New test profile and minor updates
[nonrtric.git] / test / common / testcase_common.sh
index d969245..194a307 100755 (executable)
 __print_args() {
        echo "Args: remote|remote-remove docker|kube --env-file <environment-filename> [release] [auto-clean] [--stop-at-error] "
        echo "      [--ricsim-prefix <prefix> ] [--use-local-image <app-nam>+]  [--use-snapshot-image <app-nam>+]"
-       echo "      [--use-staging-image <app-nam>+] [--use-release-image <app-nam>+]"
+       echo "      [--use-staging-image <app-nam>+] [--use-release-image <app-nam>+] [--use-external-image <app-nam>+] [--image-repo <repo-address>]"
+       echo "      [--repo-policy local|remote] [--cluster-timeout <timeout-in seconds>] [--print-stats]"
+       echo "      [--override <override-environment-filename>] [--pre-clean] [--gen-stats] [--delete-namespaces]"
+       echo "      [--delete-containers] [--endpoint-stats] [--kubeconfig <config-file>] [--host-path-dir <local-host-dir>]"
+       echo "      [--kubecontext <context-name>] [--docker-host <docker-host-url>] [--docker-proxy <host-or-ip>]"
 }
 
 if [ $# -eq 1 ] && [ "$1" == "help" ]; then
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 1 ] && [ "$1" == "help" ]; then
        echo "remote-remove         -  Same as 'remote' but will also try to pull fresh images from remote repositories"
        echo "docker                -  Test executed in docker environment"
        echo "kube                  -  Test executed in kubernetes environment - requires an already started kubernetes environment"
-       echo "--env-file            -  The script will use the supplied file to read environment variables from"
+       echo "--env-file  <file>    -  The script will use the supplied file to read environment variables from"
        echo "release               -  If this flag is given the script will use release version of the images"
        echo "auto-clean            -  If the function 'auto_clean_containers' is present in the end of the test script then all containers will be stopped and removed. If 'auto-clean' is not given then the function has no effect."
     echo "--stop-at-error       -  The script will stop when the first failed test or configuration"
@@ -51,6 +55,22 @@ if [ $# -eq 1 ] && [ "$1" == "help" ]; then
        echo "--use-snapshot-image  -  The script will use images from the nexus snapshot repo for the supplied apps, space separated list of app short names"
        echo "--use-staging-image   -  The script will use images from the nexus staging repo for the supplied apps, space separated list of app short names"
        echo "--use-release-image   -  The script will use images from the nexus release repo for the supplied apps, space separated list of app short names"
+       echo "--use-external-image   - The script will use images from the external (non oran/onap) repo for the supplied apps, space separated list of app short names"
+       echo "--image-repo          -  Url to optional image repo. Only locally built images will be re-tagged and pushed to this repo"
+       echo "--repo-policy         -  Policy controlling which images to re-tag and push if param --image-repo is set. Default is 'local'"
+       echo "--cluster-timeout     -  Optional timeout for cluster where it takes time to obtain external ip/host-name. Timeout in seconds. "
+       echo "--print-stats         -  Print current test stats after each test."
+       echo "--override <file>     -  Override setting from the file supplied by --env-file"
+       echo "--pre-clean           -  Will clean kube resouces when running docker and vice versa"
+       echo "--gen-stats           -  Collect container/pod runtime statistics"
+       echo "--delete-namespaces   -  Delete kubernetes namespaces before starting tests - but only those created by the test scripts. Kube mode only. Ignored if running with prestarted apps."
+       echo "--delete-containers   -  Delete docker containers before starting tests - but only those created by the test scripts. Docker mode only."
+       echo "--endpoint-stats      -  Collect endpoint statistics"
+       echo "--kubeconfig          -  Configure kubectl to use cluster specific cluster config file"
+       echo "--host-path-dir       -  (Base-)path on local-hostmounted to all VMs (nodes), for hostpath volumes in kube"
+       echo "--kubecontext         -  Configure kubectl to use a certain context, e.g 'minikube'"
+       echo "--docker-host         -  Configure docker to use docker in e.g. a VM"
+       echo "--docker-proxy        -  Configure ip/host to docker when docker is running in a VM"
        echo ""
        echo "List of app short names supported: "$APP_SHORT_NAMES
        exit 0
@@ -81,17 +101,17 @@ echo -ne $EBOLD
 
 # default test environment variables
 TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE=""
+#Override env file, will be added on top of the above file
+TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE=""
 
 echo "Test case started as: ${BASH_SOURCE[$i+1]} "$@
 
-#Localhost constants
-LOCALHOST_NAME="localhost"
-LOCALHOST_HTTP="http://localhost"
-LOCALHOST_HTTPS="https://localhost"
-
 # Var to hold 'auto' in case containers shall be stopped when test case ends
 AUTO_CLEAN=""
 
+# Var to indicate pre clean, if flag --pre-clean is set the script will clean kube resouces when running docker and vice versa
+PRE_CLEAN="0"
+
 # Var to hold the app names to use local images for
 USE_LOCAL_IMAGES=""
 
@@ -104,6 +124,8 @@ USE_STAGING_IMAGES=""
 # Var to hold the app names to use remote release images for
 USE_RELEASE_IMAGES=""
 
+# Var to hold the app names to use external release images for
+USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES=""
 
 # Use this var (STOP_AT_ERROR=1 in the test script) for debugging/trouble shooting to take all logs and exit at first FAIL test case
 STOP_AT_ERROR=0
@@ -113,6 +135,11 @@ STOP_AT_ERROR=0
 # Applies only to images defined in the test-env files with image names and tags defined as XXXX_RELEASE
 IMAGE_CATEGORY="DEV"
 
+#Var to indicate docker-compose version, V1 or V2
+#V1 names replicated containers <proj-name>_<service-name>_<index>
+#V2 names replicated containers <proj-name>-<service-name>-<index>
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="V1"
+
 # Function to indent cmd output with one space
 indent1() { sed 's/^/ /'; }
 
@@ -143,18 +170,52 @@ TESTLOGS=$PWD/logs
 # files in the ./tmp is moved to ./tmp/prev when a new test is started
 if [ ! -d "tmp" ]; then
     mkdir tmp
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo "Cannot create dir for temp files, $PWD/tmp"
+               echo "Exiting...."
+               exit 1
+       fi
 fi
 curdir=$PWD
 cd tmp
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Cannot cd to $PWD/tmp"
-       echo "Dir cannot be created. Exiting...."
+       echo "Exiting...."
+       exit 1
 fi
+
+TESTENV_TEMP_FILES=$PWD
+
 if [ ! -d "prev" ]; then
     mkdir prev
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo "Cannot create dir for previous temp files, $PWD/prev"
+               echo "Exiting...."
+               exit 1
+       fi
 fi
+
+TMPFILES=$(ls -A  | grep -vw prev)
+if [ ! -z "$TMPFILES" ]; then
+       cp -r $TMPFILES prev   #Move all temp files to prev dir
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo "Cannot move temp files in $PWD to previous temp files in, $PWD/prev"
+               echo "Exiting...."
+               exit 1
+       fi
+       if [ $(pwd | xargs basename) == "tmp" ]; then    #Check that current dir is tmp...for safety
+
+               rm -rf $TMPFILES # Remove all temp files
+       fi
+fi
+
 cd $curdir
-mv ./tmp/* ./tmp/prev 2> /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+       echo "Cannot cd to $curdir"
+       echo "Exiting...."
+       exit 1
+fi
+
 
 # Create a http message log for this testcase
 HTTPLOG=$PWD"/.httplog_"$ATC".txt"
@@ -179,6 +240,9 @@ rm $TESTLOGS/$ATC/*.log &> /dev/null
 rm $TESTLOGS/$ATC/*.txt &> /dev/null
 rm $TESTLOGS/$ATC/*.json &> /dev/null
 
+#Create result file in the log dir
+echo "1" > "$TESTLOGS/$ATC/.result$ATC.txt"
+
 # Log all output from the test case to a TC log
 TCLOG=$TESTLOGS/$ATC/TC.log
 exec &>  >(tee ${TCLOG})
@@ -190,6 +254,41 @@ RES_FAIL=0
 RES_CONF_FAIL=0
 RES_DEVIATION=0
 
+#Var to control if current stats shall be printed
+PRINT_CURRENT_STATS=0
+
+#Var to control if container/pod runtim statistics shall be collected
+COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS=0
+COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS_PID=0
+
+#Var to control if endpoint statistics shall be collected
+COLLECT_ENDPOINT_STATS=0
+
+#Var to control if namespaces shall be delete before test setup
+DELETE_KUBE_NAMESPACES=0
+
+#Var to control if containers shall be delete before test setup
+DELETE_CONTAINERS=0
+
+#Var to configure kubectl from a config file or context
+KUBECONF=""
+
+#Localhost, may be set to another host/ip by cmd parameter
+LOCALHOST_NAME="localhost"
+
+#Reseting vars related to token/keys used by kubeproxy when istio is enabled
+#The vars are populated if istio is used in the testcase
+KUBE_PROXY_CURL_JWT=""
+KUBE_PROXY_ISTIO_JWKS_KEYS=""
+
+#Var pointing to dir mounted to each kubernetes node (master and workers)
+#Persistent volumes using "hostpath" are allocated beneath the point.
+#Typically it is a dir on local host mounted to each VM running the master and worker.
+#So the intention is make this dir available so the PODs can be restarted on any
+#node and still access the persistent data
+#If not set from cmd line, the path is defaults to "/tmp"
+HOST_PATH_BASE_DIR=""
+
 #File to keep deviation messages
 DEVIATION_FILE=".tmp_deviations"
 rm $DEVIATION_FILE &> /dev/null
@@ -200,10 +299,19 @@ trap_fnc() {
        if [ $? -eq 127 ]; then
                echo -e $RED"Function not found, setting script to FAIL"$ERED
                ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+               __print_current_stats
        fi
 }
 trap trap_fnc ERR
 
+# Trap to kill subprocess for stats collection (if running)
+trap_fnc2() {
+       if [ $COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS_PID -ne 0 ]; then
+               kill $COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS_PID
+       fi
+}
+trap trap_fnc2 EXIT
+
 # Counter for tests
 TEST_SEQUENCE_NR=1
 
@@ -216,10 +324,18 @@ __log_test_start() {
        ((TEST_SEQUENCE_NR++))
 }
 
+# Function to print current statistics
+__print_current_stats() {
+       if [ $PRINT_CURRENT_STATS -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo " Current stats - exe-time, tests, passes, fails, conf fails, deviations: $(($SECONDS-$TCTEST_START)), $RES_TEST, $RES_PASS, $RES_FAIL, $RES_CONF_FAIL, $RES_DEVIATION"
+       fi
+}
+
 # General function to log a failed test case
 __log_test_fail_general() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL."$1 $ERED
        ((RES_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +343,7 @@ __log_test_fail_general() {
 __log_test_fail_status_code() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL. Exepected status "$1", got "$2 $3 $ERED
        ((RES_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -234,6 +351,7 @@ __log_test_fail_status_code() {
 __log_test_fail_body() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL, returned body not correct"$ERED
        ((RES_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -241,6 +359,7 @@ __log_test_fail_body() {
 __log_test_fail_not_supported() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL, function not supported"$ERED
        ((RES_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -251,6 +370,7 @@ __log_test_pass() {
        fi
        ((RES_PASS++))
        echo -e $GREEN" PASS"$EGREEN
+       __print_current_stats
 }
 
