diff --git a/plugins/vRealiseOps/kafka_consumer_vrops.py b/plugins/vRealiseOps/kafka_consumer_vrops.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00d6ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/vRealiseOps/kafka_consumer_vrops.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+vROPs Kafka Consumer that consumes the request messages
+"""
+
+
+from kafka import KafkaConsumer
+from kafka.errors import KafkaError
+import logging as log
+
+class vROP_KafkaConsumer(object):
+    """
+        Kafka Consumer for vROPs
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, topics=[], broker_uri=None):
+        """
+            Method to initize KafkaConsumer
+            Args:
+                broker_uri - hostname:port uri of Kafka broker
+                topics - list of topics to subscribe
+            Returns:
+               None
+        """
+
+        if broker_uri is None:
+            self.broker = '0.0.0.0:9092'
+        else:
+            self.broker = broker_uri
+
+        self.topic = topics
+        print ("vROPs Consumer started, Broker URI: {}".format(self.broker))
+        print ("Subscribed Topics {}".format(self.topic))
+        try:
+            self.vrops_consumer = KafkaConsumer(bootstrap_servers=self.broker)
+            self.vrops_consumer.subscribe(self.topic)
+        except Exception as exp:
+            msg = "fail to create consumer for topic {} with broker {} Error : {}"\
+                    .format(self.topic, self.broker, exp)
+            log.error(msg)
+            raise Exception(msg)
+
diff --git a/plugins/vRealiseOps/mon_plugin_vrops.py b/plugins/vRealiseOps/mon_plugin_vrops.py
index a65d01c..79b1ea7 100644
--- a/plugins/vRealiseOps/mon_plugin_vrops.py
+++ b/plugins/vRealiseOps/mon_plugin_vrops.py
@@ -8,37 +8,44 @@
 from pyvcloud.vcloudair import VCA
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as XmlElementTree
 import traceback
+import time
+import json
+from OpenSSL.crypto import load_certificate, FILETYPE_PEM
 
 OPERATION_MAPPING = {'GE':'GT_EQ', 'LE':'LT_EQ', 'GT':'GT', 'LT':'LT', 'EQ':'EQ'}
-SEVERITY_MAPPING = {'WARNING':'WARNING', 'MINOR':'WARNING', 'MAJOR':"IMMEDIATE", 'CRITICAL':'CRITICAL'}
-
+severity_mano2vrops = {'WARNING':'WARNING', 'MINOR':'WARNING', 'MAJOR':"IMMEDIATE", 'CRITICAL':'CRITICAL'}
+PERIOD_MSEC = {'HR':3600000,'DAY':86400000,'WEEK':604800000,'MONTH':2678400000,'YEAR':31536000000}
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = 'vrops_config.xml'
 
 class MonPlugin():
     """MON Plugin class for vROPs telemetry plugin
-    """ 
-    def __init__(self, access_config={}):
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
         """Constructor of MON plugin
         Params:
-            'access_config': dictionary with VIM access information based on VIM type. 
-            This contains a consolidate version of VIM & monitoring tool config at creation and 
+            'access_config': dictionary with VIM access information based on VIM type.
+            This contains a consolidate version of VIM & monitoring tool config at creation and
             particular VIM config at their attachment.
-            For VIM type: 'vmware', access_config - {'vrops_site':<>, 'vrops_user':<>, 'vrops_password':<>,
-                                                    'vcloud-site':<>,'admin_username':<>,'admin_password':<>,
-                                                    'nsx_manager':<>,'nsx_user':<>,'nsx_password':<>,
-                                                    'vcenter_ip':<>,'vcenter_port':<>,'vcenter_user':<>,'vcenter_password':<>,
-                                                    'vim_tenant_name':<>,'orgname':<>}
+            For VIM type: 'vmware',
+            access_config - {'vrops_site':<>, 'vrops_user':<>, 'vrops_password':<>,
+                            'vcloud-site':<>,'admin_username':<>,'admin_password':<>,
+                            'nsx_manager':<>,'nsx_user':<>,'nsx_password':<>,
+                            'vcenter_ip':<>,'vcenter_port':<>,'vcenter_user':<>,'vcenter_password':<>,
+                            'vim_tenant_name':<>,'orgname':<>}
 
         #To Do
         Returns: Raise an exception if some needed parameter is missing, but it must not do any connectivity
             check against the VIM
         """
+        access_config = self.get_default_Params('Access_Config')
         self.access_config = access_config
         self.vrops_site =  access_config['vrops_site']
         self.vrops_user = access_config['vrops_user']
         self.vrops_password = access_config['vrops_password']
-        self.vcloud_site = access_config['vcloud_site']
-        self.vcloud_username = access_config['vcloud_username']
-        self.vcloud_password = access_config['vcloud_password']
+        self.vcloud_site = access_config['vcloud-site']
+        self.admin_username = access_config['admin_username']
+        self.admin_password = access_config['admin_password']
+        self.tenant_id = access_config['tenant_id']
 
     def configure_alarm(self, config_dict = {}):
         """Configures or creates a new alarm using the input parameters in config_dict
@@ -48,29 +55,40 @@
         "resource_uuid": Resource UUID for which alarm needs to be configured. in string format
         "Resource type": String resource type: 'VDU' or 'host'
         "Severity": 'WARNING', 'MINOR', 'MAJOR', 'CRITICAL'
-        "metric": Metric key in string format
+        "metric_name": Metric key in string format
         "operation": One of ('GE', 'LE', 'GT', 'LT', 'EQ')
-        "threshold_value": Defines the threshold (up to 2 fraction digits) that, if crossed, will trigger the alarm.
+        "threshold_value": Defines the threshold (up to 2 fraction digits) that,
+                            if crossed, will trigger the alarm.
         "unit": Unit of measurement in string format
         "statistic": AVERAGE, MINIMUM, MAXIMUM, COUNT, SUM
 
         Default parameters for each alarm are read from the plugin specific config file.
         Dict of default parameters is as follows:
-        default_params keys = {'cancel_cycles','wait_cycles','resource_kind','adapter_kind','alarm_type','alarm_subType',impact}
+        default_params keys = {'cancel_cycles','wait_cycles','resource_kind','adapter_kind',
+                               'alarm_type','alarm_subType',impact}
 
         Returns the UUID of created alarm or None
         """
-        alarm_def_uuid = None
+        alarm_def = None
         #1) get alarm & metrics parameters from plugin specific file
-        def_params = self.get_default_Params(config_dict['alarm_name'])
-        metric_key_params = self.get_default_Params(config_dict['metric'])
+        def_a_params = self.get_default_Params(config_dict['alarm_name'])
+        if not def_a_params:
+            log.warn("Alarm not supported: {}".format(config_dict['alarm_name']))
+            return None
+        metric_key_params = self.get_default_Params(config_dict['metric_name'])
+        if not metric_key_params:
+            log.warn("Metric not supported: {}".format(config_dict['metric_name']))
+            return None
         #2) create symptom definition
-        #TO DO - 'metric_key':config_dict['metric'] - mapping from file def_params
-        symptom_params ={'cancel_cycles': (def_params['cancel_period']/300)*def_params['cancel_cycles'],
-                        'wait_cycles': (def_params['period']/300)*def_params['evaluation'],
-                        'resource_kind_key': def_params['resource_kind'],'adapter_kind_key': def_params['adapter_kind'],
-                        'symptom_name':config_dict['alarm_name'],'severity': SEVERITY_MAPPING[config_dict['severity']],
-                        'metric_key':metric_key_params['metric_key'],'operation':OPERATION_MAPPING[config_dict['operation']],
+        vrops_alarm_name = def_a_params['vrops_alarm']+ '-' +config_dict['resource_uuid']
+        symptom_params ={'cancel_cycles': (def_a_params['cancel_period']/300)*def_a_params['cancel_cycles'],
+                        'wait_cycles': (def_a_params['period']/300)*def_a_params['evaluation'],
+                        'resource_kind_key': def_a_params['resource_kind'],
+                        'adapter_kind_key': def_a_params['adapter_kind'],
+                        'symptom_name':vrops_alarm_name,
+                        'severity': severity_mano2vrops[config_dict['severity']],
+                        'metric_key':metric_key_params['metric_key'],
+                        'operation':OPERATION_MAPPING[config_dict['operation']],
                         'threshold_value':config_dict['threshold_value']}
         symptom_uuid = self.create_symptom(symptom_params)
         if symptom_uuid is not None:
@@ -79,22 +97,24 @@
             log.warn("Failed to create Symptom: {}".format(symptom_params['symptom_name']))
             return None
         #3) create alert definition
-        #To Do - Get type & subtypes for all 5 alarms 
-        alarm_params = {'name':config_dict['alarm_name'],
-                        'description':config_dict['description'] if config_dict['description'] is not None else config_dict['alarm_name'],
-                        'adapterKindKey':def_params['adapter_kind'], 'resourceKindKey':def_params['resource_kind'],
+        #To Do - Get type & subtypes for all 5 alarms
+        alarm_params = {'name':vrops_alarm_name,
+                        'description':config_dict['description']\
+                        if config_dict['description'] is not None else config_dict['alarm_name'],
+                        'adapterKindKey':def_a_params['adapter_kind'],
+                        'resourceKindKey':def_a_params['resource_kind'],
                         'waitCycles':1, 'cancelCycles':1,
-                        'type':def_params['alarm_type'], 'subType':def_params['alarm_subType'],
-                        'severity':SEVERITY_MAPPING[config_dict['severity']],
+                        'type':def_a_params['alarm_type'], 'subType':def_a_params['alarm_subType'],
+                        'severity':severity_mano2vrops[config_dict['severity']],
                         'symptomDefinitionId':symptom_uuid,
-                        'impact':def_params['impact']}
+                        'impact':def_a_params['impact']}
 
-        alarm_def_uuid = self.create_alarm_definition(alarm_params)
-        if alarm_def_uuid is None:
+        alarm_def = self.create_alarm_definition(alarm_params)
+        if alarm_def is None:
             log.warn("Failed to create Alert: {}".format(alarm_params['name']))
             return None
 
-        log.info("Alarm defined: {} with ID: {}".format(alarm_params['name'],alarm_def_uuid))
+        log.info("Alarm defined: {} with ID: {}".format(alarm_params['name'],alarm_def))
 
         #4) Find vm_moref_id from vApp uuid in vCD
         vm_moref_id = self.get_vm_moref_id(config_dict['resource_uuid'])
@@ -109,12 +129,15 @@
             return None
 
         #6) Configure alarm notification for a particular VM using it's resource_id
-        notification_id = self.create_alarm_notification(config_dict['alarm_name'], alarm_def_uuid, resource_id)
+        notification_id = self.create_alarm_notification(vrops_alarm_name, alarm_def, resource_id)
         if notification_id is None:
             return None
         else:
-            log.info("Alarm defination created with notification: {} with ID: {}".format(alarm_params['name'],alarm_def_uuid))
-            return alarm_def_uuid
+            alarm_def_uuid = alarm_def.split('-', 1)[1]
+            log.info("Alarm defination created with notification: {} with ID: {}"\
+                    .format(alarm_params['name'],alarm_def_uuid))
+            #Return alarm defination UUID by removing 'AlertDefinition' from UUID
+            return (alarm_def_uuid)
 
     def get_default_Params(self, metric_alarm_name):
         """
@@ -122,25 +145,23 @@
         Params:
             metric_alarm_name: Name of the alarm, whose congif params to be read from the config file.
         """
-        tree = XmlElementTree.parse('vROPs_default_config.xml')
+        tree = XmlElementTree.parse(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE)
         alarms = tree.getroot()
         a_params = {}
         for alarm in alarms:
             if alarm.tag == metric_alarm_name:
                 for param in alarm:
-                    if param.tag in ("period", "evaluation", "cancel_period", "alarm_type", "cancel_cycles", "alarm_subType"):
+                    if param.tag in ("period", "evaluation", "cancel_period", "alarm_type",\
+                                    "cancel_cycles", "alarm_subType"):
                         a_params[param.tag] = int(param.text)
                     elif param.tag in ("enabled", "repeat"):
-                        if(param.text == "True" or param.text == "true"):
+                        if(param.text.lower() == "true"):
                             a_params[param.tag] = True
                         else:
                             a_params[param.tag] = False
                     else:
                         a_params[param.tag] = param.text
 
-        if not a_params:
-            log.warn("No such '{}' alarm found!.".format(alarm))
-
         return a_params
 
 
@@ -165,7 +186,11 @@
             api_url = '/suite-api/api/symptomdefinitions'
             headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/xml'}
             data = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-                        <ops:symptom-definition cancelCycles="{0:s}" waitCycles="{1:s}" resourceKindKey="{2:s}" adapterKindKey="{3:s}" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
+                        <ops:symptom-definition cancelCycles="{0:s}" waitCycles="{1:s}"
+                            resourceKindKey="{2:s}" adapterKindKey="{3:s}"
+                            xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                            xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
                             <ops:name>{4:s}</ops:name>
                             <ops:state severity="{5:s}">
                                 <ops:condition xsi:type="ops:htCondition">
@@ -177,9 +202,12 @@
                                     <ops:thresholdType>STATIC</ops:thresholdType>
                                 </ops:condition>
                             </ops:state>
-                        </ops:symptom-definition>""".format(str(symptom_params['cancel_cycles']),str(symptom_params['wait_cycles']),symptom_params['resource_kind_key'],
-                                                            symptom_params['adapter_kind_key'],symptom_params['symptom_name'],symptom_params['severity'],
-                                                            symptom_params['metric_key'],symptom_params['operation'],str(symptom_params['threshold_value']))
+                        </ops:symptom-definition>"""\
+                        .format(str(symptom_params['cancel_cycles']),str(symptom_params['wait_cycles']),
+                                symptom_params['resource_kind_key'], symptom_params['adapter_kind_key'],
+                                symptom_params['symptom_name'],symptom_params['severity'],
+                                symptom_params['metric_key'],symptom_params['operation'],
+                                str(symptom_params['threshold_value']))
 
             resp = requests.post(self.vrops_site + api_url,
                                  auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
@@ -188,7 +216,8 @@
                                  data=data)
 
             if resp.status_code != 201:
-                log.warn("Failed to create Symptom definition: {}, response {}".format(symptom_params['symptom_name'], resp.content))
+                log.warn("Failed to create Symptom definition: {}, response {}"\
+                        .format(symptom_params['symptom_name'], resp.content))
                 return None
 
             symptom_xmlroot = XmlElementTree.fromstring(resp.content)
@@ -198,7 +227,8 @@
             return symptom_id
 
         except Exception as exp:
-            log.warn("Error creating symptom definition : {}\n{}".format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
+            log.warn("Error creating symptom definition : {}\n{}"\
+            .format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
 
 
     def create_alarm_definition(self, alarm_params):
@@ -207,12 +237,12 @@
         Params:
             'name': Alarm Name,
             'description':Alarm description,
-            'adapterKindKey': Adapter type in vROPs "VMWARE", 
+            'adapterKindKey': Adapter type in vROPs "VMWARE",
             'resourceKindKey':Resource type in vROPs "VirtualMachine",
-            'waitCycles': No of wait cycles, 
+            'waitCycles': No of wait cycles,
             'cancelCycles': No of cancel cycles,
-            'type': Alarm type: , 
-            'subType': Alarm subtype: ,
+            'type': Alarm type,
+            'subType': Alarm subtype,
             'severity': Severity in vROPs "CRITICAL",
             'symptomDefinitionId':symptom Definition uuid,
             'impact': impact 'risk'
@@ -226,7 +256,9 @@
             api_url = '/suite-api/api/alertdefinitions'
             headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/xml'}
             data = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-                        <ops:alert-definition xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
+                        <ops:alert-definition xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                            xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
                             <ops:name>{0:s}</ops:name>
                             <ops:description>{1:s}</ops:description>
                             <ops:adapterKindKey>{2:s}</ops:adapterKindKey>
@@ -251,9 +283,12 @@
                                     </ops:impact>
                                 </ops:state>
                             </ops:states>
-                        </ops:alert-definition>""".format(alarm_params['name'],alarm_params['description'],alarm_params['adapterKindKey'],
-                                                            alarm_params['resourceKindKey'],str(alarm_params['type']),str(alarm_params['subType']),
-                                                            alarm_params['severity'],alarm_params['symptomDefinitionId'],alarm_params['impact'])
+                        </ops:alert-definition>"""\
+                        .format(alarm_params['name'],alarm_params['description'],
+                                alarm_params['adapterKindKey'],alarm_params['resourceKindKey'],
+                                str(alarm_params['type']),str(alarm_params['subType']),
+                                alarm_params['severity'],alarm_params['symptomDefinitionId'],
+                                alarm_params['impact'])
 
             resp = requests.post(self.vrops_site + api_url,
                                  auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
@@ -262,7 +297,8 @@
                                  data=data)
 
             if resp.status_code != 201:
-                log.warn("Failed to create Alarm definition: {}, response {}".format(alarm_params['name'], resp.content))
+                log.warn("Failed to create Alarm definition: {}, response {}"\
+                        .format(alarm_params['name'], resp.content))
                 return None
 
             alarm_xmlroot = XmlElementTree.fromstring(resp.content)
@@ -276,110 +312,78 @@
             log.warn("Error creating alarm definition : {}\n{}".format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
 
