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A VNF or PNF shall support at least one of communication protocols as specified in the requirement R-305645. .. req:: :id: R-305645 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt The VNF or PNF **MUST** support configuration management including life cycle management (LCM) using at least one of the following protocols a)NETCONF/YANG, b)Ansible and c)Chef. Since Frankfurt release, SO building blocks can use either APPC client or CDS client for life cycle management (LCM) operations. The associated API is either APPC/SDN-C LCM API or CDS self-service API. A VNF or PNF must support LCM operations that using either of two APIs. The selection of which API to use for LCM operations for a given PNF/VNF type is defined in design time by the service designer. The requirements for supporting of SDN-C/APPC LCM API for LCM operations are documented in section 7.3.1. Controller Interactions With VNF or PNF ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This section is not applicable to LCM operations using CDS self-service API. APPC/SDN-C expose a northbound API to clients (such as SO) in order for the clients to initiate an activity (aka command) on a VNF or PNF. APPC/SDN-C interact with VNFs or PNFs through Network and Application Adapters to perform configuration and other lifecycle management activities within NFV environment. The standardized models, protocols and mechanisms by which network functions are configured are equally applicable to VNFs and PNFs. This section describes the list of commands that should be supported by the VNF or PNF. The following sections describe the standard protocols that are supported (NETCONF, Chef, Ansible, and REST). The commands below are expected to be supported on all VNF or PNF's, unless The commands below are expected to be supported on all VNF or PNF's, unless noted otherwise, either directly (via the NETCONF or REST interface) or indirectly (via a Chef Cookbook or Ansible server). **Note that there are additional commands offered to northbound clients that are not shown below, as these commands either act internally on APPC/SDN-C itself or depend upon network cloud components for implementation (thus, these actions do not put any special requirement on the VNF or PNF provider).** The commands allow for parametric data to be passed from APPC/SDN-C to the VNF or PNF or Ansible/Chef server in the request. The format of the parameter data can be either xml (for NETCONF) or JSON (for Ansible, Chef, or REST). Configuration Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``Configure``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting that a post-instantiation configuration be applied to the target VNF or PNF. After the Configure action is completed, the VNF or PNF instance should be ready for service. Note that customer specific configurations may need to be applied using the ConfigModify action. This command requires exclusive access rights of the VNF or PNF. ``ConfigModify``: The APPC client is requesting a configuration update to a subset of the total configuration parameters of an VNF or PNF or to apply customer specific configurations. The configuration update is typically done while the VNF or PNF is in service and should not disrupt traffic. This command requires exclusive access rights of the VNF or PNF. ``ConfigBackup``: The APPC client is requesting a backup of the configuration parameters where the parameters are stored on the VNF or PNF. This command is typically requested as part of an orchestration flow for scenarios such as a software upgrade. The ConfigBackup is typically done while the VNF or PNF is not in service (i.e., in a maintenance state). When the ConfigBackup command is executed, the current VNF or PNF configuration parameters are saved in storage that is preserved (if there is an existing set of backed up parameters, they are overwritten). This command requires exclusive access rights of the VNF or PNF. ``ConfigRestore``: The APPC client is requesting a restore action of the configuration parameters to the VNF or PNF that were saved by ConfigBackup command. This command is typically requested as part of an orchestration flow for scenarios such as a software upgrade where the software upgrade may have failed and the VNF or PNF needs to be rolled back to the prior configuration. When the ConfigRestore command is executed, the VNF or PNF configuration parameters which were backed to persistent preserved storage are applied to the VNF or PNF (replacing existing parameters). The ConfigRestore is typically done while the VNF or PNF is not in service (i.e., in a maintenance state). This command requires exclusive access rights of the VNF or PNF. ``ConfigScaleOut``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting that a configuration be applied after the VNF instance has been scaled out (i.e., one or more additional VM's instantiated to increase capacity). For some VNF's, ConfigScaleOut is not needed because the VNF is auto-configured after scale-out. This command is being introduced in the Beijing release to support manual Scale Out and will be extended to support Auto ScaleOut in Casablanca release. This command requires exclusive access rights of the VNF. ``Audit``: The APPC client is requesting that the current (last known configuration update) is audited against the running configuration on the VNF (Openstack). .. req:: :id: R-20741 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``Configure`` command. .. req:: :id: R-19366 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC ``ConfigModify`` command. .. req:: :id: R-32981 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC ``ConfigBackup`` command. .. req:: :id: R-48247 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC ``ConfigRestore`` command. .. req:: :id: R-94084 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``ConfigScaleOut`` command. .. req:: :id: R-56385 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC ``Audit`` command. Lifecycle Management Related Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **The following commands are needed to support various lifecycle management flows where the VNF may need to be removed for service.** Full details on the APIs can be found in the :doc:`APPC LCM API Guide ` ``DistributeTraffic`` The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting a change to traffic distribution (redistribution) done by a traffic balancing/distribution entity (aka anchor point) or mechanism. This action targets the traffic balancing/distribution entity, in some cases DNS, other cases a load balancer external to the VNF instance, as examples. Traffic distribution (weight) changes intended to take a VNF instance out of service are completed only when all in-flight traffic/transactions have been completed. To complete the traffic redistribution process, gracefully taking a VNF instance out-of-service, without dropping in-flight calls or sessions, QuiesceTraffic command may need to follow traffic distribution changes (assigning weight 0 or very low weight to VNF instance). The VNF application remains in an active state. ``QuiesceTraffic`` The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting the VNF or PNF gracefully stop traffic (aka block and drain traffic). The method for quiescing traffic is specific to the VNF or PNF architecture. The action is completed when all (in-flight transactions) traffic has stopped. The VNF or PNF remains in an active state where the VNF or PNF is able to process traffic (initiated using the ResumeTraffic action). ``ResumeTraffic``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting the VNF or PNF resume processing traffic. The method to resume traffic is specific to the VNF or PNF architecture. ``StopApplication``: The APPC client is requesting that the application running on the VNF or PNF is stopped gracefully (i.e., without traffic loss). This is equivalent to quiescing the traffic and then stopping the application processes. The processes can be restarted using the StartApplication command. ``StartApplication``: The APPC client is requesting that the application running on the VNF or PNF is started. Get ready to process traffic. Traffic processing can be resumed using the ResumeTraffic command. **The following commands are needed to support software upgrades, in-place or other type of software upgrade. The VNF or PNF instance may be removed from service for the upgrade.