diff --git a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/clone_and_setup_sdc_data.sh b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/clone_and_setup_sdc_data.sh
index da421e4..97f7673 100644
--- a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/clone_and_setup_sdc_data.sh
+++ b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/clone_and_setup_sdc_data.sh
@@ -31,18 +31,25 @@
 cd ${WORKSPACE}/data/clone
 git clone --depth 1 http://gerrit.onap.org/r/sdc -b master
 
+chmod -R 775 ${WORKSPACE}/data/
 
 # set enviroment variables
 
-ENV_NAME=CSIT
-MR_IP_ADDR=10.0.0.1
+export ENV_NAME='CSIT'
+export MR_IP_ADDR='10.0.0.1'
 
-if [ -e /opt/config/public_ip.txt ]
-  then
-    IP_ADDRESS=$(cat /opt/config/public_ip.txt)
-   else
-    IP_ADDRESS=$(ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d':' -f2)
-   fi
+ifconfig
+
+#if [ -e /opt/config/public_ip.txt ]
+#  then
+#    IP_ADDRESS=$(cat /opt/config/public_ip.txt)
+#   else
+#    IP_ADDRESS=$(ifconfig ens3 | grep "inet addr" | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d':' -f2)
+#   fi
+
+IP_ADDRESS=`ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk '/src/{ print $7 }'`
+export HOST_IP=$IP_ADDRESS
+
    
   cat ${WORKSPACE}/data/clone/sdc/sdc-os-chef/environments/Template.json | sed "s/yyy/"$IP_ADDRESS"/g" > ${WORKSPACE}/data/environments/$ENV_NAME.json
   sed -i "s/xxx/"$ENV_NAME"/g" ${WORKSPACE}/data/environments/$ENV_NAME.json
diff --git a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/docker_health.sh b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/docker_health.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..832b25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/docker_health.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+curl localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true
+
+echo "BE health-Check:"
+curl http://localhost:8080/sdc2/rest/healthCheck
+
+echo ""
+echo ""
+echo "FE health-Check:"
+curl http://localhost:8181/sdc1/rest/healthCheck
+
+
+echo ""
+echo ""
+res=`curl -s -X GET -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "USER_ID: jh0003" "http://localhost:8080/sdc2/rest/v1/user/demo" | wc -l`
+if [[ ${res} != 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "Error [${res}] while user existance check"
+    exit ${res}
+fi
+echo "check user existance: OK"
+
diff --git a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/kill_containers_and_remove_dataFolders.sh b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/kill_containers_and_remove_dataFolders.sh
index e032842..48a31e8 100644
--- a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/kill_containers_and_remove_dataFolders.sh
+++ b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/kill_containers_and_remove_dataFolders.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 
 #delete data folder
 
-rm -rf ${WORKSPACE}/data/*
+#rm -rf ${WORKSPACE}/data/*
 
 
diff --git a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_containers.sh b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_containers.sh
index 31105ac..7d61846 100644
--- a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_containers.sh
+++ b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_containers.sh
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@
 echo "This is ${WORKSPACE}/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_containers.sh"
 
 
-RELEASE=latest
-LOCAL=false
-SKIPTESTS=false
-DEP_ENV=CSIT
+export RELEASE='1.1-STAGING-latest'
+export DEP_ENV=$ENV_NAME
 #[ -f /opt/config/nexus_username.txt ] && NEXUS_USERNAME=$(cat /opt/config/nexus_username.txt)    || NEXUS_USERNAME=release
 #[ -f /opt/config/nexus_password.txt ] && NEXUS_PASSWD=$(cat /opt/config/nexus_password.txt)      || NEXUS_PASSWD=sfWU3DFVdBr7GVxB85mTYgAW
 #[ -f /opt/config/nexus_docker_repo.txt ] && NEXUS_DOCKER_REPO=$(cat /opt/config/nexus_docker_repo.txt) || NEXUS_DOCKER_REPO=ecomp-nexus:${PORT}
 #[ -f /opt/config/nexus_username.txt ] && docker login -u $NEXUS_USERNAME -p $NEXUS_PASSWD $NEXUS_DOCKER_REPO
-export IP=`ifconfig eth0 | awk -F: '/inet addr/ {gsub(/ .*/,"",$2); print $2}'`
+export IP=$HOST_IP
 #export PREFIX=${NEXUS_DOCKER_REPO}'/openecomp'
 export PREFIX='nexus3.onap.org:10001/openecomp'
 
