Migrate sli-adaptor files

Migrate sli-adaptor repo files into
a new "adaptors" directory.

Signed-off-by: Jessica Wagantall <jwagantall@linuxfoundation.org>

13 files changed, 2044 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapter.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346910a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack;
+
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicContext;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicJavaPlugin;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines the operations that the Saltstack adapter exposes.
+ */
+public interface SaltstackAdapter extends SvcLogicJavaPlugin {
+    /**
+     * Returns the symbolic name of the adapter
+     *
+     * @return The adapter name
+     */
+    String getAdapterName();
+
+    /* Method to post a single command request for execution on SaltState server
+     *  The response from Saltstack comes in json format and it is automatically put
+     *  to context for DGs access, with a certain prefix*/
+    void reqExecCommand(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException;
+
+    /* Method for execution of saltstack SLS command on SaltState server
+     *  The response from Saltstack comes in json format and it is automatically put
+     *  to context for DGs access, with a certain prefix*/
+    void reqExecSLS(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException;
+
+    /* When SLS file is created/available then this Method can be used to post
+     *  the file to saltstack server and execute the SLS file on SaltState server
+     *  The response from Saltstack comes in json format and it is automatically put
+     *  to context for DGs access, with a certain prefix*/
+    void reqExecSLSFile(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException;
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a6b707afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public interface SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider {
+
+    public Properties getProperties();
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/ConnectionBuilder.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/ConnectionBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48469fdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/ConnectionBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SshException;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResult;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResultCodes;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Returns a custom SSH client
+ * - based on options
+ * - can create one with ssl using an X509 certificate that does NOT have a known CA
+ * - create one which trusts ALL SSL certificates
+ * - return default sshclient (which only trusts known CAs from default cacerts file for process) this is the default
+ * option
+ **/
+public class ConnectionBuilder {
+
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ConnectionBuilder.class);
+    SshConnection sshConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor that initializes an ssh client based on username and password
+     **/
+    public ConnectionBuilder(String host, String port, String userName, String userPasswd) {
+        sshConnection = new SshConnection(host, Integer.parseInt(port), userName, userPasswd);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor that initializes an ssh client based on ssh certificate
+     * This is still not supported in 1.3.0 version
+     **/
+    public ConnectionBuilder(String host, String port, String certFile) {
+        sshConnection = new SshConnection(host, Integer.parseInt(port), certFile);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * 1. Connect to SSH server.
+     * 2. Exec remote command over SSH. Return command execution status.
+     * Command output is written to out or err stream.
+     *
+     * @param cmd Commands to execute
+     * @return command execution status
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult connectNExecute(String cmd, long execTimeout) throws IOException {
+        return connectNExecute(cmd, false, execTimeout);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 1. Connect to SSH server with retry enabled.
+     * 2. Exec remote command over SSH. Return command execution status.
+     * Command output is written to out or err stream.
+     *
+     * @param cmd       Commands to execute
+     * @param withRetry make a SSH connection with default retry.
+     * @return command execution status
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult connectNExecute(String cmd, boolean withRetry, long execTimeout)
+            throws IOException {
+
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = null;
+        ByteArrayOutputStream errs = null;
+        if (execTimeout >= 0) {
+            sshConnection.setExecTimeout(execTimeout);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if (withRetry) {
+                sshConnection.connectWithRetry();
+            } else {
+                sshConnection.connect();
+            }
+            out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            errs = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            int resultCode = sshConnection.execCommand(cmd, out, errs);
+            sshConnection.disconnect();
+            if (resultCode != 0) {
+                return sortExitStatus(resultCode, errs.toString(), cmd);
+            }
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.SUCCESS.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage("Success");
+            result.setOutputMessage(out);
+        } catch (SshException io) {
+            if (io.toString().equalsIgnoreCase("Authentication failed")) {
+                logger.error(io.toString());
+                result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.USER_UNAUTHORIZED.getValue());
+                result.setStatusMessage(io.toString());
+                return result;
+            }
+            logger.error("Caught Exception", io);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.SSH_EXCEPTION.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(io.getMessage());
+        } catch (Exception io) {
+            logger.error("Caught Exception", io);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.SSH_EXCEPTION.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(io.getMessage());
+        } finally {
+            if (out != null) {
+                out.close();
+            }
+            if (errs != null) {
+                errs.close();
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Print Reasonable error messages based on SSH Exit status code
+    * */
+    public SaltstackResult sortExitStatus(int exitStatus, String errMess, String cmd) {
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+        if (exitStatus == 255 || exitStatus == 1) {
+            String errMessage = "Error executing command [" + cmd + "] over SSH [" + sshConnection.toString()
+                    + "]. Exit Code " + exitStatus + " and Error message : " +
+                    "Malformed configuration. " + errMess;
+            logger.error(errMessage);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_COMMAND.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(errMessage);
+        } else if (exitStatus == 5 || exitStatus == 65) {
+            String errMessage = "Error executing command [" + cmd + "] over SSH [" + sshConnection.toString()
+                    + "]. Exit Code " + exitStatus + " and Error message : " +
+                    "Host not allowed to connect. " + errMess;
+            logger.error(errMessage);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.USER_UNAUTHORIZED.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(errMessage);
+        } else if (exitStatus == 67 || exitStatus == 73) {
+            String errMessage = "Error executing command [" + cmd + "] over SSH [" + sshConnection.toString()
+                    + "]. Exit Code " + exitStatus + " and Error message : " +
+                    "Key exchange failed. " + errMess;
+            logger.error(errMessage);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.CERTIFICATE_ERROR.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(errMessage);
+        } else {
+            String errMessage = "Error executing command [" + cmd + "] over SSH [" + sshConnection.toString()
+                    + "]. Exit Code " + exitStatus + " and Error message : " + errMess;
+            logger.error(errMessage);
+            result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION.getValue());
+            result.setStatusMessage(errMessage);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterImpl.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34321ea59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,446 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapter;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackMessageParser;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResult;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackResultCodes;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SaltstackServerEmulator;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicContext;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * This class implements the {@link SaltstackAdapter} interface. This interface defines the behaviors
+ * that our service provides.
