Merge "Enhance vid CSIT tests, added for scaleout"

23 files changed, 398 insertions, 171 deletions

diff --git a/plans/vid/healthCheck/setup.sh b/plans/vid/healthCheck/setup.sh
index 38dddf54..584a640a 100644
--- a/plans/vid/healthCheck/setup.sh
+++ b/plans/vid/healthCheck/setup.sh
@@ -14,24 +14,30 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# Modifications copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property
+# Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia Intellectual Property
 #
 # Place the scripts in run order:
 
 /usr/bin/Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x24&
 export DISPLAY=:0
 
+source ${SCRIPTS}/common_functions.sh
 source ${WORKSPACE}/scripts/vid/clone_and_setup_vid_data.sh
-
 source ${WORKSPACE}/scripts/vid/start_vid_containers.sh
 
+echo `Obtaining ip of VID server...`
+VID_IP=`get-instance-ip.sh vid-server`
+SO_SIMULATOR_IP=`get-instance-ip.sh so-simulator`
+
+bypass_ip_address ${VID_IP}
+bypass_ip_address ${SO_SIMULATOR_IP}
 
-BE_IP=`get-instance-ip.sh vid-server`
-echo BE_IP=${BE_IP}
+echo VID_IP=${VID_IP}
+echo SO_SIMULATOR_IP=${SO_SIMULATOR_IP}
 
 
 # Pass any variables required by Robot test suites in ROBOT_VARIABLES
-ROBOT_VARIABLES="-v BE_IP:${BE_IP}"
+ROBOT_VARIABLES="-v VID_IP:${VID_IP} -v SO_SIMULATOR_IP:${SO_SIMULATOR_IP}"
 
 pip install assertpy
 pip install requests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plans/vid/healthCheck/teardown.sh b/plans/vid/healthCheck/teardown.sh
index 14fd0522..8f168679 100644
--- a/plans/vid/healthCheck/teardown.sh
+++ b/plans/vid/healthCheck/teardown.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-# Modifications copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property
+# Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia Intellectual Property
 #
 
 source ${WORKSPACE}/scripts/vid/kill_containers_and_remove_dataFolders.sh
diff --git a/plans/vid/healthCheck/testplan.txt b/plans/vid/healthCheck/testplan.txt
index 20add7af..61c39083 100644
--- a/plans/vid/healthCheck/testplan.txt
+++ b/plans/vid/healthCheck/testplan.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 vid/healthCheck
 vid/login
 vid/https-connection
+vid/scaleOut
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/get-instance-ip.sh b/scripts/get-instance-ip.sh
index c4ca82cf..a236c025 100755
--- a/scripts/get-instance-ip.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-instance-ip.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' $1
+docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' $1
diff --git a/scripts/vid/start_vid_containers.sh b/scripts/vid/start_vid_containers.sh
index a058e1fb..c8804349 100644
--- a/scripts/vid/start_vid_containers.sh
+++ b/scripts/vid/start_vid_containers.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # 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.
+#
+# Modifications copyright (c) 2018 Nokia Intellectual Property
 # ============LICENSE_END============================================
 # ===================================================================
 # ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
@@ -33,8 +35,21 @@ docker-compose up -d --build
 TIME_OUT=1200
 INTERVAL=5
 TIME=0
+
+	for i in {1..10}; do
+	    if [ $(docker inspect -f '{{ .State.Running }}' vid-server) ]
+	    then
+		echo "VID service is running"
+		VID_DOCKER_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' vid-server)
+		break
+	    else
+		echo "Waiting for vid-server docker initialization... $i"
+		sleep $i
+	    fi
+	done
+
 while [ "$TIME" -lt "$TIME_OUT" ]; do
-  response=$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null http://localhost:8080/vid/healthCheck); echo $response
+  response=$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null http://"$VID_DOCKER_IP":8080/vid/healthCheck); echo $response
 
