diff --git a/robot-systest/lib/sol003_common_lib.robot b/robot-systest/lib/sol003_common_lib.robot
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+#   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
+
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     Library with sol003 keywords and variables .
+
+Library           RequestsLibrary
+Library           HttpLibrary.HTTP
+Library           JsonValidator
+Library           yaml
+Library           JSONLibrary
+Library           String
+Library           OperatingSystem
+Resource          %{ROBOT_DEVOPS_FOLDER}/lib/vim_lib.robot
+Variables         %{ROBOT_DEVOPS_FOLDER}/resources/basic_01-crud_operations_on_vim_targets_data.py
+
+*** Variables ***
+&{HEADERS}        Content-Type=application/json    Accept=application/json
+&{data}           username=admin    password=admin    project-id=admin
+@{success_status_code_list}    200    201    202    204
+${descriptor_content_type_gzip}    application/gzip
+${auth_token_uri}    /osm/admin/v1/tokens
+${HOST}           ${EMPTY}
+${vnf_instance_uri}    /osm/vnflcm/v1/vnf_instances
+${vnf_instantiate_uri}    /osm/vnflcm/v1/vnf_instances
+${vnf_instance_lcm_ops}    /osm/vnflcm/v1/vnf_lcm_op_occs
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Get Auth Token
+    [Tags]    auth_token
+    Get Hostname
+    Create Session    osmhit    ${HOST}    verify=${FALSE}    debug=1    data=${data}    headers=${HEADERS}
+    Log Many    ${auth_token_uri}    @{data}    ${data}
+    ${resp}=    Post Request    osmhit    ${auth_token_uri}    data=${data}
+    log    ${resp}
+    Pass Execution If    ${resp.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Get Auth Token completed
+    Set Suite Variable    ${token_status_code}    ${resp.status_code}
+    ${access_token}=    Get Value From Json    ${resp.json()}    $..id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${access_token}    ${access_token[0]}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${token_response}    ${resp}
+    sleep    2s
+
+Set Dockerized Host
+    [Arguments]    ${env_host}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${HOST}    https://${env_host}
+
+Set Standalone Host
+    [Arguments]    ${env_host}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${HOST}    https://${env_host}:9999
+
+Create VIM
+    [Documentation]    Create a VIM Target only with the mandatory parameters.
+    Pass Execution If    '${vim_account_type}' != 'openstack'    Not applicable for ${vim_account_type} VIM
+    ${rand}=    Generate Random String    6    [NUMBERS]
+    ${vim_name}=    Catenate    SEPARATOR=_    ${vim_name_prefix}    ${rand}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${vim_name}
+    ${created_vim_account_id}=    Create VIM Target    ${vim_name}    ${vim_user}    ${vim_password}    ${vim_auth_url}    ${vim_tenant}
+    ...    ${vim_account_type}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${created_vim_account_id}
+    Check VIM Target Operational State    ${vim_name}
+
+Read Directory
+    [Documentation]    To Read Current Direct ory
+    ${Directory}=    Replace String    ${CURDIR}    testsuite    \\resources/
+    ${json_path}=    Set Variable    ${Directory}
+    [Return]    ${JsonPath}
+
+Post Api Request
+    [Arguments]   ${PostApi}
+    [Documentation]    Keword to Post API Request
+    Create Session    APISession    ${HOST}
+    &{headers}    Create Dictionary    Content-Type=application/json    Accept=application/json    Authorization=Bearer ${access_token}
+    ${request_response}=    Post Request    APISession    ${PostApi}    data=${updated_json_obj}    headers=${headers}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${request_response}
+    ${response_statuscode}    Convert To String    ${request_response.status_code}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${response_statuscode}
+
+Get HostName
+    [Documentation]    Keyword to get the default osm Hostname
+    ${nbi_host}=    Get Environment Variable    OSM_HOSTNAME
+    ${passed}=    Run Keyword And Return Status    Should Contain    ${nbi_host}    :
+    Run Keyword If    ${passed}    Set Dockerized Host    ${nbi_host}
+    ...    ELSE    Set Standalone Host    ${nbi_host}
+
+Get ID
+    [Arguments]    ${Key}
+    Pass Execution If    ${request_response.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Get Auth Token completed
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $..${Key}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${value}    ${id[0]}
+    [Return]    ${value}
+
+Update Json Value
+    [Arguments]    ${JsonInput}    ${key}
+    ${json_path}=    Read Directory
+    ${json_obj}=    Load JSON From File    ${json_path}/${JsonInput}
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${json_obj}    $..${key}    ${created_vim_account_id}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${updated_json_obj}
