ETSI NFV-SOL CNF Deployment using Helm

This section covers how to deploy ETSI NFV-SOL containerized VNF using Helm in Tacker v2 API.

Note

v1 VNF LCM API also support CNF deployment using Helm and its requirements are different from v2 VNF LCM API. For details on using Helm in v1 API, please refer to How to Install Helm to Kubernetes Cluster and Deploy CNF using Helm Chart.

Note

The content of this document has been confirmed to work using the following VNF Package.

See Tacker Architecture for information about supported versions of Helm.

Overview

The following figure shows an overview of the CNF deployment.

  1. Request create VNF

    A user requests tacker-server to create a VNF with tacker-client by uploading a VNF Package and requesting create VNF. The VNF Package should contain Helm chart in addition to VNFD.

  2. Request instantiate VNF

    A user requests tacker-server to instantiate the created VNF by requesting instantiate VNF with instantiate parameters.

  3. Execute Helm commands

    Upon receiving a request from tacker-client, tacker-server redirects it to tacker-conductor. In tacker-conductor, the request is redirected again to an appropriate infra-driver (in this case Helm infra-driver) according to the contents of the instantiate parameters. Then, Helm infra-driver executes Helm commands.

  4. Call Kubernetes API via Helm

    Helm calls Kubernetes APIs to create Pods as a VNF.

  5. Create Pods

    Kubernetes Master creates Pods according to the API calls.

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Prepare Helm VIM

1. Create a Config File

Before register a Helm VIM to tacker, we should create config file. The following sample provides required information to register a Helm VIM. This sample specifies the values of the bearer_token and ssl_ca_cert parameters that can be obtained from the Kubernetes Master-node. For specific methods of obtaining bearer_token and ssl_ca_cert, please refer to Kubernetes VIM Installation. It also contains the extra field. For using Helm, use_helm in extra must be set as true.

auth_url: "https://192.168.56.10:6443"
bearer_token: "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkdVazBPakx4Q2NsUjJjNHhsZFdaaXJMSHVQMUo4NkdMS0toamlSaENiVFUifQ.eyJpc3MiOiJrdWJlcm5ldGVzL3NlcnZpY2VhY2NvdW50Iiwia3ViZXJuZXRlcy5pby9zZXJ2aWNlYWNjb3VudC9uYW1lc3BhY2UiOiJkZWZhdWx0Iiwia3ViZXJuZXRlcy5pby9zZXJ2aWNlYWNjb3VudC9zZWNyZXQubmFtZSI6ImRlZmF1bHQtdG9rZW4tazhzdmltIiwia3ViZXJuZXRlcy5pby9zZXJ2aWNlYWNjb3VudC9zZXJ2aWNlLWFjY291bnQubmFtZSI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJrdWJlcm5ldGVzLmlvL3NlcnZpY2VhY2NvdW50L3NlcnZpY2UtYWNjb3VudC51aWQiOiJhNTIzYzFhMi1jYmU5LTQ1Y2YtYTc5YS00ZDA4MDYwZDE3NmEiLCJzdWIiOiJzeXN0ZW06c2VydmljZWFjY291bnQ6ZGVmYXVsdDpkZWZhdWx0In0.BpKAAQLjXMIpJIjqQDsGtyh1a-Ij8e-YOVRv0md_iOGXd1KLR-qreM6xA-Ni8WFILzq3phaZU6npET8PlfhQ6csF5u20OT2SoZ7iAotHXpCcYkRdrUd2oO5KxSFTkOhasaN1pQ3pZyaFYUZbwwmLK3I31rG4Br2VbZQ7Qu8wFOXUK-syBGF48vIPZ5JQ3K00KNxpuEcGybMK5LtdSKZ25Ozp_I2oqm3KBZMPMfWwaUnvuRnyly13tsiXudPt_9H78AxLubMo3rcvECJU2y_zZLiavcZKXAz-UmHulxtz_XZ80hMu-XOpYWEYrOB0Lt0hB59ZoY1y3OvJElTfPyrwWw"
ssl_ca_cert: "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDBTCCAe2gAwIBAgIIa76wZDxLNAowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwFTETMBEGA1UE
AxMKa3ViZXJuZXRlczAeFw0yMzExMDYwMDA3MzBaFw0zMzExMDMwMDEyMzBaMBUx
EzARBgNVBAMTCmt1YmVybmV0ZXMwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEK
AoIBAQDd0LBXGxVexr09mVFNSXWQq3TN66IIcXCBAMbIWI4EiQ8Y0zI4hSwADdK2
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cfqYZTHvTY4g7qNcMOcfl/oDUGUMfpQT2gs6xoNl0WX/1+QeQbadx1kWaD2Ii45F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fCfX4cZpI5KFxMgdmAEoaGbNy7iqsGrLFtEmub2gdEBIVNr7vgOk4OeQ9Uodj6K7
jK97z+cupc5G
-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
project_name: "default"
type: "kubernetes"
extra:
    use_helm: true

1. Register Helm VIM

We could register Helm VIM to tacker by running the following command:

$ openstack vim register --config-file CONFIG_FILE Helm_VIM_NAME --fit-width

Config file in chapter 1 need to be input by parameter –config-file. After successful execution, VIM information will be displayed.