+ */
+public class SaltstackAdapterImpl implements SaltstackAdapter {
+
+    /**
+     * The constant for the status code for a failed outcome
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    public static final String OUTCOME_FAILURE = "failure";
+    /**
+     * The constant for the status code for a successful outcome
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    public static final String OUTCOME_SUCCESS = "success";
+    public static final String CONNECTION_RETRY = "withRetry";
+    private static final String APPC_EXCEPTION_CAUGHT = "APPCException caught";
+    /**
+     * Adapter Name
+     */
+    private static final String ADAPTER_NAME = "Saltstack Adapter";
+    private static final String RESULT_CODE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.result.code";
+    private static final String MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.message";
+    private static final String ID_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.Id";
+    private static final String CLIENT_TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_HOSTNAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.host";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_PORT = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.port";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_USERNAME = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.userName";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_PASSWD = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.userPasswd";
+    private static final String SS_SERVER_SSH_KEY = "org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.sshKey";
+
+    private static final String COMMAND_IN_JSON_OUT = " --out=json --static ";
+    private static final String COMMAND_CHANGE_DEFAULT_DIR = " cd /srv/salt/ ;";
+
+    /**
+     * The logger to be used
+     */
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SaltstackAdapterImpl.class);
+    /**
+     * Connection object
+     **/
+    private ConnectionBuilder sshClient;
+
+    /**
+     * Saltstack API Message Handlers
+     **/
+    private SaltstackMessageParser messageProcessor;
+
+    /**
+     * indicator whether in test mode
+     **/
+    private boolean testMode = false;
+
+    /**
+     * server emulator object to be used if in test mode
+     **/
+    private SaltstackServerEmulator testServer;
+
+    /**
+     * This default constructor is used as a work around because the activator wasn't getting called
+     */
+    public SaltstackAdapterImpl() throws SvcLogicException {
+        initialize(new SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl());
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackAdapterImpl(SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider propProvider) throws SvcLogicException {
+        initialize(propProvider);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used for jUnit test and testing interface
+     */
+    public SaltstackAdapterImpl(boolean mode) {
+        testMode = mode;
+        testServer = new SaltstackServerEmulator();
+        messageProcessor = new SaltstackMessageParser();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the symbolic name of the adapter
+     *
+     * @return The adapter name
+     * @see SaltstackAdapter#getAdapterName()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getAdapterName() {
+        return ADAPTER_NAME;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method posts info to Context memory in case of an error and throws a
+     * SvcLogicException causing SLI to register this as a failure
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("static-method")
+    private void doFailure(SvcLogicContext svcLogic, int code, String message) throws SvcLogicException {
+        logger.error(APPC_EXCEPTION_CAUGHT, message);
+        svcLogic.setStatus(OUTCOME_FAILURE);
+        svcLogic.setAttribute(RESULT_CODE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, Integer.toString(code));
+        svcLogic.setAttribute(MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, message);
+        throw new SvcLogicException("Saltstack Adapter Error = " + message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * initialize the Saltstack adapter based on default and over-ride configuration data
+     */
+    private void initialize(SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider propProvider) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+
+        Properties props = propProvider.getProperties();
+
+        // Create the message processor instance
+        messageProcessor = new SaltstackMessageParser();
+
+        // Create the ssh client instance
+        // type of client is extracted from the property file parameter
+        // org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType
+        // It can be :
+        // 1. BASIC. SSH Connection using username and password
+        // 2. SSH_CERT (trust only those whose certificates have been stored in the SSH KEY file)
+        // 3. DEFAULT SSH Connection without any authentication
+
+        try {
+            String clientType = props.getProperty(CLIENT_TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME);
+            logger.info("Saltstack ssh client type set to " + clientType);
+
+            if ("BASIC".equalsIgnoreCase(clientType)) {
+                logger.info("Creating ssh client connection");
+                // set path to keystore file
+                String sshHost = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_HOSTNAME);
+                String sshPort = reqServerPort(props);
+                String sshUserName = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_USERNAME);
+                String sshPassword = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_PASSWD);
+                sshClient = new ConnectionBuilder(sshHost, sshPort, sshUserName, sshPassword);
+            } else if ("SSH_CERT".equalsIgnoreCase(clientType)) {
+                // set path to keystore file
+                String sshKey = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_SSH_KEY);
+                String sshHost = props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_HOSTNAME);
+                String sshPort = reqServerPort(props);
+                logger.info("Creating ssh client with ssh KEY from " + sshKey);
+                sshClient = new ConnectionBuilder(sshHost, sshPort, sshKey);
+            } else {
+                logger.info("No saltstack-adapter.properties defined so reading from DG props");
+                sshClient = null;
+            }
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            logger.error("Error Initializing Saltstack Adapter due to Unknown Exception", e);
+            throw new SvcLogicException("Saltstack Adapter Property file parsing Error = port in property file has to be an integer.");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error Initializing Saltstack Adapter due to Exception", e);
+            throw new SvcLogicException("Saltstack Adapter Property file parsing Error = " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        logger.info("Initialized Saltstack Adapter");
+    }
+
+    private String reqServerPort(Properties props) {
+        // use default port if null
+        if (props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_PORT) == null) {
+            return "22";
+        }
+        return props.getProperty(SS_SERVER_PORT);
+    }
+
+    private void setSSHClient(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+        if (sshClient == null) {
+            logger.info("saltstack-adapter.properties not defined so reading saltstack host and " +
+                                "auth details from DG's parameters");
+            String sshHost = messageProcessor.reqHostNameResult(params);
+            String sshPort = messageProcessor.reqPortResult(params);
+            String sshUserName = messageProcessor.reqUserNameResult(params);
+            String sshPassword = messageProcessor.reqPasswordResult(params);
+            logger.info("Creating ssh client with BASIC Auth");
+            if (!testMode) {
+                sshClient = new ConnectionBuilder(sshHost, sshPort, sshUserName, sshPassword);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String parseEnvParam(JSONObject envParams) {
+        StringBuilder envParamBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        if (envParams != null) {
+            for (Object key : envParams.keySet()) {
+                if (envParamBuilder.length() > 0) {
+                    envParamBuilder.append(", ");
+                }
+                envParamBuilder.append(key + "=" + envParams.get((String) key));
+                logger.info("EnvParameters : " + envParamBuilder);
+            }
+        }
+        return envParamBuilder.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String parseFileParam(JSONObject fileParams) {
+        StringBuilder fileParamBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        if (fileParams != null) {
+            for (Object key : fileParams.keySet()) {
+                fileParamBuilder.append("echo -e \"" + fileParams.get((String) key) + "\" > /srv/salt/" + key).append("; ");
+                logger.info("FileParameters : " + fileParamBuilder);
+            }
+        }
+        return fileParamBuilder.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String putToCommands(SvcLogicContext ctx, String slsFileName,
+                                 String applyTo, JSONObject envParams, JSONObject fileParams) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        StringBuilder constructedCommand = new StringBuilder();
+        try {
+            File file = new File(slsFileName);
+            String slsFile = file.getName();
+            if (!slsFile.substring(slsFile.lastIndexOf("."),
+                                   slsFile.length()).equalsIgnoreCase(".sls")) {
+                doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(), "Input file " +
+                        "is not of type .sls");
+            }
+            try(InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file)){
+                byte[] data = new byte[(int) file.length()];
+                in.read(data);
+                String str = new String(data, "UTF-8");
+                String slsWithoutExtn = stripExtension(slsFile);
+                constructedCommand.append(parseFileParam(fileParams)).append("echo -e \"").append(str).append("\" > /srv/salt/").
