Add encryption for passwords

Add encrypted password on all values specified in the properties files,
unit tests have been reworked.

Change-Id: I619ff67fe1025f69af733b776f055914f949f26a
Issue-ID: CLAMP-64
Signed-off-by: Determe, Sebastien (sd378r) <sd378r@intl.att.com>

10 files changed, 460 insertions, 343 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeInventoryServices.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeInventoryServices.java
index 8f80e07c..71e57ded 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeInventoryServices.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/DcaeInventoryServices.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;

 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;

 import java.net.URL;

+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

 import java.util.Date;

 import java.util.List;

 

@@ -52,34 +53,37 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.LoggingUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

 

 /**

+ * 

  * This class implements the communication with DCAE for the service inventory.

  *

+ * 

+ * 

  */

 public class DcaeInventoryServices {

     protected static final EELFLogger logger        = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(DcaeInventoryServices.class);

     protected static final EELFLogger auditLogger   = EELFManager.getInstance().getAuditLogger();

     protected static final EELFLogger metricsLogger = EELFManager.getInstance().getMetricsLogger();

-

     @Autowired

     private RefProp                   refProp;

-

     @Autowired

     private CldsDao                   cldsDao;

-

     @Autowired

     private SdcCatalogServices        sdcCatalogServices;

 

     /**

+     * 

      * Set the event inventory.

      * 

      * @param cldsModel

      *            The CldsModel

      * @param userId

      *            The user ID

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     *             In case of issue when decryting the DCAE password

      * @throws ParseException

-     *             In case of issues during the parsing of DCAE answer

+     *             In case of DCAE Json parse exception

      */

-    public void setEventInventory(CldsModel cldsModel, String userId) throws ParseException {

+    public void setEventInventory(CldsModel cldsModel, String userId) throws GeneralSecurityException, ParseException {

         String artifactName = cldsModel.getControlName();

         DcaeEvent dcaeEvent = new DcaeEvent();

         String isDcaeInfoAvailable = null;

@@ -90,8 +94,11 @@ public class DcaeInventoryServices {
         }

         try {

             /*

+             * 

              * Below are the properties required for calling the dcae inventory

+             * 

              * url call

+             * 

              */

             ModelProperties prop = new ModelProperties(cldsModel.getName(), cldsModel.getControlName(), null, false,

                     "{}", cldsModel.getPropText());

@@ -105,11 +112,9 @@ public class DcaeInventoryServices {
             }

             /* Invemtory service url is called in this method */

             isDcaeInfoAvailable = getDcaeInformation(artifactName, serviceUuid, resourceUuid);

-

             /* set dcae events */

             dcaeEvent.setArtifactName(artifactName);

             dcaeEvent.setEvent(DcaeEvent.EVENT_DISTRIBUTION);

-

         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {

             logger.error("Error during JSON decoding", e);

         } catch (IOException ex) {

@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ public class DcaeInventoryServices {
      *             In case of issues with the stream

      * @throws ParseException

      *             In case of issues with the Json parsing

+     * 

      */

     public String getDcaeInformation(String artifactName, String serviceUuid, String resourceUuid)

             throws IOException, ParseException {

@@ -167,28 +173,22 @@ public class DcaeInventoryServices {
         String queryString = "?sdcResourceId=" + resourceUuid + "&sdcServiceId=" + serviceUuid + "&typeName="

                 + artifactName;

         String fullUrl = refProp.getStringValue("DCAE_INVENTORY_URL") + "/dcae-service-types" + queryString;

-

         logger.info("Dcae Inventory Service full url - " + fullUrl);

         String daceInventoryResponse = null;

         URL inventoryUrl = new URL(fullUrl);

-

         HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) inventoryUrl.openConnection();

         conn.setRequestMethod("GET");

         String reqid = LoggingUtils.getRequestId();

         logger.info("reqid set to " + reqid);

         conn.setRequestProperty("X-ECOMP-RequestID", reqid);

-

         boolean requestFailed = true;

         int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();

         if (responseCode == 200) {

             requestFailed = false;

         }

-

         StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();

-

         try (BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()))) {

             String inputLine = null;

-

             while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {

                 response.append(inputLine);

             }

@@ -203,11 +203,8 @@ public class DcaeInventoryServices {
         String jsonResponseString = response.toString();

         JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();

         Object obj0 = parser.parse(jsonResponseString);

-

         JSONObject jsonObj = (JSONObject) obj0;

-

         Long totalCount = (Long) jsonObj.get("totalCount");

-

         int numServices = totalCount.intValue();

         if (numServices == 0) {

             daceInventoryResponse = null;

@@ -221,5 +218,4 @@ public class DcaeInventoryServices {
         metricsLogger.info("getDcaeInformation complete: number services returned=" + numServices);

         return daceInventoryResponse;

     }

-

 }

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcCatalogServices.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcCatalogServices.java
index 56f29618..36265e83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcCatalogServices.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcCatalogServices.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;

 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;

 import java.net.URL;

+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

 import java.util.ArrayList;

 import java.util.Collections;

 import java.util.Date;

@@ -71,14 +72,16 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.LoggingUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

 

 public class SdcCatalogServices {

-    protected static final EELFLogger logger            = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SdcCatalogServices.class);

-    protected static final EELFLogger metricsLogger     = EELFManager.getInstance().getMetricsLogger();

-

-    private static final String       RESOURCE_VF_TYPE  = "VF";

-    private static final String       RESOURCE_VFC_TYPE = "VFC";

-

+    protected static final EELFLogger logger             = EELFManager.getInstance()

+            .getLogger(SdcCatalogServices.class);

+    protected static final EELFLogger metricsLogger      = EELFManager.getInstance().getMetricsLogger();

+    private static final String       RESOURCE_VF_TYPE   = "VF";

+    private static final String       RESOURCE_VFC_TYPE  = "VFC";

+    private static final String       RESOURCE_CVFC_TYPE = "CVFC";

     @Autowired

     private RefProp                   refProp;

+    @Autowired

+    private SdcReq                    sdcReq;

 

     /**

      * This method get the SDC services Information with the corresponding

@@ -87,31 +90,29 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
      * @param uuid

      *            The service UUID

      * @return A Json String with all the service list

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     *             In case of issue when decryting the SDC password

      */

-    public String getSdcServicesInformation(String uuid) {

+    public String getSdcServicesInformation(String uuid) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         Date startTime = new Date();

         String baseUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.serviceUrl");

-        String basicAuth = SdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth(refProp);

+        String basicAuth = sdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth();

         LoggingUtils.setTargetContext("SDC", "getSdcServicesInformation");

-

         try {

             String url = baseUrl;

             if (uuid != null) {

                 url = baseUrl + "/" + uuid + "/metadata";

             }

             URL urlObj = new URL(url);

-

             HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) urlObj.openConnection();

-

             conn.setRequestProperty(refProp.getStringValue("sdc.InstanceID"), "CLAMP-Tool");

             conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);

             conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8");

             conn.setRequestProperty("X-ECOMP-RequestID", LoggingUtils.getRequestId());

             conn.setRequestMethod("GET");

-

             String resp = getResponse(conn);

             if (resp != null) {

-                logger.info(resp);
+                logger.info(resp);

                 // metrics log

                 LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Get sdc services success", this.getClass().getName());

                 return resp;

@@ -124,13 +125,12 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());

             metricsLogger.info("getSdcServicesInformation complete");

         }

-

         return "";

     }

 

     /**

      * To remove duplicate serviceUUIDs from sdc services List.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param rawCldsSdcServiceList

      *            A list of CldsSdcServiceInfo

      * @return A list of CldsSdcServiceInfo without duplicate service UUID

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To remove duplicate serviceUUIDs from sdc resources List.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param rawCldsSdcResourceList

      * @return

      */

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To remove duplicate basic resources with same resourceUUIDs.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param rawCldsSdcResourceListBasicList

      * @return

      */

@@ -217,12 +217,14 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To get ServiceUUID by using serviceInvariantUUID.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param invariantId

      *            The invariant ID

      * @return The service UUID

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     *             In case of issue when decryting the SDC password

      */

-    public String getServiceUuidFromServiceInvariantId(String invariantId) {

+    public String getServiceUuidFromServiceInvariantId(String invariantId) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         String serviceUuid = "";

         String responseStr = getSdcServicesInformation(null);

         List<CldsSdcServiceInfo> rawCldsSdcServicesList = getCldsSdcServicesListFromJson(responseStr);

@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To get CldsAsdsServiceInfo class by parsing json string.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param jsonStr

      *            The Json string that must be decoded

      * @return The list of CldsSdcServiceInfo, if there is a failure it return

@@ -274,7 +276,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(jsonStr)) {

             return new ArrayList<>();

         }

-

         try {

             return objectMapper.readValue(jsonStr,

                     objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(List.class, CldsSdcResourceBasicInfo.class));

@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To get CldsAsdsResource class by parsing json string.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param jsonStr

      * @return

      * @throws IOException

@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To get CldsSdcServiceDetail by parsing json string.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param jsonStr

      * @return

      */

@@ -314,22 +315,24 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * To upload artifact to sdc based on serviceUUID and resource name on url.