** ``UpgradePrecheck``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting a confirmation that the VNF or PNF can (and needs to) be upgraded to a specific software version (specified in the request). Checking software installed and running on the VNF or PNF matches software version, intended to be upgraded, is one of the recommended checks. ``UpgradeSoftware``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting that a (in-place) software upgrade be performed on the VNF or PNF. The software to be applied is pre-loaded to a specified location. ``UpgradePostCheck``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting a confirmation that the VNF or PNF software upgrade has been completed successfully (VNF or PNF upgraded to the new software version). Checking software installed and running on the VNF or PNF matches software version, of the newly upgraded software, is one of the recommended checks. ``UpgradeBackup``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting that the VNF or PNF is backed up prior to the UpgradeSoftware. ``UpgradeBackOut``: The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting that the VNF or PNF upgrade is backed out (in the event that the SoftwareUpgrade or UpgradePostCheck failed). .. req:: :id: R-328086 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST**, if serving as a distribution point or anchor point for steering point from source to destination, support the ONAP Controller's ``DistributeTraffic`` command. .. req:: :id: R-12706 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``QuiesceTraffic`` command. .. req:: :id: R-07251 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``ResumeTraffic`` command. .. req:: :id: R-83146 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC ``StopApplication`` command. .. req:: :id: R-82811 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC ``StartApplication`` command. .. req:: :id: R-19922 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``UpgradePrecheck`` command. .. req:: :id: R-49466 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``UpgradeSoftware`` command. .. req:: :id: R-45856 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``UpgradePostCheck`` command. .. req:: :id: R-97343 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``UpgradeBackup`` command. .. req:: :id: R-65641 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``UpgradeBackOut`` command. HealthCheck and Failure Related Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``HealthCheck`` The APPC/SDN-C client is requesting a health check over the entire scope of the VNF or PNF. The VNF or PNF must be 100% healthy, ready to take requests and provide services, with all VNF or PNF required capabilities ready to provide services and with all active and standby resources fully ready with no open MINOR, MAJOR or CRITICAL alarms. This is expected to be the default in the event that no parameter is passed to the Healthcheck playbook, cookbook, etc. Some VNFs or PNFs may support and desire to run partial healthchecks and receive a successful response when partial health check completes without errors. The parameter name used by HealthCheck playbook to request non-default partial health check is healthcheck_type. Example of health check types could be healthcheck_type=GuestOS, healthcheck_type=noDB, healthcheck_type=noConnections, healthcheck_type=IgnoreAlarms, etc.. This attribute-value pair may be passed by the Orchestrator or Workflow or other (northbound) APPC/SDN-C clients to the APPC/SDN-C as part of the request. **Note**: In addition to the commands above, the APPC/SDN-C supports a set of Openstack failure recovery related commands that are executed on-demand or via Control Loop at the VM level. The VNF must support these commands in a fully automated fashion. .. req:: :id: R-41430 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support APPC/SDN-C ``HealthCheck`` command. Notes On Command Support Using APPC/SDN-C Southbound Protocols ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APPC/SDN-C are designed to support a standard set of protocols in order to communicate with the VNF or PNF instance. The supported protocols are NETCONF, Ansible, Chef, and REST. NETCONF and REST require the VNF or PNF to implement a server which supports the RPC or REST calls. Ansible and Chef require the use of a Ansible or Chef server which communicates with the APPC/SDN-C (northbound) and the VNF or PNF VM's (southbound). The vendor must select which protocol to support for the commands listed above. Notes: * NETCONF is most suitable for configuration related commands. * Ansible and Chef are suitable for any command. Ansible has the advantage that it is agentless. * REST is specified as an option only for the HealthCheck. Additional details can be found in the `ONAP Application Controller (APPC) API Guide `_, `ONAP VF-C project `_ and the `ONAP SDNC project `_. NETCONF Standards and Capabilities ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ APPC/SDN-C and their Adapters utilize device YANG model and NETCONF APIs to make the required changes in the VNF or PNF state and configuration. The VNF or PNF providers must provide the Device YANG model and NETCONF server supporting NETCONF APIs to comply with target ONAP and industry standards. VNF or PNF Configuration via NETCONF Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Configuration Management ++++++++++++++++++++++++ .. req:: :id: R-88026 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** include a NETCONF server enabling runtime configuration and lifecycle management capabilities. .. req:: :id: R-95950 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** provide a NETCONF interface fully defined by supplied YANG models for the embedded NETCONF server. NETCONF Server Requirements +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ .. req:: :id: R-73468 :target: VNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF **MUST** allow the NETCONF server connection parameters to be configurable during virtual machine instantiation through Heat templates where SSH keys, usernames, passwords, SSH service and SSH port numbers are Heat template parameters if VNF is heat based. .. req:: :id: R-90007 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``close-session()`` - Gracefully close the current session. .. req:: :id: R-70496 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``commit(confirmed, confirm-timeout)`` - Commit candidate configuration data store to the running configuration if ":candidate" is supported. .. req:: :id: R-18733 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``discard-changes()`` - Revert the candidate configuration data store to the running configuration if ":candidate" is supported. .. req:: :id: R-44281 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``edit-config(target, default-operation, test-option, error-option, config)`` - Edit the target configuration