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SDC Controller,

CatalogDB Adapter,

CatalogDB

SO shall get the ASD-based CNF package (SDC Service CSAR) from SDC and store its metadata to SO Catalog DB.

Pre Condition:

• SO  SDC Controller, CatalogDB Adapter and CatalogDB component instances are running and ready to get SDC notifications

Post Condition:

• SO Catalog DB contains the ASD-based CNF package metadata and artifacts

Task: SO SDC Controller handles ASD-based CNF Service CSAR

• When SO gets a package notification from DMaaP, SO SDC Controller queries SDC for the ASD-based CNF Service CSAR that embeds the ASD-based CNF Resource VF.

Task: SO Catalog DB Handling for ASD-based CNF packages

• SO distinguishes the ASD-based CNF package based on the package metadata, and stores the ASD-based CNF package metadata and artifacts to SO Catalog DB
  • Resource VF TOSCA.metadata will have the "ASD" entity_definition_type.

API Handler,

RequestDB Adapter,

RequestDB,

SO BPMN Infra, 

AAI

SO CNFM

For ASD-based CNF provisioning, SO shall process CNF model info and trigger Create AS Instance workflow(s).

• SO API shall be able to process AS LCM requests
• Create/enhance BPMN Infra workflow(s) for AS orchestration
• SO shall be able to map AS LCM requests to the predefined AS master workflow(s) in BPMN Infra
• Create AS workflow(s) for Create AS
• BPMN Infra workflow(s) shall launch the Create AS workflow(s)

Pre Condition:

• SO CatalogDB contains ASD Model metadata
  • e.g., Resource VF TOSCA.metadata "ASD" entry_definition_type

Post Condition:

• Create AS workflow(s) perform Create AS service task(s) that write log messages for recording task activities

For ASD-based CNF provisioning, SO shall process CNF model info and trigger Instantiate AS Instance workflows.

• Create AS-CNF workflow(s) for Instantiate AS
• Enhance BPMN Infra workflow(s) to add the Instantiate AS service task(s)
• BPMN Infra workflow(s) shall launch the Instantiate AS workflow(s)

Pre Condition:

• Create AS Workflows have been performed

Post Condition:

• Instantiate AS workflow(s) perform Instantiate AS service task(s) that write log messages for recording task activities

For ASD-based CNF provisioning, SO shall process CNF model info and trigger Delete AS Instance workflows.

• Create AS-CNF workflow(s) for Delete AS
• Enhance BPMN Infra workflow(s) to add the Delete AS service task(s)
• BPMN Infra workflow(s) shall launch the Delete AS workflow(s)

Pre Condition:

• Create/Instantiate AS Workflows have been performed

Post Condition:

• Delete AS workflow(s) perform Delete AS service task(s) that write log messages for recording task activities

For ASD-based CNF provisioning, SO shall process model info and decide flows

Pre Condition:

• SO CNFM is running and ready to receive requests
• SO CatalogDB contains ASD Model metadata
  • Resource VF TOSCA.metadata "ASD" entry_definition_type
• SO Client provides parameters based on the ASD lifecycleParameter list
  • Existing SO requests will be used to invoke SO
  • The SO Request should include the parameters required for the ASD LCM Restful Protocols. See ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager for the required parameters
    
    • Instantiation time parameters such as network parameters and helm chart values overrides will be passed thru the above ASD LCM RESTful Protocols to invoke SO CNFM
  • note: use of CDA and CDS is a future consideration - out of scope
• The selection of the cloud-region (which represents K8S cluster) comes from the SO Service creation request

Post Condition:

• SO CNF Manager (SO CNFM) receives requests from the SO BPMN Infra and gets ready to process the requests
• After the CNF Manager process, SO shall update CNF to AAI

• Create new BPMN workflows for ASD-based CNF workflows
  • Design to invoke SO CNF Manager
• Configure SO MacroFlows configurations for invoking ASD-based CNF workflows

Task: SO API Handler Enhancement

• SO API Handler receives a service (or a la carte: make a design decision) request for ASD-based CNF and stores the request information into the Request DB
  • Note: SO endpoints could be enhanced for handling ASD-based CNF.

