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Page Status: Copied from R6 - Mar, 22, 2020
Component Status: Pending PTL Updates and ArchCom Review


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STATUS: Draft

VNFSDK:

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High Level Component Definition and Architectural Relationships 

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The VNF SDK provides the functionality to create VNF and PNF packages, test VNF and VNF ONAP compliance and provides market place functionality to store VNF and PNF packages. It supports:

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In addition VNF SDK is used outside of ONAP by the LFN compliance and verification functionality.

2. VNFSDK API definitions


VNFSDK provides the following interfaces:

Interface NameInterface Definition

 Interface Capabilities

VNFSDKE-1

VNF Package Management Interface.
(Also called sdk-Md)

Provides the VNF SDK as commands and client side language bindings. Enables use of VNF SDK functions from graphical user interfaces, shell scripts, programs and command line interfaces

 A command interface for:
  • Building a VNF/PNF package
  • Validating a VNF/PNF package
  • Extracting a VNF/PNF package
  • Parsing a VNF/PNF package
  • Testing a VNF/PNF package (dry run install)
VNFSDKE-2

Market Place GUI
(also called Sdk-Mp)

Provides the VNF SDK as commands and client side language bindings. Enables use of VNF SDK functions from graphical user interfaces, shell scripts, programs and command line interfaces

 A user interface for:

  • Upload/Re-upload VNF/PNF package
  •  Delete VNF/PNF package
  • Download VNF/PNF Package
  • Quiery individual VNF/PNF package
  • Quiery list of VNF/PNF packages
 VNFSDKE-3

Market Place
(also called Mp-API)

 Exposed by the NF Marketplace as a programmatic API. Enables use of NF marketplace functions from command and graphical user interfaces.

 VNFSKDE-3 provides the following capabilities

  • Upload/Re-upload VNF/PNF package
  •  Delete VNF/PNF package
  • Download VNF/PNF Package
  • Quiery individual VNF/PNF package
  • Quiery list of VNF/PNF packages
VNFSDKE4 

VNF Test Platform
(Also called Mp-Tf)

Exposed by the NF Marketplace as a programmatic API. Enables use of the NF Marketplace's PnP test framework for validation of uploaded VNF products.

 An interface to:

  • Retrieve the list of test cases
  •  Request the execution of a test case and get a result

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Interface NamePurpose Reason For Use
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3. Component Description:

A more detailed figure and description of the component.

<< For later inclusion >>

4. known system limitations

None known.  Note, VNF-SDK is a design time component.

5. Used Models

VNFSDK uses the following models:

  • VNF Package Model
  • PNF Package Model

6. System Deployment Architecture

This needs to be checked

VNFSDKconsists of 3 components deployed in one container:

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7. New Capabilities in this Release

This release, VNFSDK adds the following Capabilities:

  • Enhanced VTP features to run test case(s) and track the results 
  • Add VVP support for HEAT based VNF validation
  • Support PNF Package basic Validation

8. References

  1.  VNF  Package Tool: https://docs.onap.org/en/casablanca/submodules/vnfsdk/model.git/docs/files/pkgtool.html?highlight=VNFSDK
  2. Marketplace API: https://docs.onap.org/en/casablanca/submodules/vnfsdk/model.git/docs/files/vnfsdk-apis.html

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