+                    append(slsFile).append("; ").append(COMMAND_CHANGE_DEFAULT_DIR).append(" salt '").
+                    append(applyTo).append("' state.apply ").append(slsWithoutExtn).append(" ").append(parseEnvParam(envParams)).append(COMMAND_IN_JSON_OUT);
+            }
+            logger.info("Command to be executed on server : " + constructedCommand.toString());
+
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(), "Input SLS file " +
+                    "not found in path : " + slsFileName + ". " + e.getMessage());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(), "Input SLS file " +
+                    "error in path : " + slsFileName + ". " + e.getMessage());
+        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(), "Input file " +
+                    "is not of type .sls");
+        }
+        return constructedCommand.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String stripExtension(String str) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int pos = str.lastIndexOf(".");
+        if (pos == -1) {
+            return str;
+        }
+        return str.substring(0, pos);
+    }
+
+    private String putToCommands(String slsName, String applyTo, JSONObject envParams, JSONObject fileParams) {
+
+        StringBuilder constructedCommand = new StringBuilder();
+
+        constructedCommand.append(parseFileParam(fileParams)).append(COMMAND_CHANGE_DEFAULT_DIR).append(" salt '").append(applyTo)
+                .append("' state.apply ").append(slsName).append(" ").append(parseEnvParam(envParams)).append(COMMAND_IN_JSON_OUT);
+
+        logger.info("Command to be executed on server : " + constructedCommand.toString());
+        return constructedCommand.toString();
+    }
+
+    private void checkResponseStatus(SaltstackResult testResult, SvcLogicContext ctx, String reqID, boolean slsExec)
+            throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        // Check status of test request returned by Agent
+        if (testResult.getStatusCode() != SaltstackResultCodes.FINAL_SUCCESS.getValue()) {
+            ctx.setAttribute(ID_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, reqID);
+            doFailure(ctx, testResult.getStatusCode(), "Request for execution of command failed. Reason = " + testResult.getStatusMessage());
+        } else {
+            logger.info(String.format("Execution of request : successful."));
+            ctx.setAttribute(RESULT_CODE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, Integer.toString(testResult.getStatusCode()));
+            ctx.setAttribute(MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, OUTCOME_SUCCESS);
+            ctx.setAttribute(ID_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, reqID);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Public Method to post single command request to execute saltState. Posts the following back
+    // to Svc context memory
+    //  org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.code : 100 if successful
+    //  org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.messge : any message
+    //  org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.Id : a unique uuid to reference the request
+    @Override
+    public void reqExecCommand(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException {
+        String reqID;
+        boolean slsExec;
+        SaltstackResult testResult;
+        setSSHClient(params);
+        try {
+            reqID = messageProcessor.reqId(params);
+            String commandToExecute = messageProcessor.reqCmd(params);
+            slsExec = messageProcessor.reqIsSLSExec(params);
+            long execTimeout = messageProcessor.reqExecTimeout(params);
+            testResult = execCommand(ctx, params, commandToExecute, execTimeout);
+            testResult = messageProcessor.parseResponse(ctx, reqID, testResult, slsExec);
+            checkResponseStatus(testResult, ctx, reqID, slsExec);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(),
+                      "IOException in file stream : " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Public Method to post SLS command request to execute saltState on server. Posts the following back
+     * to Svc context memory
+     * <p>
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.code : 200 if successful
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.messge : any message
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.Id : a unique uuid to reference the request
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void reqExecSLS(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException {
+        String reqID;
+        SaltstackResult testResult;
+        setSSHClient(params);
+        try {
+            reqID = messageProcessor.reqId(params);
+            String slsName = messageProcessor.reqSlsName(params);
+            String applyTo = messageProcessor.reqApplyToDevices(params);
+            long execTimeout = messageProcessor.reqExecTimeout(params);
+            JSONObject envParams = messageProcessor.reqEnvParameters(params);
+            JSONObject fileParams = messageProcessor.reqFileParameters(params);
+
+            String commandToExecute = putToCommands(slsName, applyTo, envParams, fileParams);
+            testResult = execCommand(ctx, params, commandToExecute, execTimeout);
+            testResult = messageProcessor.parseResponse(ctx, reqID, testResult, true);
+            checkResponseStatus(testResult, ctx, reqID, true);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(),
+                      "IOException in file stream : " + e.getMessage());
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_COMMAND.getValue(), e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Public Method to post SLS file request to execute saltState. Posts the following back
+     * to Svc context memory
+     * <p>
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.code : 100 if successful
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.messge : any message
+     * org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.req.Id : a unique uuid to reference the request
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void reqExecSLSFile(Map<String, String> params, SvcLogicContext ctx) throws SvcLogicException {
+        String reqID;
+        SaltstackResult testResult;
+        setSSHClient(params);
+        try {
+            reqID = messageProcessor.reqId(params);
+            String slsFile = messageProcessor.reqSlsFile(params);
+            String applyTo = messageProcessor.reqApplyToDevices(params);
+            long execTimeout = messageProcessor.reqExecTimeout(params);
+            JSONObject envParams = messageProcessor.reqEnvParameters(params);
+            JSONObject fileParams = messageProcessor.reqFileParameters(params);
+
+            String commandToExecute = putToCommands(ctx, slsFile, applyTo, envParams, fileParams);
+            testResult = execCommand(ctx, params, commandToExecute, execTimeout);
+            testResult = messageProcessor.parseResponse(ctx, reqID, testResult, true);
+            checkResponseStatus(testResult, ctx, reqID, true);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(),
+                      "IOException in file stream : " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackResult execCommand(SvcLogicContext ctx, Map<String, String> params, String commandToExecute,
+                                       long execTimeout)
+            throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        //convert execTimeout to Milliseconds
+        execTimeout = execTimeout * 1000;
+        SaltstackResult testResult = new SaltstackResult();
+        try {
+            if (params.get(CONNECTION_RETRY) == null) {
+                if (!testMode) {
+                    testResult = sshClient.connectNExecute(commandToExecute, execTimeout);
+                } else {
+                    testResult = testServer.mockReqExec(params);
+                }
+            } else if (params.get(CONNECTION_RETRY).equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+                if (!testMode) {
+                    testResult = sshClient.connectNExecute(commandToExecute, true, execTimeout);
+                } else {
+                    testResult = testServer.mockReqExec(params);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (!testMode) {
+                    testResult = sshClient.connectNExecute(commandToExecute, execTimeout);
+                } else {
+                    testResult = testServer.mockReqExec(params);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            doFailure(ctx, SaltstackResultCodes.IO_EXCEPTION.getValue(),
+                      "IOException in file stream : " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return testResult;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8f0d9857a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.ConfigurationException;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.JREFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.KarafRootFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.PropertiesFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.common.CoreDefaultFileResolver;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.utils.common.SdncConfigEnvVarFileResolver;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * Responsible for determining the properties file to use and instantiating the
+ * <code>SqlResource</code> Service. The priority for properties file
+ * resolution is as follows:
+ * <p>
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>A directory identified by the system environment variable
+ * <code>SDNC_CONFIG_DIR</code></li>
+ * <li>The default directory <code>DEFAULT_DBLIB_PROP_DIR</code></li>
+ * <li>A directory identified by the JRE argument
+ * <code>sql-resource.properties</code></li>
+ * <li>A <code>sql-resource.properties</code> file located in the karaf root
+ * directory</li>
+ * </ol>
+ */
+public class SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl implements SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.class);
+
+    /**
+     * The name of the properties file for database configuration
+     */
+    private static final String SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME = "saltstack-adapter.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * A prioritized list of strategies for resolving sql-resource properties files.
