"""Utils methods."""
-@retry(AssertionError, tries=10, delay=5.0, logger=None)
+@retry(AssertionError, tries=24, delay=5.0, logger=None)
def test_nfvbench_api(context):
try:
r = requests.get("http://{ip}:{port}/status".format(ip=context.host_ip, port=context.port))