osm_lcm/ns.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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import asyncio
import yaml
import logging
import logging.handlers
import traceback
import json
from jinja2 import Environment, TemplateError, TemplateNotFound, StrictUndefined, UndefinedError

from osm_lcm import ROclient
from osm_lcm.ng_ro import NgRoClient, NgRoException
from osm_lcm.lcm_utils import LcmException, LcmExceptionNoMgmtIP, LcmBase, deep_get, get_iterable, populate_dict
from osm_lcm.data_utils.nsd import get_vnf_profiles
from osm_lcm.data_utils.vnfd import get_vnf_configuration, get_vdu_list, get_vdu_profile, \
    get_ee_sorted_initial_config_primitive_list, get_ee_sorted_terminate_config_primitive_list, \
    get_kdu_list, get_virtual_link_profiles, get_vdu, get_vdu_configuration, get_kdu_configuration, \
    get_vdu_index, get_scaling_aspect, get_number_of_instances
from osm_lcm.data_utils.list_utils import find_in_list
from osm_lcm.data_utils.vnfr import get_osm_params
from osm_lcm.data_utils.dict_utils import parse_yaml_strings
from osm_lcm.data_utils.database.vim_account import VimAccountDB
from n2vc.k8s_helm_conn import K8sHelmConnector
from n2vc.k8s_helm3_conn import K8sHelm3Connector
from n2vc.k8s_juju_conn import K8sJujuConnector

from osm_common.dbbase import DbException
from osm_common.fsbase import FsException

from osm_lcm.data_utils.database.database import Database
from osm_lcm.data_utils.filesystem.filesystem import Filesystem

from n2vc.n2vc_juju_conn import N2VCJujuConnector
from n2vc.exceptions import N2VCException, N2VCNotFound, K8sException

from osm_lcm.lcm_helm_conn import LCMHelmConn

from copy import copy, deepcopy
from time import time
from uuid import uuid4

from random import randint

__author__ = "Alfonso Tierno <alfonso.tiernosepulveda@telefonica.com>"


class NsLcm(LcmBase):
    timeout_vca_on_error = 5 * 60   # Time for charm from first time at blocked,error status to mark as failed
    timeout_ns_deploy = 2 * 3600   # default global timeout for deployment a ns
    timeout_ns_terminate = 1800   # default global timeout for un deployment a ns
    timeout_charm_delete = 10 * 60
    timeout_primitive = 30 * 60  # timeout for primitive execution
    timeout_progress_primitive = 10 * 60  # timeout for some progress in a primitive execution

    SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NOT_FOUND = -1
    SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NEW = -2
    SUBOPERATION_STATUS_SKIP = -3
    task_name_deploy_vca = "Deploying VCA"

    def __init__(self, msg, lcm_tasks, config, loop, prometheus=None):
        """
        Init, Connect to database, filesystem storage, and messaging
        :param config: two level dictionary with configuration. Top level should contain 'database', 'storage',
        :return: None
        """
        super().__init__(
            msg=msg,
            logger=logging.getLogger('lcm.ns')
        )

        self.db = Database().instance.db
        self.fs = Filesystem().instance.fs
        self.loop = loop
        self.lcm_tasks = lcm_tasks
        self.timeout = config["timeout"]
        self.ro_config = config["ro_config"]
        self.ng_ro = config["ro_config"].get("ng")
        self.vca_config = config["VCA"].copy()

        # create N2VC connector
        self.n2vc = N2VCJujuConnector(
            log=self.logger,
            loop=self.loop,
            url='{}:{}'.format(self.vca_config['host'], self.vca_config['port']),
            username=self.vca_config.get('user', None),
            vca_config=self.vca_config,
            on_update_db=self._on_update_n2vc_db,
            fs=self.fs,
            db=self.db
        )

        self.conn_helm_ee = LCMHelmConn(
            log=self.logger,
            loop=self.loop,
            url=None,
            username=None,
            vca_config=self.vca_config,
            on_update_db=self._on_update_n2vc_db
        )

        self.k8sclusterhelm2 = K8sHelmConnector(
            kubectl_command=self.vca_config.get("kubectlpath"),
            helm_command=self.vca_config.get("helmpath"),
            log=self.logger,
            on_update_db=None,
            fs=self.fs,
            db=self.db
        )

        self.k8sclusterhelm3 = K8sHelm3Connector(
            kubectl_command=self.vca_config.get("kubectlpath"),
            helm_command=self.vca_config.get("helm3path"),
            fs=self.fs,
            log=self.logger,
            db=self.db,
            on_update_db=None,
        )

        self.k8sclusterjuju = K8sJujuConnector(
            kubectl_command=self.vca_config.get("kubectlpath"),
            juju_command=self.vca_config.get("jujupath"),
            log=self.logger,
            loop=self.loop,
            on_update_db=None,
            vca_config=self.vca_config,
            fs=self.fs,
            db=self.db
        )

        self.k8scluster_map = {
            "helm-chart": self.k8sclusterhelm2,
            "helm-chart-v3": self.k8sclusterhelm3,
            "chart": self.k8sclusterhelm3,
            "juju-bundle": self.k8sclusterjuju,
            "juju": self.k8sclusterjuju,
        }

        self.vca_map = {
            "lxc_proxy_charm": self.n2vc,
            "native_charm": self.n2vc,
            "k8s_proxy_charm": self.n2vc,
            "helm": self.conn_helm_ee,
            "helm-v3": self.conn_helm_ee
        }

        self.prometheus = prometheus

        # create RO client
        self.RO = NgRoClient(self.loop, **self.ro_config)

    @staticmethod
    def increment_ip_mac(ip_mac, vm_index=1):
        if not isinstance(ip_mac, str):
            return ip_mac
        try:
            # try with ipv4 look for last dot
            i = ip_mac.rfind(".")
            if i > 0:
                i += 1
                return "{}{}".format(ip_mac[:i], int(ip_mac[i:]) + vm_index)
            # try with ipv6 or mac look for last colon. Operate in hex
            i = ip_mac.rfind(":")
            if i > 0:
                i += 1
                # format in hex, len can be 2 for mac or 4 for ipv6
                return ("{}{:0" + str(len(ip_mac) - i) + "x}").format(ip_mac[:i], int(ip_mac[i:], 16) + vm_index)
        except Exception:
            pass
        return None

    def _on_update_ro_db(self, nsrs_id, ro_descriptor):

        # self.logger.debug('_on_update_ro_db(nsrs_id={}'.format(nsrs_id))

        try:
            # TODO filter RO descriptor fields...

            # write to database
            db_dict = dict()
            # db_dict['deploymentStatus'] = yaml.dump(ro_descriptor, default_flow_style=False, indent=2)
            db_dict['deploymentStatus'] = ro_descriptor
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsrs_id, db_dict)

        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warn('Cannot write database RO deployment for ns={} -> {}'.format(nsrs_id, e))

    async def _on_update_n2vc_db(self, table, filter, path, updated_data):

        # remove last dot from path (if exists)
        if path.endswith('.'):
            path = path[:-1]

        # self.logger.debug('_on_update_n2vc_db(table={}, filter={}, path={}, updated_data={}'
        #                   .format(table, filter, path, updated_data))

        try:

            nsr_id = filter.get('_id')

            # read ns record from database
            nsr = self.db.get_one(table='nsrs', q_filter=filter)
            current_ns_status = nsr.get('nsState')

            # get vca status for NS
            status_dict = await self.n2vc.get_status(namespace='.' + nsr_id, yaml_format=False)

            # vcaStatus
            db_dict = dict()
            db_dict['vcaStatus'] = status_dict

            # update configurationStatus for this VCA
            try:
                vca_index = int(path[path.rfind(".")+1:])

                vca_list = deep_get(target_dict=nsr, key_list=('_admin', 'deployed', 'VCA'))
                vca_status = vca_list[vca_index].get('status')

                configuration_status_list = nsr.get('configurationStatus')
                config_status = configuration_status_list[vca_index].get('status')

                if config_status == 'BROKEN' and vca_status != 'failed':
                    db_dict['configurationStatus'][vca_index] = 'READY'
                elif config_status != 'BROKEN' and vca_status == 'failed':
                    db_dict['configurationStatus'][vca_index] = 'BROKEN'
            except Exception as e:
                # not update configurationStatus
                self.logger.debug('Error updating vca_index (ignore): {}'.format(e))

            # if nsState = 'READY' check if juju is reporting some error => nsState = 'DEGRADED'
            # if nsState = 'DEGRADED' check if all is OK
            is_degraded = False
            if current_ns_status in ('READY', 'DEGRADED'):
                error_description = ''
                # check machines
                if status_dict.get('machines'):
                    for machine_id in status_dict.get('machines'):
                        machine = status_dict.get('machines').get(machine_id)
                        # check machine agent-status
                        if machine.get('agent-status'):
                            s = machine.get('agent-status').get('status')
                            if s != 'started':
                                is_degraded = True
                                error_description += 'machine {} agent-status={} ; '.format(machine_id, s)
                        # check machine instance status
                        if machine.get('instance-status'):
                            s = machine.get('instance-status').get('status')
                            if s != 'running':
                                is_degraded = True
                                error_description += 'machine {} instance-status={} ; '.format(machine_id, s)
                # check applications
                if status_dict.get('applications'):
                    for app_id in status_dict.get('applications'):
                        app = status_dict.get('applications').get(app_id)
                        # check application status
                        if app.get('status'):
                            s = app.get('status').get('status')
                            if s != 'active':
                                is_degraded = True
                                error_description += 'application {} status={} ; '.format(app_id, s)

                if error_description:
                    db_dict['errorDescription'] = error_description
                if current_ns_status == 'READY' and is_degraded:
                    db_dict['nsState'] = 'DEGRADED'
                if current_ns_status == 'DEGRADED' and not is_degraded:
                    db_dict['nsState'] = 'READY'

            # write to database
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_dict)

        except (asyncio.CancelledError, asyncio.TimeoutError):
            raise
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warn('Error updating NS state for ns={}: {}'.format(nsr_id, e))

    @staticmethod
    def _parse_cloud_init(cloud_init_text, additional_params, vnfd_id, vdu_id):
        try:
            env = Environment(undefined=StrictUndefined)
            template = env.from_string(cloud_init_text)
            return template.render(additional_params or {})
        except UndefinedError as e:
            raise LcmException("Variable {} at vnfd[id={}]:vdu[id={}]:cloud-init/cloud-init-"
                               "file, must be provided in the instantiation parameters inside the "
                               "'additionalParamsForVnf/Vdu' block".format(e, vnfd_id, vdu_id))
        except (TemplateError, TemplateNotFound) as e:
            raise LcmException("Error parsing Jinja2 to cloud-init content at vnfd[id={}]:vdu[id={}]: {}".
                               format(vnfd_id, vdu_id, e))

    def _get_vdu_cloud_init_content(self, vdu, vnfd):
        cloud_init_content = cloud_init_file = None
        try:
            if vdu.get("cloud-init-file"):
                base_folder = vnfd["_admin"]["storage"]
                cloud_init_file = "{}/{}/cloud_init/{}".format(base_folder["folder"], base_folder["pkg-dir"],
                                                               vdu["cloud-init-file"])
                with self.fs.file_open(cloud_init_file, "r") as ci_file:
                    cloud_init_content = ci_file.read()
            elif vdu.get("cloud-init"):
                cloud_init_content = vdu["cloud-init"]

            return cloud_init_content
        except FsException as e:
            raise LcmException("Error reading vnfd[id={}]:vdu[id={}]:cloud-init-file={}: {}".
                               format(vnfd["id"], vdu["id"], cloud_init_file, e))

    def _get_vdu_additional_params(self, db_vnfr, vdu_id):
        vdur = next(vdur for vdur in db_vnfr.get("vdur") if vdu_id == vdur["vdu-id-ref"])
        additional_params = vdur.get("additionalParams")
        return parse_yaml_strings(additional_params)

    def vnfd2RO(self, vnfd, new_id=None, additionalParams=None, nsrId=None):
        """
        Converts creates a new vnfd descriptor for RO base on input OSM IM vnfd
        :param vnfd: input vnfd
        :param new_id: overrides vnf id if provided
        :param additionalParams: Instantiation params for VNFs provided
        :param nsrId: Id of the NSR
        :return: copy of vnfd
        """
        vnfd_RO = deepcopy(vnfd)
        # remove unused by RO configuration, monitoring, scaling and internal keys
        vnfd_RO.pop("_id", None)
        vnfd_RO.pop("_admin", None)
        vnfd_RO.pop("vnf-configuration", None)
        vnfd_RO.pop("monitoring-param", None)
        vnfd_RO.pop("scaling-group-descriptor", None)
        vnfd_RO.pop("kdu", None)
        vnfd_RO.pop("k8s-cluster", None)
        if new_id:
            vnfd_RO["id"] = new_id

        # parse cloud-init or cloud-init-file with the provided variables using Jinja2
        for vdu in get_iterable(vnfd_RO, "vdu"):
            vdu.pop("cloud-init-file", None)
            vdu.pop("cloud-init", None)
        return vnfd_RO

    @staticmethod
    def ip_profile_2_RO(ip_profile):
        RO_ip_profile = deepcopy(ip_profile)
        if "dns-server" in RO_ip_profile:
            if isinstance(RO_ip_profile["dns-server"], list):
                RO_ip_profile["dns-address"] = []
                for ds in RO_ip_profile.pop("dns-server"):
                    RO_ip_profile["dns-address"].append(ds['address'])
            else:
                RO_ip_profile["dns-address"] = RO_ip_profile.pop("dns-server")
        if RO_ip_profile.get("ip-version") == "ipv4":
            RO_ip_profile["ip-version"] = "IPv4"
        if RO_ip_profile.get("ip-version") == "ipv6":
            RO_ip_profile["ip-version"] = "IPv6"
        if "dhcp-params" in RO_ip_profile:
            RO_ip_profile["dhcp"] = RO_ip_profile.pop("dhcp-params")
        return RO_ip_profile

    def _get_ro_vim_id_for_vim_account(self, vim_account):
        db_vim = self.db.get_one("vim_accounts", {"_id": vim_account})
        if db_vim["_admin"]["operationalState"] != "ENABLED":
            raise LcmException("VIM={} is not available. operationalState={}".format(
                vim_account, db_vim["_admin"]["operationalState"]))
        RO_vim_id = db_vim["_admin"]["deployed"]["RO"]
        return RO_vim_id

    def get_ro_wim_id_for_wim_account(self, wim_account):
        if isinstance(wim_account, str):
            db_wim = self.db.get_one("wim_accounts", {"_id": wim_account})
            if db_wim["_admin"]["operationalState"] != "ENABLED":
                raise LcmException("WIM={} is not available. operationalState={}".format(
                    wim_account, db_wim["_admin"]["operationalState"]))
            RO_wim_id = db_wim["_admin"]["deployed"]["RO-account"]
            return RO_wim_id
        else:
            return wim_account

    def scale_vnfr(self, db_vnfr, vdu_create=None, vdu_delete=None, mark_delete=False):

        db_vdu_push_list = []
        db_update = {"_admin.modified": time()}
        if vdu_create:
            for vdu_id, vdu_count in vdu_create.items():
                vdur = next((vdur for vdur in reversed(db_vnfr["vdur"]) if vdur["vdu-id-ref"] == vdu_id), None)
                if not vdur:
                    raise LcmException("Error scaling OUT VNFR for {}. There is not any existing vnfr. Scaled to 0?".
                                       format(vdu_id))

                for count in range(vdu_count):
                    vdur_copy = deepcopy(vdur)
                    vdur_copy["status"] = "BUILD"
                    vdur_copy["status-detailed"] = None
                    vdur_copy["ip-address"]: None
                    vdur_copy["_id"] = str(uuid4())
                    vdur_copy["count-index"] += count + 1
                    vdur_copy["id"] = "{}-{}".format(vdur_copy["vdu-id-ref"], vdur_copy["count-index"])
                    vdur_copy.pop("vim_info", None)
                    for iface in vdur_copy["interfaces"]:
                        if iface.get("fixed-ip"):
                            iface["ip-address"] = self.increment_ip_mac(iface["ip-address"], count+1)
                        else:
                            iface.pop("ip-address", None)
                        if iface.get("fixed-mac"):
                            iface["mac-address"] = self.increment_ip_mac(iface["mac-address"], count+1)
                        else:
                            iface.pop("mac-address", None)
                        iface.pop("mgmt_vnf", None)  # only first vdu can be managment of vnf
                    db_vdu_push_list.append(vdur_copy)
                    # self.logger.debug("scale out, adding vdu={}".format(vdur_copy))
        if vdu_delete:
            for vdu_id, vdu_count in vdu_delete.items():
                if mark_delete:
                    indexes_to_delete = [iv[0] for iv in enumerate(db_vnfr["vdur"]) if iv[1]["vdu-id-ref"] == vdu_id]
                    db_update.update({"vdur.{}.status".format(i): "DELETING" for i in indexes_to_delete[-vdu_count:]})
                else:
                    # it must be deleted one by one because common.db does not allow otherwise
                    vdus_to_delete = [v for v in reversed(db_vnfr["vdur"]) if v["vdu-id-ref"] == vdu_id]
                    for vdu in vdus_to_delete[:vdu_count]:
                        self.db.set_one("vnfrs", {"_id": db_vnfr["_id"]}, None, pull={"vdur": {"_id": vdu["_id"]}})
        db_push = {"vdur": db_vdu_push_list} if db_vdu_push_list else None
        self.db.set_one("vnfrs", {"_id": db_vnfr["_id"]}, db_update, push_list=db_push)
        # modify passed dictionary db_vnfr
        db_vnfr_ = self.db.get_one("vnfrs", {"_id": db_vnfr["_id"]})
        db_vnfr["vdur"] = db_vnfr_["vdur"]

    def ns_update_nsr(self, ns_update_nsr, db_nsr, nsr_desc_RO):
        """
        Updates database nsr with the RO info for the created vld
        :param ns_update_nsr: dictionary to be filled with the updated info
        :param db_nsr: content of db_nsr. This is also modified
        :param nsr_desc_RO: nsr descriptor from RO
        :return: Nothing, LcmException is raised on errors
        """

        for vld_index, vld in enumerate(get_iterable(db_nsr, "vld")):
            for net_RO in get_iterable(nsr_desc_RO, "nets"):
                if vld["id"] != net_RO.get("ns_net_osm_id"):
                    continue
                vld["vim-id"] = net_RO.get("vim_net_id")
                vld["name"] = net_RO.get("vim_name")
                vld["status"] = net_RO.get("status")
                vld["status-detailed"] = net_RO.get("error_msg")
                ns_update_nsr["vld.{}".format(vld_index)] = vld
                break
            else:
                raise LcmException("ns_update_nsr: Not found vld={} at RO info".format(vld["id"]))

    def set_vnfr_at_error(self, db_vnfrs, error_text):
        try:
            for db_vnfr in db_vnfrs.values():
                vnfr_update = {"status": "ERROR"}
                for vdu_index, vdur in enumerate(get_iterable(db_vnfr, "vdur")):
                    if "status" not in vdur:
                        vdur["status"] = "ERROR"
                        vnfr_update["vdur.{}.status".format(vdu_index)] = "ERROR"
                        if error_text:
                            vdur["status-detailed"] = str(error_text)
                            vnfr_update["vdur.{}.status-detailed".format(vdu_index)] = "ERROR"
                self.update_db_2("vnfrs", db_vnfr["_id"], vnfr_update)
        except DbException as e:
            self.logger.error("Cannot update vnf. {}".format(e))

    def ns_update_vnfr(self, db_vnfrs, nsr_desc_RO):
        """
        Updates database vnfr with the RO info, e.g. ip_address, vim_id... Descriptor db_vnfrs is also updated
        :param db_vnfrs: dictionary with member-vnf-index: vnfr-content
        :param nsr_desc_RO: nsr descriptor from RO
        :return: Nothing, LcmException is raised on errors
        """
        for vnf_index, db_vnfr in db_vnfrs.items():
            for vnf_RO in nsr_desc_RO["vnfs"]:
                if vnf_RO["member_vnf_index"] != vnf_index:
                    continue
                vnfr_update = {}
                if vnf_RO.get("ip_address"):
                    db_vnfr["ip-address"] = vnfr_update["ip-address"] = vnf_RO["ip_address"].split(";")[0]
                elif not db_vnfr.get("ip-address"):
                    if db_vnfr.get("vdur"):   # if not VDUs, there is not ip_address
                        raise LcmExceptionNoMgmtIP("ns member_vnf_index '{}' has no IP address".format(vnf_index))

                for vdu_index, vdur in enumerate(get_iterable(db_vnfr, "vdur")):
                    vdur_RO_count_index = 0
                    if vdur.get("pdu-type"):
                        continue
                    for vdur_RO in get_iterable(vnf_RO, "vms"):
                        if vdur["vdu-id-ref"] != vdur_RO["vdu_osm_id"]:
                            continue
                        if vdur["count-index"] != vdur_RO_count_index:
                            vdur_RO_count_index += 1
                            continue
                        vdur["vim-id"] = vdur_RO.get("vim_vm_id")
                        if vdur_RO.get("ip_address"):
                            vdur["ip-address"] = vdur_RO["ip_address"].split(";")[0]
                        else:
                            vdur["ip-address"] = None
                        vdur["vdu-id-ref"] = vdur_RO.get("vdu_osm_id")
                        vdur["name"] = vdur_RO.get("vim_name")
                        vdur["status"] = vdur_RO.get("status")
                        vdur["status-detailed"] = vdur_RO.get("error_msg")
                        for ifacer in get_iterable(vdur, "interfaces"):
                            for interface_RO in get_iterable(vdur_RO, "interfaces"):
                                if ifacer["name"] == interface_RO.get("internal_name"):
                                    ifacer["ip-address"] = interface_RO.get("ip_address")
                                    ifacer["mac-address"] = interface_RO.get("mac_address")
                                    break
                            else:
                                raise LcmException("ns_update_vnfr: Not found member_vnf_index={} vdur={} interface={} "
                                                   "from VIM info"
                                                   .format(vnf_index, vdur["vdu-id-ref"], ifacer["name"]))
                        vnfr_update["vdur.{}".format(vdu_index)] = vdur
                        break
                    else:
                        raise LcmException("ns_update_vnfr: Not found member_vnf_index={} vdur={} count_index={} from "
                                           "VIM info".format(vnf_index, vdur["vdu-id-ref"], vdur["count-index"]))

                for vld_index, vld in enumerate(get_iterable(db_vnfr, "vld")):
                    for net_RO in get_iterable(nsr_desc_RO, "nets"):
                        if vld["id"] != net_RO.get("vnf_net_osm_id"):
                            continue
                        vld["vim-id"] = net_RO.get("vim_net_id")
                        vld["name"] = net_RO.get("vim_name")
                        vld["status"] = net_RO.get("status")
                        vld["status-detailed"] = net_RO.get("error_msg")
                        vnfr_update["vld.{}".format(vld_index)] = vld
                        break
                    else:
                        raise LcmException("ns_update_vnfr: Not found member_vnf_index={} vld={} from VIM info".format(
                            vnf_index, vld["id"]))

                self.update_db_2("vnfrs", db_vnfr["_id"], vnfr_update)
                break

            else:
                raise LcmException("ns_update_vnfr: Not found member_vnf_index={} from VIM info".format(vnf_index))

    def _get_ns_config_info(self, nsr_id):
        """
        Generates a mapping between vnf,vdu elements and the N2VC id
        :param nsr_id: id of nsr to get last  database _admin.deployed.VCA that contains this list
        :return: a dictionary with {osm-config-mapping: {}} where its element contains:
            "<member-vnf-index>": <N2VC-id>  for a vnf configuration, or
            "<member-vnf-index>.<vdu.id>.<vdu replica(0, 1,..)>": <N2VC-id>  for a vdu configuration
        """
        db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
        vca_deployed_list = db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"]["VCA"]
        mapping = {}
        ns_config_info = {"osm-config-mapping": mapping}
        for vca in vca_deployed_list:
            if not vca["member-vnf-index"]:
                continue
            if not vca["vdu_id"]:
                mapping[vca["member-vnf-index"]] = vca["application"]
            else:
                mapping["{}.{}.{}".format(vca["member-vnf-index"], vca["vdu_id"], vca["vdu_count_index"])] =\
                    vca["application"]
        return ns_config_info

    async def _instantiate_ng_ro(self, logging_text, nsr_id, nsd, db_nsr, db_nslcmop, db_vnfrs, db_vnfds,
                                 n2vc_key_list, stage, start_deploy, timeout_ns_deploy):

        db_vims = {}

        def get_vim_account(vim_account_id):
            nonlocal db_vims
            if vim_account_id in db_vims:
                return db_vims[vim_account_id]
            db_vim = self.db.get_one("vim_accounts", {"_id": vim_account_id})
            db_vims[vim_account_id] = db_vim
            return db_vim

