def METHOD_NAME(cls):
    """
    Starts the thread which launches ryu apps
    Create a testing bridge, add a port, setup the port interfaces. Then
    launch the ryu apps for testing pipelined. Gets the references
    to apps launched by using futures.
    """
    super(ConntrackTest, cls).METHOD_NAME()
    warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
    cls.service_manager = create_service_manager(
        [],
        ['ue_mac', 'conntrack'],
    )
    cls._tbl_num = cls.service_manager.get_table_num(
        ConntrackController.APP_NAME,
    )
    conntrack_controller_reference = Future()
    testing_controller_reference = Future()
    test_setup = TestSetup(
        apps=[
            PipelinedController.Conntrack,
            PipelinedController.Testing,
            PipelinedController.StartupFlows,
        ],
        references={
            PipelinedController.Conntrack:
                conntrack_controller_reference,
            PipelinedController.Testing:
                testing_controller_reference,
            PipelinedController.StartupFlows:
                Future(),
        },
        config={
            'setup_type': 'CWF',
            'allow_unknown_arps': False,
            'bridge_name': cls.BRIDGE,
            'bridge_ip_address': cls.BRIDGE_IP,
            'internal_ip_subnet': '192.168.0.0/16',
            'nat_iface': 'eth2',
            'enodeb_iface': 'eth1',
            'qos': {'enable': False},
            'clean_restart': True,
            'access_control': {
                'ip_blocklist': [
                ],
            },
            'conntrackd': {
                'zone': 897,
            },
        },
        mconfig=PipelineD(
            allowed_gre_peers=[],
        ),
        loop=None,
        service_manager=cls.service_manager,
        integ_test=False,
    )
    BridgeTools.create_bridge(cls.BRIDGE, cls.IFACE)
    BridgeTools.flush_conntrack()
    cls.thread = start_ryu_app_thread(test_setup)
    cls.conntrack_controller = \
        conntrack_controller_reference.result()
    cls.testing_controller = testing_controller_reference.result()