diff --git a/examples/autogenerated/vnffg-nsd/.gitkeep b/examples/autogenerated/vnffg-nsd/.gitkeep
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+++ b/examples/autogenerated/vnffg-nsd/.gitkeep
diff --git a/examples/images/trafficdebug/Dockerfile b/examples/images/trafficdebug/Dockerfile
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Erik Schilling
+# 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.
+
+FROM fedora:29
+
+# required for examples:
+RUN dnf install -y net-tools iproute iputils iperf3
+
+# for debugging:
+RUN dnf install -y iftop tcpdump nmap procps-ng
diff --git a/examples/performance_measurements/vnffg.py b/examples/performance_measurements/vnffg.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Erik Schilling
+# 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.
+
+import csv
+import json
+import os
+
+import time
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+
+from emuvim.api.osm.pre_configured_osm import PreConfiguredOSM
+from emuvim.api.util.docker_utils import build_dockerfile_dir
+
+
+# sys.path.append('/vim-emu/pycharm-debug.egg')
+# import pydevd
+# pydevd.settrace('10.0.2.2', port=21001, stdoutToServer=True, stderrToServer=True, suspend=False)
+
+prefix = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+build_dockerfile_dir('../images/trafficdebug/', 'trafficdebug')
+
+env = Environment(
+    loader=FileSystemLoader(os.path.join(prefix, '../templates/'))
+)
+template = env.get_template('vnffg-nsd.yaml')
+
+IPERF_TIME = 30
+
+
+def run_iperf(node, target_ip, target_port):
+    vnffg_iperf_out = node.cmd('iperf3 -J -t %d -c %s -p %d' % (IPERF_TIME, target_ip, target_port))
+    print(vnffg_iperf_out)
+    vnffg_iperf = json.loads(vnffg_iperf_out)
+    vnffg_rtt = vnffg_iperf['end']['streams'][0]['sender']['mean_rtt']
+    vnffg_bits_per_second = vnffg_iperf['end']['sum_received']['bits_per_second']
+    return vnffg_rtt, vnffg_bits_per_second
+
+
+def main():
+    with open('vnffg-%d.csv' % time.time(), 'w') as csvfile:
+        fieldnames = ['n', 'deploy', 'vnffg_iperf_rtt', 'vnffg_iperf_bps',
+                      'normal_iperf_rtt', 'normal_iperf_bps', 'delete']
+        writer = csv.DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames=fieldnames)
+
+        writer.writeheader()
+
+        # vim-emu increases the subnet ip part by 1 for each run
+        subnet = 0
+
+        for n in range(1, 15 + 1):
+            # render NSD template for current iteration
+            with open(os.path.join(prefix, '../autogenerated/vnffg-nsd/vnffg-nsd.yml'), 'w') as f:
+                f.write(template.render(n=n, subnet=subnet))
+
+            with PreConfiguredOSM(osm_version='master') as osm:
+                osm.onboard_vnfd('../vnfs/vnffg')
+                nsd_id = osm.onboard_nsd('../autogenerated/vnffg-nsd')
+                ns_create = time.time()
+                osm.ns_create('vnffg-%d' % n, nsd_id)
+
+                osm.ns_wait_until_all_in_status('running')
+
+                ns_deploy_done = time.time()
+
+                # ensure that port chains are created, they are not reported by the API.
+                time.sleep(60)
+
+                first_name = 'dc1_vnffg-%d-1--1' % n
+                last_name = 'dc1_vnffg-%d-%d--1' % (n, n + 1)
+                first_node = osm.api.compute.find_server_by_name_or_id(first_name).emulator_compute
+                last_node = osm.api.compute.find_server_by_name_or_id(last_name).emulator_compute
+
+                last_node.cmd('iperf3 -s -p 80 > /dev/null &')
+                last_node.cmd('iperf3 -s -p 81 > /dev/null &')
+
+                # give iperf3 servers time to start up
+                time.sleep(1)
+
+                target_ip = '10.0.%d.%d' % (subnet, n + 2)
+                vnffg_rtt, vnffg_bits_per_second = run_iperf(first_node, target_ip, 80)
+                normal_rtt, normal_bits_per_second = run_iperf(first_node, target_ip, 81)
+
+                ns_delete = time.time()
+                for ns in osm.ns_list():
+                    osm.ns_delete(ns['id'])
+
+                osm.ns_wait_until_all_in_status('terminated')
+
+                ns_delete_done = time.time()
+            measurement = {
+                'n': n,
+                'deploy': ns_deploy_done - ns_create,
+                'vnffg_iperf_rtt': vnffg_rtt,
+                'vnffg_iperf_bps': vnffg_bits_per_second,
+                'normal_iperf_rtt': normal_rtt,
+                'normal_iperf_bps': normal_bits_per_second,
+                'delete': ns_delete_done - ns_delete
+            }
+            writer.writerow(measurement)
+            csvfile.flush()
+
+            subnet += 1
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/examples/services/vnffg/vnffg.yaml b/examples/services/vnffg/vnffg.yaml
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Erik Schilling
+# 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.
