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+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+# Copyright 2015 Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.U.
+# This file is part of openmano
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
+# contact with: nfvlabs@tid.es
+##
+
+#This script can be used as a basic test of openmano.
+#WARNING: It destroy the database content
+
+
+function usage(){
+    echo -e "usage: ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} [OPTIONS] <action>\n  test openmano using openvim as a VIM"
+    echo -e "           the OPENVIM_HOST, OPENVIM_PORT shell variables indicate openvim location"
+    echo -e "  <action> is a list of the following items (by default 'reset create delete')"
+    echo -e "    reset     reset the openmano database content"
+    echo -e "    create    creates items"
+    echo -e "    delete    delete created items"
+    echo -e "  OPTIONS:"
+    echo -e "    -f --force       does not prompt for confirmation"
+    echo -e "    -h --help        shows this help"
+    echo -e "    --insert-bashrc  insert the created tenant,datacenter variables at"
+    echo -e "                     ~/.bashrc to be available by openmano CLI"
+    echo -e "    --init-openvim   if openvim runs locally, an init is called to clean openvim database"
+    echo -e "                     and add fake hosts"
+}
+
+function is_valid_uuid(){
+    echo "$1" | grep -q -E '^[0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12}$' && return 0
+    return 1
+}
+
+#detect if is called with a source to use the 'exit'/'return' command for exiting
+[[ ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} != $0 ]] && _exit="return" || _exit="exit"
+
+#check openvim client variables are set
+fail=""
+[[ -z $OPENVIM_HOST ]] && echo "OPENVIM_HOST variable not defined" >&2 && fail=1
+[[ -z $OPENVIM_PORT ]] && echo "OPENVIM_PORT variable not defined" >&2 && fail=1
+[[ -n $fail ]] && $_exit 1
+
+#check correct arguments
+force=""
+action_list=""
+insert_bashrc=""
+init_openvim=""
+for param in $*
+do
+    if [[ $param == reset ]] || [[ $param == create ]] || [[ $param == delete ]]
+    then
+        action_list="$action_list $param"
+    elif [[ $param == -h ]] || [[ $param == --help ]]
+    then
+        usage
+        $_exit 0
+    elif [[ $param == -f ]] || [[ $param == --force ]]
+    then
+        force="-f"
+    elif [[ $param == --insert-bashrc ]]
+    then
+        insert_bashrc=y
+    elif [[ $param == --init-openvim ]]
+    then
+        init_openvim=y
+    else
+        echo "invalid argument '$param'?  Type -h for help" >&2 && $_exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+DIRNAME=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))
+DIRmano=$(dirname $DIRNAME)
+DIRscript=${DIRmano}/scripts
+#by default action should be reset and create
+[[ -z $action_list ]]  && action_list="reset create delete"
+[[ -z $init_openvim ]] || initopenvim $force || echo "WARNING openvim cannot be initialized. The rest of test can fail!"
+
+for action in $action_list
+do
+#if [[ $action == "install-openvim" ]]
+    #echo "Installing and starting openvim"
+    #mkdir -p temp
+    #pushd temp
+    #wget https://github.com/nfvlabs/openvim/raw/v0.4/scripts/install-openvim.sh
+    #chmod -x install-openvim.sh
+#fi
+
+if [[ $action == "reset" ]]
+then
+
+    #ask for confirmation if argument is not -f --force
+    [[ -z $force ]] && read -e -p "WARNING: reset openmano database, content will be lost!!! Continue(y/N) " force_
+    [[ $force_ != y ]] && [[ $force_ != yes ]] && echo "aborted!" && $_exit
+
+    echo "Stopping openmano"
+    $DIRscript/service-openmano.sh mano stop
+    echo "Initializing openmano database"
+    $DIRmano/database_utils/init_mano_db.sh -u mano -p manopw
+    echo "Starting openmano"
+    $DIRscript/service-openmano.sh mano start
+    echo
+
+elif [[ $action == "delete" ]]
+then
+    result=`openmano tenant-list TEST-tenant`
+    nfvotenant=`echo $result |gawk '{print $1}'`
+    #check a valid uuid is obtained
+    is_valid_uuid $nfvotenant || ! echo "Tenant TEST-tenant not found. Already delete?" >&2 || $_exit 1
+    export OPENMANO_TENANT=$nfvotenant