+     */
+    private Vector<PropertiesFileResolver> saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers = new Vector<>();
+
+    /**
+     * The configuration properties for the db connection.
+     */
+    private Properties properties;
+
+    /**
+     * Set up the prioritized list of strategies for resolving dblib properties
+     * files.
+     */
+    public SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl() {
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers
+                .add(new SdncConfigEnvVarFileResolver("Using property file (1) from environment variable"));
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers.add(new CoreDefaultFileResolver("Using property file (2) from default directory"));
+
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers.add(
+                new JREFileResolver("Using property file (3) from JRE argument", SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl.class));
+        saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers.add(new KarafRootFileResolver("Using property file (4) from karaf root", this));
+
+        // determines properties file as according to the priority described in the
+        // class header comment
+        final File propertiesFile = determinePropertiesFile(this);
+        if (propertiesFile != null) {
+            try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(propertiesFile)) {
+                properties = new Properties();
+                properties.load(fileInputStream);
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                LOG.error("Failed to load properties for file: {}", propertiesFile.toString(),
+                          new ConfigurationException("Failed to load properties for file: " + propertiesFile.toString(),
+                                                     e));
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Try to read properties as resource
+
+            InputStream propStr = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME);
+            if (propStr != null) {
+                properties = new Properties();
+                try {
+                    properties.load(propStr);
+                    propStr.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    properties = null;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        if (properties == null) {
+            reportFailure("Missing configuration properties resource(3)", new ConfigurationException(
+                    "Missing configuration properties resource(3): " + SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME));
+
+            LOG.info("Defaulting org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType to NONE");
+
+            properties = new Properties();
+            properties.setProperty("org.onap.appc.adapter.saltstack.clientType", "NONE");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports the method chosen for properties resolution to the
+     * <code>Logger</code>.
+     *
+     * @param message      Some user friendly message
+     * @param fileOptional The file location of the chosen properties file
+     * @return the file location of the chosen properties file
+     */
+    private static File reportSuccess(final String message, final Optional<File> fileOptional) {
+        if (fileOptional.isPresent()) {
+            final File file = fileOptional.get();
+            LOG.info("{} {}", message, file.getPath());
+            return file;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports fatal errors. This is the case in which no properties file could be
+     * found.
+     *
+     * @param message                An appropriate fatal error message
+     * @param configurationException An exception describing what went wrong during resolution
+     */
+    private static void reportFailure(final String message, final ConfigurationException configurationException) {
+
+        LOG.error("{}", message, configurationException);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract svclogic config properties.
+     *
+     * @return the svclogic config properties
+     */
+    public Properties getProperties() {
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines the sql-resource properties file to use based on the following priority:
+     * <ol>
+     * <li>A directory identified by the system environment variable
+     * <code>SDNC_CONFIG_DIR</code></li>
+     * <li>The default directory <code>DEFAULT_DBLIB_PROP_DIR</code></li>
+     * <li>A directory identified by the JRE argument
+     * <code>sql-resource.properties</code></li>
+     * <li>A <code>sql-resource.properties</code> file located in the karaf root
+     * directory</li>
+     * </ol>
+     */
+    File determinePropertiesFile(final SaltstackAdapterPropertiesProviderImpl resourceProvider) {
+
+        for (final PropertiesFileResolver sliPropertiesFileResolver : saltstackAdapterPropertiesFileResolvers) {
+            final Optional<File> fileOptional = sliPropertiesFileResolver.resolveFile(SALTSTACKADAPTER_PROP_FILE_NAME);
+            if (fileOptional.isPresent()) {
+                return reportSuccess(sliPropertiesFileResolver.getSuccessfulResolutionMessage(), fileOptional);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SshConnection.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SshConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25d2d8402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/impl/SshConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.impl;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
+import org.apache.sshd.client.SshClient;
+import org.apache.sshd.client.channel.ChannelExec;
+import org.apache.sshd.client.future.AuthFuture;
+import org.apache.sshd.client.future.OpenFuture;
+import org.apache.sshd.client.session.ClientSession;
+import org.apache.sshd.common.keyprovider.FileKeyPairProvider;
+import org.apache.sshd.common.keyprovider.KeyPairProvider;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.Constants;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model.SshException;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of SshConnection interface based on Apache MINA SSHD library.
+ */
+class SshConnection {
+
+    private static final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getApplicationLogger();
+
+    private static final long AUTH_TIMEOUT = 60000;
+    private static final long EXEC_TIMEOUT = 120000;
+    private String host;
+    private int port;
+    private String username;
+    private String password;
+    private long timeout = EXEC_TIMEOUT;
+    private String keyFile;
+    private SshClient sshClient;
+    private ClientSession clientSession;
+
+    public SshConnection(String host, int port, String username, String password, String keyFile) {
+        this.host = host;
+        this.port = port;
+        this.username = username;
+        this.password = password;
+        this.keyFile = keyFile;
+    }
+
+    public SshConnection(String host, int port, String username, String password) {
+        this(host, port, username, password, null);
+    }
+
+    public SshConnection(String host, int port, String keyFile) {
+        this(host, port, null, null, keyFile);
+    }
+
+    public void connect() {
+        sshClient = SshClient.setUpDefaultClient();
+        sshClient.start();
+        try {
+            clientSession =
+            		sshClient.connect(username, host, port).getSession();
+            if (password != null) {
+                clientSession.addPasswordIdentity(password);
+			} else if (keyFile != null) {
+				Path keyFilePath = Paths.get(keyFile);
+				KeyPairProvider keyPairProvider = new FileKeyPairProvider(keyFilePath);
+				KeyPair keyPair = keyPairProvider.loadKeys().iterator().next();
+				clientSession.addPublicKeyIdentity(keyPair);
+			}
+            AuthFuture authFuture = clientSession.auth();
+            authFuture.await(AUTH_TIMEOUT);
+            if (!authFuture.isSuccess()) {
+                throw new SshException("Error establishing ssh connection to [" + username + "@" + host + ":" + port
+                                               + "]. Authentication failed.");
+            }
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            throw e;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new SshException("Error establishing ssh connection to [" + username + "@" + host + ":" + port + "].",
+                                   e);
+        }
+        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            logger.debug("SSH: connected to [" + toString() + "]");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void connectWithRetry() {
+        int retryCount;
+        int retryDelay;
+        int retriesLeft;
+        retryCount = Constants.DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT;
+        retryDelay = Constants.DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRY_DELAY;
+        retriesLeft = retryCount + 1;
+        do {
+            try {
+                this.connect();
+                break;
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                if (retriesLeft > 1) {
+                    logger.debug("SSH Connection failed. Waiting for change in server's state.");
+                    waitForConnection(retryDelay);
+                    retriesLeft--;
+                    logger.debug("Retrying SSH connection. Attempt [" + Integer.toString(retryCount - retriesLeft + 1)
+                                         + "] out of [" + retryCount + "]");
+                } else {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+            }
+        } while (retriesLeft > 0);
+    }
+
+    public void disconnect() {
+        try {
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("SSH: disconnecting from [" + toString() + "]");
+            }
+            clientSession.close(false);
+        } finally {
+            if (sshClient != null) {
+                sshClient.stop();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setExecTimeout(long timeout) {
+        this.timeout = timeout;
+    }
+
+    public int execCommand(String cmd, OutputStream out, OutputStream err) {
+        return execCommand(cmd, out, err, false);
+    }
+
+    public int execCommandWithPty(String cmd, OutputStream out) {
+        return execCommand(cmd, out, out, true);
+    }
+
+    private int execCommand(String cmd, OutputStream out, OutputStream err, boolean usePty) {
+        try {
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("SSH: executing command");
+            }
+            ChannelExec client = clientSession.createExecChannel(cmd);
+            client.setUsePty(usePty); // use pseudo-tty?
