Policy Distribution User Manual

Contents

• Policy Distribution User Manual

  • Installation

    • Requirements

    • Get the Distribution Source Code

    • Build Distribution

    • Install Distribution

    • Build from Source

    • Installation Layout

    • Running Distribution in Docker

  • Distribution Configurations Explained

    • Introduction to Distribution Configuration

    • General Configuration Format

    • A configuration example

  • The Distribution Engine

  • The Distribution REST End-points

Installation

Requirements

Distribution is 100% written in Java and runs on any platform that supports a JVM, e.g. Windows, Unix, Cygwin.

Installation Requirements

• Downloaded distribution: JAVA runtime environment (JRE, Java 11, Distribution is tested with the OpenJDK)

• Building from source: JAVA development kit (JDK, Java 11, Distribution is tested with the OpenJDK)

• Sufficient rights to install Distribution on the system

• Installation tools

  • TAR and GZ to extract from that TAR.GZ distribution

    • Windows for instance 7Zip

  • Docker to run Distribution inside a Docker container

Build (Install from Source) Requirements

Installation from source requires a few development tools

• GIT to retrieve the source code

• Java SDK, Java version 8 or later

• Apache Maven 3 (the Distribution build environment)

Get the Distribution Source Code

The Distribution source code is hosted in ONAP as project distribution. The current stable version is in the master branch. Simply clone the master branch from ONAP using HTTPS.

git clone https://gerrit.onap.org/r/policy/distribution

Build Distribution

The examples in this document assume that the distribution source repositories are cloned to:

• Unix, Cygwin: /usr/local/src/distribution

• Windows: C:\dev\distribution

• Cygwin: /cygdrive/c/dev/distribution

Important

A Build requires ONAP Nexus Distribution has a dependency to ONAP parent projects. You might need to adjust your Maven M2 settings. The most current settings can be found in the ONAP oparent repo: Settings.

Important

A Build needs Space Building distribution requires approximately 1-2 GB of hard disc space, 100 MB for the actual build with full distribution and around 1 GB for the downloaded dependencies.

Important

A Build requires Internet (for first build) During the build, several (a lot) of Maven dependencies will be downloaded and stored in the configured local Maven repository. The first standard build (and any first specific build) requires Internet access to download those dependencies.

Use Maven for a standard build without any tests.

Unix, Cygwin	Windows
# cd /usr/local/src/distribution # mvn clean install -DskipTest	>c: >cd \dev\distribution >mvn clean install -DskipTests

The build takes 2-3 minutes on a standard development laptop. It should run through without errors, but with a lot of messages from the build process.

When Maven is finished with the build, the final screen should look similar to this (omitting some success lines):

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] policy-distribution ................................ SUCCESS [  3.666 s]
[INFO] distribution-model ................................. SUCCESS [ 11.234 s]
[INFO] forwarding ......................................... SUCCESS [  7.611 s]
[INFO] reception .......................................... SUCCESS [  7.072 s]
[INFO] main ............................................... SUCCESS [ 21.017 s]
[INFO] plugins ............................................ SUCCESS [  0.453 s]
[INFO] forwarding-plugins ................................. SUCCESS [01:20 min]
[INFO] reception-plugins .................................. SUCCESS [ 18.545 s]
[INFO] Policy Distribution Packages ....................... SUCCESS [  0.419 s]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 02:39 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2018-11-15T13:59:09Z
[INFO] Final Memory: 73M/1207M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

The build will have created all artifacts required for distribution installation. The following example show how to change to the target directory and how it should look.

Unix, Cygwin

-rw-r--r-- 1 user 1049089 10616 Oct 31 13:35 checkstyle-checker.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 user 1049089 609 Oct 31 13:35 checkstyle-header.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 user 1049089 245 Oct 31 13:35 checkstyle-result.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 user 1049089 89 Oct 31 13:35 checkstyle-cachefile drwxr-xr-x 1 user 1049089 0 Oct 31 13:35 maven-archiver/ -rw-r--r-- 1 user 1049089 7171 Oct 31 13:35 policy-distribution-tarball-2.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar drwxr-xr-x 1 user 1049089 0 Oct 31 13:35 archive-tmp/ -rw-r--r-- 1 user 1049089 66296012 Oct 31 13:35 policy-distribution-tarball-2.0.1-SNAPSHOT-tarball.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 1 user 1049089 0 Nov 12 10:56 test-classes/ drwxr-xr-x 1 user 1049089 0 Nov 20 14:31 classes/