-     *

+     * 

      * @param prop

      * @param userid

      * @param url

      * @param formattedSdcReq

      * @return

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

      */

-    public String uploadArtifactToSdc(ModelProperties prop, String userid, String url, String formattedSdcReq) {
+    public String uploadArtifactToSdc(ModelProperties prop, String userid, String url, String formattedSdcReq)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         // Verify whether it is triggered by Validation Test button from UI

         if (prop.isTest()) {

             return "sdc artifact upload not executed for test action";

         }

         try {

             logger.info("userid=" + userid);

-            String md5Text = SdcReq.calculateMD5ByString(formattedSdcReq);

-            byte[] postData = SdcReq.stringToByteArray(formattedSdcReq);

+            String md5Text = sdcReq.calculateMD5ByString(formattedSdcReq);

+            byte[] postData = sdcReq.stringToByteArray(formattedSdcReq);

             int postDataLength = postData.length;

             HttpURLConnection conn = getSdcHttpUrlConnection(userid, postDataLength, url, md5Text);

             try (DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream())) {

@@ -341,7 +344,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             if (responseCode == 200) {

                 requestFailed = false;

             }

-

             String responseStr = getResponse(conn);

             if (responseStr != null && requestFailed) {

                 logger.error("requestFailed - responseStr=" + responseStr);

@@ -352,13 +354,13 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             logger.error("Exception when attempting to communicate with SDC", e);

             throw new SdcCommunicationException("Exception when attempting to communicate with SDC", e);

         }

-

     }

 

-    private HttpURLConnection getSdcHttpUrlConnection(String userid, int postDataLength, String url, String md5Text) {

+    private HttpURLConnection getSdcHttpUrlConnection(String userid, int postDataLength, String url, String md5Text)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         try {

             logger.info("userid=" + userid);

-            String basicAuth = SdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth(refProp);

+            String basicAuth = sdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth();

             String sdcXonapInstanceId = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.sdcX-InstanceID");

             URL urlObj = new URL(url);

             HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) urlObj.openConnection();

@@ -426,7 +428,14 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         }

     }

 

-    public boolean isCldsSdcCacheDataExpired(CldsServiceData cldsServiceData) {

+    /**

+     * Check if the SDC Info in cache has expired.

+     * 

+     * @param cldsServiceData

+     * @return

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     */

+    public boolean isCldsSdcCacheDataExpired(CldsServiceData cldsServiceData) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         boolean expired = false;

         if (cldsServiceData != null && cldsServiceData.getServiceUUID() != null) {

             String cachedServiceUuid = cldsServiceData.getServiceUUID();

@@ -442,7 +451,16 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         return expired;

     }

 

-    public CldsServiceData getCldsServiceDataWithAlarmConditions(String invariantServiceUuid) {

+    /**

+     * Get the Service Data with Alarm Conditions for a given

+     * invariantServiceUuid.

+     * 

+     * @param invariantServiceUuid

+     * @return

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     */

+    public CldsServiceData getCldsServiceDataWithAlarmConditions(String invariantServiceUuid)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         String url = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.serviceUrl");

         String catalogUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.catalog.url");

         String serviceUuid = getServiceUuidFromServiceInvariantId(invariantServiceUuid);

@@ -460,7 +478,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             }

             cldsServiceData.setServiceUUID(cldsSdcServiceDetail.getUuid());

             cldsServiceData.setServiceInvariantUUID(cldsSdcServiceDetail.getInvariantUUID());

-

             // To remove duplicate resources from serviceDetail and add valid

             // vfs to service

             if (cldsSdcServiceDetail != null && cldsSdcServiceDetail.getResources() != null) {

@@ -488,13 +505,15 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         return cldsServiceData;

     }

 

-    private void getAllVfcForVfList(List<CldsVfData> cldsVfDataList, String catalogUrl) {

+    private void getAllVfcForVfList(List<CldsVfData> cldsVfDataList, String catalogUrl)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         // todo : refact this..

         if (cldsVfDataList != null && !cldsVfDataList.isEmpty()) {

             List<CldsSdcResourceBasicInfo> allVfResources = getAllSdcVForVfcResourcesBasedOnResourceType(

                     RESOURCE_VF_TYPE);

             List<CldsSdcResourceBasicInfo> allVfcResources = getAllSdcVForVfcResourcesBasedOnResourceType(

                     RESOURCE_VFC_TYPE);

+            allVfcResources.addAll(getAllSdcVForVfcResourcesBasedOnResourceType(RESOURCE_CVFC_TYPE));

             for (CldsVfData currCldsVfData : cldsVfDataList) {

                 if (currCldsVfData != null && currCldsVfData.getVfInvariantResourceUUID() != null) {

                     String resourceUuid = getResourceUuidFromResourceInvariantUuid(

@@ -507,7 +526,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                             // associated with the VF's

                             List<CldsVfKPIData> cldsVfKPIDataList = getFieldPathFromVF(vfResponse);

                             currCldsVfData.setCldsKPIList(cldsVfKPIDataList);

-

                             List<CldsVfcData> vfcDataListFromVfResponse = getVfcDataListFromVfResponse(vfResponse);

                             if (vfcDataListFromVfResponse != null) {

                                 currCldsVfData.setCldsVfcs(vfcDataListFromVfResponse);

@@ -547,7 +565,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         }

     }

 

-    private List<CldsVfcData> getVfcDataListFromVfResponse(String vfResponse) {

+    private List<CldsVfcData> getVfcDataListFromVfResponse(String vfResponse) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

         ObjectNode vfResponseNode;

         try {

@@ -570,6 +588,11 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                     currCldsVfcData.setVfcInvariantResourceUUID(vfcInvariantResourceUuid.textValue());

                     cldsVfcDataList.add(currCldsVfcData);

                 } else if (resourceTypeNode != null && "CVFC".equalsIgnoreCase(resourceTypeNode.textValue())) {

+                    TextNode vfcResourceName = (TextNode) currVfcNode.get("resourceInstanceName");

+                    TextNode vfcInvariantResourceUuid = (TextNode) currVfcNode.get("resourceInvariantUUID");

+                    currCldsVfcData.setVfcName(vfcResourceName.textValue());

+                    currCldsVfcData.setVfcInvariantResourceUUID(vfcInvariantResourceUuid.textValue());

+                    cldsVfcDataList.add(currCldsVfcData);

                     cldsVfcDataList.addAll(getVFCfromCVFC(currVfcNode.get("resourceUUID").textValue()));

                 }

             }

@@ -577,10 +600,9 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         return cldsVfcDataList;

     }

 

-    private List<CldsVfcData> getVFCfromCVFC(String resourceUUID) {

+    private List<CldsVfcData> getVFCfromCVFC(String resourceUUID) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         String catalogUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.catalog.url");

         List<CldsVfcData> cldsVfcDataList = new ArrayList<>();

-

         if (resourceUUID != null) {

             String vfcResourceUUIDUrl = catalogUrl + "resources" + "/" + resourceUUID + "/metadata";

             try {

@@ -588,7 +610,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                 ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

                 ObjectNode vfResponseNode = (ObjectNode) mapper.readTree(vfcResponse);

                 ArrayNode vfcArrayNode = (ArrayNode) vfResponseNode.get("resources");

-

                 if (vfcArrayNode != null) {

                     for (JsonNode vfcjsonNode : vfcArrayNode) {

                         CldsVfcData currCldsVfcData = new CldsVfcData();

@@ -614,7 +635,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         return (id != null) ? id.replaceAll("\"", "") : "";

     }

 

-    private List<CldsAlarmCondition> getAlarmCondtionsFromVfc(String vfcResponse) {

+    private List<CldsAlarmCondition> getAlarmCondtionsFromVfc(String vfcResponse) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         List<CldsAlarmCondition> cldsAlarmConditionList = new ArrayList<>();

         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

         ObjectNode vfcResponseNode;

@@ -625,7 +646,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             return cldsAlarmConditionList;

         }

         ArrayNode artifactsArrayNode = (ArrayNode) vfcResponseNode.get("artifacts");

-

         if (artifactsArrayNode != null && artifactsArrayNode.size() > 0) {

             for (int index = 0; index < artifactsArrayNode.size(); index++) {

                 ObjectNode currArtifactNode = (ObjectNode) artifactsArrayNode.get(index);

@@ -660,7 +680,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
     }

 

     // Method to get the artifact for any particular VF

-    private List<CldsVfKPIData> getFieldPathFromVF(String vfResponse) {

+    private List<CldsVfKPIData> getFieldPathFromVF(String vfResponse) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         List<CldsVfKPIData> cldsVfKPIDataList = new ArrayList<>();

         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

         ObjectNode vfResponseNode;

@@ -671,7 +691,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             return cldsVfKPIDataList;

         }

         ArrayNode artifactsArrayNode = (ArrayNode) vfResponseNode.get("artifacts");

-

         if (artifactsArrayNode != null && artifactsArrayNode.size() > 0) {

             for (int index = 0; index < artifactsArrayNode.size(); index++) {

                 ObjectNode currArtifactNode = (ObjectNode) artifactsArrayNode.get(index);

@@ -682,7 +701,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                     artifactName = artifactNameNode.textValue();

                     artifactName = artifactName.substring(artifactName.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);

                 }

-                if (artifactUrlNode != null && "csv".equalsIgnoreCase(artifactName)) {
+                if (artifactUrlNode != null && "csv".equalsIgnoreCase(artifactName)) {

                     String responsesFromArtifactUrl = getResponsesFromArtifactUrl(artifactUrlNode.textValue());

                     cldsVfKPIDataList.addAll(parseCsvToGetFieldPath(responsesFromArtifactUrl));

                     logger.info(responsesFromArtifactUrl);

@@ -697,24 +716,19 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             logger.debug("invalid csv field path Record,total columns less than 6: " + record);

             return null;

         }

-

         if (StringUtils.isBlank(record.get(1)) || StringUtils.isBlank(record.get(3))

                 || StringUtils.isBlank(record.get(5))) {

             logger.debug("Invalid csv field path Record,one of column is having blank value : " + record);

             return null;

         }

-

         CldsVfKPIData cldsVfKPIData = new CldsVfKPIData();

         cldsVfKPIData.setNfNamingCode(record.get(0).trim());

         cldsVfKPIData.setNfNamingValue(record.get(1).trim());

-

         cldsVfKPIData.setFieldPath(record.get(2).trim());

         cldsVfKPIData.setFieldPathValue(record.get(3).trim());

-

         cldsVfKPIData.setThresholdName(record.get(4).trim());

         cldsVfKPIData.setThresholdValue(record.get(5).trim());

         return cldsVfKPIData;

-

     }

 

     // Method to get the artifactURL Data and set the CldsVfKPIData node

@@ -759,7 +773,14 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         cldsAlarmConditionList.add(cldsAlarmCondition);

     }

 

-    public String getResponsesFromArtifactUrl(String artifactsUrl) {

+    /**

+     * Get the responses for the current artifact from the artifacts URL.

