SOL003-VNFLifecycleManagement-API.json

              "WWW-Authenticate": {
                "description": "Challenge if the corresponding HTTP request has not provided authorization, or error details if the corresponding HTTP request has provided an invalid authorization token.\n",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 0
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden\nIf the API consumer is not allowed to perform a particular request to a particular resource, the API producer shall respond with this response code. The \"ProblemDetails\" structure shall be provided.  It should include in the \"detail\" attribute information about the source of the problem, and may indicate how to solve it.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not Found\nError: The API producer did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists. Specifically in case of this task resource, the  response code 404 shall also returned if the task is not supported for the VNF instance represented by the parent resource, which means that the task resource consequently does not exist.  In this case, the response body shall be present, and shall contain a ProblemDetails structure, in which the \"detail\" attribute shall convey more information about the error.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "405": {
            "description": "Not Found\nIf the API producer did not find a current representation for the resource addressed by the URI passed in the request, or is not willing to disclose that one exists, it shall respond with this response code.  The \"ProblemDetails\" structure may be provided, including in the \"detail\" attribute information about the source of the problem, e.g. a wrong resource URI variable.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "406": {
            "description": "Not Acceptable\nIf the \"Accept\" HTTP header does not contain at least one name of a content type that is acceptable to the API producer, the API producer shall respond with this response code. The \"ProblemDetails\" structure may be omitted in that case.        \n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "409": {
            "description": "Conflict\nThe operation cannot be executed currently, due to a conflict with the state of the VNF instance resource. Typically, this is due to the fact that the VNF instance resource is in NOT-INSTANTIATED state, or that another lifecycle management operation is ongoing. The response body shall contain a ProblemDetails structure, in which the \"detail\" attribute should convey more information about the error.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              },
              "WWW-Authenticate": {
                "description": "Challenge if the corresponding HTTP request has not provided authorization, or error details if the corresponding HTTP request has provided an invalid authorization token.\n",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 0
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal Server Error\nIf there is an application error not related to the client's input that cannot be easily mapped to any other HTTP response code (\"catch all error\"), the API producer shall respond withthis response code. The \"ProblemDetails\" structure shall be provided, and shall include in the \"detail\" attribute more information about the source of the problem.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "503": {
            "description": "Service Unavailable\nIf the API producer encounters an internal overload situation of itself or of a system it relies on, it should respond with this response code, following the provisions in IETF RFC 7231 [13] for the use of the \"Retry-After\" HTTP header and for the alternative to refuse the connection. The \"ProblemDetails\" structure may be omitted.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "The definition of the general \"ProblemDetails\" data structure from IETF RFC 7807 [19] is reproduced inthis structure. Compared to the general framework defined in IETF RFC 7807 [19], the \"status\" and \"detail\" attributes are mandated to be included by the present document, to ensure that the response contains additional textual information about an error. IETF RFC 7807 [19] foresees extensibility of the \"ProblemDetails\" type. It is possible that particular APIs in the present document, or particular implementations, define extensions to define additional attributes that provide more information about the error. The description column only provides some explanation of the meaning to Facilitate understanding of the design. For a full description, see IETF RFC 7807 [19].\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "status",
                "detail"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "description": "A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 [5] that identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI provides human-readable documentation for the problem (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be \"about:blank\".\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                },
                "title": {
                  "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It should not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization. If type is given and other than \"about:blank\", this attribute shall also be provided. A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "status": {
                  "description": "The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem. The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "integer"
                },
                "detail": {
                  "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instance": {
                  "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may yield further information if dereferenced.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "URI"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "/vnf_instances/{vnfInstanceId}/change_flavour": {
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "vnfInstanceId",
          "description": "The identifier of the VNF instance of which the deployment flavour is requested to be changed. This identifier can be retrieved from the resource referenced by the \"Location\" HTTP header in the response to a POST request creating a new VNF instance resource. It can also be retrieved from the \"id\" attribute in the payload body of that response.\n",
          "in": "path",
          "type": "string",
          "required": true
        }
      ],
      "post": {
        "description": "Change VNF Flavour\n\nThe POST method changes the deployment flavour of a VNF instance.\n",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "ChangeVnfFlavourRequest",
            "description": "Parameters for the Change VNF Flavour operation.",
            "in": "body",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "description": "This type represents request parameters for the \"Change VNF flavour\" operation.\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "newFlavourId"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "newFlavourId": {
                  "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "instantiationLevelId": {
                  "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "extVirtualLinks": {
                  "description": "Information about external VLs to connect the VNF to.\n",
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "description": "This type represents an external VL.\n",
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": [
                      "id",
                      "resourceId",
                      "extCps"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "vimConnectionId": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "resourceProviderId": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "resourceId": {
