Add kserve participant

Issue-ID: POLICY-4525
Signed-off-by: aravind.est <aravindhan.a@est.tech>
Change-Id: I00c3c9bc02eb7e424c459100517db90f5e8b738c

21 files changed, 1587 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/Application.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/Application.java
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+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/Application.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiClient;
+import io.kubernetes.client.util.Config;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+
+/**
+ * Starter.
+ */
+// @formatter:off
+@SpringBootApplication
+@ComponentScan({"org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve", "org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary"})
+@ConfigurationPropertiesScan("org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.parameters")
+//@formatter:on
+public class Application {
+
+    /**
+     * Main class.
+     *
+     * @param args args
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Default Api Client bean creation.
+     *
+     * @return ApiClient
+     * @throws IOException exception
+     */
+    @Bean
+    public ApiClient defaultApiClient() throws IOException {
+        return Config.fromCluster();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/MicrometerConfig.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/MicrometerConfig.java
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+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/MicrometerConfig.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.config;
+
+import io.micrometer.core.aop.TimedAspect;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class MicrometerConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * Load up the metrics registry.
+     */
+    @Bean
+    public InitializingBean forcePrometheusPostProcessor(BeanPostProcessor meterRegistryPostProcessor,
+            MeterRegistry registry) {
+        return () -> meterRegistryPostProcessor.postProcessAfterInitialization(registry, "");
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public TimedAspect timedAspect(MeterRegistry registry) {
+        return new TimedAspect(registry);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/ParticipantConfig.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/ParticipantConfig.java
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+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/ParticipantConfig.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.config;
+
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary.api.ParticipantIntermediaryApi;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.handler.AutomationCompositionElementHandler;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class ParticipantConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * Register AutomationCompositionElementListener.
+     *
+     * @param intermediaryApi the ParticipantIntermediaryApi
+     * @param acElementHandler the AutomationComposition Element Handler
+     */
+    @Autowired
+    public void registerAutomationCompositionElementListener(ParticipantIntermediaryApi intermediaryApi,
+            AutomationCompositionElementHandler acElementHandler) {
+        intermediaryApi.registerAutomationCompositionElementListener(acElementHandler);
+        acElementHandler.setIntermediaryApi(intermediaryApi);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/SecurityConfig.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/SecurityConfig.java
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+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/config/SecurityConfig.java
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+/*-
+ * ========================LICENSE_START=================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ======================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ========================LICENSE_END===================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
+
+@Configuration
+public class SecurityConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the configuration of how access to this module's REST end points is secured.
+     *
+     * @param http the HTTP security settings
+     * @return the HTTP security settings
+     */
+    @Bean
+    public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+        http
+                .httpBasic()
+                .and()
+                .authorizeHttpRequests()
+                .anyRequest()
+                .authenticated()
+                .and()
+                .csrf()
+                .disable();
+        return http.build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/exception/KserveException.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/exception/KserveException.java
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+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/exception/KserveException.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.exception;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.onap.policy.models.base.PfModelException;
+
+public class KserveException extends PfModelException {
+
+    public KserveException(String message) {
+        super(Response.Status.BAD_GATEWAY, message);
+    }
+
+    public KserveException(int statusCode, String message, Exception e) {
+        super(Response.Status.fromStatusCode(statusCode), message, e);
+    }
+
+    public KserveException(String message, Exception originalException) {
+        super(Response.Status.BAD_GATEWAY, message, originalException);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/handler/AutomationCompositionElementHandler.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/handler/AutomationCompositionElementHandler.java
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+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/handler/AutomationCompositionElementHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.handler;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import javax.validation.Validation;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary.api.AutomationCompositionElementListener;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary.api.ParticipantIntermediaryApi;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.exception.KserveException;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s.InferenceServiceValidator;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s.KserveClient;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.models.ConfigurationEntity;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.models.KserveInferenceEntity;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.AcElementDeploy;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.DeployState;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.LockState;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.Coder;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.CoderException;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.StandardCoder;
+import org.onap.policy.models.base.PfModelException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * This class handles implementation of automationCompositionElement updates.
