# variables in header

subscription_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the subscription.
  in: path
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF instance.
  in: path
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_lcm_op_occ_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF lifecycle management operation occurrence.
  in: path
  required: true
  type: string

# variables in body
added_storage_resource_ids:
  description: |
    References to VirtualStorage resources that
    have been added.
    Each value refers to a
    VirtualStorageResourceInfo item in the
    VnfInstance that was added to the VNFC.
    It shall be provided if at least one storage
    resource was added to the VNFC.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
affected_virtual_links:
  description: |
    Information about VL instances that were affected during
    the lifecycle operation.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
affected_virtual_links_change_type:
  description: |
    Signals the type of change.
    Permitted values:

    ADDED

    REMOVED

    MODIFIED

    TEMPORARY

    LINK_PORT_ADDED

    LINK_PORT_REMOVED

    For a temporary resource, an
    AffectedVirtualLink structure exists as long as
    the temporary resource exists.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_virtual_links_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the virtual link instance, identifying
    the applicable "vnfVirtualLinkResourceInfo"
    entry in the "VnfInstance" data type.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_virtual_storages:
  description: |
    Information about virtualised storage instances that were
    affected during the lifecycle operation.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
affected_virtual_storages_change_type:
  description: |
    Signals the type of change.
    Permitted values:

    ADDED

    REMOVED

    MODIFIED

    TEMPORARY

    For a temporary resource, an
    AffectedVirtualStorage structure exists as long
    as the temporary resource exists.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_virtual_storages_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the storage instance, identifying the
    applicable "virtualStorageResourceInfo" entry
    in the "VnfInstance" data type.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_virtual_storages_virtual_storage_desc_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the related VirtualStorage
    descriptor in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_vnfc_cp_ids:
  description: |
    Identifiers of CP(s) of the VNFC instance that
    were affected by the change.
    Shall be present for those affected CPs of the
    VNFC instance that are associated to an
    external CP of the VNF instance.
    May be present for further affected CPs of the
    VNFC instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
affected_vnfcs:
  description: |
    Information about VNFC instances that were affected
    during the lifecycle operation.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
affected_vnfcs_change_type:
  description: |
    Signals the type of change
    Permitted values:

    ADDED

    REMOVED

    MODIFIED

    TEMPORARY

    For a temporary resource, an AffectedVnfc
    structure exists as long as the temporary
    resource exists.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_vnfcs_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the Vnfc instance, identifying the
    applicable "vnfcResourceInfo" entry in the
    "VnfInstance" data type.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
affected_vnfcs_vdu_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the related VDU in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
aspect_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the scaling aspect.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
authentication:
  description: |
    Authentication parameters to configure the use of
    Authorization when sending notifications
    corresponding to this subscription.
    This attribute shall only be present if the subscriber
    requires authorization of notifications.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
authentication_auth_type:
  description: |
    Defines the types of Authentication/Authorization which
    the API consumer is willing to accept when receiving a
    notification.
    Permitted values:

    BASIC: In every HTTP request to the
    notification endpoint, use HTTP Basic
    authentication with the client credentials.

    OAUTH2_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS: In every
    HTTP request to the notification endpoint, use
    an OAuth 2.0 bearer token, obtained using the
    client credentials grant type.