   if [ "$response" == "200" ]; then
     echo VID and its database well started in $TIME seconds
diff --git a/tests/vid/healthCheck/test1.robot b/tests/vid/healthCheck/test1.robot
index 8f9448d8..4f1aabd3 100644
--- a/tests/vid/healthCheck/test1.robot
+++ b/tests/vid/healthCheck/test1.robot
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Library           json
 *** Test Cases ***
 Get Requests health check ok
     [Tags]    get
-    CreateSession    vid    http://localhost:8080
+    CreateSession    vid    http://${VID_IP}:8080
     ${headers}=    Create Dictionary    Accept=application/json    Content-Type=application/json
-    ${resp}=    Get Request    vid    /vid/healthCheck    headers=&{headers}
+    ${resp}=    Get Request    vid    /vid/healthCheck    headers=${headers}
     Should Be Equal As Strings    ${resp.status_code}    200
     Log to console   statusCode: ${resp.json()['statusCode']}
     Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.json()['statusCode']}  200    
diff --git a/tests/vid/https-connection/__init__.robot b/tests/vid/https-connection/__init__.robot
index e69de29b..dcb082f1 100644
--- a/tests/vid/https-connection/__init__.robot
+++ b/tests/vid/https-connection/__init__.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation    VID - Checking connection to other component using HTTPS
diff --git a/tests/vid/https-connection/keywords.py b/tests/vid/https-connection/keywords.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 85bca101..00000000
--- a/tests/vid/https-connection/keywords.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-import ast
-
-import requests
-from assertpy import assert_that
-from robot.api import logger
-from robot.api.deco import keyword
-
-JSESSIONID_COOKIE = "JSESSIONID"
-
-_vid_to_so_request_details = {
-    "requestDetails": {
-        "cloudConfiguration": {
-            "lcpCloudRegionId": "RegionOne",
-            "tenantId": "982c540f6e69488eb6be5664255e00c0"
-        },
-        "modelInfo": {
-            "modelInvariantId": "41b3c314-dfab-4501-9c5e-1c9fe5d8e151",
-            "modelName": "SoWs1..base_ws..module-0",
-            "modelType": "vfModule",
-            "modelVersion": "1",
-            "modelVersionId": "7ea96ae9-9eac-4eaa-882e-077478a6c44a"
-        },
-        "relatedInstanceList": [{
-            "relatedInstance": {
-                "instanceId": "0d8a98d8-d7ca-4c26-b7ab-81d3729e3b6c",
-                "modelInfo": {
-                    "modelInvariantId": "a4413616-cf96-4615-a94e-0dc5a6a65430",
-                    "modelName": "SC_WS_SW_2",
-                    "modelType": "service",
-                    "modelVersion": "3.0",
-                    "modelVersionId": "0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9"
-                }
-            }
-        },
-            {
-                "relatedInstance": {
-                    "instanceId": "61c19619-2714-46f8-90c9-39734e4f545f",
-                    "modelInfo": {
-                        "modelCustomizationName": "SO_WS_1 0",
-                        "modelInvariantId": "3b2c9dcb-6ef8-4c3c-8d5b-43d5776f7110",
-                        "modelName": "SO_WS_1",
-                        "modelType": "vnf",
-                        "modelVersion": "1.0",
-                        "modelVersionId": "0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9"
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        ],
-        "requestInfo": {
-            "source": "VID",
-            "suppressRollback": False,
