.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
.. Copyright 2018 ORANGE
.. _architecture:


Architecture
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Introduction
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NBI stands for NorthBound Interface. It brings to ONAP a set of API that can be
used by external systems as BSS for example.
These API are based on **TMF API**.

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Global NBI architecture for Honolulu release
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Following illustration provides a global view about NBI architecture,
integration with other ONAP components and API resource/operation provided.

.. image:: ../images/onap_nbi_dublin.jpg
   :width: 800px


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Developer Guide
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Technical information about NBI
(dependencies, configuration, running & testing)
could be found here: :doc:`NBI_Developer_Guide <NBI_Developer_Guide>`