vFW/Edgex with Multicloud Kubernetes Plugin: Setting Up and Configuration

Description

This use case covers the deployment of vFW and Edgex HELM Charts in a Kubernetes based cloud region via the multicloud-k8s plugin. The multicloud-k8s plugin provides APIs to upload self-contained HELM Charts that can be customized via the profile API and later installed in a particular cloud region.

When the installation is complete (all the pods are either in running or completed state)

Create CSAR with Helm chart as an artifact

The CSAR is a heat template package with Helm chart in it. The basic package consists of:

  • an environment file

  • a base_dummy.yaml file (example)

  • a MANIFEST.json

  • a tar.gz file (of Helm chart)

These files must be zipped before onboarding. One thing to pay much attention to is the naming convention which MUST be followed while making the tgz.

NOTE: The Naming convention is for the helm chart tgz file.

Naming convention follows the format:

<free format string>_*cloudtech*_<technology>_<subtype>.extension

  1. Cloudtech: is a fixed pattern and should not be changed if not necessary

  2. Technology: k8s, azure, aws

  3. Subtype: charts, day0, config template

  4. Extension: zip, tgz, csar

NOTE: The .tgz file must be a tgz created from the top level helm chart folder. I.e. a folder that contains a Chart.yaml file in it. For vFW use case the content of tgz file must look as follows:

$ helm package firewall

$ tar -tf firewall-0.1.0.tgz

firewall/.helmignore
firewall/Chart.yaml
firewall/templates/onap-private-net.yaml
firewall/templates/_helpers.tpl
firewall/templates/protected-private-net.yaml
firewall/templates/deployment.yaml
firewall/templates/unprotected-private-net.yaml
firewall/values.yaml
firewall/charts/sink/.helmignore
firewall/charts/sink/Chart.yaml
firewall/charts/sink/templates/configmap.yaml
firewall/charts/sink/templates/_helpers.tpl
firewall/charts/sink/templates/service.yaml
firewall/charts/sink/templates/deployment.yaml
firewall/charts/sink/values.yaml
firewall/charts/packetgen/.helmignore
firewall/charts/packetgen/Chart.yaml
firewall/charts/packetgen/templates/_helpers.tpl
firewall/charts/packetgen/templates/deployment.yaml
firewall/charts/packetgen/values.yaml

An example of the contents inside a heat template package can be found hereafter.

$ vfw-k8s/package$ ls
 MANIFEST.json base_dummy.env base_dummy.yaml
 vfw_cloudtech_k8s_charts.tgz vfw_k8s_demo.zip

MANIFEST.json

Key thing is note the addition of cloud artifact

type: "CLOUD_TECHNOLOGY_SPECIFIC_ARTIFACTS"

{
  "name": "",
  "description": "",
  "data": [
      {
          "file": "base_dummy.yaml",
          "type": "HEAT",
          "isBase": "true",
          "data": [
              {
                  "file": "base_dummy.env",
                  "type": "HEAT_ENV"
              }
          ]
      },
      {
          "file": "vfw_cloudtech_k8s_charts.tgz",
          "type": "CLOUD_TECHNOLOGY_SPECIFIC_ARTIFACTS"
      }
      ]
}

base_dummy.yaml

It is an example of the minimal HEAT template.

##==================LICENSE_START========================================
 ##
 ## Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 ##
 ##==================LICENSE_END===========================================

 heat_template_version: 2016-10-14
 description: Heat template to deploy dummy VNF

 parameters:
   dummy_name_0:
     type: string
     label: name of vm
     description: Dummy name

   vnf_id:
     type: string
           label: id of vnommand to read (GET) Definition
     description: Provided by ONAP

   vnf_name:
     type: string
     label: name of vnf
     description: Provided by ONAP

   vf_module_id:
     type: string
     label: vnf module id
     description: Provided by ONAP

   dummy_image_name:
         type: string
     label: Image name or ID
     description: Dummy image name

   dummy_flavor_name:
     type: string
     label: flavor
     description: Dummy flavor

 resources:
   dummy_0:
     type: OS::Nova::Server
     properties:
       name: { get_param: dummy_name_0 }
       image: { get_param: dummy_image_name }
       flavor: { get_param: dummy_flavor_name } metadata: { vnf_name: { get_param: vnf_name }, vnf_id: { get_param: vnf_id }, vf_module_id: { get_param: vf_module_id }}

base_dummy.env

parameters:
  vnf_id: PROVIDED_BY_ONAP
  vnf_name: PROVIDED_BY_ONAP
  vf_module_id: PROVIDED_BY_ONAP
  dummy_name_0: dummy_1_0
  dummy_image_name: dummy
  dummy_flavor_name: dummy.default