+
+nsd:nsd-catalog:
+    nsd:
+    -   id: vnffg-example
+        short-name: vnffg-example
+        name: vnffg-example
+        constituent-vnfd:
+        -   member-vnf-index: 1
+            vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+        -   member-vnf-index: 2
+            vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+        -   member-vnf-index: 3
+            vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+        ip-profiles:
+        -   description: Inter VNF Link
+            ip-profile-params:
+                gateway-address: 10.0.0.210
+                ip-version: ipv4
+                subnet-address: 10.0.0.0/24
+                dns-server:
+                -   address: 8.8.8.8
+                -   address: 8.8.8.9
+                dhcp-params:
+                  count: 200
+                  start-address: 10.0.0.1
+            name: ipprofileA
+        vld:
+            -   id: vld1
+                name: vld1-name
+                short-name: vld1-sname
+                type: ELAN
+                ip-profile-ref: ipprofileA
+                vnfd-connection-point-ref:
+                -   member-vnf-index-ref: 1
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    ip-address: 10.0.0.10
+                -   member-vnf-index-ref: 2
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    ip-address: 10.0.0.11
+                -   member-vnf-index-ref: 3
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    ip-address: 10.0.0.12
+        vnffgd:
+            -   id: vnffg1
+                name: vnffg1-name
+                short-name: vnffg1-sname
+                description: vnffg1-description
+                vendor: vnffg1-vendor
+                version: '1.0'
+                rsp:
+                -   id: rsp1
+                    name: rsp1-name
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref:
+                    -   member-vnf-index-ref: 2
+                        order: 0
+                        vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                        vnfd-ingress-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                        vnfd-egress-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    -   member-vnf-index-ref: 3
+                        order: 1
+                        vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                        vnfd-ingress-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                        vnfd-egress-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                classifier:
+                -   id: class1
+                    name: class1-name
+                    rsp-id-ref: rsp1
+                    member-vnf-index-ref: 1
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    match-attributes:
+                    -   id: match1
+                        ip-proto: 6 # TCP
+                        source-ip-address: 10.0.0.2
+                        destination-ip-address: 10.0.0.4
+                        source-port: 0
+                        destination-port: 80
+
diff --git a/examples/templates/vnffg-nsd.yaml b/examples/templates/vnffg-nsd.yaml
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Erik Schilling
+# 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.
+
+nsd:nsd-catalog:
+    nsd:
+    -   id: vnffg-example
+        short-name: vnffg-example
+        name: vnffg-example
+        constituent-vnfd:
+        -   member-vnf-index: 1
+            vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+        {% for i in range(2, n + 2) %}
+        -   member-vnf-index: {{ i }}
+            vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+        {% endfor %}
+        ip-profiles:
+        -   description: Inter VNF Link
+            ip-profile-params:
+                gateway-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.210
+                ip-version: ipv4
+                subnet-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.0/24
+                dns-server:
+                -   address: 8.8.8.8
+                -   address: 8.8.8.9
+                dhcp-params:
+                  count: 200
+                  start-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.1
+            name: ipprofileA
+        vld:
+            -   id: vld1
+                name: vld1-name
+                short-name: vld1-sname
+                type: ELAN
+                ip-profile-ref: ipprofileA
+                vnfd-connection-point-ref:
+                -   member-vnf-index-ref: 1
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    ip-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.2
+                {% for i in range(2, n + 2) %}
+                -   member-vnf-index-ref: {{ i }}
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    ip-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.{{ i + 1 }}
+                {% endfor %}
+        vnffgd:
+            -   id: vnffg1
+                name: vnffg1-name
+                short-name: vnffg1-sname
+                description: vnffg1-description
+                vendor: vnffg1-vendor
+                version: '1.0'
+                rsp:
+                -   id: rsp1
+                    name: rsp1-name
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref:
+                    {% for i in range(n) %}
+                    -   member-vnf-index-ref: {{ i + 2 }}
+                        order: {{ i }}
+                        vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                        vnfd-ingress-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                        vnfd-egress-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    {% endfor %}
+                classifier:
+                -   id: class1
+                    name: class1-name
+                    rsp-id-ref: rsp1
+                    member-vnf-index-ref: 1
+                    vnfd-id-ref: vnfd-traffic-view
+                    vnfd-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                    match-attributes:
+                    -   id: match1
+                        ip-proto: 6 # TCP
+                        source-ip-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.2
+                        destination-ip-address: 10.0.{{ subnet }}.{{ n + 2 }}
+                        source-port: 0
+                        destination-port: 80
+
diff --git a/examples/vnfs/vnffg/vnffg.yaml b/examples/vnfs/vnffg/vnffg.yaml
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Erik Schilling
+# 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.
+
+vnfd:vnfd-catalog:
+    vnfd:
+    -   id: vnfd-traffic-view
+        short-name: vnfd-traffic-view
+        name: vnfd-traffic-view
+        vdu:
+        -   id: vnfd-traffic-view-vdu
+            vm-flavor:
+                vcpu-count: 1
+                memory-mb: 256
+                storage-gb: 6
+            image: 'trafficdebug'
+            interface:
+            -   name: eth0
+                type: EXTERNAL
+                position: 0
+                external-connection-point-ref: eth0
+                virtual-interface:
+                    type: OM-MGMT
+                    bandwidth: '0'
+        mgmt-interface:
+            vdu-id: vnfd-traffic-view-vdu
+        connection-point:
+            -   name: eth0
+                type: VPORT