+ */
+@Component
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class AutomationCompositionElementHandler implements AutomationCompositionElementListener {
+
+    private static final Coder CODER = new StandardCoder();
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+
+    private ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
+
+    @Setter
+    private ParticipantIntermediaryApi intermediaryApi;
+
+    private final KserveClient kserveClient;
+
+    @Getter
+    private static final Map<UUID, ConfigurationEntity> configRequestMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+
+    private static class ThreadConfig {
+
+        private int uninitializedToPassiveTimeout = 60;
+        private int statusCheckInterval = 30;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void undeploy(UUID automationCompositionId, UUID automationCompositionElementId) {
+        var configurationEntity = configRequestMap.get(automationCompositionElementId);
+        if (configurationEntity != null) {
+            try {
+                for (KserveInferenceEntity kserveInferenceEntity : configurationEntity.getKserveInferenceEntities()) {
+                    kserveClient.undeployInferenceService(kserveInferenceEntity.getNamespace(),
+                            kserveInferenceEntity.getName());
+                }
+                configRequestMap.remove(automationCompositionElementId);
+                intermediaryApi.updateAutomationCompositionElementState(automationCompositionId,
+                        automationCompositionElementId, DeployState.UNDEPLOYED, LockState.NONE);
+            } catch (IOException | ApiException exception) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Deletion of Inference service failed", exception);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Callback method to handle an update on an automation composition element.
+     *
+     * @param automationCompositionId the ID of the automation composition
+     * @param element the information on the automation composition element
+     * @param properties properties Map
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void deploy(UUID automationCompositionId, AcElementDeploy element, Map<String, Object> properties)
+            throws PfModelException {
+        try {
+            var configurationEntity = CODER.convert(properties, ConfigurationEntity.class);
+            var violations = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory().getValidator().validate(configurationEntity);
+            if (violations.isEmpty()) {
+                boolean isAllInferenceSvcDeployed = true;
+                var config = CODER.convert(properties, ThreadConfig.class);
+                for (KserveInferenceEntity kserveInferenceEntity : configurationEntity.getKserveInferenceEntities()) {
+                    kserveClient.deployInferenceService(kserveInferenceEntity.getNamespace(),
+                            kserveInferenceEntity.getPayload());
+
+                    if (!checkInferenceServiceStatus(kserveInferenceEntity.getName(),
+                            kserveInferenceEntity.getNamespace(), config.uninitializedToPassiveTimeout,
+                            config.statusCheckInterval)) {
+                        isAllInferenceSvcDeployed = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (isAllInferenceSvcDeployed) {
+                    configRequestMap.put(element.getId(), configurationEntity);
+                    intermediaryApi.updateAutomationCompositionElementState(automationCompositionId, element.getId(),
+                            DeployState.DEPLOYED, LockState.LOCKED);
+                } else {
+                    LOGGER.error("Inference Service deployment failed");
+                }
+            } else {
+                LOGGER.error("Violations found in the config request parameters: {}", violations);
+                throw new ValidationException("Constraint violations in the config request");
+            }
+        } catch (ValidationException | ExecutionException | InterruptedException | CoderException e) {
+            throw new KserveException(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid Configuration", e);
+        } catch (IOException | ApiException e) {
+            throw new KserveException(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "Failed to configure the inference service", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check the status of Inference Service.
+     *
+     * @param inferenceServiceName name of the inference service
+     * @param namespace            kubernetes namespace
+     * @param timeout              Inference service time check
+     * @param statusCheckInterval  Status check time interval
+     * @return status of the inference service
+     * @throws ExecutionException   Exception on execution
+     * @throws InterruptedException Exception on inference service status check
+     */
+    public boolean checkInferenceServiceStatus(String inferenceServiceName, String namespace, int timeout,
+            int statusCheckInterval) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        // Invoke runnable thread to check pod status
+        Future<String> result = executor.submit(
+                new InferenceServiceValidator(inferenceServiceName, namespace, timeout, statusCheckInterval,
+                        kserveClient), "Done");
+        return (!result.get().isEmpty()) && result.isDone();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/InferenceServiceValidator.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/InferenceServiceValidator.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/InferenceServiceValidator.java
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+/*-
+ * ========================LICENSE_START=================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ======================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ========================LICENSE_END===================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.exception.KserveException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+public class InferenceServiceValidator implements Runnable {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+
+    private final KserveClient kserveClient;
+
+    private final int statusCheckInterval;
+
+    //Timeout for the thread to exit.
+    private final int timeout;
+
+    private final String inferenceServiceName;
+
+    private final String namespace;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for PodStatusValidator.