    TLS_CERT: Every HTTP request to the
    notification endpoint is sent over a mutually
    authenticated TLS session, i.e. not only the
    server is authenticated, but also the client is
    authenticated during the TLS tunnel setup.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
authentication_params_basic:
  description: |
    Parameters for authentication/authorization using BASIC.
    Shall be present if authType is "BASIC" and the
    contained information has not been provisioned out of
    band. Shall be absent otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
authentication_params_basic_password:
  description: |
    Password to be used in HTTP Basic authentication.
    Shall be present if it has not been provisioned out of band.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
authentication_params_basic_user_name:
  description: |
    Username to be used in HTTP Basic authentication.
    Shall be present if it has not been provisioned out of band.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
authentication_params_oauth2_client_credentials:
  description: |
    Parameters for authentication/authorization using
    OAUTH2_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS.
    Shall be present if authType is
    "OAUTH2_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS" and the contained
    information has not been provisioned out of band.
    Shall be absent otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
authentication_params_oauth2_client_credentials_client_id:
  description: |
    Client identifier to be used in the access token request
    of the OAuth 2.0 client credentials grant type. Shall be
    present if it has not been provisioned out of band.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
authentication_params_oauth2_client_credentials_client_password:
  description: |
    Client password to be used in the access token request
    of the OAuth 2.0 client credentials grant type. Shall be
    present if it has not been provisioned out of band.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
authentication_params_oauth2_client_credentials_token_endpoint:
  description: |
    The token endpoint from which the access token can be
    obtained. Shall be present if it has not been provisioned
    out of band.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
callback_uri:
  description: |
    The URI of the endpoint to send the notification to.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
cause:
  description: |
    Indicates the reason why a healing procedure is required.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info:
  description: |
    Information about the changed VNF instance information,
    including VNF configurable properties, if applicable.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
changed_info_metadata:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "metadata" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vim_connection_info:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of certain
    entries in the "vimConnectionInfo" attribute array in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
changed_info_vnf_instance_description:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfInstanceDescription" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnf_instance_name:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfInstanceName" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnf_pkg_id:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfPkgId" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnf_product_name:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfProductName" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnf_provider:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfProvider" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnf_sotware_version:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfSoftwareVersion" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnfd_id:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfdId" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
changed_info_vnfd_version:
  description: |
    If present, this attribute signals modifications of the
    "vnfdVersion" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
cp_config:
  description: |
    List of instance data that need to be configured on the CP instances
    created from the respective CPD.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
cp_instance_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the external Connection Point instance to which this set of
    configuration parameters is requested to be applied.

