New README.rst and requirements.txt files, setup.py and Makefile updated
[osm/RO.git] / nfvo.py
diff --git a/nfvo.py b/nfvo.py
index e529d5f..14ec54f 100644 (file)
--- a/nfvo.py
+++ b/nfvo.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import imp
 #import json
 import yaml
 import utils
+import vim_thread
 from db_base import HTTP_Unauthorized, HTTP_Bad_Request, HTTP_Internal_Server_Error, HTTP_Not_Found,\
     HTTP_Conflict, HTTP_Method_Not_Allowed
 import console_proxy_thread as cli
@@ -38,14 +39,26 @@ import vimconn
 import logging
 import collections
 from db_base import db_base_Exception
+import nfvo_db
+from threading import Lock
+from time import time
 
 global global_config
 global vimconn_imported
 global logger
+global default_volume_size
+default_volume_size = '5' #size in GB
 
 
-vimconn_imported={} #dictionary with VIM type as key, loaded module as value
+vimconn_imported = {}   # dictionary with VIM type as key, loaded module as value
+vim_threads = {"running":{}, "deleting": {}, "names": []}      # threads running for attached-VIMs
+vim_persistent_info = {}
 logger = logging.getLogger('openmano.nfvo')
+task_lock = Lock()
+task_dict = {}
+last_task_id = 0.0
+db=None
+db_lock=Lock()
 
 class NfvoException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message, http_code):
@@ -53,6 +66,102 @@ class NfvoException(Exception):
         Exception.__init__(self, message)
 
 
+def get_task_id():
+    global last_task_id
+    task_id = time()
+    if task_id <= last_task_id:
+        task_id = last_task_id + 0.000001
+    last_task_id = task_id
+    return "TASK.{:.6f}".format(task_id)
+
+
+def new_task(name, params, store=True, depends=None):
+    task_id = get_task_id()
+    task = {"status": "enqueued", "id": task_id, "name": name, "params": params}
+    if depends:
+        task["depends"] = depends
+    if store:
+        task_dict[task_id] = task
+    return task
+
+
+def is_task_id(id):
+    return True if id[:5] == "TASK." else False
+
+
+def get_non_used_vim_name(datacenter_name, datacenter_id, tenant_name, tenant_id):
+    name = datacenter_name[:16]
+    if name not in vim_threads["names"]:
+        vim_threads["names"].append(name)
+        return name
+    name = datacenter_name[:16] + "." + tenant_name[:16]
+    if name not in vim_threads["names"]:
+        vim_threads["names"].append(name)
+        return name
+    name = datacenter_id + "-" + tenant_id
+    vim_threads["names"].append(name)
+    return name
+
+
+def start_service(mydb):
+    global db, global_config
+    db = nfvo_db.nfvo_db()
+    db.connect(global_config['db_host'], global_config['db_user'], global_config['db_passwd'], global_config['db_name'])
+    from_= 'tenants_datacenters as td join datacenters as d on td.datacenter_id=d.uuid join datacenter_tenants as dt on td.datacenter_tenant_id=dt.uuid'
+    select_ = ('type','d.config as config','d.uuid as datacenter_id', 'vim_url', 'vim_url_admin', 'd.name as datacenter_name',
+                   'dt.uuid as datacenter_tenant_id','dt.vim_tenant_name as vim_tenant_name','dt.vim_tenant_id as vim_tenant_id',
+                   'user','passwd', 'dt.config as dt_config', 'nfvo_tenant_id')
+    try:
+        vims = mydb.get_rows(FROM=from_, SELECT=select_)
+        for vim in vims:
+            extra={'datacenter_tenant_id': vim.get('datacenter_tenant_id')}
+            if vim["config"]:
+                extra.update(yaml.load(vim["config"]))
+            if vim.get('dt_config'):
+                extra.update(yaml.load(vim["dt_config"]))
+            if vim["type"] not in vimconn_imported:
+                module_info=None
+                try:
+                    module = "vimconn_" + vim["type"]
+                    module_info = imp.find_module(module)
+                    vim_conn = imp.load_module(vim["type"], *module_info)
+                    vimconn_imported[vim["type"]] = vim_conn
+                except (IOError, ImportError) as e:
+                    if module_info and module_info[0]:
+                        file.close(module_info[0])
+                    raise NfvoException("Unknown vim type '{}'. Can not open file '{}.py'; {}: {}".format(
+                        vim["type"], module, type(e).__name__, str(e)), HTTP_Bad_Request)
+
+            thread_id = vim["datacenter_id"] + "." + vim['nfvo_tenant_id']
+            vim_persistent_info[thread_id] = {}
+            try:
+                #if not tenant:
+                #    return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "You must provide a valid tenant name or uuid for VIM  %s" % ( vim["type"])
+                myvim = vimconn_imported[ vim["type"] ].vimconnector(
+                    uuid=vim['datacenter_id'], name=vim['datacenter_name'],
+                    tenant_id=vim['vim_tenant_id'], tenant_name=vim['vim_tenant_name'],
+                    url=vim['vim_url'], url_admin=vim['vim_url_admin'],
+                    user=vim['user'], passwd=vim['passwd'],
+                    config=extra, persistent_info=vim_persistent_info[thread_id]
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise NfvoException("Error at VIM  {}; {}: {}".format(vim["type"], type(e).__name__, str(e)), HTTP_Internal_Server_Error)
+            thread_name = get_non_used_vim_name(vim['datacenter_name'], vim['vim_tenant_id'], vim['vim_tenant_name'], vim['vim_tenant_id'])
+            new_thread = vim_thread.vim_thread(myvim, task_lock, thread_name, vim['datacenter_name'],
+                                               vim.get('datacenter_tenant_id'), db=db, db_lock=db_lock)
+            new_thread.start()
+            vim_threads["running"][thread_id] = new_thread
+    except db_base_Exception as e:
+        raise NfvoException(str(e) + " at nfvo.get_vim", e.http_code)
+
+
+def stop_service():
+    for thread_id,thread in vim_threads["running"].items():
+        thread.insert_task(new_task("exit", None, store=False))
+        vim_threads["deleting"][thread_id] = thread
+    vim_threads["running"] = {}
+
+
 def get_flavorlist(mydb, vnf_id, nfvo_tenant=None):
     '''Obtain flavorList
     return result, content:
@@ -63,7 +172,7 @@ def get_flavorlist(mydb, vnf_id, nfvo_tenant=None):
     WHERE_dict['vnf_id'] = vnf_id
     if nfvo_tenant is not None:
         WHERE_dict['nfvo_tenant_id'] = nfvo_tenant
-    
+
     #result, content = mydb.get_table(FROM='vms join vnfs on vms.vnf_id = vnfs.uuid',SELECT=('uuid'),WHERE=WHERE_dict )
     #result, content = mydb.get_table(FROM='vms',SELECT=('vim_flavor_id',),WHERE=WHERE_dict )
     flavors = mydb.get_rows(FROM='vms join flavors on vms.flavor_id=flavors.uuid',SELECT=('flavor_id',),WHERE=WHERE_dict )
@@ -74,6 +183,7 @@ def get_flavorlist(mydb, vnf_id, nfvo_tenant=None):
         flavorList.append(flavor['flavor_id'])
     return flavorList
 
+
 def get_imagelist(mydb, vnf_id, nfvo_tenant=None):
     '''Obtain imageList
     return result, content:
@@ -84,7 +194,7 @@ def get_imagelist(mydb, vnf_id, nfvo_tenant=None):
     WHERE_dict['vnf_id'] = vnf_id
     if nfvo_tenant is not None:
         WHERE_dict['nfvo_tenant_id'] = nfvo_tenant
-    
+
     #result, content = mydb.get_table(FROM='vms join vnfs on vms-vnf_id = vnfs.uuid',SELECT=('uuid'),WHERE=WHERE_dict )
     images = mydb.get_rows(FROM='vms join images on vms.image_id=images.uuid',SELECT=('image_id',),WHERE=WHERE_dict )
     imageList=[]
@@ -92,10 +202,11 @@ def get_imagelist(mydb, vnf_id, nfvo_tenant=None):
         imageList.append(image['image_id'])
     return imageList
 
+
 def get_vim(mydb, nfvo_tenant=None, datacenter_id=None, datacenter_name=None, datacenter_tenant_id=None,
             vim_tenant=None, vim_tenant_name=None, vim_user=None, vim_passwd=None):
     '''Obtain a dictionary of VIM (datacenter) classes with some of the input parameters
-    return dictionary with {datacenter_id: vim_class, ... }. vim_class contain: 
+    return dictionary with {datacenter_id: vim_class, ... }. vim_class contain:
             'nfvo_tenant_id','datacenter_id','vim_tenant_id','vim_url','vim_url_admin','datacenter_name','type','user','passwd'
         raise exception upon error
     '''
@@ -135,26 +246,35 @@ def get_vim(mydb, nfvo_tenant=None, datacenter_id=None, datacenter_name=None, da
                         file.close(module_info[0])
                     raise NfvoException("Unknown vim type '{}'. Can not open file '{}.py'; {}: {}".format(
                                             vim["type"], module, type(e).__name__, str(e)), HTTP_Bad_Request)
-    
+
             try:
+                if 'nfvo_tenant_id' in vim:
+                    thread_id = vim["datacenter_id"] + "." + vim['nfvo_tenant_id']
+                    if thread_id not in vim_persistent_info:
+                        vim_persistent_info[thread_id] = {}
+                    persistent_info = vim_persistent_info[thread_id]
+                else:
+                    persistent_info = {}
                 #if not tenant:
                 #    return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "You must provide a valid tenant name or uuid for VIM  %s" % ( vim["type"])
                 vim_dict[ vim['datacenter_id'] ] = vimconn_imported[ vim["type"] ].vimconnector(
                                 uuid=vim['datacenter_id'], name=vim['datacenter_name'],
-                                tenant_id=vim.get('vim_tenant_id',vim_tenant), tenant_name=vim.get('vim_tenant_name',vim_tenant_name),
-                                url=vim['vim_url'], url_admin=vim['vim_url_admin'], 
+                                tenant_id=vim.get('vim_tenant_id',vim_tenant),
+                                tenant_name=vim.get('vim_tenant_name',vim_tenant_name),
+                                url=vim['vim_url'], url_admin=vim['vim_url_admin'],
                                 user=vim.get('user',vim_user), passwd=vim.get('passwd',vim_passwd),
-                                config=extra
+                                config=extra, persistent_info=persistent_info
                         )
             except Exception as e:
                 raise NfvoException("Error at VIM  {}; {}: {}".format(vim["type"], type(e).__name__, str(e)), HTTP_Internal_Server_Error)
         return vim_dict
     except db_base_Exception as e:
         raise NfvoException(str(e) + " at nfvo.get_vim", e.http_code)
-    
+
+
 def rollback(mydb,  vims, rollback_list):
     undeleted_items=[]
-    #delete things by reverse order 
+    #delete things by reverse order
     for i in range(len(rollback_list)-1, -1, -1):
         item = rollback_list[i]
         if item["where"]=="vim":
@@ -177,7 +297,7 @@ def rollback(mydb,  vims, rollback_list):
                 undeleted_items.append("{} {} from VIM {}".format(item['what'], item["uuid"], vim["name"]))
             except db_base_Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Error in rollback. Not possible to delete %s '%s' from DB.datacenters Message: %s", item['what'], item["uuid"], str(e))
-                        
+
         else: # where==mano
             try:
                 if item["what"]=="image":
@@ -187,75 +307,125 @@ def rollback(mydb,  vims, rollback_list):
             except db_base_Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Error in rollback. Not possible to delete %s '%s' from DB. Message: %s", item['what'], item["uuid"], str(e))
                 undeleted_items.append("{} '{}'".format(item['what'], item["uuid"]))
-    if len(undeleted_items)==0: 
+    if len(undeleted_items)==0:
         return True," Rollback successful."
     else:
         return False," Rollback fails to delete: " + str(undeleted_items)
-  
-def check_vnf_descriptor(vnf_descriptor):
+
+
+def check_vnf_descriptor(vnf_descriptor, vnf_descriptor_version=1):
     global global_config
-    #create a dictionary with vnfc-name: vnfc:interface-list  key:values pairs 
+    #create a dictionary with vnfc-name: vnfc:interface-list  key:values pairs
     vnfc_interfaces={}
     for vnfc in vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["VNFC"]:
-        name_list = []
+        name_dict = {}
         #dataplane interfaces
         for numa in vnfc.get("numas",() ):
             for interface in numa.get("interfaces",()):
-                if interface["name"] in name_list:
-                    raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:VNFC[name:'{}']:numas:interfaces:name, interface name '{}' already used in this VNFC"\
-                                        .format(vnfc["name"], interface["name"]), 
-                                        HTTP_Bad_Request) 
-                name_list.append( interface["name"] )
+                if interface["name"] in name_dict:
+                    raise NfvoException(
+                        "Error at vnf:VNFC[name:'{}']:numas:interfaces:name, interface name '{}' already used in this VNFC".format(
+                            vnfc["name"], interface["name"]),
+                        HTTP_Bad_Request)
+                name_dict[ interface["name"] ] = "underlay"
         #bridge interfaces
         for interface in vnfc.get("bridge-ifaces",() ):
-            if interface["name"] in name_list:
-                raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:VNFC[name:'{}']:bridge-ifaces:name, interface name '{}' already used in this VNFC"\
-                                    .format(vnfc["name"], interface["name"]),
-                                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            name_list.append( interface["name"] ) 
-        vnfc_interfaces[ vnfc["name"] ] = name_list
-    
+            if interface["name"] in name_dict:
+                raise NfvoException(
+                    "Error at vnf:VNFC[name:'{}']:bridge-ifaces:name, interface name '{}' already used in this VNFC".format(
+                        vnfc["name"], interface["name"]),
+                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            name_dict[ interface["name"] ] = "overlay"
+        vnfc_interfaces[ vnfc["name"] ] = name_dict
+        # check bood-data info
+        if "boot-data" in vnfc:
+            # check that user-data is incompatible with users and config-files
+            if (vnfc["boot-data"].get("users") or vnfc["boot-data"].get("config-files")) and vnfc["boot-data"].get("user-data"):
+                raise NfvoException(
+                    "Error at vnf:VNFC:boot-data, fields 'users' and 'config-files' are not compatible with 'user-data'",
+                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
+
     #check if the info in external_connections matches with the one in the vnfcs
     name_list=[]
     for external_connection in vnf_descriptor["vnf"].get("external-connections",() ):
         if external_connection["name"] in name_list:
-            raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:external-connections:name, value '{}' already used as an external-connection"\
-                                .format(external_connection["name"]),
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            raise NfvoException(
+                "Error at vnf:external-connections:name, value '{}' already used as an external-connection".format(
+                    external_connection["name"]),
+                HTTP_Bad_Request)
         name_list.append(external_connection["name"])
         if external_connection["VNFC"] not in vnfc_interfaces:
-            raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:external-connections[name:'{}']:VNFC, value '{}' does not match any VNFC"\
-                                .format(external_connection["name"], external_connection["VNFC"]),
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            
+            raise NfvoException(
+                "Error at vnf:external-connections[name:'{}']:VNFC, value '{}' does not match any VNFC".format(
+                    external_connection["name"], external_connection["VNFC"]),
+                HTTP_Bad_Request)
+
         if external_connection["local_iface_name"] not in vnfc_interfaces[ external_connection["VNFC"] ]:
-            raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:external-connections[name:'{}']:local_iface_name, value '{}' does not match any interface of this VNFC"\
-                                .format(external_connection["name"], external_connection["local_iface_name"]),
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request )
-    
+            raise NfvoException(
+                "Error at vnf:external-connections[name:'{}']:local_iface_name, value '{}' does not match any interface of this VNFC".format(
+                    external_connection["name"],
+                    external_connection["local_iface_name"]),
+                HTTP_Bad_Request )
+
     #check if the info in internal_connections matches with the one in the vnfcs
     name_list=[]
     for internal_connection in vnf_descriptor["vnf"].get("internal-connections",() ):
         if internal_connection["name"] in name_list:
-            raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:internal-connections:name, value '%s' already used as an internal-connection"\
-                                .format(internal_connection["name"]),
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            raise NfvoException(
+                "Error at vnf:internal-connections:name, value '%s' already used as an internal-connection".format(
+                    internal_connection["name"]),
+                HTTP_Bad_Request)
         name_list.append(internal_connection["name"])
         #We should check that internal-connections of type "ptp" have only 2 elements
-        if len(internal_connection["elements"])>2 and internal_connection["type"] == "ptp":
-            raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements, size must be 2 for a type:'ptp'"\
-                                .format(internal_connection["name"]),
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request)
+
+        if len(internal_connection["elements"])>2 and (internal_connection.get("type") == "ptp" or internal_connection.get("type") == "e-line"):
+            raise NfvoException(
+                "Error at 'vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements', size must be 2 for a '{}' type. Consider change it to '{}' type".format(
+                    internal_connection["name"],
+                    'ptp' if vnf_descriptor_version==1 else 'e-line',
+                    'data' if vnf_descriptor_version==1 else "e-lan"),
+                HTTP_Bad_Request)
         for port in internal_connection["elements"]:
-            if port["VNFC"] not in vnfc_interfaces:
-                raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements[]:VNFC, value '{}' does not match any VNFC"\
-                                    .format(internal_connection["name"], port["VNFC"]),
-                                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            if port["local_iface_name"] not in vnfc_interfaces[ port["VNFC"] ]:
-                raise NfvoException("Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements[]:local_iface_name, value '{}' does not match any interface of this VNFC"\
-                                    .format(internal_connection["name"], port["local_iface_name"]),
-                                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
-                return -HTTP_Bad_Request, 
+            vnf = port["VNFC"]
+            iface = port["local_iface_name"]
+            if vnf not in vnfc_interfaces:
+                raise NfvoException(
+                    "Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements[]:VNFC, value '{}' does not match any VNFC".format(
+                        internal_connection["name"], vnf),
+                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            if iface not in vnfc_interfaces[ vnf ]:
+                raise NfvoException(
+                    "Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements[]:local_iface_name, value '{}' does not match any interface of this VNFC".format(
+                        internal_connection["name"], iface),
+                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
+                return -HTTP_Bad_Request,
+            if vnf_descriptor_version==1 and "type" not in internal_connection:
+                if vnfc_interfaces[vnf][iface] == "overlay":
+                    internal_connection["type"] = "bridge"
+                else:
+                    internal_connection["type"] = "data"
+            if vnf_descriptor_version==2 and "implementation" not in internal_connection:
+                if vnfc_interfaces[vnf][iface] == "overlay":
+                    internal_connection["implementation"] = "overlay"
+                else:
+                    internal_connection["implementation"] = "underlay"
+            if (internal_connection.get("type") == "data" or internal_connection.get("type") == "ptp" or \
+                internal_connection.get("implementation") == "underlay") and vnfc_interfaces[vnf][iface] == "overlay":
+                raise NfvoException(
+                    "Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements[]:{}, interface of type {} connected to an {} network".format(
+                        internal_connection["name"],
+                        iface, 'bridge' if vnf_descriptor_version==1 else 'overlay',
+                        'data' if vnf_descriptor_version==1 else 'underlay'),
+                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            if (internal_connection.get("type") == "bridge" or internal_connection.get("implementation") == "overlay") and \
+                vnfc_interfaces[vnf][iface] == "underlay":
+                raise NfvoException(
+                    "Error at vnf:internal-connections[name:'{}']:elements[]:{}, interface of type {} connected to an {} network".format(
+                        internal_connection["name"], iface,
+                        'data' if vnf_descriptor_version==1 else 'underlay',
+                        'bridge' if vnf_descriptor_version==1 else 'overlay'),
+                    HTTP_Bad_Request)
+
 