+            client.setOut(out);
+            client.setErr(err);
+            OpenFuture openFuture = client.open();
+            int exitStatus;
+            try {
+                client.wait(timeout);
+                openFuture.verify();
+                Integer exitStatusI = client.getExitStatus();
+                if (exitStatusI == null) {
+                    throw new SshException("Error executing command [" + cmd + "] over SSH [" + username + "@" + host
+                                                   + ":" + port + "]. Operation timed out.");
+                }
+                exitStatus = exitStatusI;
+            } finally {
+                client.close(false);
+            }
+            return exitStatus;
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            throw e;
+        } catch (Exception e1) {
+            throw new SshException(
+                    "Error executing command [" + cmd + "] over SSH [" + username + "@" + host + ":" + port + "]", e1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void waitForConnection(int retryDelay) {
+        long time = retryDelay * 1000L;
+        long future = System.currentTimeMillis() + time;
+        if (time != 0) {
+            while (System.currentTimeMillis() < future && time > 0) {
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(time);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    /*
+                     * This is rare, but it can happen if another thread interrupts us while we are sleeping. In that
+                     * case, the thread is resumed before the delay time has actually expired, so re-calculate the
+                     * amount of delay time needed and reenter the sleep until we get to the future time.
+                     */
+                    time = future - System.currentTimeMillis();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        String address = host;
+        if (username != null) {
+            address = username + '@' + address + ':' + port;
+        }
+        return address;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/Constants.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/Constants.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1826c4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/Constants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : APPC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Amdocs
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+public class Constants {
+    public static final String NETCONF_SCHEMA = "sdnctl";
+    public static final String SDNCTL_SCHEMA = "sdnctl";
+    public static final String DEVICE_AUTHENTICATION_TABLE_NAME = "DEVICE_AUTHENTICATION";
+    public static final String CONFIGFILES_TABLE_NAME = "CONFIGFILES";
+    public static final String DEVICE_INTERFACE_LOG_TABLE_NAME = "DEVICE_INTERFACE_LOG";
+    public static final String FILE_CONTENT_TABLE_FIELD_NAME = "FILE_CONTENT";
+    public static final String FILE_NAME_TABLE_FIELD_NAME = "FILE_NAME";
+    public static final String USER_NAME_TABLE_FIELD_NAME = "USER_NAME";
+    public static final String PASSWORD_TABLE_FIELD_NAME = "PASSWORD";
+    public static final String PORT_NUMBER_TABLE_FIELD_NAME = "PORT_NUMBER";
+    public static final String VNF_TYPE_TABLE_FIELD_NAME = "VNF_TYPE";
+    public static final String SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID_FIELD_NAME = "SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID";
+    public static final String REQUEST_ID_FIELD_NAME = "REQUEST_ID";
+    public static final String CREATION_DATE_FIELD_NAME = "CREATION_DATE";
+    public static final String LOG_FIELD_NAME = "LOG";
+    public static final String SDC_ARTIFACTS_TABLE_NAME = "ASDC_ARTIFACTS";
+    public static final String PAYLOAD = "payload";
+    public static final String CONNECTION_RETRY_DELAY = "org.onap.appc.ssh.connection.retry.delay";
+    public static final String CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT = "org.onap.appc.ssh.connection.retry.count";
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRY_DELAY = 60;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_RETRY_COUNT = 5;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_SSH_COMMAND_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CHECKACTIVE_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CHECKACTIVE_RETRY_DELAY = 30;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_STOP_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_STOP_RETRY_DELAY = 30;
+    public static final String PARAM_IN_CONNECTION_DETAILS = "connection-details";
+    public static final String PARAM_IN_NODE_NAME = "node-name";
+    public static final String PARAM_IN_NODE_STATUS = "node-status";
+    public static final String PARAM_IN_VM_URL = "vm-url";
+    public static final String SKIP_EXECUTION_INSTALLER_BIN_FILE = "Skip-execution-installer-bin-file";
+    public static final String SKIP_DEPLOY = "Skip-deploy";
+    public static final String UPGRADE_VERSION = "upgrade-version";
+    public static final String STATE_COMMAND = "/opt/jnetx/skyfall-scp/asp-state.sh | grep -o UP | wc -l";
+    public static final String VNFC_STATE_COMMAND = "/opt/jnetx/skyfall-scp/asp-state.sh";
+    public static final String RESTART_NODE_COMMAND = "/opt/jnetx/skyfall-scp/asp-stop.sh --restart -f --nodes";
+    public static final String START_NODE_COMMAND = "/opt/jnetx/skyfall-scp/asp-start.sh -f --nodes";
+    public static final String STOP_NODE_COMMAND = "/opt/jnetx/skyfall-scp/asp-stop.sh -f --nodes";
+    public static final int STATE_COMMAND_RESULT = 18;
+    public static final String FE_STATE_TRUE_TEST_COMMAND = "ssh -t -q fe1 /opt/omni/bin/swmml -e display-platform-status | grep -o TRUE | wc -l";
+    public static final int FE_STATE_TRUE_TEST_RESULT = 22;
+    public static final String FE_STATE_FALSE_TEST_COMMAND = "ssh -t -q fe1 /opt/omni/bin/swmml -e display-platform-status | grep -o FALSE | wc -l";
+    public static final int FE_STATE_FALSE_TEST_RESULT = 2;
+    public static final String FE_OPERATIONAL_TEST_COMMAND = "ssh -t -q fe1 /opt/omni/bin/swmml -e display-platform-status | grep -o 'NOT FULLY OPERATIONAL' | wc -l";
+    public static final int FE_OPERATIONAL_TEST_RESULT = 2;
+    public static final String SMP_CHECK_ACTIVE_STATE_COMMAND = "cat skyfall-scp/runtime/SCP_SMP_*/smp/log/system.log| grep SSS | tail -1";
+    public static final String SMP_STATE_ACTIVE = "SMP is active";
+    public static final String SMP_STATE_INACTIVE = "SMP is not active";
+    public static final String RSYNC_COMMAND = "yes n | /opt/jnetx/skyfall-scp/asp-rsync.sh --check | grep -o 'is active' | wc -l";
+    public static final int RSYNC_COMMAND_RESULT = 9;
+    public static final String PARAM_IN_TIMEOUT = "timeout";
+    public static final String PARAM_IN_FILE_URL = "source-file-url";
+    public static final String DOWNLOAD_COMMAND = "wget -N %s";
+    public static final String[] VM_NAMES = new String[]{"fe1", "fe2", "be1", "be2", "be3", "be4", "be5", "smp1", "smp2"};
+    public static final String DEFAULT_DISK_SPACE = "10240000";
+    public static final String DF_COMMAND_TEMPLATE = "ssh %s df | grep vda1 | grep -v grep | tr -s ' '|cut -d ' ' -f4";
+    public static final String DG_OUTPUT_STATUS_MESSAGE = "output.status.message";