 
-    def configure_rest_plugin(self, plugin_name, webhook_url, certificate):
+    def configure_rest_plugin(self):
         """
         Creates REST Plug-in for vROPs outbound alerts
 
-        Params:
-        plugin_name: name of REST plugin instance
-        pluginTypeId - RestPlugin
-        Optional configValues 
-        "Url">https://dev14136.service-now.com:8080</ops:configValue> - reqd
-        "Username">admin</ops:configValue>                    - optional
-        "Password">VMware1!</ops:configValue>                - optional
-        "Content-type">application/xml</ops:configValue>    - reqd
-        "Certificate">abcdefgh123456</ops:configValue>        - get n set
-        "ConnectionCount" - 20                                - default
+        Returns Plugin ID
         """
         plugin_id = None
+        plugin_name = 'MON_module_REST_Plugin'
+        plugin_id = self.check_if_plugin_configured(plugin_name)
 
-        api_url = '/suite-api/api/alertplugins'
-        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/xml'}
-        data =   """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-                    <ops:notification-plugin version="0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
-                        <ops:pluginTypeId>RestPlugin</ops:pluginTypeId>
-                        <ops:name>{0:s}</ops:name>
-                        <ops:configValues>
-                            <ops:configValue name="Url">{1:s}</ops:configValue>
-                            <ops:configValue name="Content-type">application/xml</ops:configValue>
-                            <ops:configValue name="Certificate">{2:s}</ops:configValue>
-                            <ops:configValue name="ConnectionCount">20</ops:configValue>
-                        </ops:configValues>
-                    </ops:notification-plugin>""".format(plugin_name, webhook_url, certificate)
-
-        resp = requests.post(self.vrops_site + api_url,
-                             auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
-                             headers=headers,
-                             verify = False,
-                             data=data)
-
-        if resp.status_code is not 201:
-            log.warn("Failed to create REST Plugin: {} for url: {}, \nresponse code: {},\nresponse content: {}"\
-            .format(plugin_name, webhook_url, resp.status_code, resp.content))
-            return None 
-
-        plugin_xmlroot = XmlElementTree.fromstring(resp.content)
-        if plugin_xmlroot is not None:
-            for child in plugin_xmlroot:
-                if child.tag.split("}")[1] == 'pluginId':
-                    plugin_id = plugin_xmlroot.find('{http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/}pluginId').text
-
-        if plugin_id is None:
-            log.warn("Failed to get REST Plugin ID for {}, url: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url))
-            return None
+        #If REST plugin not configured, configure it
+        if plugin_id is not None:
+            return plugin_id
         else:
-            log.info("Created REST Plugin: {} with ID : {} for url: {}".format(plugin_name, plugin_id, webhook_url))
-            status = self.enable_rest_plugin(plugin_id, plugin_name)
-            if status is False:
-                log.warn("Failed to enable created REST Plugin: {} for url: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url))
+            #To Do - Add actual webhook url
+            webhook_url = "https://mano-dev-1:8080/notify/" #for testing
+            cert_file_string = open("10.172.137.214.cert", "rb").read() #for testing
+            cert = load_certificate(FILETYPE_PEM, cert_file_string)
+            certificate = cert.digest("sha1")
+            api_url = '/suite-api/api/alertplugins'
+            headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/xml'}
+            data =   """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+                        <ops:notification-plugin version="0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                            xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
+                            <ops:pluginTypeId>RestPlugin</ops:pluginTypeId>
+                            <ops:name>{0:s}</ops:name>
+                            <ops:configValues>
+                                <ops:configValue name="Url">{1:s}</ops:configValue>
+                                <ops:configValue name="Content-type">application/xml</ops:configValue>
+                                <ops:configValue name="Certificate">{2:s}</ops:configValue>
+                                <ops:configValue name="ConnectionCount">20</ops:configValue>
+                            </ops:configValues>
+                        </ops:notification-plugin>""".format(plugin_name, webhook_url, certificate)
+
+            resp = requests.post(self.vrops_site + api_url,
+                                 auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
+                                 headers=headers,
+                                 verify = False,
+                                 data=data)
+
+            if resp.status_code is not 201:
+                log.warn("Failed to create REST Plugin: {} for url: {}, \nresponse code: {},"\
+                            "\nresponse content: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url,\
+                            resp.status_code, resp.content))
+                return None
+
+            plugin_xmlroot = XmlElementTree.fromstring(resp.content)
+            if plugin_xmlroot is not None:
+                for child in plugin_xmlroot:
+                    if child.tag.split("}")[1] == 'pluginId':
+                        plugin_id = plugin_xmlroot.find('{http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/}pluginId').text
+
+            if plugin_id is None:
+                log.warn("Failed to get REST Plugin ID for {}, url: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url))
                 return None
             else:
-                log.info("Enabled REST Plugin: {} for url: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url))
-                return plugin_id
+                log.info("Created REST Plugin: {} with ID : {} for url: {}".format(plugin_name, plugin_id, webhook_url))
+                status = self.enable_rest_plugin(plugin_id, plugin_name)
+                if status is False:
+                    log.warn("Failed to enable created REST Plugin: {} for url: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url))
+                    return None
+                else:
+                    log.info("Enabled REST Plugin: {} for url: {}".format(plugin_name, webhook_url))
+                    return plugin_id
 