Task: SO Create Service Instance to AAI

• SO shall create service instance to AAI, leveraging existing AAI schema service
  • expect no code impact

Enhance Create AS Workflow(s) to launch SO CNFM for Create AS 

• SO BPMN Infra shall delegate ASD-based CNF orchestration to SO CNFM
  • Extract required parameters from the Service request body
  • With the Service request input parameters, formulate request messages by conforming to ASD LCM Restful Protocols (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager ) and its swagger file (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager)
    • for CreateASRequest, get:
      • asdId
      • asInstanceName
      • asInstanceDescription
  • As a SO CNFM client, use the following client operations to  invoke  SO  CNFM
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM Create AS is invoked and AsInstance object is returned if the operation is successful; otherwise, an error will be returned

Enhance Instantiate AS Workflow(s) to launch SO CNFM for Instantiate AS 

• SO BPMN Infra shall delegate ASD-based CNF orchestration to SO CNFM
  • Extract required parameters from the Service request body
  • With the Service request input parameters, formulate request messages by conforming to ASD LCM Restful Protocols (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager ) and its swagger file (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager)
    • for InstantiateAsRequest, get:
      • asdExtCpdInputParams
      • deploymentItems
      • additionalparams
  • As a SO CNFM client, use the following client operations to  invoke  SO  CNFM
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM Instantiate AS is invoked and the request is accepted

Enhance Delete AS Workflow(s) to launch SO CNFM for Delete AS 

• SO BPMN Infra shall delegate ASD-based CNF orchestration to SO CNFM
  • Extract required parameters from the Service request body
  • With the Service request input parameters, formulate request messages by conforming to ASD LCM Restful Protocols (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager ) and its swagger file (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager)
    • for Delete AS, get:
      • asInstanceId as a parameter
  • As a SO CNFM client, use the following client operations to  invoke  SO  CNFM
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM Delete AS is invoked and the AS instance and associated resource are deleted

Task: SO BPMN Infra Invocation for SO CNFM for AS LCM

• SO BPMN Infra shall delegate ASD-based CNF orchestration to SO CNFM
  • Extract required parameters from the Service request body
  • With the Service request input parameters, formulate request messages by conforming to ASD LCM Restful Protocols (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager ) and its swagger file (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager)
    • for CreateASRequest, get:
      • asdId
      • asInstanceName
      • asInstanceDescription
    • for InstantiateAsRequest, get:
      • asdExtCpdInputParams
      • deploymentItems
      • additionalparams
    • for TerminateAsRequest, get:
      • terminationType
      • gracefulTerminationTimeout
      • addiontalParams
    • for Delete AS, get:
      • asInstanceId as a parameter
  • As a SO CNFM client, use the following client operations to  invoke  SO  CNFM
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager

SO CNFM,

ASD Repository,

Helm Artifact Repository,

OOF,

AAI, 

SDNC Adapter,

SDNC

SO CNFM shall process ASD-based CNF Lifecycle orchestration

Pre Condition:

• ASD and App onboarding packages are stored in the Catalog Registry
• Helm Chart(s) are stored in the Helm Artifact Registry
• Image(s) are stored in the Image Registry
• Target K8S Cluster(s) are ready
• Cloud-Region and Tenants are defined in AAI

• AAI shall support CRUDQ of ASD-based CNF Resources

  • Leverage existing AAI APIs
  • Leverage AAI K8S Resource schema which was defined for CNFO
    • Take a look at the CNFO logic how to interface with AAI
  • Investigate any new AAI APIs for ASD-based CNF Resources (future consideration)

Post Condition:

• ASD-based CNF is provisioned by SO CNFM

Note: in the initial PoC, ASD external CPDs parameters for the primary network will be used (e.g., loadbalancerIP, externalIPs) to configure the K8s service or ingress controller that the ExtCpd represents

Note: ASD Registry, Helm Artifact Registry, Image Artifact Registry will be handled by another Epic, which is defined in Application Package Distribution 

Create SO CNFM and make it available in ONAP

• Create SO CNFM as an SO sub-component, with NBI, Business Logic and SouthBound Plugin for 1) Helm Client or 2) CNF Adapter
  • In this PoC, the Helm Client SouthBound Plugin will be used
  • use of the CNF Adapter is a future consideration.
• Make SO CNFM POD is deployable in OOM
• Register SO CNFM POD to AAI automatically to be recognized

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM is available

Create ASD LCM REST API Swagger

• Create SO CNFM REST API swagger, based on the ASD LCM Restful API, ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager and Swagger file (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager)
  • Note: the swagger file is created and it needs to be refined further

Post Condition:

• Swagger file is ready for SO CNM NBI

Create SO CNFM NBI API Handler based on ASD LCM Restful Protocol swagger, with no-ops

• SO CNFM shall support its NBI REST Apis to handle requests from SO.
  • Create SO CNFM NBI API Handler sub-component based on ASD LCM Restful Protocols swagger (ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager)
  • Support the following service operations:
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
  • For multiple operator K8S Cluster support, the following operations are supported:
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager
    • ASD LCM RESTful Protocols for SO CNF Manager

