diff --git a/variables/variables.robot b/variables/variables.robot
index 7f4a018..4415d23 100644
--- a/variables/variables.robot
+++ b/variables/variables.robot
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@
 ${ONOS_REST_PORT}    30120
 ${ONOS_SSH_PORT}    30115
 ${OLT_PORT}       9191
+@{PODLIST1}   voltha-kafka  voltha-ofagent
+@{PODLIST2}   bbsim  etcd-operator-etcd-operator-etcd-operator   radius  voltha-api-server   voltha-cli-server   voltha-ro-core    voltha-rw-core-11
+