+    public static final String ATTRIBUTE_ERROR_MESSAGE = "error-message";
+    public static final String CONNECTION_DETAILS_FIELD_NAME = "connection-details";
+    public static final String VNF_HOST_IP_ADDRESS_FIELD_NAME = "vnf-host-ip-address";
+    public static final String VNF_HOST_IP2_ADDRESS_FIELD_NAME = "vnf-host-ip2-address";
+    public static final String DG_ERROR_FIELD_NAME = "org.openecom.appc.dg.error";
+
+    private Constants() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/JsonParser.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/JsonParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3eb353a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/JsonParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights
+ * 			reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONArray;
+import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
+import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+public final class JsonParser {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonParser.class);
+
+    private JsonParser() {
+        // Preventing instantiation of the same.
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Map<String, String> convertToProperties(String s)
+            throws JSONException {
+
+        checkNotNull(s, "Input should not be null.");
+
+        JSONObject json = new JSONObject(s);
+        Map<String, Object> wm = new HashMap<>();
+        Iterator<String> ii = json.keys();
+        while (ii.hasNext()) {
+            String key1 = ii.next();
+            wm.put(key1, json.get(key1));
+        }
+
+        Map<String, String> mm = new HashMap<>();
+
+        while (!wm.isEmpty())
+            for (String key : new ArrayList<>(wm.keySet())) {
+                Object o = wm.get(key);
+                wm.remove(key);
+
+                if (o instanceof Boolean || o instanceof Number || o instanceof String) {
+                    mm.put(key, o.toString());
+
+                    log.info("Added property: {} : {}", key, o.toString());
+                } else if (o instanceof JSONObject) {
+                    JSONObject jo = (JSONObject) o;
+                    Iterator<String> i = jo.keys();
+                    while (i.hasNext()) {
+                        String key1 = i.next();
+                        wm.put(key + "." + key1, jo.get(key1));
+                    }
+                } else if (o instanceof JSONArray) {
+                    JSONArray ja = (JSONArray) o;
+                    mm.put(key + "_length", String.valueOf(ja.length()));
+
+                    log.info("Added property: {}_length: {}", key, String.valueOf(ja.length()));
+
+                    for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i++)
+                        wm.put(key + '[' + i + ']', ja.get(i));
+                }
+            }
+        return mm;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackMessageParser.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackMessageParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bb401ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackMessageParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,412 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+/**
+ * This module implements the APP-C/Saltstack Server interface
+ * based on the REST API specifications
+ */
+
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicContext;
+import org.onap.ccsdk.sli.core.sli.SvcLogicException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * Class that validates and constructs requests sent/received from
+ * Saltstack Server
+ */
+public class SaltstackMessageParser {
+
+    private static final String SS_AGENT_HOSTNAME_KEY = "HostName";
+    private static final String SS_AGENT_PORT_KEY = "Port";
+    private static final String PASS_KEY = "Password";
+    private static final String USER_KEY = "User";
+    private static final String CMD_EXEC = "Cmd"; //cmd
+    private static final String IS_SLS_EXEC = "SlsExec"; //slsExec
+    private static final String SS_REQ_ID = "Id";
+    private static final String SLS_FILE_LOCATION = "SlsFile"; //slsFile
+    private static final String SLS_NAME = "SlsName"; //slsName
+    private static final String MINION_TO_APPLY = "NodeList"; //applyTo
+    private static final String EXEC_TIMEOUT_TO_APPLY = "Timeout"; //execTimeout
+    private static final String FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY = "FileParameters";
+    private static final String ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY = "EnvParameters";
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SaltstackMessageParser.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate PORT number.
+     */
+    public String reqPortResult(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+        // use default port if null
+        if (params.get(SS_AGENT_PORT_KEY) == null) {
+            return "22";
+        }
+        return params.get(SS_AGENT_PORT_KEY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate HOST name.
+     */
+    public String reqHostNameResult(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, SS_AGENT_HOSTNAME_KEY);
+        return params.get(SS_AGENT_HOSTNAME_KEY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate request ID.
+     */
+    public String reqId(Map<String, String> params) {
+
+        if (params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.SS_REQ_ID) == null) {
+            return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        } else if (params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.SS_REQ_ID).equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
+            return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        }
+        return params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.SS_REQ_ID);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate command to execute.
+     */
+    public String reqCmd(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, CMD_EXEC);
+        return params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.CMD_EXEC);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate SLS file location to execute.
+     */
+    public String reqSlsFile(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, SLS_FILE_LOCATION);
+        return params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.SLS_FILE_LOCATION);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate SLS file location to execute.
+     */
+    public String reqSlsName(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, SLS_NAME);
+        String slsName = params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.SLS_NAME);
+        try {
+            if (slsName.substring(slsName.lastIndexOf("."), slsName.length()).equalsIgnoreCase(".sls")) {
+                return stripExtension(slsName);
+            }
+        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+            return slsName;
+        }
+        return slsName;
+    }
+
+    private String stripExtension(String str) {
+        if (str == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int pos = str.lastIndexOf(".");
+        if (pos == -1) {
+            return str;
+        }
+        return str.substring(0, pos);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate minions/vnfc to execute the SLS file.