    Shall be present if this instance has already been created.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
cp_protocol_data:
  description: |
    Parameters for configuring the network protocols on the link port that
    connects the CP to a VL.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
cpd_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the CPD in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
error:
  description: |
    If "operationState" is "FAILED_TEMP" or "FAILED" or
    "operationState" is "PROCESSING" or "ROLLING_BACK"
    and previous value of "operationState" was
    "FAILED_TEMP", this attribute shall be present and
    contain error information, unless it has been requested to
    be excluded via an attribute selector.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
error_detail:
  description: |
    A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence
    of the problem.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
error_status:
  description: |
    The HTTP status code for this occurrence of the problem.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
error_title:
  description: |
    A URI reference according to IETF RFC 3986 that
    identifies the problem type. It is encouraged that the URI
    provides human-readable documentation for the problem
    (e.g. using HTML) when dereferenced. When this
    member is not present, its value is assumed to be
    "about:blank".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
ext_cp_info:
  description: |
    Information about the external CPs exposed by the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: array
ext_cp_info_associated_vnfc_cp_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the "vnfcCpInfo" structure in
    "VnfcResourceInfo" structure that represents the
    VNFC CP which is exposed by this external CP
    instance. Shall be present in case this CP instance
    maps to a VNFC CP.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
ext_cp_info_cp_protocol_info:
  description: |
    Network protocol information for this CP.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: array
ext_cp_info_cpd_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the external CPD, VnfExtCpd, in the VNFD.
    An identifier that is unique for the respective type within a VNF
    instance, but that need not be globally unique. Representation: string of
    variable length.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_cp_info_ext_link_port_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the "extLinkPortInfo" structure inside the "extVirtualLinkInfo"
    structure. Shall be present if the CP is associated to a link port.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
ext_cp_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the external CP instance and the related information instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_cp_info_metadata:
  description: |
    Metadata about this external CP.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
ext_cps:
  description: |
    External CPs of the VNF to be connected to this external VL.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: array
ext_link_port_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this link port as provided by the entity that has created the
    link port.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_link_port_resource_handle:
  description: |
    Reference to the virtualised resource realizing this link port.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
ext_link_ports:
  description: |
    Externally provided link ports to be used to connect external connection
    points to this external VL. If this attribute is not present, the VNFM
    shall create the link ports on the external VL.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ext_managed_virtual_link_data_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the externally-managed internal VL instance. The
    identifier is assigned by the NFV-MANO entity that manages this
    VL instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_managed_virtual_link_data_resource_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the resource in the scope of the VIM or the
    resource provider.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_managed_virtual_link_info:
  description: |
    Information about the externally-managed internal VLs of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ext_managed_virtual_link_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the externally-managed internal VL and the related
    externally-managed VL information instance. The identifier is assigned
    by the NFV-MANO entity that manages this VL instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_managed_virtual_link_info_network_resource:
  description: |
    Reference to the VirtualNetwork resource.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
ext_managed_virtual_link_info_vnf_virtual_link_desc_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF Virtual Link Descriptor (VLD) in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_managed_virtual_links:
  description: |
    List of information about internal VLs that are managed by the NFVO.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ext_virtual_link_info:
  description: |
    Information about the external VLs the VNF instance is connected to.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ext_virtual_link_info_ext_link_ports:
  description: |
    Link ports of this VL.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ext_virtual_link_info_ext_link_ports_cp_instance_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the external CP of the VNF connected to this link port.
    There shall be at most one link port associated with any external
    connection point instance.
    The value refers to an "extCpInfo" item in the VnfInstance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
ext_virtual_link_info_ext_link_ports_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this link port as provided by the entity that
    has created the link port.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_virtual_link_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the external VL and the related external VL information
    instance. The identifier is assigned by the NFV-MANO entity that manages
    this VL instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_virtual_links:
  description: |
    Information about external VLs to connect the VNF to.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ext_virtual_links_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the external VL instance. The identifier is assigned
    by the NFV-MANO entity that manages this VL instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ext_virtual_links_resource_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the resource in the scope of the VIM or the
    resource provider.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
filter:
  description: |
    Filter settings for this subscription, to define the
    subset of all notifications this subscription relates
    to. A particular notification is sent to the subscriber
    if the filter matches, or if there is no filter.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
filter_notification_types:
  description: |
    Match particular notification types.
    Permitted values:

    VnfLcmOperationOccurrenceNotification

    VnfIdentifierCreationNotification

    VnfIdentifierDeletionNotification
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
filter_operation_types:
  description: |
    Match particular VNF lifecycle operation types for
    the notification of type
    VnfLcmOperationOccurrenceNotification.
    May be present if the "notificationTypes" attribute
    contains the value
    "VnfLcmOperationOccurrenceNotification", and
    shall be absent otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
fixed_addresses:
  description: |
    Fixed addresses to assign (from the subnet defined by "subnetId"
    if provided).
  in: body
  required: true
  type: array
flavour_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF deployment flavour to be instantiated.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
flavour_id_response:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF deployment flavour applied to this VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
graceful_termination_timeout:
  description: |
    This attribute is only applicable in case of graceful termination.
    It defines the time to wait for the VNF to be taken out of service
    before shutting down the VNF and releasing the resources.

    The unit is seconds.

    If not given and the "terminationType" attribute is set to "GRACEFUL",
    it is expected that the VNFM waits for the successful taking out of
    service of the VNF, no matter how long it takes, before shutting down
    the VNF and releasing the resources.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
instantiated_vnf_info:
  description: |
    Information specific to an instantiated VNF instance. This attribute shall
    be present if the instantiateState attribute value is INSTANTIATED.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
instantiation_level_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the instantiation level of the deployment flavour to be
    instantiated. If not present, the default instantiation level as declared
    in the VNFD is instantiated.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
ip_address_type:
  description: |
    The type of the IP addresses. Permitted values: IPV4, IPV6.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
ip_addresses:
  description: |
    List of IP addresses to assign to the CP instance. Each entry represents
    IP address data for fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per subnet.