                        "description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "extCps": {
                        "description": "External CPs of the VNF to be connected to this external VL.\n",
                        "type": "array",
                        "items": {
                          "description": "This type represents configuration information for external CPs created from a CPD.\n",
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": [
                            "cpdId"
                          ],
                          "properties": {
                            "cpdId": {
                              "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                              "type": "string"
                            },
                            "cpConfig": {
                              "description": "List of instance data that need to be configured on the CP instances created from the respective CPD.\n",
                              "type": "array",
                              "items": {
                                "description": "This type represents an externally provided link port or network address information per instance of an external connection point. In case a link port is provided, the VNFM shall use that link port when connecting the external CP to the external VL. In a link port is not provided, the VNFM shall create a link port on the external VL, and use that link port to connect the external CP to the external VL.\n",
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                  "cpInstanceId": {
                                    "description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
                                    "type": "string"
                                  },
                                  "linkPortId": {
                                    "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                                    "type": "string"
                                  },
                                  "cpProtocolData": {
                                    "description": "Parameters for configuring the network protocols on the link port that connects the CP to a VL.  The following conditions apply to the attributes \"linkPortId\" and \"cpProtocolData\":  * The \"linkPortId\" and \"cpProtocolData\" attributes shall both be\n  absent for the deletion of an existing external CP instance\n  addressed by cpInstanceId. \n* At least one of these attributes shall be present for a\n  to-be-created external CP instance or an existing external\n  CP instance.\n* If the \"linkPortId\" attribute is absent, the VNFM shall create a\n  link port.\n* If the \"cpProtocolData\" attribute is absent, the \"linkPortId\"\n  attribute shall be provided referencing a pre-created link port,\n  and the VNFM can use means outside the scope of the present\n  document to obtain the pre-configured address information for the\n  connection point from the resource representing the link port.\n* If both \"cpProtocolData\" and \"linkportId\" are provided, the API\n  consumer shall ensure that the cpProtocolData can be used with the\n  pre-created link port referenced by \"linkPortId\".\n",
                                    "type": "array",
                                    "items": {
                                      "description": "This type represents network protocol data. \n",
                                      "type": "object",
                                      "required": [
                                        "layerProtocol"
                                      ],
                                      "properties": {
                                        "layerProtocol": {
                                          "description": "Identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s). This attribute allows to signal the addition of further types of layer and protocol in future versions of the present document in a backwards-compatible way. In the current version of the present document, only IP over Ethernet is supported.\n",
                                          "type": "string",
                                          "enum": [
                                            "IP_OVER_ETHERNET"
                                          ]
                                        },
                                        "ipOverEthernet": {
                                          "description": "This type represents network address data for IP over Ethernet.\n",
                                          "type": "object",
                                          "properties": {
                                            "macAddress": {
                                              "description": "A MAC address. Representation: string that consists of groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens or colons.\n",
                                              "type": "string",
                                              "format": "MAC"
                                            },
                                            "ipAddresses": {
                                              "description": "List of IP addresses to assign to the CP instance. Each entry represents IP address data for fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per subnet. If this attribute is not present, no IP address shall be assigned.\n",
                                              "type": "array",
                                              "items": {
                                                "type": "object",
                                                "required": [
                                                  "type"
                                                ],
                                                "properties": {
                                                  "type": {
                                                    "description": "The type of the IP addresses. Permitted values: IPV4, IPV6.\n",
                                                    "type": "string",
                                                    "enum": [
                                                      "IPV4",
                                                      "IPV6"
                                                    ]
                                                  },
                                                  "fixedAddresses": {
                                                    "description": "Fixed addresses to assign (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided). Exactly one of \"fixedAddresses\", \"numDynamicAddresses\" or \"ipAddressRange\" shall be present.\n",
                                                    "type": "array",
                                                    "items": {
                                                      "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                                      "type": "string",
                                                      "format": "IP"
                                                    }
                                                  },
                                                  "numDynamicAddresses": {
                                                    "description": "Number of dynamic addresses to assign (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided). Exactly one of \"fixedAddresses\", \"numDynamicAddresses\" or \"ipAddressRange\" shall be present.\n",
                                                    "type": "integer"
                                                  },
                                                  "addressRange": {
                                                    "description": "An IP address range to be used, e.g. in case of egress connections. In case this attribute is present, IP addresses from the range will be used.\n",
