Getting Started¶
Once tacker is installed successfully, follow the steps given below to get started with tacker and validate the installation.
Registering default OpenStack VIM¶
1.) Get one account on the OpenStack VIM.
In Tacker MANO system, the VNF can be onboarded to one target OpenStack, which is also called VIM. Get one account on this OpenStack. For example, the below is the account information collected in file vim-config.yaml:
auth_url: 'https://10.1.0.5:5000'
username: 'nfv_user'
password: 'mySecretPW'
project_name: 'nfv'
project_domain_name: 'Default'
user_domain_name: 'Default'
cert_verify: 'True'
By default, cert_verify is set as ‘True’. To disable verifying SSL certificate, user can set cert_verify parameter to ‘False’.
2.) Register the VIM that will be used as a default VIM for VNF deployments. This will be required when the optional argument –vim-id is not provided by the user during vnf creation.
openstack vim register --config-file vim-config.yaml \
--description 'my first vim' --is-default hellovim
Onboarding sample VNF¶
1). Create a sample-vnfd.yaml file with the following content:
tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_profile_for_nfv_1_0_0
description: Demo example
metadata:
template_name: sample-tosca-vnfd
topology_template:
node_templates:
VDU1:
type: tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU.Tacker
capabilities:
nfv_compute:
properties:
num_cpus: 1
mem_size: 512 MB
disk_size: 1 GB
properties:
image: cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk
availability_zone: nova
mgmt_driver: noop
config: |
param0: key1
param1: key2
CP1:
type: tosca.nodes.nfv.CP.Tacker
properties:
management: true
order: 0
anti_spoofing_protection: false
requirements:
- virtualLink:
node: VL1
- virtualBinding:
node: VDU1
VL1:
type: tosca.nodes.nfv.VL
properties:
network_name: net_mgmt
vendor: Tacker
Note
You can find more sample tosca templates at https://github.com/openstack/tacker/tree/master/samples/tosca-templates/vnfd.
2). Create a sample vnfd.
openstack vnf descriptor create --vnfd-file sample-vnfd.yaml samplevnfd
3). Create a VNF.
openstack vnf create --vnfd-name samplevnfd samplevnf
5). Check the status.
openstack vim list
openstack vnf descriptor list
openstack vnf list
openstack vnf show samplevnf
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