        # modify target_vld info with instantiation parameters
        def parse_vld_instantiation_params(target_vim, target_vld, vld_params, target_sdn):
            if vld_params.get("ip-profile"):
                target_vld["vim_info"][target_vim]["ip_profile"] = vld_params["ip-profile"]
            if vld_params.get("provider-network"):
                target_vld["vim_info"][target_vim]["provider_network"] = vld_params["provider-network"]
                if "sdn-ports" in vld_params["provider-network"] and target_sdn:
                    target_vld["vim_info"][target_sdn]["sdn-ports"] = vld_params["provider-network"]["sdn-ports"]
            if vld_params.get("wimAccountId"):
                target_wim = "wim:{}".format(vld_params["wimAccountId"])
                target_vld["vim_info"][target_wim] = {}
            for param in ("vim-network-name", "vim-network-id"):
                if vld_params.get(param):
                    if isinstance(vld_params[param], dict):
                        for vim, vim_net in vld_params[param]:
                            other_target_vim = "vim:" + vim
                            populate_dict(target_vld["vim_info"], (other_target_vim, param.replace("-", "_")), vim_net)
                    else:  # isinstance str
                        target_vld["vim_info"][target_vim][param.replace("-", "_")] = vld_params[param]
            if vld_params.get("common_id"):
                target_vld["common_id"] = vld_params.get("common_id")

        nslcmop_id = db_nslcmop["_id"]
        target = {
            "name": db_nsr["name"],
            "ns": {"vld": []},
            "vnf": [],
            "image": deepcopy(db_nsr["image"]),
            "flavor": deepcopy(db_nsr["flavor"]),
            "action_id": nslcmop_id,
            "cloud_init_content": {},
        }
        for image in target["image"]:
            image["vim_info"] = {}
        for flavor in target["flavor"]:
            flavor["vim_info"] = {}

        if db_nslcmop.get("lcmOperationType") != "instantiate":
            # get parameters of instantiation:
            db_nslcmop_instantiate = self.db.get_list("nslcmops", {"nsInstanceId": db_nslcmop["nsInstanceId"],
                                                                   "lcmOperationType": "instantiate"})[-1]
            ns_params = db_nslcmop_instantiate.get("operationParams")
        else:
            ns_params = db_nslcmop.get("operationParams")
        ssh_keys_instantiation = ns_params.get("ssh_keys") or []
        ssh_keys_all = ssh_keys_instantiation + (n2vc_key_list or [])

        cp2target = {}
        for vld_index, vld in enumerate(db_nsr.get("vld")):
            target_vim = "vim:{}".format(ns_params["vimAccountId"])
            target_vld = {
                "id": vld["id"],
                "name": vld["name"],
                "mgmt-network": vld.get("mgmt-network", False),
                "type": vld.get("type"),
                "vim_info": {
                    target_vim: {
                        "vim_network_name": vld.get("vim-network-name"),
                        "vim_account_id": ns_params["vimAccountId"]
                    }
                }
            }
            # check if this network needs SDN assist
            if vld.get("pci-interfaces"):
                db_vim = VimAccountDB.get_vim_account_with_id(target_vld["vim_info"][0]["vim_account_id"])
                sdnc_id = db_vim["config"].get("sdn-controller")
                if sdnc_id:
                    target_vld["vim_info"].append({"sdnc_id": sdnc_id})

            nsd_vnf_profiles = get_vnf_profiles(nsd)
            for nsd_vnf_profile in nsd_vnf_profiles:
                for cp in nsd_vnf_profile["virtual-link-connectivity"]:
                    if cp["virtual-link-profile-id"] == vld["id"]:
                        cp2target["member_vnf:{}.{}".format(
                            cp["constituent-cpd-id"][0]["constituent-base-element-id"],
                            cp["constituent-cpd-id"][0]["constituent-cpd-id"]
                        )] = "nsrs:{}:vld.{}".format(nsr_id, vld_index)

            # check at nsd descriptor, if there is an ip-profile
            vld_params = {}
            virtual_link_profiles = get_virtual_link_profiles(nsd)

            for vlp in virtual_link_profiles:
                ip_profile = find_in_list(nsd["ip-profiles"],
                                          lambda profile: profile["name"] == vlp["ip-profile-ref"])
                vld_params["ip-profile"] = ip_profile["ip-profile-params"]
            # update vld_params with instantiation params
            vld_instantiation_params = find_in_list(get_iterable(ns_params, "vld"),
                                                    lambda a_vld: a_vld["name"] in (vld["name"], vld["id"]))
            if vld_instantiation_params:
                vld_params.update(vld_instantiation_params)
            parse_vld_instantiation_params(target_vim, target_vld, vld_params, None)
            target["ns"]["vld"].append(target_vld)

        for vnfr in db_vnfrs.values():
            vnfd = find_in_list(db_vnfds, lambda db_vnf: db_vnf["id"] == vnfr["vnfd-ref"])
            vnf_params = find_in_list(get_iterable(ns_params, "vnf"),
                                      lambda a_vnf: a_vnf["member-vnf-index"] == vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"])
            target_vnf = deepcopy(vnfr)
            target_vim = "vim:{}".format(vnfr["vim-account-id"])
            for vld in target_vnf.get("vld", ()):
                # check if connected to a ns.vld, to fill target'
                vnf_cp = find_in_list(vnfd.get("int-virtual-link-desc", ()),
                                      lambda cpd: cpd.get("id") == vld["id"])
                if vnf_cp:
                    ns_cp = "member_vnf:{}.{}".format(vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"], vnf_cp["id"])
                    if cp2target.get(ns_cp):
                        vld["target"] = cp2target[ns_cp]

                vld["vim_info"] = {target_vim: {"vim_network_name": vld.get("vim-network-name")}}
                # check if this network needs SDN assist
                target_sdn = None
                if vld.get("pci-interfaces"):
                    db_vim = get_vim_account(vnfr["vim-account-id"])
                    sdnc_id = db_vim["config"].get("sdn-controller")
                    if sdnc_id:
                        sdn_vld = "vnfrs:{}:vld.{}".format(target_vnf["_id"], vld["id"])
                        target_sdn = "sdn:{}".format(sdnc_id)
                        vld["vim_info"][target_sdn] = {
                            "sdn": True, "target_vim": target_vim, "vlds": [sdn_vld], "type": vld.get("type")}

                # check at vnfd descriptor, if there is an ip-profile
                vld_params = {}
                vnfd_vlp = find_in_list(
                    get_virtual_link_profiles(vnfd),
                    lambda a_link_profile: a_link_profile["id"] == vld["id"]
                )
                if vnfd_vlp and vnfd_vlp.get("virtual-link-protocol-data") and \
                   vnfd_vlp["virtual-link-protocol-data"].get("l3-protocol-data"):
                    ip_profile_source_data = vnfd_vlp["virtual-link-protocol-data"]["l3-protocol-data"]
                    ip_profile_dest_data = {}
                    if "ip-version" in ip_profile_source_data:
                        ip_profile_dest_data["ip-version"] = ip_profile_source_data["ip-version"]
                    if "cidr" in ip_profile_source_data:
                        ip_profile_dest_data["subnet-address"] = ip_profile_source_data["cidr"]
                    if "gateway-ip" in ip_profile_source_data:
                        ip_profile_dest_data["gateway-address"] = ip_profile_source_data["gateway-ip"]
                    if "dhcp-enabled" in ip_profile_source_data:
                        ip_profile_dest_data["dhcp-params"] = {
                            "enabled": ip_profile_source_data["dhcp-enabled"]
                        }

                    vld_params["ip-profile"] = ip_profile_dest_data
                # update vld_params with instantiation params
                if vnf_params:
                    vld_instantiation_params = find_in_list(get_iterable(vnf_params, "internal-vld"),
                                                            lambda i_vld: i_vld["name"] == vld["id"])
                    if vld_instantiation_params:
                        vld_params.update(vld_instantiation_params)
                parse_vld_instantiation_params(target_vim, vld, vld_params, target_sdn)

            vdur_list = []
            for vdur in target_vnf.get("vdur", ()):
                if vdur.get("status") == "DELETING" or vdur.get("pdu-type"):
                    continue  # This vdu must not be created
                vdur["vim_info"] = {"vim_account_id": vnfr["vim-account-id"]}

                self.logger.debug("NS > ssh_keys > {}".format(ssh_keys_all))

                if ssh_keys_all:
                    vdu_configuration = get_vdu_configuration(vnfd, vdur["vdu-id-ref"])
                    vnf_configuration = get_vnf_configuration(vnfd)
                    if vdu_configuration and vdu_configuration.get("config-access") and \
                       vdu_configuration.get("config-access").get("ssh-access"):
                        vdur["ssh-keys"] = ssh_keys_all
                        vdur["ssh-access-required"] = vdu_configuration["config-access"]["ssh-access"]["required"]
                    elif vnf_configuration and vnf_configuration.get("config-access") and \
                        vnf_configuration.get("config-access").get("ssh-access") and \
                            any(iface.get("mgmt-vnf") for iface in vdur["interfaces"]):
                        vdur["ssh-keys"] = ssh_keys_all
                        vdur["ssh-access-required"] = vnf_configuration["config-access"]["ssh-access"]["required"]
                    elif ssh_keys_instantiation and \
                            find_in_list(vdur["interfaces"], lambda iface: iface.get("mgmt-vnf")):
                        vdur["ssh-keys"] = ssh_keys_instantiation

                self.logger.debug("NS > vdur > {}".format(vdur))

                vdud = get_vdu(vnfd, vdur["vdu-id-ref"])
                # cloud-init
                if vdud.get("cloud-init-file"):
                    vdur["cloud-init"] = "{}:file:{}".format(vnfd["_id"], vdud.get("cloud-init-file"))
                    # read file and put content at target.cloul_init_content. Avoid ng_ro to use shared package system
                    if vdur["cloud-init"] not in target["cloud_init_content"]:
                        base_folder = vnfd["_admin"]["storage"]
                        cloud_init_file = "{}/{}/cloud_init/{}".format(base_folder["folder"], base_folder["pkg-dir"],
                                                                       vdud.get("cloud-init-file"))
                        with self.fs.file_open(cloud_init_file, "r") as ci_file:
                            target["cloud_init_content"][vdur["cloud-init"]] = ci_file.read()
                elif vdud.get("cloud-init"):
                    vdur["cloud-init"] = "{}:vdu:{}".format(vnfd["_id"], get_vdu_index(vnfd, vdur["vdu-id-ref"]))
                    # put content at target.cloul_init_content. Avoid ng_ro read vnfd descriptor
                    target["cloud_init_content"][vdur["cloud-init"]] = vdud["cloud-init"]
                vdur["additionalParams"] = vdur.get("additionalParams") or {}
                deploy_params_vdu = self._format_additional_params(vdur.get("additionalParams") or {})
                deploy_params_vdu["OSM"] = get_osm_params(vnfr, vdur["vdu-id-ref"], vdur["count-index"])
                vdur["additionalParams"] = deploy_params_vdu

                # flavor
                ns_flavor = target["flavor"][int(vdur["ns-flavor-id"])]
                if target_vim not in ns_flavor["vim_info"]:
                    ns_flavor["vim_info"][target_vim] = {}
                # image
                ns_image = target["image"][int(vdur["ns-image-id"])]
                if target_vim not in ns_image["vim_info"]:
                    ns_image["vim_info"][target_vim] = {}

                vdur["vim_info"] = {target_vim: {}}
                # instantiation parameters
                # if vnf_params:
                #     vdu_instantiation_params = next((v for v in get_iterable(vnf_params, "vdu") if v["id"] ==
                #     vdud["id"]), None)
                vdur_list.append(vdur)
            target_vnf["vdur"] = vdur_list
            target["vnf"].append(target_vnf)

        desc = await self.RO.deploy(nsr_id, target)
        self.logger.debug("RO return > {}".format(desc))
        action_id = desc["action_id"]
        await self._wait_ng_ro(nsr_id, action_id, nslcmop_id, start_deploy, timeout_ns_deploy, stage)

        # Updating NSR
        db_nsr_update = {
            "_admin.deployed.RO.operational-status": "running",
            "detailed-status": " ".join(stage)
        }
        # db_nsr["_admin.deployed.RO.detailed-status"] = "Deployed at VIM"
        self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
        self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "ns deployed at RO. RO_id={}".format(action_id))
        return

    async def _wait_ng_ro(self, nsr_id, action_id, nslcmop_id=None, start_time=None, timeout=600, stage=None):
        detailed_status_old = None
        db_nsr_update = {}
        start_time = start_time or time()
        while time() <= start_time + timeout:
            desc_status = await self.RO.status(nsr_id, action_id)
            self.logger.debug("Wait NG RO > {}".format(desc_status))
            if desc_status["status"] == "FAILED":
                raise NgRoException(desc_status["details"])
            elif desc_status["status"] == "BUILD":
                if stage:
                    stage[2] = "VIM: ({})".format(desc_status["details"])
            elif desc_status["status"] == "DONE":
                if stage:
                    stage[2] = "Deployed at VIM"
                break
            else:
                assert False, "ROclient.check_ns_status returns unknown {}".format(desc_status["status"])
            if stage and nslcmop_id and stage[2] != detailed_status_old:
                detailed_status_old = stage[2]
                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
            await asyncio.sleep(15, loop=self.loop)
        else:  # timeout_ns_deploy
            raise NgRoException("Timeout waiting ns to deploy")

    async def _terminate_ng_ro(self, logging_text, nsr_deployed, nsr_id, nslcmop_id, stage):
        db_nsr_update = {}
        failed_detail = []
        action_id = None
        start_deploy = time()
        try:
            target = {
                "ns": {"vld": []},
                "vnf": [],
                "image": [],
                "flavor": [],
                "action_id": nslcmop_id
            }
            desc = await self.RO.deploy(nsr_id, target)
            action_id = desc["action_id"]
            db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_delete_action_id"] = action_id
            db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_status"] = "DELETING"
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "ns terminate action at RO. action_id={}".format(action_id))

            # wait until done
            delete_timeout = 20 * 60  # 20 minutes
            await self._wait_ng_ro(nsr_id, action_id, nslcmop_id, start_deploy, delete_timeout, stage)

            db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_delete_action_id"] = None
            db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_status"] = "DELETED"
            # delete all nsr
            await self.RO.delete(nsr_id)
        except Exception as e:
            if isinstance(e, NgRoException) and e.http_code == 404:  # not found
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_id"] = None
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_status"] = "DELETED"
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_delete_action_id"] = None
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "RO_action_id={} already deleted".format(action_id))
            elif isinstance(e, NgRoException) and e.http_code == 409:  # conflict
                failed_detail.append("delete conflict: {}".format(e))
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "RO_action_id={} delete conflict: {}".format(action_id, e))
            else:
                failed_detail.append("delete error: {}".format(e))
                self.logger.error(logging_text + "RO_action_id={} delete error: {}".format(action_id, e))

        if failed_detail:
            stage[2] = "Error deleting from VIM"
        else:
            stage[2] = "Deleted from VIM"
        db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
        self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
        self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)

        if failed_detail:
            raise LcmException("; ".join(failed_detail))
        return

    async def instantiate_RO(self, logging_text, nsr_id, nsd, db_nsr, db_nslcmop, db_vnfrs, db_vnfds,
                             n2vc_key_list, stage):
        """
        Instantiate at RO
        :param logging_text: preffix text to use at logging
        :param nsr_id: nsr identity
        :param nsd: database content of ns descriptor
        :param db_nsr: database content of ns record
        :param db_nslcmop: database content of ns operation, in this case, 'instantiate'
        :param db_vnfrs:
        :param db_vnfds: database content of vnfds, indexed by id (not _id). {id: {vnfd_object}, ...}
        :param n2vc_key_list: ssh-public-key list to be inserted to management vdus via cloud-init
        :param stage: list with 3 items: [general stage, tasks, vim_specific]. This task will write over vim_specific
        :return: None or exception
        """
        try:
            start_deploy = time()
            ns_params = db_nslcmop.get("operationParams")
            if ns_params and ns_params.get("timeout_ns_deploy"):
                timeout_ns_deploy = ns_params["timeout_ns_deploy"]
            else:
                timeout_ns_deploy = self.timeout.get("ns_deploy", self.timeout_ns_deploy)

            # Check for and optionally request placement optimization. Database will be updated if placement activated
            stage[2] = "Waiting for Placement."
            if await self._do_placement(logging_text, db_nslcmop, db_vnfrs):
                # in case of placement change ns_params[vimAcountId) if not present at any vnfrs
                for vnfr in db_vnfrs.values():
                    if ns_params["vimAccountId"] == vnfr["vim-account-id"]:
                        break
                else:
                    ns_params["vimAccountId"] == vnfr["vim-account-id"]

            return await self._instantiate_ng_ro(logging_text, nsr_id, nsd, db_nsr, db_nslcmop, db_vnfrs,
                                                 db_vnfds, n2vc_key_list, stage, start_deploy, timeout_ns_deploy)
        except Exception as e:
            stage[2] = "ERROR deploying at VIM"
            self.set_vnfr_at_error(db_vnfrs, str(e))
            self.logger.error("Error deploying at VIM {}".format(e),
                              exc_info=not isinstance(e, (ROclient.ROClientException, LcmException, DbException,
                                                          NgRoException)))
            raise

    async def wait_kdu_up(self, logging_text, nsr_id, vnfr_id, kdu_name):
        """
        Wait for kdu to be up, get ip address
        :param logging_text: prefix use for logging
        :param nsr_id:
        :param vnfr_id:
        :param kdu_name:
        :return: IP address
        """

        # self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Starting wait_kdu_up")
        nb_tries = 0

        while nb_tries < 360:
            db_vnfr = self.db.get_one("vnfrs", {"_id": vnfr_id})
            kdur = next((x for x in get_iterable(db_vnfr, "kdur") if x.get("kdu-name") == kdu_name), None)
            if not kdur:
                raise LcmException("Not found vnfr_id={}, kdu_name={}".format(vnfr_id, kdu_name))
            if kdur.get("status"):
                if kdur["status"] in ("READY", "ENABLED"):
                    return kdur.get("ip-address")
                else:
                    raise LcmException("target KDU={} is in error state".format(kdu_name))

            await asyncio.sleep(10, loop=self.loop)
            nb_tries += 1
        raise LcmException("Timeout waiting KDU={} instantiated".format(kdu_name))

    async def wait_vm_up_insert_key_ro(self, logging_text, nsr_id, vnfr_id, vdu_id, vdu_index, pub_key=None, user=None):
        """
        Wait for ip addres at RO, and optionally, insert public key in virtual machine
        :param logging_text: prefix use for logging
        :param nsr_id:
        :param vnfr_id:
        :param vdu_id:
        :param vdu_index:
        :param pub_key: public ssh key to inject, None to skip
        :param user: user to apply the public ssh key
        :return: IP address
        """

        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Starting wait_vm_up_insert_key_ro")
        ro_nsr_id = None
        ip_address = None
        nb_tries = 0
        target_vdu_id = None
        ro_retries = 0

        while True:

            ro_retries += 1
            if ro_retries >= 360:  # 1 hour
                raise LcmException("Not found _admin.deployed.RO.nsr_id for nsr_id: {}".format(nsr_id))

            await asyncio.sleep(10, loop=self.loop)

