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  • Model and policy driven application controller with intrinsic VNF management capabilities.
  • Support of multi vendor system of VNFs with interdependence between them.
  • Provide uploading capabilities of  standard data model which describe the management, configuration and inter-dependencies of the VNF.
  • APPC model will be based on ONAP TOSCA and Yang containing a dependency model, LCM recipes, configuration templates, policies etc.
  • APPC provides multi-protocol southbound plugins, including support for NETCONF, Chef via a Chef Server, and Ansible and ability to operate through vendor specific VNFM/EMS via adaptation through a plugin.
  • APPC provides a VNF configuration repository with the latest working configuration for each managed VNF instance it is responsible for.

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  • How does this project fit into the rest of the ONAP Architecture?
    • Expansion of existing APPC ONAP component to support more complex use cases.
    • Establish dependence on the Common Controller SDK to be used as the base platform for the controller.
    • Depends on Service Designer for generating the model(s) and other artifacts necessary for specifying controller runtime behaviorAdditional dependency would be the Modeling.
    • Depends on Multi VIM project for cloud infrastructure APIs
        
  • How does this align with external standards/specifications?
    • Inspired by ETSI NFV LCM signatures
    • Use TOSCA and YANG for all model definitions.
    • Use Netconf/Chef and Ansible for component southbound interface

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Other Information:

  • link to seed code (if applicable)
    https://gerrit.onap.org/r/#/admin/projects/appc
  • Vendor Neutral
    The current seed code has been already scanned and cleanup to remove all proprietary trademarks, logos, etc. except openecomp to be replaced by onap

    Subsequent modification to the existing seed code should continue to follow the same scanning and clean up principles.

  • Meets Board policy (including IPR)

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Skip Wonnell - kw5258@att.com

Randa Maher - rx196w@att.com


*Link to TSC approval: 
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