$ openstack vim register --config-file vim-k8s.yaml test-vim-helm --fit-width
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field          | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| auth_cred      | {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                |     "bearer_token": "***",                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                |     "ssl_ca_cert": "b'gAAAAABlcTEl6uPnFB4aCDCpRI8fuMI7r9K6lBC2nW0IiYpd3HifxUsXI20wxuTRpOVRSVasev_NuxfZxLneAfgwCF_FYed9cj0vng-Q32v2RM8EMziTfzNjV8qnESgMOtcsb10h80917tYSIoJOWhPdcLUPDKKL-Or3vJWzudRFnltI13GnK40ytVOaN4gF-wAE8zEL7gOq7iyC2L4 |
|                | oVmZeb2VVAnp71KvJPMAe3hM0IPF2dgpqSEfImG8ipmzLnc_JGG40ybiaNG7lDjwSMDnjrEjiX32iTmsifOSr02mBhrrn7hoG7mbbcTfhCymjSjoutQKuXMBflAM8ytgBk6C70HtIBQJgNLIYGHrTMyEH6kPynM79EMxfENJVSxfmLzwwnw6YWc01oVIqW5GuK6cZDho4pbb8r-CxZk2XU0DOKRqSSju-         |
|                | B8wBoeI4EaKSAKhOVtQrsM6sQoz0yOF5NNH8tcebZsUFYO8jp6-xk8w91GhK6CFVL39_vuoyiAS-zQH0S_GA3tl8pTpufAIr_TShq6Jc7hac1cBWaeqsuofC-Ny6jhdN5-AMx0EsVzx_3tkOD_pA2wP8PkFO8gxC4egjdNVdOdU_ggXElcnsJJeBP5ljTmisu3sn_fqFMxpJeqdus-bquX8ErLPfGBjCy-        |
|                | cWDIRmc1XaLHZ88Ju2zqjDMfjotNXJeK_iYeBiEMNwburTy-VAmucPS6bdI8Y1dPWcT-V6Nk-                                                                                                                                                                 |
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|                | FC5ApT7NAGhKAP8BfyUnjxMqA641Yk8DVLXmyztYYYYSoQ-6OcKKfTEvbYvfDSeHH50IGzHfMkx5YkNExqGREjjYkVwjO0ZW1odRoXISXtfop0Xfpqkun_ckJXNYCXKEn6bc9q3EnSaIxI2NOyhsjZ3eDF-VHFo8K_H_5iBrqoqWOUwx-uWm4xKZ7GtOUhPL4_w9XSiBFcMSf0uCtvbcWsu_B00itWYMipPUbYWD- |
|                | Un9p5ESmaFbPW4B9912sszjbJzQyawqV_LYoW6MPgLYEd46Oqn9RkxGqdj8DKJpUfBb_DKC3G29OiStaW6IWLBNmsNqb9xCy5UsF_sM_fLEbbAR76LEAau2Fhb5DTzHr27h_Ri8GsXfTWX8r61pseh41hZAmwpyAW4-WAxhx158gR14hPBrjecPuPSs_vB-                                           |
|                | 6lJkuu7NFQIlj2uQBSP_gkaJ4mg3tIzcVfQeyTcE5KhfJWy2TdyI7pIe1vthjzI8pgWxO_dUAkkIPA6emA01QxzzKNCHa0KCYGi_noTwnasb_vwDL0sqjd6eUwFjCzeEuhPex3aQkYxrg2wxWFxg58bLb_it8U1wqHEWfiCH4a5XE4TCnBbPF2DiRZ9KHkRgdAcz2Wo-                                  |
|                | iNx0ghJ0u25Phi6nHuxbtEOghHZH7cgx6KaZ300ilA1g=='",                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                |     "auth_url": "https://192.168.56.10:6443",                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|                |     "username": "None",                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                |     "key_type": "barbican_key",                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                |     "secret_uuid": "***"                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                | }                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| auth_url       | https://192.168.56.10:6443                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| created_at     | 2023-12-07 02:42:46.328344                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| description    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| extra          | use_helm=True                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| id             | 9c37f36f-f569-4259-b388-d550e55dd65c                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| is_default     | False                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| name           | test-vim-helm                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| placement_attr | {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                |     "regions": [                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                |         "default",                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                |         "kube-node-lease",                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                |         "kube-public",                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                |         "kube-system"                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                |     ]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                | }                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| project_id     | ebbc6cf1a03d49918c8e408535d87268                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| status         | ACTIVE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| type           | kubernetes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| updated_at     | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| vim_project    | {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                |     "name": "default"                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                | }                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Also we can check if the status of VIM is ACTIVE by openstack vim list command.