            # get ip address
            if not target_vdu_id:
                db_vnfr = self.db.get_one("vnfrs", {"_id": vnfr_id})

                if not vdu_id:  # for the VNF case
                    if db_vnfr.get("status") == "ERROR":
                        raise LcmException("Cannot inject ssh-key because target VNF is in error state")
                    ip_address = db_vnfr.get("ip-address")
                    if not ip_address:
                        continue
                    vdur = next((x for x in get_iterable(db_vnfr, "vdur") if x.get("ip-address") == ip_address), None)
                else:  # VDU case
                    vdur = next((x for x in get_iterable(db_vnfr, "vdur")
                                 if x.get("vdu-id-ref") == vdu_id and x.get("count-index") == vdu_index), None)

                if not vdur and len(db_vnfr.get("vdur", ())) == 1:  # If only one, this should be the target vdu
                    vdur = db_vnfr["vdur"][0]
                if not vdur:
                    raise LcmException("Not found vnfr_id={}, vdu_id={}, vdu_index={}".format(vnfr_id, vdu_id,
                                                                                              vdu_index))
                # New generation RO stores information at "vim_info"
                ng_ro_status = None
                target_vim = None
                if vdur.get("vim_info"):
                    target_vim = next(t for t in vdur["vim_info"])  # there should be only one key
                    ng_ro_status = vdur["vim_info"][target_vim].get("vim_status")
                if vdur.get("pdu-type") or vdur.get("status") == "ACTIVE" or ng_ro_status == "ACTIVE":
                    ip_address = vdur.get("ip-address")
                    if not ip_address:
                        continue
                    target_vdu_id = vdur["vdu-id-ref"]
                elif vdur.get("status") == "ERROR" or ng_ro_status == "ERROR":
                    raise LcmException("Cannot inject ssh-key because target VM is in error state")

            if not target_vdu_id:
                continue

            # inject public key into machine
            if pub_key and user:
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Inserting RO key")
                self.logger.debug("SSH > PubKey > {}".format(pub_key))
                if vdur.get("pdu-type"):
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + "Cannot inject ssh-ky to a PDU")
                    return ip_address
                try:
                    ro_vm_id = "{}-{}".format(db_vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"], target_vdu_id)  # TODO add vdu_index
                    if self.ng_ro:
                        target = {"action": {"action": "inject_ssh_key", "key": pub_key, "user": user},
                                  "vnf": [{"_id": vnfr_id, "vdur": [{"id": vdur["id"]}]}],
                                  }
                        desc = await self.RO.deploy(nsr_id, target)
                        action_id = desc["action_id"]
                        await self._wait_ng_ro(nsr_id, action_id, timeout=600)
                        break
                    else:
                        # wait until NS is deployed at RO
                        if not ro_nsr_id:
                            db_nsrs = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
                            ro_nsr_id = deep_get(db_nsrs, ("_admin", "deployed", "RO", "nsr_id"))
                        if not ro_nsr_id:
                            continue
                        result_dict = await self.RO.create_action(
                            item="ns",
                            item_id_name=ro_nsr_id,
                            descriptor={"add_public_key": pub_key, "vms": [ro_vm_id], "user": user}
                        )
                        # result_dict contains the format {VM-id: {vim_result: 200, description: text}}
                        if not result_dict or not isinstance(result_dict, dict):
                            raise LcmException("Unknown response from RO when injecting key")
                        for result in result_dict.values():
                            if result.get("vim_result") == 200:
                                break
                            else:
                                raise ROclient.ROClientException("error injecting key: {}".format(
                                    result.get("description")))
                        break
                except NgRoException as e:
                    raise LcmException("Reaching max tries injecting key. Error: {}".format(e))
                except ROclient.ROClientException as e:
                    if not nb_tries:
                        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "error injecting key: {}. Retrying until {} seconds".
                                          format(e, 20*10))
                    nb_tries += 1
                    if nb_tries >= 20:
                        raise LcmException("Reaching max tries injecting key. Error: {}".format(e))
            else:
                break

        return ip_address

    async def _wait_dependent_n2vc(self, nsr_id, vca_deployed_list, vca_index):
        """
        Wait until dependent VCA deployments have been finished. NS wait for VNFs and VDUs. VNFs for VDUs
        """
        my_vca = vca_deployed_list[vca_index]
        if my_vca.get("vdu_id") or my_vca.get("kdu_name"):
            # vdu or kdu: no dependencies
            return
        timeout = 300
        while timeout >= 0:
            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
            vca_deployed_list = db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"]["VCA"]
            configuration_status_list = db_nsr["configurationStatus"]
            for index, vca_deployed in enumerate(configuration_status_list):
                if index == vca_index:
                    # myself
                    continue
                if not my_vca.get("member-vnf-index") or \
                        (vca_deployed.get("member-vnf-index") == my_vca.get("member-vnf-index")):
                    internal_status = configuration_status_list[index].get("status")
                    if internal_status == 'READY':
                        continue
                    elif internal_status == 'BROKEN':
                        raise LcmException("Configuration aborted because dependent charm/s has failed")
                    else:
                        break
            else:
                # no dependencies, return
                return
            await asyncio.sleep(10)
            timeout -= 1

        raise LcmException("Configuration aborted because dependent charm/s timeout")

    async def instantiate_N2VC(self, logging_text, vca_index, nsi_id, db_nsr, db_vnfr, vdu_id, kdu_name, vdu_index,
                               config_descriptor, deploy_params, base_folder, nslcmop_id, stage, vca_type, vca_name,
                               ee_config_descriptor):
        nsr_id = db_nsr["_id"]
        db_update_entry = "_admin.deployed.VCA.{}.".format(vca_index)
        vca_deployed_list = db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"]["VCA"]
        vca_deployed = db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"]["VCA"][vca_index]
        osm_config = {"osm": {"ns_id": db_nsr["_id"]}}
        db_dict = {
            'collection': 'nsrs',
            'filter': {'_id': nsr_id},
            'path': db_update_entry
        }
        step = ""
        try:

            element_type = 'NS'
            element_under_configuration = nsr_id

            vnfr_id = None
            if db_vnfr:
                vnfr_id = db_vnfr["_id"]
                osm_config["osm"]["vnf_id"] = vnfr_id

            namespace = "{nsi}.{ns}".format(
                nsi=nsi_id if nsi_id else "",
                ns=nsr_id)

            if vnfr_id:
                element_type = 'VNF'
                element_under_configuration = vnfr_id
                namespace += ".{}".format(vnfr_id)
                if vdu_id:
                    namespace += ".{}-{}".format(vdu_id, vdu_index or 0)
                    element_type = 'VDU'
                    element_under_configuration = "{}-{}".format(vdu_id, vdu_index or 0)
                    osm_config["osm"]["vdu_id"] = vdu_id
                elif kdu_name:
                    namespace += ".{}".format(kdu_name)
                    element_type = 'KDU'
                    element_under_configuration = kdu_name
                    osm_config["osm"]["kdu_name"] = kdu_name

            # Get artifact path
            artifact_path = "{}/{}/{}/{}".format(
                base_folder["folder"],
                base_folder["pkg-dir"],
                "charms" if vca_type in ("native_charm", "lxc_proxy_charm", "k8s_proxy_charm") else "helm-charts",
                vca_name
            )

            self.logger.debug("Artifact path > {}".format(artifact_path))

            # get initial_config_primitive_list that applies to this element
            initial_config_primitive_list = config_descriptor.get('initial-config-primitive')

            self.logger.debug("Initial config primitive list > {}".format(initial_config_primitive_list))

            # add config if not present for NS charm
            ee_descriptor_id = ee_config_descriptor.get("id")
            self.logger.debug("EE Descriptor > {}".format(ee_descriptor_id))
            initial_config_primitive_list = get_ee_sorted_initial_config_primitive_list(initial_config_primitive_list,
                                                                                        vca_deployed, ee_descriptor_id)

            self.logger.debug("Initial config primitive list #2 > {}".format(initial_config_primitive_list))
            # n2vc_redesign STEP 3.1
            # find old ee_id if exists
            ee_id = vca_deployed.get("ee_id")

            vim_account_id = (
                deep_get(db_vnfr, ("vim-account-id",)) or
                deep_get(deploy_params, ("OSM", "vim_account_id"))
            )
            vca_cloud, vca_cloud_credential = self.get_vca_cloud_and_credentials(vim_account_id)
            vca_k8s_cloud, vca_k8s_cloud_credential = self.get_vca_k8s_cloud_and_credentials(vim_account_id)
            # create or register execution environment in VCA
            if vca_type in ("lxc_proxy_charm", "k8s_proxy_charm", "helm", "helm-v3"):

                self._write_configuration_status(
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    vca_index=vca_index,
                    status='CREATING',
                    element_under_configuration=element_under_configuration,
                    element_type=element_type
                )

                step = "create execution environment"
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)                

                ee_id = None
                credentials = None
                if vca_type == "k8s_proxy_charm":
                    ee_id = await self.vca_map[vca_type].install_k8s_proxy_charm(
                        charm_name=artifact_path[artifact_path.rfind("/") + 1:],
                        namespace=namespace,
                        artifact_path=artifact_path,
                        db_dict=db_dict,
                        cloud_name=vca_k8s_cloud,
                        credential_name=vca_k8s_cloud_credential,
                    )
                elif vca_type == "helm" or vca_type == "helm-v3":                    
                    ee_id, credentials = await self.vca_map[vca_type].create_execution_environment(
                        namespace=namespace,
                        reuse_ee_id=ee_id,
                        db_dict=db_dict,
                        config=osm_config,
                        artifact_path=artifact_path,
                        vca_type=vca_type
                    )
                else:                    
                    ee_id, credentials = await self.vca_map[vca_type].create_execution_environment(
                        namespace=namespace,
                        reuse_ee_id=ee_id,
                        db_dict=db_dict,
                        cloud_name=vca_cloud,
                        credential_name=vca_cloud_credential,
                    )

            elif vca_type == "native_charm":
                step = "Waiting to VM being up and getting IP address"
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)
                rw_mgmt_ip = await self.wait_vm_up_insert_key_ro(logging_text, nsr_id, vnfr_id, vdu_id, vdu_index,
                                                                 user=None, pub_key=None)
                credentials = {"hostname": rw_mgmt_ip}
                # get username
                username = deep_get(config_descriptor, ("config-access", "ssh-access", "default-user"))
                # TODO remove this when changes on IM regarding config-access:ssh-access:default-user were
                #  merged. Meanwhile let's get username from initial-config-primitive
                if not username and initial_config_primitive_list:
                    for config_primitive in initial_config_primitive_list:
                        for param in config_primitive.get("parameter", ()):
                            if param["name"] == "ssh-username":
                                username = param["value"]
                                break
                if not username:
                    raise LcmException("Cannot determine the username neither with 'initial-config-primitive' nor with "
                                       "'config-access.ssh-access.default-user'")
                credentials["username"] = username
                # n2vc_redesign STEP 3.2

                self._write_configuration_status(
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    vca_index=vca_index,
                    status='REGISTERING',
                    element_under_configuration=element_under_configuration,
                    element_type=element_type
                )

                step = "register execution environment {}".format(credentials)
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)
                ee_id = await self.vca_map[vca_type].register_execution_environment(
                    credentials=credentials,
                    namespace=namespace,
                    db_dict=db_dict,
                    cloud_name=vca_cloud,
                    credential_name=vca_cloud_credential,
                )

            # for compatibility with MON/POL modules, the need model and application name at database
            # TODO ask MON/POL if needed to not assuming anymore the format "model_name.application_name"
            ee_id_parts = ee_id.split('.')
            db_nsr_update = {db_update_entry + "ee_id": ee_id}
            if len(ee_id_parts) >= 2:
                model_name = ee_id_parts[0]
                application_name = ee_id_parts[1]
                db_nsr_update[db_update_entry + "model"] = model_name
                db_nsr_update[db_update_entry + "application"] = application_name

            # n2vc_redesign STEP 3.3
            step = "Install configuration Software"

            self._write_configuration_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                vca_index=vca_index,
                status='INSTALLING SW',
                element_under_configuration=element_under_configuration,
                element_type=element_type,
                other_update=db_nsr_update
            )

            # TODO check if already done
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)
            config = None
            if vca_type == "native_charm":
                config_primitive = next((p for p in initial_config_primitive_list if p["name"] == "config"), None)
                if config_primitive:
                    config = self._map_primitive_params(
                        config_primitive,
                        {},
                        deploy_params
                    )
            num_units = 1
            if vca_type == "lxc_proxy_charm":
                if element_type == "NS":
                    num_units = db_nsr.get("config-units") or 1
                elif element_type == "VNF":
                    num_units = db_vnfr.get("config-units") or 1
                elif element_type == "VDU":
                    for v in db_vnfr["vdur"]:
                        if vdu_id == v["vdu-id-ref"]:
                            num_units = v.get("config-units") or 1
                            break
            if vca_type != "k8s_proxy_charm":
                await self.vca_map[vca_type].install_configuration_sw(
                    ee_id=ee_id,
                    artifact_path=artifact_path,
                    db_dict=db_dict,
                    config=config,
                    num_units=num_units,
                )

            # write in db flag of configuration_sw already installed
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {db_update_entry + "config_sw_installed": True})

            # add relations for this VCA (wait for other peers related with this VCA)
            await self._add_vca_relations(logging_text=logging_text, nsr_id=nsr_id,
                                          vca_index=vca_index, vca_type=vca_type)

            # if SSH access is required, then get execution environment SSH public
            # if native charm we have waited already to VM be UP
            if vca_type in ("k8s_proxy_charm", "lxc_proxy_charm", "helm", "helm-v3"):
                pub_key = None
                user = None
                # self.logger.debug("get ssh key block")
                if deep_get(config_descriptor, ("config-access", "ssh-access", "required")):
                    # self.logger.debug("ssh key needed")
                    # Needed to inject a ssh key
                    user = deep_get(config_descriptor, ("config-access", "ssh-access", "default-user"))
                    step = "Install configuration Software, getting public ssh key"
                    pub_key = await self.vca_map[vca_type].get_ee_ssh_public__key(ee_id=ee_id, db_dict=db_dict)

                    step = "Insert public key into VM user={} ssh_key={}".format(user, pub_key)
                else:
                    # self.logger.debug("no need to get ssh key")
                    step = "Waiting to VM being up and getting IP address"
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)

                # n2vc_redesign STEP 5.1
                # wait for RO (ip-address) Insert pub_key into VM
                if vnfr_id:
                    if kdu_name:
                        rw_mgmt_ip = await self.wait_kdu_up(logging_text, nsr_id, vnfr_id, kdu_name)
                    else:
                        rw_mgmt_ip = await self.wait_vm_up_insert_key_ro(logging_text, nsr_id, vnfr_id, vdu_id,
                                                                         vdu_index, user=user, pub_key=pub_key)
                else:
                    rw_mgmt_ip = None   # This is for a NS configuration

                self.logger.debug(logging_text + ' VM_ip_address={}'.format(rw_mgmt_ip))

            # store rw_mgmt_ip in deploy params for later replacement
            deploy_params["rw_mgmt_ip"] = rw_mgmt_ip

            # n2vc_redesign STEP 6  Execute initial config primitive
            step = 'execute initial config primitive'

            # wait for dependent primitives execution (NS -> VNF -> VDU)
            if initial_config_primitive_list:
                await self._wait_dependent_n2vc(nsr_id, vca_deployed_list, vca_index)

            # stage, in function of element type: vdu, kdu, vnf or ns
            my_vca = vca_deployed_list[vca_index]
            if my_vca.get("vdu_id") or my_vca.get("kdu_name"):
                # VDU or KDU
                stage[0] = 'Stage 3/5: running Day-1 primitives for VDU.'
            elif my_vca.get("member-vnf-index"):
                # VNF
                stage[0] = 'Stage 4/5: running Day-1 primitives for VNF.'
            else:
                # NS
                stage[0] = 'Stage 5/5: running Day-1 primitives for NS.'

            self._write_configuration_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                vca_index=vca_index,
                status='EXECUTING PRIMITIVE'
            )

            self._write_op_status(
                op_id=nslcmop_id,
                stage=stage
            )

            check_if_terminated_needed = True
            for initial_config_primitive in initial_config_primitive_list:
                # adding information on the vca_deployed if it is a NS execution environment
                if not vca_deployed["member-vnf-index"]:
                    deploy_params["ns_config_info"] = json.dumps(self._get_ns_config_info(nsr_id))
                # TODO check if already done
                primitive_params_ = self._map_primitive_params(initial_config_primitive, {}, deploy_params)

                step = "execute primitive '{}' params '{}'".format(initial_config_primitive["name"], primitive_params_)
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)
                await self.vca_map[vca_type].exec_primitive(
                    ee_id=ee_id,
                    primitive_name=initial_config_primitive["name"],
                    params_dict=primitive_params_,
                    db_dict=db_dict
                )
                # Once some primitive has been exec, check and write at db if it needs to exec terminated primitives
                if check_if_terminated_needed:
                    if config_descriptor.get('terminate-config-primitive'):
                        self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {db_update_entry + "needed_terminate": True})
                    check_if_terminated_needed = False

                # TODO register in database that primitive is done

            # STEP 7 Configure metrics
            if vca_type == "helm" or vca_type == "helm-v3":
                prometheus_jobs = await self.add_prometheus_metrics(
                    ee_id=ee_id,
                    artifact_path=artifact_path,
                    ee_config_descriptor=ee_config_descriptor,
                    vnfr_id=vnfr_id,
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    target_ip=rw_mgmt_ip,
                )
                if prometheus_jobs:
                    self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {db_update_entry + "prometheus_jobs": prometheus_jobs})

            step = "instantiated at VCA"
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)

            self._write_configuration_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                vca_index=vca_index,
                status='READY'
            )

        except Exception as e:  # TODO not use Exception but N2VC exception
            # self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {db_update_entry + "instantiation": "FAILED"})
            if not isinstance(e, (DbException, N2VCException, LcmException, asyncio.CancelledError)):
                self.logger.error("Exception while {} : {}".format(step, e), exc_info=True)
            self._write_configuration_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                vca_index=vca_index,
                status='BROKEN'
            )
            raise LcmException("{} {}".format(step, e)) from e

    def _write_ns_status(self, nsr_id: str, ns_state: str, current_operation: str, current_operation_id: str,
                         error_description: str = None, error_detail: str = None, other_update: dict = None):
        """
        Update db_nsr fields.
        :param nsr_id:
        :param ns_state:
        :param current_operation:
        :param current_operation_id:
        :param error_description:
        :param error_detail:
        :param other_update: Other required changes at database if provided, will be cleared
        :return:
        """
        try:
            db_dict = other_update or {}
            db_dict["_admin.nslcmop"] = current_operation_id    # for backward compatibility
            db_dict["_admin.current-operation"] = current_operation_id
            db_dict["_admin.operation-type"] = current_operation if current_operation != "IDLE" else None
            db_dict["currentOperation"] = current_operation
            db_dict["currentOperationID"] = current_operation_id
            db_dict["errorDescription"] = error_description
            db_dict["errorDetail"] = error_detail

            if ns_state:
                db_dict["nsState"] = ns_state
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_dict)
        except DbException as e:
            self.logger.warn('Error writing NS status, ns={}: {}'.format(nsr_id, e))

    def _write_op_status(self, op_id: str, stage: list = None, error_message: str = None, queuePosition: int = 0,
                         operation_state: str = None, other_update: dict = None):
        try:
            db_dict = other_update or {}
            db_dict['queuePosition'] = queuePosition
            if isinstance(stage, list):
                db_dict['stage'] = stage[0]
                db_dict['detailed-status'] = " ".join(stage)
            elif stage is not None:
                db_dict['stage'] = str(stage)

            if error_message is not None:
                db_dict['errorMessage'] = error_message
            if operation_state is not None:
                db_dict['operationState'] = operation_state
                db_dict["statusEnteredTime"] = time()
            self.update_db_2("nslcmops", op_id, db_dict)
        except DbException as e:
            self.logger.warn('Error writing OPERATION status for op_id: {} -> {}'.format(op_id, e))

    def _write_all_config_status(self, db_nsr: dict, status: str):
        try:
            nsr_id = db_nsr["_id"]
            # configurationStatus
            config_status = db_nsr.get('configurationStatus')
            if config_status:
                db_nsr_update = {"configurationStatus.{}.status".format(index): status for index, v in
                                 enumerate(config_status) if v}
                # update status
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)

        except DbException as e:
            self.logger.warn('Error writing all configuration status, ns={}: {}'.format(nsr_id, e))

    def _write_configuration_status(self, nsr_id: str, vca_index: int, status: str = None,
                                    element_under_configuration: str = None, element_type: str = None,
                                    other_update: dict = None):