+     * 

+     * @param artifactsUrl

+     * @return

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     */

+    public String getResponsesFromArtifactUrl(String artifactsUrl) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         String hostUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.hostUrl");

         String artifactsUrlReworked = artifactsUrl.replaceAll("\"", "");

         String artifactUrl = hostUrl + artifactsUrlReworked;

@@ -771,27 +792,29 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
 

     /**

      * Service to services/resources/artifacts from sdc.Pass alarmConditions as

-     * true to get alarmconditons from artifact url and else it is false

-     *

+     * true to get alarm conditons from artifact url and else it is false

+     * 

      * @param url

      * @param alarmConditions

      * @return

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     *             In case of issue when decrypting the SDC password

+     * 

      */

-    public String getCldsServicesOrResourcesBasedOnURL(String url, boolean alarmConditions) {

+    public String getCldsServicesOrResourcesBasedOnURL(String url, boolean alarmConditions)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         Date startTime = new Date();

         try {

             LoggingUtils.setTargetContext("SDC", "getCldsServicesOrResourcesBasedOnURL");

             String urlReworked = removeUnwantedBracesFromString(url);

             URL urlObj = new URL(urlReworked);

-

             HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) urlObj.openConnection();

-            String basicAuth = SdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth(refProp);

+            String basicAuth = sdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth();

             conn.setRequestProperty(refProp.getStringValue("sdc.InstanceID"), "CLAMP-Tool");

             conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);

             conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8");

             conn.setRequestProperty("X-ECOMP-RequestID", LoggingUtils.getRequestId());

             conn.setRequestMethod("GET");

-

             int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();

             logger.info("Sdc resource url - " + urlReworked + " , responseCode=" + responseCode);

             StringBuilder response;

@@ -818,7 +841,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());

             metricsLogger.info("getCldsServicesOrResourcesBasedOnURL completed");

         }

-

     }

 

     /**

@@ -833,19 +855,15 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

         ObjectNode globalPropsJson;

         if (cldsServiceData != null && cldsServiceData.getServiceUUID() != null) {

-

             // Objectnode to save all byservice, byvf , byvfc and byalarm nodes

             ObjectNode byIdObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

-

             // To create vf ResourceUUID node with serviceInvariantUUID

             ObjectNode invariantUuidObjectNodeWithVf = createVfObjectNodeByServiceInvariantUuid(mapper,

                     cldsServiceData);

             byIdObjectNode.putPOJO("byService", invariantUuidObjectNodeWithVf);

-

             // To create byVf and vfcResourceNode with vfResourceUUID

             ObjectNode vfcObjectNodeByVfUuid = createVfcObjectNodeByVfUuid(mapper, cldsServiceData.getCldsVfs());

             byIdObjectNode.putPOJO("byVf", vfcObjectNodeByVfUuid);

-

             // To create byKpi

             ObjectNode kpiObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

             if (cldsServiceData.getCldsVfs() != null && !cldsServiceData.getCldsVfs().isEmpty()) {

@@ -856,7 +874,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                 }

             }

             byIdObjectNode.putPOJO("byKpi", kpiObjectNode);

-

             // To create byVfc and alarmCondition with vfcResourceUUID

             ObjectNode vfcResourceUuidObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

             if (cldsServiceData.getCldsVfs() != null && !cldsServiceData.getCldsVfs().isEmpty()) {

@@ -868,23 +885,17 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                 }

             }

             byIdObjectNode.putPOJO("byVfc", vfcResourceUuidObjectNode);

-

             // To create byAlarmCondition with alarmConditionKey

             List<CldsAlarmCondition> allAlarmConditions = getAllAlarmConditionsFromCldsServiceData(cldsServiceData,

                     "alarmCondition");

             ObjectNode alarmCondObjectNodeByAlarmKey = createAlarmCondObjectNodeByAlarmKey(mapper, allAlarmConditions);

-

             byIdObjectNode.putPOJO("byAlarmCondition", alarmCondObjectNodeByAlarmKey);

-

             // To create byAlertDescription with AlertDescription

             List<CldsAlarmCondition> allAlertDescriptions = getAllAlarmConditionsFromCldsServiceData(cldsServiceData,

                     "alertDescription");

             ObjectNode alertDescObjectNodeByAlert = createAlarmCondObjectNodeByAlarmKey(mapper, allAlertDescriptions);

-

             byIdObjectNode.putPOJO("byAlertDescription", alertDescObjectNodeByAlert);

-

             globalPropsJson = decodeGlobalProp(globalProps, mapper);

-

             globalPropsJson.putPOJO("shared", byIdObjectNode);

             logger.info("value of objNode:" + globalPropsJson);

         } else {

@@ -940,7 +951,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
      */

     private List<CldsAlarmCondition> getAllAlarmConditionsFromCldsVfData(CldsVfData currCldsVfData, String eventName) {

         List<CldsAlarmCondition> alarmCondList = new ArrayList<>();

-

         if (currCldsVfData != null && currCldsVfData.getCldsVfcs() != null && !currCldsVfData.getCldsVfcs().isEmpty()) {

             for (CldsVfcData currCldsVfcData : currCldsVfData.getCldsVfcs()) {

                 alarmCondList.addAll(getAllAlarmConditionsFromCldsVfcData(currCldsVfcData, eventName));

@@ -962,7 +972,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
     private List<CldsAlarmCondition> getAllAlarmConditionsFromCldsVfcData(CldsVfcData currCldsVfcData,

             String eventName) {

         List<CldsAlarmCondition> alarmCondList = new ArrayList<>();

-

         if (currCldsVfcData != null && currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions() != null

                 && !currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions().isEmpty()) {

             for (CldsAlarmCondition currCldsAlarmCondition : currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions()) {

@@ -978,7 +987,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
     private ObjectNode createAlarmCondObjectNodeByAlarmKey(ObjectMapper mapper,

             List<CldsAlarmCondition> cldsAlarmCondList) {

         ObjectNode alarmCondKeyNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

-

         if (cldsAlarmCondList != null && !cldsAlarmCondList.isEmpty()) {

             for (CldsAlarmCondition currCldsAlarmCondition : cldsAlarmCondList) {

                 if (currCldsAlarmCondition != null) {

@@ -1022,17 +1030,13 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
             for (CldsVfKPIData currCldsVfKpiData : cldsVfKpiDataList) {

                 if (currCldsVfKpiData != null) {

                     ObjectNode thresholdNameObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

-

                     ObjectNode fieldPathObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

                     ObjectNode nfNamingCodeNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

-

                     fieldPathObjectNode.put(currCldsVfKpiData.getFieldPathValue(),

                             currCldsVfKpiData.getFieldPathValue());

                     nfNamingCodeNode.put(currCldsVfKpiData.getNfNamingValue(), currCldsVfKpiData.getNfNamingValue());

-

                     thresholdNameObjectNode.putPOJO("fieldPath", fieldPathObjectNode);

                     thresholdNameObjectNode.putPOJO("nfNamingCode", nfNamingCodeNode);

-

                     vfResourceUuidObjectNode.putPOJO(currCldsVfKpiData.getThresholdValue(), thresholdNameObjectNode);

                 }

             }

@@ -1050,9 +1054,7 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                     if (currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions() != null

                             && !currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions().isEmpty()) {

                         for (CldsAlarmCondition currCldsAlarmCondition : currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions()) {

-                            alarmCondNode.put(currCldsAlarmCondition.getAlarmConditionKey(),

-                                    currCldsAlarmCondition.getAlarmConditionKey());

-                            if ("alarmCondition".equalsIgnoreCase(currCldsAlarmCondition.getEventName())) {
+                            if ("alarmCondition".equalsIgnoreCase(currCldsAlarmCondition.getEventName())) {

                                 alarmCondNode.put(currCldsAlarmCondition.getAlarmConditionKey(),

                                         currCldsAlarmCondition.getAlarmConditionKey());

                             } else {

@@ -1061,7 +1063,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                             }

                         }

                     }

-

                     vfcObjectNode.putPOJO("alarmCondition", alarmCondNode);

                     vfcObjectNode.putPOJO("alertDescription", alertDescNode);

                     vfcResourceUuidObjectNode.putPOJO(currCldsVfcData.getVfcInvariantResourceUUID(), vfcObjectNode);