-            "requestorId": "az2016",
-            "instanceName": "SC_WS_VNF_1_2"
-        },
-        "requestParameters": {
-            "controllerType": "SDNC",
-            "userParams": []
-        }
-
-    }
-}
-
-_expected_so_response = {
-    "status": 202,
-    "entity": {
-        "requestReferences": {
-            "instanceId": "fffcbb6c-1983-42df-9ca8-89ae8b3a46c1",
-            "requestId": "b2197d7e-3a7d-410e-82ba-7b7e8191bc46"
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-def _extract_cookie_from_headers(headers):
-    for i in headers["Set-Cookie"].split(";"):
-        if JSESSIONID_COOKIE in i:
-            return i
-    raise RuntimeError("No cookie when logging in to VID")
-
-
-def _log_request(response):
-    logger.console(
-        "\n=========\n"
-        "Performing request to : {} \nBODY: {}\nHEADERS: {}"
-            .format(str(response.request.url), str(response.request.body), str(response.request.headers)))
-    logger.console(
-        "---------\n"
-        "Got response\n BODY: {} \n HEADERS: {}"
-        "\n=========\n".format(str(response.headers), str(response.content)))
-
-
-@keyword('Login To VID')
-def login_to_vid():
-    headers = {'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0',
-               'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8',
-               'Accept-Language': 'pl,en-US;q=0.7,en;q=0.3',
-               'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate', 'Referer': 'http://localhost:8080/vid/login.htm',
-               'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
-               'Content-Length': '36',
-               'Cookie': 'JSESSIONID=1B4AF817AA4BCB87C07BB5B49EFE8526',
-               'Connection': 'keep-alive',
-               'Upgrade-Insecure-Requests': '1'}
-    response = requests.post("https://localhost:8443/vid/login_external", data="loginId=demo&password=Kp8bJ4SXszM0WX",
-                             headers=headers, allow_redirects=False, verify=False)
-    logger.console("Performing login")
-    _log_request(response)
-    return _extract_cookie_from_headers(response.headers)
-
-
-@keyword('Send create VF module instance request to VID')
-def send_create_vfmodule_instance_request_to_vid(jsession_cookie):
-    response = requests.post(
-        "https://localhost:8443/vid/mso/mso_create_vfmodule_instance/0d8a98d8-d7ca-4c26-b7ab-81d3729e3b6c/vnfs/61c19619-2714-46f8-90c9-39734e4f545f ",
-        headers={"Cookie": jsession_cookie}, json=_vid_to_so_request_details, verify=False)
-    content = ast.literal_eval(response.content)
-    logger.console("Triggering VF module instance creation")
-    _log_request(response)
-    return content
-
-
-@keyword('Response should contain valid entity')
-def expect_response_from_so_was_correctly_propageted(content):
-    logger.console("\nActual entity" + str(content['entity']))
-    logger.console("Expected entity" + str(_expected_so_response))
-    assert_that(content['entity']).is_equal_to(_expected_so_response)
diff --git a/tests/vid/https-connection/test1.robot b/tests/vid/https-connection/test1.robot
index 2173757a..a7f6c4b9 100644
--- a/tests/vid/https-connection/test1.robot
+++ b/tests/vid/https-connection/test1.robot
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
 *** Settings ***
-Library     keywords.py
-Library     Collections
+Library       SeleniumLibrary
+Library 	  RequestsLibrary
+Library       OperatingSystem
+Library       json
+Resource      ../../common.robot
+Resource      ../resources/keywords/scaleout_vid_keywords.robot
+
 