-
-    def enable_rest_plugin(self, plugin_id, plugin_name):
+    def check_if_plugin_configured(self, plugin_name):
+        """Check if the REST plugin is already created
+        Returns: plugin_id: if already created, None: if needs to be created
         """
-        Enable the REST plugin using plugin_id
-        Params: plugin_id: plugin ID string that is to be enabled
-        Returns: status (Boolean) - True for success, False for failure
-        """
-
-        if plugin_id is None or plugin_name is None:
-            log.debug("enable_rest_plugin() : Plugin ID or plugin_name not provided for {} plugin".format(plugin_name))
-            return False
-
-        try:
-            api_url = "/suite-api/api/alertplugins/{}/enable/True".format(plugin_id)
-
-            resp = requests.put(self.vrops_site + api_url, auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password), verify = False)
-
-            if resp.status_code is not 204:
-                log.warn("Failed to enable REST plugin {}. \nResponse code {}\nResponse Content: {}"\
-                .format(plugin_name, resp.status_code, resp.content))
-                return False
-
-            log.info("Enabled REST plugin {}.".format(plugin_name))
-            return True
-
-        except Exception as exp:
-            log.warn("Error enabling REST plugin for {} plugin: Exception: {}\n{}".format(plugin_name, exp, traceback.format_exc()))
-
-    def create_alarm_notification(self, alarm_name, alarm_id, resource_id):
-        """
-        Create notification for each alarm
-        Params:
-            alarm_name
-            alarm_id
-            resource_id
-
-        Returns:
-            notification_id: notification_id or None
-        """
-        notification_name = 'notify_' + alarm_name
-        notification_id = None
-
-        #1) Find the REST Plugin id details for - MON_module_REST_Plugin
+        plugin_id = None
+        #Find the REST Plugin id details for - MON_module_REST_Plugin
         api_url = '/suite-api/api/alertplugins'
         headers = {'Accept': 'application/xml'}
         namespace = {'params':"http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/"}
@@ -396,11 +400,68 @@
         # Look for specific plugin & parse pluginId for 'MON_module_REST_Plugin'
         xmlroot_resp = XmlElementTree.fromstring(resp.content)
         for notify_plugin in xmlroot_resp.findall('params:notification-plugin',namespace):
-            if notify_plugin.find('params:name',namespace) is not None and notify_plugin.find('params:pluginId',namespace) is not None:
-                if notify_plugin.find('params:name',namespace).text == 'MON_module_REST_Plugin':
+            if notify_plugin.find('params:name',namespace) is not None and\
+                notify_plugin.find('params:pluginId',namespace) is not None:
+                if notify_plugin.find('params:name',namespace).text == plugin_name:
                     plugin_id = notify_plugin.find('params:pluginId',namespace).text
 
         if plugin_id is None:
+            log.warn("REST plugin {} not found".format('MON_module_REST_Plugin'))
+            return None
+        else:
+            log.info("Found REST Plugin: {}".format(plugin_name))
+            return plugin_id
+
+
+    def enable_rest_plugin(self, plugin_id, plugin_name):
+        """
+        Enable the REST plugin using plugin_id
+        Params: plugin_id: plugin ID string that is to be enabled
+        Returns: status (Boolean) - True for success, False for failure
+        """
+
+        if plugin_id is None or plugin_name is None:
+            log.debug("enable_rest_plugin() : Plugin ID or plugin_name not provided for {} plugin"\
+                        .format(plugin_name))
+            return False
+
+        try:
+            api_url = "/suite-api/api/alertplugins/{}/enable/True".format(plugin_id)
+
+            resp = requests.put(self.vrops_site + api_url,
+                                auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
+                                verify = False)
+
+            if resp.status_code is not 204:
+                log.warn("Failed to enable REST plugin {}. \nResponse code {}\nResponse Content: {}"\
+                        .format(plugin_name, resp.status_code, resp.content))
+                return False
+
+            log.info("Enabled REST plugin {}.".format(plugin_name))
+            return True
+
+        except Exception as exp:
+            log.warn("Error enabling REST plugin for {} plugin: Exception: {}\n{}"\
+                    .format(plugin_name, exp, traceback.format_exc()))
+
+    def create_alarm_notification(self, alarm_name, alarm_id, resource_id):
+        """
+        Create notification for each alarm
+        Params:
+            alarm_name
+            alarm_id
+            resource_id
+
+        Returns:
+            notification_id: notification_id or None
+        """
+        notification_name = 'notify_' + alarm_name
+        notification_id = None
+        plugin_name = 'MON_module_REST_Plugin'
+
+        #1) Find the REST Plugin id details for - MON_module_REST_Plugin
+        plugin_id = self.check_if_plugin_configured(plugin_name)
+        if plugin_id is None:
             log.warn("Failed to get REST plugin_id for : {}".format('MON_module_REST_Plugin'))
             return None
 