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano instance-scenario-delete -f simple-instance     || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano instance-scenario-delete -f complex-instance    || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano instance-scenario-delete -f complex2-instance   || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano scenario-delete -f simple       || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano scenario-delete -f complex      || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano scenario-delete -f complex2     || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano vnf-delete -f linux             || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano vnf-delete -f dataplaneVNF_2VMs || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano vnf-delete -f dataplaneVNF2     || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano vnf-delete -f dataplaneVNF3     || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano datacenter-detach TEST-dc        || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano datacenter-delete -f TEST-dc     || echo "fail"
+    ${DIRmano}/openmano tenant-delete -f TEST-tenant     || echo "fail"
+    echo
+
+elif [[ $action == "create" ]]
+then
+    printf "%-50s" "Creating openmano tenant 'TEST-tenant': "
+    result=`${DIRmano}/openmano tenant-create TEST-tenant --description="created by basictest.sh"`
+    nfvotenant=`echo $result |gawk '{print $1}'`
+    #check a valid uuid is obtained
+    ! is_valid_uuid $nfvotenant && echo "FAIL" && echo "    $result" && $_exit 1
+    export OPENMANO_TENANT=$nfvotenant
+    [[ $insert_bashrc == y ]] && echo -e "\nexport OPENMANO_TENANT=$nfvotenant"  >> ~/.bashrc
+    echo $nfvotenant
+
+    printf "%-50s" "Creating datacenter 'TEST-dc' in openmano:"
+    [[ -z $OPENVIM_HOST ]] && OPENVIM_HOST=localhost
+    [[ -z $OPENVIM_PORT ]] && OPENVIM_PORT=9080
+    URL_ADMIN_PARAM=""
+    [[ -n $OPENVIM_ADMIN_PORT ]] && URL_ADMIN_PARAM="--url_admin=http://${$OPENVIM_HOST}:${OPENVIM_ADMIN_PORT}/openvim"
+    result=`${DIRmano}/openmano datacenter-create TEST-dc "http://${OPENVIM_HOST}:${OPENVIM_PORT}/openvim" --type=openvim $URL_ADMIN_PARAM`
+    datacenter=`echo $result |gawk '{print $1}'`
+    #check a valid uuid is obtained
+    ! is_valid_uuid $datacenter && echo "FAIL" && echo "    $result" && $_exit 1
+    echo $datacenter
+    export OPENMANO_DATACENTER=$datacenter
+    [[ $insert_bashrc == y ]] && echo -e "\nexport OPENMANO_DATACENTER=$datacenter"  >> ~/.bashrc
+
+    printf "%-50s" "Attaching openmano tenant to the datacenter:"
+    result=`${DIRmano}/openmano datacenter-attach TEST-dc`
+    [[ $? != 0 ]] && echo  "FAIL" && echo "    $result" && $_exit 1
+    echo OK
+
+    printf "%-50s" "Updating external nets in openmano: "
+    result=`${DIRmano}/openmano datacenter-netmap-delete -f --all`
+    [[ $? != 0 ]] && echo  "FAIL" && echo "    $result"  && $_exit 1
+    result=`${DIRmano}/openmano datacenter-netmap-upload -f`
+    [[ $? != 0 ]] && echo  "FAIL" && echo "    $result"  && $_exit 1
+    echo OK
+
+    for VNF in linux dataplaneVNF1 dataplaneVNF2 dataplaneVNF_2VMs dataplaneVNF3
+    do    
+        printf "%-50s" "Creating VNF '${VNF}': "
+        result=`$DIRmano/openmano vnf-create $DIRmano/vnfs/examples/${VNF}.yaml`
+        vnf=`echo $result |gawk '{print $1}'`
+        #check a valid uuid is obtained
+        ! is_valid_uuid $vnf && echo FAIL && echo "    $result" &&  $_exit 1
+        echo $vnf
+    done
+    for NS in simple complex complex2
+    do
+        printf "%-50s" "Creating scenario '${NS}':"
+        result=`$DIRmano/openmano scenario-create $DIRmano/scenarios/examples/${NS}.yaml`
+        scenario=`echo $result |gawk '{print $1}'`
+        ! is_valid_uuid $scenario && echo FAIL && echo "    $result" &&  $_exit 1
+        echo $scenario
+    done
+
+    for IS in simple complex complex2
+    do
+        printf "%-50s" "Creating instance-scenario '${IS}':"
+        result=`$DIRmano/openmano instance-scenario-create  --scenario ${IS} --name ${IS}-instance`
+        instance=`echo $result |gawk '{print $1}'`
+        ! is_valid_uuid $instance && echo FAIL && echo "    $result" &&  $_exit 1
+        echo $instance
+    done
+
+    echo
+    #echo "Check virtual machines are deployed"
+    #vms_error=`openvim vm-list | grep ERROR | wc -l`
+    #vms=`openvim vm-list | wc -l`
+    #[[ $vms -ne 8 ]]       &&  echo "WARNING: $vms VMs created, must be 8 VMs" >&2 && $_exit 1
+    #[[ $vms_error -gt 0 ]] &&  echo "WARNING: $vms_error VMs with ERROR" >&2       && $_exit 1
+fi
+done
+
+echo
+echo DONE
+
+