 *** Variables ***
+${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}              %{WORKSPACE}/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets
+${EXPECTED_SO_RESPONSES_FILEPATH}  ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/expected_so_responses.json
+${EXPECTED_SO_REQUESTS_FILEPATH}   ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/expected_so_requests.json
+${SO_SIMULATOR_BASE_URL}           http://${SO_SIMULATOR_IP}:8443
+${VID_HTTP_BASE_URL}               http://${VID_IP}:8080
+${VID_SCALEOUT_ENDPOINT}           vid/mso/mso_create_vfmodule_instance/0d8a98d8-d7ca-4c26-b7ab-81d3729e3b6c/vnfs/61c19619-2714-46f8-90c9-39734e4f545f
+${VALID_SCALEOUT_REQ_FILEPATH}     ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/vid_create_vfmodule_request.json
+${VALID_SCALEOUT_RESP_FILEPATH}    ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/so_action_response.json
 
 
 *** Test Cases ***
-Connection to SO is performed using HTTPS
-     ${cookies}=  Login To VID
-     ${response}=  Send create VF module instance request to VID  ${cookies}
-     Dictionary Should Contain Item  ${response}  status  200
-     Response should contain valid entity  ${response}
-
-
-*** Keywords ***
+Triggering create vfmodule operation in SO is performed using HTTPS
+    Setup Expected Data In SO Simulator  ${EXPECTED_SO_RESPONSES_FILEPATH}  ${SO_SIMULATOR_BASE_URL}  setResponse
+    ${jsessionIdCookie}=  Login to VID Internally  ${VID_HTTP_BASE_URL}/vid/login.htm  demo  Kp8bJ4SXszM0WX
+    Log to console  loginResponse:  ${jsessionIdCookie}
+    ${soExpectedJsonResp}=  json_from_file  ${VALID_SCALEOUT_RESP_FILEPATH}
+    ${soResponse}=  Send Post request from VID FE  ${VID_HTTP_BASE_URL}  ${VID_SCALEOUT_ENDPOINT}  ${VALID_SCALEOUT_REQ_FILEPATH}  ${VALID_SCALEOUT_RESP_FILEPATH}  ${jsessionIdCookie}
+    Dictionaries Should Be Equal  ${soExpectedJsonResp}  ${soResponse.json()['entity']}
+    [Teardown]    Close Browser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/login/test1.robot b/tests/vid/login/test1.robot
index acb6aae8..2c39b503 100644
--- a/tests/vid/login/test1.robot
+++ b/tests/vid/login/test1.robot
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Login To VID GUI
     Click Button    xpath=//input[@id='loginBtn']
     Wait Until Page Contains  Welcome to VID    ${GLOBAL_SELENIUM_BROWSER_WAIT_TIMEOUT}
     Log    Logged in to ${VID_ENDPOINT}${VID_ENV}
-
+    [Teardown]    Close Browser
 	
 *** Keywords ***
 Setup Browser
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/docker-compose.yml b/tests/vid/resources/docker-compose.yml
index 4aecb6ab..5f2c0fec 100644
--- a/tests/vid/resources/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
         - vid-mariadb:vid-mariadb-docker-instance
 
     vid-mariadb:
-        image: mariadb:10
+        image: nexus3.onap.org:10001/library/mariadb:10
         environment:
         - MYSQL_DATABASE=vid_openecomp_epsdk
         - MYSQL_USER=vidadmin
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
     so-simulator:
         build:
             context: simulators
-            dockerfile: SO-simulator
+            dockerfile: Dockerfile
         ports:
         - "8444:8443"
         container_name: so-simulator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/keywords/scaleout_vid_keywords.robot b/tests/vid/resources/keywords/scaleout_vid_keywords.robot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b96d45d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/keywords/scaleout_vid_keywords.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     Collection of util keywords for managing SO simulator
+Library       SeleniumLibrary
+Library       RequestsLibrary
+Library       OperatingSystem
+Library       Collections
+Library       json
+Resource      ../../../common.robot
+
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Setup Expected Data In SO Simulator
+    [Documentation]    Setup data to be returned by simulator
+    [Arguments]     ${expectedResponseFilePath}   ${simulatorBaseUrl}  ${simulatorPutEndpoint}
+    ${expectedDataToReturn}=  json_from_file  ${expectedResponseFilePath}
+    ${headers}=    Create Dictionary    Content-Type=application/json
+    ${session}=  Create Session  so_simulator  ${simulatorBaseUrl}
+    ${resp}= 	Put Request  so_simulator	uri=/${simulatorPutEndpoint}  data=${expectedDataToReturn}   headers=${headers}
+    Should Be Equal As Strings      ${resp.status_code}     200
+    Log to console    Successfully initialized so-simulator: status code ${resp.status_code}
+
+
+Send Post request from VID FE
+    [Documentation]    Imitates VID UI. This keyword is designed for imitating calls from VID UI to VID BE
+    [Arguments]    ${vidBaseUrl}  ${endpoint}  ${requestFilePath}  ${expectedResponseFilePath}  ${cookie}
+    ${vidRequest}=  json_from_file  ${requestFilePath}
+    ${headers}=  Create Dictionary     Content-Type=application/json  Cookie=${cookie}
+    ${session}=  Create Session  vid  ${vidBaseUrl}
+    ${resp}=  Post Request  vid  uri=/${endpoint}  data=${vidRequest}  headers=${headers}
+    Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}     200
+    Log to console  ${resp.content}
+    [Return]  ${resp}
+
+
+Login to VID Internally
+    [Arguments]     ${url}  ${username}    ${password}
+    [Documentation]  Login using Autn
+    Open browser  ${url}  chrome
+    Input Text   id=loginId    ${username}
+    Input Password  id=password  ${password}
+    Click Element  id=loginBtn
+    ${cookie_value}     Get Cookie Value    JSESSIONID
+    [Return]  JSESSIONID=${cookie_value}
+
+
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/Dockerfile b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aa13925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM frolvlad/alpine-python3
+
+COPY SO.py /
+ADD ./test_data_assets/ /
+
+EXPOSE 8443
+
+CMD [ "python", "./SO.py", "expected_so_requests.json", "expected_so_responses.json" ]
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO-simulator b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO-simulator
deleted file mode 100644
index 54587665..00000000
--- a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO-simulator
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-FROM frolvlad/alpine-python3
-
-ADD SO.py /
-ADD so_post_response.json /
-
-EXPOSE 8443
-
-CMD [ "python", "./SO.py" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO.py b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO.py
index edc15f62..c1199390 100644
--- a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO.py
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/SO.py
@@ -1,45 +1,115 @@
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# INTEGRATION CSIT
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Nokia 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=========================================================
+
+import json
 import logging
+from functools import partial
+from sys import argv
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 
 DEFAULT_PORT = 8443
 