@@ -1085,7 +1086,6 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
      */

     private ObjectNode createVfcObjectNodeByVfUuid(ObjectMapper mapper, List<CldsVfData> cldsVfDataList) {

         ObjectNode vfUuidObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

-

         if (cldsVfDataList != null && !cldsVfDataList.isEmpty()) {

             for (CldsVfData currCldsVfData : cldsVfDataList) {

                 if (currCldsVfData != null) {

@@ -1094,8 +1094,11 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                     ObjectNode kpiObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();

                     if (currCldsVfData.getCldsVfcs() != null && !currCldsVfData.getCldsVfcs().isEmpty()) {

                         for (CldsVfcData currCldsVfcData : currCldsVfData.getCldsVfcs()) {

-                            vfcUuidNode.put(currCldsVfcData.getVfcInvariantResourceUUID(),

-                                    currCldsVfcData.getVfcName());

+                            if (currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions() != null

+                                    && !currCldsVfcData.getCldsAlarmConditions().isEmpty()) {

+                                vfcUuidNode.put(currCldsVfcData.getVfcInvariantResourceUUID(),

+                                        currCldsVfcData.getVfcName());

+                            }

                         }

                     } else {

                         vfcUuidNode.put("", "");

@@ -1159,9 +1162,9 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
     }

 

     public String updateControlLoopStatusToDcae(String dcaeUrl, String invariantResourceUuid,

-            String invariantServiceUuid, String artifactName) {

+            String invariantServiceUuid, String artifactName) throws GeneralSecurityException {

         String baseUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.serviceUrl");

-        String basicAuth = SdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth(refProp);

+        String basicAuth = sdcReq.getSdcBasicAuth();

         String postStatusData = "{ \n" + "\"event\" : \"" + "Created" + "\",\n" + "\"serviceUUID\" : \""

                 + invariantServiceUuid + "\",\n" + "\"resourceUUID\" :\"" + invariantResourceUuid + "\",\n"

                 + "\"artifactName\" : \"" + artifactName + "\",\n" + "} \n";

@@ -1171,22 +1174,18 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
                 url = dcaeUrl + "/closed-loops";

             }

             URL urlObj = new URL(url);

-

             HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) urlObj.openConnection();

             conn.setRequestProperty(refProp.getStringValue("sdc.InstanceID"), "CLAMP-Tool");

             conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);

             conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8");

             conn.setRequestProperty("X-ECOMP-RequestID", LoggingUtils.getRequestId());

             conn.setRequestMethod("POST");

-

-            byte[] postData = SdcReq.stringToByteArray(postStatusData);

+            byte[] postData = sdcReq.stringToByteArray(postStatusData);

             try (DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream())) {

                 wr.write(postData);

             }

-

             int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();

             logger.info("responseCode=" + responseCode);

-

             String resp = getResponse(conn);

             if (resp != null) {

                 return resp;

@@ -1203,8 +1202,12 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
      * @param resourceType

      *            The resourceType

      * @return The list of CldsSdcResourceBasicInfo

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     *             In case of issue when decryting the SDC password

+     * 

      */

-    private List<CldsSdcResourceBasicInfo> getAllSdcVForVfcResourcesBasedOnResourceType(String resourceType) {

+    private List<CldsSdcResourceBasicInfo> getAllSdcVForVfcResourcesBasedOnResourceType(String resourceType)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         String catalogUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.catalog.url");

         String resourceUrl = catalogUrl + "resources?resourceType=" + resourceType;

         String allSdcVfcResources = getCldsServicesOrResourcesBasedOnURL(resourceUrl, false);

@@ -1260,10 +1263,12 @@ public class SdcCatalogServices {
      * @param locationArtifactName

      *            The location artifact name from where we can get the Artifact

      *            UUID

-     * 

+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException

+     *             In case of issues to decrypt the SDC password

      */

     public void uploadToSdc(ModelProperties prop, String userid, List<String> sdcReqUrlsList, String formattedSdcReq,

-            String formattedSdcLocationReq, String artifactName, String locationArtifactName) {

+            String formattedSdcLocationReq, String artifactName, String locationArtifactName)

+            throws GeneralSecurityException {

         logger.info("userid=" + userid);

         String serviceInvariantUuid = getServiceInvariantUuidFromProps(prop);

         if (sdcReqUrlsList != null && !sdcReqUrlsList.isEmpty()) {

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcSendReqDelegate.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcSendReqDelegate.java
index 2d327f5d..90bdcb3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcSendReqDelegate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/SdcSendReqDelegate.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.client;
 
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.delegate.DelegateExecution;
@@ -33,27 +36,23 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop.ModelProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.refprop.RefProp;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-
 /**
  * Send control loop model to dcae proxy.
  */
 public class SdcSendReqDelegate implements JavaDelegate {
     protected static final EELFLogger logger        = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SdcSendReqDelegate.class);
     protected static final EELFLogger metricsLogger = EELFManager.getInstance().getMetricsLogger();
-
     @Autowired
-    private RefProp                 refProp;
-
+    private SdcReq                    sdcReq;
     @Autowired
-    private SdcCatalogServices      sdcCatalogServices;
-
-    private String                  baseUrl;
-    private String                  artifactType;
-    private String                  locationArtifactType;
-    private String                  artifactLabel;
-    private String                  locationArtifactLabel;
+    private RefProp                   refProp;
+    @Autowired
+    private SdcCatalogServices        sdcCatalogServices;
+    private String                    baseUrl;
+    private String                    artifactType;
+    private String                    locationArtifactType;
+    private String                    artifactLabel;
+    private String                    locationArtifactLabel;
 
     /**
      * Perform activity. Send to sdc proxy.
@@ -69,36 +68,37 @@ public class SdcSendReqDelegate implements JavaDelegate {
         execution.setVariable("artifactName", artifactName);
         getSdcAttributes((String) execution.getVariable("controlName"));
         ModelProperties prop = ModelProperties.create(execution);
-        String bluprintPayload = SdcReq.formatBlueprint(refProp, prop, docText);
-        // no need to upload blueprint for Holmes, thus blueprintPayload for Holmes is empty
+        String bluprintPayload = sdcReq.formatBlueprint(prop, docText);
+        // no need to upload blueprint for Holmes, thus blueprintPayload for
+        // Holmes is empty
         if (!bluprintPayload.isEmpty()) {
-            String formattedSdcReq = SdcReq.formatSdcReq(bluprintPayload, artifactName, artifactLabel, artifactType);
+            String formattedSdcReq = sdcReq.formatSdcReq(bluprintPayload, artifactName, artifactLabel, artifactType);
             if (formattedSdcReq != null) {
                 execution.setVariable("formattedArtifactReq", formattedSdcReq.getBytes());
             }
-            List<String> sdcReqUrlsList = SdcReq.getSdcReqUrlsList(prop, baseUrl, sdcCatalogServices, execution);
-
-            String sdcLocationsPayload = SdcReq.formatSdcLocationsReq(prop, artifactName);
+            List<String> sdcReqUrlsList = sdcReq.getSdcReqUrlsList(prop, baseUrl, sdcCatalogServices, execution);
+            String sdcLocationsPayload = sdcReq.formatSdcLocationsReq(prop, artifactName);
             String locationArtifactName = (String) execution.getVariable("controlName") + "-location.json";
-            String formattedSdcLocationReq = SdcReq.formatSdcReq(sdcLocationsPayload, locationArtifactName,
-                locationArtifactLabel, locationArtifactType);
+            String formattedSdcLocationReq = sdcReq.formatSdcReq(sdcLocationsPayload, locationArtifactName,
+                    locationArtifactLabel, locationArtifactType);
             if (formattedSdcLocationReq != null) {
                 execution.setVariable("formattedLocationReq", formattedSdcLocationReq.getBytes());
             }
             sdcCatalogServices.uploadToSdc(prop, userid, sdcReqUrlsList, formattedSdcReq, formattedSdcLocationReq,
-                artifactName, locationArtifactName);
+                    artifactName, locationArtifactName);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Method to get sdc service values from properties file.
+     * 
      * @param controlName
      */
     private void getSdcAttributes(String controlName) {
         baseUrl = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.serviceUrl");
-        artifactLabel = SdcReq
+        artifactLabel = sdcReq
                 .normalizeResourceInstanceName(refProp.getStringValue("sdc.artifactLabel") + "-" + controlName);
-        locationArtifactLabel = SdcReq
+        locationArtifactLabel = sdcReq
                 .normalizeResourceInstanceName(refProp.getStringValue("sdc.locationArtifactLabel") + "-" + controlName);
         artifactType = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.artifactType");
         locationArtifactType = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.locationArtifactType");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/SdcReq.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/SdcReq.java
index 640d3b0c..38e3b15a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/SdcReq.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/client/req/SdcReq.java
@@ -31,15 +31,14 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
@@ -51,19 +50,23 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop.Global;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop.ModelProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop.Tca;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.refprop.RefProp;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.CryptoUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 /**
  * Construct a Sdc request given CLDS objects.
  */
 public class SdcReq {
+    @Autowired
+    protected CryptoUtils             cryptoUtils;
     protected static final EELFLogger logger        = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SdcReq.class);
     protected static final EELFLogger metricsLogger = EELFManager.getInstance().getMetricsLogger();
+    @Autowired
+    protected RefProp                 refProp;
 