data store by merging, replacing, creating, or deleting new config elements. .. req:: :id: R-60106 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``get(filter)`` - Retrieve (a filtered subset of) the running configuration and device state information. This should include the list of VNF or PNF supported schemas. .. req:: :id: R-29488 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``get-config(source, filter`` - Retrieve a (filtered subset of a) configuration from the configuration data store source. .. req:: :id: R-11235 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``kill-session(session``- Force the termination of **session**. .. req:: :id: R-02597 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``lock(target)`` - Lock the configuration data store target. .. req:: :id: R-96554 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the protocol operation: ``unlock(target)`` - Unlock the configuration data store target. .. req:: :id: R-29324 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** implement the protocol operation: ``copy-config(target, source)`` - Copy the content of the configuration data store source to the configuration data store target. .. req:: :id: R-88031 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** implement the protocol operation: ``delete-config(target)`` - Delete the named configuration data store target. .. req:: :id: R-97529 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** implement the protocol operation: ``get-schema(identifier, version, format)`` - Retrieve the YANG schema. .. req:: :id: R-62468 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** allow all configuration data to be edited through a NETCONF operation. Proprietary NETCONF RPCs that make configuration changes are not sufficient. .. req:: :id: R-01382 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** allow the entire configuration of the VNF or PNF to be retrieved via NETCONF's and , independently of whether it was configured via NETCONF or other mechanisms. .. req:: :id: R-28756 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** support ``:partial-lock`` and ``:partial-unlock`` capabilities, defined in RFC 5717. This allows multiple independent clients to each write to a different part of the configuration at the same time. .. req:: :id: R-83873 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support ``:rollback-on-error`` value for the parameter to the operation. If any error occurs during the requested edit operation, then the target database (usually the running configuration) will be left unaffected. This provides an 'all-or-nothing' edit mode for a single request. .. req:: :id: R-68990 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** support the ``:startup`` capability. It will allow the running configuration to be copied to this special database. It can also be locked and unlocked. .. req:: :id: R-68200 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** support the ``:url`` value to specify protocol operation source and target parameters. The capability URI for this feature will indicate which schemes (e.g., file, https, sftp) that the server supports within a particular URL value. The 'file' scheme allows for editable local configuration databases. The other schemes allow for remote storage of configuration databases. .. req:: :id: R-20353 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement at least one of ``:candidate`` and ``:writable-running`` capabilities. When both ``:candidate`` and ``:writable-running`` are provided then two locks should be supported. .. req:: :id: R-11499 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** fully support the XPath 1.0 specification for filtered retrieval of configuration and other database contents. The 'type' attribute within the parameter for and operations may be set to 'xpath'. The 'select' attribute (which contains the XPath expression) will also be supported by the server. A server may support partial XPath retrieval filtering, but it cannot advertise the ``:xpath`` capability unless the entire XPath 1.0 specification is supported. .. req:: :id: R-83790 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** implement the ``:validate`` capability. .. req:: :id: R-49145 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement ``:confirmed-commit`` If ``:candidate`` is supported. .. req:: :id: R-58358 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** implement the ``:with-defaults`` capability [RFC6243]. .. req:: :id: R-59610 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** implement the data model discovery and download as defined in [RFC6022]. .. req:: :id: R-93443 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** define all data models in YANG 1.0 [RFC6020] or YANG 1.1 [RFC7950]. A combination of YANG 1.0 and YANG 1.1 modules is allowed subject to the rules in [RFC7950] section 12. The mapping to NETCONF shall follow the rules defined in this RFC. .. req:: :id: R-26115 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** follow the data model update rules defined in [RFC6020] section 10 for YANG 1.0 modules, and [RFC7950] section 11 for YANG 1.1 modules. All deviations from the aforementioned update rules shall be handled by a built-in automatic upgrade mechanism. .. req:: :id: R-29495 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support locking if a common object is being manipulated by two simultaneous NETCONF configuration operations on the same VNF or PNF within the context of the same writable running data store (e.g., if an interface parameter is being configured then it should be locked out for configuration by a simultaneous configuration operation on that same interface parameter). .. req:: :id: R-53015 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** apply locking based on the sequence of NETCONF operations, with the first configuration operation locking out all others until completed. .. req:: :id: R-41829 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MUST** be able to specify the granularity of the lock via a restricted or full XPath expression if ":partial-lock" is supported. .. req:: :id: R-66793 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** guarantee the VNF or PNF configuration integrity for all simultaneous configuration operations (e.g., if a change is attempted to the BUM filter rate from multiple interfaces on the same EVC, then they need to be sequenced in the VNF or PNF without locking either configuration method out). .. req:: :id: R-54190 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** release locks to prevent permanent lock-outs when/if a session applying the lock is terminated (e.g., SSH session is terminated). .. req:: :id: R-03465 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MUST** release locks to prevent permanent lock-outs when the corresponding operation succeeds if ":partial-lock" is supported. .. req:: :id: R-63935 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** release locks to prevent permanent lock-outs when a user configured timer has expired forcing the NETCONF SSH Session termination (i.e., product must expose a configuration knob for a user setting of a lock expiration timer). .. req:: :id: R-10173 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** allow another NETCONF session to be able to initiate the release of the lock by killing the session owning the lock, using the operation to guard against hung NETCONF sessions. .. req:: :id: R-07545 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support all operations, administration and management (OAM) functions available from the supplier for VNFs or PNFs using the supplied YANG code