 def create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vim=False, return_on_error = None):
     #look if image exist
@@ -264,18 +434,19 @@ def create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vi
         if return_on_error == None:
             return_on_error = True
     else:
-        if image_dict['location'] is not None:
+        if image_dict['location']:
             images = mydb.get_rows(FROM="images", WHERE={'location':image_dict['location'], 'metadata':image_dict['metadata']})
         else:
             images = mydb.get_rows(FROM="images", WHERE={'universal_name':image_dict['universal_name'], 'checksum':image_dict['checksum']})
         if len(images)>=1:
             image_mano_id = images[0]['uuid']
         else:
-            #create image
+            #create image in MANO DB
             temp_image_dict={'name':image_dict['name'],         'description':image_dict.get('description',None),
                             'location':image_dict['location'],  'metadata':image_dict.get('metadata',None),
                             'universal_name':image_dict['universal_name'] , 'checksum':image_dict['checksum']
                             }
+            #temp_image_dict['location'] = image_dict.get('new_location') if image_dict['location'] is None
             image_mano_id = mydb.new_row('images', temp_image_dict, add_uuid=True)
             rollback_list.append({"where":"mano", "what":"image","uuid":image_mano_id})
     #create image at every vim
@@ -288,30 +459,38 @@ def create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vi
             if image_dict['location'] is not None:
                 image_vim_id = vim.get_image_id_from_path(image_dict['location'])
             else:
-                filter_dict={}
-                filter_dict['name']=image_dict['universal_name']
-                filter_dict['checksum']=image_dict['checksum']
+                filter_dict = {}
+                filter_dict['name'] = image_dict['universal_name']
+                if image_dict.get('checksum') != None:
+                    filter_dict['checksum'] = image_dict['checksum']
                 #logger.debug('>>>>>>>> Filter dict: %s', str(filter_dict))
                 vim_images = vim.get_image_list(filter_dict)
+                #logger.debug('>>>>>>>> VIM images: %s', str(vim_images))
                 if len(vim_images) > 1:
-                    raise NfvoException("More than one candidate VIM image found for filter: " + str(filter_dict), HTTP_Conflict)
+                    raise vimconn.vimconnException("More than one candidate VIM image found for filter: {}".format(str(filter_dict)), HTTP_Conflict)
                 elif len(vim_images) == 0:
-                    raise NfvoException("Image not found at VIM with filter: '%s'", str(filter_dict))
+                    raise vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException("Image not found at VIM with filter: '{}'".format(str(filter_dict)))
                 else:
-                    image_vim_id = vim_images[0].id
+                    #logger.debug('>>>>>>>> VIM image 0: %s', str(vim_images[0]))
+                    image_vim_id = vim_images[0]['id']
 
         except vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException as e:
-            #Create the image in VIM
-            try: 
-                image_vim_id = vim.new_image(image_dict)
-                rollback_list.append({"where":"vim", "vim_id": vim_id, "what":"image","uuid":image_vim_id})
-                image_created="true"
+            #Create the image in VIM only if image_dict['location'] or image_dict['new_location'] is not None
+            try:
+                #image_dict['location']=image_dict.get('new_location') if image_dict['location'] is None
+                if image_dict['location']:
+                    image_vim_id = vim.new_image(image_dict)
+                    rollback_list.append({"where":"vim", "vim_id": vim_id, "what":"image","uuid":image_vim_id})
+                    image_created="true"
+                else:
+                    #If we reach this point, then the image has image name, and optionally checksum, and could not be found
+                    raise vimconn.vimconnException(str(e))
             except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
                 if return_on_error:
-                    logger.error("Error creating image at VIM: %s", str(e))
+                    logger.error("Error creating image at VIM '%s': %s", vim["name"], str(e))
                     raise
                 image_vim_id = None
-                logger.warn("Error creating image at VIM: %s", str(e))
+                logger.warn("Error creating image at VIM '%s': %s", vim["name"], str(e))
                 continue
         except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
             if return_on_error:
@@ -319,7 +498,7 @@ def create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vi
                 raise
             logger.warn("Error contacting VIM to know if the image exists at VIM: %s", str(e))
             image_vim_id = None
-            continue    
+            continue
         #if we reach here, the image has been created or existed
         if len(image_db)==0:
             #add new vim_id at datacenters_images
@@ -327,9 +506,10 @@ def create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vi
         elif image_db[0]["vim_id"]!=image_vim_id:
             #modify existing vim_id at datacenters_images
             mydb.update_rows('datacenters_images', UPDATE={'vim_id':image_vim_id}, WHERE={'datacenter_id':vim_id, 'image_id':image_mano_id})
-            
+
     return image_vim_id if only_create_at_vim else image_mano_id
 
+
 def create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vim=False, return_on_error = None):
     temp_flavor_dict= {'disk':flavor_dict.get('disk',1),
             'ram':flavor_dict.get('ram'),
@@ -363,16 +543,17 @@ def create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_
                     image_dict['universal_name']=device.get('image name')
                     image_dict['description']=flavor_dict['name']+str(dev_nb)+"-img"
                     image_dict['location']=device.get('image')
+                    #image_dict['new_location']=vnfc.get('image location')
                     image_dict['checksum']=device.get('image checksum')
                     image_metadata_dict = device.get('image metadata', None)
                     image_metadata_str = None
-                    if image_metadata_dict != None: 
+                    if image_metadata_dict != None:
                         image_metadata_str = yaml.safe_dump(image_metadata_dict,default_flow_style=True,width=256)
                     image_dict['metadata']=image_metadata_str
                     image_id = create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list)
                     #print "Additional disk image id for VNFC %s: %s" % (flavor_dict['name']+str(dev_nb)+"-img", image_id)
                     dev_image_list.append(image_id)
-                    dev_nb += 1                
+                    dev_nb += 1
             temp_flavor_dict['name'] = flavor_dict['name']
             temp_flavor_dict['description'] = flavor_dict.get('description',None)
             content = mydb.new_row('flavors', temp_flavor_dict, add_uuid=True)
@@ -392,12 +573,14 @@ def create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_
         #    print "Error contacting VIM to know if the flavor %s existed previously." %flavor_vim_id
         #    continue
         #elif res_vim==0:
-    
+
         #Create the flavor in VIM
         #Translate images at devices from MANO id to VIM id
+        disk_list = []
         if 'extended' in flavor_dict and flavor_dict['extended']!=None and "devices" in flavor_dict['extended']:
             #make a copy of original devices
             devices_original=[]
+
             for device in flavor_dict["extended"].get("devices",[]):
                 dev={}
                 dev.update(device)
@@ -409,22 +592,29 @@ def create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_
             dev_nb=0
             for index in range(0,len(devices_original)) :
                 device=devices_original[index]
-                if "image" not in device or "image name" not in device:
+                if "image" not in device and "image name" not in device:
+                    if 'size' in device:
+                        disk_list.append({'size': device.get('size', default_volume_size)})
                     continue
                 image_dict={}
                 image_dict['name']=device.get('image name',flavor_dict['name']+str(dev_nb)+"-img")
                 image_dict['universal_name']=device.get('image name')
                 image_dict['description']=flavor_dict['name']+str(dev_nb)+"-img"
                 image_dict['location']=device.get('image')
+                #image_dict['new_location']=device.get('image location')
                 image_dict['checksum']=device.get('image checksum')
                 image_metadata_dict = device.get('image metadata', None)
                 image_metadata_str = None
-                if image_metadata_dict != None: 
+                if image_metadata_dict != None:
                     image_metadata_str = yaml.safe_dump(image_metadata_dict,default_flow_style=True,width=256)
                 image_dict['metadata']=image_metadata_str
                 image_mano_id=create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vim=False, return_on_error=return_on_error )
                 image_dict["uuid"]=image_mano_id
                 image_vim_id=create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_vim=True, return_on_error=return_on_error)
+
+                #save disk information (image must be based on and size
+                disk_list.append({'image_id': image_vim_id, 'size': device.get('size', default_volume_size)})
+
                 flavor_dict["extended"]["devices"][index]['imageRef']=image_vim_id
                 dev_nb += 1
         if len(flavor_db)>0:
@@ -438,9 +628,16 @@ def create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_
         #create flavor at vim
         logger.debug("nfvo.create_or_use_flavor() adding flavor to VIM %s", vim["name"])
         try:
-            flavor_vim_id = vim.new_flavor(flavor_dict)
-            rollback_list.append({"where":"vim", "vim_id": vim_id, "what":"flavor","uuid":flavor_vim_id})
-            flavor_created="true"
+            flavor_vim_id = None
+            flavor_vim_id=vim.get_flavor_id_from_data(flavor_dict)
+            flavor_create="false"
+        except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
+            pass
+        try:
+            if not flavor_vim_id:
+                flavor_vim_id = vim.new_flavor(flavor_dict)
+                rollback_list.append({"where":"vim", "vim_id": vim_id, "what":"flavor","uuid":flavor_vim_id})
+                flavor_created="true"
         except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
             if return_on_error:
                 logger.error("Error creating flavor at VIM %s: %s.", vim["name"], str(e))
@@ -451,21 +648,30 @@ def create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, rollback_list, only_create_at_
         #if reach here the flavor has been create or exist
         if len(flavor_db)==0:
             #add new vim_id at datacenters_flavors
-            mydb.new_row('datacenters_flavors', {'datacenter_id':vim_id, 'flavor_id':flavor_mano_id, 'vim_id': flavor_vim_id, 'created':flavor_created})
+            extended_devices_yaml = None
+            if len(disk_list) > 0:
+                extended_devices = dict()
+                extended_devices['disks'] = disk_list
+                extended_devices_yaml = yaml.safe_dump(extended_devices,default_flow_style=True,width=256)
+            mydb.new_row('datacenters_flavors',
+                        {'datacenter_id':vim_id, 'flavor_id':flavor_mano_id, 'vim_id': flavor_vim_id,
+                        'created':flavor_created,'extended': extended_devices_yaml})
         elif flavor_db[0]["vim_id"]!=flavor_vim_id:
             #modify existing vim_id at datacenters_flavors
             mydb.update_rows('datacenters_flavors', UPDATE={'vim_id':flavor_vim_id}, WHERE={'datacenter_id':vim_id, 'flavor_id':flavor_mano_id})
-            
+
     return flavor_vim_id if only_create_at_vim else flavor_mano_id
 
+
 def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
     global global_config
-    
+
     # Step 1. Check the VNF descriptor
-    check_vnf_descriptor(vnf_descriptor)
+    check_vnf_descriptor(vnf_descriptor, vnf_descriptor_version=1)
     # Step 2. Check tenant exist
+    vims = {}
     if tenant_id != "any":
-        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id) 
+        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id)
         if "tenant_id" in vnf_descriptor["vnf"]:
             if vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["tenant_id"] != tenant_id:
                 raise NfvoException("VNF can not have a different tenant owner '{}', must be '{}'".format(vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["tenant_id"], tenant_id),
@@ -473,9 +679,8 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
         else:
             vnf_descriptor['vnf']['tenant_id'] = tenant_id
         # Step 3. Get the URL of the VIM from the nfvo_tenant and the datacenter
-        vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id)
-    else:
-        vims={}
+        if global_config["auto_push_VNF_to_VIMs"]:
+            vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id)
 