+
+Get Api Request
+    [Arguments]    ${uri}
+    [Documentation]    Keyword to Get API Request
+    Create Session    Session    ${HOST}
+    &{headers}    Create Dictionary    Content-Type=application/json    Accept=application/json    Authorization=Bearer ${access_token}
+    ${request_response}=    Get Request    Session    ${uri}    headers=${Headers}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${request_response}
+    ${response_statuscode}    Convert To String    ${request_response.status_code}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${response_statuscode}
diff --git a/robot-systest/resources/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json b/robot-systest/resources/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
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+{
+   "data":[
+      {
+         "vnfdId":"hackfest_basic_metrics-vnf",
+         "vnfInstanceName":"sol003-instance",
+         "vnfInstanceDescription":"Test vnfm instance description",
+         "vimAccountId":"8dc2f11d-e08a-4ec7-920c-6b8a88bff1e5",
+         "additionalParams":{
+            "virtual-link-desc":[
+               {
+                  "id":"mgmtnet",
+                  "mgmt-network":true
+               }
+            ],
+            "constituent-cpd-id":"vnf-cp0-ext",
+            "virtual-link-profile-id":"mgmtnet"
+         }
+      },
+      {
+         "vnfName":"sol003-instance",
+         "vnfDescription":"vnf package",
+         "vnfId":"70b47595-fafa-4f63-904b-fc3ada60eebb",
+         "vimAccountId":"8dc2f11d-e08a-4ec7-920c-6b8a88bff1e5"
+      },
+      {
+         "type":"SCALE_OUT",
+         "aspectId":"vdu_autoscale",
+         "numberOfSteps":"1",
+         "additionalParams":{
+            "member-vnf-index":"1"
+         }
+      },
+      {
+         "terminationType":"GRACEFUL",
+         "gracefulTerminationTimeout":"5"
+      }
+   ]
+}
diff --git a/robot-systest/testsuite/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.robot b/robot-systest/testsuite/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.robot
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+#   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
+
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     [SOL003-01] Sol003 Api testing
+Suite Teardown    Run Keyword And Ignore Error    Suite Cleanup
+Force Tags        sol003_01   cluster_sol003   daily
+Library           OperatingSystem
+Library           String
+Library           Collections
+Library           RequestsLibrary
+Library           HttpLibrary.HTTP
+Library           yaml
+Library           JsonValidator
+Library           JSONLibrary
+Resource          %{ROBOT_DEVOPS_FOLDER}/lib/sol003-common.robot
+Variables         %{ROBOT_DEVOPS_FOLDER}/resources/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
+Resource          %{ROBOT_DEVOPS_FOLDER}/lib/vnfd_lib.robot
+
+*** Variables ***
+${vnfd_pkg}       hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf
+${vnfd_name}      hackfest_basic_metrics_vnf
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Create VNF package from JSON file descriptor
+    [Documentation]    Test case to create a VNF Identifier
+    Create VIM
+    Get Auth Token
+    ${json_path}=    Read Directory
+    ${json_obj}=    Load JSON From File    ${json_path}/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
+    ${json_obj}=    Get Variable Value    ${json_obj['data'][0]}
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${json_obj}    $..vimAccountId    ${created_vim_account_id}
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${updated_json_obj}    $..additionalParams.virtual-link-desc[0][id]    %{VIM_MGMT_NET}
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${updated_json_obj}    $..additionalParams.virtual-link-profile-id    %{VIM_MGMT_NET}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${updated_json_obj}
+    Post API Request    ${vnf_instance_uri}
+    Pass Execution If    ${request_response.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Query VNF Instance completed
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $..id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${createid}    ${id[0]}
+
+Instantiate VNF
+    [Documentation]    Test case to Instantiate a VNF
+    ${id}=    Create VNFD    '%{PACKAGES_FOLDER}/${vnfd_pkg}'
+    Set Suite Variable    ${vnfid}    ${id}
+    Get Auth Token
+    ${json_path}=    Read Directory
+    ${json_obj}=    Load JSON From File    ${json_path}/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
+    ${json_obj}=    Get Variable Value    ${json_obj['data'][1]}
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${json_obj}    $..vimAccountId    ${created_vim_account_id}
