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3.6 Distribute a service with Controlloop
In this step, the user distributes the models to the ONAP components, like DCAE, Policy subsystems etc
After a model is uploaded to a VNF, the status icon of the VNF changes to from “Design” to “Activated” in the ONAP Portal GUI.
- The ONAP distribution model is based on a publisher subscriber model.
- SDC defines two topics in Dmaap, one for publishing notification and one for reading notification status events.
- Using the distribution client, a component can easily subscribe to receive notifications regarding services distributed from SDC.
- The distribution client allows the applications to define what type of artifacts they want to download from a service.
- The component can choose to receive specific artifact types or to receive the whole CSAR package.
- Once a distribution client receives a notification, it will access an SDC instance defined in it, to pull the artifacts.
- The retrieved artifacts will be download from SDC using REST API.
- Once the artifacts are downloaded the application posts a status regarding the download status.
- Since the SDC publishes notifications we need the status to show the state of the distribution across the different applications.
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At this point we can open the CLAMP GUI and verify that the DCAE microservice design template is in place as shown below.
4 Changes proposed in SDC
Note: Some of the changes proposed below might already be supported in SDC and may not be needed. Verification of such can be part of POC and actual changes can be considered.
4.1 Use of existing SDC controlloop design to produce Tosca service template
4.1.1 Verification activity with SDC and current CLAMP runtime
A verification activity is needed with current SDC controlloop support, and to ensure the ToscaServiceTemplate artifact produced with current SDC is complaint to CLAMP runtime.
Observation is that, it should work as it is.
- Predicted minor design changes listed in below 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4 sections
- Verify Design, Composition, Properties, Distribution and Deployment of ControlLoop with current demo usecase
- Note: This will not satisfy below 2 requirements, as it works as an integral component of SDC
- The software should be possible to run standalone
- The software will be developed as a new module in policy-gui
4.1.2 Model changes and new models for Controlloop types
Include model changes (if any) for defining properties of a Participant, ControlLoopElement and ControlLoop
Example: Multiple elements in ControlLoopElementDefinition properties
topology_template:
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node_templates:
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org.onap.domain.pmsh.PMSHControlLoopDefinition:
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properties:
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elements:
- name: org.onap.domain.pmsh.PMSH_DCAEMicroservice
version: 1.2.3
- name: org.onap.domain.pmsh.PMSH_MonitoringPolicyControlLoopElement
version: 1.2.3
- name: org.onap.domain.pmsh.PMSH_OperationalPolicyControlLoopElement
version: 1.2.3
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1.3 New category as control loop element
New category as controlLoopElement may be introduced using which a resource can be created with category name as controlloopElement
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1.4 New category as control loop
New category as controlloop may be introduced using which a resource can be created with category name as controlLoop
4.2 New editor for ControlLoop components as a separate plugin similar to Apex editor
