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Figure 2. Portal landing screen for users
Designing Services
The Portal provides the following design-time features:
- Service Design and Creation (SDC): visual design tools for Services
- Policy creation (editing and conflict identification tools)
- Visual design tools for Analytic Applications (out-of-scope for first OpenECOMP release)
Instantiating Services
The Portal offers a Virtual Instantiation Deployment (VID) GUI to trigger MSO instantiation of Services and components that have been certified and distributed for production. These services may include:
- Infrastructure Services (such as compute and storage resources)
- Network Services (Virtual Network Functions)
- Application Services (such as a load-balancing function)
VID reads the models created in SDC, and, in turn, forwards the appropriate information to AAI and MSO during the Service instantiation process.
See the Demos page for a scenario that uses the VID interface.
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The Portal also provides a customizable Dashboard containing dynamic widgets that provide content provided by applications running in separate environments. The available widgets are tailored for each user based on access level. Examples of Dashboard elements include:
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For developers who wish to add applications that interact with OpenECOMP components, there is a <<DocRef: Portal Software Development Kit (SDK)>>. This SDK includes bundled tools, technologies, and built-in capabilities such as services, APIs, and User Interface controls.