 #Counter for configurations
@@ -268,6 +388,7 @@ __log_conf_start() {
 __log_conf_fail_general() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL."$1 $ERED
        ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -275,6 +396,7 @@ __log_conf_fail_general() {
 __log_conf_fail_status_code() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL. Exepected status "$1", got "$2 $3 $ERED
        ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -282,6 +404,15 @@ __log_conf_fail_status_code() {
 __log_conf_fail_body() {
        echo -e $RED" FAIL, returned body not correct"$ERED
        ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
+       __check_stop_at_error
+}
+
+# Function to log a configuration that is not supported
+__log_conf_fail_not_supported() {
+       echo -e $RED" FAIL, function not supported"$ERED$@
+       ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+       __print_current_stats
        __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
@@ -291,15 +422,65 @@ __log_conf_ok() {
                echo $@
        fi
        echo -e $GREEN" OK"$EGREEN
+       __print_current_stats
+}
+
+# Function to collect stats on endpoints
+# args: <app-id> <end-point-no> <http-operation> <end-point-url> <http-status> [<count>]
+__collect_endpoint_stats() {
+       if [ $COLLECT_ENDPOINT_STATS -eq 0 ]; then
+               return
+       fi
+       ENDPOINT_COUNT=1
+       if [ $# -gt 5 ]; then
+               ENDPOINT_COUNT=$6
+       fi
+       ENDPOINT_STAT_FILE=$TESTLOGS/$ATC/endpoint_$ATC_$1_$2".log"
+       ENDPOINT_POS=0
+       ENDPOINT_NEG=0
+       if [ -f $ENDPOINT_STAT_FILE ]; then
+               ENDPOINT_VAL=$(< $ENDPOINT_STAT_FILE)
+               ENDPOINT_POS=$(echo $ENDPOINT_VAL | cut -f4 -d ' ' | cut -f1 -d '/')
+               ENDPOINT_NEG=$(echo $ENDPOINT_VAL | cut -f5 -d ' ' | cut -f1 -d '/')
+       fi
+
+       if [ $5 -ge 200 ] && [ $5 -lt 300 ]; then
+               let ENDPOINT_POS=ENDPOINT_POS+$ENDPOINT_COUNT
+       else
+               let ENDPOINT_NEG=ENDPOINT_NEG+$ENDPOINT_COUNT
+       fi
+
+       printf '%-2s %-10s %-45s %-16s %-16s' "#" "$3" "$4" "$ENDPOINT_POS/$ENDPOINT_POS" "$ENDPOINT_NEG/$ENDPOINT_NEG" > $ENDPOINT_STAT_FILE
+}
+
+# Function to collect stats on endpoints
+# args: <app-id> <image-info>
+__collect_endpoint_stats_image_info() {
+       if [ $COLLECT_ENDPOINT_STATS -eq 0 ]; then
+               return
+       fi
+       ENDPOINT_STAT_FILE=$TESTLOGS/$ATC/imageinfo_$ATC_$1".log"
+       echo $A1PMS_IMAGE > $ENDPOINT_STAT_FILE
 }
 
 #Var for measuring execution time
 TCTEST_START=$SECONDS
 
+#Vars to hold the start time and timer text for a custom timer
+TC_TIMER_STARTTIME=""
+TC_TIMER_TIMER_TEXT=""
+TC_TIMER_CURRENT_FAILS="" # Then numer of failed test when timer starts.
+                          # Compared with the current number of fails at timer stop
+                                                 # to judge the measurement reliability
+
 #File to save timer measurement results
 TIMER_MEASUREMENTS=".timer_measurement.txt"
-echo -e "Activity \t Duration" > $TIMER_MEASUREMENTS
+echo -e "Activity \t Duration \t Info" > $TIMER_MEASUREMENTS
 
+# If this is set, some images (controlled by the parameter repo-policy) will be re-tagged and pushed to this repo before any
+IMAGE_REPO_ADR=""
+IMAGE_REPO_POLICY="local"
+CLUSTER_TIME_OUT=0
 
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo "-----------------------------------      Test case: "$ATC
@@ -503,6 +684,297 @@ while [ $paramerror -eq 0 ] && [ $foundparm -eq 0 ]; do
                        fi
                fi
        fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--use-external-image" ]; then
+                       USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES=""
+                       shift
+                       while [ $# -gt 0 ] && [[ "$1" != "--"* ]]; do
+                               USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES=$USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES" "$1
+                               if [[ "$AVAILABLE_IMAGES_OVERRIDE" != *"$1"* ]]; then
+                                       paramerror=1
+                                       if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                               paramerror_str="App name $1 is not available for release override for flag: '--use-external-image'"
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               shift;
+                       done
+                       foundparm=0
+                       if [ -z "$USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No app name found for flag: '--use-use-external-image'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               echo "Option set - Overriding with external images for app(s):"$USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--image-repo" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       IMAGE_REPO_ADR=$1
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No image repo url found for : '--image-repo'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               echo "Option set - Image repo url: "$1
+                               shift;
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--repo-policy" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       IMAGE_REPO_POLICY=$1
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No policy found for : '--repo-policy'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                           if [ "$1" == "local" ] || [ "$1" == "remote" ]; then
+                                       echo "Option set - Image repo policy: "$1
+                                       shift;
+                                       foundparm=0
+                               else
+                                       paramerror=1
+                                       if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                               paramerror_str="Repo policy shall be 'local' or 'remote'"
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--cluster-timeout" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       CLUSTER_TIME_OUT=$1
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No timeout value found for : '--cluster-timeout'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               #Check if positive int
+                               case ${CLUSTER_TIME_OUT#[+]} in
+                                       *[!0-9]* | '')
+                                               paramerror=1
+                                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                                       paramerror_str="Value for '--cluster-timeout' not an int : "$CLUSTER_TIME_OUT
+                                               fi
+                                               ;;
+                                       * ) ;; # Ok
+                               esac
+                               echo "Option set - Cluster timeout: "$1
+                               shift;
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--override" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE=$1
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No env file found for flag: '--override'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               if [ ! -f $TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE ]; then
+                                       paramerror=1
+                                       if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                               paramerror_str="File for '--override' does not exist : "$TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               echo "Option set - Override env from: "$1
+                               shift;
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--pre-clean" ]; then
+                       PRE_CLEAN=1
+                       echo "Option set - Pre-clean of kube/docker resouces"
+                       shift;
+                       foundparm=0
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--print-stats" ]; then
+                       PRINT_CURRENT_STATS=1
+                       echo "Option set - Print stats after every test-case and config"
+                       shift;
+                       foundparm=0
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--gen-stats" ]; then
+                       COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS=1
+                       echo "Option set - Collect runtime statistics"
+                       shift;
+                       foundparm=0
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--delete-namespaces" ]; then
+                       if [ $RUNMODE == "DOCKER" ]; then
+                               DELETE_KUBE_NAMESPACES=0
+                               echo "Option ignored - Delete namespaces (ignored when running docker)"
+                       else
+                               if [ -z "KUBE_PRESTARTED_IMAGES" ]; then
+                                       DELETE_KUBE_NAMESPACES=0
+                                       echo "Option ignored - Delete namespaces (ignored when using prestarted apps)"
+                               else
+                                       DELETE_KUBE_NAMESPACES=1
+                                       echo "Option set - Delete namespaces"
+                               fi
+                       fi
+                       shift;
+                       foundparm=0
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--delete-containers" ]; then
+                       if [ $RUNMODE == "DOCKER" ]; then
+                               DELETE_CONTAINERS=1
+                               echo "Option set - Delete containers started by previous test(s)"
+                       else
+                               echo "Option ignored - Delete containers (ignored when running kube)"
+                       fi
+                       shift;
+                       foundparm=0
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--endpoint-stats" ]; then
+                       COLLECT_ENDPOINT_STATS=1
+                       echo "Option set - Collect endpoint statistics"
+                       shift;
+                       foundparm=0
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--kubeconfig" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No path found for : '--kubeconfig'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                           if [ -f  $1 ]; then
+                                       if [ ! -z "$KUBECONF" ]; then
+                                               paramerror=1
+                                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                                       paramerror_str="Only one of --kubeconfig/--kubecontext can be set"
+                                               fi
+                                       else
+                                               KUBECONF="--kubeconfig $1"
+                                               echo "Option set - Kubeconfig path: "$1
+                                               shift;
+                                               foundparm=0
+                                       fi
+                               else
+                                       paramerror=1
+                                       if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                               paramerror_str="File $1 for --kubeconfig not found"
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--kubecontext" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No context-name found for : '--kubecontext'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               if [ ! -z "$KUBECONF" ]; then
+                                       paramerror=1
+                                       if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                               paramerror_str="Only one of --kubeconfig or --kubecontext can be set"
+                                       fi
+                               else
+                                       KUBECONF="--context $1"
+                                       echo "Option set - Kubecontext name: "$1
+                                       shift;
+                                       foundparm=0
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--host-path-dir" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No path found for : '--host-path-dir'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               HOST_PATH_BASE_DIR=$1
+                               echo "Option set - Host path for kube set to: "$1
+                               shift
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--docker-host" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No url found for : '--docker-host'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               export DOCKER_HOST="$1"
+                               echo "Option set - DOCKER_HOST set to: "$1
+                               shift
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--docker-host" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No url found for : '--docker-host'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               export DOCKER_HOST="$1"
+                               echo "Option set - DOCKER_HOST set to: "$1
+                               shift
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [ $paramerror -eq 0 ]; then
+               if [ "$1" == "--docker-proxy" ]; then
+                       shift;
+                       if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+                               paramerror=1
+                               if [ -z "$paramerror_str" ]; then
+                                       paramerror_str="No ip/host found for : '--docker-proxy'"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               export LOCALHOST_NAME=$1
+                               echo "Option set - docker proxy set to: "$1
+                               shift
+                               foundparm=0
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
 done
 echo ""
 
@@ -520,10 +992,17 @@ if [ $paramerror -eq 1 ]; then
        exit 1
 fi
 
+LOCALHOST_HTTP="http://$LOCALHOST_NAME"
+LOCALHOST_HTTPS="https://$LOCALHOST_NAME"
+
 # sourcing the selected env variables for the test case
 if [ -f "$TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE" ]; then
        echo -e $BOLD"Sourcing env vars from: "$TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE$EBOLD
        . $TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE
+       if [ ! -z "$TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE" ]; then
+               echo -e $BOLD"Sourcing override env vars from: "$TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE$EBOLD
+               . $TEST_ENV_VAR_FILE_OVERRIDE
+       fi
 
        if [ -z "$TEST_ENV_PROFILE" ] || [ -z "$SUPPORTED_PROFILES" ]; then
                echo -e $YELLOW"This test case may not work with selected test env file. TEST_ENV_PROFILE is missing in test_env file or SUPPORTED_PROFILES is missing in test case file"$EYELLOW
@@ -573,34 +1052,160 @@ else
        INCLUDED_IMAGES=$DOCKER_INCLUDED_IMAGES
 fi
 