     # Step 4. Review the descriptor and add missing  fields
     #print vnf_descriptor
@@ -485,21 +690,11 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
     if "physical" in vnf_descriptor['vnf']:
         del vnf_descriptor['vnf']['physical']
     #print vnf_descriptor
-    # Step 5. Check internal connections
-    # TODO: to be moved to step 1????
-    internal_connections=vnf_descriptor['vnf'].get('internal_connections',[])
-    for ic in internal_connections:
-        if len(ic['elements'])>2 and ic['type']=='ptp':
-            raise NfvoException("Mismatch 'type':'ptp' with {} elements at 'vnf':'internal-conections'['name':'{}']. Change 'type' to 'data'".format(len(ic), ic['name']), 
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        elif len(ic['elements'])==2 and ic['type']=='data':
-            raise NfvoException("Mismatch 'type':'data' with 2 elements at 'vnf':'internal-conections'['name':'{}']. Change 'type' to 'ptp'".format(ic['name']),
-                                 HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        
-    # Step 6. For each VNFC in the descriptor, flavors and images are created in the VIM 
+
+    # Step 6. For each VNFC in the descriptor, flavors and images are created in the VIM
     logger.debug('BEGIN creation of VNF "%s"' % vnf_name)
     logger.debug("VNF %s: consisting of %d VNFC(s)" % (vnf_name,len(vnf_descriptor['vnf']['VNFC'])))
-    
+
     #For each VNFC, we add it to the VNFCDict and we  create a flavor.
     VNFCDict = {}     # Dictionary, key: VNFC name, value: dict with the relevant information to create the VNF and VMs in the MANO database
     rollback_list = []    # It will contain the new images created in mano. It is used for rollback
@@ -509,9 +704,9 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             VNFCitem={}
             VNFCitem["name"] = vnfc['name']
             VNFCitem["description"] = vnfc.get("description", 'VM %s of the VNF %s' %(vnfc['name'],vnf_name))
-            
+
             #print "Flavor name: %s. Description: %s" % (VNFCitem["name"]+"-flv", VNFCitem["description"])
-            
+
             myflavorDict = {}
             myflavorDict["name"] = vnfc['name']+"-flv"   #Maybe we could rename the flavor by using the field "image name" if exists
             myflavorDict["description"] = VNFCitem["description"]
@@ -519,15 +714,15 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             myflavorDict["vcpus"] = vnfc.get("vcpus", 0)
             myflavorDict["disk"] = vnfc.get("disk", 1)
             myflavorDict["extended"] = {}
-            
+
             devices = vnfc.get("devices")
             if devices != None:
                 myflavorDict["extended"]["devices"] = devices
-            
+
             # TODO:
             # Mapping from processor models to rankings should be available somehow in the NFVO. They could be taken from VIM or directly from a new database table
-            # Another option is that the processor in the VNF descriptor specifies directly the ranking of the host 
-            
+            # Another option is that the processor in the VNF descriptor specifies directly the ranking of the host
+
             # Previous code has been commented
             #if vnfc['processor']['model'] == "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4620 0 @ 2.20GHz" :
             #    myflavorDict["flavor"]['extended']['processor_ranking'] = 200
@@ -541,23 +736,23 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             #    else:
             #        return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "Error creating flavor: unknown processor model. Rollback fail: you need to access VIM and delete the following %s" % message
             myflavorDict['extended']['processor_ranking'] = 100  #Hardcoded value, while we decide when the mapping is done
-     
+
             if 'numas' in vnfc and len(vnfc['numas'])>0:
                 myflavorDict['extended']['numas'] = vnfc['numas']
 
             #print myflavorDict
-    
+
             # Step 6.2 New flavors are created in the VIM
             flavor_id = create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, myflavorDict, rollback_list)
 
             #print "Flavor id for VNFC %s: %s" % (vnfc['name'],flavor_id)
             VNFCitem["flavor_id"] = flavor_id
             VNFCDict[vnfc['name']] = VNFCitem
-            
+
         logger.debug("Creating new images in the VIM for each VNFC")
         # Step 6.3 New images are created in the VIM
         #For each VNFC, we must create the appropriate image.
-        #This "for" loop might be integrated with the previous one 
+        #This "for" loop might be integrated with the previous one
         #In case this integration is made, the VNFCDict might become a VNFClist.
         for vnfc in vnf_descriptor['vnf']['VNFC']:
             #print "Image name: %s. Description: %s" % (vnfc['name']+"-img", VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]['description'])
@@ -566,10 +761,11 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             image_dict['universal_name']=vnfc.get('image name')
             image_dict['description']=vnfc.get('image name', VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]['description'])
             image_dict['location']=vnfc.get('VNFC image')
+            #image_dict['new_location']=vnfc.get('image location')
             image_dict['checksum']=vnfc.get('image checksum')
             image_metadata_dict = vnfc.get('image metadata', None)
             image_metadata_str = None
-            if image_metadata_dict is not None: 
+            if image_metadata_dict is not None:
                 image_metadata_str = yaml.safe_dump(image_metadata_dict,default_flow_style=True,width=256)
             image_dict['metadata']=image_metadata_str
             #print "create_or_use_image", mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list
@@ -577,12 +773,14 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             #print "Image id for VNFC %s: %s" % (vnfc['name'],image_id)
             VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]["image_id"] = image_id
             VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]["image_path"] = vnfc.get('VNFC image')
+            if vnfc.get("boot-data"):
+                VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]["boot_data"] = yaml.safe_dump(vnfc["boot-data"], default_flow_style=True, width=256)
+
 
-            
         # Step 7. Storing the VNF descriptor in the repository
         if "descriptor" not in vnf_descriptor["vnf"]:
             vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["descriptor"] = yaml.safe_dump(vnf_descriptor, indent=4, explicit_start=True, default_flow_style=False)
-    
+
         # Step 8. Adding the VNF to the NFVO DB
         vnf_id = mydb.new_vnf_as_a_whole(tenant_id,vnf_name,vnf_descriptor,VNFCDict)
         return vnf_id
@@ -598,15 +796,17 @@ def new_vnf(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
         error_text += " {} {}. {}".format(type(e).__name__, str(e), message)
         #logger.error("start_scenario %s", error_text)
         raise NfvoException(error_text, e.http_code)
-        
+
+
 def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
     global global_config
-    
+
     # Step 1. Check the VNF descriptor
-    check_vnf_descriptor(vnf_descriptor)
+    check_vnf_descriptor(vnf_descriptor, vnf_descriptor_version=2)
     # Step 2. Check tenant exist
+    vims = {}
     if tenant_id != "any":
-        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id) 
+        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id)
         if "tenant_id" in vnf_descriptor["vnf"]:
             if vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["tenant_id"] != tenant_id:
                 raise NfvoException("VNF can not have a different tenant owner '{}', must be '{}'".format(vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["tenant_id"], tenant_id),
@@ -614,9 +814,8 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
         else:
             vnf_descriptor['vnf']['tenant_id'] = tenant_id
         # Step 3. Get the URL of the VIM from the nfvo_tenant and the datacenter
-        vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id)
-    else:
-        vims={}
+        if global_config["auto_push_VNF_to_VIMs"]:
+            vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id)
 
     # Step 4. Review the descriptor and add missing  fields
     #print vnf_descriptor
@@ -626,18 +825,11 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
     if "physical" in vnf_descriptor['vnf']:
         del vnf_descriptor['vnf']['physical']
     #print vnf_descriptor
-    # Step 5. Check internal connections
-    # TODO: to be moved to step 1????
-    internal_connections=vnf_descriptor['vnf'].get('internal_connections',[])
-    for ic in internal_connections:
-        if len(ic['elements'])>2 and ic['type']=='e-line':
-            raise NfvoException("Mismatch 'type':'e-line' with {} elements at 'vnf':'internal-conections'['name':'{}']. Change 'type' to 'e-lan'".format(len(ic), ic['name']), 
-                                HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        
-    # Step 6. For each VNFC in the descriptor, flavors and images are created in the VIM 
+
+    # Step 6. For each VNFC in the descriptor, flavors and images are created in the VIM
     logger.debug('BEGIN creation of VNF "%s"' % vnf_name)
     logger.debug("VNF %s: consisting of %d VNFC(s)" % (vnf_name,len(vnf_descriptor['vnf']['VNFC'])))
-    
+
     #For each VNFC, we add it to the VNFCDict and we  create a flavor.
     VNFCDict = {}     # Dictionary, key: VNFC name, value: dict with the relevant information to create the VNF and VMs in the MANO database
     rollback_list = []    # It will contain the new images created in mano. It is used for rollback
@@ -647,9 +839,9 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             VNFCitem={}
             VNFCitem["name"] = vnfc['name']
             VNFCitem["description"] = vnfc.get("description", 'VM %s of the VNF %s' %(vnfc['name'],vnf_name))
-            
+
             #print "Flavor name: %s. Description: %s" % (VNFCitem["name"]+"-flv", VNFCitem["description"])
-            
+
             myflavorDict = {}
             myflavorDict["name"] = vnfc['name']+"-flv"   #Maybe we could rename the flavor by using the field "image name" if exists
             myflavorDict["description"] = VNFCitem["description"]
@@ -657,15 +849,15 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             myflavorDict["vcpus"] = vnfc.get("vcpus", 0)
             myflavorDict["disk"] = vnfc.get("disk", 1)
             myflavorDict["extended"] = {}
-            
+
             devices = vnfc.get("devices")
             if devices != None:
                 myflavorDict["extended"]["devices"] = devices
-            
+
             # TODO:
             # Mapping from processor models to rankings should be available somehow in the NFVO. They could be taken from VIM or directly from a new database table
-            # Another option is that the processor in the VNF descriptor specifies directly the ranking of the host 
-            
+            # Another option is that the processor in the VNF descriptor specifies directly the ranking of the host
+
             # Previous code has been commented
             #if vnfc['processor']['model'] == "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4620 0 @ 2.20GHz" :
             #    myflavorDict["flavor"]['extended']['processor_ranking'] = 200
@@ -679,23 +871,23 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             #    else:
             #        return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "Error creating flavor: unknown processor model. Rollback fail: you need to access VIM and delete the following %s" % message
             myflavorDict['extended']['processor_ranking'] = 100  #Hardcoded value, while we decide when the mapping is done
-     
+
             if 'numas' in vnfc and len(vnfc['numas'])>0:
                 myflavorDict['extended']['numas'] = vnfc['numas']
 
             #print myflavorDict
-    
+
             # Step 6.2 New flavors are created in the VIM
             flavor_id = create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, myflavorDict, rollback_list)
 
             #print "Flavor id for VNFC %s: %s" % (vnfc['name'],flavor_id)
             VNFCitem["flavor_id"] = flavor_id
             VNFCDict[vnfc['name']] = VNFCitem
-            
+
         logger.debug("Creating new images in the VIM for each VNFC")
         # Step 6.3 New images are created in the VIM
         #For each VNFC, we must create the appropriate image.
-        #This "for" loop might be integrated with the previous one 
+        #This "for" loop might be integrated with the previous one
         #In case this integration is made, the VNFCDict might become a VNFClist.
         for vnfc in vnf_descriptor['vnf']['VNFC']:
             #print "Image name: %s. Description: %s" % (vnfc['name']+"-img", VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]['description'])
@@ -704,10 +896,11 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             image_dict['universal_name']=vnfc.get('image name')
             image_dict['description']=vnfc.get('image name', VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]['description'])
             image_dict['location']=vnfc.get('VNFC image')
+            #image_dict['new_location']=vnfc.get('image location')
             image_dict['checksum']=vnfc.get('image checksum')
             image_metadata_dict = vnfc.get('image metadata', None)
             image_metadata_str = None
-            if image_metadata_dict is not None: 
+            if image_metadata_dict is not None:
                 image_metadata_str = yaml.safe_dump(image_metadata_dict,default_flow_style=True,width=256)
             image_dict['metadata']=image_metadata_str
             #print "create_or_use_image", mydb, vims, image_dict, rollback_list
@@ -715,12 +908,13 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
             #print "Image id for VNFC %s: %s" % (vnfc['name'],image_id)
             VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]["image_id"] = image_id
             VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]["image_path"] = vnfc.get('VNFC image')
+            if vnfc.get("boot-data"):
+                VNFCDict[vnfc['name']]["boot_data"] = yaml.safe_dump(vnfc["boot-data"], default_flow_style=True, width=256)
 
-            
         # Step 7. Storing the VNF descriptor in the repository
         if "descriptor" not in vnf_descriptor["vnf"]:
             vnf_descriptor["vnf"]["descriptor"] = yaml.safe_dump(vnf_descriptor, indent=4, explicit_start=True, default_flow_style=False)
-    
+
         # Step 8. Adding the VNF to the NFVO DB
         vnf_id = mydb.new_vnf_as_a_whole2(tenant_id,vnf_name,vnf_descriptor,VNFCDict)
         return vnf_id
@@ -737,16 +931,17 @@ def new_vnf_v02(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_descriptor):
         #logger.error("start_scenario %s", error_text)
         raise NfvoException(error_text, e.http_code)
 
+
 def get_vnf_id(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_id):
     #check valid tenant_id
-    check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id) 
+    check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id)
     #obtain data
     where_or = {}
     if tenant_id != "any":
         where_or["tenant_id"] = tenant_id
         where_or["public"] = True
-    vnf = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('vnfs', vnf_id, "VNF", WHERE_OR=where_or, WHERE_AND_OR="AND") 
-    
+    vnf = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('vnfs', vnf_id, "VNF", WHERE_OR=where_or, WHERE_AND_OR="AND")
+
     vnf_id=vnf["uuid"]
     filter_keys = ('uuid','name','description','public', "tenant_id", "created_at")
     filtered_content = dict( (k,v) for k,v in vnf.iteritems() if k in filter_keys )
@@ -754,16 +949,21 @@ def get_vnf_id(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_id):
     data={'vnf' : filtered_content}
     #GET VM
     content = mydb.get_rows(FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id',
-            SELECT=('vms.uuid as uuid','vms.name as name', 'vms.description as description'), 
+            SELECT=('vms.uuid as uuid','vms.name as name', 'vms.description as description', 'boot_data'),
             WHERE={'vnfs.uuid': vnf_id} )
     if len(content)==0:
         raise NfvoException("vnf '{}' not found".format(vnf_id), HTTP_Not_Found)
+    # change boot_data into boot-data
+    for vm in content:
+        if vm.get("boot_data"):
+            vm["boot-data"] = yaml.safe_load(vm["boot_data"])
+            del vm["boot_data"]
 
     data['vnf']['VNFC'] = content
     #TODO: GET all the information from a VNFC and include it in the output.
-    
+
     #GET NET
-    content = mydb.get_rows(FROM='vnfs join nets on vnfs.uuid=nets.vnf_id', 
+    content = mydb.get_rows(FROM='vnfs join nets on vnfs.uuid=nets.vnf_id',
                                     SELECT=('nets.uuid as uuid','nets.name as name','nets.description as description', 'nets.type as type', 'nets.multipoint as multipoint'),
                                     WHERE={'vnfs.uuid': vnf_id} )
     data['vnf']['nets'] = content
@@ -777,19 +977,19 @@ def get_vnf_id(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_id):
             net["ip_profile"] = ipprofiles[0]
         elif len(ipprofiles)>1:
             raise NfvoException("More than one ip-profile found with this criteria: net_id='{}'".format(net['uuid']), HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        
-    
+
+
     #TODO: For each net, GET its elements and relevant info per element (VNFC, iface, ip_address) and include them in the output.
-     
+
     #GET External Interfaces
     content = mydb.get_rows(FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id join interfaces on vms.uuid=interfaces.vm_id',\
                                     SELECT=('interfaces.uuid as uuid','interfaces.external_name as external_name', 'vms.name as vm_name', 'interfaces.vm_id as vm_id', \
                                             'interfaces.internal_name as internal_name', 'interfaces.type as type', 'interfaces.vpci as vpci','interfaces.bw as bw'),\
-                                    WHERE={'vnfs.uuid': vnf_id}, 
+                                    WHERE={'vnfs.uuid': vnf_id},
                                     WHERE_NOT={'interfaces.external_name': None} )
     #print content
     data['vnf']['external-connections'] = content
-    
+
     return data
 