$ openstack vim list
+--------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+------------+------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name          | Tenant_id                        | Type       | Is Default | Status |
+--------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+------------+------------+--------+
| 9c37f36f-f569-4259-b388-d550e55dd65c | test-vim-helm | ebbc6cf1a03d49918c8e408535d87268 | kubernetes | False      | ACTIVE |
+--------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+------------+------------+--------+

Note

In the return of vim list, Type is shown as kubernetes for both Helm VIM and Kubernetes VIM.

Prepare VNF Package

1. Create Directories of VNF Package

TOSCA YAML CSAR file is an archive file using the ZIP file format whose structure complies with the TOSCA Simple Profile YAML v1.2 Specification. Here is a sample of building a VNF Package CSAR directory:

$ mkdir -p deployment/{TOSCA-Metadata,Definitions,Files/kubernetes}

2. Create a Helm chart

A CSAR VNF package shall have Helm chart that defines Kubernetes resources to be deployed. The file name shall have an extension of “.yaml” and all chart files shall be compressed to “.tgz”.

To map Kubernetes resources defined in Helm chart to VDUs defined by VNFD, the metadata.name in Helm chart shall be described in compliance with the following rules.

metadata.name must be set as “properties.name defiend in VNFD”+”-” +”Unique string in the release (e.g. release name)”. “Unique string in the release” must not include “-“.

The following shows the sample description.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: vdu1-{{ .Release.Name }}
  labels:
    {{- include "localhelm.labels" . | nindent 4 }
spec:
  {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCountVdu1 }}
  {{- end }}

Note

In this sample, the value of replicas is specified as replicaCountVdu1 with the helm commands. Such a parameter name needs to be provided as helm_value_names in the instantiate request parameter. A sample instantiate request parameter is described in 1. Set the Value to the Request Parameter File.

Note

Since version 1 VNF LCM API supports using external repositories, a chart file may be contained within the VNF package or contained in external repositories. On the other hand, version 2 VNF LCM API requires Helm chart file to be contained in the VNF package.

3. Create a TOSCA.meta File

The TOSCA.Meta file contains version information for the TOSCA.Meta file, CSAR, Definitions file, and artifact file. Name, content-Type, encryption method, and hash value of the Artifact file are required in the TOSCA.Meta file. Here is an example of a TOSCA.meta file:

TOSCA-Meta-File-Version: 1.0
Created-by: dummy_user
CSAR-Version: 1.1
Entry-Definitions: Definitions/sample_cnf_top.vnfd.yaml

Name: Files/kubernetes/test-chart-0.1.0.tgz
Content-Type: test-data
Algorithm: SHA-256
Hash: fa05dd35f45adb43ff1c6c77675ac82c477c5a55a3ad14a87a6b542c21cf4f7c

4. Download ETSI Definition File

Download official documents. ETSI GS NFV-SOL 001 [i.4] specifies the structure and format of the VNFD based on TOSCA specifications.

$ cd deployment/Definitions
$ wget https://forge.etsi.org/rep/nfv/SOL001/raw/v2.6.1/etsi_nfv_sol001_common_types.yaml
$ wget https://forge.etsi.org/rep/nfv/SOL001/raw/v2.6.1/etsi_nfv_sol001_vnfd_types.yaml

5. Create VNFD

How to create VNFD composed of plural deployment flavours is described in VNF Descriptor (VNFD) based on ETSI NFV-SOL001.

VNFD will not contain any Kubernetes resource information such as Connection points, Virtual links because all required components of CNF will be specified in Kubernetes resource files.

Following is an example of a VNFD file includes the definition of VNF.

tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_2
description: Sample VNF
imports:
  - etsi_nfv_sol001_common_types.yaml
  - etsi_nfv_sol001_vnfd_types.yaml
  - sample_cnf_types.yaml
  - sample_cnf_df_simple.yaml
topology_template:
  inputs:
    selected_flavour:
      type: string
      description: VNF deployment flavour selected by the consumer. It is provided in the API
  node_templates:
    VNF:
      type: company.provider.VNF
      properties:
        flavour_id: { get_input: selected_flavour }
        descriptor_id: b1bb0ce7-ebca-4fa7-95ed-4840d7000000
        provider: Company
        product_name: Sample VNF
        software_version: '1.0'
        descriptor_version: '1.0'
        vnfm_info:
          - Tacker
      requirements:
        #- virtual_link_external # mapped in lower-level templates
        #- virtual_link_internal # mapped in lower-level templates

The sample_cnf_types.yaml file defines the parameter types and default values of the VNF.

tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_2

description: VNF type definition

imports:
  - etsi_nfv_sol001_common_types.yaml
  - etsi_nfv_sol001_vnfd_types.yaml

node_types:
  company.provider.VNF:
    derived_from: tosca.nodes.nfv.VNF
    properties:
      descriptor_id:
        type: string
        constraints: [ valid_values: [ b1bb0ce7-ebca-4fa7-95ed-4840d7000000 ] ]
        default: b1bb0ce7-ebca-4fa7-95ed-4840d7000000
      descriptor_version:
        type: string
        constraints: [ valid_values: [ '1.0' ] ]
        default: '1.0'
      provider:
        type: string
        constraints: [ valid_values: [ 'Company' ] ]
        default: 'Company'
      product_name:
        type: string
        constraints: [ valid_values: [ 'Sample VNF' ] ]
        default: 'Sample VNF'
      software_version:
        type: string
        constraints: [ valid_values: [ '1.0' ] ]
        default: '1.0'
      vnfm_info:
        type: list
        entry_schema:
          type: string
          constraints: [ valid_values: [ Tacker ] ]
        default: [ Tacker ]
      flavour_id:
        type: string
        constraints: [ valid_values: [ simple,complex ] ]
        default: simple
      flavour_description:
        type: string
        default: ""
    requirements:
      - virtual_link_external:
          capability: tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualLinkable
      - virtual_link_internal:
          capability: tosca.capabilities.nfv.VirtualLinkable
    interfaces:
      Vnflcm:
        type: tosca.interfaces.nfv.Vnflcm

sample_cnf_df_simple.yaml defines the parameter type of VNF input.

tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_2
description: Simple deployment flavour for Sample VNF
imports:
  - etsi_nfv_sol001_common_types.yaml
  - etsi_nfv_sol001_vnfd_types.yaml
  - sample_cnf_types.yaml
topology_template:
  inputs:
    descriptor_id:
      type: string
    descriptor_version:
      type: string
    provider:
      type: string
    product_name:
      type: string
    software_version:
      type: string
    vnfm_info:
      type: list
      entry_schema:
        type: string
    flavour_id:
      type: string
    flavour_description:
      type: string
  substitution_mappings:
    node_type: company.provider.VNF
    properties:
      flavour_id: simple
    requirements:
      virtual_link_external: []
  node_templates:
    VNF:
      type: company.provider.VNF
      properties:
        flavour_description: A simple flavour
      interfaces:
        Vnflcm:
          instantiate_start:
            implementation: sample-script
          instantiate_end:
            implementation: sample-script
          terminate_start:
            implementation: sample-script
          terminate_end:
            implementation: sample-script
          scale_start:
            implementation: sample-script
          scale_end:
            implementation: sample-script
          heal_start:
            implementation: sample-script
          heal_end:
            implementation: sample-script
          modify_information_start:
            implementation: sample-script
          modify_information_end:
            implementation: sample-script
      artifacts:
        sample-script:
          description: Sample script
          type: tosca.artifacts.Implementation.Python
          file: ../Scripts/sample_script.py
    VDU1:
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.Vdu.Compute
      properties:
        name: vdu1
        description: VDU1 compute node
        vdu_profile:
          min_number_of_instances: 1
          max_number_of_instances: 3
    VDU2:
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.Vdu.Compute
      properties:
        name: vdu2
        description: VDU2 compute node
        vdu_profile:
          min_number_of_instances: 1
          max_number_of_instances: 3
  policies:
    - scaling_aspects:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.ScalingAspects
        properties:
          aspects:
            vdu1_aspect:
              name: vdu1_aspect
              description: vdu1 scaling aspect
              max_scale_level: 2
              step_deltas:
                - delta_1
            vdu2_aspect:
              name: vdu2_aspect
              description: vdu2 scaling aspect
              max_scale_level: 2
              step_deltas:
                - delta_1
    - VDU1_initial_delta:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.VduInitialDelta
        properties:
          initial_delta:
            number_of_instances: 1
        targets: [ VDU1 ]
    - VDU1_scaling_aspect_deltas:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.VduScalingAspectDeltas
        properties:
          aspect: vdu1_aspect
          deltas:
            delta_1:
              number_of_instances: 1
        targets: [ VDU1 ]
    - VDU2_initial_delta:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.VduInitialDelta
        properties:
          initial_delta:
            number_of_instances: 1
        targets: [ VDU2 ]
    - VDU2_scaling_aspect_deltas:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.VduScalingAspectDeltas
        properties:
          aspect: vdu2_aspect
          deltas:
            delta_1:
              number_of_instances: 1
        targets: [ VDU2 ]
    - instantiation_levels:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.InstantiationLevels
        properties:
          levels:
            instantiation_level_1:
              description: Smallest size
              scale_info:
                vdu1_aspect:
                  scale_level: 0
                vdu2_aspect:
                  scale_level: 0
            instantiation_level_2:
              description: Largest size
              scale_info:
                vdu1_aspect:
                  scale_level: 2
                vdu2_aspect:
                  scale_level: 2
          default_level: instantiation_level_1
    - VDU1_instantiation_levels:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.VduInstantiationLevels
        properties:
          levels:
            instantiation_level_1:
              number_of_instances: 1
            instantiation_level_2:
              number_of_instances: 3
        targets: [ VDU1 ]
    - VDU2_instantiation_levels:
        type: tosca.policies.nfv.VduInstantiationLevels
        properties:
          levels:
            instantiation_level_1:
              number_of_instances: 1
            instantiation_level_2:
              number_of_instances: 3
        targets: [ VDU2 ]

1. Compress VNF Package

CSAR Package should be compressed into a ZIP file for uploading. Following commands are an example of compressing a VNF Package:

$ cd -
$ cd ./deployment
$ zip deployment.zip -r Definitions/ Files/ TOSCA-Metadata/
$ ls deployment
deployment.zip    Definitions    Files    TOSCA-Metadata

Create and Upload VNF Package

We need to create an empty VNF package object in tacker and upload compressed VNF package created in previous section.