Note: for the initial PoC, registration and deregistration could be out of scope (stretch goal)

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM NBI API Handler is ready to receive SO BPMN Infra requests, with dummy operations

Create SO CNFM Workflow(s) for Create AS and Instantiate AS

• Camunda BPMN workflow(s) will have Create AS and Instantiate AS service tasks

Post Condition:

• Workflow(s) for Create AS and Instantiate AS is ready

Create SO CNFM Workflow(s) for Delete AS

• Camunda BPMN workflow(s) will have Delete AS service tasks

Post Condition:

• Workflow(s) for Delete AS is ready

Task: SO CNFM Input Parameter HandlingAccesses ASD Registry for Getting ASD

• SO CNFM shall process input parameters that came thru SO BPMN Infra, by conforming to ASD LCM Restful Protocols, such as:
  • DeploymentItem parameters
    • The key value pairs, which is to override the default values.yaml
  • ExtCpdParams parameters
    • The parameters will be used to resolve input in the Helm Charts
    • For the initial PoC, only loadbalancerIP or externalIPs will be used

Note: enhancedClusterCapbilities input parameter handling is a stretch goal. 

Task: SO CNFM Accesses ASD Registry for Getting ASD

• SO CNFM shall communicate with the ASD Registry to get ASD (descriptor) and artifacts from the ASD Registry Manager
• Use the asdId (which is received during the Create AS operation) to retrieve an ASD
Get ASD from the ASD Registry communicate with the ASD Registry to get ASD (descriptor) and artifacts from the ASD Registry Manager
• Use the asdId (which is received during the Create AS operation) to retrieve an ASD
• Get ASD from the ASD Registry thru the ASD Registry Manager APIs
  • e.g., GET /api/asds/<name> 

Note: for initial PoC, it is possible ASD is received from SDC (tbd)

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM receives a selected ASD

Task: Create SO CNFM Instance Database Management

• Create SO CNFM Database tables (not necessarily, RDBMS: make a design design) to store:
  • incoming requests
  • custom values.yaml files 
• Provides Database Access Objects (DAO) for CRUD for SO CNFM

Task: SO CNFM Processes Instance-Level Helm Charts

Input Parameter Handling and Instance-Level Helm Charts

• SO CNFM shall process input parameters that came thru SO BPMN Infra, by conforming to ASD LCM Restful Protocols, such as:
  • DeploymentItem parameters
    • The key value pairs, which is to override the default values.yaml
  • ExtCpdParams parameters
    • The parameters will be used to resolve input in the Helm Charts
    • For the initial PoC, only loadbalancerIP or externalIPs will be used

• SO CNFM shall support the capability to construct custom values file(s), by: 
  • applying Instance-level input parameter parameter values which came thru Task #3.4
  • enhancing helm charts with resolved input parameter values which came thru Task #3.4
  • generating new custom values file(s), based on the DeploymentItem parameter values which came thru Task #3.4
• SO CNFM shall store the generated helm charts and/or values files to the SO CNFM database

Task: SO CNFM Transforms Enhanced Helm Charts to K8S Resource Description

• SO CNFM shall transform enhanced Helm charts to K8S resource description (e.g., helm template or helm install --dry-run) to verify Helm charts and examine potential K8S resource requirements

Task: SO CNFM Gets an AS Placement Information for a Target K8S Cluster

• SO CNFM shall get placement information by passing K8 resources + ASD' + additional data to the Placement component such as OOF.
  • Note: Use of OOF could be out-of-PoC-Scope (TBD)
  • for PoC, it is allowed to choose predefined K8S Clusters

Task: SO CNFM Makes a AS Placement Decision for a Target K8S Cluster

Note: enhancedClusterCapbilities input parameter handling is a stretch goal. 

Post Condition:

• Based on input parameters, ASD and DeploymentItems, a new instance-level Helm Charts will be built.

Create SO CNFM Instance Database Management

• Create SO CNFM Database tables (not necessarily, RDBMS: make a design design) to store:
  • incoming requests
  • custom values.yaml files 
• Provides Database Access Objects (DAO) for CRUD for SO CNFM

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM database is ready and provides services for SO CNFM.

SO CNFM Transforms Enhanced Helm Charts to K8S Resource Description

• SO CNFM shall transform enhanced Helm charts to K8S resource description (e.g., helm template or helm install --dry-run) to verify Helm charts and examine potential K8S resource requirements

Post Condition:

• K8S resource description is ready for feeding into placement.

