VSP Compliance Check for Compute Flavor-BE

Change-Id: Ife3eb83ab49e50fde1b0eb128e7e1abd5043432f
Issue-ID: SDC-2051
Co-authored-by: jguistwite@iconectiv.com
Signed-off-by: Vodafone <onap@vodafone.com>

14 files changed, 657 insertions, 605 deletions

diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ClientConfiguration.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ClientConfiguration.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2787e7e97f..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ClientConfiguration.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2019 iconectiv
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
-
-import lombok.Data;
-
-@Data
-public class ClientConfiguration {
-  /**
-   * Enable/disable state for the feature.  Client can use this
-   * to show/hide menu items.
-   */
-  private boolean enabled;
-
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/CsarMetadataVariableResolver.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/CsarMetadataVariableResolver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 191fff0c6c..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/CsarMetadataVariableResolver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2019 iconectiv
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
-
-import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
-import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.VtpTestExecutionRequest;
-import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.errors.ExternalTestingException;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManagerFactory;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VendorSoftwareProductManager;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VspManagerFactory;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.VersioningManager;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.VersioningManagerFactory;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.dao.types.Version;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
-import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
-
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
-
-/**
- * The CSAR Metadata variable resolver is responsible for processing of
- * variables in the test request.  It looks for variables with the "csar:" prefix
- * and extracts the contents of the uploaded CSAR file for a VSP.
- */
-public class CsarMetadataVariableResolver implements VariableResolver {
-
-  private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CsarMetadataVariableResolver.class);
-
-  static final String VSP_ID = "vspId";
-  static final String VSP_VERSION = "vspVersion";
-  static final String CSAR_PREFIX = "csar:";
-
-  private VersioningManager versioningManager;
-  private VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager;
-  private OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager candidateManager;
-
-  CsarMetadataVariableResolver(VersioningManager versioningManager,
-                                      VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager,
-                                      OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager candidateManager) {
-    this();
-    this.versioningManager = versioningManager;
-    this.vendorSoftwareProductManager = vendorSoftwareProductManager;
-    this.candidateManager = candidateManager;
-  }
-
-  CsarMetadataVariableResolver() {
-
-  }
-
-  @PostConstruct
-  public void init() {
-    if (versioningManager == null) {
-      versioningManager = VersioningManagerFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
-    }
-    if (vendorSoftwareProductManager == null) {
-      vendorSoftwareProductManager =
-          VspManagerFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
-    }
-    if (candidateManager == null) {
-      candidateManager =
-          OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManagerFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean resolvesVariablesForRequest(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem) {
-    Map<String,String> params = requestItem.getParameters();
-
-    // no params, quickly return.
-    if (params == null) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // no match, quickly return
-    if (!params.containsKey(VSP_ID) || !params.containsKey(VSP_VERSION)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    return (params.keySet().stream().anyMatch(s -> StringUtils.startsWith(s, CSAR_PREFIX)));
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void resolve(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body) {
-    logger.debug("run {} variable resolver...", this.getClass().getSimpleName());
-    Map<String,String> params = requestItem.getParameters();
-    String vspId = params.get(VSP_ID);
-    String version = params.get(VSP_VERSION);
-
-    try {
-      extractMetadata(requestItem, body, vspId, version);
-    }
-    catch (IOException ex) {
-      logger.error("metadata extraction failed", ex);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Extract the metadata from the VSP CSAR file.
-   * @param requestItem item to add metadata to for processing
-   * @param vspId VSP identifier
-   * @param version VSP version
-   */
-  @SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
-  protected void extractMetadata(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body, String vspId, String version) throws IOException {
-
-    Version ver = new Version(version);
-    logger.debug("attempt to retrieve archive for VSP {} version {}", vspId, ver.getId());
-
-    Optional<Pair<String, byte[]>> ozip = candidateManager.get(vspId, new Version(version));
-    if (!ozip.isPresent()) {
-      ozip = vendorSoftwareProductManager.get(vspId, ver);
-    }
-
-    if (!ozip.isPresent()) {
-      List<Version> versions = versioningManager.list(vspId);
-      String knownVersions = versions
-          .stream()
-          .map(v -> String.format("%d.%d: %s (%s)", v.getMajor(), v.getMinor(), v.getStatus(), v.getId()))
-          .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
-
-      String detail = String.format("Unable to find archive for VSP ID %s and Version %s.  Known versions are:\n%s",
-        vspId, version, knownVersions);
-
-      throw new ExternalTestingException("Archive Processing Failed", 500, detail);
-    }
-
-    // safe here to do get.
-    Pair<String, byte[]> zip = ozip.get();
-    processArchive(requestItem, body, zip.getRight());
-  }
-
-  @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false)
-  private class NamedByteArrayResource extends ByteArrayResource {
-    private String filename;
-    private NamedByteArrayResource(byte[] bytes, String filename) {
-      super(bytes, filename);
-      this.filename = filename;
-    }
-    @Override
-    public String getFilename() {
-      return this.filename;
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
-  protected void processArchive(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body, byte[] zip) {
-    try {
-      ZipInputStream zipStream = new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(zip));
-      ZipEntry entry;
-      while ((entry = zipStream.getNextEntry()) != null) {
-        String entryName = entry.getName();
-        logger.debug("csar contains entry {}", entryName);
-        Map<String,String> params = requestItem.getParameters();
-          params.forEach((key,val) -> {
-            if (key.startsWith(CSAR_PREFIX)) {
-              addToBody(requestItem, body, zipStream, entryName, key);
-            }
-        });
-      }
-    } catch (IOException ex) {
-      logger.error("IO Exception parsing zip", ex);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private void addToBody(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body, ZipInputStream zipStream, String entryName, String key) {
-    String filename = key.substring(CSAR_PREFIX.length());
-    logger.debug("match {} with {}", entryName, filename);
-    if (StringUtils.equals(entryName, filename)) {
-      try {
-        NamedByteArrayResource res = new NamedByteArrayResource(IOUtils.toByteArray(zipStream), filename);
-        body.add("file", res);
-
-        // we've added the file to the body.   need to replace the value in the request for this
-        // parameter to match the VTP requirement that it start with a file URL protocol handler.
-        requestItem.getParameters().put(key, "file://" + entryName);
-
-      } catch (IOException ex) {
-        logger.error("failed to read zip entry content for {}", entryName, ex);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImpl.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImpl.java
index 38fb11c6ae..bea31c14c3 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImpl.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImpl.java
@@ -16,20 +16,32 @@
 
 package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.amdocs.zusammen.utils.fileutils.json.JsonUtil;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.onap.sdc.tosca.services.YamlUtil;
 import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.*;
 import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.errors.ExternalTestingException;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.heat.datatypes.manifest.FileData;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.heat.datatypes.manifest.ManifestContent;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManagerFactory;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VendorSoftwareProductManager;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VspManagerFactory;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.VersioningManager;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.VersioningManagerFactory;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.dao.types.Version;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.http.*;
 import org.springframework.http.client.SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
@@ -38,18 +50,23 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.HttpStatusCodeException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
 
   private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.class);
 