        # self.logger.debug('_write_configuration_status(): vca_index={}, status={}'
        #                   .format(vca_index, status))

        try:
            db_path = 'configurationStatus.{}.'.format(vca_index)
            db_dict = other_update or {}
            if status:
                db_dict[db_path + 'status'] = status
            if element_under_configuration:
                db_dict[db_path + 'elementUnderConfiguration'] = element_under_configuration
            if element_type:
                db_dict[db_path + 'elementType'] = element_type
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_dict)
        except DbException as e:
            self.logger.warn('Error writing configuration status={}, ns={}, vca_index={}: {}'
                             .format(status, nsr_id, vca_index, e))

    async def _do_placement(self, logging_text, db_nslcmop, db_vnfrs):
        """
        Check and computes the placement, (vim account where to deploy). If it is decided by an external tool, it
        sends the request via kafka and wait until the result is wrote at database (nslcmops _admin.plca).
        Database is used because the result can be obtained from a different LCM worker in case of HA.
        :param logging_text: contains the prefix for logging, with the ns and nslcmop identifiers
        :param db_nslcmop: database content of nslcmop
        :param db_vnfrs: database content of vnfrs, indexed by member-vnf-index.
        :return: True if some modification is done. Modifies database vnfrs and parameter db_vnfr with the
            computed 'vim-account-id'
        """
        modified = False
        nslcmop_id = db_nslcmop['_id']
        placement_engine = deep_get(db_nslcmop, ('operationParams', 'placement-engine'))
        if placement_engine == "PLA":
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Invoke and wait for placement optimization")
            await self.msg.aiowrite("pla", "get_placement", {'nslcmopId': nslcmop_id}, loop=self.loop)
            db_poll_interval = 5
            wait = db_poll_interval * 10
            pla_result = None
            while not pla_result and wait >= 0:
                await asyncio.sleep(db_poll_interval)
                wait -= db_poll_interval
                db_nslcmop = self.db.get_one("nslcmops", {"_id": nslcmop_id})
                pla_result = deep_get(db_nslcmop, ('_admin', 'pla'))

            if not pla_result:
                raise LcmException("Placement timeout for nslcmopId={}".format(nslcmop_id))

            for pla_vnf in pla_result['vnf']:
                vnfr = db_vnfrs.get(pla_vnf['member-vnf-index'])
                if not pla_vnf.get('vimAccountId') or not vnfr:
                    continue
                modified = True
                self.db.set_one("vnfrs", {"_id": vnfr["_id"]}, {"vim-account-id": pla_vnf['vimAccountId']})
                # Modifies db_vnfrs
                vnfr["vim-account-id"] = pla_vnf['vimAccountId']
        return modified

    def update_nsrs_with_pla_result(self, params):
        try:
            nslcmop_id = deep_get(params, ('placement', 'nslcmopId'))
            self.update_db_2("nslcmops", nslcmop_id, {"_admin.pla": params.get('placement')})
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warn('Update failed for nslcmop_id={}:{}'.format(nslcmop_id, e))

    async def instantiate(self, nsr_id, nslcmop_id):
        """

        :param nsr_id: ns instance to deploy
        :param nslcmop_id: operation to run
        :return:
        """

        # Try to lock HA task here
        task_is_locked_by_me = self.lcm_tasks.lock_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)
        if not task_is_locked_by_me:
            self.logger.debug('instantiate() task is not locked by me, ns={}'.format(nsr_id))
            return

        logging_text = "Task ns={} instantiate={} ".format(nsr_id, nslcmop_id)
        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Enter")

        # get all needed from database

        # database nsrs record
        db_nsr = None

        # database nslcmops record
        db_nslcmop = None

        # update operation on nsrs
        db_nsr_update = {}
        # update operation on nslcmops
        db_nslcmop_update = {}

        nslcmop_operation_state = None
        db_vnfrs = {}     # vnf's info indexed by member-index
        # n2vc_info = {}
        tasks_dict_info = {}  # from task to info text
        exc = None
        error_list = []
        stage = ['Stage 1/5: preparation of the environment.', "Waiting for previous operations to terminate.", ""]
        # ^ stage, step, VIM progress
        try:
            # wait for any previous tasks in process
            await self.lcm_tasks.waitfor_related_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)

            stage[1] = "Sync filesystem from database."
            self.fs.sync()  # TODO, make use of partial sync, only for the needed packages

            # STEP 0: Reading database (nslcmops, nsrs, nsds, vnfrs, vnfds)
            stage[1] = "Reading from database."
            # nsState="BUILDING", currentOperation="INSTANTIATING", currentOperationID=nslcmop_id
            db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = "creating"
            db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "init"
            self._write_ns_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                ns_state="BUILDING",
                current_operation="INSTANTIATING",
                current_operation_id=nslcmop_id,
                other_update=db_nsr_update
            )
            self._write_op_status(
                op_id=nslcmop_id,
                stage=stage,
                queuePosition=0
            )

            # read from db: operation
            stage[1] = "Getting nslcmop={} from db.".format(nslcmop_id)
            db_nslcmop = self.db.get_one("nslcmops", {"_id": nslcmop_id})
            ns_params = db_nslcmop.get("operationParams")
            if ns_params and ns_params.get("timeout_ns_deploy"):
                timeout_ns_deploy = ns_params["timeout_ns_deploy"]
            else:
                timeout_ns_deploy = self.timeout.get("ns_deploy", self.timeout_ns_deploy)

            # read from db: ns
            stage[1] = "Getting nsr={} from db.".format(nsr_id)
            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
            stage[1] = "Getting nsd={} from db.".format(db_nsr["nsd-id"])
            nsd = self.db.get_one("nsds", {"_id": db_nsr["nsd-id"]})
            db_nsr["nsd"] = nsd
            # nsr_name = db_nsr["name"]   # TODO short-name??

            # read from db: vnf's of this ns
            stage[1] = "Getting vnfrs from db."
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])
            db_vnfrs_list = self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})

            # read from db: vnfd's for every vnf
            db_vnfds = []         # every vnfd data

            # for each vnf in ns, read vnfd
            for vnfr in db_vnfrs_list:
                db_vnfrs[vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"]] = vnfr
                vnfd_id = vnfr["vnfd-id"]
                vnfd_ref = vnfr["vnfd-ref"]

                # if we haven't this vnfd, read it from db
                if vnfd_id not in db_vnfds:
                    # read from db
                    stage[1] = "Getting vnfd={} id='{}' from db.".format(vnfd_id, vnfd_ref)
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])
                    vnfd = self.db.get_one("vnfds", {"_id": vnfd_id})

                    # store vnfd
                    db_vnfds.append(vnfd)

            # Get or generates the _admin.deployed.VCA list
            vca_deployed_list = None
            if db_nsr["_admin"].get("deployed"):
                vca_deployed_list = db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"].get("VCA")
            if vca_deployed_list is None:
                vca_deployed_list = []
                configuration_status_list = []
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.VCA"] = vca_deployed_list
                db_nsr_update["configurationStatus"] = configuration_status_list
                # add _admin.deployed.VCA to db_nsr dictionary, value=vca_deployed_list
                populate_dict(db_nsr, ("_admin", "deployed", "VCA"), vca_deployed_list)
            elif isinstance(vca_deployed_list, dict):
                # maintain backward compatibility. Change a dict to list at database
                vca_deployed_list = list(vca_deployed_list.values())
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.VCA"] = vca_deployed_list
                populate_dict(db_nsr, ("_admin", "deployed", "VCA"), vca_deployed_list)

            if not isinstance(deep_get(db_nsr, ("_admin", "deployed", "RO", "vnfd")), list):
                populate_dict(db_nsr, ("_admin", "deployed", "RO", "vnfd"), [])
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.vnfd"] = []

            # set state to INSTANTIATED. When instantiated NBI will not delete directly
            db_nsr_update["_admin.nsState"] = "INSTANTIATED"
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
            self.db.set_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id}, {"_admin.nsState": "INSTANTIATED"})

            # n2vc_redesign STEP 2 Deploy Network Scenario
            stage[0] = 'Stage 2/5: deployment of KDUs, VMs and execution environments.'
            self._write_op_status(
                op_id=nslcmop_id,
                stage=stage
            )

            stage[1] = "Deploying KDUs."
            # self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Before deploy_kdus")
            # Call to deploy_kdus in case exists the "vdu:kdu" param
            await self.deploy_kdus(
                logging_text=logging_text,
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                nslcmop_id=nslcmop_id,
                db_vnfrs=db_vnfrs,
                db_vnfds=db_vnfds,
                task_instantiation_info=tasks_dict_info,
            )

            stage[1] = "Getting VCA public key."
            # n2vc_redesign STEP 1 Get VCA public ssh-key
            # feature 1429. Add n2vc public key to needed VMs
            n2vc_key = self.n2vc.get_public_key()
            n2vc_key_list = [n2vc_key]
            if self.vca_config.get("public_key"):
                n2vc_key_list.append(self.vca_config["public_key"])

            stage[1] = "Deploying NS at VIM."
            task_ro = asyncio.ensure_future(
                self.instantiate_RO(
                    logging_text=logging_text,
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    nsd=nsd,
                    db_nsr=db_nsr,
                    db_nslcmop=db_nslcmop,
                    db_vnfrs=db_vnfrs,
                    db_vnfds=db_vnfds,
                    n2vc_key_list=n2vc_key_list,
                    stage=stage
                )
            )
            self.lcm_tasks.register("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "instantiate_RO", task_ro)
            tasks_dict_info[task_ro] = "Deploying at VIM"

            # n2vc_redesign STEP 3 to 6 Deploy N2VC
            stage[1] = "Deploying Execution Environments."
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])

            nsi_id = None  # TODO put nsi_id when this nsr belongs to a NSI
            for vnf_profile in get_vnf_profiles(nsd):
                vnfd_id = vnf_profile["vnfd-id"]
                vnfd = find_in_list(db_vnfds, lambda a_vnf: a_vnf["id"] == vnfd_id)
                member_vnf_index = str(vnf_profile["id"])
                db_vnfr = db_vnfrs[member_vnf_index]
                base_folder = vnfd["_admin"]["storage"]
                vdu_id = None
                vdu_index = 0
                vdu_name = None
                kdu_name = None

                # Get additional parameters
                deploy_params = {"OSM": get_osm_params(db_vnfr)}
                if db_vnfr.get("additionalParamsForVnf"):
                    deploy_params.update(parse_yaml_strings(db_vnfr["additionalParamsForVnf"].copy()))

                descriptor_config = get_vnf_configuration(vnfd)
                if descriptor_config:
                    self._deploy_n2vc(
                        logging_text=logging_text + "member_vnf_index={} ".format(member_vnf_index),
                        db_nsr=db_nsr,
                        db_vnfr=db_vnfr,
                        nslcmop_id=nslcmop_id,
                        nsr_id=nsr_id,
                        nsi_id=nsi_id,
                        vnfd_id=vnfd_id,
                        vdu_id=vdu_id,
                        kdu_name=kdu_name,
                        member_vnf_index=member_vnf_index,
                        vdu_index=vdu_index,
                        vdu_name=vdu_name,
                        deploy_params=deploy_params,
                        descriptor_config=descriptor_config,
                        base_folder=base_folder,
                        task_instantiation_info=tasks_dict_info,
                        stage=stage
                    )

                # Deploy charms for each VDU that supports one.
                for vdud in get_vdu_list(vnfd):
                    vdu_id = vdud["id"]
                    descriptor_config = get_vdu_configuration(vnfd, vdu_id)
                    vdur = find_in_list(db_vnfr["vdur"], lambda vdu: vdu["vdu-id-ref"] == vdu_id)

                    if vdur.get("additionalParams"):
                        deploy_params_vdu = parse_yaml_strings(vdur["additionalParams"])
                    else:
                        deploy_params_vdu = deploy_params
                    deploy_params_vdu["OSM"] = get_osm_params(db_vnfr, vdu_id, vdu_count_index=0)
                    vdud_count = get_vdu_profile(vnfd, vdu_id).get("max-number-of-instances", 1)

                    self.logger.debug("VDUD > {}".format(vdud))
                    self.logger.debug("Descriptor config > {}".format(descriptor_config))
                    if descriptor_config:
                        vdu_name = None
                        kdu_name = None
                        for vdu_index in range(vdud_count):
                            # TODO vnfr_params["rw_mgmt_ip"] = vdur["ip-address"]
                            self._deploy_n2vc(
                                logging_text=logging_text + "member_vnf_index={}, vdu_id={}, vdu_index={} ".format(
                                    member_vnf_index, vdu_id, vdu_index),
                                db_nsr=db_nsr,
                                db_vnfr=db_vnfr,
                                nslcmop_id=nslcmop_id,
                                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                                nsi_id=nsi_id,
                                vnfd_id=vnfd_id,
                                vdu_id=vdu_id,
                                kdu_name=kdu_name,
                                member_vnf_index=member_vnf_index,
                                vdu_index=vdu_index,
                                vdu_name=vdu_name,
                                deploy_params=deploy_params_vdu,
                                descriptor_config=descriptor_config,
                                base_folder=base_folder,
                                task_instantiation_info=tasks_dict_info,
                                stage=stage
                            )
                for kdud in get_kdu_list(vnfd):
                    kdu_name = kdud["name"]
                    descriptor_config = kdud.get('kdu-configuration')
                    if descriptor_config:
                        vdu_id = None
                        vdu_index = 0
                        vdu_name = None
                        kdur = next(x for x in db_vnfr["kdur"] if x["kdu-name"] == kdu_name)
                        deploy_params_kdu = {"OSM": get_osm_params(db_vnfr)}
                        if kdur.get("additionalParams"):
                            deploy_params_kdu = parse_yaml_strings(kdur["additionalParams"])

                        self._deploy_n2vc(
                            logging_text=logging_text,
                            db_nsr=db_nsr,
                            db_vnfr=db_vnfr,
                            nslcmop_id=nslcmop_id,
                            nsr_id=nsr_id,
                            nsi_id=nsi_id,
                            vnfd_id=vnfd_id,
                            vdu_id=vdu_id,
                            kdu_name=kdu_name,
                            member_vnf_index=member_vnf_index,
                            vdu_index=vdu_index,
                            vdu_name=vdu_name,
                            deploy_params=deploy_params_kdu,
                            descriptor_config=descriptor_config,
                            base_folder=base_folder,
                            task_instantiation_info=tasks_dict_info,
                            stage=stage
                        )

            # Check if this NS has a charm configuration
            descriptor_config = nsd.get("ns-configuration")
            if descriptor_config and descriptor_config.get("juju"):
                vnfd_id = None
                db_vnfr = None
                member_vnf_index = None
                vdu_id = None
                kdu_name = None
                vdu_index = 0
                vdu_name = None

                # Get additional parameters
                deploy_params = {"OSM": {"vim_account_id": ns_params["vimAccountId"]}}
                if db_nsr.get("additionalParamsForNs"):
                    deploy_params.update(parse_yaml_strings(db_nsr["additionalParamsForNs"].copy()))
                base_folder = nsd["_admin"]["storage"]
                self._deploy_n2vc(
                    logging_text=logging_text,
                    db_nsr=db_nsr,
                    db_vnfr=db_vnfr,
                    nslcmop_id=nslcmop_id,
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    nsi_id=nsi_id,
                    vnfd_id=vnfd_id,
                    vdu_id=vdu_id,
                    kdu_name=kdu_name,
                    member_vnf_index=member_vnf_index,
                    vdu_index=vdu_index,
                    vdu_name=vdu_name,
                    deploy_params=deploy_params,
                    descriptor_config=descriptor_config,
                    base_folder=base_folder,
                    task_instantiation_info=tasks_dict_info,
                    stage=stage
                )

            # rest of staff will be done at finally

        except (ROclient.ROClientException, DbException, LcmException, N2VCException) as e:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Exit Exception while '{}': {}".format(stage[1], e))
            exc = e
        except asyncio.CancelledError:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Cancelled Exception while '{}'".format(stage[1]))
            exc = "Operation was cancelled"
        except Exception as e:
            exc = traceback.format_exc()
            self.logger.critical(logging_text + "Exit Exception while '{}': {}".format(stage[1], e), exc_info=True)
        finally:
            if exc:
                error_list.append(str(exc))
            try:
                # wait for pending tasks
                if tasks_dict_info:
                    stage[1] = "Waiting for instantiate pending tasks."
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])
                    error_list += await self._wait_for_tasks(logging_text, tasks_dict_info, timeout_ns_deploy,
                                                             stage, nslcmop_id, nsr_id=nsr_id)
                stage[1] = stage[2] = ""
            except asyncio.CancelledError:
                error_list.append("Cancelled")
                # TODO cancel all tasks
            except Exception as exc:
                error_list.append(str(exc))

            # update operation-status
            db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "running"
            # let's begin with VCA 'configured' status (later we can change it)
            db_nsr_update["config-status"] = "configured"
            for task, task_name in tasks_dict_info.items():
                if not task.done() or task.cancelled() or task.exception():
                    if task_name.startswith(self.task_name_deploy_vca):
                        # A N2VC task is pending
                        db_nsr_update["config-status"] = "failed"
                    else:
                        # RO or KDU task is pending
                        db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "failed"

            # update status at database
            if error_list:
                error_detail = ". ".join(error_list)
                self.logger.error(logging_text + error_detail)
                error_description_nslcmop = '{} Detail: {}'.format(stage[0], error_detail)
                error_description_nsr = 'Operation: INSTANTIATING.{}, {}'.format(nslcmop_id, stage[0])

                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = error_description_nsr + " Detail: " + error_detail
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = error_detail
                nslcmop_operation_state = "FAILED"
                ns_state = "BROKEN"
            else:
                error_detail = None
                error_description_nsr = error_description_nslcmop = None
                ns_state = "READY"
                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = "Done"
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = "Done"
                nslcmop_operation_state = "COMPLETED"

            if db_nsr:
                self._write_ns_status(
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    ns_state=ns_state,
                    current_operation="IDLE",
                    current_operation_id=None,
                    error_description=error_description_nsr,
                    error_detail=error_detail,
                    other_update=db_nsr_update
                )
            self._write_op_status(
                op_id=nslcmop_id,
                stage="",
                error_message=error_description_nslcmop,
                operation_state=nslcmop_operation_state,
                other_update=db_nslcmop_update,
            )

            if nslcmop_operation_state:
                try:
                    await self.msg.aiowrite("ns", "instantiated", {"nsr_id": nsr_id, "nslcmop_id": nslcmop_id,
                                                                   "operationState": nslcmop_operation_state},
                                            loop=self.loop)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + "kafka_write notification Exception {}".format(e))

            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Exit")
            self.lcm_tasks.remove("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "ns_instantiate")

    async def _add_vca_relations(self, logging_text, nsr_id, vca_index: int,
                                 timeout: int = 3600, vca_type: str = None) -> bool:

        # steps:
        # 1. find all relations for this VCA
        # 2. wait for other peers related
        # 3. add relations

        try:
            vca_type = vca_type or "lxc_proxy_charm"

            # STEP 1: find all relations for this VCA

            # read nsr record
            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
            nsd = self.db.get_one("nsds", {"_id": db_nsr["nsd-id"]})

            # this VCA data
            my_vca = deep_get(db_nsr, ('_admin', 'deployed', 'VCA'))[vca_index]

            # read all ns-configuration relations
            ns_relations = list()
            db_ns_relations = deep_get(nsd, ('ns-configuration', 'relation'))
            if db_ns_relations:
                for r in db_ns_relations:
                    # check if this VCA is in the relation
                    if my_vca.get('member-vnf-index') in\
                            (r.get('entities')[0].get('id'), r.get('entities')[1].get('id')):
                        ns_relations.append(r)

            # read all vnf-configuration relations
            vnf_relations = list()
            db_vnfd_list = db_nsr.get('vnfd-id')
            if db_vnfd_list:
                for vnfd in db_vnfd_list:
                    db_vnfd = self.db.get_one("vnfds", {"_id": vnfd})
                    db_vnf_relations = deep_get(db_vnfd, ('vnf-configuration', 'relation'))
                    if db_vnf_relations:
                        for r in db_vnf_relations:
                            # check if this VCA is in the relation
                            if my_vca.get('vdu_id') in (r.get('entities')[0].get('id'), r.get('entities')[1].get('id')):
                                vnf_relations.append(r)

            # if no relations, terminate
            if not ns_relations and not vnf_relations:
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + ' No relations')
                return True

            self.logger.debug(logging_text + ' adding relations\n    {}\n    {}'.format(ns_relations, vnf_relations))

            # add all relations
            start = time()
            while True:
                # check timeout
                now = time()
                if now - start >= timeout:
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + ' : timeout adding relations')
                    return False

                # reload nsr from database (we need to update record: _admin.deloyed.VCA)
                db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})

                # for each defined NS relation, find the VCA's related
                for r in ns_relations.copy():
                    from_vca_ee_id = None
                    to_vca_ee_id = None
                    from_vca_endpoint = None
                    to_vca_endpoint = None
                    vca_list = deep_get(db_nsr, ('_admin', 'deployed', 'VCA'))
                    for vca in vca_list:
                        if vca.get('member-vnf-index') == r.get('entities')[0].get('id') \
                                and vca.get('config_sw_installed'):
                            from_vca_ee_id = vca.get('ee_id')
                            from_vca_endpoint = r.get('entities')[0].get('endpoint')
                        if vca.get('member-vnf-index') == r.get('entities')[1].get('id') \
                                and vca.get('config_sw_installed'):
                            to_vca_ee_id = vca.get('ee_id')
                            to_vca_endpoint = r.get('entities')[1].get('endpoint')
                    if from_vca_ee_id and to_vca_ee_id:
                        # add relation
                        await self.vca_map[vca_type].add_relation(
                            ee_id_1=from_vca_ee_id,
                            ee_id_2=to_vca_ee_id,
                            endpoint_1=from_vca_endpoint,
                            endpoint_2=to_vca_endpoint)
                        # remove entry from relations list
                        ns_relations.remove(r)
                    else:
                        # check failed peers
                        try:
                            vca_status_list = db_nsr.get('configurationStatus')
                            if vca_status_list:
                                for i in range(len(vca_list)):
                                    vca = vca_list[i]
                                    vca_status = vca_status_list[i]
                                    if vca.get('member-vnf-index') == r.get('entities')[0].get('id'):
                                        if vca_status.get('status') == 'BROKEN':
                                            # peer broken: remove relation from list
                                            ns_relations.remove(r)
                                    if vca.get('member-vnf-index') == r.get('entities')[1].get('id'):
                                        if vca_status.get('status') == 'BROKEN':
                                            # peer broken: remove relation from list
                                            ns_relations.remove(r)
                        except Exception:
                            # ignore
                            pass

