diff --git a/bookstore/bookstore_config.py b/bookstore/bookstore_config.py
index 2cb7937..25e465d 100644
--- a/bookstore/bookstore_config.py
+++ b/bookstore/bookstore_config.py
@@ -36,3 +36,19 @@ class BookstoreSettings(LoggingConfigurable):
         16,
         help="Maximum number of threads for the threadpool allocated for S3 read/writes",
     ).tag(config=True)
+
+
+def validate_bookstore(settings: BookstoreSettings):
+    """Test for establishing that bookstore has been appropriately set up.
+    
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    settings: bookstore.bookstore_config.BookstoreSettings
+        The instantiated Settings object to be validated.
+    """
+    valid_settings = [settings.workspace_prefix != "",
+                      settings.published_prefix != "",
+                      settings.s3_bucket != "",
+                      settings.s3_endpoint_url != "",
+                      ]
+    return all(valid_settings)
diff --git a/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py b/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py
index d63d9e6..0694010 100644
--- a/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py
+++ b/bookstore/tests/test_bookstore_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,34 @@
 """Tests for bookstore config"""
 import pytest
 
+from bookstore.bookstore_config import BookstoreSettings, validate_bookstore
 
-def test_bookstore_config():
-    pass
+
+def test_validate_bookstore_defaults():
+    """Tests that all bookstore validates with default values."""
+    settings = BookstoreSettings()
+    assert validate_bookstore(settings)
+
+
+def test_validate_bookstore_published():
+    """Tests that bookstore does not validate with an empty published_prefix."""
+    settings = BookstoreSettings(published_prefix="")
+    assert not validate_bookstore(settings)
+
+
+def test_validate_bookstore_workspace():
+    """Tests that bookstore does not validate with an empty workspace_prefix."""
+    settings = BookstoreSettings(workspace_prefix="")
+    assert not validate_bookstore(settings)
+
+
+def test_validate_bookstore_endpoint():
+    """Tests that bookstore does not validate with an empty s3_endpoint_url."""
+    settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_endpoint_url="")
+    assert not validate_bookstore(settings)
+
+
+def test_validate_bookstore_bucket():
+    """Tests that bookstore does not validate with an empty s3_bucket."""
+    settings = BookstoreSettings(s3_bucket="")
+    assert not validate_bookstore(settings)