+     *
+     * @param inferenceServiceName name of the inference service
+     * @param namespace            kubernetes namespace
+     * @param timeout              timeout for the thread to exit
+     * @param statusCheckInterval  Interval to check pod status
+     */
+    public InferenceServiceValidator(String inferenceServiceName, String namespace, int timeout,
+            int statusCheckInterval, KserveClient kserveClient) {
+        this.inferenceServiceName = inferenceServiceName;
+        this.namespace = namespace;
+        this.timeout = timeout;
+        this.statusCheckInterval = statusCheckInterval;
+        this.kserveClient = kserveClient;
+    }
+
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        logger.info("Polling the status of deployed Inference Service {} in namespace {}", inferenceServiceName,
+                namespace);
+        try {
+            verifyInferenceServiceStatus();
+        } catch (KserveException | IOException e) {
+            throw new KserveException("Error verifying the status of the inference service. Exiting", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify inference service status.
+     * @throws KserveException exception
+     * @throws IOException exception
+     * @throws InterruptedException exception
+     * @throws ApiException exception
+     */
+    private void verifyInferenceServiceStatus()
+            throws KserveException, IOException, InterruptedException, ApiException {
+        var isVerified = false;
+        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + (timeout * 1000L);
+
+        while (!isVerified && System.currentTimeMillis() < endTime) {
+            var output = kserveClient.getInferenceServiceStatus(namespace, inferenceServiceName);
+            isVerified = output.equalsIgnoreCase(Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+            if (!isVerified) {
+                logger.info("Waiting for the inference service {} to be active ", inferenceServiceName);
+                // Recheck status of pods in specific intervals.
+                Thread.sleep(statusCheckInterval * 1000L);
+            } else {
+                logger.info("Inference Service {} is Ready to use ", inferenceServiceName);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!isVerified) {
+            throw new KserveException("Time out Exception verifying the status of the inference service");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/KserveClient.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/KserveClient.java
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index 000000000..b5e7892eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/KserveClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiClient;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.apis.CustomObjectsApi;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.parameters.CustomResourceDefinitionParameters;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class KserveClient {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+    private final ApiClient apiClient;
+
+    private final CustomResourceDefinitionParameters crdParams;
+
+    CustomObjectsApi customObjectsApi;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    void initialize() {
+        apiClient.setDebugging(logger.isDebugEnabled());
+        customObjectsApi = new CustomObjectsApi(apiClient);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deploy the inference service.
+     *
+     * @param namespace   k8s namespace
+     * @param jsonContent k8s payload
+     * @throws ApiException exception
+     */
+    public boolean deployInferenceService(String namespace, String jsonContent) throws ApiException, IOException {
+        var httpCall = customObjectsApi.createNamespacedCustomObjectCall(crdParams.getGroup(), crdParams.getVersion(),
+                namespace, crdParams.getPlural(), jsonContent.getBytes(), null, null, null, null);
+        try (Response httpResponse = httpCall.execute()) {
+            logger.debug("Response of inference service deploy in namespace {} is {}", namespace, httpResponse);
+            return httpResponse.isSuccessful();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Undeploy inference service.
+     *
+     * @param namespace            k8s namespace
+     * @param inferenceServiceName name of the inference service
+     * @throws ApiException exception
+     */
+    public boolean undeployInferenceService(String namespace, String inferenceServiceName)
+            throws ApiException, IOException {
+        var httpCall = customObjectsApi.deleteNamespacedCustomObjectCall(crdParams.getGroup(), crdParams.getVersion(),
+                namespace, crdParams.getPlural(), inferenceServiceName, crdParams.getGracePeriod(), false, null, null,
+                null, null);
+        try (Response httpResponse = httpCall.execute()) {
+            logger.debug("Response of inference service undeploy in namespace {} is {}", namespace, httpResponse);
+            return httpResponse.isSuccessful();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the status of Inference service.
+     *
+     * @param namespace            k8s namespace
+     * @param inferenceServiceName name of the inference service
+     * @return State of the inference service
+     * @throws ApiException exception on k8s client
+     * @throws IOException  exception
+     */
+    public String getInferenceServiceStatus(String namespace, String inferenceServiceName)
+            throws ApiException, IOException {
+        var httpCall =
+                customObjectsApi.getNamespacedCustomObjectCall(crdParams.getGroup(), crdParams.getVersion(), namespace,
+                        crdParams.getPlural(), inferenceServiceName, null);
+        try (Response httpResponse = httpCall.execute()) {
+            logger.debug("Response of getting inference service in {} is {}", namespace, httpResponse);
+            if (httpResponse.isSuccessful() && httpResponse.body() != null) {
+                JsonNode jsonNode = new ObjectMapper().readTree(httpResponse.body().string());
+                return jsonNode.at("/status/conditions/2/status").asText();
+            }
+        }
+        return Boolean.FALSE.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/models/ConfigurationEntity.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/models/ConfigurationEntity.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ab85b7c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/models/ConfigurationEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.models;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class ConfigurationEntity {
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Valid
+    private List<KserveInferenceEntity> kserveInferenceEntities;
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/models/KserveInferenceEntity.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/models/KserveInferenceEntity.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3717970c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/models/KserveInferenceEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.models;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategies;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonNaming;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaConceptIdentifier;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@JsonNaming(PropertyNamingStrategies.SnakeCaseStrategy.class)
+public class KserveInferenceEntity {
+
+    @NotNull
+    @JsonIgnore
+    private ToscaConceptIdentifier kserveInferenceEntityId;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String name;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String payload;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String namespace;
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/parameters/CustomResourceDefinitionParameters.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/parameters/CustomResourceDefinitionParameters.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..69a7cb466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/parameters/CustomResourceDefinitionParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.parameters;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+
+@Validated
+@Data
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "customresourcedefinition")
+public class CustomResourceDefinitionParameters {
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String group;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String version;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String plural;
+
+    private int gracePeriod = 10;
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/parameters/KserveParticipantParameters.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/parameters/KserveParticipantParameters.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..81582e1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/parameters/KserveParticipantParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.parameters;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary.parameters.ParticipantIntermediaryParameters;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary.parameters.ParticipantParameters;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+
+/**
+ * Class to hold all parameters needed for the Kserve participant.
+ */
+@Validated
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "participant")
+public class KserveParticipantParameters implements ParticipantParameters {
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Valid
+    private ParticipantIntermediaryParameters intermediaryParameters;
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5ce1a7daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/main/resources/config/application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+spring:
+  cloud:
+    kubernetes:
+      enabled: false
+    discovery:
+      enabled: false
+  security:
+    user:
+      name: participantUser
+      password: zb!XztG34
+  autoconfigure:
+    exclude:
+      - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration
+      - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration
+      - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceTransactionManagerAutoConfiguration
+      - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.web.SpringDataWebAutoConfiguration
+      - io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.manifests.config.KubernetesManifestsAutoConfiguration
+      - io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.network.config.KubernetesLoadBalancerAutoConfiguration
+
+security:
+  enable-csrf: false
+
+participant:
+  intermediaryParameters:
+    reportingTimeIntervalMs: 120000
+    description: Participant Description
+    participantId: 101c62b3-8918-41b9-a747-d21eb79c6c04
+    clampAutomationCompositionTopics:
+      topicSources:
+        - topic: POLICY-ACRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+          servers:
+            - ${topicServer:localhost}
+          topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
+          fetchTimeout: 15000
+      topicSinks:
+        - topic: POLICY-ACRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+          servers:
+            - ${topicServer:localhost}
+          topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
+    participantSupportedElementTypes:
+      -
+        typeName: org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.KserveAutomationCompositionElement
+        typeVersion: 1.0.1
+      -
+        typeName: org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.AutomationCompositionElement
+        typeVersion: 1.0.0
+
+customresourcedefinition:
+  group: serving.kserve.io
+  version: v1beta1
+  plural: inferenceservices
+  grace-period: 10
+
+management:
+  endpoints:
+    web:
+      base-path: /
+      exposure:
+        include: health, metrics, prometheus
+server:
+  port: 8087
+  servlet:
+    context-path: /onap/policy/clamp/acm/kserveparticipant
+
+
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/handler/AcElementHandlerTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/handler/AcElementHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0743e0429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/handler/AcElementHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.handler;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Spy;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.intermediary.api.ParticipantIntermediaryApi;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.exception.KserveException;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s.KserveClient;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.utils.CommonTestData;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.utils.ToscaUtils;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.AutomationCompositionElement;
+import org.onap.policy.models.base.PfModelException;
+import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaConceptIdentifier;
+import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaServiceTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+class AcElementHandlerTest {
+
+    private final KserveClient kserveClient = mock(KserveClient.class);
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    @Spy
+    private AutomationCompositionElementHandler automationCompositionElementHandler =
+            new AutomationCompositionElementHandler(kserveClient);
+
+    @Mock
+    private ParticipantIntermediaryApi participantIntermediaryApi;
+
+    @Mock
+    private ExecutorService executor;
+    @Mock
+    private Future<String> result;
+
+    private final CommonTestData commonTestData = new CommonTestData();
+
+    private static ToscaServiceTemplate serviceTemplate;
+    private static final String KSERVE_AUTOMATION_COMPOSITION_ELEMENT =
+            "onap.policy.clamp.ac.element.KserveAutomationCompositionElement";
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    static void init() {
+        serviceTemplate = ToscaUtils.readAutomationCompositionFromTosca();
+    }
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void startMocks() throws KserveException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, IOException, ApiException {
+        doReturn(true).when(kserveClient).deployInferenceService(any(), any());
+        doReturn(true).when(automationCompositionElementHandler)
+                .checkInferenceServiceStatus(any(), any(), anyInt(), anyInt());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_automationCompositionElementStateChange() throws PfModelException {
+        var automationCompositionId = commonTestData.getAutomationCompositionId();
+        var element = commonTestData.getAutomationCompositionElement();
+        var automationCompositionElementId = element.getId();
+
+
+        var nodeTemplatesMap = serviceTemplate.getToscaTopologyTemplate().getNodeTemplates();
+        automationCompositionElementHandler.deploy(commonTestData.getAutomationCompositionId(), element,
+                nodeTemplatesMap.get(KSERVE_AUTOMATION_COMPOSITION_ELEMENT).getProperties());
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> automationCompositionElementHandler.undeploy(automationCompositionId,
+                automationCompositionElementId));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_AutomationCompositionElementUpdate() {
+        var element = commonTestData.getAutomationCompositionElement();
+
+        var nodeTemplatesMap = serviceTemplate.getToscaTopologyTemplate().getNodeTemplates();
+        assertDoesNotThrow(
+                () -> automationCompositionElementHandler.deploy(commonTestData.getAutomationCompositionId(), element,
+                        nodeTemplatesMap.get(KSERVE_AUTOMATION_COMPOSITION_ELEMENT).getProperties()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_checkInferenceServiceStatus() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        doReturn(result).when(executor).submit(any(Runnable.class), any());
+        doReturn("Done").when(result).get();
+        doReturn(true).when(result).isDone();
+        ToscaConceptIdentifier automationCompositionId = new ToscaConceptIdentifier();
+        AutomationCompositionElement element = new AutomationCompositionElement();
+        assertDoesNotThrow(
+                () -> automationCompositionElementHandler.checkInferenceServiceStatus("sklearn-iris", "kserve-test", 1,
+                        1));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/InferenceServiceValidatorTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/InferenceServiceValidatorTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3ef89a7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/InferenceServiceValidatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.exception.KserveException;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+class InferenceServiceValidatorTest {
+
+    private static int TIMEOUT = 2;
+    private static int STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL = 1;
+
+    @MockBean
+    private KserveClient kserveClient;
+
+    String inferenceSvcName = "inference-test";
+    String namespace = "test";
+
+    @Test
+    void test_runningPodState() throws IOException, ApiException {
+        doReturn("True").when(kserveClient).getInferenceServiceStatus(any(), any());
+        var inferenceServiceValidator =
+                new InferenceServiceValidator(inferenceSvcName, namespace, TIMEOUT, STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL,
+                        kserveClient);
+        assertDoesNotThrow(inferenceServiceValidator::run);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_EmptyPodState() throws IOException, ApiException {
+        doReturn("").when(kserveClient).getInferenceServiceStatus(any(), any());
+        var inferenceServiceValidator =
+                new InferenceServiceValidator("", namespace, TIMEOUT, STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL,
+                        kserveClient);