                # for each defined VNF relation, find the VCA's related
                for r in vnf_relations.copy():
                    from_vca_ee_id = None
                    to_vca_ee_id = None
                    from_vca_endpoint = None
                    to_vca_endpoint = None
                    vca_list = deep_get(db_nsr, ('_admin', 'deployed', 'VCA'))
                    for vca in vca_list:
                        key_to_check = "vdu_id"
                        if vca.get("vdu_id") is None:
                            key_to_check = "vnfd_id"
                        if vca.get(key_to_check) == r.get('entities')[0].get('id') and vca.get('config_sw_installed'):
                            from_vca_ee_id = vca.get('ee_id')
                            from_vca_endpoint = r.get('entities')[0].get('endpoint')
                        if vca.get(key_to_check) == r.get('entities')[1].get('id') and vca.get('config_sw_installed'):
                            to_vca_ee_id = vca.get('ee_id')
                            to_vca_endpoint = r.get('entities')[1].get('endpoint')
                    if from_vca_ee_id and to_vca_ee_id:
                        # add relation
                        await self.vca_map[vca_type].add_relation(
                            ee_id_1=from_vca_ee_id,
                            ee_id_2=to_vca_ee_id,
                            endpoint_1=from_vca_endpoint,
                            endpoint_2=to_vca_endpoint)
                        # remove entry from relations list
                        vnf_relations.remove(r)
                    else:
                        # check failed peers
                        try:
                            vca_status_list = db_nsr.get('configurationStatus')
                            if vca_status_list:
                                for i in range(len(vca_list)):
                                    vca = vca_list[i]
                                    vca_status = vca_status_list[i]
                                    if vca.get('vdu_id') == r.get('entities')[0].get('id'):
                                        if vca_status.get('status') == 'BROKEN':
                                            # peer broken: remove relation from list
                                            vnf_relations.remove(r)
                                    if vca.get('vdu_id') == r.get('entities')[1].get('id'):
                                        if vca_status.get('status') == 'BROKEN':
                                            # peer broken: remove relation from list
                                            vnf_relations.remove(r)
                        except Exception:
                            # ignore
                            pass

                # wait for next try
                await asyncio.sleep(5.0)

                if not ns_relations and not vnf_relations:
                    self.logger.debug('Relations added')
                    break

            return True

        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warn(logging_text + ' ERROR adding relations: {}'.format(e))
            return False

    async def _install_kdu(self, nsr_id: str, nsr_db_path: str, vnfr_data: dict, kdu_index: int, kdud: dict,
                           vnfd: dict, k8s_instance_info: dict, k8params: dict = None, timeout: int = 600):

        try:
            k8sclustertype = k8s_instance_info["k8scluster-type"]
            # Instantiate kdu
            db_dict_install = {"collection": "nsrs",
                               "filter": {"_id": nsr_id},
                               "path": nsr_db_path}

            kdu_instance = await self.k8scluster_map[k8sclustertype].install(
                cluster_uuid=k8s_instance_info["k8scluster-uuid"],
                kdu_model=k8s_instance_info["kdu-model"],
                atomic=True,
                params=k8params,
                db_dict=db_dict_install,
                timeout=timeout,
                kdu_name=k8s_instance_info["kdu-name"],
                namespace=k8s_instance_info["namespace"])
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {nsr_db_path + ".kdu-instance": kdu_instance})

            # Obtain services to obtain management service ip
            services = await self.k8scluster_map[k8sclustertype].get_services(
                cluster_uuid=k8s_instance_info["k8scluster-uuid"],
                kdu_instance=kdu_instance,
                namespace=k8s_instance_info["namespace"])

            # Obtain management service info (if exists)
            vnfr_update_dict = {}
            if services:
                vnfr_update_dict["kdur.{}.services".format(kdu_index)] = services
                mgmt_services = [service for service in kdud.get("service", []) if service.get("mgmt-service")]
                for mgmt_service in mgmt_services:
                    for service in services:
                        if service["name"].startswith(mgmt_service["name"]):
                            # Mgmt service found, Obtain service ip
                            ip = service.get("external_ip", service.get("cluster_ip"))
                            if isinstance(ip, list) and len(ip) == 1:
                                ip = ip[0]

                            vnfr_update_dict["kdur.{}.ip-address".format(kdu_index)] = ip

                            # Check if must update also mgmt ip at the vnf
                            service_external_cp = mgmt_service.get("external-connection-point-ref")
                            if service_external_cp:
                                if deep_get(vnfd, ("mgmt-interface", "cp")) == service_external_cp:
                                    vnfr_update_dict["ip-address"] = ip

                            break
                    else:
                        self.logger.warn("Mgmt service name: {} not found".format(mgmt_service["name"]))

            vnfr_update_dict["kdur.{}.status".format(kdu_index)] = "READY"
            self.update_db_2("vnfrs", vnfr_data.get("_id"), vnfr_update_dict)

            kdu_config = kdud.get("kdu-configuration")
            if kdu_config and kdu_config.get("initial-config-primitive") and kdu_config.get("juju") is None:
                initial_config_primitive_list = kdu_config.get("initial-config-primitive")
                initial_config_primitive_list.sort(key=lambda val: int(val["seq"]))

                for initial_config_primitive in initial_config_primitive_list:
                    primitive_params_ = self._map_primitive_params(initial_config_primitive, {}, {})

                    await asyncio.wait_for(
                        self.k8scluster_map[k8sclustertype].exec_primitive(
                            cluster_uuid=k8s_instance_info["k8scluster-uuid"],
                            kdu_instance=kdu_instance,
                            primitive_name=initial_config_primitive["name"],
                            params=primitive_params_, db_dict={}),
                        timeout=timeout)

        except Exception as e:
            # Prepare update db with error and raise exception
            try:
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {nsr_db_path + ".detailed-status": str(e)})
                self.update_db_2("vnfrs", vnfr_data.get("_id"), {"kdur.{}.status".format(kdu_index): "ERROR"})
            except Exception:
                # ignore to keep original exception
                pass
            # reraise original error
            raise

        return kdu_instance

    async def deploy_kdus(self, logging_text, nsr_id, nslcmop_id, db_vnfrs, db_vnfds, task_instantiation_info):
        # Launch kdus if present in the descriptor

        k8scluster_id_2_uuic = {"helm-chart-v3": {}, "helm-chart": {}, "juju-bundle": {}}

        async def _get_cluster_id(cluster_id, cluster_type):
            nonlocal k8scluster_id_2_uuic
            if cluster_id in k8scluster_id_2_uuic[cluster_type]:
                return k8scluster_id_2_uuic[cluster_type][cluster_id]

            # check if K8scluster is creating and wait look if previous tasks in process
            task_name, task_dependency = self.lcm_tasks.lookfor_related("k8scluster", cluster_id)
            if task_dependency:
                text = "Waiting for related tasks '{}' on k8scluster {} to be completed".format(task_name, cluster_id)
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + text)
                await asyncio.wait(task_dependency, timeout=3600)

            db_k8scluster = self.db.get_one("k8sclusters", {"_id": cluster_id}, fail_on_empty=False)
            if not db_k8scluster:
                raise LcmException("K8s cluster {} cannot be found".format(cluster_id))

            k8s_id = deep_get(db_k8scluster, ("_admin", cluster_type, "id"))
            if not k8s_id:
                if cluster_type == "helm-chart-v3":
                    try:
                        # backward compatibility for existing clusters that have not been initialized for helm v3
                        k8s_credentials = yaml.safe_dump(db_k8scluster.get("credentials"))
                        k8s_id, uninstall_sw = await self.k8sclusterhelm3.init_env(k8s_credentials,
                                                                                   reuse_cluster_uuid=cluster_id)
                        db_k8scluster_update = {}
                        db_k8scluster_update["_admin.helm-chart-v3.error_msg"] = None
                        db_k8scluster_update["_admin.helm-chart-v3.id"] = k8s_id
                        db_k8scluster_update["_admin.helm-chart-v3.created"] = uninstall_sw
                        db_k8scluster_update["_admin.helm-chart-v3.operationalState"] = "ENABLED"
                        self.update_db_2("k8sclusters", cluster_id, db_k8scluster_update)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.logger.error(logging_text + "error initializing helm-v3 cluster: {}".format(str(e)))
                        raise LcmException("K8s cluster '{}' has not been initialized for '{}'".format(cluster_id,
                                                                                                       cluster_type))
                else:
                    raise LcmException("K8s cluster '{}' has not been initialized for '{}'".
                                       format(cluster_id, cluster_type))
            k8scluster_id_2_uuic[cluster_type][cluster_id] = k8s_id
            return k8s_id

        logging_text += "Deploy kdus: "
        step = ""
        try:
            db_nsr_update = {"_admin.deployed.K8s": []}
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)

            index = 0
            updated_cluster_list = []
            updated_v3_cluster_list = []

            for vnfr_data in db_vnfrs.values():
                for kdu_index, kdur in enumerate(get_iterable(vnfr_data, "kdur")):
                    # Step 0: Prepare and set parameters
                    desc_params = parse_yaml_strings(kdur.get("additionalParams"))
                    vnfd_id = vnfr_data.get('vnfd-id')
                    vnfd_with_id = find_in_list(db_vnfds, lambda vnfd: vnfd["_id"] == vnfd_id)
                    kdud = next(kdud for kdud in vnfd_with_id["kdu"] if kdud["name"] == kdur["kdu-name"])
                    namespace = kdur.get("k8s-namespace")
                    if kdur.get("helm-chart"):
                        kdumodel = kdur["helm-chart"]
                        # Default version: helm3, if helm-version is v2 assign v2
                        k8sclustertype = "helm-chart-v3"
                        self.logger.debug("kdur: {}".format(kdur))
                        if kdur.get("helm-version") and kdur.get("helm-version") == "v2":
                            k8sclustertype = "helm-chart"
                    elif kdur.get("juju-bundle"):
                        kdumodel = kdur["juju-bundle"]
                        k8sclustertype = "juju-bundle"
                    else:
                        raise LcmException("kdu type for kdu='{}.{}' is neither helm-chart nor "
                                           "juju-bundle. Maybe an old NBI version is running".
                                           format(vnfr_data["member-vnf-index-ref"], kdur["kdu-name"]))
                    # check if kdumodel is a file and exists
                    try:
                        vnfd_with_id = find_in_list(db_vnfds, lambda vnfd: vnfd["_id"] == vnfd_id)
                        storage = deep_get(vnfd_with_id, ('_admin', 'storage'))
                        if storage and storage.get('pkg-dir'):  # may be not present if vnfd has not artifacts
                            # path format: /vnfdid/pkkdir/helm-charts|juju-bundles/kdumodel
                            filename = '{}/{}/{}s/{}'.format(storage["folder"], storage["pkg-dir"], k8sclustertype,
                                                             kdumodel)
                            if self.fs.file_exists(filename, mode='file') or self.fs.file_exists(filename, mode='dir'):
                                kdumodel = self.fs.path + filename
                    except (asyncio.TimeoutError, asyncio.CancelledError):
                        raise
                    except Exception:       # it is not a file
                        pass

                    k8s_cluster_id = kdur["k8s-cluster"]["id"]
                    step = "Synchronize repos for k8s cluster '{}'".format(k8s_cluster_id)
                    cluster_uuid = await _get_cluster_id(k8s_cluster_id, k8sclustertype)

                    # Synchronize  repos
                    if (k8sclustertype == "helm-chart" and cluster_uuid not in updated_cluster_list)\
                            or (k8sclustertype == "helm-chart-v3" and cluster_uuid not in updated_v3_cluster_list):
                        del_repo_list, added_repo_dict = await asyncio.ensure_future(
                            self.k8scluster_map[k8sclustertype].synchronize_repos(cluster_uuid=cluster_uuid))
                        if del_repo_list or added_repo_dict:
                            if k8sclustertype == "helm-chart":
                                unset = {'_admin.helm_charts_added.' + item: None for item in del_repo_list}
                                updated = {'_admin.helm_charts_added.' +
                                           item: name for item, name in added_repo_dict.items()}
                                updated_cluster_list.append(cluster_uuid)
                            elif k8sclustertype == "helm-chart-v3":
                                unset = {'_admin.helm_charts_v3_added.' + item: None for item in del_repo_list}
                                updated = {'_admin.helm_charts_v3_added.' +
                                           item: name for item, name in added_repo_dict.items()}
                                updated_v3_cluster_list.append(cluster_uuid)
                            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "repos synchronized on k8s cluster "
                                                             "'{}' to_delete: {}, to_add: {}".
                                              format(k8s_cluster_id, del_repo_list, added_repo_dict))
                            self.db.set_one("k8sclusters", {"_id": k8s_cluster_id}, updated, unset=unset)

                    # Instantiate kdu
                    step = "Instantiating KDU {}.{} in k8s cluster {}".format(vnfr_data["member-vnf-index-ref"],
                                                                              kdur["kdu-name"], k8s_cluster_id)
                    k8s_instance_info = {"kdu-instance": None,
                                         "k8scluster-uuid": cluster_uuid,
                                         "k8scluster-type": k8sclustertype,
                                         "member-vnf-index": vnfr_data["member-vnf-index-ref"],
                                         "kdu-name": kdur["kdu-name"],
                                         "kdu-model": kdumodel,
                                         "namespace": namespace}
                    db_path = "_admin.deployed.K8s.{}".format(index)
                    db_nsr_update[db_path] = k8s_instance_info
                    self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                    vnfd_with_id = find_in_list(db_vnfds, lambda vnf: vnf["_id"] == vnfd_id)
                    task = asyncio.ensure_future(
                        self._install_kdu(nsr_id, db_path, vnfr_data, kdu_index, kdud, vnfd_with_id,
                                          k8s_instance_info, k8params=desc_params, timeout=600))
                    self.lcm_tasks.register("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "instantiate_KDU-{}".format(index), task)
                    task_instantiation_info[task] = "Deploying KDU {}".format(kdur["kdu-name"])

                    index += 1

        except (LcmException, asyncio.CancelledError):
            raise
        except Exception as e:
            msg = "Exception {} while {}: {}".format(type(e).__name__, step, e)
            if isinstance(e, (N2VCException, DbException)):
                self.logger.error(logging_text + msg)
            else:
                self.logger.critical(logging_text + msg, exc_info=True)
            raise LcmException(msg)
        finally:
            if db_nsr_update:
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)

    def _deploy_n2vc(self, logging_text, db_nsr, db_vnfr, nslcmop_id, nsr_id, nsi_id, vnfd_id, vdu_id,
                     kdu_name, member_vnf_index, vdu_index, vdu_name, deploy_params, descriptor_config,
                     base_folder, task_instantiation_info, stage):
        # launch instantiate_N2VC in a asyncio task and register task object
        # Look where information of this charm is at database <nsrs>._admin.deployed.VCA
        # if not found, create one entry and update database
        # fill db_nsr._admin.deployed.VCA.<index>

        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "_deploy_n2vc vnfd_id={}, vdu_id={}".format(vnfd_id, vdu_id))
        if descriptor_config.get("juju"):   # There is one execution envioronment of type juju
            ee_list = [descriptor_config]
        elif descriptor_config.get("execution-environment-list"):
            ee_list = descriptor_config.get("execution-environment-list")
        else:  # other types as script are not supported
            ee_list = []

        for ee_item in ee_list:
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "_deploy_n2vc ee_item juju={}, helm={}".format(ee_item.get('juju'),
                                                                                            ee_item.get("helm-chart")))
            ee_descriptor_id = ee_item.get("id")
            if ee_item.get("juju"):
                vca_name = ee_item['juju'].get('charm')
                vca_type = "lxc_proxy_charm" if ee_item['juju'].get('charm') is not None else "native_charm"
                if ee_item['juju'].get('cloud') == "k8s":
                    vca_type = "k8s_proxy_charm"
                elif ee_item['juju'].get('proxy') is False:
                    vca_type = "native_charm"
            elif ee_item.get("helm-chart"):
                vca_name = ee_item['helm-chart']
                if ee_item.get("helm-version") and ee_item.get("helm-version") == "v2":
                    vca_type = "helm"
                else:
                    vca_type = "helm-v3"
            else:
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "skipping non juju neither charm configuration")
                continue

            vca_index = -1
            for vca_index, vca_deployed in enumerate(db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"]["VCA"]):
                if not vca_deployed:
                    continue
                if vca_deployed.get("member-vnf-index") == member_vnf_index and \
                        vca_deployed.get("vdu_id") == vdu_id and \
                        vca_deployed.get("kdu_name") == kdu_name and \
                        vca_deployed.get("vdu_count_index", 0) == vdu_index and \
                        vca_deployed.get("ee_descriptor_id") == ee_descriptor_id:
                    break
            else:
                # not found, create one.
                target = "ns" if not member_vnf_index else "vnf/{}".format(member_vnf_index)
                if vdu_id:
                    target += "/vdu/{}/{}".format(vdu_id, vdu_index or 0)
                elif kdu_name:
                    target += "/kdu/{}".format(kdu_name)
                vca_deployed = {
                    "target_element": target,
                    # ^ target_element will replace member-vnf-index, kdu_name, vdu_id ... in a single string
                    "member-vnf-index": member_vnf_index,
                    "vdu_id": vdu_id,
                    "kdu_name": kdu_name,
                    "vdu_count_index": vdu_index,
                    "operational-status": "init",  # TODO revise
                    "detailed-status": "",  # TODO revise
                    "step": "initial-deploy",   # TODO revise
                    "vnfd_id": vnfd_id,
                    "vdu_name": vdu_name,
                    "type": vca_type,
                    "ee_descriptor_id": ee_descriptor_id
                }
                vca_index += 1

                # create VCA and configurationStatus in db
                db_dict = {
                    "_admin.deployed.VCA.{}".format(vca_index): vca_deployed,
                    "configurationStatus.{}".format(vca_index): dict()
                }
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_dict)

                db_nsr["_admin"]["deployed"]["VCA"].append(vca_deployed)

            self.logger.debug("N2VC > NSR_ID > {}".format(nsr_id))
            self.logger.debug("N2VC > DB_NSR > {}".format(db_nsr))
            self.logger.debug("N2VC > VCA_DEPLOYED > {}".format(vca_deployed))

            # Launch task
            task_n2vc = asyncio.ensure_future(
                self.instantiate_N2VC(
                    logging_text=logging_text,
                    vca_index=vca_index,
                    nsi_id=nsi_id,
                    db_nsr=db_nsr,
                    db_vnfr=db_vnfr,
                    vdu_id=vdu_id,
                    kdu_name=kdu_name,
                    vdu_index=vdu_index,
                    deploy_params=deploy_params,
                    config_descriptor=descriptor_config,
                    base_folder=base_folder,
                    nslcmop_id=nslcmop_id,
                    stage=stage,
                    vca_type=vca_type,
                    vca_name=vca_name,
                    ee_config_descriptor=ee_item
                )
            )
            self.lcm_tasks.register("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "instantiate_N2VC-{}".format(vca_index), task_n2vc)
            task_instantiation_info[task_n2vc] = self.task_name_deploy_vca + " {}.{}".format(
                member_vnf_index or "", vdu_id or "")

    @staticmethod
    def _create_nslcmop(nsr_id, operation, params):
        """
        Creates a ns-lcm-opp content to be stored at database.
        :param nsr_id: internal id of the instance
        :param operation: instantiate, terminate, scale, action, ...
        :param params: user parameters for the operation
        :return: dictionary following SOL005 format
        """
        # Raise exception if invalid arguments
        if not (nsr_id and operation and params):
            raise LcmException(
                "Parameters 'nsr_id', 'operation' and 'params' needed to create primitive not provided")
        now = time()
        _id = str(uuid4())
        nslcmop = {
            "id": _id,
            "_id": _id,
            # COMPLETED,PARTIALLY_COMPLETED,FAILED_TEMP,FAILED,ROLLING_BACK,ROLLED_BACK
            "operationState": "PROCESSING",
            "statusEnteredTime": now,
            "nsInstanceId": nsr_id,
            "lcmOperationType": operation,
            "startTime": now,
            "isAutomaticInvocation": False,
            "operationParams": params,
            "isCancelPending": False,
            "links": {
                "self": "/osm/nslcm/v1/ns_lcm_op_occs/" + _id,
                "nsInstance": "/osm/nslcm/v1/ns_instances/" + nsr_id,
            }
        }
        return nslcmop

    def _format_additional_params(self, params):
        params = params or {}
        for key, value in params.items():
            if str(value).startswith("!!yaml "):
                params[key] = yaml.safe_load(value[7:])
        return params

    def _get_terminate_primitive_params(self, seq, vnf_index):
        primitive = seq.get('name')
        primitive_params = {}
        params = {
            "member_vnf_index": vnf_index,
            "primitive": primitive,
            "primitive_params": primitive_params,
        }
        desc_params = {}
        return self._map_primitive_params(seq, params, desc_params)

    # sub-operations

    def _retry_or_skip_suboperation(self, db_nslcmop, op_index):
        op = deep_get(db_nslcmop, ('_admin', 'operations'), [])[op_index]
        if op.get('operationState') == 'COMPLETED':
            # b. Skip sub-operation
            # _ns_execute_primitive() or RO.create_action() will NOT be executed
            return self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_SKIP
        else:
            # c. retry executing sub-operation
            # The sub-operation exists, and operationState != 'COMPLETED'
            # Update operationState = 'PROCESSING' to indicate a retry.
            operationState = 'PROCESSING'
            detailed_status = 'In progress'
            self._update_suboperation_status(
                db_nslcmop, op_index, operationState, detailed_status)
            # Return the sub-operation index
            # _ns_execute_primitive() or RO.create_action() will be called from scale()
            # with arguments extracted from the sub-operation
            return op_index

    # Find a sub-operation where all keys in a matching dictionary must match
    # Returns the index of the matching sub-operation, or SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NOT_FOUND if no match
    def _find_suboperation(self, db_nslcmop, match):
        if db_nslcmop and match:
            op_list = db_nslcmop.get('_admin', {}).get('operations', [])
            for i, op in enumerate(op_list):
                if all(op.get(k) == match[k] for k in match):
                    return i
        return self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NOT_FOUND

    # Update status for a sub-operation given its index
    def _update_suboperation_status(self, db_nslcmop, op_index, operationState, detailed_status):
        # Update DB for HA tasks
        q_filter = {'_id': db_nslcmop['_id']}
        update_dict = {'_admin.operations.{}.operationState'.format(op_index): operationState,
                       '_admin.operations.{}.detailed-status'.format(op_index): detailed_status}
        self.db.set_one("nslcmops",
                        q_filter=q_filter,
                        update_dict=update_dict,
                        fail_on_empty=False)