     /**
      * Format the Blueprint from a Yaml
      *
-     * @param refProp
-     *            The RefProp instance containing the Clds config
      * @param prop
      *            The ModelProperties describing the clds model
      * @param docText
@@ -77,14 +80,9 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @throws IOException
      *             In case of issues
      */
-    public static String formatBlueprint(RefProp refProp, ModelProperties prop, String docText)
+    public String formatBlueprint(ModelProperties prop, String docText)
             throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-
-        Global globalProp = prop.getGlobal();
-        String service = globalProp.getService();
-
         String yamlvalue = getYamlvalue(docText);
-
         String updatedBlueprint = "";
         Tca tca = prop.getType(Tca.class);
         if (tca.isFound()) {
@@ -94,7 +92,17 @@ public class SdcReq {
         return updatedBlueprint;
     }
 
-    public static String formatSdcLocationsReq(ModelProperties prop, String artifactName) {
+    /**
+     * Format the SDC Locations Request in the JSON Format
+     *
+     * @param prop
+     *            The ModelProperties describing the clds model
+     * @param artifactName
+     *            The name of the artifact
+     *
+     * @return SDC Locations request in the JSON Format
+     */
+    public String formatSdcLocationsReq(ModelProperties prop, String artifactName) {
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
         Global global = prop.getGlobal();
         List<String> locationsList = global.getLocation();
@@ -106,12 +114,27 @@ public class SdcReq {
         locationObject.put("artifactName", artifactName);
         locationObject.putPOJO("locations", locationsArrayNode);
         String locationJsonFormat = locationObject.toString();
-        logger.info("Value of locaation Json Artifact:" + locationsArrayNode);
+        logger.info("Value of location Json Artifact:" + locationsArrayNode);
         return locationJsonFormat;
     }
 
-    public static String formatSdcReq(String payloadData, String artifactName, String artifactLabel,
-            String artifactType) throws IOException {
+    /**
+     * Format the SDC Request
+     *
+     * @param payloadData
+     *            The ModelProperties describing the clds model
+     * @param artifactName
+     *            The name of the artifact
+     * @param artifactLabel
+     *            The Label of the artifact
+     * @param artifactType
+     *            The type of the artifact
+     * @return formatted SDC Request
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             In case of issues
+     */
+    public String formatSdcReq(String payloadData, String artifactName, String artifactLabel, String artifactType)
+            throws IOException {
         logger.info("artifact=" + payloadData);
         String base64Artifact = base64Encode(payloadData);
         return "{ \n" + "\"payloadData\" : \"" + base64Artifact + "\",\n" + "\"artifactLabel\" : \"" + artifactLabel
@@ -120,7 +143,16 @@ public class SdcReq {
                 + "} \n";
     }
 
-    public static String getSdcReqUrl(ModelProperties prop, String url) {
+    /**
+     * Get the SDC Request URL
+     *
+     * @param prop
+     *            The ModelProperties describing the clds model
+     * @param url
+     *            url
+     * @return SDC Request URL
+     */
+    public String getSdcReqUrl(ModelProperties prop, String url) {
         Global globalProps = prop.getGlobal();
         String serviceUUID = "";
         String resourceInstanceName = "";
@@ -143,13 +175,14 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @param prop
      * @param baseUrl
      * @param sdcCatalogServices
+     * @param execution
      * @return
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
      */
-    public static List<String> getSdcReqUrlsList(ModelProperties prop, String baseUrl,
-            SdcCatalogServices sdcCatalogServices, DelegateExecution execution) {
+    public List<String> getSdcReqUrlsList(ModelProperties prop, String baseUrl, SdcCatalogServices sdcCatalogServices,
+            DelegateExecution execution) throws GeneralSecurityException {
         // TODO : refact and regroup with very similar code
         List<String> urlList = new ArrayList<>();
-
         Global globalProps = prop.getGlobal();
         if (globalProps != null) {
             if (globalProps.getService() != null) {
@@ -178,7 +211,6 @@ public class SdcReq {
                 }
             }
         }
-
         return urlList;
     }
 
@@ -190,7 +222,7 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @param inText
      * @return
      */
-    public static String normalizeResourceInstanceName(String inText) {
+    public String normalizeResourceInstanceName(String inText) {
         return inText.replace(" ", "").replace("-", "").replace(".", "").toLowerCase();
     }
 
@@ -200,7 +232,7 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @param data
      * @return
      */
-    public static String calculateMD5ByString(String data) {
+    public String calculateMD5ByString(String data) {
         String calculatedMd5 = DigestUtils.md5Hex(data);
         // encode base-64 result
         return base64Encode(calculatedMd5.getBytes());
@@ -212,7 +244,7 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @param inText
      * @return
      */
-    public static String base64Encode(String inText) {
+    public String base64Encode(String inText) {
         return base64Encode(stringToByteArray(inText));
     }
 
@@ -222,7 +254,7 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @param inText
      * @return
      */
-    public static byte[] stringToByteArray(String inText) {
+    public byte[] stringToByteArray(String inText) {
         return inText.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
 
@@ -232,7 +264,7 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @param bytes
      * @return
      */
-    public static String base64Encode(byte[] bytes) {
+    public String base64Encode(byte[] bytes) {
         Base64.Encoder encoder = Base64.getEncoder();
         return encoder.encodeToString(bytes);
     }
@@ -241,12 +273,15 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * Return SDC id and pw as a HTTP Basic Auth string (for example: Basic
      * dGVzdDoxMjM0NTY=).
      *
-     * @return
+     * @return The String with Basic Auth and password
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
+     *             In case of issue when decryting the SDC password
      */
-    public static String getSdcBasicAuth(RefProp refProp) {
+    public String getSdcBasicAuth() throws GeneralSecurityException {
         String sdcId = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.serviceUsername");
         String sdcPw = refProp.getStringValue("sdc.servicePassword");
-        String idPw = base64Encode(sdcId + ":" + sdcPw);
+        String password = cryptoUtils.decrypt(sdcPw);
+        String idPw = base64Encode(sdcId + ":" + password);
         return "Basic " + idPw;
     }
 
@@ -257,7 +292,7 @@ public class SdcReq {
      * @return
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    public static String getYamlvalue(String docText) throws IOException {
+    public String getYamlvalue(String docText) throws IOException {
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
         String yamlFileValue = "";
         ObjectNode root = objectMapper.readValue(docText, ObjectNode.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CamundaEngineConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CamundaEngineConfiguration.java
index a27cc69b..3790e235 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CamundaEngineConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CamundaEngineConfiguration.java
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.config;
 
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -33,15 +34,17 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
 
 @Configuration
 public class CamundaEngineConfiguration {
-
     /**
-     * Camunda Identity databse DataSource configuration
+     * Camunda Identity database DataSource configuration
+     * 
+     * @return
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
+     *             In case of issue during the decoding of the password
      */
     @Primary
     @Bean(name = "camundaBpmDataSource")
     @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.datasource.camunda")
     public DataSource dataSource() {
-        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
+        return new EncodedPasswordBasicDataSource();
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsConfiguration.java
index 6b7d337e..0c73ac71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/config/CldsConfiguration.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package org.onap.clamp.clds.config;
 import com.att.ajsc.common.AjscProvider;
 import com.att.ajsc.common.AjscService;
 
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -44,12 +45,12 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.SdcCatalogServices;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.SdcSendReqDelegate;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.TcaPolicyDelegate;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.TcaPolicyDeleteDelegate;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.req.SdcReq;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.dao.CldsDao;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.refprop.RefProp;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.transform.XslTransformer;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -59,17 +60,18 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 @Configuration
 @Profile("clamp-default")
 public class CldsConfiguration {
-
     @Autowired
     private ApplicationContext context;
 
     /**
      * Clds Identity database DataSource configuration
+     * 
+     * @return
      */
     @Bean(name = "cldsDataSource")
     @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.datasource.cldsdb")
     public DataSource cldsDataSource() {
-        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
+        return new EncodedPasswordBasicDataSource();
     }
 
     @Bean(name = "jaxrsProviders")
@@ -102,6 +104,11 @@ public class CldsConfiguration {
     }
 