Windows

11/12/2018 10:56 AM <DIR> . 11/12/2018 10:56 AM <DIR> .. 10/31/2018 01:35 PM <DIR> archive-tmp 10/31/2018 01:35 PM 89 checkstyle-cachefile 10/31/2018 01:35 PM 10,616 checkstyle-checker.xml 10/31/2018 01:35 PM 609 checkstyle-header.txt 10/31/2018 01:35 PM 245 checkstyle-result.xml 11/20/2018 02:31 PM <DIR> classes 10/31/2018 01:35 PM <DIR> maven-archiver 10/31/2018 01:35 PM 66,296,012 policy-distribution-tarball-2.0.1-SNAPSHOT-tarball.tar.gz 10/31/2018 01:35 PM 7,171 policy-distribution-tarball-2.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar 11/12/2018 10:56 AM <DIR> test-classes

Install Distribution

Distribution can be installed in different ways:

• Windows, Unix, Cygwin: manually from a .tar.gz archive

• Windows, Unix, Cygwin: build from source using Maven, then install manually

Install Manually from Archive (Windows, 7Zip, GUI)

Download a tar.gz archive and copy the file into the install folder (in this example C:\distribution). Assuming you are using 7Zip, right click on the file and extract the tar archive.

Extract the TAR archive

Then right-click on the new created TAR file and extract the actual distribution.

Extract the distribution

Inside the new distribution folder you see the main directories: bin, etc``and ``lib

Once extracted, please rename the created folder to distribution-full-2.0.2-SNAPSHOT. This will keep the directory name in line with the rest of this documentation.

Build from Source

Build and Install Manually (Unix, Windows, Cygwin)

Clone the Distribution GIT repositories into a directory. Go to that directory. Use Maven to build Distribution (all details on building Distribution from source can be found in Distribution HowTo: Build).

Now, take the .tar.gz file and install distribution.

Installation Layout

A full installation of distribution comes with the following layout.

• bin

• etc

• lib

Running Distribution in Docker

Run in ONAP

Running distribution from the ONAP docker repository only requires 2 commands:

1. Log into the ONAP docker repo

docker login -u docker -p docker nexus3.onap.org:10003

1. Run the distribution docker image

docker run -it --rm  nexus3.onap.org:10003/onap/policy-distribution:latest

Build a Docker Image

Alternatively, one can use the Dockerfile defined in the Docker package to build an image.

Distribution Configurations Explained

Introduction to Distribution Configuration

A distribution engine can be configured to use various combinations of policy reception handlers, policy decoders and policy forwarders. The system is built using a plugin architecture. Each configuration option is realized by a plugin, which can be loaded and configured when the engine is started. New plugins can be added to the system at any time, though to benefit from a new plugin, an engine will need to be restarted.

The distribution already comes with sdc reception handler, file reception handler, hpa optimization policy decoder, file in csar policy decoder, policy lifecycle api forwarder.

General Configuration Format

The distribution configuration file is a JSON file containing a few main blocks for different parts of the configuration. Each block then holds the configuration details. The following code shows the main blocks:

{
  "restServerParameters":{
    ... (1)
  },
  "receptionHandlerParameters":{ (2)
    "pluginHandlerParameters":{ (3)
      "policyDecoders":{...}, (4)
      "policyForwarders":{...} (5)
    }
  },
  "receptionHandlerConfigurationParameters":{
    ... (6)
  }
  ,
  "policyForwarderConfigurationParameters":{
    ... (7)
  }
  ,
  "policyDecoderConfigurationParameters":{
    ... (8)
  }
}

1	rest server configuration
2	reception handler plugin configurations
3	plugin handler parameters configuration
4	policy decoder plugin configuration
5	policy forwarder plugin configuration
6	reception handler plugin parameters
7	policy forwarder plugin parameters
8	policy decoder plugin parameters

A configuration example

The following example loads HPA use case & general tosca policy related plug-ins.

Notifications are consumed from SDC through SDC client. Consumed artifacts format is CSAR.

Generated policies are forwarded to policy lifecycle api’s for creation & deployment.