+echo ""
+# auto adding system apps
+__added_apps=""
+echo -e $BOLD"Auto adding system apps"$EBOLD
+if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
+       INCLUDED_IMAGES=$INCLUDED_IMAGES" "$TESTENV_KUBE_SYSTEM_APPS
+       TMP_APPS=$TESTENV_KUBE_SYSTEM_APPS
+else
+       INCLUDED_IMAGES=$INCLUDED_IMAGES" "$TESTENV_DOCKER_SYSTEM_APPS
+       TMP_APPS=$TESTENV_DOCKER_SYSTEM_APPS
+fi
+if [ ! -z "$TMP_APPS" ]; then
+       for iapp in "$TMP_APPS"; do
+               file_pointer=$(echo $iapp | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+               file_pointer="../common/"$file_pointer"_api_functions.sh"
+           padded_iapp=$iapp
+               while [ ${#padded_iapp} -lt 16 ]; do
+                       padded_iapp=$padded_iapp" "
+               done
+               echo " Auto-adding system app   $padded_iapp  Sourcing $file_pointer"
+               . $file_pointer
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo " Include file $file_pointer contain errors. Exiting..."
+                       exit 1
+               fi
+               __added_apps=" $iapp "$__added_apps
+       done
+else
+       echo " None"
+fi
+
+if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
+       TMP_APPS=$INCLUDED_IMAGES" "$KUBE_PRESTARTED_IMAGES
+else
+       TMP_APPS=$INCLUDED_IMAGES
+fi
+
+echo -e $BOLD"Auto adding included apps"$EBOLD
+       for iapp in $TMP_APPS; do
+               if [[ "$__added_apps" != *"$iapp"* ]]; then
+                       file_pointer=$(echo $iapp | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+                       file_pointer="../common/"$file_pointer"_api_functions.sh"
+                       padded_iapp=$iapp
+                       while [ ${#padded_iapp} -lt 16 ]; do
+                               padded_iapp=$padded_iapp" "
+                       done
+                       echo " Auto-adding included app $padded_iapp  Sourcing $file_pointer"
+                       if [ ! -f "$file_pointer" ]; then
+                               echo " Include file $file_pointer for app $iapp does not exist"
+                               exit 1
+                       fi
+                       . $file_pointer
+                       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                               echo " Include file $file_pointer contain errors. Exiting..."
+                               exit 1
+                       fi
+               fi
+       done
+echo ""
+
+echo -e $BOLD"Test environment info"$EBOLD
+
 # Check needed installed sw
+
+tmp=$(which bash)
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$tmp" ]; then
+       echo -e $RED"bash is required to run the test environment, pls install"$ERED
+       exit 1
+fi
+echo " bash is installed and using version:"
+echo "$(bash --version)" | indent2
+
 tmp=$(which python3)
-if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z tmp ]; then
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$tmp" ]; then
        echo -e $RED"python3 is required to run the test environment, pls install"$ERED
        exit 1
 fi
+echo " python3 is installed and using version: $(python3 --version)"
+
 tmp=$(which docker)
-if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z tmp ]; then
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$tmp" ]; then
        echo -e $RED"docker is required to run the test environment, pls install"$ERED
        exit 1
 fi
+echo " docker is installed and using versions:"
+echo  "  $(docker version --format 'Client version {{.Client.Version}} Server version {{.Server.Version}}')"
 
-tmp=$(which docker-compose)
-if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z tmp ]; then
-       if [ $RUNMODE == "DOCKER" ]; then
+if [ $RUNMODE == "DOCKER" ]; then
+       tmp=$(which docker-compose)
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$tmp" ]; then
                echo -e $RED"docker-compose is required to run the test environment, pls install"$ERED
                exit 1
+       else
+               tmp=$(docker-compose version)
+               echo " docker-compose installed and using version $tmp"
+               if [[ "$tmp" == *'v2'* ]]; then
+                       DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION="V2"
+               fi
        fi
 fi
-
-tmp=$(which kubectl)
-if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z tmp ]; then
-       if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
+if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
+       tmp=$(which kubectl)
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z tmp ]; then
                echo -e $RED"kubectl is required to run the test environment in kubernetes mode, pls install"$ERED
                exit 1
+       else
+               echo " kubectl is installed and using versions:"
+               echo $(kubectl $KUBECONF version --short=true) | indent2
+               res=$(kubectl $KUBECONF cluster-info 2>&1)
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo -e "$BOLD$RED############################################# $ERED$EBOLD"
+                       echo -e  $BOLD$RED"Command 'kubectl '$KUBECONF' cluster-info' returned error $ERED$EBOLD"
+                       echo -e "$BOLD$RED############################################# $ERED$EBOLD"
+                       echo " "
+                       echo "kubectl response:"
+                       echo $res
+                       echo " "
+                       echo "This script may have been started with user with no permission to run kubectl"
+                       echo "Try running with 'sudo', set env KUBECONFIG or set '--kubeconfig' parameter"
+                       echo "Do either 1, 2 or 3 "
+                       echo " "
+                       echo "1"
+                       echo "Run with sudo"
+                       echo -e $BOLD"sudo <test-script-and-parameters>"$EBOLD
+                       echo " "
+                       echo "2"
+                       echo "Export KUBECONFIG and pass env to sudo - (replace user)"
+                       echo -e $BOLD"export KUBECONFIG='/home/<user>/.kube/config'"$EBOLD
+                       echo -e $BOLD"sudo -E <test-script-and-parameters>"$EBOLD
+                       echo " "
+                       echo "3"
+                       echo "Set KUBECONFIG via script parameter"
+                       echo -e $BOLD"sudo ... --kubeconfig /home/<user>/.kube/<config-file> ...."$EBOLD
+                       echo "The config file need to downloaded from the cluster"
+
+                       exit 1
+               fi
+               echo " Node(s) and container runtime config"
+               kubectl $KUBECONF get nodes -o wide | indent2
+               echo ""
+               if [ -z "$HOST_PATH_BASE_DIR" ]; then
+                       HOST_PATH_BASE_DIR="/tmp"
+                       echo " Persistent volumes will be mounted to $HOST_PATH_BASE_DIR on applicable node"
+                       echo " No guarantee that persistent volume data is available on all nodes in the cluster"
+               else
+                       echo "Persistent volumes will be mounted to base dir: $HOST_PATH_BASE_DIR"
+                       echo "Assuming this dir is mounted from each node to a dir on the localhost or other"
+                       echo "file system available to all nodes"
+               fi
        fi
 fi
 
+echo ""
+
 echo -e $BOLD"Checking configured image setting for this test case"$EBOLD
 
 #Temp var to check for image variable name errors
@@ -612,6 +1217,7 @@ echo -e "Application\tApp short name\tImage\ttag\ttag-switch" > $image_list_file
 # Check if image env var is set and if so export the env var with image to use (used by docker compose files)
 # arg: <app-short-name> <target-variable-name> <image-variable-name> <image-tag-variable-name> <tag-suffix> <image name>
 __check_and_create_image_var() {
+
        if [ $# -ne 6 ]; then
                echo "Expected arg: <app-short-name> <target-variable-name> <image-variable-name> <image-tag-variable-name> <tag-suffix> <image name>"
                ((IMAGE_ERR++))
@@ -630,6 +1236,8 @@ __check_and_create_image_var() {
        tmptag=$4"_"$5
        tag="${!tmptag}"
 
+       optional_image_repo_target=""
+
        if [ -z $image ]; then
                __check_ignore_image $1
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -647,6 +1255,9 @@ __check_and_create_image_var() {
                echo ""
                tmp=$tmp"<no-image>\t"
        else
+
+               optional_image_repo_target=$image
+
                #Add repo depending on image type
                if [ "$5" == "REMOTE_RELEASE" ]; then
                        image=$NEXUS_RELEASE_REPO$image
@@ -666,7 +1277,7 @@ __check_and_create_image_var() {
                if [ "$5" == "REMOTE_RELEASE_ORAN" ]; then
                        image=$NEXUS_RELEASE_REPO_ORAN$image
                fi
-               #No nexus repo added for local images, tag: LOCAL
+               #No nexus repo added for local images, tag: LOCAL and other tags
                tmp=$tmp$image"\t"
        fi
        if [ -z $tag ]; then
@@ -680,7 +1291,30 @@ __check_and_create_image_var() {
        tmp=$tmp"\t"$5
        echo -e "$tmp" >> $image_list_file
        #Export the env var
-       export "${2}"=$image":"$tag
+       export "${2}"=$image":"$tag  #Note, this var may be set to the value of the target value below in __check_and_pull_image
+
+       remote_or_local_push=false
+       if [ ! -z "$IMAGE_REPO_ADR" ] && [[ $5 != *"PROXY"* ]]; then
+               if [ $5 == "LOCAL" ]; then
+                       remote_or_local_push=true
+               fi
+               if [[ $5 == *"REMOTE"* ]]; then
+                       if [ "$IMAGE_REPO_POLICY" == "remote" ]; then
+                               remote_or_local_push=true
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if $remote_or_local_push; then    # Only re-tag and push images according to policy, if repo is given
+               export "${2}_SOURCE"=$image":"$tag  #Var to keep the actual source image
+               if [[ $optional_image_repo_target == *"/"* ]]; then # Replace all / with _ for images to push to external repo
+                       optional_image_repo_target_tmp=${optional_image_repo_target//\//_}
+                       optional_image_repo_target=$optional_image_repo_target_tmp
+               fi
+               export "${2}_TARGET"=$IMAGE_REPO_ADR"/"$optional_image_repo_target":"$tag  #Create image + tag for optional image repo - pushed later if needed
+       else
+               export "${2}_SOURCE"=""
+               export "${2}_TARGET"=""
+       fi
 }
 
 # Check if app uses image included in this test run
@@ -823,6 +1457,12 @@ __check_image_override() {
                        ((CTR++))
                fi
        done
+       for im in $USE_EXTERNAL_IMAGES; do
+               if [ "$1" == "$im" ]; then
+                       suffix="EXTERNAL"
+                       ((CTR++))
+               fi
+       done
        echo $suffix
        if [ $CTR -gt 1 ]; then
                exit 1
@@ -830,21 +1470,63 @@ __check_image_override() {
        return 0
 }
 
+# Function to re-tag and image and push to another image repo
+__retag_and_push_image() {
+       if [ ! -z "$IMAGE_REPO_ADR" ]; then
+               source_image="${!1}"
+               trg_var_name=$1_"TARGET" # This var is created in func __check_and_create_image_var
+               target_image="${!trg_var_name}"
+
+               if [ -z $target_image ]; then
+                       return 0  # Image with no target shall not be pushed
+               fi
+
+               echo -ne "  Attempt to re-tag image to: ${BOLD}${target_image}${EBOLD}${SAMELINE}"
+               tmp=$(docker image tag $source_image ${target_image} )
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       docker stop $tmp &> ./tmp/.dockererr
+                       ((IMAGE_ERR++))
+                       echo ""
+                       echo -e "  Attempt to re-tag image to: ${BOLD}${target_image}${EBOLD} - ${RED}Failed${ERED}"
+                       cat ./tmp/.dockererr
+                       return 1
+               else
+                       echo -e "  Attempt to re-tag image to: ${BOLD}${target_image}${EBOLD} - ${GREEN}OK${EGREEN}"
+               fi
+               echo -ne "  Attempt to push re-tagged image: ${BOLD}${target_image}${EBOLD}${SAMELINE}"
+               tmp=$(docker push ${target_image} )
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       docker stop $tmp &> ./tmp/.dockererr
+                       ((IMAGE_ERR++))
+                       echo ""
+                       echo -e "  Attempt to push re-tagged image: ${BOLD}${target_image}${EBOLD} - ${RED}Failed${ERED}"
+                       cat ./tmp/.dockererr
+                       return 1
+               else
+                       echo -e "  Attempt to push re-tagged image: ${BOLD}${target_image}${EBOLD} - ${GREEN}OK${EGREEN}"
+               fi
+               export "${1}"=$target_image
+       fi
+       return 0
+}
+
 #Function to check if image exist and stop+remove the container+pull new images as needed
-#args <script-start-arg> <descriptive-image-name> <container-base-name> <image-with-tag>
+#args <script-start-arg> <descriptive-image-name> <container-base-name> <image-with-tag-var-name>
 __check_and_pull_image() {
 
