--- /dev/null
+{
+  "groups": [
+    {
+      "name": "defaultGroup",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "The default group that registers all supported policy types and pdps.",
+      "pdpGroupState": "ACTIVE",
+      "pdpSubgroups": [
+        {
+          "pdpType": "apex",
+          "supportedPolicyTypes": [
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.operational.common.Apex",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.native.Apex",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            }
+          ],
+          "currentInstanceCount": 0,
+          "desiredInstanceCount": 1,
+          "policies": []
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
 
       "description": "The default group that registers all supported policy types and pdps.",
       "pdpGroupState": "ACTIVE",
       "pdpSubgroups": [
-        {
-          "pdpType": "xacml",
-          "supportedPolicyTypes": [
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.FrequencyLimiter",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.MinMax",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.Blacklist",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.Filter",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.coordination.FirstBlocksSecond",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.monitoring.*",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.*",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.AffinityPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.DistancePolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.HpaPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.OptimizationPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.PciPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.service.QueryPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.service.SubscriberPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.Vim_fit",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.VnfPolicy",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.native.Xacml",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.Naming",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.match.*",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            }
-          ],
-          "currentInstanceCount": 1,
-          "desiredInstanceCount": 1,
-          "policies": [
-            {
-              "name": "SDNC_Policy.ONAP_NF_NAMING_TIMESTAMP",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          "pdpType": "drools",
-          "supportedPolicyTypes": [
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.operational.common.Drools",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.native.drools.Controller",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            },
-            {
-              "name": "onap.policies.native.drools.Artifact",
-              "version": "1.0.0"
-            }
-          ],
-          "currentInstanceCount": 1,
-          "desiredInstanceCount": 1,
-          "policies": []
-        },
         {
           "pdpType": "apex",
           "supportedPolicyTypes": [
               "version": "1.0.0"
             }
           ],
-          "currentInstanceCount": 1,
+          "currentInstanceCount": 0,
           "desiredInstanceCount": 1,
           "policies": []
         }
 
--- /dev/null
+{
+  "groups": [
+    {
+      "name": "defaultGroup",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "The default group that registers all supported policy types and pdps.",
+      "pdpGroupState": "ACTIVE",
+      "pdpSubgroups": [
+        {
+          "pdpType": "xacml",
+          "supportedPolicyTypes": [
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.FrequencyLimiter",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.MinMax",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.Blacklist",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.common.Filter",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.controlloop.guard.coordination.FirstBlocksSecond",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.monitoring.*",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.*",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.AffinityPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.DistancePolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.HpaPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.OptimizationPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.PciPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.service.QueryPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.service.SubscriberPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.Vim_fit",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.optimization.resource.VnfPolicy",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.native.Xacml",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.Naming",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "onap.policies.match.*",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            }
+          ],
+          "currentInstanceCount": 0,
+          "desiredInstanceCount": 1,
+          "policies": [
+            {
+              "name": "SDNC_Policy.ONAP_NF_NAMING_TIMESTAMP",
+              "version": "1.0.0"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
 
 # ===========LICENSE_START====================================================
 #  Copyright (C) 2020-2021 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
 #  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
-#  Modification Copyright 2021. Nordix Foundation.
+#  Modification Copyright 2021-2022 Nordix Foundation.
 # ============================================================================
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
        - 6969
       volumes:
        - ./config/pap/papParameters.yaml:/opt/app/policy/pap/etc/papParameters.yaml:ro
-       - ./config/pap/groups.json:/opt/app/policy/pap/etc/mounted/groups.json:ro
+       - ./config/${PROJECT}/groups.json:/opt/app/policy/pap/etc/mounted/groups.json:ro
        - ./config/ks.jks:/opt/app/policy/pap/etc/ssl/policy-keystore:ro
        - ./config/policy-truststore:/opt/app/policy/pap/etc/ssl/policy-truststore:ro
        - ./wait_for_port.sh:/opt/app/policy/pap/bin/wait_for_port.sh:ro
 
 # ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
 #  Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Nordix Foundation.
 #  Modifications Copyright (C) 2019-2021 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#  Modifications Copyright (C) 2022 Nordix Foundation.
 # ================================================================================
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 bash "${SCRIPTS}"/get-models-examples.sh
 
 docker-compose -f "${SCRIPTS}"/docker-compose-all.yml up -d pap
+docker-compose -f "${SCRIPTS}"/docker-compose-all.yml up -d apex-pdp
 
 unset http_proxy https_proxy
 
 POLICY_PAP_IP=$(get-instance-ip.sh policy-pap)
 POLICY_API_IP=$(get-instance-ip.sh policy-api)
 MARIADB_IP=$(get-instance-ip.sh mariadb)
+POLICY_APEX_IP=$(get-instance-ip.sh policy-apex-pdp)
 
 echo PAP IP IS "${POLICY_PAP_IP}"
 echo API IP IS "${POLICY_API_IP}"
 
     Should Contain  ${resp.text}  http_server_requests_seconds_count{exception="None",method="GET",outcome="SUCCESS",status="200",uri="/policy/pap/v1/components/healthcheck",} 1.0
     Should Contain  ${resp.text}  spring_data_repository_invocations_seconds_count{exception="None",method="save",repository="PdpGroupRepository",state="SUCCESS",} 1.0
     Should Contain  ${resp.text}  spring_data_repository_invocations_seconds_count{exception="None",method="findByKeyName",repository="PdpGroupRepository",state="SUCCESS",} 1.0
-    Should Contain  ${resp.text}  spring_data_repository_invocations_seconds_count{exception="None",method="findAll",repository="PdpGroupRepository",state="SUCCESS",} 1.0
     Should Contain  ${resp.text}  spring_data_repository_invocations_seconds_count{exception="None",method="findAll",repository="PolicyStatusRepository",state="SUCCESS",} 1.0
 
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