VF-C supports  vCPE use case in R3,  all VNFs are deployed through VF-C GVNFM . This page describes how to use VF-C to instantiate NS

sample VNF:

sample NS: 

VF-C installation 

If you want to  try VF-C,  the small project set should include: VF-C , Multicloud, MSB, A&AI.

VF-C components need to register to MSB when starting, so MSB components should be installed first, you can refer the following link to install MSB.

http://onap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submodules/msb/apigateway.git/docs/platform/installation.html

Note: In the following steps, we use ${MSB_IP} as the IP of msb_apigateway component.

1. Install vfc-nfvo-lcm component.
   
   
2. Install vfc-nfvo-gvnfmdriver component
   
   
3. Install vfc-gvnfm-vnflcm component
   
   
4. Install vfc-nfvo-db component

Package Onboarding

VF-C R3 support VNF/PNF/NS csar package upload from local csar file. VNF/PNF csar package should be uploaded first, then NS csar package can be uploaded.

Before onboarding a package,  should create one record first. 

1. Create VNF package record  in catalog DB

   Pub/Sub Test

   curl -X POST \
     http://172.30.3.104:30280/api/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages \
     -H 'Postman-Token: f9c45dea-b7bb-4acd-89e1-b9b1c3d70d8a' \
     -H 'accept: application/json' \
     -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
     -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
     -F 'userDefinedData= "key2": "value2"'

2. Upload VNF package to VF-C catalog

   Pub/Sub Test

   curl -X PUT \
     http://172.30.3.104:30280/api/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/38037a12-a0d4-4aa4-ac50-cd6b05ce0b24/package_content \
     -H 'Postman-Token: 88ada218-86fd-4cd7-a06e-cc462f5df651' \
     -H 'cache-control: no-cache'

3. Create NS package record in catalog DB

   Pub/Sub Test

   curl -X POST \
     http://172.30.3.104:30280/api/nsd/v1/ns_descriptors \
     -H 'Postman-Token: 71b11910-1708-471c-84bb-5b0dd8d214a2' \
     -H 'accept: application/json' \
     -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
     -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
     -F 'userDefinedData= "key1": "value1"'

4. Upload NS package to VF-C catalog

   Pub/Sub Test

   curl -X PUT \
     http://172.30.3.104:30280/api/nsd/v1/ns_descriptors/79ca81ec-10e0-44e4-bc85-ba968f345711/nsd_content \
     -H 'Postman-Token: f16e4a54-a514-4878-b307-9b80c630166e' \
     -H 'cache-control: no-cache'

NS Life Cycle Management

Currently VF-C GVNFM support NS create/Instantiate/terminate/delete/heal.

VF-C R3 healing only suport restart a vm of an VNF. 

1. NS Create 

   Pub/Sub Test

   xx

2. NS Instantiate
   
   
3. NS Heal
   
   
4. NS Terminate
   
   
5. NS delete