@@ -408,7 +469,9 @@
         api_url = '/suite-api/api/notifications/rules'
         headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/xml'}
         data = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-                    <ops:notification-rule xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
+                    <ops:notification-rule xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                        xmlns:ops="http://webservice.vmware.com/vRealizeOpsMgr/1.0/">
                         <ops:name>{0:s}</ops:name>
                         <ops:pluginId>{1:s}</ops:pluginId>
                         <ops:resourceFilter resourceId="{2:s}">
@@ -417,7 +480,8 @@
                         <ops:alertDefinitionIdFilters>
                             <ops:values>{3:s}</ops:values>
                         </ops:alertDefinitionIdFilters>
-                    </ops:notification-rule>""".format(notification_name, plugin_id, resource_id, alarm_id)
+                    </ops:notification-rule>"""\
+                    .format(notification_name, plugin_id, resource_id, alarm_id)
 
         resp = requests.post(self.vrops_site + api_url,
                              auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
@@ -426,8 +490,9 @@
                              data=data)
 
         if resp.status_code is not 201:
-            log.warn("Failed to create Alarm notification {} for {} alarm. \nResponse code: {}\nResponse content: {}"\
-            .format(notification_name, alarm_name, resp.status_code, resp.content))
+            log.warn("Failed to create Alarm notification {} for {} alarm."\
+                        "\nResponse code: {}\nResponse content: {}"\
+                        .format(notification_name, alarm_name, resp.status_code, resp.content))
             return None
 
         #parse notification id from response
@@ -452,7 +517,8 @@
             return vm_moref_id
 
         except Exception as exp:
-            log.warn("Error occurred while getting VM moref ID for VM : {}\n{}".format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
+            log.warn("Error occurred while getting VM moref ID for VM : {}\n{}"\
+                        .format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
 
 
     def get_vapp_details_rest(self, vapp_uuid=None):
@@ -485,7 +551,8 @@
                                     verify=vca.verify)
 
             if response.status_code != 200:
-                log.warn("REST API call {} failed. Return status code {}".format(get_vapp_restcall, response.content))
+                log.warn("REST API call {} failed. Return status code {}"\
+                            .format(get_vapp_restcall, response.content))
                 return parsed_respond
 
             try:
@@ -509,7 +576,8 @@
                         parsed_respond["vm_vcenter_info"]= vm_vcenter_info
 
             except Exception as exp :
-                log.warn("Error occurred calling rest api for getting vApp details: {}\n{}".format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
+                log.warn("Error occurred calling rest api for getting vApp details: {}\n{}"\
+                            .format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
 
         return parsed_respond
 
@@ -526,17 +594,18 @@
         log.info("Logging in to a VCD org as admin.")
 
         vca_admin = VCA(host=self.vcloud_site,
-                        username=self.vcloud_username,
+                        username=self.admin_username,
                         service_type='standalone',
                         version='5.9',
                         verify=False,
                         log=False)
-        result = vca_admin.login(password=self.vcloud_password, org='System')
+        result = vca_admin.login(password=self.admin_password, org='System')
         if not result:
-            log.warn("Can't connect to a vCloud director as: {}".format(self.vcloud_username))
+            log.warn("Can't connect to a vCloud director as: {}".format(self.admin_username))
         result = vca_admin.login(token=vca_admin.token, org='System', org_url=vca_admin.vcloud_session.org_url)
         if result is True:
-            log.info("Successfully logged to a vcloud direct org: {} as user: {}".format('System', self.vcloud_username))
+            log.info("Successfully logged to a vcloud direct org: {} as user: {}"\
+                        .format('System', self.admin_username))
 
         return vca_admin
 
@@ -573,8 +642,116 @@
                                     resourceIdentifiers = child
                                     for r_id in resourceIdentifiers:
                                         if r_id.find('params:value',namespace).text == vm_moref_id:
-                                            log.info("Found Resource ID : {} in vROPs for {}".format(resource.attrib['identifier'], vm_moref_id))
+                                            log.info("Found Resource ID : {} in vROPs for {}"\
+                                                    .format(resource.attrib['identifier'], vm_moref_id))
                                             return resource.attrib['identifier']
         except Exception as exp:
             log.warn("Error in parsing {}\n{}".format(exp, traceback.format_exc()))
 