                                                    "type": "object",
                                                    "required": [
                                                      "minAddress",
                                                      "maxAddress"
                                                    ],
                                                    "properties": {
                                                      "minAddress": {
                                                        "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                                        "type": "string",
                                                        "format": "IP"
                                                      },
                                                      "maxAddress": {
                                                        "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                                        "type": "string",
                                                        "format": "IP"
                                                      }
                                                    }
                                                  },
                                                  "subnetId": {
                                                    "description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
                                                    "type": "string"
                                                  }
                                                }
                                              }
                                            }
                                          }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      },
                      "extLinkPorts": {
                        "description": "Externally provided link ports to be used to connect external connection points to this external VL. If this attribute is not present, the VNFM shall create the link ports on the external VL. \n",
                        "type": "array",
                        "items": {
                          "description": "This type represents an externally provided link port to be used to connect an external connection point to an external VL.\n",
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": [
                            "id",
                            "resourceHandle"
                          ],
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                              "type": "string"
                            },
                            "resourceHandle": {
                              "required": [
                                "vimConnectionId",
                                "resourceId"
                              ],
                              "type": "object",
                              "description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
                              "properties": {
                                "vimConnectionId": {
                                  "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                                  "type": "string"
                                },
                                "resourceProviderId": {
                                  "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                                  "type": "string"
                                },
                                "resourceId": {
                                  "description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
                                  "type": "string"
                                },
                                "vimLevelResourceType": {
                                  "description": "Type of the resource in the scope of the VIM or the resource provider.\n",
                                  "type": "string"
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "extManagedVirtualLinks": {
                  "description": "Information about internal VLs that are managed by the NFVO.\n",
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": [
                      "id",
                      "virtualLinkDescId",
                      "resourceId"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "virtualLinkDescId": {
                        "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "vimConnectionId": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "resourceProviderId": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "resourceId": {
                        "description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "vimConnectionInfo": {
                  "description": "Information about VIM connections to be used for managing the resources for the VNF instance, or refer to external / externally-managed virtual links. This attribute shall only be supported and may be present if VNF-related resource management in direct mode is applicable.\n",
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "description": "This type represents parameters to connect to a VIM for managing the resources of a VNF instance. This structure is used to convey VIM-related parameters over the Or-Vnfm interface. Additional parameters for a VIM may be configured into the VNFM by means outside the scope of the present document, and bound to the identifier of that VIM.\n",
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": [
                      "id",
                      "vimType"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "vimId": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "vimType": {
                        "description": "Discriminator for the different types of the VIM information. The value of this attribute determines the structure of the \"interfaceInfo\" and \"accessInfo\" attributes, based on the type of the VIM. The set of permitted values is expected to change over time as new types or versions of VIMs become available. The ETSI NFV registry of VIM-related information provides access to information about VimConnectionInfo definitions for various VIM types. The structure of the registry is defined in Annex C of SOL003.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "interfaceInfo": {
                        "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                        "type": "object"
                      },
                      "accessInfo": {
                        "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                        "type": "object"
                      },
                      "extra": {
                        "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                        "type": "object"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "additionalParams": {
                  "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                  "type": "object"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "Accept",
            "description": "Content-Types that are acceptable for the response. Reference: IETF RFC 7231\n",
            "in": "header",
            "required": true,
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Authorization",
            "description": "The authorization token for the request. Reference: IETF RFC 7235\n",
            "in": "header",
            "required": false,
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "description": "The MIME type of the body of the request. Reference: IETF RFC 7231\n",
            "in": "header",
            "required": true,
            "type": "string"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "202": {
            "description": "Accepted\nThe request was accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. On success, the HTTP response shall include a \"Location\" HTTP header that contains the URI of the newly-created \"VNF LCM operation occurrence\" resource corresponding to the operation.\n",