+     */
+    public String reqApplyToDevices(Map<String, String> params) {
+
+        if (params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.MINION_TO_APPLY) == null) {
+            return "*";
+        } else if (params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.MINION_TO_APPLY).equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
+            return "*";
+        }
+        return params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.MINION_TO_APPLY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate minions/vnfc to execute the SLS file.
+     */
+    public long reqExecTimeout(Map<String, String> params) {
+
+        if (params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.EXEC_TIMEOUT_TO_APPLY) == null) {
+            return -1;
+        } else if (params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.EXEC_TIMEOUT_TO_APPLY).equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return Long.parseLong(params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.EXEC_TIMEOUT_TO_APPLY));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate EnvParameters to execute the SLS file.
+     */
+    public JSONObject reqEnvParameters(Map<String, String> params) throws JSONException {
+
+        JSONObject jsonPayload = new JSONObject();
+        final String[] optionalTestParam = {SaltstackMessageParser.ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY};
+        parseParam(params, optionalTestParam, jsonPayload);
+
+        return (JSONObject) jsonPayload.remove(SaltstackMessageParser.ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate EnvParameters to execute the SLS file.
+     */
+    public JSONObject reqFileParameters(Map<String, String> params) throws JSONException {
+
+        JSONObject jsonPayload = new JSONObject();
+        final String[] optionalTestParam = {SaltstackMessageParser.FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY};
+        parseParam(params, optionalTestParam, jsonPayload);
+
+        return (JSONObject) jsonPayload.remove(SaltstackMessageParser.FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY);
+    }
+
+    private void parseParam(Map<String, String> params, String[] optionalTestParams, JSONObject jsonPayload)
+            throws JSONException {
+
+        Set<String> optionalParamsSet = new HashSet<>();
+        Collections.addAll(optionalParamsSet, optionalTestParams);
+
+        //@formatter:off
+        params.entrySet()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(entry -> optionalParamsSet.contains(entry.getKey()))
+                .filter(entry -> !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(entry.getValue()))
+                .forEach(entry -> parseParam(entry, jsonPayload));
+        //@formatter:on
+    }
+
+    private void parseParam(Map.Entry<String, String> params, JSONObject jsonPayload)
+            throws JSONException {
+        String key = params.getKey();
+        String payload = params.getValue();
+
+        switch (key) {
+            case ENV_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY:
+                JSONObject paramsJson = new JSONObject(payload);
+                jsonPayload.put(key, paramsJson);
+                break;
+
+            case FILE_PARAMETERS_OPT_KEY:
+                jsonPayload.put(key, getFilePayload(payload));
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return payload with escaped newlines
+     */
+    private JSONObject getFilePayload(String payload) {
+        String formattedPayload = payload.replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "\\r");
+        return new JSONObject(formattedPayload);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate IsSLSExec true or false.
+     */
+    public boolean reqIsSLSExec(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        final String[] mandatoryTestParams = {CMD_EXEC, IS_SLS_EXEC};
+
+        for (String key : mandatoryTestParams) {
+            throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, key);
+        }
+
+        return params.get(SaltstackMessageParser.IS_SLS_EXEC).equalsIgnoreCase("true");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate Saltstack server login user name.
+     */
+    public String reqUserNameResult(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, USER_KEY);
+        return params.get(USER_KEY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that validates that the Map has enough information
+     * to query Saltstack server for a result. If so, it returns
+     * the appropriate Saltstack server login password.
+     */
+    public String reqPasswordResult(Map<String, String> params) throws SvcLogicException {
+
+        throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(params, PASS_KEY);
+        return params.get(PASS_KEY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method parses response from the Saltstack Server when we do a post
+     * and returns an SaltstackResult object.
+     */
+    public SaltstackResult parseResponse(SvcLogicContext ctx, String pfx,
+                                         SaltstackResult saltstackResult, boolean slsExec) throws IOException {
+        int code = saltstackResult.getStatusCode();
+        boolean executionStatus = true;
+        boolean retCodeFound = false;
+        if (code != SaltstackResultCodes.SUCCESS.getValue()) {
+            return saltstackResult;
+        }
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outStream = saltstackResult.getOutputMessage();
+        String outMessage = outStream.toString();
+        try {
+            Map<String, String> mm = JsonParser.convertToProperties(outMessage);
+            if (mm != null) {
+                for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : mm.entrySet()) {
+                    if (entry.getKey().contains("retcode")) {
+                        retCodeFound = true;
+                        if (!entry.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase("0")) {
+                            executionStatus = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    ctx.setAttribute(pfx + "." + entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+                    LOGGER.info("+++ " + pfx + "." + entry.getKey() + ": [" + entry.getValue() + "]");
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException e) {
+            if (slsExec) {
+                return new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_RESPONSE.getValue(), "error parsing response file"
+                        + " : Output has to be in JSON format");
+            }
+            LOGGER.info("Output not in JSON format");
+            return putToProperties(ctx, pfx, saltstackResult);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_RESPONSE_FILE.getValue(), "error parsing response file"
+                    + " : " + e.getMessage());
+        } finally {
+            if (outStream != null) {
+                outStream.close();
+            }
+        }
+        if (slsExec) {
+            if (!retCodeFound) {
+                if (outMessage != null && !outMessage.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
+                    return new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.COMMAND_EXEC_FAILED_STATUS.getValue(),
+                                               outMessage);
+                }
+                return new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.COMMAND_EXEC_FAILED_STATUS.getValue(),
+                                           "error in executing configuration at the server, check your command input");
+            }
+            if (!executionStatus) {
+                if (outMessage != null && !outMessage.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
+                    return new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.COMMAND_EXEC_FAILED_STATUS.getValue(),
+                                               outMessage);
+                }
+                return new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.COMMAND_EXEC_FAILED_STATUS.getValue(),
+                                           "error in executing configuration at the server, check your command input");
+            }
+        }
+        saltstackResult.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.FINAL_SUCCESS.getValue());
+        return saltstackResult;
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackResult putToProperties(SvcLogicContext ctx, String pfx,
+                                           SaltstackResult saltstackResult) throws IOException {
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = saltstackResult.getOutputMessage();
+        InputStream inputStream = null;
+        try {
+            byte[] bytes = buffer.toByteArray();
+            Properties prop = new Properties();
+            inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+            prop.load(inputStream);
+            ctx.setAttribute(pfx + "completeResult", prop.toString());
+            for (Object key : prop.keySet()) {
+                String name = (String) key;
+                String value = prop.getProperty(name);
+                if (value != null && value.trim().length() > 0) {
+                    ctx.setAttribute(pfx + "." + name, value.trim());
+                    LOGGER.info("+++ " + pfx + "." + name + ": [" + value + "]");
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            saltstackResult = new SaltstackResult(SaltstackResultCodes.INVALID_RESPONSE_FILE.getValue(), "Error parsing response file." +