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@
 
 echo "please wait while BE is starting..."
 echo ""
-c=120 # seconds to wait
+c=90 # seconds to wait
 REWRITE="\e[45D\e[1A\e[K"
 while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
     c=$((c-1))
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@
 
 echo "please wait while FE is starting..."
 echo ""
-c=120 # seconds to wait
+c=60 # seconds to wait
 REWRITE="\e[45D\e[1A\e[K"
 while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
     c=$((c-1))
@@ -86,23 +84,26 @@
 done
 echo -e ""
 
+# WAIT 5 minutes maximum and test every 5 seconds if SDC up using HealthCheck API
+echo " WAIT 5 minutes maximum and test every 5 seconds if SDC up using HealthCheck API...."
+
+TIME_OUT=600
+INTERVAL=5
+TIME=0
+while [ "$TIME" -lt "$TIME_OUT" ]; do
+  response=$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null http://localhost:8080/sdc2/rest/healthCheck); echo $response
+
+  if [ "$response" == "200" ]; then
+    echo SDC well started in $TIME seconds
+    break;
+  fi
+
+  echo Sleep: $INTERVAL seconds before testing if SDC is up. Total wait time up now is: $TIME seconds. Timeout is: $TIME_OUT seconds
+  sleep $INTERVAL
+  TIME=$(($TIME+$INTERVAL))
+done
+
+if [ "$TIME" -ge "$TIME_OUT" ]; then
+   echo TIME OUT: Docker containers not started in $TIME_OUT seconds... Could cause problems for tests...
 
 
-
-#TIME=0
-#while [ "$TIME" -lt "$TIME_OUT" ]; do
-#  response=$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null http://localhost:8080/restservices/clds/v1/clds/healthcheck); echo $response
-
-#  if [ "$response" == "200" ]; then
-#    echo Clamp and its database well started in $TIME seconds
-#    break;
-#  fi
-
-#  echo Sleep: $INTERVAL seconds before testing if Clamp is up. Total wait time up now is: $TIME seconds. Timeout is: $TIME_OUT seconds
-#  sleep $INTERVAL
-# TIME=$(($TIME+$INTERVAL))
-#done
-
-#if [ "$TIME" -ge "$TIME_OUT" ]; then
-#   echo TIME OUT: Docker containers not started in $TIME_OUT seconds... Could cause problems for tests...
-#fi
diff --git a/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_sanity.sh b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_sanity.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33dbf67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/csit/scripts/sdc/start_sdc_sanity.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# ONAP CLAMP
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights
+#                             reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END============================================
+# ===================================================================
+# ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#
+
+
+
+#start Sanity docker
+
+docker run --detach --name sdc-sanity --env HOST_IP=${IP} --env ENVNAME="${DEP_ENV}" --env http_proxy=${http_proxy} --env https_proxy=${https_proxy} --env no_proxy=${no_proxy} --log-driver=json-file --log-opt max-size=100m --log-opt max-file=10 --ulimit memlock=-1:-1 --memory 512m --memory-swap=512m --ulimit nofile=4096:100000 --volume /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro --volume ${WORKSPACE}/data/logs/sdc-sanity/target:/var/lib/tests/target --volume ${WORKSPACE}/data/logs/sdc-sanity/ExtentReport:/var/lib/tests/ExtentReport --volume ${WORKSPACE}/data/environments:/root/chef-solo/environments --publish 9560:9560 ${PREFIX}/sdc-sanity:${RELEASE}
+
+#echo "please wait while Sanity Docker is starting..."
+echo ""
+c=60 # seconds to wait
+REWRITE="\e[45D\e[1A\e[K"
+while [ $c -gt 0 ]; do
+    c=$((c-1))
+    sleep 1
+    echo -e "${REWRITE}$c"
+done
+echo -e ""
+
+
+#monitor sanity process 
+
+TIME_OUT=1200
+INTERVAL=20
+TIME=0
+while [ "$TIME" -lt "$TIME_OUT" ]; do
+  
+PID=`docker exec -it sdc-sanity ps -ef | grep java | awk '{print $2}'`
+echo sanity PID is -- $PID
+  
+if [ -z "$PID" ]
+ then
+    echo SDC sanity finished in $TIME seconds
+    break
+  fi
+
+  echo Sleep: $INTERVAL seconds before testing if SDC sanity completed. Total wait time up now is: $TIME seconds. Timeout is: $TIME_OUT seconds
+  sleep $INTERVAL
+  TIME=$(($TIME+$INTERVAL))
+done
+
+if [ "$TIME" -ge "$TIME_OUT" ]
+ then
+   echo TIME OUT: Sany was NOT completed in $TIME_OUT seconds... Could cause problems for tests...
+fi
+cp -rf ${WORKSPACE}/data/logs/sdc-sanity/ExtentReport/* ${WORKSPACE}/archives/