+        assertThatThrownBy(inferenceServiceValidator::run).isInstanceOf(KserveException.class)
+                .hasMessage("Error verifying the status of the inference service. Exiting");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_PodFailureState() throws IOException, ApiException {
+        doReturn("False").when(kserveClient).getInferenceServiceStatus(any(), any());
+        var inferenceServiceValidator =
+                new InferenceServiceValidator(inferenceSvcName, namespace, TIMEOUT, STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL,
+                        kserveClient);
+        assertThatThrownBy(inferenceServiceValidator::run).isInstanceOf(KserveException.class)
+                .hasMessage("Error verifying the status of the inference service. Exiting");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/KserveClientTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/KserveClientTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c9be352db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/k8s/KserveClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.k8s;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiClient;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiException;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.apis.CustomObjectsApi;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import okhttp3.Call;
+import okhttp3.MediaType;
+import okhttp3.Protocol;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+@ActiveProfiles("test")
+@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
+class KserveClientTest {
+
+    @SpyBean
+    private KserveClient kserveClient;
+
+    String namespace = "kserve-test";
+
+    String inferenceServiceName = "sklearn-iris";
+
+    final Call remoteCall = mock(Call.class);
+
+    final CustomObjectsApi customObjectsApi = mock(CustomObjectsApi.class);
+
+    @MockBean
+    ApiClient apiClient;
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    void initialize() {
+        kserveClient.customObjectsApi = customObjectsApi;
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    void test_deployInferenceServiceValidResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+        String jsonContent =
+                "{\"apiVersion\": \"serving.kserve.io/v1beta1\",\"kind\": \"InferenceService\",\"metadata\": "
+                        + "{\"name\": \"" + inferenceServiceName
+                        + "\"},\"spec\": {\"predictor\": {\"model\":{\"modelFormat\": "
+                        + "{\"name\": \"sklearn\"},\"storageUri\": "
+                        + "\"gs://kfserving-examples/models/sklearn/1.0/model\"}}}}";
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.createNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(),
+                any())).thenReturn(remoteCall);
+        assertTrue(kserveClient.deployInferenceService(namespace, jsonContent));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_deployInferenceServiceInvalidResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+        String jsonContent =
+                "{\"apiVersion\": \"serving.kserve.io/v1beta1\",\"kind\": \"InferenceService\",\"metadata\": "
+                        + "{\"name\": \"" + inferenceServiceName
+                        + "\"},\"spec\": {\"predictor\": {\"model\":{\"modelFormat\": "
+                        + "{\"name\": \"sklearn\"},\"storageUri\": "
+                        + "\"gs://kfserving-examples/models/sklearn/1.0/model\"}}}}";
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.createNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(),
+                any())).thenReturn(remoteCall);
+        assertFalse(kserveClient.deployInferenceService(namespace, jsonContent));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_deployInvalidInferenceService() throws IOException, ApiException {
+        doThrow(new ApiException("Error in deploying the service")).when(kserveClient)
+                .deployInferenceService(any(), any());
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> kserveClient.deployInferenceService(namespace, "")).isInstanceOf(ApiException.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_undeployInferenceServiceValidResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.deleteNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(),
+                any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(remoteCall);
+        assertTrue(kserveClient.undeployInferenceService(namespace, inferenceServiceName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_undeployInferenceServiceInvalidResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.deleteNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any(),
+                any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(remoteCall);
+        assertFalse(kserveClient.undeployInferenceService(namespace, inferenceServiceName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_getInferenceServiceStatusValidResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_OK, getInferenceServiceResponseBody("True"));
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.getNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(
+                remoteCall);
+        assertEquals("True", kserveClient.getInferenceServiceStatus(namespace, inferenceServiceName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_getInferenceServiceStatusFalseResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_OK, getInferenceServiceResponseBody("False"));
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.getNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(
+                remoteCall);
+        assertEquals("False", kserveClient.getInferenceServiceStatus(namespace, inferenceServiceName));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_getInferenceServiceStatusInvalidResponse() throws IOException, ApiException {
+
+        var response = getResponse(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "");
+        when(remoteCall.execute()).thenReturn(response);
+        when(customObjectsApi.getNamespacedCustomObjectCall(any(), any(), any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(
+                remoteCall);
+        assertEquals("false", kserveClient.getInferenceServiceStatus(namespace, inferenceServiceName));
+    }
+
+    Response getResponse(int code) {
+        return getResponse(code, "{}");
+    }
+
+    Response getResponse(int code, String body) {