and associated NETCONF servers. .. req:: :id: R-60656 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support sub tree filtering. .. req:: :id: R-80898 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin TThe VNF or PNF **MUST** support heartbeat via a with null filter. .. req:: :id: R-25238 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF PACKAGE **MUST** validated YANG code using the open source pyang [#7.3.1]_ program using the following commands: .. code-block:: text $ pyang --verbose --strict $ echo $! The VNF or PNF **MUST** have the echo command return a zero value otherwise the validation has failed. .. req:: :id: R-26508 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support a NETCONF server that can be mounted on OpenDaylight (client) and perform the operations of: modify, update, change, rollback configurations using each configuration data element, query each state (non-configuration) data element, execute each YANG RPC, and receive data through each notification statement. The following requirements provides the Yang models that suppliers must conform, and those where applicable, that suppliers need to use. .. req:: :id: R-10353 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** conform its YANG model to RFC 6244, "An Architecture for Network Management Using NETCONF and YANG". .. req:: :id: R-53317 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 8407, "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of YANG Data Model specification". .. req:: :id: R-33955 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 6991, "Common YANG Data Types". .. req:: :id: R-22946 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 8341, "NETCONF Access Control Model". .. req:: :id: R-10129 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 7223, "A YANG Data Model for Interface Management". .. req:: :id: R-12271 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 7223, "IANA Interface Type YANG Module". .. req:: :id: R-49036 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 7277, "A YANG Data Model for IP Management". .. req:: :id: R-87564 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 7317, "A YANG Data Model for System Management". .. req:: :id: R-24269 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** conform its YANG model to RFC 7407, "A YANG Data Model for SNMP Configuration", if Netconf used to configure SNMP engine. The NETCONF server interface shall fully conform to the following NETCONF RFCs. .. req:: :id: R-33946 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** conform to the NETCONF RFC 4741, "NETCONF Configuration Protocol". .. req:: :id: R-04158 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** conform to the NETCONF RFC 4742, "Using the NETCONF Configuration Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)". .. req:: :id: R-01334 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: honolulu The VNF or PNF **MAY** conform to the NETCONF RFC 5717, "Partial Lock Remote Procedure Call". .. req:: :id: R-78282 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** conform to the NETCONF RFC 6242, "Using the Network Configuration Protocol over Secure Shell". .. req:: :id: R-997907 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :introduced: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** support TLS as secure transport for the NETCONF protocol according to [RFC7589]. LCM Operations via NETCONF ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ .. req:: :id: R-246519 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :introduced: frankfurt As alternative to Ansible, Chef or REST, a VNF or PNF **MAY** support YANG models allowing execution of standard controller LCM operations including HealthCheck. Note: To support vendor YANG models for LCM operations, the controller is responsible for performing VNF/PNF specific translation of north-bound API requests into one or more south-bound NETCONF requests. .. _xnf_rest_apis: VNF or PNF REST APIs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HealthCheck command must be supported using a RESTful interface (defined in this section) or with NETCONF/YANG (defined in section `NETCONF Standards and Capabilities`_) or with a Chef cookbook/Ansible playbook (defined in sections `Chef Standards and Capabilities`_ and `Ansible Standards and Capabilities`_). See section 7.3.1.4 for the definition of Full Healthcheck and Partial Healthchecks. The VNF or PNF must provide a REST formatted GET RPCs to support HealthCheck queries via the GET method over HTTP(s). The port number, url, and other authentication information is provided by the VNF or PNF provider. REST APIs ~~~~~~~~~ .. req:: :id: R-31809 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support the HealthCheck RPC. The HealthCheck RPC executes a VNF or PNF Provider-defined VNF or PNF HealthCheck over the scope of the entire VNF or PNF (e.g., if there are multiple VNFCs, then run a health check, as appropriate, for all VNFCs). It returns a 200 OK if the test completes. A JSON object is returned indicating state (healthy, unhealthy), scope identifier, time-stamp and one or more blocks containing info and fault information. If the VNF or PNF is unable to run the HealthCheck, return a standard http error code and message. Examples of responses when HealthCheck runs and is able to provide a healthy or unhealthy response: .. code-block:: java { "identifier":"VNF", "state":"healthy", "time":"2018-11-28 22:39:00.809466" }, { "identifier":"VNF", "state":"unhealthy", "info":"There are stopped processes or VNF is not ready, may be quiesced or frozen.", "fault":"VNF mtn23comx8000v not ready for service.", "time":"2018-11-30 05:47:48.655959" } Chef Standards and Capabilities ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. container:: note **ATTENTION**: Chef is supported by ONAP, but it is not currently used by any of the official ONAP use cases and is not part of standard release testing like REST, Ansible, and Netconf. For this reason, the other options are generally favored over Chef at this time. ONAP will support configuration of VNFs or PNFs via Chef subject to the requirements and guidelines defined in this section. The Chef configuration management mechanism follows a client-server model. It requires the presence of a Chef-Client on the VNF or PNF that will be directly managed by a Chef Server. The Chef-client will register with the appropriate Chef Server and are managed via 'cookbooks' and configuration attributes loaded on the Chef Server which contain all necessary information to execute the appropriate actions on the VNF or PNF via the Chef-client. ONAP will utilize the open source Chef Server, invoke the documented Chef REST APIs to manage the VNF or PNF and requires the use of open source Chef-Client and Push Jobs Client on the VNF or PNF (https://downloads.chef.io/). VNF or PNF Configuration via Chef Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chef Client Requirements ++++++++++++++++++++++++ .. req:: :id: R-79224 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** have the chef-client be preloaded with validator keys and configuration to register with the designated Chef Server as part of the installation process. .. req:: :id: R-72184 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** have routable FQDNs for all the endpoints (VMs) of a VNF or PNF that contain chef-clients which are used to register with the Chef Server. As part of invoking VNF or PNF actions, ONAP will trigger push jobs against FQDNs of endpoints for a VNF or PNF, if required. .. req:: :id: R-47068 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MAY :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MAY** expose