Istanbul Release Key Updates

Functional Updates
    * Model updates as part of CCVPN Transport Slicing Feature
    * Model updates as part of Smart Intent Guarantee based on IBN Feature
    * Model updates as part of CNF Orchestration Feature
Non-functional Updates
    * Sonar & Security updates
    * Rolling upgrade functionality option
    * Micrometer integration option
    * Prometheus monitoring integration option

• Security enhancements
• Code quality enhancements
• Monitoring suite options
• Enhanced CNF, CCVPN, and Smart Intent features

• Security enhancements
• OpenDaylight major release upgrade (Silicon)
• Enhancements to CCVPN, Network Slicing, and ONAP A1 Interface

• Allows any ONAP component to access (read & write) NFs
• Executing time based queries to help troubleshooting CM issues

• DCAEGEN2-2771 - Getting issue details... STATUS

    - SliceAnalysis and KPI-Computation MS migrated from ConfigDb to CPS
    - Integration with new CBS client SDK and support policy sidecar

• DCAEGEN2-2703 - Getting issue details... STATUS

    - HV_VES microservice was adapted to support stdDefined domain introduced under VES7.2.1 spec 

• DCAEGEN2-2541 - Getting issue details... STATUS

    - Enhanced PMSH Microservice to support subscription property updates, config updates to support 'n' subscriptions, support resource name in filter 

• DCAEGEN2-2522 - Getting issue details... STATUS

    - Implemented CPS client interface (replacing ConfigDb)
    - Switched to new CBS client SDK for removing consul dependency and enabling policy configuration through sidecar.

Non-Functional

• Removed GPLv3 license from software by switching to onap/integration base images for CBS, Policy-Handler, VES-Mapper, PM-mapper, TCAgen2, DL Feeder, DL-DES (DCAEGEN2-2455)
• Healthcheck container Py3 upgrade  (DCAEGEN2-2737)
• Vulnerability updates for several DCAE MS (TCA-gen2, DataFileCollector,RESTConf, VES,Mapper, PM-Mapper, PRH, SON-handler, KPI-MS, Slice-Analysis MS) (DCAEGEN2-2768)
• DL feeder/DES switched to PG (from mariaDB) and made complaint with non-root pod. 

• Simplified deployment for DCAE services via Helm
• Reduction on ONAP/DCAE footprint under transformation initative by deprecating Cloudify based platform components and Consul
• Security enhancements
• VES 7.2.1 integration for HV_VES enables ONAP, 3GPP, ORAN alignment
• Enhancements for Network Slicing, Bulk PM, OOF-SON usecases

Some bugs are fixed so Holmes gets more stable.

security enhancements

New tests:

• basic_cnf
• CPS healthcheck
• Stability basic_vm and basic_onboard tests

Gating on Python tests

Stability of the test environment

More cases automatically tested

• Update PyYAML & httplib2 version
• Bug fix

Functional Updates

• Various k8s resource management improvements in k8splugin (REQ-627, )
  • Helm 3.5 package spec support
  • Support for Helm pre/post- create and delete Hooks 
  • Improved Config API
  • Status API returns the real status of deployed helm package
  • Better aligned with Helm processing spec
  • Important bug fixes

Further changes in k8splugin related to Helm spec support allow for the better and more reliable deployment of complex CNFs defined as a helm package.

• REQ-718: IPv4 / IPv6 dual stack support in ONAP (Istanbul)
  • Added support for Kubernetes 1.20+ DualStack networking properties
    in ONAP K8S Service spec properties.
  • Upgraded EJBCA CMP v2 server to version 7.x

• If a cluster is running DualStack, service will be exposed in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Works for K8S 1.20+
• EJBCA server is upgraded to newest major version providing longer support

Functional updates:

• Enhancements in NSI selection to derive coverage area TA list from coverage area
•  Migration from config DB to CPS for SON use case

Non-functional updates

• Migration from MUSIC to ETCD
• Bug fixes

Functional updates:

•  Intent instance will be developed to support the E2E Slicing and CCVPN.

Non-functional updates

• Packages upgrades in direct dependencies
• Remove Python 2.7 from docker image
• Update docker image for UUI components
• Bug fix

• Provides a scenario of users’ intent guarantee and interacting.
• Stability and security improvement.

• keep CLAMP functions into ONAP
• reduce ONAP footprint
• consolidate the UI (Control loop UI and policy)
• enables code sharing and common handling for REST and TOSCA
• introduces the Spring Framework into the Policy Framework
• See the CLAMP documentation

• Code quality improvement due to substantial improvement in test coverage triggered by gerrit reviews
• Security enhancements
• OpenDaylight major release upgrade (Silicon)
• Enhancements to CCVPN, Network Slicing, and ONAP A1 Interface

CNF Orchestration flows in SO have been enhanced.

Internal architecture improvements started in H release have been extended.

Defect fixes and enhancements in E2E slicing, CCVPN usecase realization.

CSIT has been improved.

Improved S3P and maintainability of SO with divide and conquer strategy.

Validate the new changes at the earlier stage.

• Packages upgrades in direct dependencies
• Remove Python 2.7 from docker image of huawei vnfm driver
• Optimize the docker image of VFC db
• Bug fix

E2E Network Slicing

• Support for NSMF based TN slices in which NSMF is responsible for TN-FH and TN-MH allocation
• RAN NSSMF integration with CPS and handled closed loop impacts w.r.t CPS integration
• POC on A1-interface for closed loop updates
• KPI Monitoring enhancements

• Updates in FM reporting and fault handling to be in line with VES 7.2, 3GPP and smoother future alignment with O1

PNF software version onboarding

PNF support

Control Loop in TOSCA LCM (REQ-716)

• Move into mainstream within Policy repo
• Integration with CLAMP
• Create generic K8s participants (e.g. DCAE deployed by Helm)
• Create generic HTTP participants 
• Create Policy participants 
• Support Commissioning
• Support xNF automation / assurance use case, e.g., PMSH
• Support control loop run time components, Catalogue, Inventory 

CNF Orchestration Enhancements (REQ-627)

• Synchronization of k8s resource objects between k8scluster and AAI as a part of CNF instantiation process
• Dedicated CNF Healthcheck Workflow in SO
• Control of the order of the CNF and helm package deployment in SO macro request
• Various k8s resource management improvements in k8splugin
  • Helm 3.5 package spec support
  • Support for Helm pre/post- create and delete Hooks 
  • Improved Config API
  • Status API returns the real status of deployed helm package
  • Better aligned with Helm processing spec
  • Important bug fixes

• Elimination of over 600 known CVEs through open source package upgrades
• Elimination of nearly 100 security weaknesses in the ONAP code
• Enhancements to CMPv2 certificate management
• IPv4/6 support