+  private static final String FILE_URL_PREFIX = "file://";
+  private static final String MANIFEST_JSON = "MANIFEST.json";
   private static final String HTTP_STATUS = "httpStatus";
   private static final String CODE = "code";
   private static final String ERROR = "error";
@@ -57,9 +74,6 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
   private static final String DETAIL = "detail";
   private static final String PATH = "path";
 
-  private static final String CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY = "configuration.yaml";
-  private static final String CONFIG_SECTION = "externalTestingConfig";
-
   private static final String VTP_SCENARIOS_URI = "%s/v1/vtp/scenarios";
   private static final String VTP_TESTSUITE_URI = "%s/v1/vtp/scenarios/%s/testsuites";
   private static final String VTP_TESTCASES_URI = "%s/v1/vtp/scenarios/%s/testcases";
@@ -67,43 +81,123 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
   private static final String VTP_EXECUTIONS_URI = "%s/v1/vtp/executions";
   private static final String VTP_EXECUTION_URI = "%s/v1/vtp/executions/%s";
 
-  private static final String INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR = "Invalid State";
+  private static final String INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR_CODE = "SDC-TEST-001";
   private static final String NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED = "No access configuration defined";
 
+  private static final String NO_SUCH_ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE = "SDC-TEST-002";
+  private static final String ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE = "SDC-TEST-003";
+  private static final String TESTING_HTTP_ERROR_CODE = "SDC-TEST-004";
+  private static final String SDC_RESOLVER_ERR = "SDC-TEST-005";
+
+  private static final String TOSCA_META = "TOSCA-Metadata/TOSCA.meta";
+  private static final String MAIN_SERVICE_TEMPLATE_YAML_FILE_NAME = "MainServiceTemplate.yaml";
+  private static final String TOSCA_META_ENTRY_DEFINITIONS="Entry-Definitions";
+  static final String VSP_ID = "vspId";
+  static final String VSP_VERSION = "vspVersion";
+
+  private static final String SDC_CSAR = "sdc-csar";
+  private static final String SDC_HEAT = "sdc-heat";
+
+
+  private VersioningManager versioningManager;
+  private VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager;
+  private OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager candidateManager;
+
   private TestingAccessConfig accessConfig;
-  private Map<String, RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> endpoints = new HashMap<>();
+  private List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> endpoints;
 
   private RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
-  private List<VariableResolver> variableResolvers;
-
-  public ExternalTestingManagerImpl(@Autowired(required=false) List<VariableResolver> variableResolvers) {
-    this.variableResolvers = variableResolvers;
-    // nothing to do at the moment.
+  public ExternalTestingManagerImpl() {
     restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
   }
 
+  ExternalTestingManagerImpl(VersioningManager versioningManager,
+                               VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager,
+                               OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager candidateManager) {
+    this();
+    this.versioningManager = versioningManager;
+    this.vendorSoftwareProductManager = vendorSoftwareProductManager;
+    this.candidateManager = candidateManager;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Read the configuration from the yaml file for this bean.  If we get an exception during load,
    * don't force an error starting SDC but log a warning.  Do no warm...
    */
   @PostConstruct
-  public void loadConfig() {
+  public void init() {
 
-    String file = Objects.requireNonNull(System.getProperty(CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY),
-        "Config file location must be specified via system property " + CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY);
-    try {
-      Object rawConfig = getExternalTestingAccessConfiguration(file);
-      if (rawConfig != null) {
-        accessConfig = new ObjectMapper().convertValue(rawConfig, TestingAccessConfig.class);
-        accessConfig.getEndpoints()
-            .stream()
-            .filter(RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition::isEnabled)
-            .forEach(e -> endpoints.put(e.getId(), e));
+    if (versioningManager == null) {
+      versioningManager = VersioningManagerFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+    }
+    if (vendorSoftwareProductManager == null) {
+      vendorSoftwareProductManager =
+          VspManagerFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+    }
+    if (candidateManager == null) {
+      candidateManager =
+          OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManagerFactory.getInstance().createInterface();
+    }
+
+    loadConfig();
+  }
+
+  private Stream<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> mapEndpointString(String ep) {
+    RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition rv = new RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition();
+    String[] cfg = ep.split(",");
+    if (cfg.length < 4) {
+      logger.error("invalid endpoint definition {}", ep);
+      return Stream.empty();
+    }
+    else {
+      rv.setId(cfg[0]);
+      rv.setTitle(cfg[1]);
+      rv.setEnabled("true".equals(cfg[2]));
+      rv.setUrl(cfg[3]);
+      if (cfg.length > 4) {
+        rv.setScenarioFilter(cfg[4]);
+      }
+      if (cfg.length > 5) {
+        rv.setApiKey(cfg[5]);
+      }
+      return Stream.of(rv);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load the configuration for this component.  When the SDC onboarding backend
+   * runs, it gets a system property called config.location.  We can use that
+   * to locate the config-externaltesting.yaml file.
+   */
+  private void loadConfig() {
+    String loc = System.getProperty("config.location");
+    File file = new File(loc, "externaltesting-configuration.yaml");
+    try (InputStream fileInput = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+      YamlUtil yamlUtil = new YamlUtil();
+      accessConfig = yamlUtil.yamlToObject(fileInput, TestingAccessConfig.class);
+
+      if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+        String s = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(accessConfig);
+        logger.info("loaded external testing config {}", s);
+      }
+
+      endpoints = accessConfig.getEndpoints().stream()
+          .flatMap(this::mapEndpointString)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+      if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+        String s = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(endpoints);
+        logger.info("processed external testing config {}", s);
       }
     }
     catch (IOException ex) {
-      logger.warn("Unable to initialize external testing configuration.  Add '" + CONFIG_SECTION + "' to configuration.yaml with url value.  Feature will be hobbled with results hardcoded to empty values.", ex);
+      logger.error("failed to read external testing config.  Disabling the feature", ex);
+      accessConfig = new TestingAccessConfig();
+      accessConfig.setEndpoints(new ArrayList<>());
+      accessConfig.setClient(new ClientConfiguration());
+      accessConfig.getClient().setEnabled(false);
+      endpoints = new ArrayList<>();
     }
   }
 