    If this attribute is not present, no IP address shall be assigned.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ip_addresses_cp_info:
  description: |
    Addresses assigned to the CP instance. Each entry represents IP
    addresses assigned by fixed or dynamic IP address assignment per
    subnet.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
ip_over_ethernet:
  description: |
    Network address data for IP over Ethernet to assign to the extCP instance.
    Shall be present if layerProtocol is equal to "IP_OVER_ETHERNET", and
    shall be absent otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
ip_over_ethernet_cp_info:
  description: |
    IP addresses over Ethernet to assign to the extCP instance. Shall be
    present if layerProtocol is equal to "IP_OVER_ETHERNET", and shall
    be absent otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
is_automatic_invocation:
  description: |
    Set to true if this VNF LCM operation occurrence has
    been triggered by an automated procedure inside the
    VNFM (i.e. ScaleVnf triggered by autoscale,
    or HealVnf triggered by auto-heal).
    Set to false otherwise.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: boolean
is_cancel_pending:
  description: |
    If the VNF LCM operation occurrence is in "STARTING",
    "PROCESSING" or "ROLLING_BACK" state and the
    operation is being cancelled, this attribute shall be set to
    true. Otherwise, it shall be set to false.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: boolean
is_dynamic:
  description: |
    Indicates whether this set of addresses was assigned dynamically (true)
    or based on address information provided as input from the API consumer
    (false). Shall be present if "addresses" is present and shall be absent
    otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: boolean
layer_protocol:
  description: |
    Identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s).

    Permitted values: IP_OVER_ETHERNET
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
layer_protocol_cp_info:
  description: |
    The identifier of layer(s) and protocol(s) associated to the network
    address information.

    Permitted values: IP_OVER_ETHERNET
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
link_port_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of a pre-configured link port to which the external CP will
    be associated. See note.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
mac_address:
  description: |
    MAC address. If this attribute is not present, it shall be chosen by the
    VIM. At least one of "macAddress" or "ipAddresses" shall be present.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
mac_address_cp_info:
  description: |
    MAC address, if assigned.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
notification_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this notification. If a notification is sent
    multiple times due to multiple subscriptions, the "id"
    attribute of all these notifications shall have the same
    value.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_operation:
  description: |
    The lifecycle management operation.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_operation_state:
  description: |
    The state of the VNF LCM operation occurrence.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_status:
  description: |
    Indicates whether this notification reports about the start
    of a lifecycle operation or the result of a lifecycle
    operation.
    Permitted values:

    START: Informs about the start of the VNF LCM
    operation occurrence.

    RESULT: Informs about the final or intermediate
    result of the VNF LCM operation occurrence.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_subscription_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the subscription that this notification relates to.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_time_tamp:
  description: |
    Date-time of the generation of the notification.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_type:
  description: |
    Discriminator for the different notification types.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_vnf_instance_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the VNF instance affected.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
notification_vnf_lcm_op_occ_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the VNF lifecycle management
    operation occurrence associated to the notification.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
number_of_steps:
  description: |
    Number of scaling steps to be executed as part of this
    Scale VNF operation. It shall be a positive number and the
    default value shall be 1.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: int
operation:
  description: |
    Type of the actual LCM operation represented by this
    VNF LCM operation occurrence.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
operation_params:
  description: |
    Input parameters of the LCM operation. This attribute
    shall be formatted according to the request data type of
    the related LCM operation.
    The following mapping between operationType and the
    data type of this attribute shall apply:

