+# ============LICENSE_START===============================================
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+# ========================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=================================================
+#
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+print(" Clean old ric configurations in Consul config file")
+
+p = os.path.abspath('..')
+consul_config = p + '/consul_cbs' + '/config.json'
+
+
+def write_json(data, filename=consul_config):
+ with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+ json.dump(data, f, indent=4)
+
+
+with open(consul_config) as json_file:
+ clean = json.load(json_file)
+ clean['ric'] = []
+
+
+write_json(clean)
+print(" Clean old ric configurations from Consul config file, done")
+
+