diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/__init__.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/__init__.py
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
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diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/deployvm.feature b/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/deployvm.feature
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+Feature: Deploy a VirtualMachine
+
+Scenario: Deploy a VirtualMachine
+  Given: we have an advanced zone
+  when: I deploy a virtualmachine
+  then: virtualmachine is deployed
diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/steps/__init__.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/steps/__init__.py
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
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diff --git a/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/steps/deployvm.py b/tools/marvin/marvin/feature/steps/deployvm.py
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+from behave import *
+
+@given('we have an advanced zone')
+def step_impl(context):
+    pass
+
+@when('I deploy a virtualmachine')
+def step_impl(context):
+    pass
+
+@then('virtualmachine is deployed')
+def step_impl(context):
+    pass