 
 class SOHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def __init__(self, expected_requests, expected_responses, *args, **kwargs):
 
-    def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
-        self.response_on_get = self._read_on_get_response()
-        super().__init__(request, client_address, server)
+        self._expected_requests = expected_requests
+        self._expected_responses = expected_responses
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def do_POST(self):
-        logging.info('POST called')
+        logging.info(
+            'POST called. Expected POST REQUEST: ' + json.dumps(
+                self._expected_requests["post"]) + '\nExpected POST response: ' +
+            json.dumps(self._expected_responses["post"]))
         self.send_response(200)
         self._set_headers()
 
-        self.wfile.write(self.response_on_get.encode("utf-8"))
+        self.wfile.write(json.dumps(self._expected_responses["post"]).encode("utf-8"))
         return
 
     def do_GET(self):
-        logging.info('GET called')
+        logging.info(
+            'GET called. Expected GET REQUEST: ' + json.dumps(
+                self._expected_requests["get"]) + '\nExpected GET response: ' +
+            json.dumps(self._expected_responses["get"]))
         self.send_response(200)
         self._set_headers()
 
-        self.wfile.write(self.response_on_get.encode("utf-8"))
-        return
+        self.wfile.write(json.dumps(self._expected_responses["get"]).encode("utf-8"))
+        return self._expected_responses["get"]
+
+    def do_PUT(self):
+        request_body_json = self._get_request_body()
+        if request_body_json is not None:
+            self._apply_expected_data(request_body_json)
+            logging.info("EXPECTED RESPONSES: " + str(self._expected_responses))
+            logging.info("EXPECTED REQUESTS: " + str(self._expected_requests))
+            response_status = 200
+        else:
+            response_status = 400
+        self.send_response(response_status)
+        self._set_headers()
+
+    def _get_request_body(self):
+        content_len = int(self.headers['Content-Length'], 0)
+        parsed_req_body = None
+        if content_len > 0:
+            body = self.rfile.read(content_len)
+            body_decoded = body.decode('utf8')
+            logging.info("BODY: %s type: %s  body decoded: %s type: %s", str(body), type(body), str(body_decoded),
+                         type(body_decoded))
+            parsed_req_body = json.loads(body_decoded)
+        return parsed_req_body
+
+    def _apply_expected_data(self, request_body_json):
+        if self.path == '/setResponse':
+            logging.info("IN PUT /setResponse: " + str(request_body_json))
+            print("TYPE: %s and text: %s", type(request_body_json), str(request_body_json))
+            self._expected_responses.update(request_body_json)
+            print("TYPE: %s", type(request_body_json))
+        elif self.path == '/setRequest':
+            logging.info("IN PUT /setRequest: " + str(request_body_json))
+            self._expected_requests.update(request_body_json)
 
     def _set_headers(self):
         self.send_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
         self.end_headers()
 