Onboard the CSAR

For onboarding instructions please refer to steps 4-9 from vFWCL instantiation, testing and debuging wiki page.

Steps for installing KUD Cloud

Follow the link to install KUD Kubernetes Deployment. KUD contains all the packages required for running vfw use case.

Kubernetes Baremetal deployment instructions can be found in Kubernetes Baremetal deployment setup instructions wiki page

REGISTER KUD CLOUD REGION with K8s-Plugin

You must declare the KUD as a new cloud region in ONAP thanks to ONAP multicloud API.

POST connectivity info

Create a the post.json file as follows:

{
  "cloud-region" : "<name>",   // Must be unique
  "cloud-owner" :  "<owner>",
  "other-connectivity-list" : {
         }

Then send the POST HTTP request as described below:

curl -i -F "metadata=<post.json;type=application/json" -F file=@
 /home/ad_kkkamine/.kube/config -X POST http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/connectivity-info

GET Connectivity Info

curl -i -X GET http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/connectivity-info/{name}

DELETE Connectivity Info

curl -i -X GET http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/connectivity-info/{name}

UPDATE/PUT Connectivity Info

curl -i -X GET http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/connectivity-info/{name}

Register KUD Cloud region with AAI

A tenant must be added to the k8s cloud region. The ‘easy’ way is to have the ESR information (in step 1 of cloud registration) pointing to a real OpenStack tenant (e.g. the OOF tenant in the lab where we tested).

This will cause multicloud to add the tenant to the k8s cloud region and then, similarly to #10 in the vFW HPA casablanca official documentation, the service-subscription can be added to that object.

NOTE: use same name cloud-region and cloud-owner name

An example is shown below for K8s cloud but following the steps 1,2,3 from Multicloud Windriver Plugin documentation. The sample input below is for k8s cloud type.

Step 1: Cloud Registration/ Create a cloud region to represent the instance

Note: the highlighted part of the body refers to an existing OpenStack tenant (OOF in this case). It is provided as an illustration and must be adapted according to your configuration.

PUT https://{{AAI1_PUB_IP}}:{{AAI1_PUB_PORT}}/aai/v13/cloud-infrastructure/cloud-regions/cloud-region/k8scloudowner4/k8sregionfour
 {
       "cloud-owner": "k8scloudowner4",
       "cloud-region-id": "k8sregionfour",
       "cloud-type": "k8s",
       "owner-defined-type": "t1",
       "cloud-region-version": "1.0",
       "complex-name": "clli1",
       "cloud-zone": "CloudZone",
       "sriov-automation": false,
   "cloud-extra-info":"{\"openstack-region-id\":\"k8sregionthree\"}",
       "esr-system-info-list": {
              "esr-system-info": [
                             {
                                               "esr-system-info-id": "55f97d59-6cc3-49df-8e69-926565f00066",
                                               "service-url": "http://10.12.25.2:5000/v3",
                                               "user-name": "demo",
                                               "password": "onapdemo",
                                               "system-type": "VIM",
                                               "ssl-insecure": true,
                                               "cloud-domain": "Default",
                                               "default-tenant": "OOF",
                                               "tenant-id": "6bbd2981b210461dbc8fe846df1a7808",
                                               "system-status": "active"
                                            }
                             ]
       }
 }

Step 2: Add a complex to the cloud

Adding an already existing complex is enough. You do not need to create new ones.