            "headers": {
              "Content-Type": {
                "description": "The MIME type of the body of the response.",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 1
              },
              "Location": {
                "description": "The resource URI of the created VNF instance",
                "type": "string",
                "format": "url"
              },
              "WWW-Authenticate": {
                "description": "Challenge if the corresponding HTTP request has not provided authorization, or error details if the corresponding HTTP request has provided an invalid authorization token.\n",
                "type": "string",
                "maximum": 1,
                "minimum": 0
              }
            },
            "schema": {
              "description": "This type represents a VNF instance.\n",
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "id",
                "vnfdId",
                "vnfProvider",
                "vnfProductName",
                "vnfSoftwareVersion",
                "vnfdVersion",
                "vnfPkgId",
                "instantiationState"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfInstanceName": {
                  "description": "Name of the VNF instance. This attribute can be modified with the PATCH method.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfInstanceDescription": {
                  "description": "Human-readable description of the VNF instance. This attribute can be modified with the PATCH method.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfdId": {
                  "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfProvider": {
                  "description": "Provider of the VNF and the VNFD. The value is copied from the VNFD.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfProductName": {
                  "description": "Name to identify the VNF Product. The value is copied from the VNFD.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfSoftwareVersion": {
                  "description": "A Version.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfdVersion": {
                  "description": "A Version.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfPkgId": {
                  "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "vnfConfigurableProperties": {
                  "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                  "type": "object"
                },
                "vimConnectionInfo": {
                  "description": "Information about VIM connections to be used for managing the resources for the VNF instance. This attribute shall only be supported and present if VNF-related resource management in direct mode is applicable. This attribute can be modified with the PATCH method.\n",
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "description": "This type represents parameters to connect to a VIM for managing the resources of a VNF instance. This structure is used to convey VIM-related parameters over the Or-Vnfm interface. Additional parameters for a VIM may be configured into the VNFM by means outside the scope of the present document, and bound to the identifier of that VIM.\n",
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": [
                      "id",
                      "vimType"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "vimId": {
                        "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "vimType": {
                        "description": "Discriminator for the different types of the VIM information. The value of this attribute determines the structure of the \"interfaceInfo\" and \"accessInfo\" attributes, based on the type of the VIM. The set of permitted values is expected to change over time as new types or versions of VIMs become available. The ETSI NFV registry of VIM-related information provides access to information about VimConnectionInfo definitions for various VIM types. The structure of the registry is defined in Annex C of SOL003.\n",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "interfaceInfo": {
                        "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                        "type": "object"
                      },
                      "accessInfo": {
                        "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                        "type": "object"
                      },
                      "extra": {
                        "description": "This type represents a list of key-value pairs. The order of the pairs in the list is not significant. In JSON, a set of key- value pairs is represented as an object. It shall comply with the provisions  defined in clause 4 of IETF RFC 7159. \n",
                        "type": "object"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "instantiationState": {
                  "description": "The instantiation state of the VNF.\n",
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "NOT_INSTANTIATED",
                    "INSTANTIATED"
                  ]
                },
                "instantiatedVnfInfo": {
                  "description": "Information specific to an instantiated VNF instance. This attribute shall be present if the instantiateState attribute value is INSTANTIATED.\n",
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": [
                    "flavourId",
                    "vnfState"
                  ],
                  "properties": {
                    "flavourId": {
                      "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "vnfState": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "enum": [
                        "STARTED",
                        "STOPPED"
                      ]
                    },
                    "scaleStatus": {
                      "description": "Scale status of the VNF, one entry per aspect. Represents for every scaling aspect how \"big\" the VNF has been scaled w.r.t. that aspect.\n",
                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
                        "required": [
                          "aspectId",
                          "scaleLevel"
                        ],
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "aspectId": {
                            "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "scaleLevel": {
                            "description": "Indicates the scale level. The minimum value shall be 0 and the maximum value shall be <= maxScaleLevel as described in the VNFD.\n",
                            "type": "integer"
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "extCpInfo": {
                      "description": "Information about the external CPs exposed by the VNF instance.\n",
                      "type": "array",
                      "minItems": 1,
                      "items": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "required": [
                          "id",
                          "cpdId"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "description": "An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF instance, but may not be globally unique.\n",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "cpdId": {
                            "description": "An identifier that is unique within a VNF descriptor.\n",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "cpProtocolInfo": {
                            "description": "Network protocol information for this CP.\n",
                            "type": "array",
                            "items": {
                              "description": "This type describes the protocol layer(s) that a CP uses together with protocol-related information, like addresses. \n",