    # Add sub-operation, return the index of the added sub-operation
    # Optionally, set operationState, detailed-status, and operationType
    # Status and type are currently set for 'scale' sub-operations:
    # 'operationState' : 'PROCESSING' | 'COMPLETED' | 'FAILED'
    # 'detailed-status' : status message
    # 'operationType': may be any type, in the case of scaling: 'PRE-SCALE' | 'POST-SCALE'
    # Status and operation type are currently only used for 'scale', but NOT for 'terminate' sub-operations.
    def _add_suboperation(self, db_nslcmop, vnf_index, vdu_id, vdu_count_index, vdu_name, primitive,
                          mapped_primitive_params, operationState=None, detailed_status=None, operationType=None,
                          RO_nsr_id=None, RO_scaling_info=None):
        if not db_nslcmop:
            return self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NOT_FOUND
        # Get the "_admin.operations" list, if it exists
        db_nslcmop_admin = db_nslcmop.get('_admin', {})
        op_list = db_nslcmop_admin.get('operations')
        # Create or append to the "_admin.operations" list
        new_op = {'member_vnf_index': vnf_index,
                  'vdu_id': vdu_id,
                  'vdu_count_index': vdu_count_index,
                  'primitive': primitive,
                  'primitive_params': mapped_primitive_params}
        if operationState:
            new_op['operationState'] = operationState
        if detailed_status:
            new_op['detailed-status'] = detailed_status
        if operationType:
            new_op['lcmOperationType'] = operationType
        if RO_nsr_id:
            new_op['RO_nsr_id'] = RO_nsr_id
        if RO_scaling_info:
            new_op['RO_scaling_info'] = RO_scaling_info
        if not op_list:
            # No existing operations, create key 'operations' with current operation as first list element
            db_nslcmop_admin.update({'operations': [new_op]})
            op_list = db_nslcmop_admin.get('operations')
        else:
            # Existing operations, append operation to list
            op_list.append(new_op)

        db_nslcmop_update = {'_admin.operations': op_list}
        self.update_db_2("nslcmops", db_nslcmop['_id'], db_nslcmop_update)
        op_index = len(op_list) - 1
        return op_index

    # Helper methods for scale() sub-operations

    # pre-scale/post-scale:
    # Check for 3 different cases:
    # a. New: First time execution, return SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NEW
    # b. Skip: Existing sub-operation exists, operationState == 'COMPLETED', return SUBOPERATION_STATUS_SKIP
    # c. retry: Existing sub-operation exists, operationState != 'COMPLETED', return op_index to re-execute
    def _check_or_add_scale_suboperation(self, db_nslcmop, vnf_index, vnf_config_primitive, primitive_params,
                                         operationType, RO_nsr_id=None, RO_scaling_info=None):
        # Find this sub-operation
        if RO_nsr_id and RO_scaling_info:
            operationType = 'SCALE-RO'
            match = {
                'member_vnf_index': vnf_index,
                'RO_nsr_id': RO_nsr_id,
                'RO_scaling_info': RO_scaling_info,
            }
        else:
            match = {
                'member_vnf_index': vnf_index,
                'primitive': vnf_config_primitive,
                'primitive_params': primitive_params,
                'lcmOperationType': operationType
            }
        op_index = self._find_suboperation(db_nslcmop, match)
        if op_index == self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NOT_FOUND:
            # a. New sub-operation
            # The sub-operation does not exist, add it.
            # _ns_execute_primitive() will be called from scale() as usual, with non-modified arguments
            # The following parameters are set to None for all kind of scaling:
            vdu_id = None
            vdu_count_index = None
            vdu_name = None
            if RO_nsr_id and RO_scaling_info:
                vnf_config_primitive = None
                primitive_params = None
            else:
                RO_nsr_id = None
                RO_scaling_info = None
            # Initial status for sub-operation
            operationState = 'PROCESSING'
            detailed_status = 'In progress'
            # Add sub-operation for pre/post-scaling (zero or more operations)
            self._add_suboperation(db_nslcmop,
                                   vnf_index,
                                   vdu_id,
                                   vdu_count_index,
                                   vdu_name,
                                   vnf_config_primitive,
                                   primitive_params,
                                   operationState,
                                   detailed_status,
                                   operationType,
                                   RO_nsr_id,
                                   RO_scaling_info)
            return self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NEW
        else:
            # Return either SUBOPERATION_STATUS_SKIP (operationState == 'COMPLETED'),
            # or op_index (operationState != 'COMPLETED')
            return self._retry_or_skip_suboperation(db_nslcmop, op_index)

    # Function to return execution_environment id

    def _get_ee_id(self, vnf_index, vdu_id, vca_deployed_list):
        # TODO vdu_index_count
        for vca in vca_deployed_list:
            if vca["member-vnf-index"] == vnf_index and vca["vdu_id"] == vdu_id:
                return vca["ee_id"]

    async def destroy_N2VC(self, logging_text, db_nslcmop, vca_deployed, config_descriptor,
                           vca_index, destroy_ee=True, exec_primitives=True):
        """
        Execute the terminate primitives and destroy the execution environment (if destroy_ee=False
        :param logging_text:
        :param db_nslcmop:
        :param vca_deployed: Dictionary of deployment info at db_nsr._admin.depoloyed.VCA.<INDEX>
        :param config_descriptor: Configuration descriptor of the NSD, VNFD, VNFD.vdu or VNFD.kdu
        :param vca_index: index in the database _admin.deployed.VCA
        :param destroy_ee: False to do not destroy, because it will be destroyed all of then at once
        :param exec_primitives: False to do not execute terminate primitives, because the config is not completed or has
                            not executed properly
        :return: None or exception
        """

        self.logger.debug(
            logging_text + " vca_index: {}, vca_deployed: {}, config_descriptor: {}, destroy_ee: {}".format(
                vca_index, vca_deployed, config_descriptor, destroy_ee
            )
        )

        vca_type = vca_deployed.get("type", "lxc_proxy_charm")

        # execute terminate_primitives
        if exec_primitives:
            terminate_primitives = get_ee_sorted_terminate_config_primitive_list(
                config_descriptor.get("terminate-config-primitive"), vca_deployed.get("ee_descriptor_id"))
            vdu_id = vca_deployed.get("vdu_id")
            vdu_count_index = vca_deployed.get("vdu_count_index")
            vdu_name = vca_deployed.get("vdu_name")
            vnf_index = vca_deployed.get("member-vnf-index")
            if terminate_primitives and vca_deployed.get("needed_terminate"):
                for seq in terminate_primitives:
                    # For each sequence in list, get primitive and call _ns_execute_primitive()
                    step = "Calling terminate action for vnf_member_index={} primitive={}".format(
                        vnf_index, seq.get("name"))
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + step)
                    # Create the primitive for each sequence, i.e. "primitive": "touch"
                    primitive = seq.get('name')
                    mapped_primitive_params = self._get_terminate_primitive_params(seq, vnf_index)

                    # Add sub-operation
                    self._add_suboperation(db_nslcmop,
                                           vnf_index,
                                           vdu_id,
                                           vdu_count_index,
                                           vdu_name,
                                           primitive,
                                           mapped_primitive_params)
                    # Sub-operations: Call _ns_execute_primitive() instead of action()
                    try:
                        result, result_detail = await self._ns_execute_primitive(vca_deployed["ee_id"], primitive,
                                                                                 mapped_primitive_params,
                                                                                 vca_type=vca_type)
                    except LcmException:
                        # this happens when VCA is not deployed. In this case it is not needed to terminate
                        continue
                    result_ok = ['COMPLETED', 'PARTIALLY_COMPLETED']
                    if result not in result_ok:
                        raise LcmException("terminate_primitive {}  for vnf_member_index={} fails with "
                                           "error {}".format(seq.get("name"), vnf_index, result_detail))
                # set that this VCA do not need terminated
                db_update_entry = "_admin.deployed.VCA.{}.needed_terminate".format(vca_index)
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", db_nslcmop["nsInstanceId"], {db_update_entry: False})

        if vca_deployed.get("prometheus_jobs") and self.prometheus:
            await self.prometheus.update(remove_jobs=vca_deployed["prometheus_jobs"])

        if destroy_ee:
            await self.vca_map[vca_type].delete_execution_environment(vca_deployed["ee_id"])

    async def _delete_all_N2VC(self, db_nsr: dict):
        self._write_all_config_status(db_nsr=db_nsr, status='TERMINATING')
        namespace = "." + db_nsr["_id"]
        try:
            await self.n2vc.delete_namespace(namespace=namespace, total_timeout=self.timeout_charm_delete)
        except N2VCNotFound:  # already deleted. Skip
            pass
        self._write_all_config_status(db_nsr=db_nsr, status='DELETED')

    async def _terminate_RO(self, logging_text, nsr_deployed, nsr_id, nslcmop_id, stage):
        """
        Terminates a deployment from RO
        :param logging_text:
        :param nsr_deployed: db_nsr._admin.deployed
        :param nsr_id:
        :param nslcmop_id:
        :param stage: list of string with the content to write on db_nslcmop.detailed-status.
            this method will update only the index 2, but it will write on database the concatenated content of the list
        :return:
        """
        db_nsr_update = {}
        failed_detail = []
        ro_nsr_id = ro_delete_action = None
        if nsr_deployed and nsr_deployed.get("RO"):
            ro_nsr_id = nsr_deployed["RO"].get("nsr_id")
            ro_delete_action = nsr_deployed["RO"].get("nsr_delete_action_id")
        try:
            if ro_nsr_id:
                stage[2] = "Deleting ns from VIM."
                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
                self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[2])
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
                desc = await self.RO.delete("ns", ro_nsr_id)
                ro_delete_action = desc["action_id"]
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_delete_action_id"] = ro_delete_action
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_id"] = None
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_status"] = "DELETED"
            if ro_delete_action:
                # wait until NS is deleted from VIM
                stage[2] = "Waiting ns deleted from VIM."
                detailed_status_old = None
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[2] + " RO_id={} ro_delete_action={}".format(ro_nsr_id,
                                                                                                   ro_delete_action))
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)

                delete_timeout = 20 * 60  # 20 minutes
                while delete_timeout > 0:
                    desc = await self.RO.show(
                        "ns",
                        item_id_name=ro_nsr_id,
                        extra_item="action",
                        extra_item_id=ro_delete_action)

                    # deploymentStatus
                    self._on_update_ro_db(nsrs_id=nsr_id, ro_descriptor=desc)

                    ns_status, ns_status_info = self.RO.check_action_status(desc)
                    if ns_status == "ERROR":
                        raise ROclient.ROClientException(ns_status_info)
                    elif ns_status == "BUILD":
                        stage[2] = "Deleting from VIM {}".format(ns_status_info)
                    elif ns_status == "ACTIVE":
                        db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_delete_action_id"] = None
                        db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_status"] = "DELETED"
                        break
                    else:
                        assert False, "ROclient.check_action_status returns unknown {}".format(ns_status)
                    if stage[2] != detailed_status_old:
                        detailed_status_old = stage[2]
                        db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
                        self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
                        self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                    await asyncio.sleep(5, loop=self.loop)
                    delete_timeout -= 5
                else:  # delete_timeout <= 0:
                    raise ROclient.ROClientException("Timeout waiting ns deleted from VIM")

        except Exception as e:
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
            if isinstance(e, ROclient.ROClientException) and e.http_code == 404:  # not found
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_id"] = None
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_status"] = "DELETED"
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsr_delete_action_id"] = None
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "RO_ns_id={} already deleted".format(ro_nsr_id))
            elif isinstance(e, ROclient.ROClientException) and e.http_code == 409:  # conflict
                failed_detail.append("delete conflict: {}".format(e))
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "RO_ns_id={} delete conflict: {}".format(ro_nsr_id, e))
            else:
                failed_detail.append("delete error: {}".format(e))
                self.logger.error(logging_text + "RO_ns_id={} delete error: {}".format(ro_nsr_id, e))

        # Delete nsd
        if not failed_detail and deep_get(nsr_deployed, ("RO", "nsd_id")):
            ro_nsd_id = nsr_deployed["RO"]["nsd_id"]
            try:
                stage[2] = "Deleting nsd from RO."
                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
                await self.RO.delete("nsd", ro_nsd_id)
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "ro_nsd_id={} deleted".format(ro_nsd_id))
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsd_id"] = None
            except Exception as e:
                if isinstance(e, ROclient.ROClientException) and e.http_code == 404:  # not found
                    db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.nsd_id"] = None
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + "ro_nsd_id={} already deleted".format(ro_nsd_id))
                elif isinstance(e, ROclient.ROClientException) and e.http_code == 409:  # conflict
                    failed_detail.append("ro_nsd_id={} delete conflict: {}".format(ro_nsd_id, e))
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + failed_detail[-1])
                else:
                    failed_detail.append("ro_nsd_id={} delete error: {}".format(ro_nsd_id, e))
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + failed_detail[-1])

        if not failed_detail and deep_get(nsr_deployed, ("RO", "vnfd")):
            for index, vnf_deployed in enumerate(nsr_deployed["RO"]["vnfd"]):
                if not vnf_deployed or not vnf_deployed["id"]:
                    continue
                try:
                    ro_vnfd_id = vnf_deployed["id"]
                    stage[2] = "Deleting member_vnf_index={} ro_vnfd_id={} from RO.".format(
                        vnf_deployed["member-vnf-index"], ro_vnfd_id)
                    db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
                    self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
                    self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
                    await self.RO.delete("vnfd", ro_vnfd_id)
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + "ro_vnfd_id={} deleted".format(ro_vnfd_id))
                    db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.vnfd.{}.id".format(index)] = None
                except Exception as e:
                    if isinstance(e, ROclient.ROClientException) and e.http_code == 404:  # not found
                        db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.RO.vnfd.{}.id".format(index)] = None
                        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "ro_vnfd_id={} already deleted ".format(ro_vnfd_id))
                    elif isinstance(e, ROclient.ROClientException) and e.http_code == 409:  # conflict
                        failed_detail.append("ro_vnfd_id={} delete conflict: {}".format(ro_vnfd_id, e))
                        self.logger.debug(logging_text + failed_detail[-1])
                    else:
                        failed_detail.append("ro_vnfd_id={} delete error: {}".format(ro_vnfd_id, e))
                        self.logger.error(logging_text + failed_detail[-1])

        if failed_detail:
            stage[2] = "Error deleting from VIM"
        else:
            stage[2] = "Deleted from VIM"
        db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = " ".join(stage)
        self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
        self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)

        if failed_detail:
            raise LcmException("; ".join(failed_detail))

    async def terminate(self, nsr_id, nslcmop_id):
        # Try to lock HA task here
        task_is_locked_by_me = self.lcm_tasks.lock_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)
        if not task_is_locked_by_me:
            return

        logging_text = "Task ns={} terminate={} ".format(nsr_id, nslcmop_id)
        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Enter")
        timeout_ns_terminate = self.timeout_ns_terminate
        db_nsr = None
        db_nslcmop = None
        operation_params = None
        exc = None
        error_list = []   # annotates all failed error messages
        db_nslcmop_update = {}
        autoremove = False  # autoremove after terminated
        tasks_dict_info = {}
        db_nsr_update = {}
        stage = ["Stage 1/3: Preparing task.", "Waiting for previous operations to terminate.", ""]
        # ^ contains [stage, step, VIM-status]
        try:
            # wait for any previous tasks in process
            await self.lcm_tasks.waitfor_related_HA("ns", 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)

            stage[1] = "Getting nslcmop={} from db.".format(nslcmop_id)
            db_nslcmop = self.db.get_one("nslcmops", {"_id": nslcmop_id})
            operation_params = db_nslcmop.get("operationParams") or {}
            if operation_params.get("timeout_ns_terminate"):
                timeout_ns_terminate = operation_params["timeout_ns_terminate"]
            stage[1] = "Getting nsr={} from db.".format(nsr_id)
            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})

            db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "terminating"
            db_nsr_update["config-status"] = "terminating"
            self._write_ns_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                ns_state="TERMINATING",
                current_operation="TERMINATING",
                current_operation_id=nslcmop_id,
                other_update=db_nsr_update
            )
            self._write_op_status(
                op_id=nslcmop_id,
                queuePosition=0,
                stage=stage
            )
            nsr_deployed = deepcopy(db_nsr["_admin"].get("deployed")) or {}
            if db_nsr["_admin"]["nsState"] == "NOT_INSTANTIATED":
                return

            stage[1] = "Getting vnf descriptors from db."
            db_vnfrs_list = self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})
            db_vnfds_from_id = {}
            db_vnfds_from_member_index = {}
            # Loop over VNFRs
            for vnfr in db_vnfrs_list:
                vnfd_id = vnfr["vnfd-id"]
                if vnfd_id not in db_vnfds_from_id:
                    vnfd = self.db.get_one("vnfds", {"_id": vnfd_id})
                    db_vnfds_from_id[vnfd_id] = vnfd
                db_vnfds_from_member_index[vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"]] = db_vnfds_from_id[vnfd_id]

            # Destroy individual execution environments when there are terminating primitives.
            # Rest of EE will be deleted at once
            # TODO - check before calling _destroy_N2VC
            # if not operation_params.get("skip_terminate_primitives"):#
            # or not vca.get("needed_terminate"):
            stage[0] = "Stage 2/3 execute terminating primitives."
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[0])
            stage[1] = "Looking execution environment that needs terminate."
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])

            for vca_index, vca in enumerate(get_iterable(nsr_deployed, "VCA")):
                config_descriptor = None
                if not vca or not vca.get("ee_id"):
                    continue
                if not vca.get("member-vnf-index"):
                    # ns
                    config_descriptor = db_nsr.get("ns-configuration")
                elif vca.get("vdu_id"):
                    db_vnfd = db_vnfds_from_member_index[vca["member-vnf-index"]]
                    vdud = next((vdu for vdu in db_vnfd.get("vdu", ()) if vdu["id"] == vca.get("vdu_id")), None)
                    if vdud:
                        config_descriptor = vdud.get("vdu-configuration")
                elif vca.get("kdu_name"):
                    db_vnfd = db_vnfds_from_member_index[vca["member-vnf-index"]]
                    kdud = next((kdu for kdu in db_vnfd.get("kdu", ()) if kdu["name"] == vca.get("kdu_name")), None)
                    if kdud:
                        config_descriptor = kdud.get("kdu-configuration")
                else:
                    config_descriptor = db_vnfds_from_member_index[vca["member-vnf-index"]].get("vnf-configuration")
                vca_type = vca.get("type")
                exec_terminate_primitives = (not operation_params.get("skip_terminate_primitives") and
                                             vca.get("needed_terminate"))
                # For helm we must destroy_ee. Also for native_charm, as juju_model cannot be deleted if there are
                # pending native charms
                destroy_ee = True if vca_type in ("helm", "helm-v3", "native_charm") else False
                # self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vca_index: {}, ee_id: {}, vca_type: {} destroy_ee: {}".format(
                #     vca_index, vca.get("ee_id"), vca_type, destroy_ee))
                task = asyncio.ensure_future(
                    self.destroy_N2VC(logging_text, db_nslcmop, vca, config_descriptor, vca_index,
                                      destroy_ee, exec_terminate_primitives))
                tasks_dict_info[task] = "Terminating VCA {}".format(vca.get("ee_id"))

            # wait for pending tasks of terminate primitives
            if tasks_dict_info:
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + 'Waiting for tasks {}'.format(list(tasks_dict_info.keys())))
                error_list = await self._wait_for_tasks(logging_text, tasks_dict_info,
                                                        min(self.timeout_charm_delete, timeout_ns_terminate),
                                                        stage, nslcmop_id)
                tasks_dict_info.clear()
                if error_list:
                    return   # raise LcmException("; ".join(error_list))

            # remove All execution environments at once
            stage[0] = "Stage 3/3 delete all."

            if nsr_deployed.get("VCA"):
                stage[1] = "Deleting all execution environments."
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])
                task_delete_ee = asyncio.ensure_future(asyncio.wait_for(self._delete_all_N2VC(db_nsr=db_nsr),
                                                                        timeout=self.timeout_charm_delete))
                # task_delete_ee = asyncio.ensure_future(self.n2vc.delete_namespace(namespace="." + nsr_id))
                tasks_dict_info[task_delete_ee] = "Terminating all VCA"

            # Delete from k8scluster
            stage[1] = "Deleting KDUs."
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])
            # print(nsr_deployed)
            for kdu in get_iterable(nsr_deployed, "K8s"):
                if not kdu or not kdu.get("kdu-instance"):
                    continue
                kdu_instance = kdu.get("kdu-instance")
                if kdu.get("k8scluster-type") in self.k8scluster_map:
                    task_delete_kdu_instance = asyncio.ensure_future(
                        self.k8scluster_map[kdu["k8scluster-type"]].uninstall(
                            cluster_uuid=kdu.get("k8scluster-uuid"),
                            kdu_instance=kdu_instance))
                else:
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + "Unknown k8s deployment type {}".
                                      format(kdu.get("k8scluster-type")))
                    continue
                tasks_dict_info[task_delete_kdu_instance] = "Terminating KDU '{}'".format(kdu.get("kdu-name"))

            # remove from RO
            stage[1] = "Deleting ns from VIM."
            if self.ng_ro:
                task_delete_ro = asyncio.ensure_future(
                    self._terminate_ng_ro(logging_text, nsr_deployed, nsr_id, nslcmop_id, stage))
            else:
                task_delete_ro = asyncio.ensure_future(
                    self._terminate_RO(logging_text, nsr_deployed, nsr_id, nslcmop_id, stage))
            tasks_dict_info[task_delete_ro] = "Removing deployment from VIM"