+                    " Error = " + e.getMessage());
+        } finally {
+            if (buffer != null && inputStream != null) {
+                buffer.close();
+                inputStream.close();
+            }
+        }
+        saltstackResult.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.FINAL_SUCCESS.getValue());
+        return saltstackResult;
+    }
+
+    private void throwIfMissingMandatoryParam(Map<String, String> params, String key) throws SvcLogicException {
+        if (!params.containsKey(key)) {
+            throw new SvcLogicException(String.format(
+                    "Saltstack: Mandatory SaltstackAdapter key %s not found in parameters provided by calling agent !",
+                    key));
+        }
+        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(params.get(key))) {
+            throw new SvcLogicException(String.format(
+                    "Saltstack: Mandatory SaltstackAdapter key %s not found in parameters provided by calling agent !",
+                    key));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResult.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..727cfe314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Simple class to store code and message returned by POST/GET to an Saltstack Server
+ */
+public class SaltstackResult {
+
+    private static final String EMPTY_VALUE = "UNKNOWN";
+
+    private int statusCode;
+    private String statusMessage;
+    private String results;
+    private ByteArrayOutputStream out;
+    private int sshExitStatus;
+
+    public SaltstackResult() {
+        this(-1, EMPTY_VALUE, EMPTY_VALUE, -1);
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackResult(int code, String message) {
+        this(code, message, EMPTY_VALUE, -1);
+    }
+
+    public SaltstackResult(int code, String message, String result, int sshCode) {
+        statusCode = code;
+        statusMessage = message;
+        results = result;
+        sshExitStatus = sshCode;
+    }
+
+    void set(int code, String message, String results) {
+        this.statusCode = code;
+        this.statusMessage = message;
+        this.results = results;
+    }
+
+    public ByteArrayOutputStream getOutputMessage() {
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    public void setOutputMessage(ByteArrayOutputStream out) {
+        this.out = out;
+    }
+
+    public int getStatusCode() {
+        return this.statusCode;
+    }
+
+    public void setStatusCode(int code) {
+        this.statusCode = code;
+    }
+
+    public String getStatusMessage() {
+        return this.statusMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setStatusMessage(String message) {
+        this.statusMessage = message;
+    }
+
+    public String getResults() {
+        return this.results;
+    }
+
+    public void setResults(String results) {
+        this.results = results;
+    }
+
+    public int getSshExitStatus() {
+        return sshExitStatus;
+    }
+
+    public void setSshExitStatus(int sshExitStatus) {
+        this.sshExitStatus = sshExitStatus;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResultCodes.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResultCodes.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..932554983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackResultCodes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * enum of the various codes that APP-C uses to resolve different
+ * status of response from Saltstack Server
+ **/
+
+public enum SaltstackResultCodes {
+
+    // @formatter:off
+    SUCCESS(400),
+    KEYSTORE_EXCEPTION(622),
+    CERTIFICATE_ERROR(610),
+    IO_EXCEPTION(611),
+    HOST_UNKNOWN(625),
+    USER_UNAUTHORIZED(613),
+    UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION(699),
+    OPERATION_TIMEOUT(659),
+    SSL_EXCEPTION(697),
+    SSH_EXCEPTION(695),
+    INVALID_COMMAND(698),
+    INVALID_RESPONSE(601),
+    INVALID_RESPONSE_FILE(600),
+    PENDING(100),
+    REJECTED(101),
+    FINAL_SUCCESS(200),
+    CHECK_CTX_FOR_CMD_SUCCESS(250),
+    COMMAND_EXEC_FAILED_STATUS(670),
+    REQ_FAILURE(401),
+    MESSAGE(1),
+    CODE(0),
+    INITRESPONSE(0),
+    FINALRESPONSE(1);
+    // @formatter:on
+
+    private final Set<Integer> initCodes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(100, 101));
+    private final Set<Integer> finalCodes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(200, 500));
+    private final ArrayList<Set<Integer>> codeSets = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(initCodes, finalCodes));
+    private final Set<String> messageSet = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("PENDING", "FINISHED", "TERMINATED"));
+    private final int value;
+
+    SaltstackResultCodes(int value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    ;
+
+    public int getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public boolean checkValidCode(int type, int code) {
+        return codeSets.get(type).contains(code);
+    }
+
+    public String getValidCodes(int type) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("[ ");
+        codeSets.get(type).stream().forEach(s -> sb.append(s).append(","));
+        return sb.append("]").toString();
+    }
+
+    public boolean checkValidMessage(String message) {
+        return messageSet.contains(message);
+    }
+
+    public String getValidMessages() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("[ ");
+        messageSet.stream().forEach(s -> sb.append(s).append(","));
+        return sb.append("]").toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackServerEmulator.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackServerEmulator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78976562b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SaltstackServerEmulator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : CCSDK
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ *
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Class to emulate responses from the Saltstack Server that is compliant with the APP-C Saltstack Server
+ * Interface. Used for jUnit tests to verify code is working. In tests it can be used
+ * as a replacement for methods from ConnectionBuilder class
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class SaltstackServerEmulator {
+
+    private static final String SALTSTATE_FILE_NAME = "fileName";
+    private final EELFLogger logger = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SaltstackServerEmulator.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Method that emulates the response from an Saltstack Server
+     * when presented with a request to execute a saltState
+     * Returns an saltstack object result. The response code is always the ssh code 200 (i.e connection successful)
+     * payload is json string as would be sent back by Saltstack Server
+     **/
+    public SaltstackResult mockReqExec(Map<String, String> params) {
+        SaltstackResult result = new SaltstackResult();
+
+        try {
+            if (params.get("Test") == "fail") {
+                result = rejectRequest(result, "Mocked: Fail");
+            } else {
+                String fileName = params.get(SALTSTATE_FILE_NAME);
+                if (fileName == null) {
+                    throw new FileNotFoundException("No response file found");
+                }
+                result = acceptRequest(result, fileName);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Exception caught", e);
+            rejectRequest(result, e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private SaltstackResult rejectRequest(SaltstackResult result, String Message) {
+        result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.REJECTED.getValue());
+        result.setStatusMessage("Rejected");
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private SaltstackResult acceptRequest(SaltstackResult result, String fileName) throws IOException {
+        result.setStatusCode(SaltstackResultCodes.SUCCESS.getValue());
+        result.setStatusMessage("Success");
+        Path path = Paths.get(fileName);
+        byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(path);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream byteOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream(data.length);
+        byteOut.write(data, 0, data.length);
+        result.setOutputMessage(byteOut);
+        return result;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SshException.java b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SshException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..037a1e891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adaptors/saltstack-adapter/saltstack-adapter-provider/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/adaptors/saltstack/model/SshException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : APPC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Amdocs
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.
+ *
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors.saltstack.model;
+
+public class SshException extends RuntimeException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public SshException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public SshException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+}
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