+
+    def get_metrics_data(self, metric={}):
+        """Get an individual metric's data of a resource.
+        Params:
+            'metric_name': Normalized name of metric (string)
+            'resource_uuid': Resource UUID (string)
+            'period': Time period in Period Unit for which metrics data to be collected from
+                        Monitoring tool from now.
+            'period_unit': Period measurement unit can be one of 'HR', 'DAY', 'MONTH', 'YEAR'
+
+        Return a dict that contains:
+            'metric_name': Normalized name of metric (string)
+            'resource_uuid': Resource UUID (string)
+            'tenant_id': tenent id name in which the resource is present in string format
+            'metrics_data': Dictionary containing time_series & metric_series data.
+                'time_series': List of individual time stamp values in msec
+                'metric_series': List of individual metrics data values
+        Raises an exception upon error or when network is not found
+        """
+        return_data = {}
+        return_data['schema_version'] = 1.0
+        return_data['schema_type'] = 'read_metric_data_response'
+        return_data['metric_name'] = metric['metric_name']
+        #To do - No metric_uuid in vROPs, thus returning metric_name
+        return_data['metric_uuid'] = metric['metric_name']
+        return_data['correlation_id'] = metric['correlation_id']
+        return_data['resource_uuid'] = metric['resource_uuid']
+        return_data['metrics_data'] = {'time_series':[], 'metric_series':[]}
+        #To do - Need confirmation about uuid & id
+        return_data['tenant_uuid'] = metric['tenant_uuid']
+        return_data['unit'] = None
+        #return_data['tenant_id'] = self.tenant_id
+        #log.warn("return_data: {}".format(return_data))
+
+        #1) Get metric details from plugin specific file & format it into vROPs metrics
+        metric_key_params = self.get_default_Params(metric['metric_name'])
+
+        if not metric_key_params:
+            log.warn("Metric not supported: {}".format(metric['metric_name']))
+            #To Do: Return message
+            return return_data
+
+        return_data['unit'] = metric_key_params['unit']
+
+        #2) Find the resource id in vROPs based on OSM resource_uuid
+        #2.a) Find vm_moref_id from vApp uuid in vCD
+        vm_moref_id = self.get_vm_moref_id(metric['resource_uuid'])
+        if vm_moref_id is None:
+            log.warn("Failed to find vm morefid for vApp in vCD: {}".format(config_dict['resource_uuid']))
+            return return_data
+        #2.b) Based on vm_moref_id, find VM's corresponding resource_id in vROPs to set notification
+        resource_id = self.get_vm_resource_id(vm_moref_id)
+        if resource_id is None:
+            log.warn("Failed to find resource in vROPs: {}".format(config_dict['resource_uuid']))
+            return return_data
+
+        #3) Calculate begin & end time for period & period unit
+        end_time = int(round(time.time() * 1000))
+        if metric['collection_unit'] == 'YR':
+            time_diff = PERIOD_MSEC[metric['collection_unit']]
+        else:
+            time_diff = metric['collection_period']* PERIOD_MSEC[metric['collection_unit']]
+        begin_time = end_time - time_diff
+
+        #4) Get the metrics data
+        log.info("metric_key_params['metric_key'] = {}".format(metric_key_params['metric_key']))
+        log.info("end_time: {}, begin_time: {}".format(end_time, begin_time))
+
+        url_list = ['/suite-api/api/resources/', resource_id, '/stats?statKey=',\
+                    metric_key_params['metric_key'], '&begin=', str(begin_time),'&end=',str(end_time)]
+        api_url = ''.join(url_list)
+        headers = {'Accept': 'application/json'}
+
+        resp = requests.get(self.vrops_site + api_url,
+                            auth=(self.vrops_user, self.vrops_password),
+                            verify = False, headers = headers)
+
+        if resp.status_code is not 200:
+            log.warn("Failed to retrive Metric data from vROPs for {}\nResponse code:{}\nResponse Content: {}"\
+                    .format(metric['metric_name'], resp.status_code, resp.content))
+            return return_data
+
+        #5) Convert to required format
+        metrics_data = {}
+        json_data = json.loads(resp.content)
+        for resp_key,resp_val in json_data.iteritems():
+            if resp_key == 'values':
+                data = json_data['values'][0]
+                for data_k,data_v in data.iteritems():
+                    if data_k == 'stat-list':
+                        stat_list = data_v
+                        for stat_list_k,stat_list_v in stat_list.iteritems():
+                            for stat_keys,stat_vals in stat_list_v[0].iteritems():
+                                if stat_keys == 'timestamps':
+                                    metrics_data['time_series'] = stat_list_v[0]['timestamps']
+                                if stat_keys == 'data':
+                                    metrics_data['metric_series'] = stat_list_v[0]['data']
+
+        return_data['metrics_data'] = metrics_data
+
+        return return_data
+
+    def reconfigure_alarm(self, config_dict):
+        """
+        """
+        return None
+
diff --git a/plugins/vRealiseOps/plugin_receiver.py b/plugins/vRealiseOps/plugin_receiver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a134bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/vRealiseOps/plugin_receiver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Montoring plugin receiver that consumes the request messages &
+responds using producer for vROPs
+"""
+
+from mon_plugin_vrops import MonPlugin
+from kafka_consumer_vrops import vROP_KafkaConsumer
+#To Do- Change producer
+#from core.message_bus.producer import KafkaProducer
+import json
+import logging as log
+
+class PluginReceiver():
+    """MON Plugin receiver receiving request messages & responding using producer for vROPs
+    telemetry plugin
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Constructor of PluginReceiver
+        """
+
+        topics = ['alarm_request', 'metric_request', 'Access_Credentials', 'alarm_response']
+        #To Do - Add broker uri
+        broker_uri = None
+        self.mon_plugin = MonPlugin()
+        self.consumer = vROP_KafkaConsumer(topics, broker_uri)
+        #To Do- Change producer
+        #self.producer = KafkaProducer()
+
+    def consume(self):
+        """Consume the message, act on it & respond
+        """
+        try:
+            for message in self.consumer.vrops_consumer:
+                if message.topic == 'alarm_request':
+                    if message.key == "create_alarm_request":
+                        config_alarm_info = json.loads(message.value)