a single endpoint that is responsible for all functionality. .. req:: :id: R-67114 :target: VNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** be installed with Chef-Client >= 12.0 and Chef push jobs client >= 2.0. Chef Roles/Requirements +++++++++++++++++++++++ .. req:: :id: R-27310 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF Package **MUST** include all relevant Chef artifacts (roles/cookbooks/recipes) required to execute VNF or PNF actions requested by ONAP for loading on appropriate Chef Server. .. req:: :id: R-26567 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF Package **MUST** include a run list of roles/cookbooks/recipes, for each supported VNF or PNF action, that will perform the desired VNF or PNF action in its entirety as specified by ONAP (see Section 7.c, APPC/SDN-C APIs and Behavior, for list of VNF or PNF actions and requirements), when triggered by a chef-client run list in JSON file. .. req:: :id: R-98911 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST NOT :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST NOT** use any instance specific parameters for the VNF or PNF in roles/cookbooks/recipes invoked for a VNF or PNF action. .. req:: :id: R-37929 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** accept all necessary instance specific data from the environment or node object attributes for the VNF or PNF in roles/cookbooks/recipes invoked for a VNF or PNF action. .. req:: :id: R-62170 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** over-ride any default values for configurable parameters that can be set by ONAP in the roles, cookbooks and recipes. .. req:: :id: R-78116 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** update status on the Chef Server appropriately (e.g., via a fail or raise an exception) if the chef-client run encounters any critical errors/failures when executing a VNF or PNF action. .. req:: :id: R-44013 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** populate an attribute, defined as node ['PushJobOutput'] with the desired output on all nodes in the push job that execute chef-client run if the VNF or PNF action requires the output of a chef-client run be made available (e.g., get running configuration). .. req:: :id: R-30654 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF Package **MUST** have appropriate cookbooks that are designed to automatically 'rollback' to the original state in case of any errors for actions that change state of the VNF or PNF (e.g., configure). .. req:: :id: R-65755 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: SHOULD :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **SHOULD** support callback URLs to return information to ONAP upon completion of the chef-client run for any chef-client run associated with a VNF or PNF action. - As part of the push job, ONAP will provide two parameters in the environment of the push job JSON object: - "RequestId" a unique Id to be used to identify the request, - "CallbackUrl", the URL to post response back. - If the CallbackUrl field is empty or missing in the push job, then the chef-client run need not post the results back via callback. .. req:: :id: R-15885 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** Upon completion of the chef-client run, POST back on the callback URL, a JSON object as described in Table A2 if the chef-client run list includes a cookbook/recipe that is callback capable. Failure to POST on the Callback Url should not be considered a critical error. That is, if the chef-client successfully completes the VNF or PNF action, it should reflect this status on the Chef Server regardless of whether the Callback succeeded or not. ONAP Chef API Usage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section outlines the workflow that ONAP invokes when it receives an action request against a Chef managed VNF or PNF. 1. When ONAP receives a request for an action for a Chef Managed VNF or PNF, it retrieves the corresponding template (based on **action** and **VNF or PNF**) from its database and sets necessary values in the "Environment", "Node" and "NodeList" keys (if present) from either the payload of the received action or internal data. 2. If "Environment" key is present in the updated template, it posts the corresponding JSON dictionary to the appropriate Environment object REST endpoint on the Chef Server thus updating the Environment attributes on the Chef Server. 3. Next, it creates a Node Object from the "Node" JSON dictionary for all elements listed in the NodeList (using the FQDN to construct the endpoint) by replicating it [#7.3.2]_. As part of this process, it will set the name field in each Node Object to the corresponding FQDN. These node objects are then posted on the Chef Server to corresponding Node Object REST endpoints to update the corresponding node attributes. 4. If PushJobFlag is set to "True" in the template, ONAP requests a push job against all the nodes in the NodeList to trigger chef-client. It will not invoke any other command via the push job. ONAP will include a callback URL in the push job request and a unique Request Id. An example push job posted by ONAP is listed below: .. code-block:: java { "command": "chef-client" "run_timeout": 300 "nodes": ["node1.vnf_a.onap.com", "node2.vnf_a.onap.com"] "env": { "RequestId":"8279-abcd-aksdj-19231" "CallbackUrl":"" } } 5. If CallbackCapable field in the template is not present or set to "False" ONAP will poll the Chef Server to check completion status of the push job. 6. If "GetOutputFlag" is set to "True" in the template and CallbackCapable is not set to "True", ONAP will retrieve any output from each node where the push job has finished by accessing the Node Object attribute node['PushJobOutput']. .. _ansible_playbook_requirements: Ansible Standards and Capabilities ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ONAP will support configuration of VNFs or PNFs via Ansible subject to the requirements and guidelines defined in this section. Ansible allows agentless management of VNFs or PNFs/VMs/VNFCs via execution of 'playbooks' over ssh. The 'playbooks' are a structured set of tasks which contain all the necessary resources and execution capabilities to take the necessary action on one or more target VMs (and/or VNFCs) of the VNF. ONAP will utilize the framework of an Ansible Server that will host all Ansible artifacts and run playbooks to manage VNFs or PNFs that support Ansible. VNF or PNF Configuration via Ansible Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ansible Client Requirements +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ .. req:: :id: R-32217 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** have routable management IP addresses or FQDNs that are reachable via the Ansible Server for the endpoints (VMs) of a VNF or PNF that playbooks will target. ONAP will initiate requests to the Ansible Server for invocation of playbooks against these end points [#7.3.3]_. .. req:: :id: R-54373 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider **MUST** provide Ansible playbooks that are compatible with the Operator’s deployed versions of Ansible and Python. As the Ansible runtime itself is not deployed as part of ONAP, the ONAP project cannot dictate the specific versions supported. .. req:: :id: R-35401 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** support SSH and allow SSH access by the Ansible server to the endpoint VM(s) and comply with the Network Cloud Service Provider guidelines for authentication and access. .. req:: :id: R-82018 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF **MUST** load the Ansible Server SSH public key onto VNF or PNF