@@ -112,7 +206,7 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
    * expose to the client.  Treated as a JSON blob for flexibility.
    */
   @Override
-  public String getConfig() {
+  public ClientConfiguration getConfig() {
     ClientConfiguration cc = null;
     if (accessConfig != null) {
       cc = accessConfig.getClient();
@@ -121,24 +215,47 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
       cc = new ClientConfiguration();
       cc.setEnabled(false);
     }
-    try {
-      return new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(cc);
-    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-      logger.error("failed to write client config", e);
-      return "{\"enabled\":false}";
+    return cc;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * To allow for functional testing, we let a caller invoke
+   * a setConfig request to enable/disable the client.  This
+   * new value is not persisted.
+   * @return new client configuration
+   */
+  @Override
+  public ClientConfiguration setConfig(ClientConfiguration cc) {
+    if (accessConfig == null) {
+      accessConfig = new TestingAccessConfig();
     }
+    accessConfig.setClient(cc);
+    return getConfig();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * To allow for functional testing, we let a caller invoke
+   * a setEndpoints request to configure where the BE makes request to.
+   * @return new endpoint definitions.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> setEndpoints(List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> endpoints) {
+    this.endpoints = endpoints;
+    return this.getEndpoints();
+  }
+
+
+
   @Override
   public TestTreeNode getTestCasesAsTree() {
     TestTreeNode root = new TestTreeNode("root", "root");
 
     // quick out in case of non-configured SDC
-    if (accessConfig == null) {
+    if (endpoints == null) {
       return root;
     }
 
-    for (RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition ep : accessConfig.getEndpoints()) {
+    for (RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition ep : endpoints) {
       if (ep.isEnabled()) {
         buildTreeFromEndpoint(ep, root);
       }
@@ -208,19 +325,6 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
     if (testcase.getScenario() == null) {
       testcase.setScenario(scenario);
     }
-
-    // if no inputs, return.
-    if (testcase.getInputs() == null) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // to work around a VTP limitation,
-    // any inputs that are marked as internal should not be sent to the client.
-    testcase.setInputs(testcase.getInputs()
-        .stream()
-        .filter(input -> (input.getMetadata() == null) ||
-            (!input.getMetadata().containsKey("internal")) ||
-            !"true".equals(input.getMetadata().get("internal").toString())).collect(Collectors.toList()));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -260,11 +364,10 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
    * Get the list of endpoints defined to the testing manager.
    * @return list of endpoints or empty list if the manager is not configured.
    */
-  public List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> getEndpoints() {
-    if (accessConfig != null) {
-      return accessConfig.getEndpoints().stream()
+  public List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> getEndpoints() {
+    if (endpoints != null) {
+      return endpoints.stream()
           .filter(RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition::isEnabled)
-          .map(e -> new VtpNameDescriptionPair(e.getId(), e.getTitle()))
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
     else {
@@ -273,10 +376,9 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get the list of scenarios at a given endpoint.
+   * Code shared by getScenarios and getTestSuites.
    */
-  public List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> getScenarios(final String endpoint) {
-    String url = buildEndpointUrl(VTP_SCENARIOS_URI, endpoint, ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
+  private List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> returnNameDescriptionPairFromUrl(String url) {
     ParameterizedTypeReference<List<VtpNameDescriptionPair>> t = new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<VtpNameDescriptionPair>>() {};
     List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> rv = proxyGetRequestToExternalTestingSite(url, t);
     if (rv == null) {
@@ -286,16 +388,19 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Get the list of scenarios at a given endpoint.
+   */
+  public List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> getScenarios(final String endpoint) {
+    String url = buildEndpointUrl(VTP_SCENARIOS_URI, endpoint, ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
+    return returnNameDescriptionPairFromUrl(url);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Get the list of test suites for an endpoint for the given scenario.
    */
   public List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> getTestSuites(final String endpoint, final String scenario) {
     String url = buildEndpointUrl(VTP_TESTSUITE_URI, endpoint, new String[] {scenario});
-    ParameterizedTypeReference<List<VtpNameDescriptionPair>> t = new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<VtpNameDescriptionPair>>() {};
-    List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> rv = proxyGetRequestToExternalTestingSite(url, t);
-    if (rv == null) {
-      rv = new ArrayList<>();
-    }
-    return rv;
+    return returnNameDescriptionPairFromUrl(url);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -343,14 +448,14 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
    * @return list of execution responses.
    */
   private List<VtpTestExecutionResponse> execute(final String endpointName, final List<VtpTestExecutionRequest> testsToRun, String requestId) {
-    if (accessConfig == null) {
-      throw new ExternalTestingException(INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR, 500, NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED);
+    if (endpoints == null) {
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR_CODE, 500, NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED);
     }
 
-    RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition endpoint = accessConfig.getEndpoints().stream()
+    RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition endpoint = endpoints.stream()
         .filter(e -> StringUtils.equals(endpointName, e.getId()))
         .findFirst()
-        .orElseThrow(() -> new ExternalTestingException("No such endpoint", 500, "No endpoint named " + endpointName + " is defined"));
+        .orElseThrow(() -> new ExternalTestingException(NO_SUCH_ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE, 400, "No endpoint named " + endpointName + " is defined"));
 
     // if the endpoint requires an API key, specify it in the headers.
     HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
@@ -361,30 +466,29 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
 
     // build the body.
     MultiValueMap<String, Object> body = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+
+    for(VtpTestExecutionRequest test: testsToRun) {
+      if ((test.getParameters() != null) &&
+          (test.getParameters().containsKey(SDC_CSAR) || test.getParameters().containsKey(SDC_HEAT))) {
+        attachArchiveContent(test, body);
+      }
+    }
+
     try {
       // remove the endpoint from the test request since that is a FE/BE attribute
-      // add the execution profile configured for the endpoint.
-      testsToRun.forEach(t -> {
-        t.setEndpoint(null);
-        t.setProfile(t.getScenario()); // VTP wants a profile.  Use the scenario name.
-      });
+      testsToRun.forEach(t -> t.setEndpoint(null));
 
       body.add("executions", new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(testsToRun));
     }
-    catch (Exception ex) {
+    catch (IOException ex) {
       logger.error("exception converting tests to string", ex);
       VtpTestExecutionResponse err = new VtpTestExecutionResponse();
       err.setHttpStatus(500);
-      err.setCode("500");
+      err.setCode(TESTING_HTTP_ERROR_CODE);
       err.setMessage("Execution failed due to " + ex.getMessage());
       return Collections.singletonList(err);
     }
 