 
@@ -807,22 +1007,22 @@ def delete_vnf(mydb,tenant_id,vnf_id,datacenter=None,vim_tenant=None):
     if tenant_id != "any":
         where_or["tenant_id"] = tenant_id
         where_or["public"] = True
-    vnf = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('vnfs', vnf_id, "VNF", WHERE_OR=where_or, WHERE_AND_OR="AND") 
+    vnf = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('vnfs', vnf_id, "VNF", WHERE_OR=where_or, WHERE_AND_OR="AND")
     vnf_id = vnf["uuid"]
-    
+
     # "Getting the list of flavors and tenants of the VNF"
-    flavorList = get_flavorlist(mydb, vnf_id) 
+    flavorList = get_flavorlist(mydb, vnf_id)
     if len(flavorList)==0:
         logger.warn("delete_vnf error. No flavors found for the VNF id '%s'", vnf_id)
-    
+
     imageList = get_imagelist(mydb, vnf_id)
     if len(imageList)==0:
         logger.warn( "delete_vnf error. No images found for the VNF id '%s'", vnf_id)
-    
+
     deleted = mydb.delete_row_by_id('vnfs', vnf_id)
     if deleted == 0:
         raise NfvoException("vnf '{}' not found".format(vnf_id), HTTP_Not_Found)
-    
+
     undeletedItems = []
     for flavor in flavorList:
         #check if flavor is used by other vnf
@@ -854,7 +1054,7 @@ def delete_vnf(mydb,tenant_id,vnf_id,datacenter=None,vim_tenant=None):
             logger.error("delete_vnf_error. Not possible to get flavor details and delete '%s'. %s", flavor, str(e))
             undeletedItems.append("flavor %s" % flavor)
 
-        
+
     for image in imageList:
         try:
             #check if image is used by other vnf
@@ -886,9 +1086,10 @@ def delete_vnf(mydb,tenant_id,vnf_id,datacenter=None,vim_tenant=None):
             undeletedItems.append("image %s" % image)
 
     return vnf_id + " " + vnf["name"]
-    #if undeletedItems: 
+    #if undeletedItems:
     #    return "delete_vnf. Undeleted: %s" %(undeletedItems)
 
+
 def get_hosts_info(mydb, nfvo_tenant_id, datacenter_name=None):
     result, vims = get_vim(mydb, nfvo_tenant_id, None, datacenter_name)
     if result < 0:
@@ -902,6 +1103,7 @@ def get_hosts_info(mydb, nfvo_tenant_id, datacenter_name=None):
     topology = {'name':myvim['name'] , 'servers': servers}
     return result, topology
 
+
 def get_hosts(mydb, nfvo_tenant_id):
     vims = get_vim(mydb, nfvo_tenant_id)
     if len(vims) == 0:
@@ -919,24 +1121,25 @@ def get_hosts(mydb, nfvo_tenant_id):
             server={'name':host['name'], 'vms':[]}
             for vm in host['instances']:
                 #get internal name and model
-                try: 
+                try:
                     c = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('name',), FROM='instance_vms as iv join vms on iv.vm_id=vms.uuid',\
                         WHERE={'vim_vm_id':vm['id']} )
                     if len(c) == 0:
                         logger.warn("nfvo.get_hosts virtual machine at VIM '{}' not found at tidnfvo".format(vm['id']))
                         continue
                     server['vms'].append( {'name':vm['name'] , 'model':c[0]['name']} )
-                        
+
                 except db_base_Exception as e:
                     logger.warn("nfvo.get_hosts virtual machine at VIM '{}' error {}".format(vm['id'], str(e)))
             datacenter['Datacenters'][0]['servers'].append(server)
         #return -400, "en construccion"
-    
+
         #print 'datacenters '+ json.dumps(datacenter, indent=4)
         return datacenter
     except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
         raise NfvoException("Not possible to get_host_list from VIM: {}".format(str(e)), e.http_code)
 
+
 def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
 
 #    result, vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id)
@@ -944,7 +1147,7 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
 #        return result, vims
 #1: parse input
     if tenant_id != "any":
-        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id) 
+        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id)
         if "tenant_id" in topo:
             if topo["tenant_id"] != tenant_id:
                 raise NfvoException("VNF can not have a different tenant owner '{}', must be '{}'".format(topo["tenant_id"], tenant_id),
@@ -952,7 +1155,7 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
     else:
         tenant_id=None
 
-#1.1: get VNFs and external_networks (other_nets). 
+#1.1: get VNFs and external_networks (other_nets).
     vnfs={}
     other_nets={}  #external_networks, bridge_networks and data_networkds
     nodes = topo['topology']['nodes']
@@ -960,13 +1163,13 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
         if nodes[k]['type'] == 'VNF':
             vnfs[k] = nodes[k]
             vnfs[k]['ifaces'] = {}
-        elif nodes[k]['type'] == 'other_network' or nodes[k]['type'] == 'external_network': 
+        elif nodes[k]['type'] == 'other_network' or nodes[k]['type'] == 'external_network':
             other_nets[k] = nodes[k]
             other_nets[k]['external']=True
-        elif nodes[k]['type'] == 'network': 
+        elif nodes[k]['type'] == 'network':
             other_nets[k] = nodes[k]
             other_nets[k]['external']=False
-        
+
 
 #1.2: Check that VNF are present at database table vnfs. Insert uuid, description and external interfaces
     for name,vnf in vnfs.items():
@@ -982,10 +1185,10 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
             where['name'] = vnf['VNF model']
         if len(where) == 0:
             raise NfvoException("Descriptor need a 'vnf_id' or 'VNF model' field at " + error_pos, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        
+
         vnf_db = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('uuid','name','description'),
                                FROM='vnfs',
-                               WHERE=where, 
+                               WHERE=where,
                                WHERE_OR=where_or,
                                WHERE_AND_OR="AND")
         if len(vnf_db)==0:
@@ -995,8 +1198,8 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
         vnf['uuid']=vnf_db[0]['uuid']
         vnf['description']=vnf_db[0]['description']
         #get external interfaces
-        ext_ifaces = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('external_name as name','i.uuid as iface_uuid', 'i.type as type'), 
-            FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id join interfaces as i on vms.uuid=i.vm_id', 
+        ext_ifaces = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('external_name as name','i.uuid as iface_uuid', 'i.type as type'),
+            FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id join interfaces as i on vms.uuid=i.vm_id',
             WHERE={'vnfs.uuid':vnf['uuid']}, WHERE_NOT={'external_name':None} )
         for ext_iface in ext_ifaces:
             vnf['ifaces'][ ext_iface['name'] ] = {'uuid':ext_iface['iface_uuid'], 'type':ext_iface['type']}
@@ -1023,16 +1226,16 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
                 other_nets[k]["graph"] =   conections[k]["graph"]
             ifaces_list.append( (k, None) )
 
-        
+
         if con_type == "external_network":
             other_nets[k]['external'] = True
             if conections[k].get("model"):
                 other_nets[k]["model"] =   conections[k]["model"]
             else:
                 other_nets[k]["model"] =   k
-        if con_type == "dataplane_net" or con_type == "bridge_net": 
+        if con_type == "dataplane_net" or con_type == "bridge_net":
             other_nets[k]["model"] = con_type
-        
+
         conections_list_name.append(k)
         conections_list.append(set(ifaces_list)) #from list to set to operate as a set (this conversion removes elements that are repeated in a list)
         #print set(ifaces_list)
@@ -1060,7 +1263,7 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
         index += 1
     #for k in conections_list:
     #    print k
-    
+
 
 
 #1.6 Delete non external nets
@@ -1090,7 +1293,7 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
         else: #external
 #IF we do not want to check that external network exist at datacenter
             pass
-#ELSE    
+#ELSE
 #             error_text = ""
 #             WHERE_={}
 #             if 'net_id' in net:
@@ -1109,10 +1312,10 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
 #                 print "nfvo.new_scenario Error" +error_text+ " is not present at database"
 #                 return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "unknown " +error_text+ " at " + error_pos
 #             elif r>1:
-#                 print "nfvo.new_scenario Error more than one external_network for " +error_text+ " is present at database" 
-#                 return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "more than one external_network for " +error_text+ "at "+ error_pos + " Concrete with 'net_id'" 
+#                 print "nfvo.new_scenario Error more than one external_network for " +error_text+ " is present at database"
+#                 return -HTTP_Bad_Request, "more than one external_network for " +error_text+ "at "+ error_pos + " Concrete with 'net_id'"
 #             other_nets[k].update(net_db[0])
-#ENDIF    
+#ENDIF
     net_list={}
     net_nb=0  #Number of nets
     for con in conections_list:
@@ -1125,7 +1328,7 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
             for net_key in other_nets.keys():
                 if con[index][0]==net_key:
                     if other_net_index>=0:
-                        error_text="There is some interface connected both to net '%s' and net '%s'" % (con[other_net_index][0], net_key) 
+                        error_text="There is some interface connected both to net '%s' and net '%s'" % (con[other_net_index][0], net_key)
                         #print "nfvo.new_scenario " + error_text
                         raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
                     else:
@@ -1145,14 +1348,14 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
                             other_nets[net_target]["type"] =  "data"
                         else:
                             other_nets[net_target]["type"] =  "bridge"
-#ELSE    
+#ELSE
 #                 if other_nets[net_target]['external'] :
 #                     type_='data' if len(con)>1 else 'ptp'  #an external net is connected to a external port, so it is ptp if only one connection is done to this net
 #                     if type_=='data' and other_nets[net_target]['type']=="ptp":
 #                         error_text = "Error connecting %d nodes on a not multipoint net %s" % (len(con), net_target)
 #                         print "nfvo.new_scenario " + error_text
 #                         return -HTTP_Bad_Request, error_text
-#ENDIF    
+#ENDIF
                 for iface in con:
                     vnfs[ iface[0] ]['ifaces'][ iface[1] ]['net_key'] = net_target
             else:
@@ -1160,9 +1363,9 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
                 net_type_bridge=False
                 net_type_data=False
                 net_target = "__-__net"+str(net_nb)
-                net_list[net_target] = {'name': conections_list_name[net_nb],  #"net-"+str(net_nb), 
+                net_list[net_target] = {'name': conections_list_name[net_nb],  #"net-"+str(net_nb),
                     'description':"net-%s in scenario %s" %(net_nb,topo['name']),
-                    'external':False} 
+                    'external':False}
                 for iface in con:
                     vnfs[ iface[0] ]['ifaces'][ iface[1] ]['net_key'] = net_target
                     iface_type = vnfs[ iface[0] ]['ifaces'][ iface[1] ]['type']
@@ -1187,10 +1390,10 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
             raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
 
 #1.8: Connect to management net all not already connected interfaces of type 'mgmt'
-    #1.8.1 obtain management net 
+    #1.8.1 obtain management net
     mgmt_net = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('uuid','name','description','type','shared'),
         FROM='datacenter_nets', WHERE={'name':'mgmt'} )
-    #1.8.2 check all interfaces from all vnfs 
+    #1.8.2 check all interfaces from all vnfs
     if len(mgmt_net)>0:
         add_mgmt_net = False
         for vnf in vnfs.values():
@@ -1217,103 +1420,141 @@ def new_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, topo):
          'description':topo.get('description',topo['name']),
          'public': topo.get('public', False)
          })
-    
+
     return c
 
-def new_scenario_v02(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_dict):
+
+def new_scenario_v02(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_dict, version):
+    """ This creates a new scenario for version 0.2 and 0.3"""
     scenario = scenario_dict["scenario"]
     if tenant_id != "any":
-        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id) 
+        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id)
         if "tenant_id" in scenario:
             if scenario["tenant_id"] != tenant_id:
-                print "nfvo.new_scenario_v02() tenant '%s' not found" % tenant_id
+                print "nfvo.new_scenario_v02() tenant '%s' not found" % tenant_id
                 raise NfvoException("VNF can not have a different tenant owner '{}', must be '{}'".format(
                                                     scenario["tenant_id"], tenant_id), HTTP_Unauthorized)
     else:
         tenant_id=None
 
-#1: Check that VNF are present at database table vnfs and update content into scenario dict
+    # 1: Check that VNF are present at database table vnfs and update content into scenario dict
     for name,vnf in scenario["vnfs"].iteritems():
         where={}
         where_or={"tenant_id": tenant_id, 'public': "true"}
         error_text = ""
         error_pos = "'scenario':'vnfs':'" + name + "'"
         if 'vnf_id' in vnf:
-            error_text += " 'vnf_id' " +  vnf['vnf_id']
+            error_text += " 'vnf_id' " + vnf['vnf_id']
             where['uuid'] = vnf['vnf_id']
         if 'vnf_name' in vnf:
-            error_text += " 'vnf_name' " +  vnf['vnf_name']
+            error_text += " 'vnf_name' " + vnf['vnf_name']
             where['name'] = vnf['vnf_name']
         if len(where) == 0:
             raise NfvoException("Needed a 'vnf_id' or 'vnf_name' at " + error_pos, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        vnf_db = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('uuid','name','description'),
+        vnf_db = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('uuid', 'name', 'description'),
                                FROM='vnfs',
                                WHERE=where,
                                WHERE_OR=where_or,
                                WHERE_AND_OR="AND")
-        if len(vnf_db)==0:
+        if len(vnf_db) == 0:
             raise NfvoException("Unknown" + error_text + " at " + error_pos, HTTP_Not_Found)
-        elif len(vnf_db)>1:
+        elif len(vnf_db) > 1:
             raise NfvoException("More than one" + error_text + " at " + error_pos + " Concrete with 'vnf_id'", HTTP_Conflict)
-        vnf['uuid']=vnf_db[0]['uuid']
-        vnf['description']=vnf_db[0]['description']
+        vnf['uuid'] = vnf_db[0]['uuid']
+        vnf['description'] = vnf_db[0]['description']
         vnf['ifaces'] = {}
-        #get external interfaces
-        ext_ifaces = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('external_name as name','i.uuid as iface_uuid', 'i.type as type'), 
-            FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id join interfaces as i on vms.uuid=i.vm_id', 
-            WHERE={'vnfs.uuid':vnf['uuid']}, WHERE_NOT={'external_name':None} )
+        # get external interfaces
+        ext_ifaces = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('external_name as name', 'i.uuid as iface_uuid', 'i.type as type'),
+                                   FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id join interfaces as i on vms.uuid=i.vm_id',
+                                   WHERE={'vnfs.uuid':vnf['uuid']}, WHERE_NOT={'external_name': None} )
         for ext_iface in ext_ifaces:
-            vnf['ifaces'][ ext_iface['name'] ] = {'uuid':ext_iface['iface_uuid'], 'type':ext_iface['type']}
+            vnf['ifaces'][ ext_iface['name'] ] = {'uuid':ext_iface['iface_uuid'], 'type': ext_iface['type']}
+        # TODO? get internal-connections from db.nets and their profiles, and update scenario[vnfs][internal-connections] accordingly
 