+
+class JsonFileToDictReader(object):
+
     @staticmethod
-    def _read_on_get_response():
-        with open('so_post_response.json', 'r') as file:
-            return file.read()
+    def read_expected_test_data(expected_responses_filename):
+        with open(expected_responses_filename, 'r') as file:
+            return json.load(file)
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+def init_so_simulator():
+    expected_so_requests = JsonFileToDictReader.read_expected_test_data(argv[1])
+    expected_so_responses = JsonFileToDictReader.read_expected_test_data(argv[2])
     logging.basicConfig(filename='output.log', level=logging.INFO)
-    SOHandler.protocol_version = "HTTP/1.0"
-
-    httpd = HTTPServer(('', DEFAULT_PORT), SOHandler)
+    handler = partial(SOHandler, expected_so_requests, expected_so_responses)
+    handler.protocol_version = "HTTP/1.0"
+    httpd = HTTPServer(('', DEFAULT_PORT), handler)
     logging.info("serving on: " + str(httpd.socket.getsockname()))
     httpd.serve_forever()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    init_so_simulator()
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/expected_so_requests.json b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/expected_so_requests.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..214fa6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/expected_so_requests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  "get": {
+    "get_request": "accepted"
+  },
+  "post":  {
+    "requestDetails": {
+      "cloudConfiguration": {
+        "lcpCloudRegionId": "RegionOne",
+        "tenantId": "982c540f6e69488eb6be5664255e00c0"
+      },
+      "modelInfo": {
+        "modelInvariantId": "41b3c314-dfab-4501-9c5e-1c9fe5d8e151",
+        "modelName": "SoWs1..base_ws..module-0",
+        "modelType": "vfModule",
+        "modelVersion": "1",
+        "modelVersionId": "7ea96ae9-9eac-4eaa-882e-077478a6c44a"
+      },
+      "relatedInstanceList": [{
+        "relatedInstance": {
+          "instanceId": "0d8a98d8-d7ca-4c26-b7ab-81d3729e3b6c",
+          "modelInfo": {
+            "modelInvariantId": "a4413616-cf96-4615-a94e-0dc5a6a65430",
+            "modelName": "SC_WS_SW_2",
+            "modelType": "service",
+            "modelVersion": "3.0",
+            "modelVersionId": "0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+        {
+          "relatedInstance": {
+            "instanceId": "61c19619-2714-46f8-90c9-39734e4f545f",
+            "modelInfo": {
+              "modelCustomizationName": "SO_WS_1 0",
+              "modelInvariantId": "3b2c9dcb-6ef8-4c3c-8d5b-43d5776f7110",
+              "modelName": "SO_WS_1",
+              "modelType": "vnf",
+              "modelVersion": "1.0",
+              "modelVersionId": "0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "requestInfo": {
+        "source": "VID",
+        "suppressRollback": "false",
+        "requestorId": "az2016",
+        "instanceName": "SC_WS_VNF_1_2"
+      },
+      "requestParameters": {
+        "controllerType": "SDNC",
+        "userParams": []
+      }
+
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/expected_so_responses.json b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/expected_so_responses.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b735225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/expected_so_responses.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "get": {
+    "get_response": "accepted"
+  },
+  "post": {
+    "status": 202,
+    "entity": {
+      "requestReferences": {
+        "instanceId": "fffcbb6c-1983-42df-9ca8-89ae8b3a46c1",
+        "requestId": "b2197d7e-3a7d-410e-82ba-7b7e8191bc46"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/so_action_response.json b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/so_action_response.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..391231dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/so_action_response.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "status": 202,