     @Bean
+    public SdcReq getSdcReq() {
+        return new SdcReq();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
     public PolicyClient getPolicyClient() {
         return new PolicyClient();
     }
@@ -160,5 +167,4 @@ public class CldsConfiguration {
     public HolmesPolicyDeleteDelegate getHolmesPolicyDeleteDelegate() {
         return new HolmesPolicyDeleteDelegate();
     }
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/CldsService.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/CldsService.java
index 19e3caa3..15706345 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/CldsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/CldsService.java
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.service;
 
 import com.att.ajsc.common.AjscService;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import javax.ws.rs.BadRequestException;
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
@@ -62,11 +66,13 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.client.SdcCatalogServices;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.dao.CldsDao;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.exception.CldsConfigException;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.exception.SdcCommunicationException;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.exception.policy.PolicyClientException;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsDBServiceCache;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsEvent;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsHealthCheck;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsInfo;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsModel;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsModelProp;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsSdcResource;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsSdcServiceDetail;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsSdcServiceInfo;
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsServiceData;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.CldsTemplate;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.DcaeEvent;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.ValueItem;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop.AbstractModelElement;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.prop.ModelProperties;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.model.refprop.RefProp;
 import org.onap.clamp.clds.transform.XslTransformer;
@@ -94,37 +101,26 @@ import io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation;
 @Api(value = "/clds")
 @Path("/clds")
 public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
-
+    protected static final EELFLogger securityLogger = EELFManager.getInstance().getSecurityLogger();
     @Autowired
-    private ApplicationContext      appContext;
-
-    private static final String     RESOURCE_NAME = "clds-version.properties";
-
+    private ApplicationContext        appContext;
+    private static final String       RESOURCE_NAME  = "clds-version.properties";
     @Value("${CLDS_PERMISSION_TYPE_CL:permission-type-cl}")
-    private String                  cldsPersmissionTypeCl;
-
+    private String                    cldsPersmissionTypeCl;
     @Value("${CLDS_PERMISSION_TYPE_CL_MANAGE:permission-type-cl-manage}")
-    private String                  cldsPermissionTypeClManage;
-
+    private String                    cldsPermissionTypeClManage;
     @Value("${CLDS_PERMISSION_TYPE_CL_EVENT:permission-type-cl-event}")
-    private String                  cldsPermissionTypeClEvent;
-
+    private String                    cldsPermissionTypeClEvent;
     @Value("${CLDS_PERMISSION_TYPE_FILTER_VF:permission-type-filter-vf}")
-    private String                  cldsPermissionTypeFilterVf;
-
+    private String                    cldsPermissionTypeFilterVf;
     @Value("${CLDS_PERMISSION_TYPE_TEMPLATE:permission-type-template}")
-    private String                  cldsPermissionTypeTemplate;
-
+    private String                    cldsPermissionTypeTemplate;
     @Value("${CLDS_PERMISSION_INSTANCE:dev}")
-    private String                  cldsPermissionInstance;
-
-    private SecureServicePermission permissionReadCl;
-
-    private SecureServicePermission permissionUpdateCl;
-
-    private SecureServicePermission permissionReadTemplate;
-
-    private SecureServicePermission permissionUpdateTemplate;
+    private String                    cldsPermissionInstance;
+    private SecureServicePermission   permissionReadCl;
+    private SecureServicePermission   permissionUpdateCl;
+    private SecureServicePermission   permissionReadTemplate;
+    private SecureServicePermission   permissionUpdateTemplate;
 
     @PostConstruct
     private final void afterConstruction() {
@@ -138,25 +134,19 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
 
     @Value("${org.onap.clamp.config.files.globalClds:'classpath:/clds/globalClds.properties'}")
     private String                 globalClds;
-
     private Properties             globalCldsProperties;
-
     @Autowired
     private CldsDao                cldsDao;
     @Autowired
     private RuntimeService         runtimeService;
     @Autowired
     private XslTransformer         cldsBpmnTransformer;
-
     @Autowired
     private RefProp                refProp;
-
     @Autowired
     private SdcCatalogServices     sdcCatalogServices;
-
     @Autowired
     private DcaeDispatcherServices dcaeDispatcherServices;
-
     @Autowired
     private DcaeInventoryServices  dcaeInventoryServices;
 
@@ -173,23 +163,20 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
      * that is currently installed from pom.xml file 3. User permissions
      *
      */
-
     @GET
     @Path("/cldsInfo")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public CldsInfo getCldsInfo() {
-
         CldsInfo cldsInfo = new CldsInfo();
-
+        Date startTime = new Date();
+        LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: GET cldsInfo", getPrincipalName());
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
         // Get the user info
         cldsInfo.setUserName(getUserName());
-
         // Get CLDS application version
         String cldsVersion = "";
         Properties props = new Properties();
-
         ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
-
         try (InputStream resourceStream = loader.getResourceAsStream(RESOURCE_NAME)) {
             props.load(resourceStream);
             cldsVersion = props.getProperty("clds.version");
@@ -197,22 +184,31 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             logger.error("Exception caught during the clds.version reading", ex);
         }
         cldsInfo.setCldsVersion(cldsVersion);
-
         // Get the user list of permissions
         cldsInfo.setPermissionReadCl(isAuthorizedNoException(permissionReadCl));
         cldsInfo.setPermissionUpdateCl(isAuthorizedNoException(permissionUpdateCl));
         cldsInfo.setPermissionReadTemplate(isAuthorizedNoException(permissionReadTemplate));
         cldsInfo.setPermissionUpdateTemplate(isAuthorizedNoException(permissionUpdateTemplate));
+        // audit log
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
+        LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Get cldsInfo success", this.getClass().getName());
+        securityLogger.info("GET cldsInfo completed");
         return cldsInfo;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * REST service that retrieves clds healthcheck information.
+     * 
+     * @return CldsHealthCheck class containing healthcheck info
+     */
     @GET
     @Path("/healthcheck")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public CldsHealthCheck gethealthcheck() {
-
         CldsHealthCheck cldsHealthCheck = new CldsHealthCheck();
-
+        Date startTime = new Date();
+        LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: GET healthcheck", getPrincipalName());
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
         try {
             cldsDao.doHealthCheck();
             cldsHealthCheck.setHealthCheckComponent("CLDS-APP");
@@ -224,8 +220,11 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             cldsHealthCheck.setHealthCheckStatus("DOWN");
             cldsHealthCheck.setDescription("NOT-OK");
         }
+        // audit log
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
+        LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Get healthcheck success", this.getClass().getName());
+        securityLogger.info("GET healthcheck completed");
         return cldsHealthCheck;
-
     }
 
     /**
@@ -254,32 +253,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
     }
 
     /**
-     * REST service that saves BPMN for a CLDS model by name in the database.
-     * This is subset of the json putModel. This is only expected to be used for
-     * testing purposes, not by the UI.
-     *
-     * @param modelName
-     */
-    @ApiOperation(value = "Saves BPMN for a CLDS model by name in the database", notes = "This is only expected to be used for testing purposes, not by the UI", response = String.class)
-    @PUT
-    @Path("/model/bpmn/{modelName}")
-    @Consumes(MediaType.TEXT_XML)
-    public String putBpmnXml(@PathParam("modelName") String modelName, String bpmnText) {
-        LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: PUT model bpmn", getPrincipalName());
-        isAuthorized(permissionUpdateCl);
-        logger.info("PUT bpmnText for modelName={}", modelName);
-        logger.info("PUT bpmnText={}", bpmnText);
-        CldsModel cldsModel = CldsModel.retrieve(cldsDao, modelName, true);
-        cldsModel.setBpmnText(bpmnText);
-        cldsModel.save(cldsDao, getUserId());
-        // audit log
-        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(new Date(), new Date());
-        LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Put model bpmn success", this.getClass().getName());
-        auditLogger.info("PUT model bpmn completed");
-        return "wrote bpmnText for modelName=" + modelName;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * REST service that retrieves image for a CLDS model name from the
      * database. This is subset of the json getModel. This is only expected to
      * be used for testing purposes, not by the UI.
@@ -305,33 +278,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
     }
 