-#2: Insert net_key at every vnf interface
-    for net_name,net in scenario["networks"].iteritems():
-        net_type_bridge=False
-        net_type_data=False
+    # 2: Insert net_key and ip_address at every vnf interface
+    for net_name, net in scenario["networks"].items():
+        net_type_bridge = False
+        net_type_data = False
         for iface_dict in net["interfaces"]:
-            for vnf,iface in iface_dict.iteritems():
+            if version == "0.2":
+                temp_dict = iface_dict
+                ip_address = None
+            elif version == "0.3":
+                temp_dict = {iface_dict["vnf"] : iface_dict["vnf_interface"]}
+                ip_address = iface_dict.get('ip_address', None)
+            for vnf, iface in temp_dict.items():
                 if vnf not in scenario["vnfs"]:
-                    error_text = "Error at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces' VNF '%s' not match any VNF at 'vnfs'" % (net_name, vnf)
-                    #print "nfvo.new_scenario_v02 " + error_text
+                    error_text = "Error at 'networks':'{}':'interfaces' VNF '{}' not match any VNF at 'vnfs'".format(
+                        net_name, vnf)
+                    # logger.debug("nfvo.new_scenario_v02 " + error_text)
                     raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Not_Found)
                 if iface not in scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces']:
-                    error_text = "Error at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces':'%s' interface not match any VNF interface" % (net_name, iface)
-                    #print "nfvo.new_scenario_v02 " + error_text
+                    error_text = "Error at 'networks':'{}':'interfaces':'{}' interface not match any VNF interface"\
+                        .format(net_name, iface)
+                    # logger.debug("nfvo.new_scenario_v02 " + error_text)
                     raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
                 if "net_key" in scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]:
-                    error_text = "Error at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces':'%s' interface already connected at network '%s'" \
-                                    % (net_name, iface,scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]['net_key'])
-                    #print "nfvo.new_scenario_v02 " + error_text
+                    error_text = "Error at 'networks':'{}':'interfaces':'{}' interface already connected at network"\
+                                 "'{}'".format(net_name, iface,scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]['net_key'])
+                    # logger.debug("nfvo.new_scenario_v02 " + error_text)
                     raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
                 scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][ iface ]['net_key'] = net_name
+                scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]['ip_address'] = ip_address
                 iface_type = scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]['type']
-                if iface_type=='mgmt' or iface_type=='bridge':
+                if iface_type == 'mgmt' or iface_type == 'bridge':
                     net_type_bridge = True
                 else:
                     net_type_data = True
+
         if net_type_bridge and net_type_data:
-            error_text = "Error connection interfaces of bridge type and data type at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces'" % (net_name)
-            #print "nfvo.new_scenario " + error_text
+            error_text = "Error connection interfaces of 'bridge' type and 'data' type at 'networks':'{}':'interfaces'"\
+                .format(net_name)
+            # logger.debug("nfvo.new_scenario " + error_text)
             raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
         elif net_type_bridge:
-            type_='bridge'
+            type_ = 'bridge'
         else:
-            type_='data' if len(net["interfaces"])>2 else 'ptp'
+            type_ = 'data' if len(net["interfaces"]) > 2 else 'ptp'
+
+        if net.get("implementation"):     # for v0.3
+            if type_ == "bridge" and net["implementation"] == "underlay":
+                error_text = "Error connecting interfaces of data type to a network declared as 'underlay' at "\
+                             "'network':'{}'".format(net_name)
+                # logger.debug(error_text)
+                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            elif type_ != "bridge" and net["implementation"] == "overlay":
+                error_text = "Error connecting interfaces of data type to a network declared as 'overlay' at "\
+                             "'network':'{}'".format(net_name)
+                # logger.debug(error_text)
+                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            net.pop("implementation")
+        if "type" in net and version == "0.3":   # for v0.3
+            if type_ == "data" and net["type"] == "e-line":
+                error_text = "Error connecting more than 2 interfaces of data type to a network declared as type "\
+                             "'e-line' at 'network':'{}'".format(net_name)
+                # logger.debug(error_text)
+                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
+            elif type_ == "ptp" and net["type"] == "e-lan":
+                type_ = "data"
+
         net['type'] = type_
         net['name'] = net_name
         net['external'] = net.get('external', False)
 
-#3: insert at database
+    # 3: insert at database
     scenario["nets"] = scenario["networks"]
     scenario['tenant_id'] = tenant_id
-    scenario_id = mydb.new_scenario( scenario)
+    scenario_id = mydb.new_scenario(scenario)
     return scenario_id
 
+
 def edit_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, data):
     data["uuid"] = scenario_id
     data["tenant_id"] = tenant_id
     c = mydb.edit_scenario( data )
     return c
 
+
 def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instance_scenario_description, datacenter=None,vim_tenant=None, startvms=True):
     #print "Checking that nfvo_tenant_id exists and getting the VIM URI and the VIM tenant_id"
     datacenter_id, myvim = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, vim_tenant=vim_tenant)
@@ -1330,17 +1571,17 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
         #print '================scenarioDict======================='
         #print json.dumps(scenarioDict, indent=4)
         #print 'BEGIN launching instance scenario "%s" based on "%s"' % (instance_scenario_name,scenarioDict['name'])
-    
+
         logger.debug("start_scenario Scenario %s: consisting of %d VNF(s)", scenarioDict['name'],len(scenarioDict['vnfs']))
         #print yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
-        
+
         auxNetDict = {}   #Auxiliar dictionary. First key:'scenario' or sce_vnf uuid. Second Key: uuid of the net/sce_net. Value: vim_net_id
         auxNetDict['scenario'] = {}
-        
+
         logger.debug("start_scenario 1. Creating new nets (sce_nets) in the VIM")
         for sce_net in scenarioDict['nets']:
             #print "Net name: %s. Description: %s" % (sce_net["name"], sce_net["description"])
-            
+
             myNetName = "%s.%s" % (instance_scenario_name, sce_net['name'])
             myNetName = myNetName[0:255] #limit length
             myNetType = sce_net['type']
@@ -1367,13 +1608,13 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
                     raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
                 logger.debug("Using existent VIM network for scenario %s. Network id %s", scenarioDict['name'],sce_net['vim_id'])
                 auxNetDict['scenario'][sce_net['uuid']] = sce_net['vim_id']
-        
+
         logger.debug("start_scenario 2. Creating new nets (vnf internal nets) in the VIM")
         #For each vnf net, we create it and we add it to instanceNetlist.
         for sce_vnf in scenarioDict['vnfs']:
             for net in sce_vnf['nets']:
                 #print "Net name: %s. Description: %s" % (net["name"], net["description"])
-                
+
                 myNetName = "%s.%s" % (instance_scenario_name,net['name'])
                 myNetName = myNetName[0:255] #limit length
                 myNetType = net['type']
@@ -1393,10 +1634,10 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
                 auxNetDict[sce_vnf['uuid']][net['uuid']] = network_id
                 rollbackList.append({'what':'network','where':'vim','vim_id':datacenter_id,'uuid':network_id})
                 net["created"] = True
-    
+
         #print "auxNetDict:"
         #print yaml.safe_dump(auxNetDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
-        
+
         logger.debug("start_scenario 3. Creating new vm instances in the VIM")
         #myvim.new_vminstance(self,vimURI,tenant_id,name,description,image_id,flavor_id,net_dict)
         i = 0
@@ -1405,27 +1646,27 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
                 i += 1
                 myVMDict = {}
                 #myVMDict['name'] = "%s-%s-%s" % (scenarioDict['name'],sce_vnf['name'], vm['name'])
-                myVMDict['name'] = "%s.%s.%d" % (instance_scenario_name,sce_vnf['name'],i)
+                myVMDict['name'] = "{}.{}.{}".format(instance_scenario_name,sce_vnf['name'],chr(96+i))
                 #myVMDict['description'] = vm['description']
                 myVMDict['description'] = myVMDict['name'][0:99]
                 if not startvms:
                     myVMDict['start'] = "no"
                 myVMDict['name'] = myVMDict['name'][0:255] #limit name length
                 #print "VM name: %s. Description: %s" % (myVMDict['name'], myVMDict['name'])
-                
+
                 #create image at vim in case it not exist
                 image_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name("images", vm['image_id'])
-                image_id = create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, [], True)                
+                image_id = create_or_use_image(mydb, vims, image_dict, [], True)
                 vm['vim_image_id'] = image_id
-                    
+
                 #create flavor at vim in case it not exist
                 flavor_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name("flavors", vm['flavor_id'])
                 if flavor_dict['extended']!=None:
                     flavor_dict['extended']= yaml.load(flavor_dict['extended'])
-                flavor_id = create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, [], True)                
+                flavor_id = create_or_use_flavor(mydb, vims, flavor_dict, [], True)
                 vm['vim_flavor_id'] = flavor_id
-    
-                
+
+
                 myVMDict['imageRef'] = vm['vim_image_id']
                 myVMDict['flavorRef'] = vm['vim_flavor_id']
                 myVMDict['networks'] = []
@@ -1464,6 +1705,10 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
                         netDict['vpci'] = iface['vpci']
                     if "mac" in iface and iface["mac"] is not None:
                         netDict['mac_address'] = iface['mac']
+                    if "port-security" in iface and iface["port-security"] is not None:
+                        netDict['port_security'] = iface['port-security']
+                    if "floating-ip" in iface and iface["floating-ip"] is not None:
+                        netDict['floating_ip'] = iface['floating-ip']
                     netDict['name'] = iface['internal_name']
                     if iface['net_id'] is None:
                         for vnf_iface in sce_vnf["interfaces"]:
@@ -1495,13 +1740,13 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
                             if net["name"]==iface["internal_name"]:
                                 iface["vim_id"]=net["vim_id"]
                                 break
-        
+
         logger.debug("start scenario Deployment done")
         #print yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
         #r,c = mydb.new_instance_scenario_as_a_whole(nfvo_tenant,scenarioDict['name'],scenarioDict)
         instance_id = mydb.new_instance_scenario_as_a_whole(tenant_id,instance_scenario_name, instance_scenario_description, scenarioDict)
         return mydb.get_instance_scenario(instance_id)
-    
+
     except (db_base_Exception, vimconn.vimconnException) as e:
         _, message = rollback(mydb, vims, rollbackList)
         if isinstance(e, db_base_Exception):
@@ -1512,9 +1757,35 @@ def start_scenario(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_id, instance_scenario_name, instanc
         #logger.error("start_scenario %s", error_text)
         raise NfvoException(error_text, e.http_code)
 
-def unify_cloud_config(cloud_config):
+
+def unify_cloud_config(cloud_config_preserve, cloud_config):
+    ''' join the cloud config information into cloud_config_preserve.
+    In case of conflict cloud_config_preserve preserves
+    None is admited
+    '''
+    if not cloud_config_preserve and not cloud_config:
+        return None
+
+    new_cloud_config = {"key-pairs":[], "users":[]}
+    # key-pairs
+    if cloud_config_preserve:
+        for key in cloud_config_preserve.get("key-pairs", () ):
+            if key not in new_cloud_config["key-pairs"]:
+                new_cloud_config["key-pairs"].append(key)
+    if cloud_config:
+        for key in cloud_config.get("key-pairs", () ):
+            if key not in new_cloud_config["key-pairs"]:
+                new_cloud_config["key-pairs"].append(key)
+    if not new_cloud_config["key-pairs"]:
+        del new_cloud_config["key-pairs"]
+
+    # users
+    if cloud_config:
+        new_cloud_config["users"] += cloud_config.get("users", () )
+    if cloud_config_preserve:
+        new_cloud_config["users"] += cloud_config_preserve.get("users", () )
     index_to_delete = []
-    users = cloud_config.get("users", [])
+    users = new_cloud_config.get("users", [])
     for index0 in range(0,len(users)):
         if index0 in index_to_delete:
             continue
@@ -1524,19 +1795,78 @@ def unify_cloud_config(cloud_config):
             if users[index0]["name"] == users[index1]["name"]:
                 index_to_delete.append(index1)
                 for key in users[index1].get("key-pairs",()):
-                    if "key-pairs" not in users[index0]: 
+                    if "key-pairs" not in users[index0]:
                         users[index0]["key-pairs"] = [key]
                     elif key not in users[index0]["key-pairs"]:
                         users[index0]["key-pairs"].append(key)
     index_to_delete.sort(reverse=True)
     for index in index_to_delete:
         del users[index]
+    if not new_cloud_config["users"]:
+        del new_cloud_config["users"]
+
+    #boot-data-drive
+    if cloud_config and cloud_config.get("boot-data-drive") != None:
+        new_cloud_config["boot-data-drive"] = cloud_config["boot-data-drive"]
+    if cloud_config_preserve and cloud_config_preserve.get("boot-data-drive") != None:
+        new_cloud_config["boot-data-drive"] = cloud_config_preserve["boot-data-drive"]
+
+    # user-data
+    if cloud_config and cloud_config.get("user-data") != None:
+        new_cloud_config["user-data"] = cloud_config["user-data"]
+    if cloud_config_preserve and cloud_config_preserve.get("user-data") != None:
+        new_cloud_config["user-data"] = cloud_config_preserve["user-data"]
+
+    # config files
+    new_cloud_config["config-files"] = []
+    if cloud_config and cloud_config.get("config-files") != None:
+        new_cloud_config["config-files"] += cloud_config["config-files"]
+    if cloud_config_preserve:
+        for file in cloud_config_preserve.get("config-files", ()):
+            for index in range(0, len(new_cloud_config["config-files"])):
+                if new_cloud_config["config-files"][index]["dest"] == file["dest"]:
+                    new_cloud_config["config-files"][index] = file
+                    break
+            else:
+                new_cloud_config["config-files"].append(file)
+    if not new_cloud_config["config-files"]:
+        del new_cloud_config["config-files"]
+    return new_cloud_config
+
+
+def get_vim_thread(tenant_id, datacenter_id_name=None, datacenter_tenant_id=None):
+    datacenter_id = None
+    datacenter_name = None
+    thread = None
+    if datacenter_id_name:
+        if utils.check_valid_uuid(datacenter_id_name):
+            datacenter_id = datacenter_id_name
+        else:
+            datacenter_name = datacenter_id_name
+    if datacenter_id:
+        thread = vim_threads["running"].get(datacenter_id + "." + tenant_id)
+    else:
+        for k, v in vim_threads["running"].items():
+            datacenter_tenant = k.split(".")
+            if datacenter_tenant[0] == datacenter_id and datacenter_tenant[1] == tenant_id:
+                if thread:
+                    raise NfvoException("More than one datacenters found, try to identify with uuid", HTTP_Conflict)
+                thread = v
+            elif not datacenter_id and datacenter_tenant[1] == tenant_id:
+                if thread.datacenter_name == datacenter_name:
+                    if thread:
+                        raise NfvoException("More than one datacenters found, try to identify with uuid", HTTP_Conflict)
+                    thread = v
+    if not thread:
+        raise NfvoException("datacenter '{}' not found".format(str(datacenter_id_name)), HTTP_Not_Found)
+    return thread
+
 
 def get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter_id_name=None, **extra_filter):
     datacenter_id = None
     datacenter_name = None
     if datacenter_id_name:
-        if utils.check_valid_uuid(datacenter_id_name): 
+        if utils.check_valid_uuid(datacenter_id_name):
             datacenter_id = datacenter_id_name
         else:
             datacenter_name = datacenter_id_name
@@ -1548,117 +1878,6 @@ def get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter_id_name=None, **extr
         raise NfvoException("More than one datacenters found, try to identify with uuid", HTTP_Conflict)
     return vims.keys()[0], vims.values()[0]
 