PUT https://{{AAI1_PUB_IP}}:{{AAI1_PUB_PORT}}/aai/v13/cloud-infrastructure/cloud-regions/cloud-region/k8scloudowner4/k8sregionfour/relationship-list/relationship
 {
 "related-to": "complex",
 "related-link": "/aai/v13/cloud-infrastructure/complexes/complex/clli1",
 "relationship-data": [
   {
      "relationship-key": "complex.physical-location-id",
      "relationship-value": "clli1"
   }
 ]
 }

Step 3: Trigger the Multicloud plugin registration process

POST http://{{MSB_IP}}:{{MSB_PORT}}/api/multicloud-titaniumcloud/v1/k8scloudowner4/k8sregionfour/registry

This step allws the registration of the K8S cloud with Multicloud. It also reaches out and adds tenant information to the cloud (see example below, you will see all kinds of flavor, image information that are associated with the OOF tenant).

If you did not follow the procedure described above then you will have to connect on AAI point and manually add a tenant to the cloud region.

Once the tenant declared, you can add the service-subscription to it:

Step 4: Create a Service Type

PUT https://{{AAI1_PUB_IP}}:{{AAI1_PUB_PORT}}/aai/v13/service-design-and-creation/services/service/vfw-k8s
 {
             "service-description": "vfw-k8s",
             "service-id": "vfw-k8s"
 }

Add subscription service info to the service type of the customer.

PUT https://{{AAI1_PUB_IP}}:{{AAI1_PUB_PORT}}/aai/v16/business/customers/customer/Demonstration/service-subscriptions/service-subscription/vfw-k8s
 {
          "service-type": "vfw-k8s"
 }

Add Service-Subscription to the tenant. The parameter resource-version is a timestamp.

PUT https://{{AAI1_PUB_IP}}:{{AAI1_PUB_PORT}}/aai/v16/cloud-infrastructure/cloud-regions/cloud-region/k8scloudowner4/k8sregionfour/tenants/tenant/6bbd2981b210461dbc8fe846df1a7808?resource-version=1559345527327
 {
 "tenant-id": "6bbd2981b210461dbc8fe846df1a7808",
 "tenant-name": "OOF",
 "resource-version": "1559345527327",
 "relationship-list": {
      "relationship": [
          {
              "related-to": "service-subscription",
              "relationship-label": "org.onap.relationships.inventory.Uses",
              "related-link": "/aai/v13/business/customers/customer/Demonstration/service-subscriptions/service-subscription/vfw-k8s",
              "relationship-data": [
                  {
                      "relationship-key": "customer.global-customer-id",
                      "relationship-value": "Demonstration"
                  },
                  {
                      "relationship-key": "service-subscription.service-type",
                      "relationship-value": "vfw-k8s"
                  }
              ]
          }
   ]
 }
 }

Distribute the CSAR

Once the cloud region is properly declared, it is possible to onboard the service in the SDC and triggers a distribution from the SDC to the main ONAP components. SO and other services are notified. A sdc listener is also getting the distribution information in the multicloud sidecar. When distribution happens it takes tar.gz file and uploads it to k8s plugin.

Create Profile Manually

K8s-plugin artifacts start in the form of Definitions. These are nothing but Helm Charts wrapped with some metadata about the chart itself. Once the Definitions are created, some profiles can be created. Finally it is possible to customize the definition and instantiate it in the targeted Kubernetes.

NOTE: Refer this link for complete API lists and documentation:

The profile consists in:

  • the manifest.yaml. It contains the details for the profile

  • a HELM values override yaml file: It can have any name as long as it matches the corresponding entry in the manifest.yaml

  • Additional files organized in a folder structure: all these files should have a corresponding entry in manifest.yaml file

Create a Profile Artifact

> cd multicloud-k8s/kud/tests/vnfs/testrb/helm/profile
 > find .
 manifest.yaml
 override_values.yaml
 testfol
 testfol/subdir
 testfol/subdir/deployment.yaml

 # Create profile tar.gz
 > cd profile
 > tar -cf profile.tar *
 > gzip profile.tar
 > mv profile.tar.gz ../

The manifest file contains the following parameters:

---
version: v1
type:
values: "values_override.yaml"
configresource:
  - filepath: testfol/subdir/deployment.yaml
    chartpath: vault-consul-dev/templates/deployment.yaml

Note: values: “values_override.yaml” can be empty file if you are creating a dummy profile

Note: A dummy profile does not need any customization. The following is optional in the manifest file.

configresource:
  - filepath: testfol/subdir/deployment.yaml
    chartpath: vault-consul-dev/templates/deployment.yaml

The name of the Definition is retrived from SDC service distribution stage.