+  "entity": {
+    "requestReferences": {
+      "instanceId": "fffcbb6c-1983-42df-9ca8-89ae8b3a46c1",
+      "requestId": "b2197d7e-3a7d-410e-82ba-7b7e8191bc46"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/so_response_for_invalid_request.json b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/so_response_for_invalid_request.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..477de145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/so_response_for_invalid_request.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "status": 400,
+  "entity": {
+    "requestError": {
+      "serviceException": {
+        "messageId": "SVC0002",
+        "text": "Error mapping request: Unrecognized field \"configurationParameters\" (class org.onap.so.serviceinstancebeans.ServiceInstancesRequest), not marked as ignorable (8 known properties: \"configurationId\", \"requestDetails\", \"serviceInstanceId\", \"vfModuleInstanceId\", \"correlationId\", \"vnfInstanceId\", \"volumeGroupInstanceId\", \"networkInstanceId\"])\n at [Source: {\"configurationParameters\":[],\"requestDetails\":{\"cloudConfiguration\":{\"lcpCloudRegionId\":\"RegionOne\",\"tenantId\":\"982c540f6e69488eb6be5664255e00c0\"},\"modelInfo\":{\"modelInvariantId\":\"41b3c314-dfab-4501-9c5e-1c9fe5d8e151\",\"modelName\":\"SoWs1..base_ws..module-0\",\"modelType\":\"vfModule\",\"modelVersion\":\"1\",\"modelVersionId\":\"7ea96ae9-9eac-4eaa-882e-077478a6c44a\"},\"relatedInstanceList\":[{\"relatedInstance\":{\"instanceId\":\"0d8a98d8-d7ca-4c26-b7ab-81d3729e3b6c\",\"modelInfo\":{\"modelInvariantId\":\"a4413616-cf96-4615-a94e-0dc5a6a65430\",\"modelName\":\"SC_WS_SW_2\",\"modelType\":\"service\",\"modelVersion\":\"3.0\",\"modelVersionId\":\"00e0bb964-e687-4439-9a9e-de9cd1ff5367\"}}},{\"relatedInstance\":{\"instanceId\":\"61c19619-2714-46f8-90c9-39734e4f545f\",\"modelInfo\":{\"modelCustomizationName\":\"SO_WS_1 0\",\"modelInvariantId\":\"3b2c9dcb-6ef8-4c3c-8d5b-43d5776f7110\",\"modelName\":\"SO_WS_1\",\"modelType\":\"vnf\",\"modelVersion\":\"1.0\",\"modelVersionId\":\"0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9\"}}}],\"requestInfo\":{\"source\":\"VID\",\"suppressRollback\":false,\"requestorId\":\"az2016\",\"instanceName\":\"SC_WS_VNF_1_2\"},\"requestParameters\":{\"controllerType\":\"SDNC\",\"userParams\":[]}}}; line: 1, column: 29] (through reference chain: org.onap.so.serviceinstancebeans.ServiceInstancesRequest[\"configurationParameters\"])"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/vid_create_vfmodule_request.json b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/vid_create_vfmodule_request.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f0b6eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/vid_create_vfmodule_request.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+  "requestDetails": {
+    "cloudConfiguration": {
+      "lcpCloudRegionId": "RegionOne",
+      "tenantId": "982c540f6e69488eb6be5664255e00c0"
+    },
+    "modelInfo": {
+      "modelInvariantId": "41b3c314-dfab-4501-9c5e-1c9fe5d8e151",
+      "modelName": "SoWs1..base_ws..module-0",
+      "modelType": "vfModule",
+      "modelVersion": "1",
+      "modelVersionId": "7ea96ae9-9eac-4eaa-882e-077478a6c44a"
+    },
+    "relatedInstanceList": [
+      {
+        "relatedInstance": {
+          "instanceId": "0d8a98d8-d7ca-4c26-b7ab-81d3729e3b6c",
+          "modelInfo": {
+            "modelInvariantId": "a4413616-cf96-4615-a94e-0dc5a6a65430",
+            "modelName": "SC_WS_SW_2",
+            "modelType": "service",
+            "modelVersion": "3.0",
+            "modelVersionId": "0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "relatedInstance": {
+          "instanceId": "61c19619-2714-46f8-90c9-39734e4f545f",
+          "modelInfo": {
+            "modelCustomizationName": "SO_WS_1 0",