-def new_scenario_v03(mydb, tenant_id, scenario_dict):
-    scenario = scenario_dict["scenario"]
-    if tenant_id != "any":
-        check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id) 
-        if "tenant_id" in scenario:
-            if scenario["tenant_id"] != tenant_id:
-                logger("Tenant '%s' not found", tenant_id)
-                raise NfvoException("VNF can not have a different tenant owner '{}', must be '{}'".format(
-                                                    scenario["tenant_id"], tenant_id), HTTP_Unauthorized)
-    else:
-        tenant_id=None
-
-#1: Check that VNF are present at database table vnfs and update content into scenario dict
-    for name,vnf in scenario["vnfs"].iteritems():
-        where={}
-        where_or={"tenant_id": tenant_id, 'public': "true"}
-        error_text = ""
-        error_pos = "'scenario':'vnfs':'" + name + "'"
-        if 'vnf_id' in vnf:
-            error_text += " 'vnf_id' " +  vnf['vnf_id']
-            where['uuid'] = vnf['vnf_id']
-        if 'vnf_name' in vnf:
-            error_text += " 'vnf_name' " +  vnf['vnf_name']
-            where['name'] = vnf['vnf_name']
-        if len(where) == 0:
-            raise NfvoException("Needed a 'vnf_id' or 'vnf_name' at " + error_pos, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        vnf_db = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('uuid','name','description'),
-                               FROM='vnfs',
-                               WHERE=where,
-                               WHERE_OR=where_or,
-                               WHERE_AND_OR="AND")
-        if len(vnf_db)==0:
-            raise NfvoException("Unknown" + error_text + " at " + error_pos, HTTP_Not_Found)
-        elif len(vnf_db)>1:
-            raise NfvoException("More than one" + error_text + " at " + error_pos + " Concrete with 'vnf_id'", HTTP_Conflict)
-        vnf['uuid']=vnf_db[0]['uuid']
-        vnf['description']=vnf_db[0]['description']
-        vnf['ifaces'] = {}
-        # get external interfaces
-        ext_ifaces = mydb.get_rows(SELECT=('external_name as name','i.uuid as iface_uuid', 'i.type as type'), 
-            FROM='vnfs join vms on vnfs.uuid=vms.vnf_id join interfaces as i on vms.uuid=i.vm_id', 
-            WHERE={'vnfs.uuid':vnf['uuid']}, WHERE_NOT={'external_name':None} )
-        for ext_iface in ext_ifaces:
-            vnf['ifaces'][ ext_iface['name'] ] = {'uuid':ext_iface['iface_uuid'], 'type':ext_iface['type']}
-        
-        # TODO? get internal-connections from db.nets and their profiles, and update scenario[vnfs][internal-connections] accordingly 
-
-#2: Insert net_key and ip_address at every vnf interface
-    for net_name,net in scenario["networks"].iteritems():
-        net_type_bridge=False
-        net_type_data=False
-        for iface_dict in net["interfaces"]:
-            logger.debug("Iface_dict %s", iface_dict)
-            vnf = iface_dict["vnf"]
-            iface = iface_dict["vnf_interface"]
-            if vnf not in scenario["vnfs"]:
-                error_text = "Error at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces' VNF '%s' not match any VNF at 'vnfs'" % (net_name, vnf)
-                #logger.debug(error_text)
-                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Not_Found)
-            if iface not in scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces']:
-                error_text = "Error at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces':'%s' interface not match any VNF interface" % (net_name, iface)
-                #logger.debug(error_text)
-                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            if "net_key" in scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]:
-                error_text = "Error at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces':'%s' interface already connected at network '%s'" \
-                                % (net_name, iface,scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]['net_key'])
-                #logger.debug(error_text)
-                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][ iface ]['net_key'] = net_name
-            scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][ iface ]['ip_address'] = iface_dict.get('ip_address',None)
-            iface_type = scenario["vnfs"][vnf]['ifaces'][iface]['type']
-            if iface_type=='mgmt' or iface_type=='bridge':
-                net_type_bridge = True
-            else:
-                net_type_data = True
-        if net_type_bridge and net_type_data:
-            error_text = "Error connection interfaces of bridge type and data type at 'networks':'%s':'interfaces'" % (net_name)
-            #logger.debug(error_text)
-            raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-        elif net_type_bridge:
-            type_='bridge'
-        else:
-            type_='data' if len(net["interfaces"])>2 else 'ptp'
-        
-        if ("implementation" in net):
-            if (type_ == "bridge" and net["implementation"] == "underlay"):
-                error_text = "Error connecting interfaces of data type to a network declared as 'underlay' at 'network':'%s'" % (net_name)
-                #logger.debug(error_text)
-                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            elif (type_ <> "bridge" and net["implementation"] == "overlay"):
-                error_text = "Error connecting interfaces of data type to a network declared as 'overlay' at 'network':'%s'" % (net_name)
-                #logger.debug(error_text)
-                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            net.pop("implementation")
-        if ("type" in net):
-            if (type_ == "data" and net["type"] == "e-line"):
-                error_text = "Error connecting more than 2 interfaces of data type to a network declared as type 'e-line' at 'network':'%s'" % (net_name)
-                #logger.debug(error_text)
-                raise NfvoException(error_text, HTTP_Bad_Request)
-            elif (type_ == "ptp" and net["type"] == "e-lan"):
-                type_ = "data"
-
-        net['type'] = type_
-        net['name'] = net_name
-        net['external'] = net.get('external', False)
-
-#3: insert at database
-    scenario["nets"] = scenario["networks"]
-    scenario['tenant_id'] = tenant_id
-    scenario_id = mydb.new_scenario2(scenario)
-    return scenario_id
 
 def update(d, u):
     '''Takes dict d and updates it with the values in dict u.'''
@@ -1671,41 +1890,45 @@ def update(d, u):
             d[k] = u[k]
     return d
 
+
 def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
-    #print "Checking that nfvo_tenant_id exists and getting the VIM URI and the VIM tenant_id"
-    #logger.debug("Creating instance...")
+    # print "Checking that nfvo_tenant_id exists and getting the VIM URI and the VIM tenant_id"
+    # logger.debug("Creating instance...")
     scenario = instance_dict["scenario"]
-    
+
     #find main datacenter
     myvims = {}
+    myvim_threads = {}
     datacenter2tenant = {}
     datacenter = instance_dict.get("datacenter")
     default_datacenter_id, vim = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter)
     myvims[default_datacenter_id] = vim
+    myvim_threads[default_datacenter_id] = get_vim_thread(tenant_id, default_datacenter_id)
     datacenter2tenant[default_datacenter_id] = vim['config']['datacenter_tenant_id']
     #myvim_tenant = myvim['tenant_id']
 #    default_datacenter_name = vim['name']
     rollbackList=[]
-    
+
     #print "Checking that the scenario exists and getting the scenario dictionary"
     scenarioDict = mydb.get_scenario(scenario, tenant_id, default_datacenter_id)
-    
+
     #logger.debug(">>>>>>> Dictionaries before merging")
     #logger.debug(">>>>>>> InstanceDict:\n{}".format(yaml.safe_dump(instance_dict,default_flow_style=False, width=256)))
     #logger.debug(">>>>>>> ScenarioDict:\n{}".format(yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict,default_flow_style=False, width=256)))
-    
+
     scenarioDict['datacenter_id'] = default_datacenter_id
 
     auxNetDict = {}   #Auxiliar dictionary. First key:'scenario' or sce_vnf uuid. Second Key: uuid of the net/sce_net. Value: vim_net_id
     auxNetDict['scenario'] = {}
-    
-    logger.debug("Creating instance from scenario-dict:\n%s", yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False))  #TODO remove 
+
+    logger.debug("Creating instance from scenario-dict:\n%s", yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False))  #TODO remove
     instance_name = instance_dict["name"]
     instance_description = instance_dict.get("description")
+    instance_tasks={}
     try:
-    #0 check correct parameters
+        # 0 check correct parameters
         for net_name, net_instance_desc in instance_dict.get("networks",{}).iteritems():
-            found=False
+            found = False
             for scenario_net in scenarioDict['nets']:
                 if net_name == scenario_net["name"]:
                     found = True
@@ -1721,14 +1944,15 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                         #Add this datacenter to myvims
                         d, v = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, site["datacenter"])
                         myvims[d] = v
+                        myvim_threads[d] = get_vim_thread(tenant_id, site["datacenter"])
                         datacenter2tenant[d] = v['config']['datacenter_tenant_id']
-                        site["datacenter"]  = d #change name to id
+                        site["datacenter"] = d #change name to id
                 else:
                     if site_without_datacenter_field:
                         raise NfvoException("Found more than one entries without datacenter field at instance:networks:{}:sites".format(net_name), HTTP_Bad_Request)
                     site_without_datacenter_field = True
-                    site["datacenter"]  = default_datacenter_id #change name to id
-                    
+                    site["datacenter"] = default_datacenter_id #change name to id
+
         for vnf_name, vnf_instance_desc in instance_dict.get("vnfs",{}).iteritems():
             found=False
             for scenario_vnf in scenarioDict['vnfs']:
@@ -1738,21 +1962,16 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
             if not found:
                 raise NfvoException("Invalid vnf name '{}' at instance:vnfs".format(vnf_instance_desc), HTTP_Bad_Request)
             if "datacenter" in vnf_instance_desc:
-            #Add this datacenter to myvims
+            # Add this datacenter to myvims
                 if vnf_instance_desc["datacenter"] not in myvims:
                     d, v = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, vnf_instance_desc["datacenter"])
                     myvims[d] = v
+                    myvim_threads[d] = get_vim_thread(tenant_id, vnf_instance_desc["datacenter"])
                     datacenter2tenant[d] = v['config']['datacenter_tenant_id']
                 scenario_vnf["datacenter"] = vnf_instance_desc["datacenter"]
+
     #0.1 parse cloud-config parameters
-        cloud_config = scenarioDict.get("cloud-config", {})
-        if instance_dict.get("cloud-config"):
-            cloud_config.update( instance_dict["cloud-config"])
-        if not cloud_config:
-            cloud_config = None
-        else:
-            scenarioDict["cloud-config"] = cloud_config
-            unify_cloud_config(cloud_config)
+        cloud_config = unify_cloud_config(instance_dict.get("cloud-config"), scenarioDict.get("cloud-config"))
 
     #0.2 merge instance information into scenario
         #Ideally, the operation should be as simple as: update(scenarioDict,instance_dict)
@@ -1786,8 +2005,8 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
         #logger.debug(">>>>>>>> Merged dictionary")
         logger.debug("Creating instance scenario-dict MERGED:\n%s", yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False))
 
-        
-    #1. Creating new nets (sce_nets) in the VIM"
+
+        # 1. Creating new nets (sce_nets) in the VIM"
         for sce_net in scenarioDict['nets']:
             sce_net["vim_id_sites"]={}
             descriptor_net =  instance_dict.get("networks",{}).get(sce_net["name"],{})
@@ -1799,14 +2018,16 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                 if site.get("datacenter"):
                     vim = myvims[ site["datacenter"] ]
                     datacenter_id = site["datacenter"]
+                    myvim_thread = myvim_threads[ site["datacenter"] ]
                 else:
                     vim = myvims[ default_datacenter_id ]
                     datacenter_id = default_datacenter_id
+                    myvim_thread = myvim_threads[default_datacenter_id]
                 net_type = sce_net['type']
                 lookfor_filter = {'admin_state_up': True, 'status': 'ACTIVE'} #'shared': True
                 if sce_net["external"]:
                     if not net_name:
-                        net_name = sce_net["name"] 
+                        net_name = sce_net["name"]
                     if "netmap-use" in site or "netmap-create" in site:
                         create_network = False
                         lookfor_network = False
@@ -1815,7 +2036,7 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                             if utils.check_valid_uuid(site["netmap-use"]):
                                 filter_text = "scenario id '%s'" % site["netmap-use"]
                                 lookfor_filter["id"] = site["netmap-use"]
-                            else: 
+                            else:
                                 filter_text = "scenario name '%s'" % site["netmap-use"]
                                 lookfor_filter["name"] = site["netmap-use"]
                         if "netmap-create" in site:
@@ -1823,7 +2044,7 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                             net_vim_name = net_name
                             if site["netmap-create"]:
                                 net_vim_name = site["netmap-create"]
-                            
+
                     elif sce_net['vim_id'] != None:
                         #there is a netmap at datacenter_nets database   #TODO REVISE!!!!
                         create_network = False
@@ -1845,7 +2066,7 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                     net_vim_name = net_name
                     create_network = True
                     lookfor_network = False
-                    
+
                 if lookfor_network:
                     vim_nets = vim.get_network_list(filter_dict=lookfor_filter)
                     if len(vim_nets) > 1:
@@ -1859,55 +2080,65 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                         create_network = False
                 if create_network:
                     #if network is not external
-                    network_id = vim.new_network(net_vim_name, net_type, sce_net.get('ip_profile',None))
-                    sce_net["vim_id_sites"][datacenter_id] = network_id
-                    auxNetDict['scenario'][sce_net['uuid']][datacenter_id] = network_id
-                    rollbackList.append({'what':'network', 'where':'vim', 'vim_id':datacenter_id, 'uuid':network_id})
+                    task = new_task("new-net", (net_vim_name, net_type, sce_net.get('ip_profile',None)))
+                    task_id = myvim_thread.insert_task(task)
+                    instance_tasks[task_id] = task
+                    #network_id = vim.new_network(net_vim_name, net_type, sce_net.get('ip_profile',None))
+                    sce_net["vim_id_sites"][datacenter_id] = task_id
+                    auxNetDict['scenario'][sce_net['uuid']][datacenter_id] = task_id
+                    rollbackList.append({'what':'network', 'where':'vim', 'vim_id':datacenter_id, 'uuid':task_id})
                     sce_net["created"] = True
-        
-    #2. Creating new nets (vnf internal nets) in the VIM"
+
+        # 2. Creating new nets (vnf internal nets) in the VIM"
         #For each vnf net, we create it and we add it to instanceNetlist.
         for sce_vnf in scenarioDict['vnfs']:
             for net in sce_vnf['nets']:
                 if sce_vnf.get("datacenter"):
                     vim = myvims[ sce_vnf["datacenter"] ]
                     datacenter_id = sce_vnf["datacenter"]
+                    myvim_thread = myvim_threads[ sce_vnf["datacenter"]]
                 else:
                     vim = myvims[ default_datacenter_id ]
                     datacenter_id = default_datacenter_id
+                    myvim_thread = myvim_threads[default_datacenter_id]
                 descriptor_net =  instance_dict.get("vnfs",{}).get(sce_vnf["name"],{})
                 net_name = descriptor_net.get("name")
                 if not net_name:
                     net_name = "%s.%s" %(instance_name, net["name"])
                     net_name = net_name[:255]     #limit length
                 net_type = net['type']
-                network_id = vim.new_network(net_name, net_type, net.get('ip_profile',None))
-                net['vim_id'] = network_id
+                task = new_task("new-net", (net_name, net_type, net.get('ip_profile',None)))
+                task_id = myvim_thread.insert_task(task)
+                instance_tasks[task_id] = task
+                # network_id = vim.new_network(net_name, net_type, net.get('ip_profile',None))
+                net['vim_id'] = task_id
                 if sce_vnf['uuid'] not in auxNetDict:
                     auxNetDict[sce_vnf['uuid']] = {}
-                auxNetDict[sce_vnf['uuid']][net['uuid']] = network_id
-                rollbackList.append({'what':'network','where':'vim','vim_id':datacenter_id,'uuid':network_id})
+                auxNetDict[sce_vnf['uuid']][net['uuid']] = task_id
+                rollbackList.append({'what':'network','where':'vim','vim_id':datacenter_id,'uuid':task_id})
                 net["created"] = True
 