-    for(VtpTestExecutionRequest test: testsToRun) {
-      runVariableResolvers(test, body);
-    }
-
-
     // form and send request.
     HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>> requestEntity = new HttpEntity<>(body, headers);
     String url = buildEndpointUrl(VTP_EXECUTIONS_URI, endpointName, ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY);
@@ -399,13 +503,14 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
     catch (ExternalTestingException ex) {
       logger.error("exception caught invoking endpoint {}", endpointName, ex);
       VtpTestExecutionResponse err = new VtpTestExecutionResponse();
-      err.setHttpStatus(ex.getCode());
-      err.setCode(""+ex.getCode());
-      err.setMessage(ex.getTitle() + ": " + ex.getDetail());
+      err.setHttpStatus(ex.getHttpStatus());
+      err.setCode(TESTING_HTTP_ERROR_CODE);
+      err.setMessage(ex.getMessageCode() + ": " + ex.getDetail());
       return Collections.singletonList(err);
     }
   }
 
+
   /**
    * Execute tests splitting them across endpoints and collecting the results.
    * @param testsToRun list of tests to be executed.
@@ -413,8 +518,8 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
    */
   @Override
   public List<VtpTestExecutionResponse> execute(final List<VtpTestExecutionRequest> testsToRun, String requestId) {
-    if (accessConfig == null) {
-      throw new ExternalTestingException(INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR, 500, NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED);
+    if (endpoints == null) {
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR_CODE, 500, NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED);
     }
 
     // partition the requests by endpoint.
@@ -428,36 +533,6 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Load the external testing access configuration from the SDC onboarding yaml configuration file.
-   * @param file filename to retrieve data from
-   * @return parsed YAML object
-   * @throws IOException thrown if failure in reading YAML content.
-   */
-  private Object getExternalTestingAccessConfiguration(String file) throws IOException {
-    Map<?, ?> configuration = Objects.requireNonNull(readConfigurationFile(file), "Configuration cannot be empty");
-    Object testingConfig = configuration.get(CONFIG_SECTION);
-    if (testingConfig == null) {
-      logger.warn("Unable to initialize external testing access configuration.  Add 'testingConfig' to configuration.yaml with url value.  Feature will be hobbled with results hardcoded to empty values.");
-    }
-
-    return testingConfig;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Load the onboarding yaml config file.
-   * @param file name of file to load
-   * @return map containing YAML properties.
-   * @throws IOException thrown in the event of YAML parse or IO failure.
-   */
-  private static Map<?, ?> readConfigurationFile(String file) throws IOException {
-    try (InputStream fileInput = new FileInputStream(file)) {
-      YamlUtil yamlUtil = new YamlUtil();
-      return yamlUtil.yamlToMap(fileInput);
-    }
-  }
-
-
-  /**
    * Return URL with endpoint url as prefix.
    * @param format format string.
    * @param endpointName endpoint to address
@@ -465,17 +540,17 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
    * @return qualified url.
    */
   private String buildEndpointUrl(String format, String endpointName, String[] args) {
-    if (accessConfig != null) {
-      RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition ep = endpoints.values().stream()
-          .filter(e -> e.getId().equals(endpointName))
+    if (endpoints != null) {
+      RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition ep = endpoints.stream()
+          .filter(e -> e.isEnabled() && e.getId().equals(endpointName))
           .findFirst()
-          .orElseThrow(() -> new ExternalTestingException("No such endpoint", 500, "No endpoint named " + endpointName + " is defined")
+          .orElseThrow(() -> new ExternalTestingException(NO_SUCH_ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE, 500, "No endpoint named " + endpointName + " is defined")
           );
 
       Object[] newArgs = ArrayUtils.add(args, 0, ep.getUrl());
       return String.format(format, newArgs);
     }
-    throw new ExternalTestingException(INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR, 500, NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED);
+    throw new ExternalTestingException(INVALIDATE_STATE_ERROR_CODE, 500, NO_ACCESS_CONFIGURATION_DEFINED);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -532,18 +607,18 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
         }
         catch (JsonParseException e) {
           logger.warn("unexpected JSON response", e);
-          throw new ExternalTestingException(ex.getStatusText(), ex.getStatusCode().value(), ex.getResponseBodyAsString(), ex);
+          throw new ExternalTestingException(ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE, ex.getStatusCode().value(), ex.getResponseBodyAsString(), ex);
         }
       }
       else {
-        throw new ExternalTestingException(ex.getStatusText(), ex.getStatusCode().value(), ex.getResponseBodyAsString(), ex);
+        throw new ExternalTestingException(ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE, ex.getStatusCode().value(), ex.getResponseBodyAsString(), ex);
       }
     }
     catch (ResourceAccessException ex) {
-      throw new ExternalTestingException("IO Error at Endpoint", 500, ex.getMessage(), ex);
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE, 500, ex.getMessage(), ex);
     }
     catch (Exception ex) {
-      throw new ExternalTestingException(ex.getMessage(), 500, "Generic Exception", ex);
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(ENDPOINT_ERROR_CODE, 500, "Generic Exception " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
     }
     if (re != null) {
       logger.debug("http status of {} from external testing entity {}", re.getStatusCodeValue(), url);
@@ -596,15 +671,263 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImpl implements ExternalTestingManager {
     return new ExternalTestingException(code, statusCode, message);
   }
 