1. Create VNF Package

An empty VNF package could be created by command openstack vnf package create. After create a VNF Package successfully, some information including ID, Links, Onboarding State, Operational State, and Usage State will be returned. When the Onboarding State is CREATED, the Operational State is DISABLED, and the Usage State is NOT_IN_USE, indicate the creation is successful.

$ openstack vnf package create
+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field             | Value                                                                                           |
+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ID                | 88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0                                                            |
| Links             | {                                                                                               |
|                   |     "self": {                                                                                   |
|                   |         "href": "/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0"                 |
|                   |     },                                                                                          |
|                   |     "packageContent": {                                                                         |
|                   |         "href": "/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0/package_content" |
|                   |     }                                                                                           |
|                   | }                                                                                               |
| Onboarding State  | CREATED                                                                                         |
| Operational State | DISABLED                                                                                        |
| Usage State       | NOT_IN_USE                                                                                      |
| User Defined Data | {}                                                                                              |
+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

2. Upload VNF Package

Upload the VNF package created above in to the VNF Package by running the following command openstack vnf package upload --path <path of vnf package> <vnf package ID>. Here is an example of upload VNF package:

$ openstack vnf package upload --path test_helm_instantiate.zip 88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0
Upload request for VNF package 88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0 has been accepted.

3. Check VNF Package Status

Check the VNF Package Status by openstack vnf package list command. Find the item which the id is same as the created vnf package id, when the Onboarding State is ONBOARDED, and the Operational State is ENABLED, and the Usage State is NOT_IN_USE, indicate the VNF Package is uploaded successfully.

$ openstack vnf package list
+--------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Id                                   | Vnf Product Name | Onboarding State | Usage State | Operational State | Links                                                                                           |
+--------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0 | Sample VNF       | ONBOARDED        | NOT_IN_USE  | ENABLED           | {                                                                                               |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   |     "self": {                                                                                   |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   |         "href": "/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0"                 |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   |     },                                                                                          |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   |     "packageContent": {                                                                         |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   |         "href": "/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0/package_content" |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   |     }                                                                                           |
|                                      |                  |                  |             |                   | }                                                                                               |
+--------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Create VNF

1. Get VNFD ID

The VNFD ID of a uploaded vnf package could be found by openstack vnf package show <VNF package ID> command. Here is an example of checking VNFD-ID value:

$ openstack vnf package show 954df00a-8b14-485d-bfd8-8fc5df0197cb
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                | Value                                                                                                                                           |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Additional Artifacts | [                                                                                                                                               |
|                      |     {                                                                                                                                           |
|                      |         "artifactPath": "Files/kubernetes/test-chart-0.1.0.tgz",                                                                                |
|                      |         "checksum": {                                                                                                                           |
|                      |             "algorithm": "SHA-256",                                                                                                             |
|                      |             "hash": "fa05dd35f45adb43ff1c6c77675ac82c477c5a55a3ad14a87a6b542c21cf4f7c"                                                          |
|                      |         },                                                                                                                                      |
|                      |         "metadata": {}                                                                                                                          |
|                      |     }                                                                                                                                           |
|                      | ]                                                                                                                                               |
| Checksum             | {                                                                                                                                               |
|                      |     "hash": "ac970df4d0c0583c5e152babcf74f72d15d31c92707e700dfd91a5ec9d742afcdf63baaa1e08d5a71f34f06043c1f0be1a49e42ab5693860528f7a382bcc0a76", |
|                      |     "algorithm": "sha512"                                                                                                                       |
|                      | }                                                                                                                                               |
| ID                   | 88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0                                                                                                            |
| Links                | {                                                                                                                                               |
|                      |     "self": {                                                                                                                                   |
|                      |         "href": "/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0"                                                                 |
|                      |     },                                                                                                                                          |
|                      |     "packageContent": {                                                                                                                         |
|                      |         "href": "/vnfpkgm/v1/vnf_packages/88d490b1-7145-4bb8-accc-74ea13dccfa0/package_content"                                                 |
|                      |     }                                                                                                                                           |
|                      | }                                                                                                                                               |
| Onboarding State     | ONBOARDED                                                                                                                                       |
| Operational State    | ENABLED                                                                                                                                         |
| Software Images      |                                                                                                                                                 |
| Usage State          | NOT_IN_USE                                                                                                                                      |
| User Defined Data    | {}                                                                                                                                              |
| VNF Product Name     | Sample VNF                                                                                                                                      |
| VNF Provider         | Company                                                                                                                                         |
| VNF Software Version | 1.0                                                                                                                                             |
| VNFD ID              | 330f36dd-8398-4d2c-98c1-bc6c626e88b2                                                                                                            |
| VNFD Version         | 1.0                                                                                                                                             |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

2. Execute Create VNF Command

We could create VNF by running openstack vnflcm create <VNFD ID> --os-tacker-api-version 2. After the command is executed, the generated ID is VNF instance ID.