+        return new Response.Builder().request(new Request.Builder().url("http://test").build())
+                       .protocol(Protocol.HTTP_1_1).code(code).message("")
+                       .body(ResponseBody.create(body, MediaType.parse("application/json"))).build();
+    }
+
+    String getInferenceServiceResponseBody(String status) {
+        return "{ \"apiVersion\": \"serving.kserve.io/v1beta1\", \"kind\": \"InferenceService\", \"spec\": "
+                       + "{ \"predictor\": { \"model\": { \"modelFormat\": { \"name\": \"sklearn\" }, \"name\": \"\", "
+                       + "\"resources\": {}, \"storageUri\": \"gs://kfserving-examples/models/sklearn/1.0/model\" } } "
+                       + "}, \"status\": { \"address\": { \"url\": \"http://sklearn-iris.kserve-test.svc.cluster.local\""
+                       + " }, \"components\": { \"predictor\": { \"latestCreatedRevision\": \"1\", \"url\": "
+                       + "\"http://sklearn-iris-predictor-default-kserve-test.example.com\" } }, \"conditions\": [ "
+                       + "{ \"lastTransitionTime\": \"2023-02-15T13:39:16Z\", \"status\": \"" + status
+                       + "\", \"type\": "
+                       + "\"IngressReady\" }, { \"lastTransitionTime\": \"2023-02-15T13:39:16Z\", \"status\": " + "\""
+                       + status + "\", \"type\": \"PredictorReady\" }, { \"lastTransitionTime\": "
+                       + "\"2023-02-15T13:39:16Z\", \"status\": \"" + status + "\", \"type\": \"Ready\" } ], "
+                       + "\"modelStatus\": { \"copies\": { \"failedCopies\": 0, \"totalCopies\": 1 }, \"states\": "
+                       + "{ \"activeModelState\": \"Loaded\", \"targetModelState\": \"Loaded\" }, \"transitionStatus\":"
+                       + "\"UpToDate\" }, \"observedGeneration\": 1, \"url\": "
+                       + " \"http://sklearn-iris-kserve-test.example.com\" } }";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/rest/ActuatorControllerTest.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/rest/ActuatorControllerTest.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0cabac793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/rest/ActuatorControllerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.rest;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.ApiClient;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Invocation;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.utils.CommonActuatorController;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.actuate.metrics.AutoConfigureMetrics;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.server.LocalServerPort;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+@AutoConfigureMetrics
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+@ActiveProfiles("test")
+class ActuatorControllerTest extends CommonActuatorController {
+
+    private static final String HEALTH_ENDPOINT = "health";
+    private static final String METRICS_ENDPOINT = "metrics";
+    private static final String PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT = "prometheus";
+
+    @MockBean
+    ApiClient apiClient;
+
+    @LocalServerPort
+    private int randomServerPort;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setUpPort() {
+        super.setHttpPrefix(randomServerPort);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetHealth_Unauthorized() throws Exception {
+        assertUnauthorizedActGet(HEALTH_ENDPOINT);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetMetrics_Unauthorized() throws Exception {
+        assertUnauthorizedActGet(METRICS_ENDPOINT);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetPrometheus_Unauthorized() throws Exception {
+        assertUnauthorizedActGet(PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetHealth() throws Exception {
+        Invocation.Builder invocationBuilder = super.sendActRequest(HEALTH_ENDPOINT);
+        Response rawresp = invocationBuilder.buildGet().invoke();
+        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), rawresp.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetMetrics() throws Exception {
+        Invocation.Builder invocationBuilder = super.sendActRequest(METRICS_ENDPOINT);
+        Response rawresp = invocationBuilder.buildGet().invoke();
+        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), rawresp.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGePrometheus() throws Exception {
+        Invocation.Builder invocationBuilder = super.sendActRequest(PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT);
+        Response rawresp = invocationBuilder.buildGet().invoke();
+        assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), rawresp.getStatus());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/CommonActuatorController.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/CommonActuatorController.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b83a13897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/CommonActuatorController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.utils;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Invocation;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.authentication.HttpAuthenticationFeature;
+import org.onap.policy.common.gson.GsonMessageBodyHandler;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.network.NetworkUtil;
+
+/**
+ * Class to perform Rest unit tests.
+ */
+public class CommonActuatorController {
+
+    public static final String SELF = NetworkUtil.getHostname();
+    public static final String CONTEXT_PATH = "onap/policy/clamp/acm/kserveparticipant/";
+
+    private static String httpPrefix;
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a request to an actuator endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param endpoint the target endpoint
+     * @return a request builder
+     */
+    protected Invocation.Builder sendActRequest(final String endpoint) {
+        return sendFqeRequest(httpPrefix + CONTEXT_PATH + endpoint, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a request to an actuator endpoint, without any authorization header.
+     *
+     * @param endpoint the target endpoint
+     * @return a request builder
+     */
+    protected Invocation.Builder sendNoAuthActRequest(final String endpoint) {
+        return sendFqeRequest(httpPrefix + CONTEXT_PATH + endpoint, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a request to a fully qualified endpoint.