+  void attachArchiveContent(VtpTestExecutionRequest test, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body) {
+    Map<String, String> params = test.getParameters();
+    String vspId = params.get(VSP_ID);
+    String version = params.get(VSP_VERSION);
+
+    try {
+      extractMetadata(test, body, vspId, version);
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      logger.error("metadata extraction failed", ex);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
-   * Resolve variables in the request calling the built-in variable resolvers.
-   * @param item test execution request item to be resolved.
+   * Extract the metadata from the VSP CSAR file.
+   *
+   * @param requestItem item to add metadata to for processing
+   * @param vspId       VSP identifier
+   * @param version     VSP version
    */
-  private void runVariableResolvers(final VtpTestExecutionRequest item, final MultiValueMap<String, Object> body) {
-    variableResolvers.forEach(vr -> {
-      if (vr.resolvesVariablesForRequest(item)) {
-        vr.resolve(item, body);
+  private void extractMetadata(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body, String vspId, String version) throws IOException {
+
+    Version ver = new Version(version);
+    logger.debug("attempt to retrieve archive for VSP {} version {}", vspId, ver.getId());
+
+    Optional<Pair<String, byte[]>> ozip = candidateManager.get(vspId, ver);
+    if (!ozip.isPresent()) {
+      ozip = vendorSoftwareProductManager.get(vspId, ver);
+    }
+
+    if (!ozip.isPresent()) {
+      List<Version> versions = versioningManager.list(vspId);
+      String knownVersions = versions
+          .stream()
+          .map(v -> String.format("%d.%d: %s (%s)", v.getMajor(), v.getMinor(), v.getStatus(), v.getId()))
+          .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
+
+      String detail = String.format("Archive processing failed.  Unable to find archive for VSP ID %s and Version %s.  Known versions are:\n%s",
+          vspId, version, knownVersions);
+
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(SDC_RESOLVER_ERR, 500, detail);
+    }
+
+    // safe here to do get.
+    Pair<String, byte[]> zip = ozip.get();
+    processArchive(requestItem, body, zip.getRight());
+  }
+
+  private void processArchive(final VtpTestExecutionRequest test, final MultiValueMap<String, Object> body, final byte[] zip) {
+
+    // We need to make one pass through the zip input stream.  Pull out files that match our expectations into a temporary
+    // map that we can process over.   These are not huge files so we shouldn't need to worry about memory.
+
+    List<String> extensions = Arrays.asList(".yaml", ".meta", ".yml", ".json", ".env");
+    final Map<String, byte[]> contentWeCareAbout = extractRelevantContent(zip, extensions);
+
+    // VTP does not support concurrent executions of the same test with the same associated file name.
+    // It writes files to /tmp and if we were to send two requests with the same file, the results are unpredictable.
+    String key = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    key = key.substring(0, key.indexOf('-'));
+
+    // if there's a MANIFEST.json file, we're dealing with a heat archive.
+    // otherwise, we will treat it as a CSAR.
+    if (contentWeCareAbout.containsKey(MANIFEST_JSON)) {
+      byte[] data = processHeatArchive(contentWeCareAbout);
+      if (data != null) {
+        body.add("file", new NamedByteArrayResource(data, key + ".heat.zip"));
+        test.getParameters().put(SDC_HEAT, FILE_URL_PREFIX + key + ".heat.zip");
       }
-    });
+    }
+    else {
+      byte[] data = processCsarArchive(contentWeCareAbout);
+      if ((data != null) && (data.length != 0)) {
+        body.add("file", new NamedByteArrayResource(data, key + ".csar.zip"));
+        test.getParameters().put(SDC_CSAR, FILE_URL_PREFIX + key + ".csar.zip");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process the archive as a heat archive.  Load the MANIFEST.json file and pull out the referenced
+   * heat and environment files.
+   * @param content relevant content from the heat archive.
+   * @return byte array of client to send to endpoint.
+   */
+  private byte[] processHeatArchive(Map<String,byte[]> content) {
+    byte[] manifestBytes = content.get(MANIFEST_JSON);
+    ManifestContent manifest = JsonUtil.json2Object(new String(manifestBytes), ManifestContent.class);
+
+    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try(ZipOutputStream zipOutput = new ZipOutputStream(baos)) {
+      for(FileData item : manifest.getData()) {
+        processManifestItem(item, zipOutput, content);
+      }
+
+      return baos.toByteArray();
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      logger.error("IO Exception parsing zip", ex);
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(SDC_RESOLVER_ERR, 500, ex.getMessage());
+    }
   }
+
+  private void processManifestItem(FileData item, ZipOutputStream zipOutput, Map<String,byte[]> contentMap) throws IOException {
+    if ((item.getType() == FileData.Type.HEAT) || (item.getType() == FileData.Type.HEAT_ENV)) {
+      byte[] content = contentMap.get(item.getFile());
+      if (content == null) {
+        logger.warn("manifest included {} but not in content extracted", item.getFile());
+      }
+      else {
+        ZipEntry zi = new ZipEntry(item.getFile());
+        zipOutput.putNextEntry(zi);
+        zipOutput.write(content);
+        zipOutput.closeEntry();
+      }
+
+      // recurse
+      if (item.getData() != null) {
+        for(FileData subitem: item.getData()) {
+          processManifestItem(subitem, zipOutput, contentMap);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process the archive as a CSAR file.
+   * @param content relevant extracted content.
+   * @return byte array of client to send to endpoint.
+   */
+  private byte[] processCsarArchive(Map<String,byte[]> content) {
+    // look for the entry point file.
+    String fileToGet = null;
+    if (content.containsKey(TOSCA_META)) {
+      fileToGet = getEntryDefinitionPointer(content.get(TOSCA_META)).orElse(null);
+    }
+    if (fileToGet == null) {
+      // fall back to the SDC standard location.  not required to be here though...
+      fileToGet = MAIN_SERVICE_TEMPLATE_YAML_FILE_NAME;
+    }
+
+    if (!content.containsKey(fileToGet)) {
+      // user story says to let the call to the VTP go through without the attachment.
+      return ArrayUtils.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
+    }
+
+    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    try(ZipOutputStream zipOutput = new ZipOutputStream(baos)) {
+      processCsarArchiveEntry(fileToGet, zipOutput, content);
+      return baos.toByteArray();
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      logger.error("IO Exception parsing zip", ex);
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(SDC_RESOLVER_ERR, 500, ex.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add the named file (if it exists) from the contentMap into the output zip to send to VTP.
+   * If the file is a yaml file, peek inside and also add any imported files.
+   * @param filename name to apply to the zip entry being created
+   * @param zipOutput zip output stream to append new entry to
+   * @param contentMap map of content we are processing
+   * @throws IOException thrown in the event of processing errors.
+   */
+  private void processCsarArchiveEntry(String filename, ZipOutputStream zipOutput, Map<String, byte[]> contentMap) throws IOException {
+    byte[] content = contentMap.get(filename);
+    if (content == null) {
+      // no such content, just return.
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ZipEntry zi = new ZipEntry(filename);
+    zipOutput.putNextEntry(zi);
+    zipOutput.write(content);
+    zipOutput.closeEntry();
+
+    // if this is a yaml file, we should peek inside for includes.
+    if (filename.endsWith(".yaml") || filename.endsWith(".yml")) {
+      Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+      Map<String, Object> yamlContent = (Map<String, Object>) yaml.load(new ByteArrayInputStream(content));
+      if (!yamlContent.containsKey("imports")) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      Object imports = yamlContent.get("imports");
+      if (imports instanceof ArrayList) {
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") ArrayList<String> lst = (ArrayList<String>) imports;
+        for (String imp : lst) {
+          File f = new File(filename);
+          File impFile = new File(f.getParent(), imp);
+          logger.debug("look for import {} with {}", imp, impFile.getPath());
+          processCsarArchiveEntry(impFile.getPath(), zipOutput, contentMap);
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        logger.warn("archive {} contains imports but it is not an array.  Unexpected, this is.", filename);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Optional<String> getEntryDefinitionPointer(byte[] toscaMetadataFile) {
+    try {
+      Properties p = new Properties();
+      p.load(new ByteArrayInputStream(toscaMetadataFile));
+      return Optional.ofNullable(p.getProperty(TOSCA_META_ENTRY_DEFINITIONS));
+    }
+    catch (IOException ex) {
+      logger.error("failed to process tosca metadata file {}", TOSCA_META, ex);
+    }
+
+    return Optional.empty();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * We don't want to send the entire CSAR file to VTP.  Here we take a pass through the
+   * archive (heat/csar) file and pull out the files we care about.
+   * @param zip csar/heat zip to iterate over
+   * @return relevant content from the archive file as a map.
+   */
+  private Map<String, byte[]> extractRelevantContent(final byte[] zip, final List<String> extensions) {
+    final Map<String, byte[]> rv = new HashMap<>();  // FYI, rv = return value.
+    try (ZipInputStream zipStream = new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(zip))) {
+      ZipEntry entry;
+      while ((entry = zipStream.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+        final String entryName = entry.getName();
+
+        // NOTE: leaving this debugging in for dublin...
+        logger.debug("archive contains entry {}", entryName);
+
+        int idx = entryName.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if ((idx >= 0) && (extensions.contains(entryName.substring(idx)))) {
+          byte[] content = IOUtils.toByteArray(zipStream);
+          rv.put(entryName, content);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    catch (IOException ex) {
+      logger.error("error encountered processing archive", ex);
+      throw new ExternalTestingException(SDC_RESOLVER_ERR, 500, ex.getMessage());
+    }
+    return rv;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * We need to name the byte array we add to the multipart request sent to the VTP.
+   */
+  @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false)
+  protected class NamedByteArrayResource extends ByteArrayResource {
+    private String filename;
+    NamedByteArrayResource(byte[] bytes, String filename) {
+      super(bytes, filename);
+      this.filename = filename;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public String getFilename() {
+      return this.filename;
+    }
+  }
+
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 205ca29680..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2019 iconectiv
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
-
-import lombok.Data;
-
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-@Data
-class RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition {
-  private boolean enabled;
-  private String title;
-  private String url;
-  private String id;
-  private String apiKey;
-  private String scenarioFilter;
-  private Pattern scenarioFilterPattern;
-
-  Pattern getScenarioFilterPattern() {
-    if ((scenarioFilterPattern == null) && (scenarioFilter != null)) {
-      scenarioFilterPattern = Pattern.compile(scenarioFilter);
-    }
-    return scenarioFilterPattern;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/TestingAccessConfig.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/TestingAccessConfig.java
index f9df5ac81d..b6bcb45516 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/TestingAccessConfig.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/TestingAccessConfig.java
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@
 package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
 