VM(s) /root/.ssh/authorized_keys as part of instantiation. Alternative, is for Ansible Server SSH public key to be loaded onto VNF or PNF under /home//.ssh/authorized_keys as part of instantiation, when a Mechanized user ID is created during instantiation, and Configure and all playbooks are designed to use a mechanized user ID only for authentication (never using root authentication during Configure playbook run). This will allow the Ansible Server to authenticate to perform post-instantiation configuration without manual intervention and without requiring specific VNF or PNF login IDs and passwords. *CAUTION*: For VNFs or PNFs configured using Ansible, to eliminate the need for manual steps, post-instantiation and pre-configuration, to upload of SSH public keys, SSH public keys loaded during (heat) instantiation shall be preserved and not removed by (heat) embedded (userdata) scripts. .. req:: :id: R-92866 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF Provider **MUST** include as part of post-instantiation configuration done by Ansible Playbooks the removal/update of the SSH public key from ``/root/.ssh/authorized_keys``, and update of SSH keys loaded through instantiation to support Ansible. This may include creating Mechanized user ID(s) used by the Ansible Server(s) on VNF VM(s) and uploading and installing new SSH keys used by the mechanized use ID(s). .. req:: :id: R-97345 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** permit authentication, using root account, only right after instantiation and until post-instantiation configuration is completed. .. req:: :id: R-97451 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** provide the ability to remove root access once post-instantiation configuration (Configure) is completed. .. req:: :id: R-91745 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** update the Ansible Server and other entities storing and using the SSH keys for authentication when the SSH keys used by Ansible are regenerated/updated. **Note**: Ansible Server itself may be used to upload new SSH public keys onto supported VNFs or PNFs. .. req:: :id: R-73459 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** provide the ability to include a "from=" clause in SSH public keys associated with mechanized user IDs created for an Ansible Server cluster to use for VNF or PNF VM authentication. .. req:: :id: R-45197 :target: VNF or PNF :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF **MUST** define the "from=" clause to provide the list of IP addresses of the Ansible Servers in the Cluster, separated by coma, to restrict use of the SSH key pair to elements that are part of the Ansible Cluster owner of the issued and assigned mechanized user ID. .. req:: :id: R-94567 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** be designed to run using an inventory hosts file in a supported format with only IP addresses or IP addresses and VM/VNF or PNF names. .. req:: :id: R-67124 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** be designed to run using an inventory hosts file in a supported format; with group names matching VNFC 3-character string adding "vip" for groups with virtual IP addresses shared by multiple VMs as seen in examples provided in Appendix. .. req:: :id: R-24482 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** be designed to run using an inventory hosts file in a supported format; with site group that shall be used to add site specific configurations to the target VNF or PNF VM(s) as needed. Ansible Playbook Requirements +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ An Ansible playbook is a collection of tasks that is executed on the Ansible server (local host) and/or the target VM (s) in order to complete the desired action. .. req:: :id: R-49396 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** support each APPC/SDN-C VNF or PNF action by invocation of **one** playbook [#7.3.4]_. The playbook will be responsible for executing all necessary tasks (as well as calling other playbooks) to complete the request. .. req:: :id: R-33280 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST NOT :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST NOT** contain instance specific values that can not be provided by a parameter to the playbook. .. req:: :id: R-195620 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD :introduced: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD** compare the version(s) of Ansible that the VNF Provider developed and tested against to the ``ansible_version.full`` value during playbook execution, and issue a ``WARNING`` message if the operator version is not one of the tested versions. .. req:: :id: R-918136 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST NOT :introduced: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST NOT** fail due to a mismatched version check as specified in R-918136. The warning message should be issued, and the playbook execution should continue as normal. .. req:: :id: R-444446 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD :introduced: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD** issue log messages in the same format as Ansible's default messages: ``[]: `` Example: ``[WARNING]: Ansible version 2.9.3 does not match a known, tested version: 2.8.1, 2.8.2`` .. req:: :id: R-48698 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** utilize information from key value pairs that will be provided by the Ansible Server as ``extra-vars`` during invocation to execute the desired VNF or PNF action. The "extra-vars" attribute-value pairs are passed to the Ansible Server by an APPC/SDN-C as part of the Rest API request. If the playbook requires files, they must also be supplied using the methodology detailed in the Ansible Server API, unless they are bundled with playbooks, example, generic templates. Any files containing instance specific info (attribute-value pairs), not obtainable from any ONAP inventory databases or other sources, referenced and used as input by playbooks, shall be provisioned (and distributed) in advance of use, e.g., VNF or PNF instantiation. Recommendation is to avoid these instance specific, manually created in advance of instantiation, files. The Ansible Server will determine if a playbook invoked to execute an VNF or PNF action finished successfully or not using the "PLAY_RECAP" summary in Ansible log. The playbook will be considered to successfully finish only if the "PLAY RECAP" section at the end of playbook execution output has no unreachable hosts and no failed tasks. Otherwise, the playbook will be considered to have failed. .. req:: :id: R-43253 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** be designed to allow Ansible Server to infer failure or success based on the "PLAY_RECAP" capability. **Note**: There are cases where playbooks need to interpret results of a task and then determine success or failure and return result accordingly (failure for failed tasks). .. req:: :id: R-50252 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** write to a response file in JSON format that will be retrieved and made available by the Ansible Server if, as part of a VNF or PNF action (e.g., audit), a playbook is required to return any VNF or PNF information/response. The text files must be written in the main playbook home directory, in JSON format. The JSON file must be created for the VNF or PNF with the name '_results.txt'. All playbook output results, for all VNF VMS or PNF Server/Blades, to be provided as a response to the request, must be written to this response file. .. req:: :id: R-51442 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD** be designed to automatically 'rollback' to the