diff --git a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/CreateVNFWorkflow.robot b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/CreateVNFWorkflow.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a529ff4aac42ddbba9d5015fe02a04bf9ee2c3ac
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+++ b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/CreateVNFWorkflow.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Resource environment/configuration.txt
+Resource environment/variables.txt
+Resource environment/scaleVariables.txt
+Resource VnfLcmMntOperationKeywords.robot
+Resource SubscriptionKeywords.robot
+Library REST ${VNFM_SCHEMA}://${VNFM_HOST}:${VNFM_PORT}
+... spec=SOL003-VNFLifecycleManagement-API.yaml
+Library OperatingSystem
+Library BuiltIn
+Library Collections
+Library JSONLibrary
+Library Process
+Suite Setup Initialize System
+Suite Teardown Terminate All Processes kill=true
+
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Create a VNF Instance
+ [Documentation] Test ID: 5.x.y.x
+ ... Test title: Create a VNF instance procedure
+ ... Test objective: The objective is to test the procedure for the creation of a VNF instance resource.
+ ... Pre-conditions:
+ ... Reference: section 5.3.1 - SOL003 v2.4.1; section
+ ... Config ID: Config_prod_VNFM
+ ... Applicability:
+ ... NFVO is not subscribed for
+ ... Post-Conditions: upon successful completion, the VNF instance resource has been created in "NOT_INSTANTIATED" state.
+ Send VNF create Request
+ Check HTTP Response Status Code Is 201
+ Check HTTP Response Header Contains Location
+ Check Operation Notification For Create VnfIdentifierCreationNotification
+ Check Postcondition VNF CREATE
+
+*** Keywords ***
+
+Initialize System
+ Create Sessions
+
+Check Postcondition VNF
+ [Arguments] ${operation}
+ Check VNF Instance ${vnfInstanceId}
+ Check HTTP Response Status Code Is 200
+ Check VNF Status ${response.body.instantiationState} NOT_INSTANTIATED
+
+Check Operation Notification For Create
+ [Arguments] ${element}
+ ${json}= Get File schemas/${element}.schema.json
+ Configure Notification Handler ${notification_ep}
+
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diff --git a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/ScaleVNFTaskWorkflow.robot b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/ScaleVNFWorkflow.robot
similarity index 98%
rename from SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/ScaleVNFTaskWorkflow.robot
rename to SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/ScaleVNFWorkflow.robot
index baa9eccea6b68a029f4c5a1e124149123247a890..76aa99cca04052e79fe4193b3f9343f5cd49885f 100644
--- a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/ScaleVNFTaskWorkflow.robot
+++ b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/ScaleVNFWorkflow.robot
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Resource environment/variables.txt
Resource environment/scaleVariables.txt
Resource VnfLcmMntOperationKeywords.robot
Resource SubscriptionKeywords.robot
-Library REST ${VNFM_SCHEMA}://${VNFM_HOST}:${VNFM_PORT} spec=SOL003-VNFLifecycleManagement-API.yaml
+Library REST ${VNFM_SCHEMA}://${VNFM_HOST}:${VNFM_PORT}
+... spec=SOL003-VNFLifecycleManagement-API.yaml
Library OperatingSystem
Library BuiltIn
Library Collections
diff --git a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/SubscriptionKeywords.robot b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/SubscriptionKeywords.robot
index 3dce8f19ab17bc3906afc966c5575b1dd6435cb0..6d30a3cf3fa2c17820fbd768c27bc2af5c0299c4 100644
--- a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/SubscriptionKeywords.robot
+++ b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/SubscriptionKeywords.robot
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ Library Collections
Library JSONLibrary
Library MockServerLibrary
-*** Variables ***
-${json} {}
-
*** Keywords ***
Check subscriptions about one VNFInstance and operation type
[Arguments] ${vnfInstanceId} ${notificationType} ${operationType}="" ${operationState}=""
@@ -30,8 +27,8 @@ Create Sessions
Create Mock Session ${callback_uri}:${callback_port}
Configure Notification Handler
- [Arguments] ${endpoint} ${status}
- set to dictionary ${json["operationState"]} dp=${status}
+ [Arguments] ${endpoint} ${status}=""
+ Run Keyword If ${status}!="" set to dictionary ${json["operationState"]} dp=${status}
${BODY}= evaluate json.dumps(${json}) json
Log Creating mock request and response to handle ${element}
&{notification_request}= Create Mock Request Matcher POST ${endpoint} body_type="JSON" body=${BODY}
@@ -40,7 +37,6 @@ Configure Notification Handler
Configure Notification Forward
[Arguments] ${element} ${endpoint} ${endpoint_fwd}
- ${json}= Get File schemas/${element}.schema.json
${BODY}= evaluate json.loads('''${json}''') json
Log Creating mock HTTP forward to handle ${element}
&{notification_tmp}= Create Mock Request Matcher POST ${endpoint} body_type="JSON_SCHEMA" body=${BODY}
@@ -48,7 +44,8 @@ Configure Notification Forward
Create Mock Expectation With Http Forward ${notification_tmp} ${notification_fwd}
Check Operation Notification
- [Arguments] ${element} ${status}
+ [Arguments] ${element} ${status}=""
+ ${json}= Get File schemas/${element}.schema.json
Configure Notification Forward ${element} ${notification_ep} ${notification_ep_fwd}
Configure Notification Handler ${notification_ep_fwd} ${status}
Wait Until Keyword Succeeds 2 min 10 sec Verify Mock Expectation ${notification_request}
diff --git a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/VnfLcmMntOperationKeywords.robot b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/VnfLcmMntOperationKeywords.robot
index fed95a398a310a1a765724afa7156382b7c6e28b..af56cbb2fe002294b614c9ce3e9297d9b91ad8fb 100644
--- a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/VnfLcmMntOperationKeywords.robot
+++ b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/VnfLcmMntOperationKeywords.robot
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ Send VNF Scale Out Request
${json}= evaluate json.loads('''${body}''') json
${aspectId}= Set Variable ${json.aspectId}
${response}= Post ${apiRoot}/${apiName}/${apiVersion}/vnf_instances/${vnfInstanceId}/scale ${body}
+
+Send VNF Create Request
+ Log Create VNF instance by POST to ${apiRoot}/${apiName}/${apiVersion}/vnf_instances
+ Set Headers {"Accept":"${ACCEPT}"}
+ Set Headers {"Content-Type": "${CONTENT_TYPE}"}
+ Run Keyword If ${AUTH_USAGE} == 1 Set Headers {"Authorization":"${AUTHORIZATION}"}
+ ${body}= Get File json/createVnfRequest.json
+ ${response}= Post ${apiRoot}/${apiName}/${apiVersion}/vnf_instances ${body}
Create a new Grant - Synchronous mode
[Arguments] ${vnfInstanceId} ${vnfLcmOpOccId} ${operation}
diff --git a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/environment/variables.txt b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/environment/variables.txt
index 29151922548dbc2e6b0524486c2e68211fc22ad5..be88dca1740a47ee64bc9118986a49523499e2a5 100644
--- a/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/environment/variables.txt
+++ b/SOL003/VNFLifecycleManagement-API/environment/variables.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ ${VnfIdentifierCreationNotification} {}
${VnfIdentifierDeletionNotification} {}
${response} {}
${notification_request} []
-${notification_response} []
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+${notification_response} []
+${json} {}
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