--- /dev/null
+# Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation Tests for the existence and functionality of RIC components
+
+Library KubernetesEntity ${NAMESPACE}
+Library Collections
+Library String
+
+# Resource ../resources/appmgr/appmgr_interface.robot
+# Resource ../resources/e2mgr/e2mgr_interface.robot
+
+*** Variables ***
+${NAMESPACE} %{RICPLT_NAMESPACE}
+${PFX} %{RICPLT_RELEASE_NAME}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Deployments
+ [Tags] etetests k8stests
+ @{Components} = Split String %{RICPLT_COMPONENTS}
+ :FOR ${Component} IN @{Components}
+ \ Log Retrieving Deployment for ${Component}
+ \ ${deploy} = Deployment ${PFX}-${Component}
+ \ ${status} = Most Recent Availability Condition @{deploy.status.conditions}
+ \ Should Be Equal As Strings ${status} True ignore_case=True msg=${Component} is not available
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Most Recent Availability Condition
+ # this makes the probably-unsafe assumption that the conditions are ordered
+ # temporally.
+ [Arguments] @{Conditions}
+ ${status} = Set Variable 'False'
+ :FOR ${Condition} IN @{Conditions}
+ \ ${status} = Set Variable If '${Condition.type}' == 'Available' ${Condition.status} ${status}
+ [Return] ${status}