Retrieve the definition name

Execute the following command on the ONAP K8s Rancher host to read the definition name and its version:

kubectl logs -n onap `kubectl get pods -o go-template --template '{{range .items}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' | grep multicloud-k8s | head -1` -c multicloud-k8s

From the output read the name of the definition which is “rb-name” and “rb-version” respectively

127.0.0.1 - - [15/Jul/2019:07:56:21 +0000] "POST /v1/rb/definition/test-rbdef/1/content HTTP/1.1"

Get definition

With this information, it is possible to upload the profile with the following JSON data

{
  "rb-name": "test-rbdef",
  "rb-version": "1",
  "profile-name": "p1",
  "release-name": "r1", //If release-name is not provided, profile-name will be used
  "namespace": "testnamespace1",
  "kubernetes-version": "1.13.5"
}

Create Profile

curl -i -d @create_rbprofile.json -X POST http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/rb/definition/test-rbdef/1/profile

UPLOAD artifact for Profile

curl -i --data-binary @profile.tar.gz -X POST http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/rb/definition/test-rbdef/1/profile/p1/content

GET Profiles

curl -i http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/rb/definition/test-rbdef/1/profile
 # Get one Profile
 curl -i http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/rb/definition/test-rbdef/1/profile/p1

DELETE Profile

curl -i -X DELETE http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/rb/definition/test-rbdef/1/profile/p1

Instantiation

Instantiation is done by SO. SO then talks to Multi Cloud-broker via MSB and that in turn looks up the cloud region in AAI to find the endpoint. If k8sregion one is properly registered in AAI (SO check), then the broker will know that it needs to talk to k8s-plugin based on the type of the registration.

Instantiate the created Profile via the following REST API

Using the following JSON:
 {
  "cloud-region": "kud",
  "profile-name": "p1",
  "rb-name":"test-rbdef",
  "rb-version":"1",
  "labels": {
  }
 }

NOTE: Make sure that the namespace is already created before instantiation.

Instantiate the profile with the ID provided above

Instantiate a Profile

curl -d @create_rbinstance.json http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/instance

The command shall return the following JSON

{
"id": "ZKMTSaxv",
"rb-name": "mongo",
"rb-version": "1",
"profile-name": "profile1",
"cloud-region": "kud",
"namespace": "testns",
"resources": [
  {
    "GVK": {
      "Group": "",
      "Version": "v1",
      "Kind": "Service"
    },
    "Name": "mongo"
  },
  {
    "GVK": {
      "Group": "",
      "Version": "v1",
      "Kind": "Service"
    },
    "Name": "mongo-read"
  },
  {
    "GVK": {
      "Group": "apps",
      "Version": "v1beta1",
      "Kind": "StatefulSet"
    },
    "Name": "profile1-mongo"
  }
]
}

Delete Instantiated Kubernetes resources

The id field from the returned JSON can be used to DELETE the resources created in the previous step. This executes a Delete operation using the Kubernetes API.

curl -X DELETE http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/instance/ZKMTSaxv

GET Instantiated Kubernetes resources

The id field from the returned JSON can be used to GET the resources created in the previous step. This executes a get operation using the Kubernetes API.

curl -X GET http://MSB_NODE_IP:30280/api/multicloud-k8s/v1/v1/instance/ZKMTSaxv

*https://github.com/onap/oom/blob/master/kubernetes/multicloud/resources/config/provider-plugin.json

Create User parameters

We need to create parameters that ultimately get translated as:

"user_directives": {
"attributes": [
{
"attribute_name": "definition-name",
"attribute_value": "edgex"
},
{
"attribute_name": "definition-version",
"attribute_value": "v1"
},
{
"attribute_name": "profile-name",
"attribute_value": "profile1"
}
]
}