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This proposal is to add dynamic checks within SDC to (1) Query a certification repository such as OVP to what certification a VNF has undergone and (2) invoke VTP to run custom Ad-hoc testing (checks) against VSP (VNF) prior accepting the VSP (VNF).
Rationale
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- Industry standard certification program repositories such as the OVP portal or third-party repositories can be checked in order to minimize or even remove the need for local testing. The first part of this proposal is to add the support within SDC to query a certification repository.
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- Currently, metadata values passed by the VSP package can contain values that are not compliant with either general ONAP requirements or specific requirements of the CSP installed deployment environment. That can lead to VNF deployment failure. Reducing the risk of such failure can be achieved by checking the metadata passed by the VSP against criteria in VTP or third-party testing frameworks. Examples of metadata passed by the VSP to be checked for compliance against a specific deployment environment are:
- Compute flavor check as to whether it is supported by underlying NFV Infrastructure.
- SR-IOV PCIe Pass through to a specific Network Interface Card as to whether that is available in the underlying NFV Infrastructure.
This second part of the proposal will add a capability within SDC to perform custom tests against a given VSP (VNF). This can be done by invoking VTP framework to run that tests and get the result back into SDC,
Other Options Considered
It has been considered that these compliant checks can be carried out offline but this will be restrictive in the following way:
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