SOL003 Adapter and VNFM Simulator / VNFM need to communicate each other thru secure communication via HTTPs

SOL003 Adapter - OAuth2 based Authentication and authorization support between ONAP and SVNFM

• SOL003 Adapter and SVNFM supports OAuth2 and HTTP Basic Authentication.

• SOL003 Adapter communicates with the SVNFM via secured HTTPS protocol with authentication and authorization.

• SOL003 API call security needs to be conformed to OAuth2

• SOL003 Notification call security needs to be conformed to OAuith2 or HTTP Basic authorization (user/pass)

• SOL003 Adapter will leverage the AAF security mechanism (as authorization server)

• Currently, SOL003 Adapter support one-way and two-way AA.

• SVNFM will be allowed to have their own security mechanisms based on their security requirements, but is required to support OAuth2 and HTTP Basic Authentication.

• Authentication Federation between the Adapters and the SVNFM/NFVO is under discussion.

• Some vendors prefer SAML-based federation

• AAF Authentication and External Authentication Server will exchange authentication tokens, based on federation configuration. It depends on AAF.

• In the Frankfurt release, the authentication federation may not be supported.