Creating a Netconf Mount

When a Netconf mount is required for instances such as testing a VNF configuration action the below procedure will guide you.

Create the xml required to build the Netconf mount

Example of a Netconf mount xml (vtrafficgen.xml)

vtraffigen.xml example

<node xmlns="urn:TBD:params:xml:ns:yang:network-topology">
   <node-id>9e1f35bf-bc36-4cab-ae9f-baf44bddd673</node-id>
   <host xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">10.0.90.2</host>
   <port xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">2831</port>
   <username xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">admin</username>
   <password xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">admin</password>
   <tcp-only xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">false</tcp-only>
   <!-- non-mandatory fields with default values, you can safely remove these if you do not wish to override any of these values-->
   <reconnect-on-changed-schema xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">false</reconnect-on-changed-schema>
   <connection-timeout-millis xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">20000</connection-timeout-millis>
   <max-connection-attempts xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">0</max-connection-attempts>
   <between-attempts-timeout-millis xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">2000</between-attempts-timeout-millis>
   <sleep-factor xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">1.5</sleep-factor>
   <!-- keepalive-delay set to 0 turns off keepalives-->
   <keepalive-delay xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">120</keepalive-delay>
</node>

Submit the REST request to create the Netconf mount

Example curl command used to submit the REST request

Sample curl REST request submission

curl -v --noproxy '*' --user "admin":"Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U" -d @vtrafficgen.xml -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-type: application/xml" -X PUT --trace trace.out http://10.12.5.69:8282/restconf/config/network-topology:network-topology/topology/topology-netconf/node/9e1f35bf-bc36-4cab-ae9f-baf44bddd673

Verify Netconf mount submission

Verify Netconf mount was submitted

curl -v --noproxy '*' --user "admin":"Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U" -d -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-type: application/xml" -X GET http://10.12.5.69:8282/restconf/config/network-topology:network-topology/topology/topology-netconf/node/9e1f35bf-bc36-4cab-ae9f-baf44bddd673

Verify the Netconf mount was created and able to connect to the VNF

Test the Netconf mount

Sample Test Request of a vFW ModifyConfig via API Doc Explorer:

http://[Anyk8host]:30230/apidoc/explorer/index.html

{"input": {
    "common-request-header": {
        "service-request-id": "1"
    },
    "config-payload": {
        "config-url": "5f517fd4-bf3d-43bc-8147-1b61776d7ded",
        "config-json": "{\"pg-streams\":{\"pg-stream\": [{ \"id\": \"fw_udp1\", \"is-enabled\": \"true\" }, { \"id\": \"fw_udp2\", \"is-enabled\": \"true\" }, { \"id\": \"fw_udp3\", \"is-enabled\": \"true\" }, { \"id\": \"fw_udp4\", \"is-enabled\": \"true\" }, { \"id\": \"fw_udp5\", \"is-enabled\": \"true\" }]}}"
    }
}
}