     /**
-     * REST service that saves image for a CLDS model by name in the database.
-     * This is subset of the json putModel. This is only expected to be used for
-     * testing purposes, not by the UI.
-     *
-     * @param modelName
-     */
-    @ApiOperation(value = "Saves image for a CLDS model by name in the database", notes = "This is only expected to be used for testing purposes, not by the UI", response = String.class)
-    @PUT
-    @Path("/model/image/{modelName}")
-    @Consumes(MediaType.TEXT_XML)
-    public String putImageXml(@PathParam("modelName") String modelName, String imageText) {
-        Date startTime = new Date();
-        LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: PUT model image", getPrincipalName());
-        isAuthorized(permissionUpdateCl);
-        logger.info("PUT iamgeText for modelName={}", modelName);
-        logger.info("PUT imageText={}", imageText);
-        CldsModel cldsModel = CldsModel.retrieve(cldsDao, modelName, true);
-        cldsModel.setImageText(imageText);
-        cldsModel.save(cldsDao, getUserId());
-        // audit log
-        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
-        LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Put model image success", this.getClass().getName());
-        auditLogger.info("PUT model image completed");
-        return "wrote imageText for modelName=" + modelName;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * REST service that retrieves a CLDS model by name from the database.
      *
      * @param modelName
@@ -349,7 +295,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         CldsModel cldsModel = CldsModel.retrieve(cldsDao, modelName, false);
         isAuthorizedForVf(cldsModel);
         cldsModel.setUserAuthorizedToUpdate(isAuthorizedNoException(permissionUpdateCl));
-
         /**
          * Checking condition whether our CLDS model can call INventory Method
          */
@@ -392,7 +337,12 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         logger.info("PUT propText={}", cldsModel.getPropText());
         logger.info("PUT imageText={}", cldsModel.getImageText());
         cldsModel.setName(modelName);
-
+        try {
+            duplicateCheckforServiceVf(modelName, cldsModel.getPropText());
+        } catch (IOException | BadRequestException e) {
+            logger.error("Exception occured during duplicate check for service and VF", e);
+            throw new CldsConfigException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
         if (cldsModel.getTemplateName() != null) {
             CldsTemplate template = cldsDao.getTemplate(cldsModel.getTemplateName());
             if (template != null) {
@@ -441,6 +391,7 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
      * @return
      * @throws TransformerException
      * @throws ParseException
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
      */
     @ApiOperation(value = "Saves and processes an action for a CLDS model by name", notes = "", response = String.class)
     @PUT
@@ -449,7 +400,7 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public CldsModel putModelAndProcessAction(@PathParam("action") String action,
             @PathParam("modelName") String modelName, @QueryParam("test") String test, CldsModel model)
-            throws TransformerException, ParseException {
+            throws TransformerException, ParseException, GeneralSecurityException {
         Date startTime = new Date();
         LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: Process model action", getPrincipalName());
         String actionCd = action.toUpperCase();
@@ -460,7 +411,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         String userid = getUserId();
         String actionStateCd = CldsEvent.ACTION_STATE_INITIATED;
         String processDefinitionKey = "clds-process-action-wf";
-
         logger.info("PUT actionCd={}", actionCd);
         logger.info("PUT actionStateCd={}", actionStateCd);
         logger.info("PUT processDefinitionKey={}", processDefinitionKey);
@@ -471,7 +421,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         logger.info("PUT userid={}", userid);
         logger.info("PUT getTypeId={}", model.getTypeId());
         logger.info("PUT deploymentId={}", model.getDeploymentId());
-
         if (model.getTemplateName() != null) {
             CldsTemplate template = cldsDao.getTemplate(model.getTemplateName());
             if (template != null) {
@@ -483,16 +432,13 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         // save model to db
         model.setName(modelName);
         model.save(cldsDao, getUserId());
-
         // get vars and format if necessary
         String prop = model.getPropText();
         String bpmn = model.getBpmnText();
         String docText = model.getDocText();
         String controlName = model.getControlName();
-
         String bpmnJson = cldsBpmnTransformer.doXslTransformToString(bpmn);
         logger.info("PUT bpmnJson={}", bpmnJson);
-
         // Flag indicates whether it is triggered by Validation Test button from
         // UI
         boolean isTest = false;
@@ -507,17 +453,14 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             }
         }
         logger.info("PUT isTest={}", isTest);
-
         boolean isInsertTestEvent = false;
         String insertTestEvent = refProp.getStringValue("action.insert.test.event");
         if (insertTestEvent != null && insertTestEvent.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
             isInsertTestEvent = true;
         }
         logger.info("PUT isInsertTestEvent={}", isInsertTestEvent);
-
         // determine if requested action is permitted
         model.validateAction(actionCd);
-
         // input variables to camunda process
         Map<String, Object> variables = new HashMap<>();
         variables.put("actionCd", actionCd);
@@ -531,17 +474,18 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         variables.put("isInsertTestEvent", isInsertTestEvent);
         logger.info("modelProp - " + prop);
         logger.info("docText - " + docText);
-
-        // start camunda process
-        ProcessInstance pi = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey(processDefinitionKey, variables);
-
-        // log process info
-        logger.info("Started processDefinitionId={}, processInstanceId={}", pi.getProcessDefinitionId(),
-                pi.getProcessInstanceId());
-
+        try {
+            // start camunda process
+            ProcessInstance pi = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey(processDefinitionKey, variables);
+            // log process info
+            logger.info("Started processDefinitionId={}, processInstanceId={}", pi.getProcessDefinitionId(),
+                    pi.getProcessInstanceId());
+        } catch (SdcCommunicationException | PolicyClientException | BadRequestException e) {
+            logger.error("Exception occured during invoking bpmn process", e);
+            throw new CldsConfigException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
         // refresh model info from db (get fresh event info)
         CldsModel retreivedModel = CldsModel.retrieve(cldsDao, modelName, false);
-
         if (actionCd.equalsIgnoreCase(CldsEvent.ACTION_SUBMIT)
                 || actionCd.equalsIgnoreCase(CldsEvent.ACTION_RESUBMIT)) {
             // To verify inventory status and modify model status to distribute
@@ -552,7 +496,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
         LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Process model action success", this.getClass().getName());
         auditLogger.info("Process model action completed");
-
         return retreivedModel;
     }
 
@@ -579,14 +522,12 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             isAuthorized(permissionEvent);
             userid = getUserId();
         }
-
         // Flag indicates whether it is triggered by Validation Test button from
         // UI
         boolean isTest = false;
         if (test != null && test.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
             isTest = true;
         }
-
         int instanceCount = 0;
         if (dcaeEvent.getInstances() != null) {
             instanceCount = dcaeEvent.getInstances().size();
@@ -595,7 +536,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
                 + " resourceUUID=" + dcaeEvent.getResourceUUID() + " artifactName=" + dcaeEvent.getArtifactName()
                 + " instance count=" + instanceCount + " isTest=" + isTest;
         logger.info("POST dcae event {}", msgInfo);
-
         if (isTest) {
             logger.warn("Ignorning test event from DCAE");
         } else {
@@ -610,24 +550,24 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
         LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Post dcae event success", this.getClass().getName());
         auditLogger.info("Post dcae event completed");
-
         return msgInfo;
     }
 
     /**
      * REST service that retrieves sdc services
+     * 
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
+     *             In case of issue when decryting the SDC password
      *
-     * @throws Exception
      */
     @ApiOperation(value = "Retrieves sdc services", notes = "", response = String.class)
     @GET
     @Path("/sdc/services")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-    public String getSdcServices() {
+    public String getSdcServices() throws GeneralSecurityException {
         Date startTime = new Date();
         LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: GET sdc services", getPrincipalName());
         String retStr;
-
         String responseStr = sdcCatalogServices.getSdcServicesInformation(null);
         try {
             retStr = createUiServiceFormatJson(responseStr);
@@ -635,7 +575,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             logger.error("IOException during SDC communication", e);
             throw new SdcCommunicationException("IOException during SDC communication", e);
         }
-
         logger.info("value of sdcServices : {}", retStr);
         // audit log
         LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
@@ -663,6 +602,9 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
      * REST service that retrieves total properties by using invariantUUID based
      * on refresh and non refresh
      * 
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
+     *             In case of issue when decryting the SDC password
+     * 
      */
     @ApiOperation(value = "Retrieves total properties by using invariantUUID based on refresh and non refresh", notes = "", response = String.class)
     @GET
@@ -670,12 +612,11 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public String getSdcPropertiesByServiceUUIDForRefresh(
             @PathParam("serviceInvariantUUID") String serviceInvariantUUID,
-            @DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("refresh") String refresh) {
+            @DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("refresh") String refresh) throws GeneralSecurityException {
         Date startTime = new Date();
         LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: GET sdc properties by uuid", getPrincipalName());
         CldsServiceData cldsServiceData = new CldsServiceData();
         cldsServiceData.setServiceInvariantUUID(serviceInvariantUUID);
-
         boolean isCldsSdcDataExpired = true;
         // To getcldsService information from database cache using invariantUUID
         // only when refresh = false
@@ -698,18 +639,14 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
                 cldsServiceData.setCldsServiceCache(cldsDao, cldsDBServiceCache);
             }
         }
-
         // filter out VFs the user is not authorized for
         cldsServiceData.filterVfs(this);
-
         // format retrieved data into properties json
         String sdcProperties = sdcCatalogServices.createPropertiesObjectByUUID(getGlobalCldsString(), cldsServiceData);
-
         // audit log
         LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
         LoggingUtils.setResponseContext("0", "Get sdc properties by uuid success", this.getClass().getName());
         auditLogger.info("GET sdc properties by uuid completed");
-
         return sdcProperties;
     }
 
@@ -763,7 +700,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
         logger.info("value of cldsserviceiNfolist: {}", rawList);
         if (rawList != null && !rawList.isEmpty()) {
             List<CldsSdcServiceInfo> cldsSdcServiceInfoList = sdcCatalogServices.removeDuplicateServices(rawList);
-
             for (CldsSdcServiceInfo currCldsSdcServiceInfo : cldsSdcServiceInfoList) {
                 if (currCldsSdcServiceInfo != null) {
                     invariantIdServiceNode.put(currCldsSdcServiceInfo.getInvariantUUID(),
@@ -785,7 +721,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
              */
             ObjectNode serviceObjectNode = createEmptyVfAlarmObject(mapper);
             ObjectNode vfObjectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
-
             /**
              * to create json with vf and vfresourceId
              */
@@ -793,7 +728,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             serviceObjectNode.putPOJO(cldsSdcServiceDetail.getInvariantUUID(), vfObjectNode);
             ObjectNode byServiceBasicObjetNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
             byServiceBasicObjetNode.putPOJO("byService", serviceObjectNode);
-
             /**
              * to create json with VFC Node
              */
@@ -827,7 +761,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             List<CldsSdcResource> rawCldsSdcResourceList) {
         ObjectNode vfNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
         vfNode.put("", "");
-
         // To remove repeated resource instance name from
         // resourceInstanceList
         List<CldsSdcResource> cldsSdcResourceList = sdcCatalogServices
@@ -843,7 +776,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             }
         }
         vfObjectNode2.putPOJO("vf", vfNode);
-
         /**
          * creating location json object using properties file value
          */
@@ -857,7 +789,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
                     "Unable to load ui.location.default JSON in clds-references.properties properly", e);
         }
         vfObjectNode2.putPOJO("location", locationJsonNode);
-
         /**
          * creating alarm json object using properties file value
          */
@@ -872,7 +803,6 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
                     e);
         }
         vfObjectNode2.putPOJO("alarmCondition", alarmStringJsonNode);
-
     }
 
