30. ADD ARTIFACTS - Other artifacts can be (optionally) added to the service by the user.

4. Post Conditions

4a. Post Condition (Pre-onboarding)

The post-conditions for the pre-onboarding flow are the following. Once, pre-onboarded, the xNF is ready for onboarding.

VENDOR PROVIDES PACKAGE - The vendor has successfully delivered a package.
PACKAGE VALIDATED - VNF-SDK has successfully validated the package (as a result of pre-onboarding) and verified the content that VNF-SDK can perform validation on (See the VNF-SDK Validation section).

The post-conditions for the onboarding flow are:are the following. Once, onboarded, the xNF is ready for service creation.

VNFD/PNFD MODEL LOADED - The xNF Resource's Descriptor model is visible in SDC.
SDC INTERNAL PACKAGE EXISTS - The SDC Internal Package derived from the vendor provided xNF package has been successfully stored in SDC's catalog and is visible. All of the xNF artifacts, including the VES registration and PM dictionary/schema (for example) are visible and loaded properly.
PACKAGE VALIDATED - VNF-SDK has successfully validated the package and verified the content that VNF-SDK can perform validation on (See the VNF-SDK Validation section)
ADDITIONAL ARTIFACTS - Additional manual artifacts can be incorporated into the Internal SDC xNF package.
SECURITY VALIDATION & TESTING - The onboarded package is tested and validated for security.

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