original state in case of any errors for actions that change state of the VNF or PNF (e.g., configure). **Note**: In case rollback at the playbook level is not supported or possible, the VNF or PNF provider shall provide alternative rollback mechanism (e.g., for a small VNF or PNF the rollback mechanism may rely on workflow to terminate and re-instantiate VNF VMs and then re-run playbook(s)). Backing up updated files is also recommended to support rollback when soft rollback is feasible. .. req:: :id: R-58301 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD NOT :updated: dublin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD NOT** make requests to Cloud resources e.g. Openstack (nova, neutron, glance, heat, etc.); therefore, there is no use for Cloud specific variables like Openstack UUIDs in Ansible Playbook related artifacts. **Rationale**: Flows that require interactions with Cloud services e.g. Openstack shall rely on workflows run by an Orchestrator (Change Management) or other capability (such as a control loop or Operations GUI) outside Ansible Server which can be executed by a APPC/SDN-C. There are policies, as part of Control Loop models, that send remediation action requests to an APPC/SDN-C; these are triggered as a response to an event or correlated events published to Event Bus. .. req:: :id: R-02651 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD** use available backup capabilities to save a copy of configuration files before implementing changes to support operations such as backing out of software upgrades, configuration changes or other work as this will help backing out of configuration changes when needed. .. req:: :id: R-43353 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** return control only after all tasks performed by playbook are fully complete, signaling that the playbook completed all tasks. When starting services, return control only after all services are up. This is critical for workflows where the next steps are dependent on prior tasks being fully completed. Detailed examples: ``StopApplication Playbook`` – StopApplication Playbook shall return control and a completion status response only after VNF or PNF application is fully stopped, all processes/services stopped. ``StartApplication Playbook`` – StartApplication Playbook shall return control and a completion status only after all VNF or PNF application services are fully up, all processes/services started and ready to provide services. **NOTE**: Start Playbook should not be declared complete/done after starting one or several processes that start the other processes. HealthCheck Playbook: SUCCESS – HealthCheck success shall be returned (return code 0) by a Playbook or Cookbook only when VNF or PNF is 100% healthy, ready to take requests and provide services, with all VNF or PNF required capabilities ready to provide services and with all active and standby resources fully ready with no open MINOR, MAJOR or CRITICAL alarms. NOTE: In some cases, a switch may need to be turned on, but a VNF or PNF reported as healthy, should be ready to take service requests or be already processing service requests successfully. A successful execution of a health-check playbook shall create one response file (per VNF or PNF) in JSON format, named after the VNF or PNF instance, followed by "_results.txt" (_results.txt) to be provided as a response to the requestor, indicating health-check was executed and completed successfully, example: vfdb9904v_results.txt, with the following contents: .. code-block:: java { "identifier": "VNF", "state": "healthy", "time": "2018-03-16:1139" } Example: .. code-block:: java $ cat vfdb9904v_results.txt { "identifier": "VNF", "state": "healthy", "time": "2018-03-16:1139" } **NOTE**: See section 7.3.1.4 for comments on support of partial health checks. FAILURE – A health check playbook shall return a non-zero return code in case VNF or PNF is not 100% healthy because one or more VNF or PNF application processes are stopped or not ready to take service requests or because critical or non-critical resources are not ready or because there are open MINOR, MAJOR or CRITICAL traps/alarms or because there are issues with the VNF or PNF that need attention even if they do not impact services provided by the VNF or PNF. A failed health-check playbook shall also create one file (per VNF or PNF), in JSON format, named after the VNF or PNF instance name, followed by "_results.txt" to indicate health-check was executed and found issues in the health of the VNF or PNF. This is to differentiate from failure to run health-check playbook or playbook tasks to verify the health of the VNF or PNF, example: vfdb9904v_results.txt, with the following contents: .. code-block:: java { "identifier": "VNF", "state": "unhealthy", "info": "Error in following VM(s). Check hcstatus files under /tmp/ccfx9901v for details", "fault": [ "vfdb9904vm001", "vfdb9904vm002" ], "time": "2018-03-16:4044" } Example: .. code-block:: java $ cat vfdb9904v_results.txt { "identifier": "VNF", "state": "unhealthy", "info": "Error in following VM(s). Check hcstatus files under /tmp/ccfx9901v for details", "fault": [ "vfdb9904vm001", "vfdb9904vm002" ], "time": "2018-03-16:4044" } See `VNF or PNF REST APIs`_ for additional details on HealthCheck. Some VNFs or PNFs may support and desire to run partial health checks and receive a successful response when partial health check completes without errors. The parameter name used by HealthCheck playbook to request non-default partial health check is healthcheck_type. Example of health check types could be healthcheck_type=GuestOS, healthcheck_type=noDB, healthcheck_type=noConnections, healthcheck_type=IgnoreAlarms, etc.. This attribute-value pair may be passed by Orchestrator or Workflow or other (northbound) APPC/SDN-C clients to APPC/SDN-C as part of the request. By default, when no argument/parameter is passed, healthcheck playbook performs a full VNF or PNF health check. .. req:: :id: R-24189 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider **MUST** deliver a new set of Ansible playbooks that includes all updated and unchanged playbooks for any new revision to an existing set of playbooks. .. req:: :id: R-49911 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: casablanca :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider **MUST** assign a new point release to the updated Ansible playbook set. The functionality of a new playbook set must be tested before it is deployed to the production. .. req:: :id: R-42333 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks that target a subset of VMs (or servers/blades) part of a VNF (or PNF) instance **MUST** be designed to use the VNF or PNF inventory host file and to use a parameter named ``target_vm_list`` to provide the subset of VMs in the VNF instance specifically targeted by the playbook. NOTE: Example of such playbooks would be playbooks used to configure VMs added to a VNF instance as part of a scale-out/up or scale-in/down operation. Such playbook is expected to also need to perform configuration/reconfiguration tasks part of the base VNF instance build. .. req:: :id: R-39003 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** store passwords and other attributes that must remain secret in JSON, YAML or INI files that can be encrypted/decrypted using Ansible Vault capabilities. .. req:: :id: R-46823 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** store passwords and other attributes that must remain secret in JSON, YAML or INI with differentiated names when passwords and secrets vary from environment to environment. Example, name must include _...json or _...xml when labs and production use different