    INSTANTIATE: InstantiateVnfRequest

    SCALE: ScaleVnfRequest

    HEAL: HealVnfRequest

    TERMINATE: TerminateVnfRequest

    MODIFY_INFO: VnfInfoModificationRequest

    This attribute shall be present if this data type is returned
    in a response to reading an individual resource, and may
    be present according to the chosen attribute selector
    parameter if this data type is returned in a response to a
    query of a container resource.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
operation_state:
  description: |
    The state of the LCM operation.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
removed_storage_resource_ids:
  description: |
    References to VirtualStorage resources that
    have been removed.
    The value contains the identifier of a
    VirtualStorageResourceInfo item that has been
    removed from the VNFC, and might no longer
    exist in the VnfInstance.
    It shall be provided if at least one storage
    resource was removed from the VNFC.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
resource_changes:
  description: |
    This attribute contains information about the cumulative
    changes to virtualised resources that were performed so
    far by the LCM operation since its start, if applicable.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
resource_handle:
  description: |
    Reference to the resource realizing this VL.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
resource_handle_resource_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the resource in the scope of the VIM or the resource
    provider.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
resource_handle_vim_level_resource_type:
  description: |
    Type of the resource in the scope of the VIM or the resource provider.
    provider.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
scale_additional_params:
  description: |
    Additional parameters passed by the NFVO as input to the
    scaling process, specific to the VNF being scaled, as
    declared in the VNFD as part of "ScaleVnfOpConfig".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
scale_status:
  description: |
    Scale status of the VNF, one entry per aspect.
    Represents for every scaling aspect how "big"
    the VNF has been scaled with reference to that aspect.
    This attribute shall be present if the VNF
    supports scaling.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
scale_status_aspect_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the scaling aspect.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
scale_status_scale_level:
  description: |
    Indicates the scale level. The minimum value shall be 0
    and the maximum value shall be less than or equal to maxScaleLevel as
    described in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
scale_type:
  description: |
    Indicates the type of the scale operation requested.
    Permitted values:

    SCALE_OUT: adding additional VNFC instances to the VNF to increase capacity.

    SCALE_IN: removing VNFC instances from the VNF in order to release unused capacity.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
start_time:
  description: |
    Date-time of the start of the operation.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
state_entered_time:
  description: |
    Date-time when the current state has been entered.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
subnet_id:
  description: |
    Subnet defined by the identifier of the subnet resource in the VIM.
    In case this attribute is present, IP addresses from that subnet will be
    assigned; otherwise, IP addresses not bound to a subnet will be assigned.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
subscription_id_response:
  description: |
    Identifier of this subscription resource.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
termination_type:
  description: |
    Indicates whether forceful or graceful termination is requested.
    Permitted values:

    FORCEFUL: The VNFM will shut down the VNF and release the resources
    immediately after accepting the request.

    GRACEFUL: The VNFM will first arrange to take the VNF out of service
    after accepting the request. Once the operation of taking the VNF out of
    service finishes (irrespective of whether it has succeeded or failed) or
    once the timer value specified in the "gracefulTerminationTimeout"
    attribute expires, the VNFM will shut down the VNF and release the
    resources.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VIM connection to manage the resource.
    This attribute shall only be supported and present if VNF related
    resource management in direct mode is applicable.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vim_connection_info_access_info:
  description: |
    Authentication credentials for accessing the VIM, and other access-related
    information such as tenants or infrastructure resource groups (see note).
    The applicable keys are dependent on the content of vimType.

    If the VimConnectionInfo structure is part of an HTTP response payload
    body, sensitive attributes that are children of this attributes
    (such as passwords) shall not be included.

    If the VimConnectionInfo structure is part of an HTTP request payload
    body, sensitive attributes that are children of this attribute (such as
    passwords) shall be present if they have not been provisioned out of band.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vim_connection_info_access_info_password:
  description: |
    The password to use for access.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_info_access_info_region:
  description: |
    The OpenStack region to use for the VIM connection.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_info_access_info_tenant:
  description: |
    The OpenStack tenant to use for the VIM connection.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_info_access_info_username:
  description: |
    The username to use for access.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_info_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the VIM Connection. This identifier is managed by
    the NFVO.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_info_interface_info:
  description: |
    Information about the interface or interfaces to the VIM, if
    applicable, such as the URI of an interface endpoint to
    communicate with the VIM. The applicable keys are
    dependent on the content of vimType.