+                        alarm_uuid = self.create_alarm(config_alarm_info['alarm_creation_request'])
+                        log.info("Alarm created with alarm uuid: {}".format(alarm_uuid))
+                        #To Do - Publish message using producer
+                        #self.publish_create_alarm_status(alarm_uuid, config_alarm_info)
+                    elif message.key == "update_alarm_request":
+                        update_alarm_info = json.loads(message.value)
+                        alarm_uuid = self.update_alarm(update_alarm_info['alarm_creation_request'])
+                        log.info("Alarm defination updated : alarm uuid: {}".format(alarm_uuid))
+                        #To Do - Publish message using producer
+                        #self.publish_update_alarm_status(alarm_uuid, update_alarm_info)
+                elif message.topic == 'metric_request':
+                    if message.key == "read_metric_data_request":
+                        metric_request_info = json.loads(message.value)
+                        metrics_data = self.mon_plugin.get_metrics_data(metric_request_info)
+                        log.info("Collected Metrics Data: {}".format(metrics_data))
+                        #To Do - Publish message using producer
+                        #self.publish_metrics_data_status(metrics_data)
+
+        except Exception as exp:
+            log.error("Exception in receiver: {}".format(exp))
+
+    def create_alarm(self, config_alarm_info):
+        """Create alarm using vROPs plugin
+        """
+        plugin_uuid = self.mon_plugin.configure_rest_plugin()
+        alarm_uuid = self.mon_plugin.configure_alarm(config_alarm_info)
+        return alarm_uuid
+
+    def publish_create_alarm_status(self, alarm_uuid, config_alarm_info):
+        """Publish create alarm status using producer
+        """
+        topic = 'alarm_response'
+        msg_key = 'create_alarm_response'
+        response_msg = {"schema_version":1.0,
+                         "schema_type":"create_alarm_response",
+                         "alarm_creation_response":
+                            {"correlation_id":config_alarm_info["alarm_creation_request"]["correlation_id"],
+                             "alarm_uuid":alarm_uuid,
+                             "status": True if alarm_uuid else False
+                            }
+                       }
+        #To Do - Add producer
+        #self.producer.publish(key=msg_key, value=json.dumps(response_msg), topic=topic)
+
+    def update_alarm(self, update_alarm_info):
+        """Updare already created alarm
+        """
+        alarm_uuid = self.mon_plugin.reconfigure_alarm(update_alarm_info)
+        return alarm_uuid
+
+    def publish_update_alarm_status(self, alarm_uuid, update_alarm_info):
+        """Publish update alarm status requests using producer
+        """
+        topic = 'alarm_response'
+        msg_key = 'update_alarm_response'
+        response_msg = {"schema_version":1.0,
+                         "schema_type":"update_alarm_response",
+                         "alarm_update_response":
+                            {"correlation_id":update_alarm_info["alarm_creation_request"]["correlation_id"],
+                             "alarm_uuid":alarm_uuid,
+                             "status": True if alarm_uuid else False
+                            }
+                       }
+        #To Do - Add producer
+        #self.producer.publish(key=msg_key, value=json.dumps(response_msg), topic=topic)
+
+    def publish_metrics_data_status(self, metrics_data):
+        """Publish the requested metric data using producer
+        """
+        topic = 'metric_response'
+        msg_key = 'read_metric_data_response'
+        #To Do - Add producer
+        #self.producer.publish(key=msg_key, value=json.dumps(metrics_data), topic=topic)
+
+#For testing
+#log.basicConfig(filename='mon_vrops_log.log',level=log.DEBUG)
+#plugin_rcvr = PluginReceiver()
+#plugin_rcvr.consume()
+
diff --git a/plugins/vRealiseOps/vrops_config.xml b/plugins/vRealiseOps/vrops_config.xml
index aa628d7..da7cc53 100644
--- a/plugins/vRealiseOps/vrops_config.xml
+++ b/plugins/vRealiseOps/vrops_config.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <alarmsDefaultConfig>
     <Average_Memory_Usage_Above_Threshold>
+        <vrops_alarm>Avg_Mem_Usage_Above_Thr</vrops_alarm>
         <period>300</period>
         <evaluation>2</evaluation>
         <cancel_period>300</cancel_period>
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <unit>%</unit>
     </Average_Memory_Usage_Above_Threshold>
     <Read_Latency_Above_Threshold>
+        <vrops_alarm>RD_Latency_Above_Thr</vrops_alarm>
         <period>300</period>
         <evaluation>3</evaluation>
         <cancel_period>300</cancel_period>
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
         <unit>msec</unit>
     </Read_Latency_Above_Threshold>
     <Write_Latency_Above_Threshold>
+        <vrops_alarm>WR_Latency_Above_Thr</vrops_alarm>
         <period>300</period>
         <evaluation>3</evaluation>
         <cancel_period>300</cancel_period>
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
         <unit>msec</unit>
     </Write_Latency_Above_Threshold>
     <Net_Packets_Dropped>
+        <vrops_alarm>Net_Packets_Dropped</vrops_alarm>
         <period>300</period>
         <evaluation>1</evaluation>
         <cancel_period>300</cancel_period>
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@
         <unit>nos</unit>
     </Net_Packets_Dropped>
     <CPU_Utilization_Above_Threshold>
+        <vrops_alarm>CPU_Utilization_Above_Thr</vrops_alarm>
         <period>300</period>
         <evaluation>1</evaluation>
         <cancel_period>300</cancel_period>
@@ -119,4 +123,22 @@
         <metric_key>net:Aggregate of all instances|packetsTxPerSec</metric_key>
         <unit>nos</unit>
     </PACKETS_SENT>
+    <Access_Config>
+        <vrops_site>https://192.169.241.123</vrops_site>
+        <vrops_user>Admin</vrops_user>
+        <vrops_password>VMware1!</vrops_password>
+        <vcloud-site>https://mano-vcd-1.corp.local</vcloud-site>
+        <admin_username>administrator</admin_username>
+        <admin_password>VMware1!</admin_password>
+        <nsx_manager>https://192.169.241.104</nsx_manager>
+        <nsx_user>admin</nsx_user>
+        <nsx_password>VMware1!</nsx_password>
+        <vcenter_ip>192.169.241.103</vcenter_ip>
+        <vcenter_port>443</vcenter_port>
+        <vcenter_user>administrator@vsphere.local</vcenter_user>
+        <vcenter_password>VMware1!</vcenter_password>
+        <vim_tenant_name>Org2-VDC-PVDC1</vim_tenant_name>
+        <orgname>Org2</orgname>
+        <tenant_id>Org2-VDC-PVDC1</tenant_id>
+    </Access_Config>
 </alarmsDefaultConfig>