passwords and/or secrets. The is discovered from the environment ``/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg`` where the playbook runs. .. req:: :id: R-83092 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** load passwords and other attributes that must remain secret from JSON, YAML or INI files that can be encrypted/decrypted using Ansible Vault capabilities. .. req:: :id: R-09209 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** store any playbook configuration data that requires encryption (passwords, secrets, etc.) in a JSON (.json), YAML (.yaml|.yml) or INI (.ini) file, which will be placed in ``//ansible/vars`` directory. .. req:: :id: R-56988 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** load any configuration data that requires encryption (passwords, secrets, etc.) in a JSON (.json), YAML (.yaml|.yml) or INI (.ini) file, from the ``//ansible/vars`` directory. .. req:: :id: R-20988 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST** not log or display passwords and other attributes that must remain secret when running playbook in debug mode. NOTE: Use ``no_log: True`` .. req:: :id: R-53245 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST NOT :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **MUST NOT** require passwords or secrets to be passed in clear text in the command line or Rest API request to run the playbook. .. req:: :id: R-78640 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD** provide a single YAML or JSON file with all the passwords and secrets to reduce the number of files to be decrypted/encrypted before on-boarding into the central repository. .. req:: :id: R-88786 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: SHOULD :introduced: frankfurt :updated: guilin The VNF or PNF Provider's Ansible playbooks **SHOULD** place the passwords and secrets to be edited at the top of the single YAML or JSON file with all the secrets, and the (default) ones that are to remain unchanged ' towards the bottom, with commentary separating them. .. req:: :id: R-88002 :target: VNF or PNF PROVIDER :keyword: MUST :introduced: frankfurt The VNF or PNF Provider **MUST** use a pre-agreed upon password to encrypt the Ansible Vault file, or provide the vault password used to encrypt the file to the customer, in a secure manner, to allow the customer to decrypt/encrypt (rekey) Ansible Vault files before they are checked into the central repository for distribution. Ansible API Usage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section outlines the workflow that APPC/SDN-C invokes when it receives an action request against an Ansible managed VNF or PNF. #. When APPC/SDN-C receives a request for an action for an Ansible managed VNF or PNF, it retrieves the corresponding template (based on **action** and **VNF or PNF Type**) from its database and sets necessary values (such as an Id, NodeList, and EnvParameters) from either information either in the request or data obtained from other sources, inventory database, is an example of such sources. This is referred to as the payload that is sent as a JSON object to the Ansible server as part of the Rest API request. #. The APPC/SDN-C sends a request to the Ansible server to execute the action. #. The APPC/SDN-C, after sending a request to the Ansible server, polls it to get results(success or failure). The APPC/SDN-C has a timeout value which is contained in the action request template. Different actions can set different timeout values (default setting is 600 seconds). If the result is not available when the timeout is reached, the APPC/SDN-C stops polling and returns a timeout error to the requester. The Ansible Server continues to process the request. Support of APPC/SDN-C Commands And Southbound Protocols ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following table summarizes the commands and possible protocols selected. Note that the HealthCheck can also be supported via REST. Table 8. APPC/SDN-C APIs and NETCONF Commands +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ |**Command** |**NETCONF Support** |**Chef Support** |**Ansible** | +=============+====================+====================+====================+ |General |For each RPC, the |VNF or PNF Vendor |VNF Vendor must | |Comments |appropriate RPC |must provide any |provide an Ansible | | |operation is listed.|necessary roles, |playbook to retrieve| | | |cookbooks, recipes |the running | | | |to retrieve the |configuration from a| | | |running |VNF and place the | | | |configuration from |output on the | | | |a VNF or PNF and |Ansible server in | | | |place it in the |a manner aligned | | | |respective Node |with playbook | | | |Objects |requirements listed | | | |'PushJobOutput' |in this document. | | | |attribute of all | | | | |nodes in NodeList |The PlaybookName | | | |when triggered by a |must be provided | | | |chef-client run. |in the JSON file. | | | | | | | | |The JSON file for |NodeList must list | | | |this VNF or PNF |IP addresses or DNS | | | |action is required |supported FQDNs of | | | |to set "PushJobFlag"|the VNF instance | | | |to "True" and |on which to | | | |"GetOutputFlag" to |execute playbook. | | | |"True". The "Node" | | | | |JSON dictionary | | | | |must have the run | | | | |list populated | | | | |with the necessary | | | | |sequence of roles, | | | | |cookbooks, recipes. | | | | | | | | | |The Environment | | | | |and Node values | | | | |should contain all | | | | |appropriate | | | | |configuration | | | | |attributes. | | | | | | | | | |NodeList must | | | | |list sample FQDNs | | | | |that are required to| | | | |conduct a | | | | |chef-client run for | | | | |this VNF Action. | | +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ |Audit |The is |Supported via a |Supported via a | | |used to return the |cookbook that |playbook that | | |running |returns the running |returns the running | | |configuration. |configuration. |configuration. | +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ |Configure, |The |Supported via a |Supported via a | |ModifyConfig |operation loads all |cookbook that |playbook that | | |or part of a |updates the VNF or |updates the VNF | | |specified data set |PNF configuration. |configuration. | | |to the specified | | | | |target database. If | | | | |there is no | | | | | | | | | |database, then the | | | | |target is the | | | | | database.| | | | |A follows. | | | +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ |Other |This command has no |Supported via a |Supported via a | |Configuration|existing NETCONF RPC|cookbook that |playbook that | |Commands |action. |performs |performs | | | |the action. |the action. | +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ |Lifecycle |This command has no |Supported via a |Supported via a | |Management |existing NETCONF RPC|cookbook that |playbook that | |Commands |action. |performs |performs | | | |the action. |the action. | +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ |Health Check |This command has no |Supported via a |Supported | | |existing NETCONF RPC|cookbook |via a | | |action. |that |playbook | | | |performs |that | | | |a HealthCheck and |performs | | | |returns the results.|the | | | | |HealthCheck | | | | |and returns | | | | |the | | | | |results. | +-------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ .. [#7.3.1] https://github.com/mbj4668/pyang .. [#7.3.2] Recall that the Node Object **is required** to be identical across all VMs of a VNF or PNF invoked as part of the action except for the "name". .. [#7.3.3] Upstream elements must provide the appropriate FQDN in the request to ONAP for the desired action. .. [#7.3.4] Multiple ONAP actions may map to one playbook.