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${json_obj}    $..vnfId    ${createid}
+    Post API Request    ${vnf_instantiate_uri}/${createid}/instantiate
+    Pass Execution If    ${request_response.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Instantiate VNF Instance completed
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $..id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${instantiateid}    ${id[0]}
+    Sleep    12s
+
+Query VNF Instances
+    [Documentation]    Test case to query VNF Instance
+    Get Auth Token
+    Get Api Request    ${vnf_instance_uri}
+    ${value}=    Get ID    nsState
+    Should Be Equal    ${value}    INSTANTIATED
+    Pass Execution If    ${request_response.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Query VNF Instance completed
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $.._id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${Queryid}    ${id[0]}
+
+Query VNF Instance ID
+    [Documentation]    Test case to query Vnf instance ID
+    Get Auth Token
+    Get Api Request    ${vnf_instance_uri}/${Queryid}
+    ${value}=    Get ID    nsState
+    Should Be Equal    ${value}    INSTANTIATED
+    Should Be Equal As Strings    ${RequestResponse.status_code}    202
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $.._id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${Instanceid}    ${id[0]}
+
+Query VNF LCM Ops
+    [Documentation]    Test case to Query VNF LCM operation
+    Get Auth Token
+    Get Api Request    ${vnf_instance_lcm_ops}
+    ${ID1}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $.._id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${lcmops}    ${ID1[0]}
+    ${value}=    Get ID    operationState
+    Should Be Equal    ${value}    COMPLETED
+
+Query VNF LCM Ops ID
+    Get Auth Token
+    Get Api Request    ${vnf_instance_lcm_ops}/${lcmops}
+    ${ID1}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $.._id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${lcmopsid}    ${ID1[0]}
+    ${value}=    Get ID    operationState
+    : FOR    ${Index}    IN RANGE    0    15
+    \    ${status}=    Run Keyword And Return Status    Should Be Equal    ${value}    COMPLETED
+    \    Run Keyword Unless    ${status}    Sleep    10s
+    \    Run Keyword If    ${status}    Exit For Loop
+
+Scale VNF
+    [Documentation]    Test case to Scale in and Scale out VNF
+    Get Auth Token
+    ${json_path}=    Read Directory
+    ${updated_json_obj}=    Load JSON From File    ${json_path}/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
+    ${updated_json_obj}=    Get Variable Value    ${updated_json_obj['data'][2]}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${updated_json_obj}
+    Post API Request    ${vnf_instance_uri}/${createid}/scale
+    ${value}=    Get ID    id
+    ${ID1}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $..id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${scaleoutid}    ${ID1[0]}
+    Sleep    5s
+    ${json_path}=    Read Directory
+    ${updated_json_obj}=    Load JSON From File    ${json_path}/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
+    ${updated_json_obj}    JSONLibrary.Update Value To Json    ${updated_json_obj}    $..type    SCALE_IN
+    Set Suite Variable    ${updated_json_obj}
+    Post API Request    ${vnf_instance_uri}/${createid}/scale
+    Pass Execution If    ${request_response.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Scale VNF instance completed
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $..id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${scaleind}    ${id[0]}
+    Sleep    10s
+
+Terminate VNF
+    [Documentation]    Test case to terminate the VNF
+    Get Auth Token
+    ${json_path}=    Read Directory
+    ${updated_json_obj}=    Load JSON From File    ${json_path}/sol003_01-vnf-lifecycle-management.json
+    ${updated_json_obj}=    Get Variable Value    ${updated_json_obj['data'][3]}
+    Set Suite Variable    ${updated_json_obj}
+    Post API Request   ${vnf_instance_uri}/${createid}/terminate
+    ${id}=    Get Value From Json    ${request_response.json()}    $..id
+    Set Suite Variable    ${terminateid}    ${id[0]}
+    Pass Execution If    ${request_response.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Terminate VNF instance completed
+    sleep    10s
+
+Delete VNF
+    [Documentation]    Test case to delete VNF
+    Get Auth Token
+    Create Session    APISession    ${HOST}
+    &{Headers}    Create Dictionary    Content-Type=application/json    Accept=application/json    Authorization=Bearer ${AccessToken}
+    ${resp}=    Delete Request    APISession    ${vnf_instance_uri}/${createid}
+    Pass Execution If    ${resp.status_code} in ${success_status_code_list}    Delete VNF Instance completed