                              "required": [
                                "layerProtocol"
                              ],
                              "properties": {
                                "layerProtocol": {
                                  "description": "The identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s) associated to the network address information.  Permitted values: IP_OVER_ETHERNET This attribute allows to signal the addition of further types of layer and protocol in future versions of the present document in a backwards-compatible way. In the current version of the present document, only IP over Ethernet is supported.\n",
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "enum": [
                                    "IP_OVER_ETHERNET"
                                  ]
                                },
                                "ipOverEthernet": {
                                  "description": "This type represents information about a network address that has been assigned. \n",
                                  "type": "object",
                                  "required": [
                                    "macAddress"
                                  ],
                                  "properties": {
                                    "macAddress": {
                                      "description": "A MAC address. Representation: string that consists of groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens or colons.\n",
                                      "type": "string",
                                      "format": "MAC"
                                    },
                                    "ipAddresses": {
                                      "description": "Addresses assigned to the CP instance. Each entry represents IP addresses assigned by fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per subnet.\n",
                                      "type": "array",
                                      "items": {
                                        "type": "object",
                                        "required": [
                                          "type"
                                        ],
                                        "properties": {
                                          "type": {
                                            "description": "The type of the IP addresses. Permitted values: IPV4, IPV6.\n",
                                            "type": "string",
                                            "enum": [
                                              "IPV4",
                                              "IPV6"
                                            ]
                                          },
                                          "addresses": {
                                            "description": "Fixed addresses assigned (from the subnet defined by \"subnetId\" if provided).\n",
                                            "type": "array",
                                            "items": {
                                              "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                              "type": "string",
                                              "format": "IP"
                                            }
                                          },
                                          "isDynamic": {
                                            "description": "Indicates whether this set of addresses was assigned dynamically (true) or based on address information provided as input from the API consumer (false). Shall be present if \"addresses\" is present and shall be absent otherwise.\n",
                                            "type": "boolean"
                                          },
                                          "addressRange": {
                                            "description": "An IP address range used, e.g., in case of egress connections. Exactly one of \"addresses\" or \"addressRange\" shall be present.\n",
                                            "type": "object",
                                            "required": [
                                              "minAddress",
                                              "maxAddress"
                                            ],
                                            "properties": {
                                              "minAddress": {
                                                "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                                "type": "string",
                                                "format": "IP"
                                              },
                                              "maxAddress": {
                                                "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                                "type": "string",
                                                "format": "IP"
                                              }
                                            }
                                          },
                                          "subnetId": {
                                            "description": "An IPV4 or IPV6 address. Representation: In case of an IPV4 address, string that consists of four decimal integers separated by dots, each integer ranging from 0 to 255. In case of an IPV6 address, string that  consists of groups of zero to four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.\n",
                                            "type": "string",
                                            "format": "IP"
                                          }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "extLinkPortId": {
                            "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                            "type": "string"
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "extVirtualLinkInfo": {
                      "description": "Information about the external VLs the VNF instance is connected to.\n",
                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "required": [
                          "id",
                          "resourceHandle"
                        ],
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "resourceHandle": {
                            "required": [
                              "vimConnectionId",
                              "resourceId"
                            ],
                            "type": "object",
                            "description": "This type represents the information that allows addressing a virtualised resource that is used by a VNF instance. Information about the resource is available from the VIM.\n",
                            "properties": {
                              "vimConnectionId": {
                                "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                                "type": "string"
                              },
                              "resourceProviderId": {
                                "description": "An identifier with the intention of being globally unique.\n",
                                "type": "string"
                              },
                              "resourceId": {
                                "description": "An identifier maintained by the VIM or other resource provider. It is expected to be unique within the VIM instance.\n",
                                "type": "string"
                              },
                              "vimLevelResourceType": {
                                "description": "Type of the resource in the scope of the VIM or the resource provider.\n",
                                "type": "string"
                              }
                            }