     "django_auth": {
@@ -76,4 +82,5 @@ MITX_FEATURES['STUB_VIDEO_FOR_TESTING'] = True
 # Include the lettuce app for acceptance testing, including the 'harvest' django-admin command
 INSTALLED_APPS += ('lettuce.django',)
 LETTUCE_APPS = ('courseware',)
+LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT = random.randint(1024, 65535)
 LETTUCE_BROWSER = 'chrome'
diff --git a/lms/envs/acceptance_static.py b/lms/envs/acceptance_static.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5672ea5bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/envs/acceptance_static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""
+This config file extends the test environment configuration
+so that we can run the lettuce acceptance tests.
+"""
+
+# We intentionally define lots of variables that aren't used, and
+# want to import all variables from base settings files
+# pylint: disable=W0401, W0614
+
+from .test import *
+
+# You need to start the server in debug mode,
+# otherwise the browser will not render the pages correctly
+DEBUG = True
+
+# Disable warnings for acceptance tests, to make the logs readable
+import logging
+logging.disable(logging.ERROR)
+import random
+
+# Use the mongo store for acceptance tests
+modulestore_options = {
+    'default_class': 'xmodule.raw_module.RawDescriptor',
+    'host': 'localhost',
+    'db': 'acceptance_xmodule',
+    'collection': 'acceptance_modulestore',
+    'fs_root': TEST_ROOT / "data",
+    'render_template': 'mitxmako.shortcuts.render_to_string',
+}
+
+MODULESTORE = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'xmodule.modulestore.mongo.MongoModuleStore',
+        'OPTIONS': modulestore_options
+    },
+    'direct': {
+        'ENGINE': 'xmodule.modulestore.mongo.MongoModuleStore',
+        'OPTIONS': modulestore_options
+    }
+}
+
+CONTENTSTORE = {
+    'ENGINE': 'xmodule.contentstore.mongo.MongoContentStore',
+    'OPTIONS': {
+        'host': 'localhost',
+        'db': 'acceptance_xcontent',
+    }
+}
+
+# Set this up so that rake lms[acceptance] and running the
+# harvest command both use the same (test) database
+# which they can flush without messing up your dev db
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
+        'TEST_NAME': TEST_ROOT / "db" / "test_mitx.db",
+    }
+}
+
+# Set up XQueue information so that the lms will send
+# requests to a mock XQueue server running locally
+XQUEUE_PORT = random.randint(1024, 65535)
+XQUEUE_INTERFACE = {
+    "url": "http://127.0.0.1:%d" % XQUEUE_PORT,
+    "django_auth": {
+        "username": "lms",
+        "password": "***REMOVED***"
+    },
+    "basic_auth": ('anant', 'agarwal'),
+}
+
+# Do not display the YouTube videos in the browser while running the
+# acceptance tests. This makes them faster and more reliable
+MITX_FEATURES['STUB_VIDEO_FOR_TESTING'] = True
+
+# Include the lettuce app for acceptance testing, including the 'harvest' django-admin command
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('lettuce.django',)
+LETTUCE_APPS = ('courseware',)
+LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT = random.randint(1024, 65535)
+LETTUCE_BROWSER = 'chrome'
diff --git a/rakelib/tests.rake b/rakelib/tests.rake
index ebc2b92973..7e3e672f39 100644
--- a/rakelib/tests.rake
+++ b/rakelib/tests.rake
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ TEST_TASK_DIRS = []
 
     # Run acceptance tests
     desc "Run acceptance tests"
-    task "test_acceptance_#{system}", [:harvest_args] => [:clean_test_files, "#{system}:gather_assets:acceptance", "fasttest_acceptance_#{system}"]
+    #gather_assets uses its own env because acceptance contains seeds to make the information unique
+    #acceptance_static is acceptance without the random seeding
+    task "test_acceptance_#{system}", [:harvest_args] => [:clean_test_files, "#{system}:gather_assets:acceptance_static", "fasttest_acceptance_#{system}"]
 
     desc "Run acceptance tests without collectstatic"
     task "fasttest_acceptance_#{system}", [:harvest_args] => [report_dir, :clean_reports_dir, :predjango] do |t, args|