{
    "name":"SDCDistributionGroup",
    "restServerParameters":{
        "host":"0.0.0.0",
        "port":6969,
        "userName":"healthcheck",
        "password":"zb!XztG34"
      },
    "receptionHandlerParameters":{
         "SDCReceptionHandler":{
            "receptionHandlerType":"SDC",
            "receptionHandlerClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandler",
                "receptionHandlerConfigurationName":"sdcConfiguration",
            "pluginHandlerParameters":{
                "policyDecoders":{
                    "ToscaPolicyDecoder":{
                        "decoderType":"ToscaPolicyDecoder",
                        "decoderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.policy.file.PolicyDecoderFileInCsarToPolicy",
                        "decoderConfigurationName": "toscaPolicyDecoderConfiguration"
                    }
                },
                "policyForwarders":{
                    "LifeCycleApiForwarder":{
                        "forwarderType":"LifeCycleAPI",
                        "forwarderClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.lifecycle.api.LifecycleApiPolicyForwarder",
                        "forwarderConfigurationName": "lifecycleApiConfiguration"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "receptionHandlerConfigurationParameters":{
        "sdcConfiguration":{
            "parameterClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling.sdc.SdcReceptionHandlerConfigurationParameterGroup",
            "parameters":{
                "asdcAddress": "sdc-be.onap:8443",
                "messageBusAddress": [
                "message-router.onap"
                 ],
                "user": "policy",
                "password": "Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U",
                "pollingInterval":20,
                "pollingTimeout":30,
                "consumerId": "policy-id",
                "artifactTypes": [
                "TOSCA_CSAR",
                "HEAT"
                ],
                "consumerGroup": "policy-group",
                "environmentName": "AUTO",
                "keyStorePath": "null",
                "keyStorePassword": "null",
                "activeserverTlsAuth": false,
                "isFilterinEmptyResources": true,
                "isUseHttpsWithDmaap": true
            }
        }
    },
    "policyDecoderConfigurationParameters":{
        "toscaPolicyDecoderConfiguration":{
            "parameterClassName":"org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.policy.file.PolicyDecoderFileInCsarToPolicyParameterGroup",
            "parameters":{
                "policyFileName": "tosca_policy",
                "policyTypeFileName": "tosca_policy_type"
            }
        }
    },
    "policyForwarderConfigurationParameters":{
        "lifecycleApiConfiguration": {
            "parameterClassName": "org.onap.policy.distribution.forwarding.lifecycle.api.LifecycleApiForwarderParameters",
            "parameters": {
                "apiParameters": {
                    "clientName": "policy-api",
                    "hostname": "policy-api",
                    "port": 6969,
                    "useHttps": true,
                    "userName": "healthcheck",
                    "password": "zb!XztG34"
                },
                "papParameters": {
                    "clientName": "policy-pap",
                    "hostname": "policy-pap",
                    "port": 6969,
                    "useHttps": true,
                    "userName": "healthcheck",
                    "password": "zb!XztG34"
                },
                "deployPolicies": true
            }
        }
    }
}

The Distribution Engine

The Distribution engine can be started using policy-dist.sh script. The script is located in the source code at distribution/packages/policy-distribution-docker/src/main/docker directory

On UNIX and Cygwin systems use policy-dist.sh script.

On Windows systems navigate to the distribution installation directory. Run the following command java -cp "etc:lib\*" org.onap.policy.distribution.main.startstop.Main -c <config-file-path>

The Distribution engine comes with CLI arguments for setting configuration. The configuration file is always required. The option -h prints a help screen.

usage: org.onap.policy.distribution.main.startstop.Main [options...]
options
-c,--config-file <CONFIG_FILE>  the full path to the configuration file to use, the configuration file must be a Json file
                                containing the distribution configuration parameters
-h,--help                       outputs the usage of this command
-v,--version                    outputs the version of distribution system

The Distribution REST End-points

The distribution engine comes with built-in REST based endpoints for fetching health check status & statistical data of running distribution system.

# Example Output from curl http -a '{user}:{password}' :6969/healthcheck

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Length: XXX
  Content-Type: application/json
  Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:51:14 GMT
  Server: Jetty(9.3.20.v20170531)
  {
       "code":200,
       "healthy":true,
       "message":"alive",
       "name":"Policy SSD",
       "url":"self"
  }

# Example Output from curl http -a '{user}:{password}' :6969/statistics

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Length: XXX
  Content-Type: application/json
  Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:51:14 GMT
  Server: Jetty(9.3.20.v20170531)
  {
       "code":200,
       "distributions":10,
       "distribution_complete_ok":8,
       "distribution_complete_fail":2,
       "downloads":15,
       "downloads_ok"; 10,
       "downloads_error": 5
  }