$ openstack vnflcm create 330f36dd-8398-4d2c-98c1-bc6c626e88b2 --os-tacker-api-version 2
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                       | Value                                                                                                            |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ID                          | f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197                                                                             |
| Instantiation State         | NOT_INSTANTIATED                                                                                                 |
| Links                       | {                                                                                                                |
|                             |     "self": {                                                                                                    |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197"             |
|                             |     },                                                                                                           |
|                             |     "instantiate": {                                                                                             |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197/instantiate" |
|                             |     }                                                                                                            |
|                             | }                                                                                                                |
| VNF Configurable Properties |                                                                                                                  |
| VNF Instance Description    |                                                                                                                  |
| VNF Instance Name           |                                                                                                                  |
| VNF Product Name            | Sample VNF                                                                                                       |
| VNF Provider                | Company                                                                                                          |
| VNF Software Version        | 1.0                                                                                                              |
| VNFD ID                     | 330f36dd-8398-4d2c-98c1-bc6c626e88b2                                                                             |
| VNFD Version                | 1.0                                                                                                              |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Instantiate VNF

1. Set the Value to the Request Parameter File

Get the ID of target VIM.

$ openstack vim list
+--------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+------------+------------+--------+
| ID                                   | Name          | Tenant_id                        | Type       | Is Default | Status |
+--------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+------------+------------+--------+
| 9c37f36f-f569-4259-b388-d550e55dd65c | test-vim-helm | ebbc6cf1a03d49918c8e408535d87268 | kubernetes | False      | ACTIVE |
+--------------------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+------------+------------+--------+

A json file which includes Helm VIM information and additionalParams should be provided for instantiating a containerized VNF.

The following shows a sample json file.

{
  "flavourId": "simple",
  "vimConnectionInfo": {
    "vim1": {
      "vimId": " 9c37f36f-f569-4259-b388-d550e55dd65c",
      "vimType": "ETSINFV.HELM.V_3"
    }
  },
  "additionalParams": {
    "helm_chart_path": "Files/kubernetes/test-chart-0.1.0.tgz",
    "helm_parameters": {
      "service.port": 8081,
      "service.type": "NodePort"
    },
    "helm_value_names": {
      "VDU1": {
        "replica": "replicaCountVdu1"
      },
      "VDU2": {
        "replica": "replicaCountVdu2"
      }
    },
    "namespace": "default"
  }
}

In the case of specifying vimId in the vimConnectionInfo, vim information is complemented by registered vim information.

Note

When using Helm, vimType shall be set as ETSINFV.KUBERNETES.V_1. It is treated as Helm VIM inside tacker on the basis of the value of extra.use_helm.

Optionally, you can specify the full set of vimConnectionInfo, instead of registering VIM. The following shows the sample json.

"vimConnectionInfo": {
  "vim1": {
    "vimId": "vim_id_1",
    "vimType": "ETSINFV.HELM.V_3",
    "interfaceInfo": {
      "endpoint": "auth_url",
      "ssl_ca_cert": "ssl_ca_cert"
    },
    "accessInfo": {
      "bearer_token": "bearer_token"
    }
  }
}

Note

Even if this operation specify multiple vimConnectionInfo associated with one VNF instance, only one of them will be used for life cycle management operations.

Also, a json file must include some parameters for Helm as additional parameters. The following shows the additional parameters for deploying CNF by Helm chart.

additionalParams

Attribute name

Data type

Parameter description

helm_chart_path

String

File path of helm_chart. This parameter must be set.

namespace

String

Namespace to deploy Kubernetes resources. If absent, the value in Helm chart is used as default.

helm_parameters

Dict

Parameters of KeyValuePairs, which is specified during Helm installation.

helm_value_names

Dict

This parameter specifies the parameter name to be set as Helm install parameter.

> replica

KeyValuePairs

The parameter mapped to the number of Pods.

Note

The namespace for the VNF instantiation is determined by the following priority.

  1. If a namespace is specified in the additionalParams of the instantiate request, the specified namespace is used.

  2. If a namespace is not specified, the default namespace called default is used.

Warning

If the multiple namespaces are specified in the manifest by the method described in 2, the VNF instantiation will fail.

2. Execute the Instantiation Command

Run openstack vnflcm instantiate <VNF instance ID> <json file> --os-tacker-api-version 2 to instantiate a VNF.

The VNF instance ID is the ID generated after the openstack vnflcm create command is executed. We can find it in the [2. Execute Create VNF command] chapter.

$ openstack vnflcm instantiate f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197 helm_instantiate_req --os-tacker-api-version 2
Instantiate request for VNF Instance f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197 has been accepted.

3. Check the Instantiation State

We could check the Instantiation State by running the following command. When the Instantiation State is INSTANTIATED, indicate the instantiation is successful.