 import lombok.Data;
+import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.ClientConfiguration;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-@SuppressWarnings({"unused", "WeakerAccess"})
+@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
 @Data
 public class TestingAccessConfig {
 
   private ClientConfiguration client;
-  private List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> endpoints;
+  private List<String> endpoints;
 
 }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/VariableResolver.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/VariableResolver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3079898bff..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/main/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/VariableResolver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2019 iconectiv
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
-
-import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.VtpTestExecutionRequest;
-import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
-
-public interface VariableResolver {
-
-  boolean resolvesVariablesForRequest(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem);
-
-  void resolve(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body);
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/externaltesting-configuration.yaml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/externaltesting-configuration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5910ab5b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/externaltesting-configuration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+client:
+  enabled: true
+endpoints:
+  - vtp,VTP,true,http://bogus.ec2-34-237-35-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com,c.*,FOO
+  - repository,Repository,true,http://bogus.ec2-34-237-35-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com,.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/heat.zip b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/heat.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac63ba6fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/heat.zip
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/managertestconfiguration.yaml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/managertestconfiguration.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d65becedf9..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/managertestconfiguration.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-externalTestingConfig:
-  client:
-    enabled: true
-  endpoints:
-    - id: vtp
-      enabled: true
-      url: http://bogus.ec2-34-237-35-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com
-      apiKey: FOOBAR
-      scenarioFilter: c.*
-    - id: repository
-      url: http://bogus.ec2-34-237-35-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com
-      enabled: true
-      apiKey: FOOBAR
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/testconfiguration.yaml b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/testconfiguration.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bf800b8f2..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/data/testconfiguration.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-  client:
-    enabled: true
-  endpoints:
-    - id: vtp
-      enabled: false
-      url: http://bogus.ec2-34-237-35-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com
-      apiKey: FOOBAR
-    - id: repository
-      url: http://bogus.ec2-34-237-35-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com
-      enabled: true
-      apiKey: FOOBAR
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ConfigurationTests.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ConfigurationTests.java
index 6b530daa09..103320f755 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ConfigurationTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.onap.sdc.tosca.services.YamlUtil;
+import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.ClientConfiguration;
+import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ public class ConfigurationTests {
 
   @Test
   public void testConfig() throws Exception {
-    try (InputStream fileInput = new FileInputStream(new File("src/test/data/testconfiguration.yaml"))) {
+    try (InputStream fileInput = new FileInputStream(new File("src/test/data/config-externaltesting.yaml"))) {
       YamlUtil yamlUtil = new YamlUtil();
       Object raw = yamlUtil.yamlToMap(fileInput);
       TestingAccessConfig accessConfig = new ObjectMapper().convertValue(raw, TestingAccessConfig.class);
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/CsarMetadataVariableResolverTest.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/CsarMetadataVariableResolverTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b8471eb77b..0000000000
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/CsarMetadataVariableResolverTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2019 iconectiv
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
-import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.VtpTestExecutionRequest;
-import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.errors.ExternalTestingException;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VendorSoftwareProductManager;
-import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.VersioningManager;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
-import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
-import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
-
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.util.*;
-
-public class CsarMetadataVariableResolverTest {
-
-  @Mock
-  private VersioningManager versioningManager;
-
-  @Mock
-  private VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager;
-
-  @Mock
-  private OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager candidateManager;
-
-  @Test
-  public void testResolverResolves() throws Exception {
-    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
-    CsarMetadataVariableResolver resolver = new CsarMetadataVariableResolver(versioningManager,
-        vendorSoftwareProductManager, candidateManager);
-    resolver.init();
-
-    VtpTestExecutionRequest doesNotResolve = new VtpTestExecutionRequest();
-    Assert.assertFalse("should not resolve empty request", resolver.resolvesVariablesForRequest(doesNotResolve));
-
-    doesNotResolve.setParameters(new HashMap<>());
-    Assert.assertFalse("should not resolve empty parameters", resolver.resolvesVariablesForRequest(doesNotResolve));
-
-
-
-    VtpTestExecutionRequest resolves = new VtpTestExecutionRequest();
-    resolves.setParameters(new HashMap<>());
-    resolves.getParameters().put(CsarMetadataVariableResolver.VSP_VERSION, "1.0");
-    resolves.getParameters().put(CsarMetadataVariableResolver.VSP_ID, "vspid");
-    resolves.getParameters().put(CsarMetadataVariableResolver.CSAR_PREFIX + "MainServiceTemplate.yaml", "");
-    Assert.assertTrue("should resolve", resolver.resolvesVariablesForRequest(resolves));
-
-    MultiValueMap<String,Object> fakeRequestBody = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
-
-    try {
-      resolver.resolve(resolves, fakeRequestBody);
-    }
-    catch (ExternalTestingException e) {
-      // exception expected.
-    }
-
-    // test the metadata extraction on a know CSAR zip.
-    byte[] zip = IOUtils.toByteArray(new FileInputStream("src/test/data/csar.zip"));
-    resolver.processArchive(resolves, fakeRequestBody, zip);
-    Assert.assertTrue("body contains file", fakeRequestBody.containsKey("file"));
-    LinkedList ll = (LinkedList)fakeRequestBody.get("file");
-    Assert.assertEquals("body contains one file", 1, ll.size());
-    ByteArrayResource res = (ByteArrayResource)ll.get(0);
-    Assert.assertEquals("file should have matching name", "MainServiceTemplate.yaml", res.getFilename());
-
-  }
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImplTests.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImplTests.java
index be328ea73f..2233f85ccf 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImplTests.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingManagerImplTests.java
@@ -19,25 +19,30 @@ package org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.impl;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
-import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.*;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.api.*;
 import org.openecomp.core.externaltesting.errors.ExternalTestingException;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.vendorsoftwareproduct.VendorSoftwareProductManager;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.VersioningManager;
+import org.openecomp.sdc.versioning.dao.types.Version;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
 import org.springframework.http.*;
-import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpServerErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpStatusCodeException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -48,36 +53,25 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
   @Mock
   private RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
-  static {
-    System.setProperty("configuration.yaml", "src/test/data/testconfiguration.yaml");
-  }
-
-  class JUnitExternalTestingManagerImpl extends ExternalTestingManagerImpl {
-    JUnitExternalTestingManagerImpl() {
-      super(Collections.singletonList(
-        new VariableResolver() {
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean resolvesVariablesForRequest(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem) {
-          return false;
-        }
+  @Mock
+  private VersioningManager versioningManager;
 
-        @Override
-        public void resolve(VtpTestExecutionRequest requestItem, MultiValueMap<String, Object> body) {
+  @Mock
+  private VendorSoftwareProductManager vendorSoftwareProductManager;
 
-              // unit test resolver does nothing for this case.  See specific test for resolver.
-        }
-      }));
-    }
-  }
+  @Mock
+  private OrchestrationTemplateCandidateManager candidateManager;
 
   @InjectMocks
-  private ExternalTestingManager mgr = new JUnitExternalTestingManagerImpl();
+  private ExternalTestingManagerImpl mgr = new ExternalTestingManagerImpl();
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  private ExternalTestingManager configTestManager(boolean loadConfig) throws IOException {
+  private ExternalTestingManagerImpl configTestManager(boolean loadConfig) throws IOException {
+
+    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+
     if (loadConfig) {
-      ((ExternalTestingManagerImpl) mgr).loadConfig();
+      mgr.init();
     }
 
     ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
@@ -112,7 +106,55 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
 
     HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
     headers.setContentType(MediaType.parseMediaType("application/problem+json"));
-    HttpStatusCodeException missingException = new HttpServerErrorException(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, "Not Found", headers, notFound.getBytes(), Charset.defaultCharset());
+
+    byte[] csar = IOUtils.toByteArray(new FileInputStream("src/test/data/csar.zip"));
+    byte[] heat = IOUtils.toByteArray(new FileInputStream("src/test/data/heat.zip"));
+
+    List<Version> versionList = new ArrayList<>();
+    versionList.add(new Version(UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
+
+    Mockito
+        .when(candidateManager.get(
+            ArgumentMatchers.contains("csar"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any()))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.of(Pair.of("Processed.zip", csar)));
+
+    Mockito
+        .when(candidateManager.get(
+            ArgumentMatchers.contains("heat"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any()))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.empty());
+
+    Mockito
+        .when(vendorSoftwareProductManager.get(
+            ArgumentMatchers.contains("heat"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any()))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.of(Pair.of("Processed.zip", heat)));
+
+
+
+    Mockito
+        .when(vendorSoftwareProductManager.get(
+            ArgumentMatchers.contains("missing"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any()))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.empty());
+
+    Mockito
+        .when(candidateManager.get(
+            ArgumentMatchers.contains("missing"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any()))
+        .thenReturn(Optional.empty());
+
+
+    Mockito
+        .when(versioningManager.list(
+            ArgumentMatchers.contains("missing")))
+        .thenReturn(versionList);
+
+
+
+
+
 
     Mockito
         .when(restTemplate.exchange(
@@ -124,10 +166,10 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
 
     Mockito
         .when(restTemplate.exchange(
-        ArgumentMatchers.endsWith("/testsuites"),
-        ArgumentMatchers.eq(HttpMethod.GET),
-        ArgumentMatchers.any(),
-        ArgumentMatchers.eq(listOfPairType)))
+            ArgumentMatchers.endsWith("/testsuites"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.eq(HttpMethod.GET),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any(),
+            ArgumentMatchers.eq(listOfPairType)))
         .thenReturn(new ResponseEntity(testSuites, HttpStatus.OK));
 
     Mockito
@@ -166,6 +208,8 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
             ArgumentMatchers.eq(new ParameterizedTypeReference<VtpTestExecutionResponse>() {})))
         .thenReturn(new ResponseEntity(priorExecution, HttpStatus.OK));
 
+
+    HttpStatusCodeException missingException = new HttpServerErrorException(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, "Not Found", headers, notFound.getBytes(), Charset.defaultCharset());
     Mockito
         .when(restTemplate.exchange(
             ArgumentMatchers.endsWith("/missing"),
@@ -174,6 +218,7 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
             ArgumentMatchers.eq(caseType)))
         .thenThrow(missingException);
 
+
     Mockito
         .when(restTemplate.exchange(
             ArgumentMatchers.endsWith("/sitedown"),
@@ -182,18 +227,31 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
             ArgumentMatchers.eq(caseType)))
         .thenThrow(new ResourceAccessException("Remote site is down"));
 
+    Mockito
+        .when(restTemplate.exchange(
+            ArgumentMatchers.endsWith("throwexception"),
+            ArgumentMatchers.eq(HttpMethod.POST),
+            ArgumentMatchers.any(),
+            ArgumentMatchers.eq(new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<VtpTestExecutionResponse>>() {})))
+        .thenThrow(missingException);
+
+
     return mgr;
   }
 