+     *
+     * @param fullyQualifiedEndpoint the fully qualified target endpoint
+     * @param includeAuth            if authorization header should be included
+     * @return a request builder
+     */
+    protected Invocation.Builder sendFqeRequest(final String fullyQualifiedEndpoint, boolean includeAuth) {
+        final Client client = ClientBuilder.newBuilder().build();
+
+        client.property(ClientProperties.METAINF_SERVICES_LOOKUP_DISABLE, "true");
+        client.register(GsonMessageBodyHandler.class);
+
+        if (includeAuth) {
+            client.register(HttpAuthenticationFeature.basic("participantUser", "zb!XztG34"));
+        }
+
+        final WebTarget webTarget = client.target(fullyQualifiedEndpoint);
+
+        return webTarget.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assert that GET call to actuator endpoint is Unauthorized.
+     *
+     * @param endPoint the endpoint
+     */
+    protected void assertUnauthorizedActGet(final String endPoint) {
+        Response rawresp = sendNoAuthActRequest(endPoint).buildGet().invoke();
+        assertEquals(Response.Status.UNAUTHORIZED.getStatusCode(), rawresp.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set Up httpPrefix.
+     *
+     * @param port the port
+     */
+    protected void setHttpPrefix(int port) {
+        httpPrefix = "http://" + SELF + ":" + port + "/";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/CommonTestData.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/CommonTestData.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..076738ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/CommonTestData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2022 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.utils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.AcElementDeploy;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.AutomationCompositionElement;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.concepts.AutomationCompositionOrderedState;
+import org.onap.policy.clamp.models.acm.messages.rest.instantiation.DeployOrder;
+import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaConceptIdentifier;
+
+public class CommonTestData {
+
+    private static final String TEST_KEY_NAME = "org.onap.domain.database.KserveAutomationCompositionElement";
+
+    private static final List<UUID> AC_ID_LIST = List.of(UUID.randomUUID(), UUID.randomUUID());
+
+    /**
+     * Get a automationComposition Element.
+     *
+     * @return automationCompositionElement object
+     */
+    public AcElementDeploy getAutomationCompositionElement() {
+        var element = new AcElementDeploy();
+        element.setId(UUID.randomUUID());
+        element.setDefinition(new ToscaConceptIdentifier(TEST_KEY_NAME, "1.0.1"));
+        element.setOrderedState(DeployOrder.DEPLOY);
+        return element;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get automation composition id.
+     *
+     * @return ToscaConceptIdentifier automationCompositionId
+     */
+    public UUID getAutomationCompositionId() {
+        return AC_ID_LIST.get(0);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/ToscaUtils.java b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/ToscaUtils.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e2b00e4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/acm/participant/kserve/utils/ToscaUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.clamp.acm.participant.kserve.utils;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder.YamlJsonTranslator;
+import org.onap.policy.common.utils.resources.ResourceUtils;
+import org.onap.policy.models.tosca.authorative.concepts.ToscaServiceTemplate;
+
+/**
+ * Util class for Test scope.
+ */
+@NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+public final class ToscaUtils {
+
+    private static final YamlJsonTranslator yamlTranslator = new YamlJsonTranslator();
+    private static final String TOSCA_TEMPLATE_YAML = "clamp/acm/test/participant-kserve.yaml";
+
+
+    /**
+     * Read a service template yaml.
+     * @return ToscaServiceTemplate
+     */
+    public static ToscaServiceTemplate readAutomationCompositionFromTosca() {
+        return serializeAutomationCompositionYaml();
+    }
+
+    private static ToscaServiceTemplate serializeAutomationCompositionYaml() {
+        String automationCompositionString = ResourceUtils.getResourceAsString(ToscaUtils.TOSCA_TEMPLATE_YAML);
+        return yamlTranslator.fromYaml(automationCompositionString, ToscaServiceTemplate.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8452ed071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/participant/participant-impl/participant-impl-kserve/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+participant:
+  intermediaryParameters:
+    reportingTimeIntervalMs: 120000
+    description: Participant Description
+    participantId: 101c62b3-8918-41b9-a747-d21eb79c6c04
+    clampAutomationCompositionTopics:
+      topicSources:
+        - topic: POLICY-ACRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+          servers:
+            - ${topicServer:localhost}
+          topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
+          fetchTimeout: 15000
+      topicSinks:
+        - topic: POLICY-ACRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
+          servers:
+            - ${topicServer:localhost}
+          topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
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