-    
+
         #print "auxNetDict:"
         #print yaml.safe_dump(auxNetDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
-        
-    #3. Creating new vm instances in the VIM
+
+        # 3. Creating new vm instances in the VIM
         #myvim.new_vminstance(self,vimURI,tenant_id,name,description,image_id,flavor_id,net_dict)
         for sce_vnf in scenarioDict['vnfs']:
             if sce_vnf.get("datacenter"):
                 vim = myvims[ sce_vnf["datacenter"] ]
+                myvim_thread = myvim_threads[ sce_vnf["datacenter"] ]
                 datacenter_id = sce_vnf["datacenter"]
             else:
                 vim = myvims[ default_datacenter_id ]
+                myvim_thread = myvim_threads[ default_datacenter_id ]
                 datacenter_id = default_datacenter_id
             sce_vnf["datacenter_id"] =  datacenter_id
             i = 0
             for vm in sce_vnf['vms']:
                 i += 1
                 myVMDict = {}
-                myVMDict['name'] = "%s.%s.%d" % (instance_name,sce_vnf['name'],i)
+                myVMDict['name'] = "{}.{}.{}".format(instance_name,sce_vnf['name'],chr(96+i))
                 myVMDict['description'] = myVMDict['name'][0:99]
 #                if not startvms:
 #                    myVMDict['start'] = "no"
@@ -1916,17 +2147,32 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                 image_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name("images", vm['image_id'])
                 image_id = create_or_use_image(mydb, {datacenter_id: vim}, image_dict, [], True)
                 vm['vim_image_id'] = image_id
-                    
+
                 #create flavor at vim in case it not exist
                 flavor_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name("flavors", vm['flavor_id'])
                 if flavor_dict['extended']!=None:
                     flavor_dict['extended']= yaml.load(flavor_dict['extended'])
-                flavor_id = create_or_use_flavor(mydb, {datacenter_id: vim}, flavor_dict, rollbackList, True)                
+                flavor_id = create_or_use_flavor(mydb, {datacenter_id: vim}, flavor_dict, rollbackList, True)
+
+                #Obtain information for additional disks
+                extended_flavor_dict = mydb.get_rows(FROM='datacenters_flavors', SELECT=('extended',), WHERE={'vim_id': flavor_id})
+                if not extended_flavor_dict:
+                    raise NfvoException("flavor '{}' not found".format(flavor_id), HTTP_Not_Found)
+                    return
+
+                #extended_flavor_dict_yaml = yaml.load(extended_flavor_dict[0])
+                myVMDict['disks'] = None
+                extended_info = extended_flavor_dict[0]['extended']
+                if extended_info != None:
+                    extended_flavor_dict_yaml = yaml.load(extended_info)
+                    if 'disks' in extended_flavor_dict_yaml:
+                        myVMDict['disks'] = extended_flavor_dict_yaml['disks']
+
                 vm['vim_flavor_id'] = flavor_id
-                
                 myVMDict['imageRef'] = vm['vim_image_id']
                 myVMDict['flavorRef'] = vm['vim_flavor_id']
                 myVMDict['networks'] = []
+                task_depends = {}
                 #TODO ALF. connect_mgmt_interfaces. Connect management interfaces if this is true
                 for iface in vm['interfaces']:
                     netDict = {}
@@ -1963,6 +2209,10 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                         netDict['vpci'] = iface['vpci']
                     if "mac" in iface and iface["mac"] is not None:
                         netDict['mac_address'] = iface['mac']
+                    if "port-security" in iface and iface["port-security"] is not None:
+                        netDict['port_security'] = iface['port-security']
+                    if "floating-ip" in iface and iface["floating-ip"] is not None:
+                        netDict['floating_ip'] = iface['floating-ip']
                     netDict['name'] = iface['internal_name']
                     if iface['net_id'] is None:
                         for vnf_iface in sce_vnf["interfaces"]:
@@ -1973,6 +2223,8 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                                 break
                     else:
                         netDict['net_id'] = auxNetDict[ sce_vnf['uuid'] ][ iface['net_id'] ]
+                    if is_task_id(netDict['net_id']):
+                        task_depends[netDict['net_id']] = instance_tasks[netDict['net_id']]
                     #skip bridge ifaces not connected to any net
                     #if 'net_id' not in netDict or netDict['net_id']==None:
                     #    continue
@@ -1982,8 +2234,16 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
                 #print "networks", yaml.safe_dump(myVMDict['networks'], indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
                 #print "interfaces", yaml.safe_dump(vm['interfaces'], indent=4, default_flow_style=False)
                 #print ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
-                vm_id = vim.new_vminstance(myVMDict['name'],myVMDict['description'],myVMDict.get('start', None),
-                        myVMDict['imageRef'],myVMDict['flavorRef'],myVMDict['networks'], cloud_config = cloud_config)
+                if vm.get("boot_data"):
+                    cloud_config_vm = unify_cloud_config(vm["boot_data"], cloud_config)
+                else:
+                    cloud_config_vm = cloud_config
+                task = new_task("new-vm", (myVMDict['name'], myVMDict['description'], myVMDict.get('start', None),
+                                           myVMDict['imageRef'], myVMDict['flavorRef'], myVMDict['networks'],
+                                           cloud_config_vm, myVMDict['disks']), depends=task_depends)
+                vm_id = myvim_thread.insert_task(task)
+                instance_tasks[vm_id] = task
+
                 vm['vim_id'] = vm_id
                 rollbackList.append({'what':'vm','where':'vim','vim_id':datacenter_id,'uuid':vm_id})
                 #put interface uuid back to scenario[vnfs][vms[[interfaces]
@@ -1997,6 +2257,15 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
         logger.debug("create_instance Deployment done scenarioDict: %s",
                     yaml.safe_dump(scenarioDict, indent=4, default_flow_style=False) )
         instance_id = mydb.new_instance_scenario_as_a_whole(tenant_id,instance_name, instance_description, scenarioDict)
+        # Update database with those ended tasks
+        for task in instance_tasks.values():
+            if task["status"] == "ok":
+                if task["name"] == "new-vm":
+                    mydb.update_rows("instance_vms", UPDATE={"vim_vm_id": task["result"]},
+                                     WHERE={"vim_vm_id": task["id"]})
+                elif task["name"] == "new-net":
+                    mydb.update_rows("instance_nets", UPDATE={"vim_net_id": task["result"]},
+                                     WHERE={"vim_net_id": task["id"]})
         return mydb.get_instance_scenario(instance_id)
     except (NfvoException, vimconn.vimconnException,db_base_Exception)  as e:
         message = rollback(mydb, myvims, rollbackList)
@@ -2009,7 +2278,8 @@ def create_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_dict):
         error_text += " {} {}. {}".format(type(e).__name__, str(e), message)
         #logger.error("create_instance: %s", error_text)
         raise NfvoException(error_text, e.http_code)
-    
+
+
 def delete_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_id):
     #print "Checking that the instance_id exists and getting the instance dictionary"
     instanceDict = mydb.get_instance_scenario(instance_id, tenant_id)
@@ -2022,13 +2292,20 @@ def delete_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_id):
 
     #2. delete from VIM
     error_msg = ""
-    myvims={}
+    myvims = {}
+    myvim_threads = {}
 
     #2.1 deleting VMs
     #vm_fail_list=[]
     for sce_vnf in instanceDict['vnfs']:
         datacenter_key = (sce_vnf["datacenter_id"], sce_vnf["datacenter_tenant_id"])
         if datacenter_key not in myvims:
+            try:
+                myvim_thread = get_vim_thread(tenant_id, sce_vnf["datacenter_id"], sce_vnf["datacenter_tenant_id"])
+            except NfvoException as e:
+                logger.error(str(e))
+                myvim_thread = None
+            myvim_threads[datacenter_key] = myvim_thread
             vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter_id=sce_vnf["datacenter_id"],
                        datacenter_tenant_id=sce_vnf["datacenter_tenant_id"])
             if len(vims) == 0:
@@ -2038,12 +2315,32 @@ def delete_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_id):
             else:
                 myvims[datacenter_key] = vims.values()[0]
         myvim = myvims[datacenter_key]
+        myvim_thread = myvim_threads[datacenter_key]
         for vm in sce_vnf['vms']:
             if not myvim:
                 error_msg += "\n    VM id={} cannot be deleted because datacenter={} not found".format(vm['vim_vm_id'], sce_vnf["datacenter_id"])
                 continue
             try:
-                myvim.delete_vminstance(vm['vim_vm_id'])
+                task=None
+                if is_task_id(vm['vim_vm_id']):
+                    task_id = vm['vim_vm_id']
+                    old_task = task_dict.get(task_id)
+                    if not old_task:
+                        error_msg += "\n    VM was scheduled for create, but task {} is not found".format(task_id)
+                        continue
+                    with task_lock:
+                        if old_task["status"] == "enqueued":
+                            old_task["status"] = "deleted"
+                        elif old_task["status"] == "error":
+                            continue
+                        elif old_task["status"] == "processing":
+                            task = new_task("del-vm", task_id, depends={task_id: old_task})
+                        else: #ok
+                            task = new_task("del-vm", old_task["result"])
+                else:
+                    task = new_task("del-vm", vm['vim_vm_id'], store=False)
+                if task:
+                    myvim_thread.insert_task(task)
             except vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException as e:
                 error_msg+="\n    VM VIM_id={} not found at datacenter={}".format(vm['vim_vm_id'], sce_vnf["datacenter_id"])
                 logger.warn("VM instance '%s'uuid '%s', VIM id '%s', from VNF_id '%s' not found",
@@ -2052,7 +2349,7 @@ def delete_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_id):
                 error_msg+="\n    VM VIM_id={} at datacenter={} Error: {} {}".format(vm['vim_vm_id'], sce_vnf["datacenter_id"], e.http_code, str(e))
                 logger.error("Error %d deleting VM instance '%s'uuid '%s', VIM_id '%s', from VNF_id '%s': %s",
                     e.http_code, vm['name'], vm['uuid'], vm['vim_vm_id'], sce_vnf['vnf_id'], str(e))
-    
+
     #2.2 deleting NETS
     #net_fail_list=[]
     for net in instanceDict['nets']:
@@ -2060,6 +2357,12 @@ def delete_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_id):
             continue #skip not created nets
         datacenter_key = (net["datacenter_id"], net["datacenter_tenant_id"])
         if datacenter_key not in myvims:
+            try:
+                myvim_thread = get_vim_thread(tenant_id, sce_vnf["datacenter_id"], sce_vnf["datacenter_tenant_id"])
+            except NfvoException as e:
+                logger.error(str(e))
+                myvim_thread = None
+            myvim_threads[datacenter_key] = myvim_thread
             vims = get_vim(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter_id=net["datacenter_id"],
                            datacenter_tenant_id=net["datacenter_tenant_id"])
             if len(vims) == 0:
@@ -2068,25 +2371,48 @@ def delete_instance(mydb, tenant_id, instance_id):
             else:
                 myvims[datacenter_key] = vims.values()[0]
         myvim = myvims[datacenter_key]
+        myvim_thread = myvim_threads[datacenter_key]
 
         if not myvim:
             error_msg += "\n    Net VIM_id={} cannot be deleted because datacenter={} not found".format(net['vim_net_id'], net["datacenter_id"])
             continue
         try:
-            myvim.delete_network(net['vim_net_id'])
+            task = None
+            if is_task_id(net['vim_net_id']):
+                task_id = net['vim_net_id']
+                old_task = task_dict.get(task_id)
+                if not old_task:
+                    error_msg += "\n    NET was scheduled for create, but task {} is not found".format(task_id)
+                    continue
+                with task_lock:
+                    if old_task["status"] == "enqueued":
+                        old_task["status"] = "deleted"
+                    elif old_task["status"] == "error":
+                        continue
+                    elif old_task["status"] == "processing":
+                        task = new_task("del-net", task_id, depends={task_id: old_task})
+                    else:  # ok
+                        task = new_task("del-net", old_task["result"])
+            else:
+                task = new_task("del-net", net['vim_net_id'], store=False)
+            if task:
+                myvim_thread.insert_task(task)
         except vimconn.vimconnNotFoundException as e:
-            error_msg+="\n    NET VIM_id={} not found at datacenter={}".format(net['vim_net_id'], net["datacenter_id"])
+            error_msg += "\n    NET VIM_id={} not found at datacenter={}".format(net['vim_net_id'], net["datacenter_id"])
             logger.warn("NET '%s', VIM_id '%s', from VNF_net_id '%s' not found",
-                net['uuid'], net['vim_net_id'], str(net['vnf_net_id']))
+                        net['uuid'], net['vim_net_id'], str(net['vnf_net_id']))
         except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
-            error_msg+="\n    NET VIM_id={} at datacenter={} Error: {} {}".format(net['vim_net_id'], net["datacenter_id"], e.http_code, str(e))
+            error_msg += "\n    NET VIM_id={} at datacenter={} Error: {} {}".format(net['vim_net_id'],
+                                                                                    net["datacenter_id"],
+                                                                                    e.http_code, str(e))
             logger.error("Error %d deleting NET '%s', VIM_id '%s', from VNF_net_id '%s': %s",
-                e.http_code, net['uuid'], net['vim_net_id'], str(net['vnf_net_id']), str(e))
-    if len(error_msg)>0:
+                         e.http_code, net['uuid'], net['vim_net_id'], str(net['vnf_net_id']), str(e))
+    if len(error_msg) > 0:
         return 'instance ' + message + ' deleted but some elements could not be deleted, or already deleted (error: 404) from VIM: ' + error_msg
     else:
         return 'instance ' + message + ' deleted'
 
+
 def refresh_instance(mydb, nfvo_tenant, instanceDict, datacenter=None, vim_tenant=None):
     '''Refreshes a scenario instance. It modifies instanceDict'''
     '''Returns:
@@ -2096,7 +2422,7 @@ def refresh_instance(mydb, nfvo_tenant, instanceDict, datacenter=None, vim_tenan
     # Assumption: nfvo_tenant and instance_id were checked before entering into this function
     #print "nfvo.refresh_instance begins"
     #print json.dumps(instanceDict, indent=4)
-    
+
     #print "Getting the VIM URL and the VIM tenant_id"
     myvims={}
 
@@ -2243,14 +2569,15 @@ def refresh_instance(mydb, nfvo_tenant, instanceDict, datacenter=None, vim_tenan
     # Returns appropriate output
     #print "nfvo.refresh_instance finishes"
     logger.debug("VMs updated in the database: %s; nets updated in the database %s; VMs not updated: %s; nets not updated: %s",
-                str(vms_updated), str(nets_updated), str(vms_notupdated), str(nets_notupdated)) 
+                str(vms_updated), str(nets_updated), str(vms_notupdated), str(nets_notupdated))
     instance_id = instanceDict['uuid']
     if len(vms_notupdated)+len(nets_notupdated)>0:
         error_msg = "VMs not updated: " + str(vms_notupdated) + "; nets not updated: " + str(nets_notupdated)
         return len(vms_notupdated)+len(nets_notupdated), 'Scenario instance ' + instance_id + ' refreshed but some elements could not be updated in the database: ' + error_msg
-    
+
     return 0, 'Scenario instance ' + instance_id + ' refreshed.'
 
