The post-conditions for the pre-onboarding flow are the following. Once, pre-onboarded, the xNF is ready for onboarding.

VENDOR PROVIDES PACKAGE - The vendor has successfully delivered a package.
PACKAGE VALIDATED - VNF-SDK has successfully validated the package (as a result of pre-onboarding) and verified the content that VNF-SDK can perform validation on (See the VNF-SDK Validation section).
Package SECURITY VALIDATION - The onboarding package is tested and validated for security.
Artifacts SECURITY VALIDATION - The artifacts of the onboarding package are tested and validated for security.

4b. Post Condition (Onboarding)

The post-conditions for the onboarding flow are the following. Once, onboarded, the xNF is ready for service creation.

VENDOR PROVIDES PACKAGE Package SECURITY VALIDATION - The vendor has successfully delivered a package (this is done if pre-onboarding is not done since it is optional)onboarded package is tested and validated for security.
VNFD/PNFD MODEL LOADED - The xNF Resource's Descriptor model is visible in SDC.
SDC INTERNAL PACKAGE EXISTS - The SDC Internal Package derived from the vendor provided xNF package has been successfully stored in SDC's catalog and is visible. All of the xNF artifacts, including the VES registration and PM dictionary/schema (for example) are visible and loaded properly.
Internal Package Function Tested - The internal package function is tested and validated.
ADDITIONAL ARTIFACTS - Additional manual artifacts can be incorporated into the Internal SDC xNF package.SECURITY VALIDATION & TESTING - The onboarded package is tested and validated for security.

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