    Alternatively, such information may have been configured
    into the VNFM and bound to the vimId.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vim_connection_info_interface_info_endpoint:
  description: |
    The url representing the interface endpoint.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vim_connection_info_vim_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the VIM instance. This identifier is managed by
    the NFVO.

    Shall be present to address additional information about the VIM
    if such information has been configured into the VNFM by means outside
    the scope of the present document, and should be absent otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vim_connection_info_vim_type:
  description: |
    Discriminator for the different types of the VIM information.

    The value of this attribute determines the structure of the
    "interfaceInfo" and "accessInfo" attributes, based on the type of the VIM.

    The set of permitted values is expected to change over time as new
    types or versions of VIMs become available.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
virtual_storage_resource_info:
  description: |
    Information about the virtualised storage resources used as storage for
    the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
virtual_storage_resource_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this VirtualStorageResourceInfo instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
virtual_storage_resource_info_storage_resource:
  description: |
    Reference to the VirtualStorage resource.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
virtual_storage_resource_info_virtual_storage_desc_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VirtualStorageDesc in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_additional_params:
  description: |
    Additional input parameters for the flavour change
    process, specific to the VNF being modified, as declared
    in the VNFD as part of "ChangeVnfFlavourOpConfig".
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_create_request_description:
  description: |
    Human-readable description of the VNF instance to be created.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_create_request_metadata:
  description: |
    This attribute provides values for the "metadata" attribute in "VnfInstance".
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnf_instance_create_request_name:
  description: |
    Human-readable name of the VNF instance to be created.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_create_request_vnfd_id:
  description: |
    Identifier that identifies the VNFD which defines the VNF instance to be created.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_description:
  description: |
    Human-readable description of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_extensions:
  description: |
    description
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_id_response:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_instantiation_state:
  description: |
    The instantiation state of the VNF instance.

    NOT_INSTANTIATED: The VNF instance is terminated or not instantiated.

    INSTANTIATED: The VNF instance is instantiated.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_links:
  description: |
    Links to resources related to this resource.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
vnf_instance_metadata:
  description: |
    Additional VNF-specific attributes that provide metadata describing
    the VNF instance. These attributes represent values that are stored
    persistently in the VnfInstance structure for consumption by functional
    blocks that invoke the VNF lifecycle management interface. They are not
    consumed by the VNFM, or the lifecycle management scripts.
    Modifying the values of these attributes has no effect on the VNF
    instance, it only affects the information represented in the VnfInstance
    structure.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: object
vnf_instance_modify_request_description:
  description: |
    New value of the "vnfInstanceDescription" attribute in
    "VnfInstance", or "null" to remove the attribute.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_modify_request_metadata:
  description: |
    Modifications of the "metadata" attribute in
    "VnfInstance". If present, these modifications shall be
    applied according to the rules of JSON Merge PATCH
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_modify_request_name:
  description: |
    New value of the "vnfInstanceName" attribute in
    "VnfInstance", or "null" to remove the attribute.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_modify_request_vim_connection_info:
  description: |
    New content of certain entries in the
    "vimConnectionInfo" attribute array in "VnfInstance", as
    defined below this table.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_modify_request_vnf_pkg_id:
  description: |
    New value of the "vnfPkgId" attribute in "VnfInstance". The
    value "null" is not permitted.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_modify_request_vnfd_id:
  description: |
    New value of the "vnfdId" attribute in "VnfInstance". The
    value "null" is not permitted.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_name:
  description: |
    Name of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_instance_vim_connection_info:
  description: |
    Information about VIM connections to be used for managing the resources
    for the VNF instance, or refer to external / externally-managed virtual links.