-       echo -e " Checking $BOLD$2$EBOLD container(s) with basename: $BOLD$3$EBOLD using image: $BOLD$4$EBOLD"
+       source_image="${!4}"
+
+       echo -e " Checking $BOLD$2$EBOLD container(s) with basename: $BOLD$3$EBOLD using image: $BOLD$source_image$EBOLD"
        format_string="\"{{.Repository}}\\t{{.Tag}}\\t{{.CreatedSince}}\\t{{.Size}}\""
-       tmp_im=$(docker images --format $format_string ${4})
+       tmp_im=$(docker images --format $format_string $source_image)
 
        if [ $1 == "local" ]; then
                if [ -z "$tmp_im" ]; then
-                       echo -e "  "$2" (local image): \033[1m"$4"\033[0m $RED does not exist in local registry, need to be built (or manually pulled)"$ERED
+                       echo -e "  "$2" (local image): \033[1m"$source_image"\033[0m $RED does not exist in local registry, need to be built (or manually pulled)"$ERED
                        ((IMAGE_ERR++))
                        return 1
                else
-                       echo -e "  "$2" (local image): \033[1m"$4"\033[0m "$GREEN"OK"$EGREEN
+                       echo -e "  "$2" (local image): \033[1m"$source_image"\033[0m "$GREEN"OK"$EGREEN
                fi
        elif [ $1 == "remote" ] || [ $1 == "remote-remove" ]; then
                if [ $1 == "remote-remove" ]; then
@@ -881,7 +1563,7 @@ __check_and_pull_image() {
                fi
                if [ -z "$tmp_im" ]; then
                        echo -ne "  Pulling image${SAMELINE}"
-                       out=$(docker pull $4)
+                       out=$(docker pull $source_image)
                        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                                echo ""
                                echo -e "  Pulling image -$RED could not be pulled"$ERED
@@ -902,7 +1584,10 @@ __check_and_pull_image() {
                        echo -e "  Pulling image -$GREEN OK $EGREEN(exists in local repository)"
                fi
        fi
-       return 0
+
+       __retag_and_push_image $4
+
+       return $?
 }
 
 setup_testenvironment() {
@@ -926,15 +1611,18 @@ setup_testenvironment() {
                                IMAGE_SUFFIX="none"
                        fi
                        # A function name is created from the app short name
-                       # for example app short name 'ECS' -> produce the function
-                       # name __ECS_imagesetup
+                       # for example app short name 'ICS' -> produce the function
+                       # name __ICS_imagesetup
                        # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
-                       # file for the ecs test functions
+                       # file for the ics test functions
                        # The resulting function impl will call '__check_and_create_image_var' function
                        # with appropriate parameters
                        # If the image suffix is none, then the component decides the suffix
                        function_pointer="__"$imagename"_imagesetup"
                        $function_pointer $IMAGE_SUFFIX
+
+                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_test_requirements"
+                       $function_pointer
                fi
        done
 
@@ -972,42 +1660,75 @@ setup_testenvironment() {
        #Temp var to check for image pull errors
        IMAGE_ERR=0
 
-       # The following sequence pull the configured images
+       # Delete namespaces
+       echo -e $BOLD"Deleting namespaces"$EBOLD
 
-       echo -e $BOLD"Pulling configured images, if needed"$EBOLD
 
-       for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
-               __check_included_image $imagename
-               incl=$?
-               __check_project_image $imagename
-               proj=$?
-               if [ $incl -eq 0 ]; then
-                       if [ $proj -eq 0 ]; then
-                               START_ARG_MOD=$START_ARG
-                               __check_image_local_override $imagename
-                               if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
-                                       START_ARG_MOD="local"
+       if [ "$DELETE_KUBE_NAMESPACES" -eq 1 ]; then
+               test_env_namespaces=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get ns  --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" -l autotest=engine) #Get list of ns created by the test env
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo " Cannot get list of namespaces...ignoring delete"
+               else
+                       for test_env_ns in $test_env_namespaces; do
+                               __kube_delete_namespace $test_env_ns
+                       done
+               fi
+       else
+               echo " Namespace delete option not set or ignored"
+       fi
+       echo ""
+
+       # Delete containers
+       echo -e $BOLD"Deleting containers"$EBOLD
+
+       if [ "$DELETE_CONTAINERS" -eq 1 ]; then
+               echo " Stopping containers label 'nrttest_app'..."
+               docker stop $(docker ps -qa  --filter "label=nrttest_app") 2> /dev/null
+               echo " Removing stopped containers..."
+               docker rm $(docker ps -qa  --filter "label=nrttest_app") 2> /dev/null
+       else
+               echo " Contatiner delete option not set or ignored"
+       fi
+       echo ""
+
+       # The following sequence pull the configured images
+       echo -e $BOLD"Pulling configured images, if needed"$EBOLD
+       if [ ! -z "$IMAGE_REPO_ADR" ] && [ $IMAGE_REPO_POLICY == "local" ]; then
+               echo -e $YELLOW" Excluding all remote image check/pull when running with image repo: $IMAGE_REPO_ADR and image policy $IMAGE_REPO_POLICY"$EYELLOW
+       else
+               for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
+                       __check_included_image $imagename
+                       incl=$?
+                       __check_project_image $imagename
+                       proj=$?
+                       if [ $incl -eq 0 ]; then
+                               if [ $proj -eq 0 ]; then
+                                       START_ARG_MOD=$START_ARG
+                                       __check_image_local_override $imagename
+                                       if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+                                               START_ARG_MOD="local"
+                                       fi
+                               else
+                                       START_ARG_MOD=$START_ARG
+                               fi
+                               __check_image_local_build $imagename
+                               #No pull of images built locally
+                               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                                       # A function name is created from the app short name
+                                       # for example app short name 'HTTPPROXY' -> produce the function
+                                       # name __HTTPPROXY_imagesetup
+                                       # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
+                                       # file for the httpproxy test functions
+                                       # The resulting function impl will call '__check_and_pull_image' function
+                                       # with appropriate parameters
+                                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_imagepull"
+                                       $function_pointer $START_ARG_MOD $START_ARG
                                fi
                        else
-                               START_ARG_MOD=$START_ARG
+                               echo -e $YELLOW" Excluding $imagename image from image check/pull"$EYELLOW
                        fi
-                       __check_image_local_build $imagename
-                       #No pull of images built locally
-                       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                               # A function name is created from the app short name
-                               # for example app short name 'HTTPPROXY' -> produce the function
-                               # name __HTTPPROXY_imagesetup
-                               # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
-                               # file for the httpproxy test functions
-                               # The resulting function impl will call '__check_and_pull_image' function
-                               # with appropriate parameters
-                               function_pointer="__"$imagename"_imagepull"
-                               $function_pointer $START_ARG_MOD $START_ARG
-                       fi
-               else
-                       echo -e $YELLOW" Excluding $imagename image from image check/pull"$EYELLOW
-               fi
-       done
+               done
+       fi
 
        #Errors in image setting - exit
        if [ $IMAGE_ERR -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -1016,8 +1737,11 @@ setup_testenvironment() {
                echo -e $RED"One or more images could not be pulled or containers using the images could not be stopped/removed"$ERED
                echo -e $RED"Or local image, overriding remote image, does not exist"$ERED
                if [ $IMAGE_CATEGORY == "DEV" ]; then
-                       echo -e $RED"Note that SNAPSHOT images may be purged from nexus after a certain period."$ERED
-                       echo -e $RED"In that case, switch to use a released image instead."$ERED
+                   echo ""
+                       echo -e $RED"Note that SNAPSHOT and staging images may be purged from nexus after a certain period."$ERED
+                       echo -e $RED"In addition, the image may not have been updated in the current release so no SNAPSHOT or staging image exists"$ERED
+                       echo -e $RED"In these cases, switch to use a released image instead, use the flag '--use-release-image <App-short-name>'"$ERED
+                       echo -e $RED"Use the 'App-short-name' for the applicable image from the above table: 'Images configured for start arg'."$ERED
                fi
                echo "#################################################################################################"
                echo ""
@@ -1047,42 +1771,139 @@ setup_testenvironment() {
                                echo -e $YELLOW" Excluding image for app $imagename from image build"$EYELLOW
                        fi
                fi
-       done
+       done
+
+       cd $AUTOTEST_HOME # Just to make sure...
+
+       echo ""
+
+       # Create a table of the images used in the script - from local repo
+       echo -e $BOLD"Local docker registry images used in this test script"$EBOLD
+
+       docker_tmp_file=./tmp/.docker-images-table
+       format_string="{{.Repository}}\\t{{.Tag}}\\t{{.CreatedSince}}\\t{{.Size}}\\t{{.CreatedAt}}"
+       echo -e "Application\tRepository\tTag\tCreated since\tSize\tCreated at" > $docker_tmp_file
+
+       for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
+               __check_included_image $imagename
+               if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+                       # Only print image data if image repo is null, or if image repo is set and image is local
+                       print_image_data=0
+                       if [ -z "$IMAGE_REPO_ADR" ]; then
+                               print_image_data=1
+                       else
+                               __check_image_local_build $imagename
+                               if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+                                       print_image_data=1
+                               fi
+                       fi
+                       if [ $print_image_data -eq 1 ]; then
+                               # A function name is created from the app short name
+                               # for example app short name 'MR' -> produce the function
+                               # name __MR_imagebuild
+                               # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
+                               # file for the mr test functions
+                               # The resulting function impl shall build the imagee
+                               function_pointer="__"$imagename"_image_data"
+                               $function_pointer "$format_string" $docker_tmp_file
+                       fi
+               fi
+       done
+
+       column -t -s $'\t' $docker_tmp_file | indent1
+
+       echo ""
+
+       if [ ! -z "$IMAGE_REPO_ADR" ]; then
+
+               # Create a table of the images used in the script - from remote repo
+               echo -e $BOLD"Remote repo images used in this test script"$EBOLD
+               echo -e $YELLOW"-- Note: These image will be pulled when the container starts. Images not managed by the test engine --"$EYELLOW
+
+               docker_tmp_file=./tmp/.docker-images-table
+               format_string="{{.Repository}}\\t{{.Tag}}"
+               echo -e "Application\tRepository\tTag" > $docker_tmp_file
+
+               for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
+                       __check_included_image $imagename
+                       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+                               # Only print image data if image repo is null, or if image repo is set and image is local
+                               __check_image_local_build $imagename
+                               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                                       # A function name is created from the app short name
+                                       # for example app short name 'MR' -> produce the function
+                                       # name __MR_imagebuild
+                                       # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
+                                       # file for the mr test functions
+                                       # The resulting function impl shall build the imagee
+                                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_image_data"
+                                       $function_pointer "$format_string" $docker_tmp_file
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               done
+
+               column -t -s $'\t' $docker_tmp_file | indent1
+
+               echo ""
+       fi
+
+       if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
+
+               echo "================================================================================="
+               echo "================================================================================="
+
+               if [ -z "$IMAGE_REPO_ADR" ]; then
+                       echo -e $YELLOW" The image pull policy is set to 'Never' - assuming a local image repo is available for all images"$EYELLOW
+                       echo -e " This setting only works on single node clusters on the local machine"
+                       echo -e " It does not work with multi-node clusters or remote clusters. "
+                       export KUBE_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY="Never"
+               else
+                       echo -e $YELLOW" The image pull policy is set to 'Always'"$EYELLOW
+                       echo -e " This setting work on local clusters, multi-node clusters and remote cluster. "
+                       echo -e " Only locally built images are managed. Remote images are always pulled from remote repos"
+                       echo -e " Pulling remote snapshot or staging images my in some case result in pulling newer image versions outside the control of the test engine"
+                       export KUBE_IMAGE_PULL_POLICY="Always"
+               fi
+               #CLUSTER_IP=$(kubectl $KUBECONF config view -o jsonpath={.clusters[0].cluster.server} | awk -F[/:] '{print $4}')
+               #echo -e $YELLOW" The cluster hostname/ip is: $CLUSTER_IP"$EYELLOW
 
-       cd $AUTOTEST_HOME # Just to make sure...
+               echo "================================================================================="
+               echo "================================================================================="
+               echo ""
+       fi
 
+       echo -e $BOLD"======================================================="$EBOLD
+       echo -e $BOLD"== Common test setup completed -  test script begins =="$EBOLD
+       echo -e $BOLD"======================================================="$EBOLD
        echo ""
 
-       # Create a table of the images used in the script
-       echo -e $BOLD"Local docker registry images used in the this test script"$EBOLD
-
-       docker_tmp_file=./tmp/.docker-images-table
-       format_string="{{.Repository}}\\t{{.Tag}}\\t{{.CreatedSince}}\\t{{.Size}}\\t{{.CreatedAt}}"
-       echo -e "Application\tRepository\tTag\tCreated since\tSize\tCreated at" > $docker_tmp_file
+       LOG_STAT_ARGS=""
 
        for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
                __check_included_image $imagename
-               if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+               retcode_i=$?
+               __check_prestarted_image $imagename
+               retcode_p=$?
+               if [ $retcode_i -eq 0 ] || [ $retcode_p -eq 0 ]; then
                        # A function name is created from the app short name
-                       # for example app short name 'MR' -> produce the function
-                       # name __MR_imagebuild
+                       # for example app short name 'RICMSIM' -> produce the function
+                       # name __RICSIM__initial_setup
                        # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
-                       # file for the mr test functions
-                       # The resulting function impl shall build the imagee
-                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_image_data"
-                       $function_pointer "$format_string" $docker_tmp_file
-               fi
-       done
-
+                       # file for the ricsim test functions
+                       # The resulting function impl shall perform initial setup of port, host etc
 