+  @Before
+  public void setConfigLocation() {
+    System.setProperty("config.location", "src/test/data");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testManager() throws IOException {
-    System.setProperty("configuration.yaml", "src/test/data/managertestconfiguration.yaml");
     ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(true);
 
-    String config = m.getConfig();
+    ClientConfiguration config = m.getConfig();
     Assert.assertNotNull(config);
 
-    List<VtpNameDescriptionPair> endpoints = m.getEndpoints();
+    List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> endpoints = m.getEndpoints();
     Assert.assertEquals("two endpoints", 2, endpoints.size());
 
 
@@ -210,8 +268,8 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
     catch (ExternalTestingException e) {
       // expecting this exception.
       Assert.assertNotNull(e.getDetail());
-      Assert.assertNotEquals(0, e.getCode());
-      Assert.assertNotNull(e.getTitle());
+      Assert.assertNotEquals(0, e.getHttpStatus());
+      Assert.assertNotNull(e.getMessageCode());
     }
 
     // get a particular test case
@@ -222,10 +280,14 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
     catch (ExternalTestingException e) {
       // expecting this exception.
       Assert.assertNotNull(e.getDetail());
-      Assert.assertNotEquals(0, e.getCode());
-      Assert.assertNotNull(e.getTitle());
+      Assert.assertNotEquals(0, e.getHttpStatus());
+      Assert.assertNotNull(e.getMessageCode());
     }
+  }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testManagerExecution() throws IOException {
+    ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(true);
 
     // execute a test.
     List<VtpTestExecutionRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -234,8 +296,8 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
     requests.add(req);
 
     // send a request with the endpoint defined.
-    List<VtpTestExecutionResponse> responses = m.execute( requests, "rid");
-    Assert.assertEquals(1,responses.size());
+    List<VtpTestExecutionResponse> responses = m.execute(requests, "rid");
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, responses.size());
 
     // send a request for a prior execution.
     VtpTestExecutionResponse execRsp = m.getExecution("repository", "execId");
@@ -243,26 +305,67 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void testMissingConfig() throws IOException {
+    // directory exists but no config file should be found here.
+    System.setProperty("config.location", "src/test");
+    ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(true);
+    Assert.assertFalse("missing config client enabled false", m.getConfig().isEnabled());
+    Assert.assertEquals("missing config no endpoints", 0, m.getEndpoints().size());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMissingEndpoint() throws IOException {
+    ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(true);
+
+    // execute a test.
+    List<VtpTestExecutionRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
+    VtpTestExecutionRequest req = new VtpTestExecutionRequest();
+    req.setEndpoint("repository");
+    requests.add(req);
+
+    // send a request with the endpoint defined.
+    try {
+      m.execute(requests, "throwexception");
+    }
+    catch (ExternalTestingException e) {
+      // expected.
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testManagerConfigOverrides() throws IOException {
+    ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(false);
+
+    ClientConfiguration cc = new ClientConfiguration();
+    cc.setEnabled(true);
+    m.setConfig(cc);
+    Assert.assertTrue(m.getConfig().isEnabled());
+
+    List<RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition> lst = new ArrayList<>();
+    lst.add(new RemoteTestingEndpointDefinition());
+    lst.get(0).setEnabled(true);
+    m.setEndpoints(lst);
+    Assert.assertEquals(1,m.getEndpoints().size());
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void testManagerErrorCases() throws IOException {
     ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(false);
-      Map<String,Object> expectedEmptyConfig = new HashMap<>();
-      expectedEmptyConfig.put("enabled", false);
-      String expected = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(expectedEmptyConfig);
-      String emptyConfig = m.getConfig();
-      Assert.assertEquals(expected, emptyConfig);
-
-      try {
-        m.getEndpoints();
-        Assert.assertTrue("should have exception here", true);
-      }
-      catch (ExternalTestingException e) {
-        // eat the exception cause this is what should happen.
-      }
+    ClientConfiguration emptyConfig = m.getConfig();
+    Assert.assertFalse("empty configuration should have client enabled of false", emptyConfig.isEnabled());
+
+    try {
+      m.getEndpoints();
+      Assert.assertTrue("should have exception here", true);
     }
+    catch (ExternalTestingException e) {
+      // eat the exception cause this is what should happen.
+    }
+  }
 
   @Test
   public void testExecutionDistribution() throws IOException {
-    System.setProperty("configuration.yaml", "src/test/data/managertestconfiguration.yaml");
     ExternalTestingManager m = configTestManager(true);
 
     VtpTestExecutionRequest r1 = new VtpTestExecutionRequest();
@@ -280,4 +383,40 @@ public class ExternalTestingManagerImplTests {
     List<VtpTestExecutionResponse> results = m.execute(Arrays.asList(r1,r2,r3), "rid");
     Assert.assertEquals("three in two out merged", 2, results.size());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testArchiveProcessing() throws IOException {
+    ExternalTestingManagerImpl m = configTestManager(true);
+    VtpTestExecutionRequest r1 = new VtpTestExecutionRequest();
+    r1.setScenario("scenario1");
+    r1.setEndpoint("vtp");
+    r1.setParameters(new HashMap<>());
+    r1.getParameters().put(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.VSP_ID, "something.with.csar.content");
+    r1.getParameters().put(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.VSP_VERSION, UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+
+    LinkedMultiValueMap<String,Object> body = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+    m.attachArchiveContent(r1, body);
+
+    r1.setParameters(new HashMap<>());
+    r1.getParameters().put(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.VSP_ID, "something.with.heat.content");
+    r1.getParameters().put(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.VSP_VERSION, UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+
+    LinkedMultiValueMap<String,Object> body2 = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+    m.attachArchiveContent(r1, body2);
+
+    // now, let's handle a missing archive.
+    r1.setParameters(new HashMap<>());
+    r1.getParameters().put(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.VSP_ID, "something.with.missing.content");
+    r1.getParameters().put(ExternalTestingManagerImpl.VSP_VERSION, UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+
+    LinkedMultiValueMap<String,Object> body3 = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+    try {
+      m.attachArchiveContent(r1, body3);
+      Assert.fail("expected to receive an exception here");
+    }
+    catch (ExternalTestingException ex) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(500, ex.getHttpStatus());
+    }
+
+  }
 }
diff --git a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingTestSuite.java b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingTestSuite.java
index 31346a135e..d9e4612774 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingTestSuite.java
+++ b/openecomp-be/lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-lib/openecomp-sdc-externaltesting-impl/src/test/java/org/openecomp/core/externaltesting/impl/ExternalTestingTestSuite.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.junit.runners.Suite;
 
 @RunWith(Suite.class)
 @Suite.SuiteClasses({
-    CsarMetadataVariableResolverTest.class,
     ExternalTestingManagerImplTests.class,
     ConfigurationTests.class
 })