$ openstack vnflcm show f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197 --os-tacker-api-version 2 --fit-width
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Field                       | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ID                          | f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Instantiated Vnf Info       | {                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |     "flavourId": "simple",                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |     "vnfState": "STARTED",                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |     "scaleStatus": [                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "aspectId": "vdu1_aspect",                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |             "scaleLevel": 0                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "aspectId": "vdu2_aspect",                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |             "scaleLevel": 0                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |         }                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |     ],                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "maxScaleLevels": [                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "aspectId": "vdu1_aspect",                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |             "scaleLevel": 2                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "aspectId": "vdu2_aspect",                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |             "scaleLevel": 2                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |         }                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |     ],                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "vnfcResourceInfo": [                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "id": "vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-659966c5fb-nngts",                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "vduId": "VDU1",                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |             "computeResource": {                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|                             |                 "resourceId": "vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-659966c5fb-nngts",                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                 "vimLevelResourceType": "Deployment"                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                             |             },                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "metadata": {}                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "id": "vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-66bbcfdc84-p2tr8",                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "vduId": "VDU2",                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |             "computeResource": {                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|                             |                 "resourceId": "vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-66bbcfdc84-p2tr8",                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                 "vimLevelResourceType": "Deployment"                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                             |             },                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "metadata": {}                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         }                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |     ],                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "vnfcInfo": [                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "id": "VDU1-vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-659966c5fb-nngts",                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |             "vduId": "VDU1",                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |             "vnfcResourceInfoId": "vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-659966c5fb-nngts",                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "vnfcState": "STARTED"                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         {                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |             "id": "VDU2-vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-66bbcfdc84-p2tr8",                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |             "vduId": "VDU2",                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |             "vnfcResourceInfoId": "vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-66bbcfdc84-p2tr8",                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "vnfcState": "STARTED"                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |         }                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |     ],                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "metadata": {                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |         "namespace": "default",                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                             |         "tenant": "default",                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |         "vdu_reses": {                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |             "VDU1": {                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 "apiVersion": "apps/v1",                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                             |                 "kind": "Deployment",                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 "metadata": {                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                     "name": "vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197",                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |                     "labels": {                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                             |                         "helm.sh/chart": "test-chart-0.1.0",                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                              |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197",                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/version": "1.16.0",                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "Helm"                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |                     },                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                     "namespace": "default"                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                 },                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |                 "spec": {                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                     "replicas": 1,                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |                     "selector": {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                         "matchLabels": {                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                             |                             "app.kubernetes.io/name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                             "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197"                                                                                                                              |
|                             |                         }                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                     },                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                     "template": {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                         "metadata": {                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                             "labels": {                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |                                 "app.kubernetes.io/name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |                                 "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197"                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                             }                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                         },                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                         "spec": {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                             "serviceAccountName": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-test-chart",                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                             "securityContext": {},                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |                             "containers": [                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |                                 {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                                     "name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                                     "securityContext": {},                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                                     "image": "nginx:1.16.0",                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |                                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                                     "ports": [                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |                                         {                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                                             "name": "http",                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |                                             "containerPort": 80,                                                                                                                                                             |
|                             |                                             "protocol": "TCP"                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                                         }                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                                     ],                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                                     "resources": {}                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                                 }                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                             ]                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                         }                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                     }                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 }                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |             },                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "VDU2": {                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 "apiVersion": "apps/v1",                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                             |                 "kind": "Deployment",                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 "metadata": {                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                     "name": "vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197",                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |                     "labels": {                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                             |                         "helm.sh/chart": "test-chart-0.1.0",                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                              |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197",                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/version": "1.16.0",                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |                         "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "Helm"                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |                     },                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                     "namespace": "default"                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                 },                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |                 "spec": {                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                     "replicas": 1,                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |                     "selector": {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                         "matchLabels": {                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                             |                             "app.kubernetes.io/name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                             "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197"                                                                                                                              |