-       column -t -s $'\t' $docker_tmp_file | indent1
+                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_initial_setup"
+                       $function_pointer
 
-       echo ""
+                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_statisics_setup"
+                       LOG_STAT_ARGS=$LOG_STAT_ARGS" "$($function_pointer)
+               fi
+       done
 
-       echo -e $BOLD"======================================================="$EBOLD
-       echo -e $BOLD"== Common test setup completed -  test script begins =="$EBOLD
-       echo -e $BOLD"======================================================="$EBOLD
-       echo ""
+       if [ $COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS -eq 1 ]; then
+               ../common/genstat.sh $RUNMODE $SECONDS $TESTLOGS/$ATC/stat_data.csv $LOG_STAT_ARGS &
+               COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS_PID=$!
+       fi
 
 }
 
@@ -1115,28 +1936,40 @@ print_result() {
        echo "Timer measurement in the test script"
        echo "===================================="
        column -t -s $'\t' $TIMER_MEASUREMENTS
+       if [ $RES_PASS != $RES_TEST ]; then
+               echo -e $RED"Measurement may not be reliable when there are failed test - failures may cause long measurement values due to timeouts etc."$ERED
+       fi
        echo ""
 
+       if [ $COLLECT_RUNTIME_STATS -eq 1 ]; then
+               echo "Runtime statistics collected in file: "$TESTLOGS/$ATC/stat_data.csv
+               echo ""
+       fi
+       TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS=0
        total=$((RES_PASS+RES_FAIL))
        if [ $RES_TEST -eq 0 ]; then
+               TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS=1
                echo -e "\033[1mNo tests seem to have been executed. Check the script....\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m ___  ___ ___ ___ ___ _____   ___ _   ___ _   _   _ ___ ___ \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m/ __|/ __| _ \_ _| _ \_   _| | __/_\ |_ _| | | | | | _ \ __|\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m\__ \ (__|   /| ||  _/ | |   | _/ _ \ | || |_| |_| |   / _| \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m|___/\___|_|_\___|_|   |_|   |_/_/ \_\___|____\___/|_|_\___|\033[0m"
        elif [ $total != $RES_TEST ]; then
+               TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS=1
                echo -e "\033[1mTotal number of tests does not match the sum of passed and failed tests. Check the script....\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m ___  ___ ___ ___ ___ _____   ___ _   ___ _   _   _ ___ ___ \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m/ __|/ __| _ \_ _| _ \_   _| | __/_\ |_ _| | | | | | _ \ __|\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m\__ \ (__|   /| ||  _/ | |   | _/ _ \ | || |_| |_| |   / _| \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m|___/\___|_|_\___|_|   |_|   |_/_/ \_\___|____\___/|_|_\___|\033[0m"
        elif [ $RES_CONF_FAIL -ne 0 ]; then
+               TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS=1
                echo -e "\033[1mOne or more configurations has failed. Check the script log....\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m ___  ___ ___ ___ ___ _____   ___ _   ___ _   _   _ ___ ___ \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m/ __|/ __| _ \_ _| _ \_   _| | __/_\ |_ _| | | | | | _ \ __|\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m\__ \ (__|   /| ||  _/ | |   | _/ _ \ | || |_| |_| |   / _| \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m|___/\___|_|_\___|_|   |_|   |_/_/ \_\___|____\___/|_|_\___|\033[0m"
        elif [ $RES_PASS = $RES_TEST ]; then
+               TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS=0
                echo -e "All tests \033[32m\033[1mPASS\033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[32m\033[1m  ___  _   ___ ___ \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[32m\033[1m | _ \/_\ / __/ __| \033[0m"
@@ -1155,13 +1988,18 @@ print_result() {
                fi
                #Create file with OK exit code
                echo "0" > "$AUTOTEST_HOME/.result$ATC.txt"
+               echo "0" > "$TESTLOGS/$ATC/.result$ATC.txt"
        else
+               TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS=1
                echo -e "One or more tests with status  \033[31m\033[1mFAIL\033[0m "
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m  ___ _   ___ _    \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m | __/_\ |_ _| |   \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m | _/ _ \ | || |__ \033[0m"
                echo -e "\033[31m\033[1m |_/_/ \_\___|____|\033[0m"
                echo ""
+       fi
+
+       if [ $TMP_FLAG_FAIL_PASS -ne 0 ]; then
                # Update test suite counter
                if [ -f .tmp_tcsuite_fail_ctr ]; then
                        tmpval=$(< .tmp_tcsuite_fail_ctr)
@@ -1191,57 +2029,44 @@ print_result() {
 #####################################################################
 
 # Start timer for time measurement
-# args - (any args will be printed though)
+# args:  <timer message to print>  -  timer value and message will be printed both on screen
+#                                     and in the timer measurement report - if at least one "print_timer is called"
 start_timer() {
        echo -e $BOLD"INFO(${BASH_LINENO[0]}): "${FUNCNAME[0]}"," $@ $EBOLD
-       TC_TIMER=$SECONDS
-       echo " Timer started"
+       TC_TIMER_STARTTIME=$SECONDS
+       TC_TIMER_TIMER_TEXT="${@:1}"
+       if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+               __print_err "need 1 arg,  <timer message to print>" $@
+               TC_TIMER_TIMER_TEXT=${FUNCNAME[0]}":"${BASH_LINENO[0]}
+               echo " Assigning timer name: "$TC_TIMER_TIMER_TEXT
+       fi
+       TC_TIMER_CURRENT_FAILS=$(($RES_FAIL+$RES_CONF_FAIL))
+       echo " Timer started: $(date)"
 }
 
-# Print the value of the time (in seconds)
-# args - <timer message to print>  -  timer value and message will be printed both on screen
-#                                     and in the timer measurement report
+# Print the running timer  the value of the time (in seconds)
+# Timer value and message will be printed both on screen and in the timer measurement report
 print_timer() {
-       echo -e $BOLD"INFO(${BASH_LINENO[0]}): "${FUNCNAME[0]}"," $@ $EBOLD
-       if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-               ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
-       __print_err "need 1 or more args,  <timer message to print>" $@
-               exit 1
+       echo -e $BOLD"INFO(${BASH_LINENO[0]}): "${FUNCNAME[0]}"," $TC_TIMER_TIMER_TEXT $EBOLD
+       if [ -z  "$TC_TIMER_STARTTIME" ]; then
+               __print_err "timer not started" $@
+               return 1
        fi
-       duration=$(($SECONDS-$TC_TIMER))
+       duration=$(($SECONDS-$TC_TIMER_STARTTIME))
        if [ $duration -eq 0 ]; then
                duration="<1 second"
        else
                duration=$duration" seconds"
        fi
        echo " Timer duration :" $duration
-
-       echo -e "${@:1} \t $duration" >> $TIMER_MEASUREMENTS
-}
-
-# Print the value of the time (in seconds) and reset the timer
-# args - <timer message to print>  -  timer value and message will be printed both on screen
-#                                     and in the timer measurement report
-print_and_reset_timer() {
-       echo -e $BOLD"INFO(${BASH_LINENO[0]}): "${FUNCNAME[0]}"," $@ $EBOLD
-       if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-               ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
-       __print_err "need 1 or more args,  <timer message to print>" $@
-               exit 1
-       fi
-       duration=$(($SECONDS-$TC_TIMER))" seconds"
-       if [ $duration -eq 0 ]; then
-               duration="<1 second"
-       else
-               duration=$duration" seconds"
+       res="-"
+       if [ $(($RES_FAIL+$RES_CONF_FAIL)) -ne $TC_TIMER_CURRENT_FAILS ]; then
+               res="Failures occured during test - timer not reliabled"
        fi
-       echo " Timer duration :" $duration
-       TC_TIMER=$SECONDS
-       echo " Timer reset"
-
-       echo -e "${@:1} \t $duration" >> $TIMER_MEASUREMENTS
 
+       echo -e "$TC_TIMER_TIMER_TEXT \t $duration \t $res" >> $TIMER_MEASUREMENTS
 }
+
 # Print info about a deviations from intended tests
 # Each deviation counted is also printed in the testreport
 # args <deviation message to print>
@@ -1255,6 +2080,7 @@ deviation() {
        ((RES_DEVIATION++))
        echo -e $BOLD$YELLOW" Test case deviation: ${@:1}"$EYELLOW$EBOLD
        echo "Line: ${BASH_LINENO[0]} - ${@:1}" >> $DEVIATION_FILE
+       __print_current_stats
        echo ""
 }
 
@@ -1263,6 +2089,16 @@ __check_stop_at_error() {
        if [ $STOP_AT_ERROR -eq 1 ]; then
                echo -e $RED"Test script configured to stop at first FAIL, taking all logs and stops"$ERED
                store_logs "STOP_AT_ERROR"
+
+               # Update test suite counter
+               if [ -f .tmp_tcsuite_fail_ctr ]; then
+                       tmpval=$(< .tmp_tcsuite_fail_ctr)
+                       ((tmpval++))
+                       echo $tmpval > .tmp_tcsuite_fail_ctr
+               fi
+               if [ -f .tmp_tcsuite_fail ]; then
+                       echo " - "$ATC " -- "$TC_ONELINE_DESCR"  Execution stopped due to error" >> .tmp_tcsuite_fail
+               fi
                exit 1
        fi
        return 0
@@ -1283,6 +2119,13 @@ __clean_containers() {
        for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
                docker ps -a --filter "label=nrttest_app=$imagename"  --filter "network=$DOCKER_SIM_NWNAME" --format ' {{.Label "nrttest_dp"}}\n{{.Label "nrttest_app"}}\n{{.Names}}' >> $running_contr_file
        done
+       running_contr_file_empty="No docker containers running, started by previous test execution"
+       if [ -s $running_contr_file ]; then
+               running_contr_file_empty=""
+       fi
+
+       # Kill all containers started by the test env - to speed up shut down
+    docker kill $(docker ps -a  --filter "label=nrttest_app" --format '{{.Names}}') &> /dev/null
 
        tab_heading1="App display name"
        tab_heading2="App short name"
@@ -1327,37 +2170,41 @@ __clean_containers() {
                tab_heading3="$tab_heading3"" "
        done
 