            # rest of staff will be done at finally

        except (ROclient.ROClientException, DbException, LcmException, N2VCException) as e:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Exit Exception {}".format(e))
            exc = e
        except asyncio.CancelledError:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Cancelled Exception while '{}'".format(stage[1]))
            exc = "Operation was cancelled"
        except Exception as e:
            exc = traceback.format_exc()
            self.logger.critical(logging_text + "Exit Exception while '{}': {}".format(stage[1], e), exc_info=True)
        finally:
            if exc:
                error_list.append(str(exc))
            try:
                # wait for pending tasks
                if tasks_dict_info:
                    stage[1] = "Waiting for terminate pending tasks."
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + stage[1])
                    error_list += await self._wait_for_tasks(logging_text, tasks_dict_info, timeout_ns_terminate,
                                                             stage, nslcmop_id)
                stage[1] = stage[2] = ""
            except asyncio.CancelledError:
                error_list.append("Cancelled")
                # TODO cancell all tasks
            except Exception as exc:
                error_list.append(str(exc))
            # update status at database
            if error_list:
                error_detail = "; ".join(error_list)
                # self.logger.error(logging_text + error_detail)
                error_description_nslcmop = '{} Detail: {}'.format(stage[0], error_detail)
                error_description_nsr = 'Operation: TERMINATING.{}, {}.'.format(nslcmop_id, stage[0])

                db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "failed"
                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = error_description_nsr + " Detail: " + error_detail
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = error_detail
                nslcmop_operation_state = "FAILED"
                ns_state = "BROKEN"
            else:
                error_detail = None
                error_description_nsr = error_description_nslcmop = None
                ns_state = "NOT_INSTANTIATED"
                db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "terminated"
                db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = "Done"
                db_nsr_update["_admin.nsState"] = "NOT_INSTANTIATED"
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = "Done"
                nslcmop_operation_state = "COMPLETED"

            if db_nsr:
                self._write_ns_status(
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    ns_state=ns_state,
                    current_operation="IDLE",
                    current_operation_id=None,
                    error_description=error_description_nsr,
                    error_detail=error_detail,
                    other_update=db_nsr_update
                )
            self._write_op_status(
                op_id=nslcmop_id,
                stage="",
                error_message=error_description_nslcmop,
                operation_state=nslcmop_operation_state,
                other_update=db_nslcmop_update,
            )
            if ns_state == "NOT_INSTANTIATED":
                try:
                    self.db.set_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id}, {"_admin.nsState": "NOT_INSTANTIATED"})
                except DbException as e:
                    self.logger.warn(logging_text + 'Error writing VNFR status for nsr-id-ref: {} -> {}'.
                                     format(nsr_id, e))
            if operation_params:
                autoremove = operation_params.get("autoremove", False)
            if nslcmop_operation_state:
                try:
                    await self.msg.aiowrite("ns", "terminated", {"nsr_id": nsr_id, "nslcmop_id": nslcmop_id,
                                                                 "operationState": nslcmop_operation_state,
                                                                 "autoremove": autoremove},
                                            loop=self.loop)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + "kafka_write notification Exception {}".format(e))

            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Exit")
            self.lcm_tasks.remove("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "ns_terminate")

    async def _wait_for_tasks(self, logging_text, created_tasks_info, timeout, stage, nslcmop_id, nsr_id=None):
        time_start = time()
        error_detail_list = []
        error_list = []
        pending_tasks = list(created_tasks_info.keys())
        num_tasks = len(pending_tasks)
        num_done = 0
        stage[1] = "{}/{}.".format(num_done, num_tasks)
        self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
        while pending_tasks:
            new_error = None
            _timeout = timeout + time_start - time()
            done, pending_tasks = await asyncio.wait(pending_tasks, timeout=_timeout,
                                                     return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED)
            num_done += len(done)
            if not done:   # Timeout
                for task in pending_tasks:
                    new_error = created_tasks_info[task] + ": Timeout"
                    error_detail_list.append(new_error)
                    error_list.append(new_error)
                break
            for task in done:
                if task.cancelled():
                    exc = "Cancelled"
                else:
                    exc = task.exception()
                if exc:
                    if isinstance(exc, asyncio.TimeoutError):
                        exc = "Timeout"
                    new_error = created_tasks_info[task] + ": {}".format(exc)
                    error_list.append(created_tasks_info[task])
                    error_detail_list.append(new_error)
                    if isinstance(exc, (str, DbException, N2VCException, ROclient.ROClientException, LcmException,
                                        K8sException, NgRoException)):
                        self.logger.error(logging_text + new_error)
                    else:
                        exc_traceback = "".join(traceback.format_exception(None, exc, exc.__traceback__))
                        self.logger.error(logging_text + created_tasks_info[task] + " " + exc_traceback)
                else:
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + created_tasks_info[task] + ": Done")
            stage[1] = "{}/{}.".format(num_done, num_tasks)
            if new_error:
                stage[1] += " Errors: " + ". ".join(error_detail_list) + "."
                if nsr_id:  # update also nsr
                    self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {"errorDescription": "Error at: " + ", ".join(error_list),
                                                      "errorDetail": ". ".join(error_detail_list)})
            self._write_op_status(nslcmop_id, stage)
        return error_detail_list

    @staticmethod
    def _map_primitive_params(primitive_desc, params, instantiation_params):
        """
        Generates the params to be provided to charm before executing primitive. If user does not provide a parameter,
        The default-value is used. If it is between < > it look for a value at instantiation_params
        :param primitive_desc: portion of VNFD/NSD that describes primitive
        :param params: Params provided by user
        :param instantiation_params: Instantiation params provided by user
        :return: a dictionary with the calculated params
        """
        calculated_params = {}
        for parameter in primitive_desc.get("parameter", ()):
            param_name = parameter["name"]
            if param_name in params:
                calculated_params[param_name] = params[param_name]
            elif "default-value" in parameter or "value" in parameter:
                if "value" in parameter:
                    calculated_params[param_name] = parameter["value"]
                else:
                    calculated_params[param_name] = parameter["default-value"]
                if isinstance(calculated_params[param_name], str) and calculated_params[param_name].startswith("<") \
                        and calculated_params[param_name].endswith(">"):
                    if calculated_params[param_name][1:-1] in instantiation_params:
                        calculated_params[param_name] = instantiation_params[calculated_params[param_name][1:-1]]
                    else:
                        raise LcmException("Parameter {} needed to execute primitive {} not provided".
                                           format(calculated_params[param_name], primitive_desc["name"]))
            else:
                raise LcmException("Parameter {} needed to execute primitive {} not provided".
                                   format(param_name, primitive_desc["name"]))

            if isinstance(calculated_params[param_name], (dict, list, tuple)):
                calculated_params[param_name] = yaml.safe_dump(calculated_params[param_name],
                                                               default_flow_style=True, width=256)
            elif isinstance(calculated_params[param_name], str) and calculated_params[param_name].startswith("!!yaml "):
                calculated_params[param_name] = calculated_params[param_name][7:]
            if parameter.get("data-type") == "INTEGER":
                try:
                    calculated_params[param_name] = int(calculated_params[param_name])
                except ValueError:  # error converting string to int
                    raise LcmException(
                        "Parameter {} of primitive {} must be integer".format(param_name, primitive_desc["name"]))
            elif parameter.get("data-type") == "BOOLEAN":
                calculated_params[param_name] = not ((str(calculated_params[param_name])).lower() == 'false')

        # add always ns_config_info if primitive name is config
        if primitive_desc["name"] == "config":
            if "ns_config_info" in instantiation_params:
                calculated_params["ns_config_info"] = instantiation_params["ns_config_info"]
        return calculated_params

    def _look_for_deployed_vca(self, deployed_vca, member_vnf_index, vdu_id, vdu_count_index, kdu_name=None,
                               ee_descriptor_id=None):
        # find vca_deployed record for this action. Raise LcmException if not found or there is not any id.
        for vca in deployed_vca:
            if not vca:
                continue
            if member_vnf_index != vca["member-vnf-index"] or vdu_id != vca["vdu_id"]:
                continue
            if vdu_count_index is not None and vdu_count_index != vca["vdu_count_index"]:
                continue
            if kdu_name and kdu_name != vca["kdu_name"]:
                continue
            if ee_descriptor_id and ee_descriptor_id != vca["ee_descriptor_id"]:
                continue
            break
        else:
            # vca_deployed not found
            raise LcmException("charm for member_vnf_index={} vdu_id={}.{} kdu_name={} execution-environment-list.id={}"
                               " is not deployed".format(member_vnf_index, vdu_id, vdu_count_index, kdu_name,
                                                         ee_descriptor_id))
        # get ee_id
        ee_id = vca.get("ee_id")
        vca_type = vca.get("type", "lxc_proxy_charm")  # default value for backward compatibility - proxy charm
        if not ee_id:
            raise LcmException("charm for member_vnf_index={} vdu_id={} kdu_name={} vdu_count_index={} has not "
                               "execution environment"
                               .format(member_vnf_index, vdu_id, kdu_name, vdu_count_index))
        return ee_id, vca_type

    async def _ns_execute_primitive(self, ee_id, primitive, primitive_params, retries=0, retries_interval=30,
                                    timeout=None, vca_type=None, db_dict=None) -> (str, str):
        try:
            if primitive == "config":
                primitive_params = {"params": primitive_params}

            vca_type = vca_type or "lxc_proxy_charm"

            while retries >= 0:
                try:
                    output = await asyncio.wait_for(
                        self.vca_map[vca_type].exec_primitive(
                            ee_id=ee_id,
                            primitive_name=primitive,
                            params_dict=primitive_params,
                            progress_timeout=self.timeout_progress_primitive,
                            total_timeout=self.timeout_primitive,
                            db_dict=db_dict),
                        timeout=timeout or self.timeout_primitive)
                    # execution was OK
                    break
                except asyncio.CancelledError:
                    raise
                except Exception as e:  # asyncio.TimeoutError
                    if isinstance(e, asyncio.TimeoutError):
                        e = "Timeout"
                    retries -= 1
                    if retries >= 0:
                        self.logger.debug('Error executing action {} on {} -> {}'.format(primitive, ee_id, e))
                        # wait and retry
                        await asyncio.sleep(retries_interval, loop=self.loop)
                    else:
                        return 'FAILED', str(e)

            return 'COMPLETED', output

        except (LcmException, asyncio.CancelledError):
            raise
        except Exception as e:
            return 'FAIL', 'Error executing action {}: {}'.format(primitive, e)

    async def action(self, nsr_id, nslcmop_id):
        # Try to lock HA task here
        task_is_locked_by_me = self.lcm_tasks.lock_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)
        if not task_is_locked_by_me:
            return

        logging_text = "Task ns={} action={} ".format(nsr_id, nslcmop_id)
        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Enter")
        # get all needed from database
        db_nsr = None
        db_nslcmop = None
        db_nsr_update = {}
        db_nslcmop_update = {}
        nslcmop_operation_state = None
        error_description_nslcmop = None
        exc = None
        try:
            # wait for any previous tasks in process
            step = "Waiting for previous operations to terminate"
            await self.lcm_tasks.waitfor_related_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)

            self._write_ns_status(
                nsr_id=nsr_id,
                ns_state=None,
                current_operation="RUNNING ACTION",
                current_operation_id=nslcmop_id
            )

            step = "Getting information from database"
            db_nslcmop = self.db.get_one("nslcmops", {"_id": nslcmop_id})
            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})

            nsr_deployed = db_nsr["_admin"].get("deployed")
            vnf_index = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("member_vnf_index")
            vdu_id = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("vdu_id")
            kdu_name = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("kdu_name")
            vdu_count_index = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("vdu_count_index")
            primitive = db_nslcmop["operationParams"]["primitive"]
            primitive_params = db_nslcmop["operationParams"]["primitive_params"]
            timeout_ns_action = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("timeout_ns_action", self.timeout_primitive)

            if vnf_index:
                step = "Getting vnfr from database"
                db_vnfr = self.db.get_one("vnfrs", {"member-vnf-index-ref": vnf_index, "nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})
                step = "Getting vnfd from database"
                db_vnfd = self.db.get_one("vnfds", {"_id": db_vnfr["vnfd-id"]})
            else:
                step = "Getting nsd from database"
                db_nsd = self.db.get_one("nsds", {"_id": db_nsr["nsd-id"]})

            # for backward compatibility
            if nsr_deployed and isinstance(nsr_deployed.get("VCA"), dict):
                nsr_deployed["VCA"] = list(nsr_deployed["VCA"].values())
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.VCA"] = nsr_deployed["VCA"]
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)

            # look for primitive
            config_primitive_desc = descriptor_configuration = None
            if vdu_id:
                descriptor_configuration = get_vdu_configuration(db_vnfd, vdu_id)
            elif kdu_name:
                descriptor_configuration = get_kdu_configuration(db_vnfd, kdu_name)
            elif vnf_index:
                descriptor_configuration = get_vnf_configuration(db_vnfd)
            else:
                descriptor_configuration = db_nsd.get("ns-configuration")

            if descriptor_configuration and descriptor_configuration.get("config-primitive"):
                for config_primitive in descriptor_configuration["config-primitive"]:
                    if config_primitive["name"] == primitive:
                        config_primitive_desc = config_primitive
                        break

            if not config_primitive_desc:
                if not (kdu_name and primitive in ("upgrade", "rollback", "status")):
                    raise LcmException("Primitive {} not found at [ns|vnf|vdu]-configuration:config-primitive ".
                                       format(primitive))
                primitive_name = primitive
                ee_descriptor_id = None
            else:
                primitive_name = config_primitive_desc.get("execution-environment-primitive", primitive)
                ee_descriptor_id = config_primitive_desc.get("execution-environment-ref")

            if vnf_index:
                if vdu_id:
                    vdur = next((x for x in db_vnfr["vdur"] if x["vdu-id-ref"] == vdu_id), None)
                    desc_params = parse_yaml_strings(vdur.get("additionalParams"))
                elif kdu_name:
                    kdur = next((x for x in db_vnfr["kdur"] if x["kdu-name"] == kdu_name), None)
                    desc_params = parse_yaml_strings(kdur.get("additionalParams"))
                else:
                    desc_params = parse_yaml_strings(db_vnfr.get("additionalParamsForVnf"))
            else:
                desc_params = parse_yaml_strings(db_nsr.get("additionalParamsForNs"))
            if kdu_name and get_kdu_configuration(db_vnfd, kdu_name):
                kdu_configuration = get_kdu_configuration(db_vnfd, kdu_name)
                actions = set()
                for primitive in kdu_configuration.get("initial-config-primitive", []):
                    actions.add(primitive["name"])
                for primitive in kdu_configuration.get("config-primitive", []):
                    actions.add(primitive["name"])
                kdu_action = True if primitive_name in actions else False

            # TODO check if ns is in a proper status
            if kdu_name and (primitive_name in ("upgrade", "rollback", "status") or kdu_action):
                # kdur and desc_params already set from before
                if primitive_params:
                    desc_params.update(primitive_params)
                # TODO Check if we will need something at vnf level
                for index, kdu in enumerate(get_iterable(nsr_deployed, "K8s")):
                    if kdu_name == kdu["kdu-name"] and kdu["member-vnf-index"] == vnf_index:
                        break
                else:
                    raise LcmException("KDU '{}' for vnf '{}' not deployed".format(kdu_name, vnf_index))

                if kdu.get("k8scluster-type") not in self.k8scluster_map:
                    msg = "unknown k8scluster-type '{}'".format(kdu.get("k8scluster-type"))
                    raise LcmException(msg)

                db_dict = {"collection": "nsrs",
                           "filter": {"_id": nsr_id},
                           "path": "_admin.deployed.K8s.{}".format(index)}
                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Exec k8s {} on {}.{}".format(primitive_name, vnf_index, kdu_name))
                step = "Executing kdu {}".format(primitive_name)
                if primitive_name == "upgrade":
                    if desc_params.get("kdu_model"):
                        kdu_model = desc_params.get("kdu_model")
                        del desc_params["kdu_model"]
                    else:
                        kdu_model = kdu.get("kdu-model")
                        parts = kdu_model.split(sep=":")
                        if len(parts) == 2:
                            kdu_model = parts[0]

                    detailed_status = await asyncio.wait_for(
                        self.k8scluster_map[kdu["k8scluster-type"]].upgrade(
                            cluster_uuid=kdu.get("k8scluster-uuid"),
                            kdu_instance=kdu.get("kdu-instance"),
                            atomic=True, kdu_model=kdu_model,
                            params=desc_params, db_dict=db_dict,
                            timeout=timeout_ns_action),
                        timeout=timeout_ns_action + 10)
                    self.logger.debug(logging_text + " Upgrade of kdu {} done".format(detailed_status))
                elif primitive_name == "rollback":
                    detailed_status = await asyncio.wait_for(
                        self.k8scluster_map[kdu["k8scluster-type"]].rollback(
                            cluster_uuid=kdu.get("k8scluster-uuid"),
                            kdu_instance=kdu.get("kdu-instance"),
                            db_dict=db_dict),
                        timeout=timeout_ns_action)
                elif primitive_name == "status":
                    detailed_status = await asyncio.wait_for(
                        self.k8scluster_map[kdu["k8scluster-type"]].status_kdu(
                            cluster_uuid=kdu.get("k8scluster-uuid"),
                            kdu_instance=kdu.get("kdu-instance")),
                        timeout=timeout_ns_action)
                else:
                    kdu_instance = kdu.get("kdu-instance") or "{}-{}".format(kdu["kdu-name"], nsr_id)
                    params = self._map_primitive_params(config_primitive_desc, primitive_params, desc_params)

                    detailed_status = await asyncio.wait_for(
                        self.k8scluster_map[kdu["k8scluster-type"]].exec_primitive(
                            cluster_uuid=kdu.get("k8scluster-uuid"),
                            kdu_instance=kdu_instance,
                            primitive_name=primitive_name,
                            params=params, db_dict=db_dict,
                            timeout=timeout_ns_action),
                        timeout=timeout_ns_action)

                if detailed_status:
                    nslcmop_operation_state = 'COMPLETED'
                else:
                    detailed_status = ''
                    nslcmop_operation_state = 'FAILED'
            else:
                ee_id, vca_type = self._look_for_deployed_vca(nsr_deployed["VCA"], member_vnf_index=vnf_index,
                                                              vdu_id=vdu_id, vdu_count_index=vdu_count_index,
                                                              ee_descriptor_id=ee_descriptor_id)
                db_nslcmop_notif = {"collection": "nslcmops",
                                    "filter": {"_id": nslcmop_id},
                                    "path": "admin.VCA"}
                nslcmop_operation_state, detailed_status = await self._ns_execute_primitive(
                    ee_id,
                    primitive=primitive_name,
                    primitive_params=self._map_primitive_params(config_primitive_desc, primitive_params, desc_params),
                    timeout=timeout_ns_action,
                    vca_type=vca_type,
                    db_dict=db_nslcmop_notif)

            db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = detailed_status
            error_description_nslcmop = detailed_status if nslcmop_operation_state == "FAILED" else ""
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + " task Done with result {} {}".format(nslcmop_operation_state,
                                                                                   detailed_status))
            return  # database update is called inside finally

        except (DbException, LcmException, N2VCException, K8sException) as e:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Exit Exception {}".format(e))
            exc = e
        except asyncio.CancelledError:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Cancelled Exception while '{}'".format(step))
            exc = "Operation was cancelled"
        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Timeout while '{}'".format(step))
            exc = "Timeout"
        except Exception as e:
            exc = traceback.format_exc()
            self.logger.critical(logging_text + "Exit Exception {} {}".format(type(e).__name__, e), exc_info=True)
        finally:
            if exc:
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = detailed_status = error_description_nslcmop = \
                    "FAILED {}: {}".format(step, exc)
                nslcmop_operation_state = "FAILED"
            if db_nsr:
                self._write_ns_status(
                    nsr_id=nsr_id,
                    ns_state=db_nsr["nsState"],   # TODO check if degraded. For the moment use previous status
                    current_operation="IDLE",
                    current_operation_id=None,
                    # error_description=error_description_nsr,
                    # error_detail=error_detail,
                    other_update=db_nsr_update
                )

            self._write_op_status(op_id=nslcmop_id, stage="", error_message=error_description_nslcmop,
                                  operation_state=nslcmop_operation_state, other_update=db_nslcmop_update)

            if nslcmop_operation_state:
                try:
                    await self.msg.aiowrite("ns", "actioned", {"nsr_id": nsr_id, "nslcmop_id": nslcmop_id,
                                                               "operationState": nslcmop_operation_state},
                                            loop=self.loop)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + "kafka_write notification Exception {}".format(e))
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Exit")
            self.lcm_tasks.remove("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "ns_action")
            return nslcmop_operation_state, detailed_status

    async def scale(self, nsr_id, nslcmop_id):
        # Try to lock HA task here
        task_is_locked_by_me = self.lcm_tasks.lock_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)
        if not task_is_locked_by_me:
            return

        logging_text = "Task ns={} scale={} ".format(nsr_id, nslcmop_id)
        stage = ['', '', '']
        # ^ stage, step, VIM progress
        self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Enter")
        # get all needed from database
        db_nsr = None
        db_nslcmop_update = {}
        db_nsr_update = {}
        exc = None
        # in case of error, indicates what part of scale was failed to put nsr at error status
        scale_process = None
        old_operational_status = ""
        old_config_status = ""
        try:
            # wait for any previous tasks in process
            step = "Waiting for previous operations to terminate"
            await self.lcm_tasks.waitfor_related_HA('ns', 'nslcmops', nslcmop_id)
            self._write_ns_status(nsr_id=nsr_id, ns_state=None,
                                  current_operation="SCALING", current_operation_id=nslcmop_id)

            step = "Getting nslcmop from database"
            self.logger.debug(step + " after having waited for previous tasks to be completed")
            db_nslcmop = self.db.get_one("nslcmops", {"_id": nslcmop_id})

            step = "Getting nsr from database"
            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
            old_operational_status = db_nsr["operational-status"]
            old_config_status = db_nsr["config-status"]

            step = "Parsing scaling parameters"
            db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "scaling"
            self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
            nsr_deployed = db_nsr["_admin"].get("deployed")