+
 def instance_action(mydb,nfvo_tenant,instance_id, action_dict):
     #print "Checking that the instance_id exists and getting the instance dictionary"
     instanceDict = mydb.get_instance_scenario(instance_id, nfvo_tenant)
@@ -2261,7 +2588,7 @@ def instance_action(mydb,nfvo_tenant,instance_id, action_dict):
     if len(vims) == 0:
         raise NfvoException("datacenter '{}' not found".format(str(instanceDict['datacenter_id'])), HTTP_Not_Found)
     myvim = vims.values()[0]
-    
+
 
     input_vnfs = action_dict.pop("vnfs", [])
     input_vms = action_dict.pop("vms", [])
@@ -2296,7 +2623,7 @@ def instance_action(mydb,nfvo_tenant,instance_id, action_dict):
                         vm_error+=1
                     else:
                     #print "console data", data
-                        try: 
+                        try:
                             console_thread = create_or_use_console_proxy_thread(data["server"], data["port"])
                             vm_result[ vm['uuid'] ] = {"vim_result": 200,
                                                        "description": "{protocol}//{ip}:{port}/{suffix}".format(
@@ -2322,14 +2649,15 @@ def instance_action(mydb,nfvo_tenant,instance_id, action_dict):
         return vm_result
     else:
         return vm_result
-    
+
+
 def create_or_use_console_proxy_thread(console_server, console_port):
     #look for a non-used port
     console_thread_key = console_server + ":" + str(console_port)
     if console_thread_key in global_config["console_thread"]:
         #global_config["console_thread"][console_thread_key].start_timeout()
         return global_config["console_thread"][console_thread_key]
-    
+
     for port in  global_config["console_port_iterator"]():
         #print "create_or_use_console_proxy_thread() port:", port
         if port in global_config["console_ports"]:
@@ -2347,6 +2675,7 @@ def create_or_use_console_proxy_thread(console_server, console_port):
             raise NfvoException(str(e), HTTP_Bad_Request)
     raise NfvoException("Not found any free 'http_console_ports'", HTTP_Conflict)
 
+
 def check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id):
     '''check that tenant exists at database'''
     tenant = mydb.get_rows(FROM='nfvo_tenants', SELECT=('uuid',), WHERE={'uuid': tenant_id})
@@ -2354,17 +2683,20 @@ def check_tenant(mydb, tenant_id):
         raise NfvoException("tenant '{}' not found".format(tenant_id), HTTP_Not_Found)
     return
 
+
 def new_tenant(mydb, tenant_dict):
     tenant_id = mydb.new_row("nfvo_tenants", tenant_dict, add_uuid=True)
     return tenant_id
 
+
 def delete_tenant(mydb, tenant):
     #get nfvo_tenant info
-    
+
     tenant_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('nfvo_tenants', tenant, 'tenant')
     mydb.delete_row_by_id("nfvo_tenants", tenant_dict['uuid'])
     return tenant_dict['uuid'] + " " + tenant_dict["name"]
 
+
 def new_datacenter(mydb, datacenter_descriptor):
     if "config" in datacenter_descriptor:
         datacenter_descriptor["config"]=yaml.safe_dump(datacenter_descriptor["config"],default_flow_style=True,width=256)
@@ -2378,14 +2710,15 @@ def new_datacenter(mydb, datacenter_descriptor):
         if module_info and module_info[0]:
             file.close(module_info[0])
         raise NfvoException("Incorrect datacenter type '{}'. Plugin '{}'.py not installed".format(datacenter_type, module), HTTP_Bad_Request)
-    
+
     datacenter_id = mydb.new_row("datacenters", datacenter_descriptor, add_uuid=True)
     return datacenter_id
 
+
 def edit_datacenter(mydb, datacenter_id_name, datacenter_descriptor):
     #obtain data, check that only one exist
     datacenter = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('datacenters', datacenter_id_name)
-    #edit data 
+    #edit data
     datacenter_id = datacenter['uuid']
     where={'uuid': datacenter['uuid']}
     if "config" in datacenter_descriptor:
@@ -2397,7 +2730,7 @@ def edit_datacenter(mydb, datacenter_id_name, datacenter_descriptor):
                 for k in new_config_dict:
                     if new_config_dict[k]==None:
                         to_delete.append(k)
-                
+
                 config_dict = yaml.load(datacenter["config"])
                 config_dict.update(new_config_dict)
                 #delete null fields
@@ -2409,24 +2742,26 @@ def edit_datacenter(mydb, datacenter_id_name, datacenter_descriptor):
     mydb.update_rows('datacenters', datacenter_descriptor, where)
     return datacenter_id
 
+
 def delete_datacenter(mydb, datacenter):
     #get nfvo_tenant info
     datacenter_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('datacenters', datacenter, 'datacenter')
     mydb.delete_row_by_id("datacenters", datacenter_dict['uuid'])
     return datacenter_dict['uuid'] + " " + datacenter_dict['name']
 
+
 def associate_datacenter_to_tenant(mydb, nfvo_tenant, datacenter, vim_tenant_id=None, vim_tenant_name=None, vim_username=None, vim_password=None, config=None):
     #get datacenter info
-    datacenter_id, myvim  = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, None, datacenter)
-    datacenter_name=myvim["name"]
-    
-    create_vim_tenant=True if vim_tenant_id==None and vim_tenant_name==None else False
+    datacenter_id, myvim = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, None, datacenter)
+    datacenter_name = myvim["name"]
 
-    #get nfvo_tenant info
+    create_vim_tenant = True if not vim_tenant_id and not vim_tenant_name else False
+
+    # get nfvo_tenant info
     tenant_dict = mydb.get_table_by_uuid_name('nfvo_tenants', nfvo_tenant)
     if vim_tenant_name==None:
         vim_tenant_name=tenant_dict['name']
-        
+
     #check that this association does not exist before
     tenants_datacenter_dict={"nfvo_tenant_id":tenant_dict['uuid'], "datacenter_id":datacenter_id }
     tenants_datacenters = mydb.get_rows(FROM='tenants_datacenters', WHERE=tenants_datacenter_dict)
@@ -2457,24 +2792,32 @@ def associate_datacenter_to_tenant(mydb, nfvo_tenant, datacenter, vim_tenant_id=
             raise NfvoException("Not possible to create vim_tenant {} at VIM: {}".format(vim_tenant_id, str(e)), HTTP_Internal_Server_Error)
         datacenter_tenants_dict = {}
         datacenter_tenants_dict["created"]="true"
-    
+
     #fill datacenter_tenants table
     if not vim_tenant_id_exist_atdb:
-        datacenter_tenants_dict["vim_tenant_id"]   = vim_tenant_id
+        datacenter_tenants_dict["vim_tenant_id"] = vim_tenant_id
         datacenter_tenants_dict["vim_tenant_name"] = vim_tenant_name
-        datacenter_tenants_dict["user"]            = vim_username
-        datacenter_tenants_dict["passwd"]          = vim_password
-        datacenter_tenants_dict["datacenter_id"]   = datacenter_id
+        datacenter_tenants_dict["user"] = vim_username
+        datacenter_tenants_dict["passwd"] = vim_password
+        datacenter_tenants_dict["datacenter_id"] = datacenter_id
         if config:
             datacenter_tenants_dict["config"] = yaml.safe_dump(config, default_flow_style=True, width=256)
         id_ = mydb.new_row('datacenter_tenants', datacenter_tenants_dict, add_uuid=True)
         datacenter_tenants_dict["uuid"] = id_
-    
+
     #fill tenants_datacenters table
     tenants_datacenter_dict["datacenter_tenant_id"]=datacenter_tenants_dict["uuid"]
     mydb.new_row('tenants_datacenters', tenants_datacenter_dict)
+    # create thread
+    datacenter_id, myvim = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_dict['uuid'], datacenter_id)  # reload data
+    thread_name = get_non_used_vim_name(datacenter_name, datacenter_id, tenant_dict['name'], tenant_dict['uuid'])
+    new_thread = vim_thread.vim_thread(myvim, task_lock, thread_name, datacenter_name, db=db, db_lock=db_lock)
+    new_thread.start()
+    thread_id = datacenter_id + "." + tenant_dict['uuid']
+    vim_threads["running"][thread_id] = new_thread
     return datacenter_id
 
+
 def deassociate_datacenter_to_tenant(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, vim_tenant_id=None):
     #get datacenter info
     datacenter_id, myvim = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, None, datacenter)
@@ -2506,20 +2849,24 @@ def deassociate_datacenter_to_tenant(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, vim_tenant_id=
             mydb.delete_row_by_id('datacenter_tenants', tenant_datacenter_item['datacenter_tenant_id'])
             if vim_tenant_dict['created']=='true':
                 #delete tenant at VIM if created by NFVO
-                try: 
+                try:
                     myvim.delete_tenant(vim_tenant_dict['vim_tenant_id'])
                 except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
                     warning = "Not possible to delete vim_tenant_id {} from VIM: {} ".format(vim_tenant_dict['vim_tenant_id'], str(e))
                     logger.warn(warning)
         except db_base_Exception as e:
             logger.error("Cannot delete datacenter_tenants " + str(e))
-            pass #the error will be caused because dependencies, vim_tenant can not be deleted
-
+            pass  # the error will be caused because dependencies, vim_tenant can not be deleted
+        thread_id = datacenter_id + "." + tenant_datacenter_item["nfvo_tenant_id"]
+        thread = vim_threads["running"][thread_id]
+        thread.insert_task(new_task("exit", None, store=False))
+        vim_threads["deleting"][thread_id] = thread
     return "datacenter {} detached. {}".format(datacenter_id, warning)
 
+
 def datacenter_action(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, action_dict):
     #DEPRECATED
-    #get datacenter info    
+    #get datacenter info
     datacenter_id, myvim  = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter)
 
     if 'net-update' in action_dict:
@@ -2546,28 +2893,30 @@ def datacenter_action(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, action_dict):
     elif 'net-edit' in action_dict:
         net = action_dict['net-edit'].pop('net')
         what = 'vim_net_id' if utils.check_valid_uuid(net) else 'name'
-        result = mydb.update_rows('datacenter_nets', action_dict['net-edit'], 
+        result = mydb.update_rows('datacenter_nets', action_dict['net-edit'],
                                 WHERE={'datacenter_id':datacenter_id, what: net})
         return result
     elif 'net-delete' in action_dict:
         net = action_dict['net-deelte'].get('net')
         what = 'vim_net_id' if utils.check_valid_uuid(net) else 'name'
-        result = mydb.delete_row(FROM='datacenter_nets', 
+        result = mydb.delete_row(FROM='datacenter_nets',
                                 WHERE={'datacenter_id':datacenter_id, what: net})
         return result
 
     else:
         raise NfvoException("Unknown action " + str(action_dict), HTTP_Bad_Request)
 
+
 def datacenter_edit_netmap(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, netmap, action_dict):
     #get datacenter info
     datacenter_id, _  = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter)
 
     what = 'uuid' if utils.check_valid_uuid(netmap) else 'name'
-    result = mydb.update_rows('datacenter_nets', action_dict['netmap'], 
+    result = mydb.update_rows('datacenter_nets', action_dict['netmap'],
                             WHERE={'datacenter_id':datacenter_id, what: netmap})
     return result
 
+
 def datacenter_new_netmap(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, action_dict=None):
     #get datacenter info
     datacenter_id, myvim  = get_datacenter_by_name_uuid(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter)
@@ -2580,7 +2929,7 @@ def datacenter_new_netmap(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, action_dict=None):
             filter_dict["name"] = action_dict['vim_name']
     else:
         filter_dict["shared"] = True
-    
+
     try:
         vim_nets = myvim.get_network_list(filter_dict=filter_dict)
     except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
@@ -2611,8 +2960,9 @@ def datacenter_new_netmap(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, action_dict=None):
                 raise
             else:
                 net_nfvo["status"] = "FAIL: " + str(e)
-        net_list.append(net_nfvo)                         
-    return net_list        
+        net_list.append(net_nfvo)
+    return net_list
+
 
 def vim_action_get(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, name):
     #get datacenter info
@@ -2629,6 +2979,8 @@ def vim_action_get(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, name):
             content = myvim.get_network_list(filter_dict=filter_dict)
         elif item=="tenants":
             content = myvim.get_tenant_list(filter_dict=filter_dict)
+        elif item == "images":
+            content = myvim.get_image_list(filter_dict=filter_dict)
         else:
             raise NfvoException(item + "?", HTTP_Method_Not_Allowed)
         logger.debug("vim_action response %s", content) #update nets Change from VIM format to NFVO format
@@ -2642,7 +2994,8 @@ def vim_action_get(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, name):
     except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
         print "vim_action Not possible to get_%s_list from VIM: %s " % (item, str(e))
         raise NfvoException("Not possible to get_{}_list from VIM: {}".format(item, str(e)), e.http_code)
-    
+
+
 def vim_action_delete(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, name):
     #get datacenter info
     if tenant_id == "any":
@@ -2660,20 +3013,23 @@ def vim_action_delete(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, name):
     else: # it is a dict
         item_id = items["id"]
         item_name = str(items.get("name"))
-        
+
     try:
         if item=="networks":
             content = myvim.delete_network(item_id)
         elif item=="tenants":
             content = myvim.delete_tenant(item_id)
+        elif item == "images":
+            content = myvim.delete_image(item_id)
         else:
-            raise NfvoException(item + "?", HTTP_Method_Not_Allowed)    
+            raise NfvoException(item + "?", HTTP_Method_Not_Allowed)
     except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
         #logger.error( "vim_action Not possible to delete_{} {}from VIM: {} ".format(item, name, str(e)))
         raise NfvoException("Not possible to delete_{} {} from VIM: {}".format(item, name, str(e)), e.http_code)
 
     return "{} {} {} deleted".format(item[:-1], item_id,item_name)
-    
+
+
 def vim_action_create(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, descriptor):
     #get datacenter info
     logger.debug("vim_action_create descriptor %s", str(descriptor))
@@ -2687,15 +3043,14 @@ def vim_action_create(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, descriptor):
             net_type = net.pop("type", "bridge")
             net_public = net.pop("shared", False)
             net_ipprofile = net.pop("ip_profile", None)
-            content = myvim.new_network(net_name, net_type, net_ipprofile, shared=net_public, **net)
+            net_vlan = net.pop("vlan", None)
+            content = myvim.new_network(net_name, net_type, net_ipprofile, shared=net_public, vlan=net_vlan) #, **net)
         elif item=="tenants":
             tenant = descriptor["tenant"]
             content = myvim.new_tenant(tenant["name"], tenant.get("description"))
         else:
-            raise NfvoException(item + "?", HTTP_Method_Not_Allowed)    
+            raise NfvoException(item + "?", HTTP_Method_Not_Allowed)
     except vimconn.vimconnException as e:
         raise NfvoException("Not possible to create {} at VIM: {}".format(item, str(e)), e.http_code)
 
     return vim_action_get(mydb, tenant_id, datacenter, item, content)
-
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