-       echo " $tab_heading1$tab_heading2$tab_heading3"" Actions"
-       cntr=0
-       while read p; do
-               if (( $cntr % 3 == 0 ));then
-                       row=""
-                       heading=$p
-                       heading_len=$tab_heading1_len
-               fi
-               if (( $cntr % 3 == 1));then
-                       heading=$p
-                       heading_len=$tab_heading2_len
-               fi
-               if (( $cntr % 3 == 2));then
-                       contr=$p
-                       heading=$p
-                       heading_len=$tab_heading3_len
-               fi
-               while (( ${#heading} < $heading_len)); do
-                       heading="$heading"" "
-               done
-               row=$row$heading
-               if (( $cntr % 3 == 2));then
-                       echo -ne $row$SAMELINE
-                       echo -ne " $row ${GREEN}stopping...${EGREEN}${SAMELINE}"
-                       docker stop $(docker ps -qa --filter name=${contr} --filter network=$DOCKER_SIM_NWNAME) &> /dev/null
-                       echo -ne " $row ${GREEN}stopped removing...${EGREEN}${SAMELINE}"
-                       docker rm --force $(docker ps -qa --filter name=${contr} --filter network=$DOCKER_SIM_NWNAME) &> /dev/null
-                       echo -e  " $row ${GREEN}stopped removed     ${EGREEN}"
-               fi
-               let cntr=cntr+1
-       done <$running_contr_file
+       if [ ! -z "$running_contr_file_empty" ]; then
+               echo $running_contr_file_empty | indent1
+       else
+               echo " $tab_heading1$tab_heading2$tab_heading3"" Actions"
+               cntr=0
+               while read p; do
+                       if (( $cntr % 3 == 0 ));then
+                               row=""
+                               heading=$p
+                               heading_len=$tab_heading1_len
+                       fi
+                       if (( $cntr % 3 == 1));then
+                               heading=$p
+                               heading_len=$tab_heading2_len
+                       fi
+                       if (( $cntr % 3 == 2));then
+                               contr=$p
+                               heading=$p
+                               heading_len=$tab_heading3_len
+                       fi
+                       while (( ${#heading} < $heading_len)); do
+                               heading="$heading"" "
+                       done
+                       row=$row$heading
+                       if (( $cntr % 3 == 2));then
+                               echo -ne $row$SAMELINE
+                               echo -ne " $row ${GREEN}stopping...${EGREEN}${SAMELINE}"
+                               docker stop $(docker ps -qa --filter name=${contr} --filter network=$DOCKER_SIM_NWNAME) &> /dev/null
+                               echo -ne " $row ${GREEN}stopped removing...${EGREEN}${SAMELINE}"
+                               docker rm --force $(docker ps -qa --filter name=${contr} --filter network=$DOCKER_SIM_NWNAME) &> /dev/null
+                               echo -e  " $row ${GREEN}stopped removed     ${EGREEN}"
+                       fi
+                       let cntr=cntr+1
+               done <$running_contr_file
+       fi
 
        echo ""
 
@@ -1399,12 +2246,29 @@ __clean_containers() {
 ### Functions for kube management
 ###################################
 
+# Get resource type for scaling
+# args: <resource-name> <namespace>
+__kube_get_resource_type() {
+       kubectl $KUBECONF get deployment $1 -n $2 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+               echo "deployment"
+               return 0
+       fi
+       kubectl $KUBECONF get sts $1 -n $2 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+               echo "sts"
+               return 0
+       fi
+       echo "unknown-resource-type"
+       return 1
+}
+
 # Scale a kube resource to a specific count
 # args: <resource-type> <resource-name> <namespace> <target-count>
 # (Not for test scripts)
 __kube_scale() {
        echo -ne "  Setting $1 $2 replicas=$4 in namespace $3"$SAMELINE
-       kubectl scale  $1 $2  -n $3 --replicas=$4 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       kubectl $KUBECONF scale  $1 $2  -n $3 --replicas=$4 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo -e "  Setting $1 $2 replicas=$4 in namespace $3 $RED Failed $ERED"
                ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
@@ -1417,7 +2281,7 @@ __kube_scale() {
        TSTART=$SECONDS
 
        for i in {1..500}; do
-               count=$(kubectl get $1/$2  -n $3 -o jsonpath='{.status.replicas}' 2> /dev/null)
+               count=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $1/$2  -n $3 -o jsonpath='{.status.replicas}' 2> /dev/null)
                retcode=$?
                if [ -z "$count" ]; then
                        #No value is sometimes returned for some reason, in case the resource has replica 0
@@ -1455,41 +2319,49 @@ __kube_scale_all_resources() {
        labelid=$3
        resources="deployment replicaset statefulset"
        for restype in $resources; do
-               result=$(kubectl get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
+               result=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
                if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ ! -z "$result" ]; then
-                       deleted_resourcetypes=$deleted_resourcetypes" "$restype
                        for resid in $result; do
-                               echo -ne "  Ordered caling $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0"$SAMELINE
-                               kubectl scale  $restype $resid  -n $namespace --replicas=0 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
-                               echo -e "  Ordered scaling $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0 $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
+                               echo -ne "  Ordered caling $restype $resid in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0"$SAMELINE
+                               kubectl $KUBECONF scale  $restype $resid  -n $namespace --replicas=0 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+                               echo -e "  Ordered scaling $restype $resid in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0 $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
                        done
                fi
        done
 }
 
-# Scale all kube resource sets to 0 in a namespace for resources having a certain lable and label-id
+# Scale all kube resource sets to 0 in a namespace for resources having a certain lable and an optional label-id
 # This function do wait for the resource to reach 0
-# args: <namespace> <label-name> <label-id>
+# args: <namespace> <label-name> [ <label-id> ]
 # (Not for test scripts)
 __kube_scale_and_wait_all_resources() {
        namespace=$1
        labelname=$2
        labelid=$3
+       if [ -z "$3" ]; then
+               echo "  Attempt to scale - deployment replicaset statefulset - in namespace $namespace with label $labelname"
+       else
+               echo "  Attempt to scale - deployment replicaset statefulset - in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid"
+       fi
        resources="deployment replicaset statefulset"
        scaled_all=1
        while [ $scaled_all -ne 0 ]; do
                scaled_all=0
                for restype in $resources; do
-                       result=$(kubectl get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
+                   if [ -z "$3" ]; then
+                               result=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname')].metadata.name}')
+                       else
+                               result=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
+                       fi
                        if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ ! -z "$result" ]; then
                                for resid in $result; do
-                                       echo -e "  Ordered scaling $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0"
-                                       kubectl scale  $restype $resid  -n $namespace --replicas=0 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+                                       echo -e "   Ordered scaling $restype $resid in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0"
+                                       kubectl $KUBECONF scale  $restype $resid  -n $namespace --replicas=0 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
                                        count=1
                                        T_START=$SECONDS
                                        while [ $count -ne 0 ]; do
-                                               count=$(kubectl get $restype $resid  -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.status.replicas}' 2> /dev/null)
-                                               echo -ne "  Scaling $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0,count=$count"$SAMELINE
+                                               count=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype $resid  -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.status.replicas}' 2> /dev/null)
+                                               echo -ne "    Scaling $restype $resid in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0, current count=$count"$SAMELINE
                                                if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ ! -z "$count" ]; then
                                                        sleep 0.5
                                                else
@@ -1502,7 +2374,7 @@ __kube_scale_and_wait_all_resources() {
                                                        count=0
                                                fi
                                        done
-                                       echo -e "  Scaled $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0,count=$count $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
+                                       echo -e "    Scaled $restype $resid in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0, current count=$count $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
                                done
                        fi
                done
@@ -1517,32 +2389,42 @@ __kube_delete_all_resources() {
        namespace=$1
        labelname=$2
        labelid=$3
-       resources="deployments replicaset statefulset services pods configmaps persistentvolumeclaims persistentvolumes"
+       resources="deployments replicaset statefulset services pods configmaps persistentvolumeclaims persistentvolumes serviceaccounts clusterrolebindings secrets authorizationpolicies requestauthentications"
        deleted_resourcetypes=""
        for restype in $resources; do
-               result=$(kubectl get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
+               ns_flag="-n $namespace"
+               ns_text="in namespace $namespace"
+               if [ $restype == "persistentvolumes" ]; then
+                       ns_flag=""
+                       ns_text=""
+               fi
+               if [ $restype == "clusterrolebindings" ]; then
+                       ns_flag=""
+                       ns_text=""
+               fi
+               result=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype $ns_flag -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}' 2> /dev/null)
                if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ ! -z "$result" ]; then
                        deleted_resourcetypes=$deleted_resourcetypes" "$restype
                        for resid in $result; do
                                if [ $restype == "replicaset" ] || [ $restype == "statefulset" ]; then
                                        count=1
                                        while [ $count -ne 0 ]; do
-                                               count=$(kubectl get $restype $resid  -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.status.replicas}' 2> /dev/null)
-                                               echo -ne "  Scaling $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0,count=$count"$SAMELINE
+                                               count=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype $resid  $ns_flag -o jsonpath='{.status.replicas}' 2> /dev/null)
+                                               echo -ne "  Scaling $restype $resid $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid to 0, current count=$count"$SAMELINE
                                                if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ ! -z "$count" ]; then
                                                        sleep 0.5
                                                else
                                                        count=0
                                                fi
                                        done
-                                       echo -e "  Scaled $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to 0,count=$count $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
+                                       echo -e "  Scaled $restype $resid $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid to 0, current count=$count $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
                                fi
-                               echo -ne "  Deleting $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid "$SAMELINE
-                               kubectl delete $restype $resid -n $namespace 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+                               echo -ne "  Deleting $restype $resid $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid "$SAMELINE
+                               kubectl $KUBECONF delete --grace-period=1 $restype $resid $ns_flag 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
                                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                                       echo -e "  Deleted $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
+                                       echo -e "  Deleted $restype $resid $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
                                else
-                                       echo -e "  Deleted $restype $resid from namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid $GREEN Does not exist - OK $EGREEN"
+                                       echo -e "  Deleted $restype $resid $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid $GREEN Does not exist - OK $EGREEN"
                                fi
                                #fi
                        done
@@ -1550,17 +2432,23 @@ __kube_delete_all_resources() {
        done
        if [ ! -z "$deleted_resourcetypes" ]; then
                for restype in $deleted_resources; do
-                       echo -ne "  Waiting for $restype in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted..."$SAMELINE
+                       ns_flag="-n $namespace"
+                       ns_text="in namespace $namespace"
+                       if [ $restype == "persistentvolumes" ]; then
+                               ns_flag=""
+                               ns_text=""
+                       fi
+                       echo -ne "  Waiting for $restype $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted..."$SAMELINE
                        T_START=$SECONDS
                        result="dummy"
                        while [ ! -z "$result" ]; do
                                sleep 0.5
-                               result=$(kubectl get $restype -n $namespace -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
-                               echo -ne "  Waiting for $restype in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted...$(($SECONDS-$T_START)) seconds "$SAMELINE
+                               result=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get $restype $ns_flag -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.'$labelname'=="'$labelid'")].metadata.name}')
+                               echo -ne "  Waiting for $restype $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted...$(($SECONDS-$T_START)) seconds "$SAMELINE
                                if [ -z "$result" ]; then
-                                       echo -e " Waiting for $restype in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted...$(($SECONDS-$T_START)) seconds $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
+                                       echo -e " Waiting for $restype $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted...$(($SECONDS-$T_START)) seconds $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
                                elif [ $(($SECONDS-$T_START)) -gt 300 ]; then
-                                       echo -e " Waiting for $restype in namespace $namespace with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted...$(($SECONDS-$T_START)) seconds $RED Failed $ERED"
+                                       echo -e " Waiting for $restype $ns_text with label $labelname=$labelid to be deleted...$(($SECONDS-$T_START)) seconds $RED Failed $ERED"
                                        result=""
                                fi
                        done
@@ -1574,16 +2462,17 @@ __kube_delete_all_resources() {
 __kube_create_namespace() {
 
        #Check if test namespace exists, if not create it
-       kubectl get namespace $1 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       kubectl $KUBECONF get namespace $1 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo -ne " Creating namespace "$1 $SAMELINE
-               kubectl create namespace $1 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+               kubectl $KUBECONF create namespace $1 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                        echo -e " Creating namespace $1 $RED$BOLD FAILED $EBOLD$ERED"
                        ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
                        echo "  Message: $(<./tmp/kubeerr)"
                        return 1
                else
+                       kubectl $KUBECONF label ns $1 autotest=engine > /dev/null
                        echo -e " Creating namespace $1 $GREEN$BOLD OK $EBOLD$EGREEN"
                fi
        else
@@ -1592,6 +2481,66 @@ __kube_create_namespace() {
        return 0
 }
 
