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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.
+
+import os
+from xosconfig import Config
+current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+config_file = os.path.join(current_dir, 'test_config.yaml')
+config_schema = os.path.join(current_dir, '../src/xos-tosca-config-schema.yaml')
+Config.clear()
+Config.init(config_file, config_schema)
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