+The Beijing release added the following functionality:
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+ - Added support for the following LCM actions (a desciption of all of the above LCM actions can be found in the APPC LCM API Guide on readthedoc):
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+ - To support in-place software upgrade:
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+ - QuiesceTraffic
+ - ResumeTraffic
+ - UpgradeSoftware
+ - UpgradePreCheck
+ - UpgradePostCheck
+ - UpgradeBackup
+ - UpgradeBackout
+
+ - To support storage management in OpenStack
+
+ - AttachVolume
+ - DetachVolume
+
+ - To support Manual Scale Out use case
+
+ - ConfigScaleOut (more details can be found in teh APPC Epic: `APPC-431 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/APPC-431>`_ )
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+ - To support general operations
+
+ - ActionStatus
+
+
+ - Contributed the APPC Controller Design Tool (CDT), which enables self-serve capabilities by allowing users to model their VNF/VNFC for consumption by APPC to use in the execution of requests to perform life cycle management activities.
+
+ - More details on the APPC CDT can be found in the APPC CDT User Guide in readthedocs.
+ - Additional information on how the APPC CDT tool was used to model the vLB and build teh artifacts needed by APPC to execute teh ConfigScaleOut action can be found at the following wiki pages: https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=33065185
+
+ - Additional contributions as part of Beijing include:
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+ - Support for Platform Maturity requirements, including:
+
+ - Increased security
+
+ - Added security to ODL web-based API access via AAF (see `APPC-404 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/APPC-404>`_ for additional details)
+ - Addressed critical alerts reported via Nexus IQ to the extent possible (see `APPC-656 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/APPC-656>`_ )
+
+ - Stability
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+ - Executed 72 hour stability test on both Heat and OOM deployed environments using JMeter to drive a steady set of transactions over the 72 hour period (see the following wiki page for more details: https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/ONAP+APPC+72+Hour+Stability+Test+Results )
+
+ - Resiliency
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+ - Support for OOM deployment, which enables resiliency via use of Kubernetes (see `APPC-414 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/APPC-414>`_ for additional details)
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+ - Upgraded OpenDaylight (ODL) version to Nitrogen
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+
+