+# Removes a namespace if it exists
+# args: <namespace>
+# (Not for test scripts)
+__kube_delete_namespace() {
+
+       #Check if test namespace exists, if so remove it
+       kubectl $KUBECONF get namespace $1 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+               echo -ne " Removing namespace "$1 $SAMELINE
+               kubectl $KUBECONF delete namespace $1 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       echo -e " Removing namespace $1 $RED$BOLD FAILED $EBOLD$ERED"
+                       ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+                       echo "  Message: $(<./tmp/kubeerr)"
+                       return 1
+               else
+                       echo -e " Removing namespace $1 $GREEN$BOLD OK $EBOLD$EGREEN"
+               fi
+       else
+               echo -e " Namespace $1 $GREEN$BOLD does not exist, OK $EBOLD$EGREEN"
+       fi
+       return 0
+}
+
+# Removes and re-create a namespace
+# args: <namespace>
+# (Not for test scripts)
+clean_and_create_namespace() {
+       __log_conf_start $@
+
+    if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+               __print_err "<namespace>" $@
+               return 1
+       fi
+       __kube_delete_namespace $1
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               return 1
+       fi
+       __kube_create_namespace $1
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               return 1
+       fi
+}
+
+# Add/remove label on non-namespaced kube object
+# args: <api> <instance> <label>
+# (Not for test scripts)
+__kube_label_non_ns_instance() {
+       kubectl $KUBECONF label $1 $2 "$3" 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       return $?
+}
+
+# Add/remove label on namespaced kube object
+# args: <api> <instance> <namespace> <label>
+# (Not for test scripts)
+__kube_label_ns_instance() {
+       kubectl $KUBECONF label $1 $2 -n $3 "$4" 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       return $?
+}
+
 # Find the host ip of an app (using the service resource)
 # args: <app-name> <namespace>
 # (Not for test scripts)
@@ -1602,7 +2551,7 @@ __kube_get_service_host() {
                exit 1
        fi
        for timeout in {1..60}; do
-               host=$(kubectl get svc $1  -n $2 -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}')
+               host=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get svc $1  -n $2 -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}')
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        if [ ! -z "$host" ]; then
                                echo $host
@@ -1627,7 +2576,7 @@ __kube_get_service_port() {
        fi
 
        for timeout in {1..60}; do
-               port=$(kubectl get svc $1  -n $2 -o jsonpath='{...ports[?(@.name=="'$3'")].port}')
+               port=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get svc $1  -n $2 -o jsonpath='{...ports[?(@.name=="'$3'")].port}')
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        if [ ! -z "$port" ]; then
                                echo $port
@@ -1652,7 +2601,7 @@ __kube_get_service_nodeport() {
        fi
 
        for timeout in {1..60}; do
-               port=$(kubectl get svc $1  -n $2 -o jsonpath='{...ports[?(@.name=="'$3'")].nodePort}')
+               port=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get svc $1  -n $2 -o jsonpath='{...ports[?(@.name=="'$3'")].nodePort}')
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        if [ ! -z "$port" ]; then
                                echo $port
@@ -1672,7 +2621,7 @@ __kube_get_service_nodeport() {
 __kube_create_instance() {
        echo -ne " Creating $1 $2"$SAMELINE
        envsubst < $3 > $4
-       kubectl apply -f $4 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       kubectl $KUBECONF apply -f $4 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
                echo -e " Creating $1 $2 $RED Failed $ERED"
@@ -1690,21 +2639,21 @@ __kube_create_configmap() {
        echo -ne " Creating configmap $1 "$SAMELINE
        envsubst < $5 > $5"_tmp"
        cp $5"_tmp" $5  #Need to copy back to orig file name since create configmap neeed the original file name
-       kubectl create configmap $1  -n $2 --from-file=$5 --dry-run=client -o yaml > $6
+       kubectl $KUBECONF create configmap $1  -n $2 --from-file=$5 --dry-run=client -o yaml > $6
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo -e " Creating configmap $1 $RED Failed $ERED"
                ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
                return 1
        fi
 
-       kubectl apply -f $6 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       kubectl $KUBECONF apply -f $6 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo -e " Creating configmap $1 $RED Apply failed $ERED"
                echo "  Message: $(<./tmp/kubeerr)"
                ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
                return 1
        fi
-       kubectl label configmap $1 -n $2 $3"="$4 --overwrite 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
+       kubectl $KUBECONF label configmap $1 -n $2 $3"="$4 --overwrite 1> /dev/null 2> ./tmp/kubeerr
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                echo -e " Creating configmap $1 $RED Labeling failed $ERED"
                echo "  Message: $(<./tmp/kubeerr)"
@@ -1712,36 +2661,96 @@ __kube_create_configmap() {
                return 1
        fi
        # Log the resulting map
-       kubectl get configmap $1 -n $2 -o yaml > $6
+       kubectl $KUBECONF get configmap $1 -n $2 -o yaml > $6
 
        echo -e " Creating configmap $1 $GREEN OK $EGREEN"
        return 0
 }
 
+# This function runs a kubectl cmd where a single output value is expected, for example get ip with jsonpath filter.
+# The function retries up to the timeout given in the cmd flag '--cluster-timeout'
+# args: <full kubectl cmd with parameters>
+# (Not for test scripts)
+__kube_cmd_with_timeout() {
+       TS_TMP=$(($SECONDS+$CLUSTER_TIME_OUT))
+
+       while true; do
+               kube_cmd_result=$($@)
+               if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                       kube_cmd_result=""
+               fi
+               if [ $SECONDS -ge $TS_TMP ] || [ ! -z "$kube_cmd_result" ] ; then
+                       echo $kube_cmd_result
+                       return 0
+               fi
+               sleep 1
+       done
+}
+
+# This function starts a pod that cleans a the contents of a path mounted as a pvc
+# After this action the pod should terminate
+# This should only be executed when the pod owning the pvc is not running
+# args: <appname> <namespace> <pvc-name> <path-to remove>
+# (Not for test scripts)
+__kube_clean_pvc() {
+
+       #using env vars setup in pvccleaner_api_functions.sh
+
+       export PVC_CLEANER_NAMESPACE=$2
+       export PVC_CLEANER_CLAIMNAME=$3
+       export PVC_CLEANER_RM_PATH=$4
+       export PVC_CLEANER_APP_NAME
+       input_yaml=$SIM_GROUP"/"$PVC_CLEANER_COMPOSE_DIR"/"pvc-cleaner.yaml
+       output_yaml=$PWD/tmp/$2-pvc-cleaner.yaml
+
+       envsubst < $input_yaml > $output_yaml
+
+       kubectl $KUBECONF delete -f $output_yaml 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null   # Delete the previous terminated pod - if existing
+
+       __kube_create_instance pod $PVC_CLEANER_APP_NAME $input_yaml $output_yaml
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo $YELLOW" Could not clean pvc for app: $1 - persistent storage not clean - tests may not work"
+               return 1
+       fi
+
+       term_ts=$(($SECONDS+30))
+       while [ $term_ts -gt $SECONDS ]; do
+               pod_status=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get pod pvc-cleaner -n $PVC_CLEANER_NAMESPACE --no-headers -o custom-columns=":status.phase")
+               if [ "$pod_status" == "Succeeded" ]; then
+                       return 0
+               fi
+       done
+       return 1
+}
+
 # This function scales or deletes all resources for app selected by the testcase.
 # args: -
 # (Not for test scripts)
 __clean_kube() {
-       echo -e $BOLD"Initialize kube services//pods/statefulsets/replicaset to initial state"$EBOLD
+       echo -e $BOLD"Initialize kube pods/statefulsets/replicaset to initial state"$EBOLD
 
        # Scale prestarted or managed apps
        for imagename in $APP_SHORT_NAMES; do
-               __check_included_image $imagename
+               # A function name is created from the app short name
+               # for example app short name 'RICMSIM' -> produce the function
+               # name __RICSIM_kube_scale_zero or __RICSIM_kube_scale_zero_and_wait
+               # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
+               # file for the ricsim test functions
+               # The resulting function impl shall scale the resources to 0
+               # For prestarted apps, the function waits until the resources are 0
+               # For included (not prestated) apps, the scaling is just ordered
+               __check_prestarted_image $imagename
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                       # A function name is created from the app short name
-                       # for example app short name 'RICMSIM' -> produce the function
-                       # name __RICSIM_kube_scale_zero or __RICSIM_kube_scale_zero_and_wait
-                       # This function is called and is expected to exist in the imported
-                       # file for the ricsim test functions
-                       # The resulting function impl shall scale the resources to 0
-                       __check_prestarted_image $imagename
+                       function_pointer="__"$imagename"_kube_scale_zero_and_wait"
+                       echo -e " Scaling all kube resources for app $BOLD $imagename $EBOLD to 0"
+                       $function_pointer
+               else
+                       __check_included_image $imagename
                        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                               function_pointer="__"$imagename"_kube_scale_zero_and_wait"
-                       else
                                function_pointer="__"$imagename"_kube_scale_zero"
+                               echo -e " Scaling all kube resources for app $BOLD $imagename $EBOLD to 0"
+                               $function_pointer
                        fi
-                       echo -e " Scaling all kube resources for app $BOLD $imagename $EBOLD to 0"
-                       $function_pointer
                fi
        done
 
@@ -1764,6 +2773,17 @@ __clean_kube() {
                fi
        done
 
+       # Remove istio label on namespaces
+       test_env_namespaces=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get ns  --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" -l autotest=engine -l istio-injection=enabled) #Get list of ns created by the test env
+       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo " Cannot get list of namespaces...continues.."
+       else
+               for test_env_ns in $test_env_namespaces; do
+                       echo " Removing istio label on ns: "$test_env_ns
+                       __kube_label_non_ns_instance ns $test_env_ns "istio-injection-"
+               done
+       fi
+
        echo ""
 }
 
@@ -1773,8 +2793,18 @@ __clean_kube() {
 clean_environment() {
        if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
                __clean_kube
+               if [ $PRE_CLEAN -eq 1 ]; then
+                       echo " Cleaning docker resouces to free up resources, may take time..."
+                       ../common/clean_docker.sh 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                       echo ""
+               fi
        else
                __clean_containers
+               if [ $PRE_CLEAN -eq 1 ]; then
+                       echo " Cleaning kubernetes resouces to free up resources, may take time..."
+                       ../common/clean_kube.sh $KUBECONF 2>&1 > /dev/null
+                       echo ""
+               fi
        fi
 }
 
@@ -1820,6 +2850,7 @@ __print_err() {
                echo -e $RED" Got: "${FUNCNAME[1]} ${@:2} $ERED
        fi
        ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
+       __check_stop_at_error
 }
 
 # Function to create the docker network for the test
@@ -1873,15 +2904,16 @@ __start_container() {
        appcount=$1
        shift
 
-       os_version=$(uname -a 2> /dev/null | awk '{print tolower($0)}' | grep "microsoft")
-       if [[ "$os_version" == *"microsoft"* ]]; then
-               echo -e $YELLOW" Workaround for Linux on Win - delay container start, 1 sec, to make sure files mounted in the container are available on disk - WLS problem"$EYELLOW
-               sleep 1
+       envsubst < $compose_file > "gen_"$compose_file
+       compose_file="gen_"$compose_file
+       if [ $DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION == "V1" ]; then
+               docker_compose_cmd="docker-compose"
+       else
+               docker_compose_cmd="docker compose"
        fi
 
-
        if [ "$compose_args" == "NODOCKERARGS" ]; then
-               docker-compose -f $compose_file up -d &> .dockererr
+               $docker_compose_cmd -f $compose_file up -d &> .dockererr
                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                        echo -e $RED"Problem to launch container(s) with docker-compose"$ERED
                        cat .dockererr
@@ -1889,7 +2921,7 @@ __start_container() {
                        exit 1
                fi
        else
-               docker-compose -f $compose_file up -d $compose_args &> .dockererr
+               $docker_compose_cmd -f $compose_file up -d $compose_args &> .dockererr
                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
                        echo -e $RED"Problem to launch container(s) with docker-compose"$ERED
                        cat .dockererr
@@ -1947,12 +2979,12 @@ __check_service_start() {
        echo -ne " Container $BOLD${appname}$EBOLD starting${SAMELINE}"
 
