""" Specific ubuntu16 with multicloud and yaml config scenario."""
 
 USE_MULTICLOUD = True
-
+# Set ONLY_INSTANTIATE to true to run an instantiation without repeating
+# onboarding and related AAI configuration (Cloud config)
+ONLY_INSTANTIATE= False
 VENDOR_NAME = "sdktests_vendor"
 SERVICE_NAME = "ubuntu16test" # must be the same as in YAML
 
 
 # pylint: disable=bad-whitespace
 # The ONAP part
 USE_MULTICLOUD = False
+# Set ONLY_INSTANTIATE to true to run an instantiation without repeating
+# onboarding and related AAI configuration (Cloud config)
+ONLY_INSTANTIATE= False
 SERVICE_YAML_TEMPLATE = "templates/vnf-services/ubuntu16test-service.yaml"
 CLEANUP_FLAG = True
 CLEANUP_ACTIVITY_TIMER = 10  # nb of seconds before cleanup in case cleanup option is set
 
             - ConnectServiceSubToCloudRegionStep.
         """
         super().__init__(cleanup=cleanup)
-        self.add_step(ServiceOnboardStep(cleanup))
-        self.add_step(ConnectServiceSubToCloudRegionStep(cleanup))
+        if not settings.ONLY_INSTANTIATE:
+            self.add_step(ServiceOnboardStep(cleanup))
+            self.add_step(ConnectServiceSubToCloudRegionStep(cleanup))
 
     def execute(self):
         """Instantiate service.
         self._yaml_template: dict = None
         self._service_instance_name: str = None
         self._service_instance: str = None
-
-        self.add_step(YamlTemplateServiceOnboardStep(cleanup))
-        self.add_step(ConnectServiceSubToCloudRegionStep(cleanup))
+        if not settings.ONLY_INSTANTIATE:
+            self.add_step(YamlTemplateServiceOnboardStep(cleanup))
+            self.add_step(ConnectServiceSubToCloudRegionStep(cleanup))
 
     @property
     def yaml_template(self) -> dict: