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The idea of using control loops to automatically (or autonomously) perform network management has been the subject of much research in the Network Management research community, see this paper for some background. However, it is only with the advent of ONAP that we have a platform that supports control loops for network management. Before ONAP, Control Loops have been deployed by hard-coding components together and hard coding logic into components. ONAP has taken a step forward towards automatic deployment of Control Loops by allowing parameterization of Control Loops that work on the premise that the Control Loops use a set of analytic, policy, and control components connected together in set ways.

The goal of the work is to extend and enhance the current ONAP Control Loop support to provide a complete open-source framework for Control Loops. This will enhance the current support to provide TOSCA based Control Loop definition, development, deployment and run-time management. The participants that comprise a Control Loop and the metadata needed to link the participants together to create a Control Loop are specified in a standardized way using the OASIS TOSCA modelling language. The TOSCA description is then used to deploy and manage the Control Loops in the run time system.


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1: Overall Architecture

The diagram below shows an overview of the architecture of TOSCA based Control Loop management.

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The Design Time Catalogue contains the the metadata primitives for composition of control loops. As shown in the figure above, the Design time component provides a system where Control Loops can be designed and defined in metadata. This means that a Control Loop can have any arbitrary structure and the Control Loop developers can use whatever analytic, policy, or control primitives they like to implement their Control Loop. At deployment time, the user parameterises the Control Loop and deploys it. A design time catalogue is created. This catalogue contains the primitive metadata for any components that can be used to compose a Control Loop. A Control Loop SDK is used to compose a Control Loop by aggregating the metadata for the components chosen to be used in a Control Loop and by constructing the references between the components.

Once the Control Loop is composed, it is deployed to the run time part of the system, where it is stored in the run time catalogue and is available for instantiation.

When a user wishes to instantiate a Control Loop, they set values for the parameters of the Control Loop. Once the parameterization has been carried out, the Control Loop instantiated, with the metadata and whatever other artifacts are required being passed to the participants in the Control Loop. At runtime, the Control Loop can be monitored and analysed. It can also be updated  as required and can be deleted when it is on longer needed.

The Control Loop Runtime Management will use ONAP services for non-functional aspects such as inventory, topology and data delivery.

1.1: Class Diagrams

1.1.1 Design Time

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1.1.2 Runtime 

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2: Control Loop Modelling

Joseph O'Leary to pad out this section

A Control Loop service template is made up of several components, those which represent applications, those which represent dynamic config schemas, and the actual node_templates which makes up the loop itself.

Applications can be a DCAE microservice, an operational policy, or any other application as long as it can be modeled, and the targeted ecosystem to has a participant client waiting for the event distributions from CLAMP via DMaaP Message Router.

Dynamic config on the other hand can be a monitoring policy, or any other resource that provides config to parts of the loop, can be updated after the run time phase has started and is supported by the components hosting the applications in the control loop.

2.1: Control Loop TOSCA file definition

2.1.1 Control Loop Component Definition 

A Control Loop Component that can be part of a control loop, it defines the components that partake in a control loop, and are implemented at run time by participants. The control loop component definition is truly dynamic and, as long as the participant that the control loop component definition relates to understands its definition, it can be anything. However, we have designed a base control loop component attribute that's generic and that can act as a good starting point.

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titleApplication Node Definition
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node_types:
  org.onap.CL_Component:
    properties:
      component_name:
        type: string
        description: Human readable name for the component.
        required: true
      provider:
        type: string
        description: Provider of the component and of the descriptor.
        required: true
      component_version:
        type: string
        description: Software version of the component.
        required: true
      resource_id:
        type: string
        description: >The ID of the resource, 
          should be provided if the resource was uploaded to the entity's inventory already.
        required: false
      resource_content:
        type: string
        description: the contents of the component resource, to be uploaded during deploy phase of loop.
        required: false
      monitoring_policy:
        type: string
        description: A reference to the monitoring policy if applicable.
        required: false
    version: 0.0.1
    derived_from: tosca.nodes.Root

2.1.2 Loop Definition

The loop definition is implicit in the node_templates within the topology_template, any node contained within is expected to be a part of the control loop managed by CLAMP.

Warning

The below example doesn't explicitly include any order, ordering of deployment is to be considered in the future which likely would lead to changes to this


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titleLoop Definition
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topology_template:
  inputs:
    pm_docker_image:
      type: string
      description: docker image used for deploying the PMSH service.
      required: true
    operational_policy_name:
      type: string
      description: name of the operational policy to be triggered on MR when subscription is created.
      required: true
    outbound_topic_name:
      type: string
      description: Name of topic used for messages to policy.
      required: true
    feedback_topic_name:
      type: string
      description: Name of topic used for feedback from policy.
      required: true
    inventory_notification_topic_name:
      type: string
      description: Name of topic used for inventory inventory notifications.
      required: true
    pmsh_resource_id:
      type: string
      description: ID of the PMSH blueprint in the inventory.
      required: true

  node_templates:
    org.onap.PM_Subscription_Handler:
      type: org.onap.CL_Component
      properties:
        application_name: PMSH
        provider: DCAE
        application_Version: '1.0.1'
        resource_id: { get_input: pmsh_resource_id }
        monitoring_policy: 'monitoring_policy_id'
        application_config:
          tag_version: { get_input: pm_docker_image }
          operational_policy_name: { get_input: operational_policy_name }
          pmsh_publish_topic_name: { get_input: outbound_topic_name }
          policy_feedback_topic_name: { get_input: feedback_topic_name }
          aai_notification_topic_name: { get_input: inventory_notification_topic_name }

2.1.3 Example

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titleExample Control Loop
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tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_3
node_types:
  org.onap.CL_Component:
    properties:
      application_name:
        type: string
        description: Human readable name for the application.
        required: true
      provider:
        type: string
        description: Provider of the application and of the descriptor.
        required: true
      application_version:
        type: string
        description: Software version of the application.
        required: true
      resource_id:
        type: string
        description: >The ID of the resource, 
          should be provided if the resource was uploaded to the entity's inventory already.
        required: false
      resource_content:
        type: string
        description: the contents of the application resource, to be uploaded during deploy phase of loop.
        required: false
      monitoring_policy:
        type: string
        description: A reference to the monitoring policy if applicable.
        required: false
    version: 0.0.1
    derived_from: tosca.nodes.Root

topology_template:
  inputs:
    pm_docker_image:
      type: string
      description: docker image used for deploying the PMSH service.
      required: true
    operational_policy_name:
      type: string
      description: name of the operational policy to be triggered on MR when subscription is created.
      required: true
    outbound_topic_name:
      type: string
      description: Name of topic used for messages to policy.
      required: true
    feedback_topic_name:
      type: string
      description: Name of topic used for feedback from policy.
      required: true
    inventory_notification_topic_name:
      type: string
      description: Name of topic used for inventory inventory notifications.
      required: true
    pmsh_resource_id:
      type: string
      description: ID of the PMSH blueprint in the inventory.
      required: true

  node_templates:
    org.onap.PM_Subscription_Handler:
      type: org.onap.Cl_Component
      properties:
        application_name: PMSH
        provider: DCAE
        application_Version: '1.0.1'
        resource_id: { get_input: pmsh_resource_id }
        monitoring_policy: 'monitoring_policy_id'
        application_config:
          tag_version: { get_input: pm_docker_image }
          operational_policy_name: { get_input: operational_policy_name }
          pmsh_publish_topic_name: { get_input: outbound_topic_name }
          policy_feedback_topic_name: { get_input: feedback_topic_name }
          aai_notification_topic_name: { get_input: inventory_notification_topic_name }


2.2: Modelling from TOSCA to Deployment Data in Run Time Catalogue

2.3: Modelling from TOSCA to Instance Data Run Time Catalogue

3: APIs and Sequence Diagrams

3.1: Deployment

Ajay Deep Singh to pad out this section

This section defines Deployment/CRUD Operations that can be performed on ControlLoops.

A Client, in this case CLAMP, can perform CRUD operations or can deploy ControlLoops from DesignTime to RunTime Catalogue Database.

DesignTime/RunTime Catalogue Database stores ControlLoop definitions, CRUD operations on database supported by REST Endpoints like Get, Delete, Create allowing selection of a particular ControlLoop to be addressed, below sequence diagram will help you understand flow how a client(Clamp) application can initiate Rest call for performing different operations on Database.

API_Gateway Service is for interacting to different database DesignTime/RunTime and should be responsible for responding success or failure status on different operations.

The deployment of ControlLoops definition from DesignTime to RunTime Catalogue Database can we achived using deploy Rest Endpoint, in this process when a rest request is initiated from a client(Clamp) the API_Gateway Service take cares of fetching ControlLoops metadata from DesignTime and creates in RunTime Catalogue Database, Deploy API ControlLoop Sequence diagram will help you understand the flow.

Warning

In future deploy Rest Endpoint might be updated to push ControlLoops not only in RunTime Database but to the participants involved in ControlLoop.

3.1.1: Deployment REST API 

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titleInitial Swagger Draft for Deployment API
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openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  description: >-
    The ControlLoop Deployment API allows users to search and perform
    CRUD action on Controlloop Tosca exported data sets.
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Control Loop Deployment API
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
  contact:
    email: lego@est.tech
servers:
  - url: '{scheme}://onap/controlloop/v2/'
    variables:
      scheme:
        description: 'The Data Set API is accessible via https and http'
        enum:
          - 'https'
          - 'http'
        default: 'http'
tags:
  - name: Control Loop 
    description: Deployment API
  - name: design-catalogue
    description: CRUD actions on an designtime Control Loop data sets.
  - name: runtime-catalogue
    description: CRUD actions on an runtime Control Loop data sets.
paths:
  /design-catalogue/loops:
    get:
      tags:
        - design-catalogue
      operationId: getAllLoopsUsingGET
      summary: Returns a list of all available Control Loops.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/yaml:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
                  
  /design-catalogue/loop/{controlLoopId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - design-catalogue
      summary: >-
        Returns a specific control loop.
      description: >-
        This GET API returns a specific control loop.
      operationId: getLoopByIdUsingGET
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: 'Id of the control loop.'
          required: true
          example: "org.onap.PM_CDS_Blueprint"
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/yaml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
  
    delete:
      tags:
        - design-catalogue
      summary: Delete a specific Control Loop by ID.
      operationId: deleteLoopByIdUsingDELETE
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: Identity for the control loop
          required: true
          style: simple
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '404':
          description: Control Loop not present

    post:
      tags:
        - design-catalogue
      summary: >-
        Accepts a Tosca Service Template representing a Control Loop.
      description: >-
        This API Create a Control Loop.
      operationId: createLoopWithIDUsingPOST
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: Identity for the control loop
          required: true
          style: simple
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '409':
          description: Control Loop already exist.
     
    put:
      tags:
        - design-catalogue
      summary: Updates a Control Loop.
      operationId: updateLoopWithIDUsingPUT
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: Identity for the control loop
          required: true
          style: simple
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '404':
          description: Control Loop not found
          
  /runtime-catalogue/deploy:
    post:
      tags:
        - runtime-catalogue
      summary: >-
        Deploys Tosca Service Template in RunTime Catalogue.
      description: >-
        This API Deploys Tosca Service Template in RunTime Catalogue DB.
      operationId: deployLoopWithPOST
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '404':
          description: No matching record found for the given criteria.
          
  /runtime-catalogue/loop/{controlLoopId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - runtime-catalogue
      summary: >-
        Returns a specific control loop.
      description: >-
        This GET API returns a specific control loop.
      operationId: getLoopByIdUsing
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: 'Id of the control loop.'
          required: true
          example: "org.onap.PM_CDS_Blueprint"
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/yaml:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
  
    delete:
      tags:
        - runtime-catalogue
      summary: Delete a specific Control Loop by ID.
      operationId: deleteLoopByIdUsing
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: Identity for the control loop
          required: true
          style: simple
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '404':
          description: Control Loop not present

    post:
      tags:
        - runtime-catalogue
      summary: >-
        Accepts a Tosca Service Template representing a Control Loop.
      description: >-
        This API Create a Control Loop.
      operationId: createLoopWithIDUsing
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: Identity for the control loop
          required: true
          style: simple
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '409':
          description: Control Loop already exist.
     
    put:
      tags:
        - runtime-catalogue
      summary: Updates a Control Loop.
      operationId: updateLoopWithIDUsing
      parameters:
        - name: controlLoopId
          in: path
          description: Identity for the control loop
          required: true
          style: simple
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '404':
          description: Control Loop not found

components:
  schemas:
    ControlLoop:
      title: ControlLoop
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        ControlLoop:
          type: string

3.1.2: Deployment Sequence Diagrams

  1. GET, DELETE, CREATE API ControlLoop Sequence Diagram

    PlantUML Macro
    titleGET, DELETE, CREATE API Sequence Diag
    @startuml
    
    actor CLAMP
    participant API_Gateway
    database Database
    note over Database: It can be DesiginTime Or RuntTime Catalogue Database
    
    
    CLAMP -> API_Gateway: Rest API Request (JSON/Yaml)
    API_Gateway -> Database: Get, Delete Or Create ControlLoops
    activate API_Gateway
    note over API_Gateway,Database: Pull, Delete existing Or Create New ControlLoops in Database
    
    alt successful case
    
        Database -> API_Gateway : Return List of ControlLoops Or able to Delete, Create ControlLoop in Database
        API_Gateway -> CLAMP: Return Success
    
    else failure case
    
        API_Gateway <- Database: Return either Empty List for Get ControlLoops Or Failure Status for Delete, Create Request
    	deactivate API_Gateway
        note over Database: No ControlLoops exist Or Failed in Deleting, Creating ControlLoops
        API_Gateway -> CLAMP : Return Failure
    
    end
    @enduml



  2. Deploy API ControlLoop Sequence Diagram 

    PlantUML Macro
    titleDeploy API ControlLoop Sequence Diag
    @startuml
    
    actor CLAMP
    participant API_Gateway
    database DesignTime_Catalogue_Database
    database RunTime_Catalogue_Database
    participant Dmaap
    collections Participants
    
    CLAMP -> API_Gateway: Rest Deploy API Request (JSON/Yaml)
    API_Gateway -> DesignTime_Catalogue_Database: Fetch ControlLoop from DesignTime Catalogue Database
    activate API_Gateway
    note over API_Gateway,DesignTime_Catalogue_Database: Fetch existing ControlLoops from DesignTime Catalogue Database
    
    alt successful case
        DesignTime_Catalogue_Database -> API_Gateway : Return List of existing ControlLoops from DesignTime Catalogue Database
        note over DesignTime_Catalogue_Database, RunTime_Catalogue_Database: Populate RunTime Catalogue with ControlLoops existing in DesignTime Catalogue Database
        API_Gateway -> RunTime_Catalogue_Database: Push ControlLoop to RunTime Catalogue Database
        note over Dmaap: Putting ControlLoop Metadata for individual Participant
        API_Gateway -> Dmaap: Push ControlLoop to individual Participants(App) over Dmaap
        note over Dmaap,Participants: Asynchronous communication
        Dmaap -> Participants
        API_Gateway -> CLAMP: Return Success
    
    else failure case
    
        API_Gateway <- DesignTime_Catalogue_Database: Return Empty ControlLoop List, No ControlLoop exist in DesignTime Catalogue
    	deactivate API_Gateway
        note over API_Gateway, DesignTime_Catalogue_Database: DesignTime Catalogue Database is Empty, cannot deploy ControLoop in RunTime Catalogue Database 
        API_Gateway -> CLAMP : Return Failure
    
    end
    @enduml


3.2: Instantiation

Robertas Rimkus to pad out this section

This section refers to Instantiation of a Deployed control loop. A client, in this case CLAMP (potentially DCAEMOD, etc in the future) will render the deployed control loops allowing selection of a particular control loop to be instantiated. User will then provide the configurations needed to instantiate the selected control loop which will be sent onto the CL_Instance_Control Service. The service will then distribute the configurations to DMaaP topic. Participants (agents) will pull the event containing the config and pick out their control loop components to be instantiated and start/set up those particular components. CL_Instance_Control Service will be waiting for a response back from all participants involved in the instantiation of the control loop, in regards to the state of instantiation. In successful response case the service will store the CL Instance LCM data into the runtime DB as well as providing a message back to the client of the successful instantiation. In failure to receive the response case, a timeout will be called, which will result in a teardown event being sent to DMaaP. The participants will then receive the event and proceed to teardown the components that were instantiated or check that they have failed to instantiate in the first place and send a Teardown ACK back to the CL_Instance_Control Service. No CL Instance LCM data will be stored and a message indicating failure to instantiate the CL along side with the error will be sent back to the client (CLAMP).

3.2.1: Instantiation REST API


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titleInitial Swagger for Initiation API
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openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Swagger Control Loop Instantiation
  description: ""
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: '{scheme}://onap/controlloop/v2/'
    variables:
      scheme:
        description: 'The Data Set API is accessible via https and http'
        enum:
          - 'https'
          - 'http'
        default: 'http'
tags:
- name: instantiate
  description: Control Loop Instantiation
paths:
  /runtime-catalogue/instantiate:
    post:
      tags:
      - instantiate
      summary: Instantiate a deployed control loop
      operationId: instantiateLoop
      requestBody:
        description: Control loop that is to be instantiated
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
        required: true
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
        404:
          description: No Control Loop found
        405:
          description: Invalid input
  /runtime-catalogue/loops/instantiated:
    get:
      tags:
      - instantiate
      summary: Get a list of instantiated control loops
      responses:
        200:
          description: Success
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
        404:
          description: No instantiated control loops found
  /runtime-catalogue/loops/instantiated/{loop-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - instantiate
      summary: Get an instantiated control loop by id
      parameters:
      - name: loop-id
        in: path
        description: ID of instantiated loop to return
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
        404:
          description: Control Loop not found
    put:
      tags:
      - instantiate
      summary: Update an instantiated control loop
      parameters:
      - name: loop-id
        in: path
        description: ID of instantiated loop
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Control loop to be updated
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
        required: true
        
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlLoop'
        404:
          description: Control Loop not found
    delete:
      tags:
      - instantiate
      summary: Delete an instantiated control loop
      parameters:
      - name: loop-id
        in: path
        description: ID of instantiated loop
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
        404:
          description: Control Loop not found
components:
  schemas:
    ControlLoop:
      title: ControlLoop
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        controlLoopTosca:
          type: string
    ApiResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        status:
          type: string

3.2.2: Instantiation Sequence Diagrams

PlantUML Macro
titleInstantiation
@startuml

actor CLAMP
participant Deployment_API
database Runtime_DB
control CL_Instance_Control
participant DmaaP
collections Participants

CLAMP -> Deployment_API : Fetch all Deployed Control Loops
Deployment_API -> Runtime_DB : Rest call to get the Deployed Control Loops
Runtime_DB -> Deployment_API : Return all Deployed Loops which reside in the database
Deployment_API -> CLAMP : Provide the data
CLAMP -> CLAMP : Select Control Loop to be instantiated and provide configurations for it
CLAMP -> CL_Instance_Control : Instantiate CL POST REST API call

alt case where CLAMP sends deployed CL id instead of the full CL in the body

CL_Instance_Control -> Runtime_DB : Fetch the Deployed Control Loop from Models table
Runtime_DB -> CL_Instance_Control : Return the requested Deployed Control Loop data

end

CL_Instance_Control -> DmaaP : INSTANTIATE Event (JSON/Yaml)
note over CL_Instance_Control, DmaaP : List of Participant ID's containing Participant Metadata Blocks
Participants -> DmaaP : Pulls its part of CL and tries to Instantiate

alt failure case

note over CL_Instance_Control : TIMEOUT, Instantiation ACK not received by monitoring service \nSupervision_Service requests a teardown
CL_Instance_Control -> DmaaP : TEARDOWN Event (JSON/Yaml)
Participants -> DmaaP : Pulls its part of CL and starts Teardown

end
@enduml


3.2.3: Instantiation DMaaP API

Initial Thought for an event to be sent from CL_Instance_Control onto DMaaP for Participants to consume. The event would go onto an output topic which the Participants would be polling/subscribed to

e.g url : https://{{ONAPIP}}:{{DMaaPPort}}/events/CL_INSTANCE_CONTROL_OUTPUT

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titleCL_Instance_Control Event to DmaaP
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{
  "instance-id":"myCLInstance1",
  "action":"INSTANTIATE",
  "configurations":[
    {
      "participant-id":"Participant_DCAE",
      "applications":[
        {
          "application-id":"example.pmsh",
          "config":{
            
          }
        },
        {
          "application-id":"example.dfc",
          "config":{
            
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "participant-id":"Participant_Policy",
      "applications":[
        {
          "application-id":"example.OperationalPolicy",
          "config":{
            
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}


*Preferred solution is to send TOSCA in the body. Meaning we could reuse the parsing code which is already present and provide it to the participant. 

3.2.4: Instantiation Participant API

*Suggestion was to put JAVA API code in this section for the participant talking to DMaaP. TBD

3.3: Monitoring

In this case it refers to monitoring the data that the participants will provide to DMaaP. Participants will send events to DMaaP which will be pulled by the CL_Monitoring_Service. The data provided should include a reference id to the control loops that are instantiated on the participant, as well as the applications that have been instantiated as a part of that control loop for that participant. Data should also include the time that the application has started, state of it (running/terminated) and any other critical information which would help to determine the health of an instantiated control loop and its components. Idea is for the participant to provide events every certain period of time, similar to a health-check, in order to provide consistent monitoring.

3.3.1: Monitoring REST API

Code Block
languageyml
titleInitial Swagger for Monitoring API
collapsetrue
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Swagger Control Loop Monitoring
  description: ""
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: '{scheme}://onap/controlloop/v2/'
    variables:
      scheme:
        description: 'The Data Set API is accessible via https and http'
        enum:
          - 'https'
          - 'http'
        default: 'http'
tags:
- name: monitoring
  description: Control Loop Monitoring
paths:
  /runtime-catalogue/monitoring:
    post:
      tags:
      - monitoring
      summary: Input monitoring data into the database
      requestBody:
        description: Monitoring data to be input
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringData'
        required: true
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
        405:
          description: Invalid input
    get:
      tags:
      - monitoring
      summary: Get monitoring data for all participants
      responses:
        200:
          description: Success
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringData'
        404:
          description: No monitoring data found
  /runtime-catalogue/monitoring/{participant-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - monitoring
      summary: Get monitoring data for a participant by participant id
      parameters:
      - name: participant-id
        in: path
        description: ID of a participant 
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringData'
        404:
          description: Monitoring data for the participant not found
    put:
      tags:
      - monitoring
      summary: Update monitoring data for a participant by participant id
      parameters:
      - name: participant-id
        in: path
        description: ID of a participant
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Monitoring data to be updated
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringData'
        required: true
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:            
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringData'
        404:
          description: Monitoring data for the participant not found
    delete:
      tags:
      - monitoring
      summary: Delete monitoring data for a participant by participant id
      parameters:
      - name: participant-id
        in: path
        description: ID of a participant
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
        404:
          description: Monitoring data for the participant not found
components:
  schemas:
    MonitoringData:
      properties:
        participant-id:
          type: string
        control-loops:
          type: array
          items:
            properties:
              cl-instance-id:
                type: string
              applications:
                type: array
                items:
                  properties:
                    application-id:
                      type: string
                    status:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                        - INSTANTIATION_STARTED
                        - INSTANTIATED_RUNNING
                        - INSTANTIATED_FAILED
                    other-data:
                      type: string


3.3.2: Monitoring Sequence Diagrams

PlantUML Macro
titleMonitoring Sequence Diagram
@startuml

control CL_Instance_Control
database Runtime_DB
participant Monitoring_Service
participant DMaaP
collections Participants

CL_Instance_Control -> DMaaP : INSTANTIATE Event (JSON/Yaml)
Participants -> DMaaP : Pulls its part of CL and starts instantiation of components

Participants -> DMaaP : Starts sending monitoring events once instantiation of components begins
note over DMaaP : Events are sent at set intervals

Monitoring_Service -> DMaaP : Consistently pulls events off the monitoring topic
Monitoring_Service -> Runtime_DB : Puts and updates the monitoring data on the DB

@enduml

3.3.3: Monitoring DMaaP API

Participants will send an event containing monitoring data to a DMaaP topic at a set interval after participant has received an event to instantiate a control loop

e.g url: https://{{ONAPIP}}:{{DMaaPPort}}/events/CL_MONITORING_SERVICE_INPUT

Code Block
languageyml
titleExample event from Participant to DmaaP
collapsetrue
{
  "timestamp":"1605689254",
  "participant-id":"Participant_DCAE",
  "control-loops":[
    {
      "instance-id":"myCLInstance1",
      "applications":[
        {
          "application-id":"example.pmsh",
          "status":"INSTANTIATION_STARTED"
        },
        {
          "application-id":"example.dfc",
          "status":"INSTANTIATION_STARTED"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "instance-id":"myCLInstance2",
      "applications":[
        {
          "application-id":"example.pmsh",
          "status":"INSTANTIATED"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

3.3.4: Monitoring Participant API

Presume similar thinking to Instantiation Participant API

*Suggestion was to put JAVA API code in this section for the participant talking to DMaaP. TBD

3.4: Supervision

Supervision is responsible for ensuring that

  1. control loops are established once their initiation has been ordered
  2. control loops are running correctly once their initiation is completed
  3. control loops are correctly removed once their removal has been ordered

3.4.1: Supervision Sequence Diagrams

PlantUML Macro
titleBig Sequence Diagram
@startuml

actor Client
participant Deployment_API
control CL_Instance_Control
database Runtime_DB
participant Supervision_Service
participant Monitoring_Service
participant DMaaP
collections Participants


==Instantation==

Client -> Deployment_API : Fetch all Deployed Control Loops
Deployment_API -> Runtime_DB : Rest call to get Deployed Control Loops
Runtime_DB -> Deployment_API : Return Deployed Control Loops
Deployment_API -> Client : Provide the data
Client -> Client : Select CL for instantiation and provide config
Client -> CL_Instance_Control : Instantiate CL POST REST API call

alt case where Client sends deployed CL id instead of the full CL in the body

CL_Instance_Control -> Runtime_DB : Fetch the Deployed Control Loop from Models table
Runtime_DB -> CL_Instance_Control : Return the requested Deployed Control Loop data

end

CL_Instance_Control -> DMaaP : INSTANTIATE Event (JSON/Yaml)
note over CL_Instance_Control, DMaaP : List of Participant ID's containing Participant Metadata Blocks
Participants -> DMaaP : Pulls its part of CL and tries to Instantiate


==Monitoring==

Participants -> DMaaP : Starts sending monitoring events \nOnce instantiation of components begins
note over DMaaP : Events are sent at set intervals, one per participant

Monitoring_Service -> DMaaP : Consistently pulls events off the monitoring topic
Monitoring_Service -> Runtime_DB : Puts and updates the monitoring data on the DB


==Supervision==

Supervision_Service -> Runtime_DB : Periodic check on monitoring data

alt CL successfully instantiated

Supervision_Service -> Client : Return Instantiation Successful

else CL failed to instantiate

... TIMEOUT CL state not changed to INSTANTIATED ...
Supervision_Service -> CL_Instance_Control : Timeout, error occured
CL_Instance_Control -> DMaaP : TEARDOWN Event (JSON/Yaml)
Participants -> DMaaP : Pulls its part of CL and starts Teardown
note over Monitoring_Service : Monitoring Service receives events and updates state
note over Supervision_Service : Supervision Service finds that status has changed
Supervision_Service -> Client : Return Instantiation Failed (http code and an error message) 

end
@enduml

3.4.2: Supervision APIs to other components

4: Design

4.1: Server Side

4.1.1 Database Schema and JPA

4.1.2: TOSCA Processing

4.1.3: Instance Control

4.1.4: Execution Monitoring

4.2: Participant Side

4.2.1: Participant Agent

4.2.2: Policy Participant Agent

4.2.3: CDS Participant Agent

4.2.4: DCAE Participant Agent

4.2.5: SO Participant Agent

4.3: Client Side

4.3.1: Client SDK: Composition of Control Loop Tosca

4.3.2: Client User Interface

4.4 Other Considerations

4.4.1 Upgrade

Performing a hot upgrade of the Control Loop at run time as well as handling an upgrade of the software in one or more of the participants in an Control Loop is a particularly challenging issue because upgrading must handle the following cases without tearing down the Control Loop:

  • Upgrade and changes of the configuration data of participants
  • Addition of or removal of participants in an Control Loop
  • Upgrade of software in one or more participants in an Control Loop
  • Maintenance of compatibility between participants when an update of more than one participant must be done  together to ensure compatibility, for example, when a protocol being used by two participants to communicate is upgraded


5: Goals

5.1: 

  • Design of Management Apps
    • Specifying the source data
    • Specifying the analytics, machine learning, and AI algorithms they want to use in their App
    • Specifying the policies that govern the App
    • Specifying the format, parameters, and mechanisms required to allow the App to autonomically adjust the network
    • Preparing and specifying use cases to demonstrate the applicability of Management Apps
  • Life cycle management of Management Apps
    • Deployment of Apps
      • Bringing the App itself and all its constituent components to life
      • Stitching the data links between the components in the App together
      • Initiating generation of the data that triggers the App to execute
    • Updating of Management Apps
      • Allowing the parameters, algorithms, policy, of controller configuration data to be modified on executing Apps
    • Deletion of Apps
    • Life cycle management is demonstrated using the use cases specified in the design phase
  • Monitoring and analysis of Management Apps
    • Specification of metrics for monitoring and analysis
    • Allowing general App data and data specific to particular Apps to be collected at run time
    • Storing of the monitored data
    • Running general App algorithms or algorithms for specific components of Apps on the monitored data to ensure that the Apps are running correctly and optimally
    • Feedback of App performance results to users
    • Allowing the autonomic Apps themselves to have autonomic self-healing.
    • Monitoring and analysis is demonstrated using the use cases developed in the project

5.2: MVP

Jira
serverONAP JIRA
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jqlQueryproject = Clamp and "Epic Link" = REQ-402
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  • Design Time
    • Support design of multiple control loops*
    • Support design of individual control loop component**
    • Support composition of control loops**
  • Runtime
    • Participant registration and participant deregistration  
    • Support deployments of control loops
      • Ingestion with artifact references* 
      • Ingestion with artifact embedded**
    • Support instantiation of control loop
      • Support instantiation of control loop TOSCA to DMaaP MR*
      • Support instantiation of config for the control loop*
    • Support monitoring of control loops
      • Receive control loop heartbeat events (heartbeat starts when component of control loop is running)*
    • Support supervision of control loops
      • Periodically check monitored data, and update state of control loop*
  • Participants
    • Agent library*
    • Reference(test) participant*
    • CDS participant*
    • DCAE participant*
    • Policy participant*
  • Demo**
    • Throwaway Monitoring/Control GUI