     private ObjectNode createByVFCObjectNode(ObjectMapper mapper, List<CldsSdcResource> cldsSdcResourceList) {
@@ -901,7 +831,13 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             @QueryParam("test") String test, CldsModel model) throws IOException {
         Date startTime = new Date();
         LoggingUtils.setRequestContext("CldsService: Deploy model", getPrincipalName());
-        String deploymentId = "closedLoop_" + UUID.randomUUID() + "_deploymentId";
+        String deploymentId = "";
+        // If model is already deployed then pass same deployment id
+        if (model.getDeploymentId() != null && !model.getDeploymentId().isEmpty()) {
+            deploymentId = model.getDeploymentId();
+        } else {
+            deploymentId = "closedLoop_" + UUID.randomUUID() + "_deploymentId";
+        }
         String createNewDeploymentStatusUrl = dcaeDispatcherServices.createNewDeployment(deploymentId,
                 model.getTypeId());
         String operationStatus = "processing";
@@ -995,4 +931,27 @@ public class CldsService extends SecureServiceBase {
             throw new CldsConfigException("Unable to load the globalClds due to an exception", e);
         }
     }
+
+    private void duplicateCheckforServiceVf(String modelName, String modelPropText) throws IOException {
+        JsonNode modelJson = new ObjectMapper().readTree(modelPropText);
+        JsonNode globalNode = modelJson.get("global");
+        String service = AbstractModelElement.getValueByName(globalNode, "service");
+        List<String> resourceVf = AbstractModelElement.getValuesByName(globalNode, "vf");
+        if (resourceVf != null && !resourceVf.isEmpty()) {
+            List<CldsModelProp> cldsModelPropList = cldsDao.getAllModelProperties();
+            for (CldsModelProp cldsModelProp : cldsModelPropList) {
+                JsonNode currentJson = new ObjectMapper().readTree(cldsModelProp.getPropText());
+                JsonNode currentNode = currentJson.get("global");
+                String currentService = AbstractModelElement.getValueByName(currentNode, "service");
+                List<String> currentVf = AbstractModelElement.getValuesByName(currentNode, "vf");
+                if (currentVf != null && !currentVf.isEmpty()) {
+                    if (!modelName.equalsIgnoreCase(cldsModelProp.getName()) && service.equalsIgnoreCase(currentService)
+                            && resourceVf.get(0).equalsIgnoreCase(currentVf.get(0))) {
+                        throw new BadRequestException("Same service/VF already exists in " + cldsModelProp.getName()
+                                + " model, please select different service/VF.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/SecureServiceBase.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/SecureServiceBase.java
index acbd8bbd..70ba32f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/SecureServiceBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/service/SecureServiceBase.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
 import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
 
 import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.NotAuthorizedException;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.LoggingUtils;
 public abstract class SecureServiceBase {
     protected static final EELFLogger logger          = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(SecureServiceBase.class);
     protected static final EELFLogger auditLogger     = EELFManager.getInstance().getAuditLogger();
+    protected static final EELFLogger securityLogger  = EELFManager.getInstance().getSecurityLogger();
 
     // By default we'll set it to a default handler
     private static UserNameHandler    userNameHandler = new DefaultUserNameHandler();
@@ -63,7 +65,10 @@ public abstract class SecureServiceBase {
      */
     public String getUserName() {
         String name = userNameHandler.retrieveUserName(securityContext);
-        logger.debug("userName={}", name);
+        Date startTime = new Date();
+        LoggingUtils.setTargetContext("CLDS", "getUserName");
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
+        securityLogger.debug("User logged into the CLDS system={}", name);
         return name;
     }
 
@@ -100,30 +105,33 @@ public abstract class SecureServiceBase {
      */
     public boolean isAuthorized(SecureServicePermission inPermission) throws NotAuthorizedException {
         boolean authorized = false;
-        logger.debug("checking if {} has permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission);
+       
+        Date startTime = new Date();
+        LoggingUtils.setTargetContext("CLDS", "isAuthorized");
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
+        
+        securityLogger.debug("checking if {} has permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission);
+        
         // check if the user has the permission key or the permission key with a
         // combination of all instance and/or all action.
         if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKey())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized for permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized for permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());            
             authorized = true;
             // the rest of these don't seem to be required - isUserInRole method
             // appears to take * as a wildcard
         } else if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKeyAllInstance())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance: {}", getPrincipalName(),
-                    inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
             authorized = true;
         } else if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKeyAllInstanceAction())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance and * for action: {}",
-                    getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
+             securityLogger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance and * for action: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());            
             authorized = true;
         } else if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKeyAllAction())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for action: {}", getPrincipalName(),
-                    inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for action: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());            
             authorized = true;
         } else {
             String msg = getPrincipalName() + " does not have permission: " + inPermission;
             LoggingUtils.setErrorContext("100", "Authorization Error");
-            logger.warn(msg);
+            securityLogger.warn(msg);
             throw new NotAuthorizedException(msg);
         }
         return authorized;
@@ -144,29 +152,32 @@ public abstract class SecureServiceBase {
      */
     public boolean isAuthorizedNoException(SecureServicePermission inPermission) {
         boolean authorized = false;
-        logger.debug("checking if {} has permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission);
+        
+        securityLogger.debug("checking if {} has permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission);
+        Date startTime = new Date();
+        LoggingUtils.setTargetContext("CLDS", "isAuthorizedNoException");
+        LoggingUtils.setTimeContext(startTime, new Date());
+        
         // check if the user has the permission key or the permission key with a
         // combination of all instance and/or all action.
         if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKey())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized for permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized for permission: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
             authorized = true;
             // the rest of these don't seem to be required - isUserInRole method
             // appears to take * as a wildcard
         } else if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKeyAllInstance())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance: {}", getPrincipalName(),
-                    inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance: {}", getPrincipalName(),inPermission.getKey());
             authorized = true;
         } else if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKeyAllInstanceAction())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance and * for action: {}",
-                    getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for instance and * for action: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
             authorized = true;
         } else if (securityContext.isUserInRole(inPermission.getKeyAllAction())) {
-            logger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for action: {}", getPrincipalName(),
-                    inPermission.getKey());
+            securityLogger.info("{} authorized because user has permission with * for action: {}", getPrincipalName(), inPermission.getKey());
             authorized = true;
         } else {
             String msg = getPrincipalName() + " does not have permission: " + inPermission;
             LoggingUtils.setErrorContext("100", "Authorization Error");
+            securityLogger.warn(msg);
             logger.warn(msg);
         }
         return authorized;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/CryptoUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/CryptoUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd4d1b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/util/CryptoUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. 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============================================
+ * ===================================================================
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ */
+
+package org.onap.clamp.clds.util;
+
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import javax.crypto.Cipher;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * CryptoUtils for encrypting/decrypting string based on a Key defined in
+ * application.properties (Spring config file).
+ * 
+ */
+@Component("CryptoUtils")
+public final class CryptoUtils {
+    public static final String AES       = "AES";
+    public static final String KEY_PARAM = "org.onap.clamp.encryption.aes.key";
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment        springEnv;
+    private SecretKeySpec      secretKeySpec;
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize Method
+     * 
+     */
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
+        secretKeySpec = getSecretKeySpec(springEnv.getProperty(KEY_PARAM));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encrypt a value based on the Clamp Encryption Key.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     * @return The encrypted string
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
+     *             In case of issue with the encryption
+     */
+    public String encrypt(String value) throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(CryptoUtils.AES);
+        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKeySpec, cipher.getParameters());
+        byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(value.getBytes());
+        return byteArrayToHexString(encrypted);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decrypt a value.
+     * 
+     * @param message
+     *            The encrypted string that must be decrypted using the Clamp
+     *            Encryption Key
+     * @return The String decrypted
+     * @throws GeneralSecurityException
+     *             In case of issue with the encryption
+     */
+    public String decrypt(String message) throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance(CryptoUtils.AES);
+        cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, secretKeySpec);
+        byte[] decrypted = cipher.doFinal(hexStringToByteArray(message));
+        return new String(decrypted);
+    }
+
+    private SecretKeySpec getSecretKeySpec(String keyString) {
+        byte[] key = hexStringToByteArray(keyString);
+        return new SecretKeySpec(key, CryptoUtils.AES);
+    }
+
+    private String byteArrayToHexString(byte[] b) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(b.length * 2);
+        for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
+            int v = b[i] & 0xff;
+            if (v < 16) {
+                sb.append('0');
+            }
+            sb.append(Integer.toHexString(v));
+        }
+        return sb.toString().toUpperCase();
+    }
+
+    private byte[] hexStringToByteArray(String s) {
+        byte[] b = new byte[s.length() / 2];
+        for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
+            int index = i * 2;
+            int v = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(index, index + 2), 16);
+            b[i] = (byte) v;
+        }
+        return b;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/workflow/ProcessRequestDelegate.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/workflow/ProcessRequestDelegate.java
index 19bdcaf9..a5d84bb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/workflow/ProcessRequestDelegate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/clamp/clds/workflow/ProcessRequestDelegate.java
@@ -21,35 +21,21 @@
  * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
  */
 
-/* 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.
- */
-
 package org.onap.clamp.clds.workflow;
 
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
+import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
+
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.delegate.DelegateExecution;
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.delegate.JavaDelegate;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFLogger;
-import com.att.eelf.configuration.EELFManager;
-
 @Component
 public class ProcessRequestDelegate implements JavaDelegate {
 
-    protected static final EELFLogger       logger      = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ProcessRequestDelegate.class);
+    protected static final EELFLogger logger      = EELFManager.getInstance().getLogger(ProcessRequestDelegate.class);
     protected static final EELFLogger auditLogger = EELFManager.getInstance().getAuditLogger();
 
-    // @Override
     @Override
     public void execute(DelegateExecution execution) throws Exception {
         logger.info("Processing request by '" + execution.getVariable("customerId") + "'...");