diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/MCORD-Tests/EPCInstanceTest.txt b/src/test/cord-api/MCORD-Tests/EPCInstanceTest.txt
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+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     Test suite for EPC Creation
+Suite Setup       Read InputFile
+Test Template     Verify EPC Instance Functionality
+Library           Collections
+Library           String
+Library           OperatingSystem
+Library           XML
+Library           RequestsLibrary
+Library           ../Framework/utils/utils.py
+Library           ../Framework/restApi.py
+
+*** Variables ***
+${USER}           admin
+${PASSWORD}       admin
+${PATHFILE}       ${CURDIR}/data/EPCInstance.json
+
+*** Test Cases ***    TYPE                 LISTINDEX
+Test Create EPC       EPC_CREATE           0
+
+Test Instance creation validation
+                      INSTANCE_VALIDATE    0
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Read InputFile
+    ${subscriberList} =    utils.jsonToList    ${PATHFILE}    EPCInfo
+    Set Suite Variable    ${slist}    ${subscriberList}
+    @{instanceList}=    Create List
+    Set Suite Variable    @{instanceList}
+
+Verify Single Instance functionality
+    [Arguments]    ${type}    ${listIndex}
+    Run Keyword If    "${type}" == "EPC_CREATE"    Test Post EPC Create    ${listIndex}
+    Run Keyword If    "${type}" == "INSTANCE_VALIDATE"    Test Instance Validation    ${listIndex}
+
+Test Post EPC Create
+    [Arguments]    ${listIndex}
+    ${EPCList} =    Get Variable Value    ${elist}
+    ${InputDict}=    utils.listToDict    ${EPCList}    ${listIndex}
+    ${api_result}=    restApi.ApiPost    EPC_INSTANCES    ${InputDict}
+    ${service_specific_id}=    utils.getFieldValueFromDict    ${InputDict}    site_id
+    ${json_result}=    restApi.ApiGet    EPC_INSTANCES
+    Log    ${json_result}
+    ${json_result_list}=    Get From Dictionary    ${json_result}    items
+    ${getJsonDict}=    utils.getDictFromListOfDict    ${json_result_list}    site_id    ${site_id}
+    ${result}=    utils.compare_dict    ${InputDict}    ${getJsonDict}
+    Should Be True    ${result}
+    ${instanceList}    Create List
+
+Test Instance Validation
+    [Arguments]    ${listIndex}
+    ${get_result}=    restApi.ApiGet    CORE_INSTANCES
+    Should Be True    ${get_result}
+    ${get_result_List}=    Get From Dictionary    ${get_result}    items
+    ${instanceFinalList}=    Remove Duplicates    ${instanceList}
+    Log    ${instanceFinalList}
+    ${instanceCount}=    Get Length    ${instanceFinalList}
+    Log    ${instanceCount}
+    Should Be True    ${instanceCount} == 1
+    ${instance_id}=    Get From List    ${instanceFinalList}    0
+    ${get_CoreInstanceresult}=    restApi.ApiChameleonGet    CORE_INSTANCES    ${instance_id}
+    Should Be True    ${get_CoreInstanceresult}
diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/MCORD-Tests/data/EPCInstance.json b/src/test/cord-api/MCORD-Tests/data/EPCInstance.json
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+{
+    "EPCInfo":
+    [
+        {
+            "blueprint": "build",
+            "site_id":"1"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Properties/ECORD_RestApiProperties.py b/src/test/cord-api/Properties/ECORD_RestApiProperties.py
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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+# REST APIs for testing control plane functionalities of ECORD (global and local)
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+SERVER_IP = 'c220g2-011013.wisc.cloudlab.us'
+SERVER_PORT = '8080'
+USER = 'xosadmin@opencord.org'
+PASSWD = ''
diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Properties/MCORD_RestApiProperties.py b/src/test/cord-api/Properties/MCORD_RestApiProperties.py
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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+# REST APIs for testing control plane functionalities in MCORD
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+SERVER_IP = 'c220g2-011013.wisc.cloudlab.us'
+SERVER_PORT = '8080'
+USER = 'xosadmin@opencord.org'
+PASSWD = ''
+EPC_INSTANCES = '/xosapi/v1/vepc/vepcserviceinstances'
+CORE_INSTANCES = '/xosapi/v1/core/instances'