|                             |                         }                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                     },                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                     "template": {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                         "metadata": {                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                             "labels": {                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |                                 "app.kubernetes.io/name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |                                 "app.kubernetes.io/instance": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197"                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                             }                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                         },                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                         "spec": {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                             "serviceAccountName": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197-test-chart",                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                             "securityContext": {},                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |                             "containers": [                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |                                 {                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                                     "name": "test-chart",                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                                     "securityContext": {},                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |                                     "image": "nginx",                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                                     "ports": [                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |                                         {                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                                             "name": "http",                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                             |                                             "containerPort": 80,                                                                                                                                                             |
|                             |                                             "protocol": "TCP"                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                                         }                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                                     ],                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |                                     "resources": {}                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |                                 }                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |                             ]                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |                         }                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |                     }                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 }                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |             }                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         "helm_chart_path": "Files/kubernetes/test-chart-0.1.0.tgz",                                                                                                                                                          |
|                             |         "helm_value_names": {                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |             "VDU1": {                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 "replica": "replicaCountVdu1"                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |             },                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |             "VDU2": {                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |                 "replica": "replicaCountVdu2"                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |             }                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         "release_name": "vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197",                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |         "revision": "1"                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                             |     }                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             | }                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Instantiation State         | INSTANTIATED                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Links                       | {                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |     "self": {                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197"                                                                                                                         |
|                             |     },                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "terminate": {                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197/terminate"                                                                                                               |
|                             |     },                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "scale": {                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197/scale"                                                                                                                   |
|                             |     },                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "heal": {                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197/heal"                                                                                                                    |
|                             |     },                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |     "changeExtConn": {                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |         "href": "http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v2/vnf_instances/f082149a-c20f-43df-bc71-1fde035a1197/change_ext_conn"                                                                                                         |
|                             |     }                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             | }                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| VIM Connection Info         | {                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|                             |     "vim1": {                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                             |         "vimId": "9c37f36f-f569-4259-b388-d550e55dd65c",                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                             |         "vimType": "ETSINFV.HELM.V_3",                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                             |         "interfaceInfo": {                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |             "endpoint": "https://192.168.56.10:6443",                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |             "ssl_ca_cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIDBTCCAe2gAwIBAgIIa76wZDxLNAowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwFTETMBEGA1UE AxMKa3ViZXJuZXRlczAeFw0yMzExMDYwMDA3MzBaFw0zMzExMDMwMDEyMzBaMBUx                                    |
|                             | EzARBgNVBAMTCmt1YmVybmV0ZXMwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEK AoIBAQDd0LBXGxVexr09mVFNSXWQq3TN66IIcXCBAMbIWI4EiQ8Y0zI4hSwADdK2 ltYSdWw7wq3/YTFHK8/YTY7Jvd9/k3UJrqkZ6kBtL20pJUPXNJVLE/hRzsqEnHHv                           |
|                             | cfqYZTHvTY4g7qNcMOcfl/oDUGUMfpQT2gs6xoNl0WX/1+QeQbadx1kWaD2Ii45F d8TR+c4wccxNaLArk3ok4h1PNeAwra4mRmBHQQ2wFjkTYGl4+ss3v1yoUJkrQjXL RgzLufeXaz8eRTi36HkjudGKfS3OnUeke3uBN7usW58FFJ8TdKOhuoguRm53kj6+                           |
|                             | TwXtZCOPzn4gNxq6xJE1Xj2hwFfpAgMBAAGjWTBXMA4GA1UdDwEB/wQEAwICpDAP BgNVHRMBAf8EBTADAQH/MB0GA1UdDgQWBBRdmQ4r63pXBHIO8ODqxROE7x+aizAV BgNVHREEDjAMggprdWJlcm5ldGVzMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4IBAQBeQ/9+bzRe                           |
|                             | qbA02MfYnN3vycGhDObcAoiDIMIutojFTpx4hGZjqVgTRpLH5ReddwR4kkxn3NRg weCVkNkhzyGze64nb11qZG71olaOQRMYzyN2hYfmbq7MXSvmJQQYIr1OewaRk+xl TyG1XRXoD2IEaHEvG0+pQJlDerd5Z6S1fkPaKZtcRbM/E6y5VXMV6hegN4MwHZSI                           |
|                             | Ll1uEBTxUzzTm3dnl1KL8GDg05ajoYcyL3X/0aWsb/MFhtIlXe2CMxu5qUkLBhzy fCfX4cZpI5KFxMgdmAEoaGbNy7iqsGrLFtEmub2gdEBIVNr7vgOk4OeQ9Uodj6K7 jK97z+cupc5G -----END CERTIFICATE-----"                                                    |
|                             |         },                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                             |         "accessInfo": {},                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |         "extra": {                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                             |             "use_helm": true                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                             |         }                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                             |     }                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             | }                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| VNF Configurable Properties |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| VNF Instance Description    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| VNF Instance Name           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| VNF Product Name            | Sample VNF                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| VNF Provider                | Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| VNF Software Version        | 1.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| VNFD ID                     | 330f36dd-8398-4d2c-98c1-bc6c626e88b2                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| VNFD Version                | 1.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

4. Check the Deployment in Kubernetes

We can check the deployed release by running the following command. Release is an instance of a chart running on a Kubernetes cluster.

$ helm list
NAME                                  NAMESPACE       REVISION        UPDATED                                 STATUS          CHART                   APP VERSION
vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197   default         1               2023-12-07 05:12:00.368610985 +0000 UTC deployed        test-chart-0.1.0        1.16.0

Also, we can check a deployed containerized VNF by running the following command. When the READY is 1/1, indicate the deployment is created successfully.

$ kubectl get deploy
NAME                                       READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197   1/1     1            1           6m13s
vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197   1/1     1            1           6m13s

If we want to check whether the resource is deployed in the default namespace, we can append -A to the command line.

$ kubectl get deploy -A
NAMESPACE     NAME                                       READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
default       vdu1-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197   1/1     1            1           6m42s
default       vdu2-vnff082149ac20f43dfbc711fde035a1197   1/1     1            1           6m42s
kube-system   coredns                                    2/2     2            2           28h

Note

If a value other than default is specified for the namespace during instantiate, the deployed resources will be instantiated in the corresponding namespace.