            #######
            nsr_deployed = db_nsr["_admin"].get("deployed")
            vnf_index = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("member_vnf_index")
            # vdu_id = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("vdu_id")
            # vdu_count_index = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("vdu_count_index")
            # vdu_name = db_nslcmop["operationParams"].get("vdu_name")
            #######

            vnf_index = db_nslcmop["operationParams"]["scaleVnfData"]["scaleByStepData"]["member-vnf-index"]
            scaling_group = db_nslcmop["operationParams"]["scaleVnfData"]["scaleByStepData"]["scaling-group-descriptor"]
            scaling_type = db_nslcmop["operationParams"]["scaleVnfData"]["scaleVnfType"]
            # for backward compatibility
            if nsr_deployed and isinstance(nsr_deployed.get("VCA"), dict):
                nsr_deployed["VCA"] = list(nsr_deployed["VCA"].values())
                db_nsr_update["_admin.deployed.VCA"] = nsr_deployed["VCA"]
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)

            step = "Getting vnfr from database"
            db_vnfr = self.db.get_one("vnfrs", {"member-vnf-index-ref": vnf_index, "nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})

            step = "Getting vnfd from database"
            db_vnfd = self.db.get_one("vnfds", {"_id": db_vnfr["vnfd-id"]})

            step = "Getting scaling-group-descriptor"
            scaling_descriptor = find_in_list(
                get_scaling_aspect(
                    db_vnfd
                ),
                lambda scale_desc: scale_desc["name"] == scaling_group
            )
            if not scaling_descriptor:
                raise LcmException("input parameter 'scaleByStepData':'scaling-group-descriptor':'{}' is not present "
                                   "at vnfd:scaling-group-descriptor".format(scaling_group))

            step = "Sending scale order to VIM"
            # TODO check if ns is in a proper status
            nb_scale_op = 0
            if not db_nsr["_admin"].get("scaling-group"):
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {"_admin.scaling-group": [{"name": scaling_group, "nb-scale-op": 0}]})
                admin_scale_index = 0
            else:
                for admin_scale_index, admin_scale_info in enumerate(db_nsr["_admin"]["scaling-group"]):
                    if admin_scale_info["name"] == scaling_group:
                        nb_scale_op = admin_scale_info.get("nb-scale-op", 0)
                        break
                else:  # not found, set index one plus last element and add new entry with the name
                    admin_scale_index += 1
                    db_nsr_update["_admin.scaling-group.{}.name".format(admin_scale_index)] = scaling_group
            RO_scaling_info = []
            vdu_scaling_info = {"scaling_group_name": scaling_group, "vdu": []}
            if scaling_type == "SCALE_OUT":
                if "aspect-delta-details" not in scaling_descriptor:
                    raise LcmException(
                        "Aspect delta details not fount in scaling descriptor {}".format(
                            scaling_descriptor["name"]
                        )
                    )
                # count if max-instance-count is reached
                deltas = scaling_descriptor.get("aspect-delta-details")["deltas"]

                vdu_scaling_info["scaling_direction"] = "OUT"
                vdu_scaling_info["vdu-create"] = {}
                for delta in deltas:
                    for vdu_delta in delta["vdu-delta"]:
                        vdud = get_vdu(db_vnfd, vdu_delta["id"])
                        vdu_index = get_vdu_index(db_vnfr, vdu_delta["id"])
                        cloud_init_text = self._get_vdu_cloud_init_content(vdud, db_vnfd)
                        if cloud_init_text:
                            additional_params = self._get_vdu_additional_params(db_vnfr, vdud["id"]) or {}
                        cloud_init_list = []

                        vdu_profile = get_vdu_profile(db_vnfd, vdu_delta["id"])
                        max_instance_count = 10
                        if vdu_profile and "max-number-of-instances" in vdu_profile:
                            max_instance_count = vdu_profile.get("max-number-of-instances", 10)
                        
                        deafult_instance_num = get_number_of_instances(db_vnfd, vdud["id"])

                        nb_scale_op += vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)

                        if nb_scale_op + deafult_instance_num > max_instance_count:
                            raise LcmException(
                                "reached the limit of {} (max-instance-count) "
                                "scaling-out operations for the "
                                "scaling-group-descriptor '{}'".format(nb_scale_op, scaling_group)
                            )
                        for x in range(vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)):
                            if cloud_init_text:
                                # TODO Information of its own ip is not available because db_vnfr is not updated.
                                additional_params["OSM"] = get_osm_params(
                                    db_vnfr,
                                    vdu_delta["id"],
                                    vdu_index + x
                                )
                                cloud_init_list.append(
                                    self._parse_cloud_init(
                                        cloud_init_text,
                                        additional_params,
                                        db_vnfd["id"],
                                        vdud["id"]
                                    )
                                )
                        RO_scaling_info.append(
                            {
                                "osm_vdu_id": vdu_delta["id"],
                                "member-vnf-index": vnf_index,
                                "type": "create",
                                "count": vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)
                            }
                        )
                        if cloud_init_list:
                            RO_scaling_info[-1]["cloud_init"] = cloud_init_list
                        vdu_scaling_info["vdu-create"][vdu_delta["id"]] = vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)

            elif scaling_type == "SCALE_IN":
                if "min-instance-count" in scaling_descriptor and scaling_descriptor["min-instance-count"] is not None:
                    min_instance_count = int(scaling_descriptor["min-instance-count"])
                
                vdu_scaling_info["scaling_direction"] = "IN"
                vdu_scaling_info["vdu-delete"] = {}
                deltas = scaling_descriptor.get("aspect-delta-details")["deltas"]
                for delta in deltas:
                    for vdu_delta in delta["vdu-delta"]:
                        min_instance_count = 0
                        vdu_profile = get_vdu_profile(db_vnfd, vdu_delta["id"])
                        if vdu_profile and "min-number-of-instances" in vdu_profile:
                            min_instance_count = vdu_profile["min-number-of-instances"]

                        deafult_instance_num = get_number_of_instances(db_vnfd, vdu_delta["id"])

                        nb_scale_op -= vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)
                        if nb_scale_op + deafult_instance_num < min_instance_count:
                            raise LcmException(
                                "reached the limit of {} (min-instance-count) scaling-in operations for the "
                                "scaling-group-descriptor '{}'".format(nb_scale_op, scaling_group)
                            )
                        RO_scaling_info.append({"osm_vdu_id": vdu_delta["id"], "member-vnf-index": vnf_index,
                                                "type": "delete", "count": vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)})
                        vdu_scaling_info["vdu-delete"][vdu_delta["id"]] = vdu_delta.get("number-of-instances", 1)

            # update VDU_SCALING_INFO with the VDUs to delete ip_addresses
            vdu_delete = copy(vdu_scaling_info.get("vdu-delete"))
            if vdu_scaling_info["scaling_direction"] == "IN":
                for vdur in reversed(db_vnfr["vdur"]):
                    if vdu_delete.get(vdur["vdu-id-ref"]):
                        vdu_delete[vdur["vdu-id-ref"]] -= 1
                        vdu_scaling_info["vdu"].append({
                            "name": vdur.get("name") or vdur.get("vdu-name"),
                            "vdu_id": vdur["vdu-id-ref"],
                            "interface": []
                        })
                        for interface in vdur["interfaces"]:
                            vdu_scaling_info["vdu"][-1]["interface"].append({
                                "name": interface["name"],
                                "ip_address": interface["ip-address"],
                                "mac_address": interface.get("mac-address"),
                            })
                # vdu_delete = vdu_scaling_info.pop("vdu-delete")

            # PRE-SCALE BEGIN
            step = "Executing pre-scale vnf-config-primitive"
            if scaling_descriptor.get("scaling-config-action"):
                for scaling_config_action in scaling_descriptor["scaling-config-action"]:
                    if (scaling_config_action.get("trigger") == "pre-scale-in" and scaling_type == "SCALE_IN") \
                       or (scaling_config_action.get("trigger") == "pre-scale-out" and scaling_type == "SCALE_OUT"):
                        vnf_config_primitive = scaling_config_action["vnf-config-primitive-name-ref"]
                        step = db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = \
                            "executing pre-scale scaling-config-action '{}'".format(vnf_config_primitive)

                        # look for primitive
                        for config_primitive in db_vnfd.get("vnf-configuration", {}).get("config-primitive", ()):
                            if config_primitive["name"] == vnf_config_primitive:
                                break
                        else:
                            raise LcmException(
                                "Invalid vnfd descriptor at scaling-group-descriptor[name='{}']:scaling-config-action"
                                "[vnf-config-primitive-name-ref='{}'] does not match any vnf-configuration:config-"
                                "primitive".format(scaling_group, vnf_config_primitive))

                        vnfr_params = {"VDU_SCALE_INFO": vdu_scaling_info}
                        if db_vnfr.get("additionalParamsForVnf"):
                            vnfr_params.update(db_vnfr["additionalParamsForVnf"])

                        scale_process = "VCA"
                        db_nsr_update["config-status"] = "configuring pre-scaling"
                        primitive_params = self._map_primitive_params(config_primitive, {}, vnfr_params)

                        # Pre-scale retry check: Check if this sub-operation has been executed before
                        op_index = self._check_or_add_scale_suboperation(
                            db_nslcmop, nslcmop_id, vnf_index, vnf_config_primitive, primitive_params, 'PRE-SCALE')
                        if op_index == self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_SKIP:
                            # Skip sub-operation
                            result = 'COMPLETED'
                            result_detail = 'Done'
                            self.logger.debug(logging_text +
                                              "vnf_config_primitive={} Skipped sub-operation, result {} {}".format(
                                                  vnf_config_primitive, result, result_detail))
                        else:
                            if op_index == self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NEW:
                                # New sub-operation: Get index of this sub-operation
                                op_index = len(db_nslcmop.get('_admin', {}).get('operations')) - 1
                                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vnf_config_primitive={} New sub-operation".
                                                  format(vnf_config_primitive))
                            else:
                                # retry:  Get registered params for this existing sub-operation
                                op = db_nslcmop.get('_admin', {}).get('operations', [])[op_index]
                                vnf_index = op.get('member_vnf_index')
                                vnf_config_primitive = op.get('primitive')
                                primitive_params = op.get('primitive_params')
                                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vnf_config_primitive={} Sub-operation retry".
                                                  format(vnf_config_primitive))
                            # Execute the primitive, either with new (first-time) or registered (reintent) args
                            ee_descriptor_id = config_primitive.get("execution-environment-ref")
                            primitive_name = config_primitive.get("execution-environment-primitive",
                                                                  vnf_config_primitive)
                            ee_id, vca_type = self._look_for_deployed_vca(nsr_deployed["VCA"],
                                                                          member_vnf_index=vnf_index,
                                                                          vdu_id=None,
                                                                          vdu_count_index=None,
                                                                          ee_descriptor_id=ee_descriptor_id)
                            result, result_detail = await self._ns_execute_primitive(
                                ee_id, primitive_name, primitive_params, vca_type)
                            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vnf_config_primitive={} Done with result {} {}".format(
                                vnf_config_primitive, result, result_detail))
                            # Update operationState = COMPLETED | FAILED
                            self._update_suboperation_status(
                                db_nslcmop, op_index, result, result_detail)

                        if result == "FAILED":
                            raise LcmException(result_detail)
                        db_nsr_update["config-status"] = old_config_status
                        scale_process = None
            # PRE-SCALE END

            db_nsr_update["_admin.scaling-group.{}.nb-scale-op".format(admin_scale_index)] = nb_scale_op
            db_nsr_update["_admin.scaling-group.{}.time".format(admin_scale_index)] = time()

            # SCALE RO - BEGIN
            if RO_scaling_info:
                scale_process = "RO"
                if self.ro_config.get("ng"):
                    await self._scale_ng_ro(logging_text, db_nsr, db_nslcmop, db_vnfr, vdu_scaling_info, stage)
            vdu_scaling_info.pop("vdu-create", None)
            vdu_scaling_info.pop("vdu-delete", None)

            scale_process = None
            if db_nsr_update:
                self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)

            # POST-SCALE BEGIN
            # execute primitive service POST-SCALING
            step = "Executing post-scale vnf-config-primitive"
            if scaling_descriptor.get("scaling-config-action"):
                for scaling_config_action in scaling_descriptor["scaling-config-action"]:
                    if (scaling_config_action.get("trigger") == "post-scale-in" and scaling_type == "SCALE_IN") \
                       or (scaling_config_action.get("trigger") == "post-scale-out" and scaling_type == "SCALE_OUT"):
                        vnf_config_primitive = scaling_config_action["vnf-config-primitive-name-ref"]
                        step = db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = \
                            "executing post-scale scaling-config-action '{}'".format(vnf_config_primitive)

                        vnfr_params = {"VDU_SCALE_INFO": vdu_scaling_info}
                        if db_vnfr.get("additionalParamsForVnf"):
                            vnfr_params.update(db_vnfr["additionalParamsForVnf"])

                        # look for primitive
                        for config_primitive in db_vnfd.get("vnf-configuration", {}).get("config-primitive", ()):
                            if config_primitive["name"] == vnf_config_primitive:
                                break
                        else:
                            raise LcmException(
                                "Invalid vnfd descriptor at scaling-group-descriptor[name='{}']:scaling-config-"
                                "action[vnf-config-primitive-name-ref='{}'] does not match any vnf-configuration:"
                                "config-primitive".format(scaling_group, vnf_config_primitive))
                        scale_process = "VCA"
                        db_nsr_update["config-status"] = "configuring post-scaling"
                        primitive_params = self._map_primitive_params(config_primitive, {}, vnfr_params)

                        # Post-scale retry check: Check if this sub-operation has been executed before
                        op_index = self._check_or_add_scale_suboperation(
                            db_nslcmop, nslcmop_id, vnf_index, vnf_config_primitive, primitive_params, 'POST-SCALE')
                        if op_index == self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_SKIP:
                            # Skip sub-operation
                            result = 'COMPLETED'
                            result_detail = 'Done'
                            self.logger.debug(logging_text +
                                              "vnf_config_primitive={} Skipped sub-operation, result {} {}".
                                              format(vnf_config_primitive, result, result_detail))
                        else:
                            if op_index == self.SUBOPERATION_STATUS_NEW:
                                # New sub-operation: Get index of this sub-operation
                                op_index = len(db_nslcmop.get('_admin', {}).get('operations')) - 1
                                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vnf_config_primitive={} New sub-operation".
                                                  format(vnf_config_primitive))
                            else:
                                # retry:  Get registered params for this existing sub-operation
                                op = db_nslcmop.get('_admin', {}).get('operations', [])[op_index]
                                vnf_index = op.get('member_vnf_index')
                                vnf_config_primitive = op.get('primitive')
                                primitive_params = op.get('primitive_params')
                                self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vnf_config_primitive={} Sub-operation retry".
                                                  format(vnf_config_primitive))
                            # Execute the primitive, either with new (first-time) or registered (reintent) args
                            ee_descriptor_id = config_primitive.get("execution-environment-ref")
                            primitive_name = config_primitive.get("execution-environment-primitive",
                                                                  vnf_config_primitive)
                            ee_id, vca_type = self._look_for_deployed_vca(nsr_deployed["VCA"],
                                                                          member_vnf_index=vnf_index,
                                                                          vdu_id=None,
                                                                          vdu_count_index=None,
                                                                          ee_descriptor_id=ee_descriptor_id)
                            result, result_detail = await self._ns_execute_primitive(
                                ee_id, primitive_name, primitive_params, vca_type)
                            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "vnf_config_primitive={} Done with result {} {}".format(
                                vnf_config_primitive, result, result_detail))
                            # Update operationState = COMPLETED | FAILED
                            self._update_suboperation_status(
                                db_nslcmop, op_index, result, result_detail)

                        if result == "FAILED":
                            raise LcmException(result_detail)
                        db_nsr_update["config-status"] = old_config_status
                        scale_process = None
            # POST-SCALE END

            db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = ""  # "scaled {} {}".format(scaling_group, scaling_type)
            db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "running" if old_operational_status == "failed" \
                else old_operational_status
            db_nsr_update["config-status"] = old_config_status
            return
        except (ROclient.ROClientException, DbException, LcmException, NgRoException) as e:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Exit Exception {}".format(e))
            exc = e
        except asyncio.CancelledError:
            self.logger.error(logging_text + "Cancelled Exception while '{}'".format(step))
            exc = "Operation was cancelled"
        except Exception as e:
            exc = traceback.format_exc()
            self.logger.critical(logging_text + "Exit Exception {} {}".format(type(e).__name__, e), exc_info=True)
        finally:
            self._write_ns_status(nsr_id=nsr_id, ns_state=None, current_operation="IDLE", current_operation_id=None)
            if exc:
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = error_description_nslcmop = "FAILED {}: {}".format(step, exc)
                nslcmop_operation_state = "FAILED"
                if db_nsr:
                    db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = old_operational_status
                    db_nsr_update["config-status"] = old_config_status
                    db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = ""
                    if scale_process:
                        if "VCA" in scale_process:
                            db_nsr_update["config-status"] = "failed"
                        if "RO" in scale_process:
                            db_nsr_update["operational-status"] = "failed"
                        db_nsr_update["detailed-status"] = "FAILED scaling nslcmop={} {}: {}".format(nslcmop_id, step,
                                                                                                     exc)
            else:
                error_description_nslcmop = None
                nslcmop_operation_state = "COMPLETED"
                db_nslcmop_update["detailed-status"] = "Done"

            self._write_op_status(op_id=nslcmop_id, stage="", error_message=error_description_nslcmop,
                                  operation_state=nslcmop_operation_state, other_update=db_nslcmop_update)
            if db_nsr:
                self._write_ns_status(nsr_id=nsr_id, ns_state=None, current_operation="IDLE",
                                      current_operation_id=None, other_update=db_nsr_update)

            if nslcmop_operation_state:
                try:
                    msg = {"nsr_id": nsr_id, "nslcmop_id": nslcmop_id, "operationState": nslcmop_operation_state}
                    await self.msg.aiowrite("ns", "scaled", msg, loop=self.loop)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.logger.error(logging_text + "kafka_write notification Exception {}".format(e))
            self.logger.debug(logging_text + "Exit")
            self.lcm_tasks.remove("ns", nsr_id, nslcmop_id, "ns_scale")

    async def _scale_ng_ro(self, logging_text, db_nsr, db_nslcmop, db_vnfr, vdu_scaling_info, stage):
        nsr_id = db_nslcmop["nsInstanceId"]
        db_nsd = self.db.get_one("nsds", {"_id": db_nsr["nsd-id"]})
        db_vnfrs = {}

        # read from db: vnfd's for every vnf
        db_vnfds = []

        # for each vnf in ns, read vnfd
        for vnfr in self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id}):
            db_vnfrs[vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"]] = vnfr
            vnfd_id = vnfr["vnfd-id"]  # vnfd uuid for this vnf
            # if we haven't this vnfd, read it from db
            if not find_in_list(db_vnfds, lambda a_vnfd: a_vnfd["id"] == vnfd_id):
                # read from db
                vnfd = self.db.get_one("vnfds", {"_id": vnfd_id})
                db_vnfds.append(vnfd)
        n2vc_key = self.n2vc.get_public_key()
        n2vc_key_list = [n2vc_key]
        self.scale_vnfr(db_vnfr, vdu_scaling_info.get("vdu-create"), vdu_scaling_info.get("vdu-delete"),
                        mark_delete=True)
        # db_vnfr has been updated, update db_vnfrs to use it
        db_vnfrs[db_vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"]] = db_vnfr
        await self._instantiate_ng_ro(logging_text, nsr_id, db_nsd, db_nsr, db_nslcmop, db_vnfrs,
                                      db_vnfds, n2vc_key_list, stage=stage, start_deploy=time(),
                                      timeout_ns_deploy=self.timeout_ns_deploy)
        if vdu_scaling_info.get("vdu-delete"):
            self.scale_vnfr(db_vnfr, None, vdu_scaling_info["vdu-delete"], mark_delete=False)

    async def add_prometheus_metrics(self, ee_id, artifact_path, ee_config_descriptor, vnfr_id, nsr_id, target_ip):
        if not self.prometheus:
            return
        # look if exist a file called 'prometheus*.j2' and
        artifact_content = self.fs.dir_ls(artifact_path)
        job_file = next((f for f in artifact_content if f.startswith("prometheus") and f.endswith(".j2")), None)
        if not job_file:
            return
        with self.fs.file_open((artifact_path, job_file), "r") as f:
            job_data = f.read()

        # TODO get_service
        _, _, service = ee_id.partition(".")   # remove prefix   "namespace."
        host_name = "{}-{}".format(service, ee_config_descriptor["metric-service"])
        host_port = "80"
        vnfr_id = vnfr_id.replace("-", "")
        variables = {
            "JOB_NAME": vnfr_id,
            "TARGET_IP": target_ip,
            "EXPORTER_POD_IP": host_name,
            "EXPORTER_POD_PORT": host_port,
        }
        job_list = self.prometheus.parse_job(job_data, variables)
        # ensure job_name is using the vnfr_id. Adding the metadata nsr_id
        for job in job_list:
            if not isinstance(job.get("job_name"), str) or vnfr_id not in job["job_name"]:
                job["job_name"] = vnfr_id + "_" + str(randint(1, 10000))
            job["nsr_id"] = nsr_id
        job_dict = {jl["job_name"]: jl for jl in job_list}
        if await self.prometheus.update(job_dict):
            return list(job_dict.keys())

    def get_vca_cloud_and_credentials(self, vim_account_id: str) -> (str, str):
        """
        Get VCA Cloud and VCA Cloud Credentials for the VIM account

        :param: vim_account_id:     VIM Account ID

        :return: (cloud_name, cloud_credential)
        """
        config = VimAccountDB.get_vim_account_with_id(vim_account_id).get("config", {})
        return config.get("vca_cloud"), config.get("vca_cloud_credential")

    def get_vca_k8s_cloud_and_credentials(self, vim_account_id: str) -> (str, str):
        """
        Get VCA K8s Cloud and VCA K8s Cloud Credentials for the VIM account

        :param: vim_account_id:     VIM Account ID

        :return: (cloud_name, cloud_credential)
        """
        config = VimAccountDB.get_vim_account_with_id(vim_account_id).get("config", {})
        return config.get("vca_k8s_cloud"), config.get("vca_k8s_cloud_credential")