 
-       pa_st=false
+       a1pmsst=false
        echo -ne " Waiting for ${ENTITY} ${appname} service status...${SAMELINE}"
        TSTART=$SECONDS
        loop_ctr=0
        while (( $TSTART+600 > $SECONDS )); do
-               result="$(__do_curl $url)"
+               result="$(__do_curl -m 10 $url)"
                if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                        if [ ${#result} -gt 15 ]; then
                                #If response is too long, truncate
@@ -1960,7 +2992,7 @@ __check_service_start() {
                        fi
                        echo -ne " Waiting for {ENTITY} $BOLD${appname}$EBOLD service status on ${3}, result: $result${SAMELINE}"
                        echo -ne " The ${ENTITY} $BOLD${appname}$EBOLD$GREEN is alive$EGREEN, responds to service status:$GREEN $result $EGREEN on ${url} after $(($SECONDS-$TSTART)) seconds"
-                       pa_st=true
+                       a1pmsst=true
                        break
                else
                        TS_TMP=$SECONDS
@@ -1976,7 +3008,7 @@ __check_service_start() {
                let loop_ctr=loop_ctr+1
        done
 
-       if [ "$pa_st" = "false"  ]; then
+       if [ "$a1pmsst" = "false"  ]; then
                ((RES_CONF_FAIL++))
                echo -e $RED" The ${ENTITY} ${appname} did not respond to service status on ${url} in $(($SECONDS-$TSTART)) seconds"$ERED
                return 1
@@ -2008,7 +3040,7 @@ __check_container_logs() {
 
        #tmp=$(docker ps | grep $appname)
        tmp=$(docker ps -q --filter name=$appname) #get the container id
-       if [ -z "$tmp" ]; then  #Only check logs for running Policy Agent apps
+       if [ -z "$tmp" ]; then  #Only check logs for running A1PMS apps
                echo " "$dispname" is not running, no check made"
                return
        fi
@@ -2071,11 +3103,11 @@ store_logs() {
                done
        fi
        if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
-               namespaces=$(kubectl  get namespaces -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.name)].metadata.name}')
+               namespaces=$(kubectl $KUBECONF  get namespaces -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.name)].metadata.name}')
                for nsid in $namespaces; do
-                       pods=$(kubectl get pods -n $nsid -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.autotest)].metadata.name}')
+                       pods=$(kubectl $KUBECONF get pods -n $nsid -o jsonpath='{.items[?(@.metadata.labels.autotest)].metadata.name}')
                        for podid in $pods; do
-                               kubectl logs -n $nsid $podid > $TESTLOGS/$ATC/$1_${podid}.log
+                               kubectl $KUBECONF logs -n $nsid $podid > $TESTLOGS/$ATC/$1_${podid}.log
                        done
                done
        fi
@@ -2086,20 +3118,39 @@ store_logs() {
 ## Generic curl
 ###############
 # Generic curl function, assumes all 200-codes are ok
+# Used proxy, set
 # args: <valid-curl-args-including full url>
 # returns: <returned response (without respose code)>  or "<no-response-from-server>" or "<not found, <http-code>>""
 # returns: The return code is 0 for ok and 1 for not ok
 __do_curl() {
        echo ${FUNCNAME[1]} "line: "${BASH_LINENO[1]} >> $HTTPLOG
-       curlString="curl -skw %{http_code} $@"
-       if [ $RUNMODE == "KUBE" ]; then
-               if [ ! -z "$CLUSTER_KUBE_PROXY_NODEPORT" ]; then
-                       curlString="curl -skw %{http_code} --proxy http://localhost:$CLUSTER_KUBE_PROXY_NODEPORT $@"
+       proxyflag=""
+       if [ ! -z "$KUBE_PROXY_PATH" ]; then
+               if [ $KUBE_PROXY_HTTPX == "http" ]; then
+                       proxyflag=" --proxy $KUBE_PROXY_PATH"
+               else
+                       proxyflag=" --proxy-insecure --proxy $KUBE_PROXY_PATH"
                fi
        fi
-       echo " CMD: $curlString" >> $HTTPLOG
-       res=$($curlString)
+
+       if [ ! -z "$KUBE_PROXY_CURL_JWT" ]; then
+               jwt="-H "\""Authorization: Bearer $KUBE_PROXY_CURL_JWT"\"
+               curlString="curl -skw %{http_code} $proxyflag $@"
+               echo " CMD: $curlString $jwt" >> $HTTPLOG
+               res=$($curlString -H "Authorization: Bearer $KUBE_PROXY_CURL_JWT")
+               retcode=$?
+       else
+               curlString="curl -skw %{http_code} $proxyflag $@"
+               echo " CMD: $curlString" >> $HTTPLOG
+               res=$($curlString)
+               retcode=$?
+       fi
        echo " RESP: $res" >> $HTTPLOG
+       echo " RETCODE: $retcode" >> $HTTPLOG
+       if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo "<no-response-from-server>"
+               return 1
+       fi
        http_code="${res:${#res}-3}"
        if [ ${#res} -eq 3 ]; then
                if [ $http_code -lt 200 ] || [ $http_code -gt 299 ]; then
@@ -2119,6 +3170,47 @@ __do_curl() {
                        echo "${res:0:${#res}-3}"
                fi
 
+               return 0
+       fi
+
+}
+
+# Generic curl function, assumes all 200-codes are ok
+# Uses no proxy, even if it is set
+# args: <valid-curl-args-including full url>
+# returns: <returned response (without respose code)>  or "<no-response-from-server>" or "<not found, <http-code>>""
+# returns: The return code is 0 for ok and 1 for not ok
+__do_curl_no_proxy() {
+       echo ${FUNCNAME[1]} "line: "${BASH_LINENO[1]} >> $HTTPLOG
+       curlString="curl -skw %{http_code} $@"
+       echo " CMD: $curlString" >> $HTTPLOG
+       res=$($curlString)
+       retcode=$?
+       echo " RESP: $res" >> $HTTPLOG
+       echo " RETCODE: $retcode" >> $HTTPLOG
+       if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]; then
+               echo "<no-response-from-server>"
+               return 1
+       fi
+       http_code="${res:${#res}-3}"
+       if [ ${#res} -eq 3 ]; then
+               if [ $http_code -lt 200 ] || [ $http_code -gt 299 ]; then
+                       echo "<no-response-from-server>"
+                       return 1
+               else
+                       return 0
+               fi
+       else
+               if [ $http_code -lt 200 ] || [ $http_code -gt 299 ]; then
+                       echo "<not found, resp:${http_code}>"
+                       return 1
+               fi
+               if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
+                       echo "${res:0:${#res}-3}" | xargs
+               else
+                       echo "${res:0:${#res}-3}"
+               fi
+
                return 0
        fi
 }
@@ -2137,13 +3229,15 @@ __do_curl() {
 
 __var_test() {
        checkjsonarraycount=0
-
+       TIMESTAMP=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
        if [ $# -eq 6 ]; then
                if [[ $3 == "json:"* ]]; then
                        checkjsonarraycount=1
                fi
 
                echo -e $BOLD"TEST $TEST_SEQUENCE_NR (${BASH_LINENO[1]}): ${1}, ${3} ${4} ${5} within ${6} seconds"$EBOLD
+        echo "TEST $TEST_SEQUENCE_NR - ${TIMESTAMP}: (${BASH_LINENO[1]}): ${1}, ${3} ${4} ${5} within ${6} seconds" >> $HTTPLOG
+
                ((RES_TEST++))
                ((TEST_SEQUENCE_NR++))
                start=$SECONDS
@@ -2167,33 +3261,45 @@ __var_test() {
                                if [ $duration -gt $6 ]; then
                                        ((RES_FAIL++))
                                        echo -e $RED" FAIL${ERED} - ${3} ${4} ${5} not reached in ${6} seconds, result = ${result}"
+                                       __print_current_stats
                                        __check_stop_at_error
                                        return
                                fi
-                       elif [ $4 = "=" ] && [ "$result" -eq $5 ]; then
+                       elif [ "$4" == "=" ] && [ "$result" -eq $5 ]; then
+                               ((RES_PASS++))
+                               echo -e " Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds${SAMELINE}"
+                               echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds"
+                               __print_current_stats
+                               return
+                       elif [ "$4" == ">" ] && [ "$result" -gt $5 ]; then
                                ((RES_PASS++))
                                echo -e " Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds${SAMELINE}"
                                echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds"
+                               __print_current_stats
                                return
-                       elif [ $4 = ">" ] && [ "$result" -gt $5 ]; then
+                       elif [ "$4" == "<" ] && [ "$result" -lt $5 ]; then
                                ((RES_PASS++))
                                echo -e " Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds${SAMELINE}"
                                echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds"
+                               __print_current_stats
                                return
-                       elif [ $4 = "<" ] && [ "$result" -lt $5 ]; then
+                       elif [ "$4" == ">=" ] && [ "$result" -ge $5 ]; then
                                ((RES_PASS++))
                                echo -e " Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds${SAMELINE}"
                                echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds"
+                               __print_current_stats
                                return
-                       elif [ $4 = "contain_str" ] && [[ $result =~ $5 ]]; then
+                       elif [ "$4" == "contain_str" ] && [[ $result =~ $5 ]]; then
                                ((RES_PASS++))
                                echo -e " Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds${SAMELINE}"
                                echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result} after ${duration} seconds"
+                               __print_current_stats
                                return
                        else
                                if [ $duration -gt $6 ]; then
                                        ((RES_FAIL++))
                                        echo -e $RED" FAIL${ERED} - ${3} ${4} ${5} not reached in ${6} seconds, result = ${result}"
+                                       __print_current_stats
                                        __check_stop_at_error
                                        return
                                fi
@@ -2206,6 +3312,7 @@ __var_test() {
                fi
 
                echo -e $BOLD"TEST $TEST_SEQUENCE_NR (${BASH_LINENO[1]}): ${1}, ${3} ${4} ${5}"$EBOLD
+               echo "TEST $TEST_SEQUENCE_NR - ${TIMESTAMP}: (${BASH_LINENO[1]}): ${1}, ${3} ${4} ${5}" >> $HTTPLOG
                ((RES_TEST++))
                ((TEST_SEQUENCE_NR++))
                if [ $checkjsonarraycount -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -2222,22 +3329,32 @@ __var_test() {
                if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]; then
                        ((RES_FAIL++))
                        echo -e $RED" FAIL ${ERED}- ${3} ${4} ${5} not reached, result = ${result}"
+                       __print_current_stats
                        __check_stop_at_error
-               elif [ $4 = "=" ] && [ "$result" -eq $5 ]; then
+               elif [ "$4" == "=" ] && [ "$result" -eq $5 ]; then
+                       ((RES_PASS++))
+                       echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result}"
+                       __print_current_stats
+               elif [ "$4" == ">" ] && [ "$result" -gt $5 ]; then
                        ((RES_PASS++))
                        echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result}"
-               elif [ $4 = ">" ] && [ "$result" -gt $5 ]; then
+                       __print_current_stats
+               elif [ "$4" == "<" ] && [ "$result" -lt $5 ]; then
                        ((RES_PASS++))
                        echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result}"
-               elif [ $4 = "<" ] && [ "$result" -lt $5 ]; then
+                       __print_current_stats
+               elif [ "$4" == ">=" ] && [ "$result" -ge $5 ]; then
                        ((RES_PASS++))
                        echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result}"
-               elif [ $4 = "contain_str" ] && [[ $result =~ $5 ]]; then
+                       __print_current_stats
+               elif [ "$4" == "contain_str" ] && [[ $result =~ $5 ]]; then
                        ((RES_PASS++))
                        echo -e $GREEN" PASS${EGREEN} - Result=${result}"
+                       __print_current_stats
                else
                        ((RES_FAIL++))
                        echo -e $RED" FAIL${ERED} - ${3} ${4} ${5} not reached, result = ${result}"
+                       __print_current_stats
                        __check_stop_at_error
                fi
        else