SO CNFM Makes a AS Placement Decision for a Target K8S Cluster

• With the generated K8S resources description(s), for each K8S resource description (per Helm chart), SO CNFM shall make a placement decision based on the decision from the Placement component.
  • In the initial PoC, a pre-selected K8S cluster (selected by the client) will be used. In the future, ASD enhancedClusterCapabilities attribute will be used to choose a proper/capable K8S cluster. Use of OOF is also a future consideration.Use of the enhancedClusterCapabilities is a stretch goal.
  • In the future, SO CNFM will do the following functions:
    • ASD enhancedClusterCapabilities attribute will be used to for K8S Cluster selection requirements,
    • SO CNFM will query for K8S clusters for  capabilities. OOF can be used for this
    • SO CNFM will choose a proper/capable K8S cluster. 

Post Condition:

• SO CNFM selects a target K8S cluster

Task: SO CNFM Supports Target K8S Clusters Registration

• SO CNFM shall support Registration of K8S cluster(s)
  • To instantiate an AS on an non-ONAP K8S cluster, a cluster configuration file that is specific to the cluster must be uploaded.
  • To add a cluster configuration file of a cluster, create a POST request .../aslcm/v1/clusterconfigs will be performed.
  • SO CNFM receives the clusterconfigs info and creates a cluster configuration file (cluster name + "." + "config" to the ./kube directory.
• Note:
  • The cluster configuration file for a particular cluster must be retrieved from the cluster administrator.
  • The Cluster configuration file pre-requisites are:
    • It must start with an alphanumeric character
    • It can only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes (-_, or underscores (_)
    • It must end with .config
  • Should the cluster configuration file change for any reason, e.g., CA certificate rotation on the target cluster or client key expires, then the cluster file registered in SO CNFM/AAI shall need to be updated.
  • The target cluster server and port must be reachable from the SO CNFM.
    • Verify the connection to the target cluster

Task: SO CNFM Supports Target K8S Clusters Deregistration

• To remove a cluster configruation file, create a DELETE request. .../aslcm/v1/clusterconfig/{configName}
• The configName would include the K8S Cluster name as the file prefix
• CNFM will remove the "configName" + "." + "config" file from the .kube directory.

Task: SO CNFM Provides a List of Registered K8S Clusters

• To get details about registered clusters, create a GET request .../aslcm/v1/clusterconfigs
• The API returns a paginated response, but if a customized response is needed, additional parameters for page, size, or and filtering could be applied.

Task: SO CNFM Helm Client Process for AS Deployment

• For the initial PoC, the Helm Client will be used as a SO CNF Southbound plugin for interfacing with K8S Cluster(s)
• An ASD can contain multiple DeploymentItems (which are corresponding Helm Charts). To determine the order of Helm Chart executions, the deploymentOrder from the ASD>DeploymentItems will be used.
• Based on the deploymentOrder, the SO CNFM Helm Client does:
  • From the registered K8S Clusters, choose a target K8S cluster name
  • With the helm command with --kubeconfig or kube-contenxt option, set the target K8S cluster to work with.
  • Invoke the helm install command towards the target K8S cluster, passing the enhanced helm chart and custom values file.helm chart and custom values file.

Post Condition:

• Helm Chart(s) under an ASD are deployed in the target K8S Cluster

Task:

• Per DeploymentItem, SO CNFM shall send (with cluster id, parameter, cloud artifacts) to the SO CNF Adapter for the connection to K8S plugin
  • Support Helm Template / Dry-run, Helm Install, Helm Uninstall and Helm Upgrade 
  • SO CNF Adapter APIs are being studied. 

Note: for the initial PoC, the SO CNF Adapter will not be used.

Task: SO CNFM Updates the AS CNF Instance to AAI

used.

SO CNFM Updates the AS CNF Instance to AAI

• SO CNFM shall update the AS CNF instance to AAI, by leveraging AAI APIs
• The delete operation could update AAI, as termination.

Post Condition:

• AAI database is updated for AS CNF instance (e.g., generic_vnf, vf-module).

SO Client shall send  requests for ASD-based CNF orchestration

(note: E2E support is out of PoC scope)

SO Client,

SO,

SO BPMN,

SO CNFM

SO Client shall send requests for ASD-based CNF orchestration to SO

Pre Condition: 

• SO, SO CNFM  and AAI and SDNC are ready and running
• Cloud-regions and tenants are defined in AAI
• Operator K8S Clusters are registered

Post Condition:

• CNF Orchestration request is processed and CNF is deployed in the target K8S cluster.

Task: SO Client Invokes SO for AS LCM orchestration

• Provide required CNF instance input parameters, which are defined in the ASD LCM RESTful Protocols to the SO request
• Send AS LCM orchestration requests to SO

Note: enhanced SO API could be used for ASD-based CNF.

Post Condition: 

• SO Client will be able to invoke SO service requests for AS LCM.