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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.
+
+
+---
+# test-mcord-base/tasks/main.yml
+# Run tests to check that the base elements of M-CORD are present
+
+- name: Wait for networks to be synchronized
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; neutron net-list|grep '{{ item }}' > /dev/null"
+  register: result
+  until: result | success
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 60
+  with_items: "{{ test_networks }}"
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
+
+- name: Wait for VMs to come up
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep '{{ item }}.*ACTIVE' > /dev/null"
+  register: result
+  until: result | success
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 60
+  with_items: "{{ test_services }}"
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
+
+- name: Verify that VMs are properly networked
+  shell: bash -c "source /opt/cord_profile/admin-openrc.sh; nova list --all-tenants|grep '{{ item.vm }}.*ACTIVE.*{{ item.network }}' > /dev/null"
+  with_items: "{{ test_ports }}"
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
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