    This attribute shall only be supported and may be present if VNF-related
    resource management in direct mode is applicable.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnf_instance_vnf_pkg_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of information held by the NFVO about the specific VNF package
    on which the VNF is based.
    This identifier is allocated by the NFVO
    and can be modified with the PATCH method.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_vnf_product_name:
  description: |
    Name to identify the VNF Product. The value is copied from the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_vnf_provider:
  description: |
    Provider of the VNF and the VNFD. The value is copied from the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_vnf_software_version:
  description: |
    Software version of the VNF. The value is copied from the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_vnfd_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNFD on which the VNF instance is based.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_instance_vnfd_version:
  description: |
    Identifies the version of the VNFD. The value is copied from the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_lcm_op_occ_id_response:
  description: |
    Identifier of this VNF lifecycle management operation occurrence.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_lcm_vnf_instance_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF instance to which the operation applies.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_link_port_cp_instance_id:
  description: |
    When the link port is used for external connectivity by the VNF, this
    attribute represents the identifier associated with this link port.

    When the link port is used for internal connectivity in the VNF, this
    attribute represents the VNFC CP to be connected to this link port.

    Shall be present when the link port is used for external connectivity
    by the VNF.

    May be present if used to reference a VNFC CP instance.
    There shall be at most one link port associated with any external
    connection point instance or internal connection point (i.e. VNFC CP)
    instance.

    The value refers to an "extCpInfo" item in the VnfInstance or a
    "vnfcCpInfo" item of a "vnfcResouceInfo" item in the VnfInstance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_link_port_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this link port as provided by the entity that has created
    the link port.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_link_port_resource_handle:
  description: |
    Reference to the virtualised network resource realizing this link port.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
vnf_link_ports:
  description: |
    Links ports of this VL.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnf_state:
  description: |
    State of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnf_virtual_link_desc_id:
  description: |
    The identifier of the VLD in the VNFD for this VL.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_virtual_link_resource_info:
  description: |
    Information about the virtualised network
    resources used by the VLs of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnf_virtual_link_resource_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this VnfVirtualLinkResourceInfo instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnf_virtual_link_resource_info_network_resource:
  description: |
    Reference to the VirtualNetwork resource.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
vnf_virtual_link_resource_info_vnf_virtual_link_desc_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNF Virtual Link Descriptor (VLD) in the
    VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_cp_info_cp_protocol_info:
  description: |
    Network protocol information for this CP.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnfc_cp_info_cpd_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VDU CPD, cpdId, in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_cp_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this VNFC CP instance and the associated array entry.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_cp_info_vnf_ext_cp_id:
  description: |
    When the VNFC CP is exposed as external CP of the VNF, the
    identifier of this external VNF CP.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnfc_cp_info_vnf_link_port_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the "vnfLinkPorts" structure in the
    "VnfVirtualLinkResourceInfo" structure. Shall be present if the CP is
    associated to a link port.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: string
vnfc_info:
  description: |
    Information about the VNFC instances.
  in: body
  required: array
  type: string
vnfc_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of the VNFC instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_info_vdu_id:
  description: |
    Reference to the applicable VDU information element in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_info_vnfc_state:
  description: |
    State of the VNFC instance.
    Permitted values:

    STARTED: The VNFC instance is up and running.

    STOPPED: The VNFC instance has been shut down.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_resource_info:
  description: |
    Information about the virtualised compute and storage resources used by
    the VNFCs of the VNF instance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnfc_resource_info_compute_resource:
  description: |
    Reference to the VirtualCompute resource.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: object
vnfc_resource_info_id:
  description: |
    Identifier of this VnfcResourceInfo instance.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_resource_info_ids:
  description: |
    List of VNFC instances requiring a healing action.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnfc_resource_info_storage_resource_ids:
  description: |
    References to the VirtualStorage resources. The value refers to a
    VirtualStorageResourceInfo item in the VnfInstance.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array
vnfc_resource_info_vdu_id:
  description: |
    Reference to the applicable VDU in the VNFD.
  in: body
  required: true
  type: string
vnfc_resource_info_vnfc_cp_info:
  description: |
    CPs of the VNFC instance.
    Shall be present when that particular CP
    of the VNFC instance is associated to an external CP of the VNF
    instance.
    May be present otherwise.
  in: body
  required: false
  type: array