+            "modelInvariantId": "3b2c9dcb-6ef8-4c3c-8d5b-43d5776f7110",
+            "modelName": "SO_WS_1",
+            "modelType": "vnf",
+            "modelVersion": "1.0",
+            "modelVersionId": "0fdaaf44-3c6c-4d81-9c57-b2ce7224dbb9"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "requestInfo": {
+      "source": "VID",
+      "suppressRollback": "false",
+      "requestorId": "az2016",
+      "instanceName": "SC_WS_VNF_1_2"
+    },
+    "requestParameters": {
+      "controllerType": "SDNC",
+      "userParams": []
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/vid_scaleout_request.json b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/vid_scaleout_request.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70761ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets/vid_scaleout_request.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "requestDetails":[
+    {
+      "vnfName":"ws-test-0310-8",
+      "vnfInstanceId":"980fe98e-47f8-4164-862d-4ebb026cec75",
+      "relatedInstanceList":[
+        {
+          "relatedInstance":{
+            "instanceId":"fd84f066-ea75-4b23-acd0-3cf3fce7a99b",
+            "modelInfo":{
+              "modelVersionId":"0e0bb964-e687-4439-9a9e-de9cd1ff5367",
+              "modelName":"ws-service",
+              "modelInvariantId":"734f0952-6678-44e7-8918-f9aa4694b687",
+              "modelType":"service",
+              "modelVersion":"1.0"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "requestType":"VNF Scale Out"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vid/scaleOut/__init__.robot b/tests/vid/scaleOut/__init__.robot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..540b7cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/scaleOut/__init__.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation    VID - ScaleOut use case
diff --git a/tests/vid/scaleOut/scaleout_workflow_test.robot b/tests/vid/scaleOut/scaleout_workflow_test.robot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b28c586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vid/scaleOut/scaleout_workflow_test.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Library 	  RequestsLibrary
+Library       OperatingSystem
+Library       json
+Resource      ../../common.robot
+Resource      ../resources/keywords/scaleout_vid_keywords.robot
+
+
+*** Variables ***
+${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}              %{WORKSPACE}/tests/vid/resources/simulators/test_data_assets
+${EXPECTED_SO_RESPONSES_FILEPATH}  ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/expected_so_responses.json
+${EXPECTED_SO_REQUESTS_FILEPATH}   ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/expected_so_requests.json
+${SO_SIMULATOR_BASE_URL}           http://${SO_SIMULATOR_IP}:8443
+${VID_HTTP_BASE_URL}               http://${VID_IP}:8080
+${VID_SCALEOUT_ENDPOINT}           vid/change-management/workflow/ws-test-0310-8
+${VALID_SCALEOUT_REQ_FILEPATH}     ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/vid_scaleout_request.json
+${VALID_SCALEOUT_RESP_FILEPATH}    ${VID_TEST_ASSET_DIR}/so_action_response.json
+
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Triggering scaleout workflow operation succeeds
+    Setup Expected Data In SO Simulator  ${EXPECTED_SO_RESPONSES_FILEPATH}  ${SO_SIMULATOR_BASE_URL}  setResponse
+    ${soExpectedJsonResp}=  json_from_file  ${VALID_SCALEOUT_RESP_FILEPATH}
+    ${vidRequest}=  json_from_file  ${VALID_SCALEOUT_REQ_FILEPATH}
+    ${headers}=  Create Dictionary     Content-Type=application/json
+    ${session}=  Create Session  alias=vid  url=${VID_HTTP_BASE_URL}  headers=${headers}
+    ${resp}=  Post Request  vid  uri=/${VID_SCALEOUT_ENDPOINT}  data=${vidRequest}  headers=${headers}
+    Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}     200
+    Dictionaries Should Be Equal  ${soExpectedJsonResp}  ${resp.json()['entity']}
+
+
+