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ONAP as an orchestrator for network services consisting of cloud native network functions - CNFs (as well as VNFs and PNFs)
ONAP's architecture evolution as a cloud native application

1.1 CNF Orchestration

1.1.1 Evolving from VNFs to CNFs

1.1.2 ONAP as a CNFO

Hybrid services CNF/VNF/PNF, leveraging open-source
and standards
- Support Greenfield and Brownfield environment
- E.g., CNF on bare-metal, CNF on VM, VNF on VM, PNF
Day 0/1/2 configuration
- Not just infrastructure orchestration
- Configuration and Update
Standard alignment (ETSI, 3GPP) and beyond (ASD)
- Evolve existing investment, no need to start from scratch
- Common Infrastructure for model/package onboarding, design and distribution
- Support both ETSI-Aligned and Cloud Native Orchestration
- 5G slicing use case – 3GPP compliant

1.2 ONAP as a Cloud Native application

1.2.1 Relationship with SDOs

1.3.1 ETSI-NFV - Alignment on packaging

ETSI NFV SOL001 v4.2.1 based proposal

1.3.2 O-RAN Alliance

Application Service Descriptor (ASD) - the modelling and packaging approach for CNFs, rAPP/xApps.
O-RAN: ASD solution

1.2.2 Alignment and integration with other Open Source Projects

EMCO
CNCF - K8S
5G Super blueprint
Anuket

2. Work accomplished and available functionality

2.1 Istanbul

Deployment maturation and Day2
- Improvement of Helm Distribution (SDC/SO)
Helm Deployment Maturity
- Helm package validation
- Helm 3.5
- Helm pre-/post-installation/deletionhooks
Simple CNF Healthcheck
Basic AAI CNF Changes

2.2 Honolulu

3. Future roadmap

Support for 5G Super Blueprint & Magma CNF orchestrations requirements
New joint onboarding package to design the NS with CNFs
Merging the paths of the Native Helm & ETSI flows
Enhance the CNF resource orchestration functionalities further
Multi-cluster deployment with inter-cluster connectivity setup
CNF Upgrade
Coordinated CNF components deployment
Runtime model evolution based upon the standard
AAI persistence of the CNF resources
Control loop enhancements for CNFs
Cluster management and CNF observability (integration with XGVela)
Prometheus based monitoring in DCAE

4. Getting started

4.1 Documentation

End user section

ReadTheDocs https://docs.onap.org/projects/onap-ccsdk-cds/en/latest/usecases/vfw-cnf-use-case.html?highlight=cnf#
Wiki - This space
vFW use case - https://docs.onap.org/projects/onap-integration/en/istanbul/docs_vFW_CNF_CDS.html
Latest release notes - https://docs.onap.org/en/latest/release/index.html

Developer section

documentation
Jira items in progress for the current release

4.2 Demos

5. FAQ

Q: What is the value-add of ONAP for CNF orchestration (CNFO)? What does it provide on top of K8S?

A:

hybrid config and data operations can work on both K8s and PNFs
Can manage helm charts
Handling multi-cluster deployment on top of K8S
ONAP works in the service level, not just the resource level
Still need to address coordination across different clusters and SW upgrades

Q: What can end users do with ONAP Honolulu? What operations are supported (service design? Deployment? Day-0 configuration? Day 1/2 configuration? LCM?), and what will be supported in Istanbul?

A:

For the "native helm" path - on-boarding, Helm enrichment with CDS, meaning modifying values in Helm templates.
Day 2 operation config-assign/config-deploy - add/modify resources after the initial deployment, which may be used for upgrade.
CNF status checking is supported in Honolulu, will be enhanced in Istanbul.
SO merged the "native helm" and "ETSI" paths for a more 'Plug&Play'

Q: What is the format of CNF packaging? Is it based on Helm? Does it follow ETSI-NFV specifications?

A:

packaging - SOL04 may need a bit of work still. Descriptors are still being discussed in ETSI about containerized models. Lots of discussion but no consensus yet. Orchestration meetings on Mondays 8am Eastern
Packaging is based on the CSAR format (for both the 'helm native' and 'ETSI' Format
CNF Descriptor Proposal page: https://wiki.onap.org/x/VwsqBg
Magma CNF onboarding is following similar path than what we have implemented for CNF vFW

Q: Where is the documentation for CNF on-boarding and deployment?

A:

Documentation of the vFirewall CNF use case: https://docs.onap.org/projects/onap-integration/en/honolulu/docs_vFW_CNF_CDS.html
Heat/Helm/CDS models: vFW_CNF_CDS Model
Automation Scripts: vFW_CNF_CDS Automation

Q: How should end users report issues

A:

You can create a JIRA ticket - https://jira.onap.org/
You can post any question on the #integration-team channel in the onapproject.slack.com Slack instance
You can also join the CNF Task Force, every Thursday prior the ONAP TSC Call (1pm UTC) calendar link
You can also write to the onap cnf mailing list - onap-cnf-taskforce@lists.onap.org

Q: Are there "CNF requirements" available in ONAP, similar to the "VNF Requirements"?

A:

Helm 3 is supported in Honolulu (maintenance release). Helm hooks are not fully supported.
CNF Descriptor Proposals: https://wiki.onap.org/x/VwsqBg
Architecture Review: [ONAPARC-709] (Istanbul-R9) - Func - CNF Orchestration – Istanbul Enhancements

Q: How could developers get involved? Where do you mostly need help? Are there open Jira tickets people can start working on?

A:

Call for developers to implement in Jakarta new features:
- CNF Control Loop
- Integration with XGVela
- Merging Native Helm/ETSI flows
- Entreprise use cases
- etc
Istanbul CNF Orchestrator Requirements: REQ-627 - ONAP CNF orchestration - Istanbul Enhancements DONE
Those are the short term goals. Have a great deal more in the backlog for future released. refer to 2021-06-09 - ONAP TSC Taskforce: Cloud Native (Roadmap)

Q: What it is not supported today and is part of the roadmap?

A:

Control loop, DCAE, A&AI, ASD implementation, Prometheus integration with VES, and more. Refer to 2021-06-09 - ONAP TSC Taskforce: Cloud Native (Roadmap)

Q: What do we need to ask to CNF Vendors to be onboarded on the ONAP Platform?

A:

Vendors are welcome to test their CNFs, so we can have the solution validated with a larger set of Network Functions
Security container logging requirement 2021-06-09 - ONAP: SECCOM activities for Istanbul release
Also original presentation to ONAP TSC- 2021-02-22_LoggingRequirementEvents_v8 (1).pdf

Q: What has changed in CNF packaging since Frankfurt?

A:

In Frankfurt, the Helm chart was a 'second class citizen' in SDC. In Honolulu there is native support for Helm charts. SO understands Helm type now.

Q: Is there a plan to support NETCONF configuration, or will the solution be limited to CDS CBAs? Is there alignment with C&PS?

A:

No integration with C&PS, but it may happen at a later stage. But this is a good approach and may be discussed further in the CNF Taskforce.

Q: Does the CNF Orchestration support only Openstack VF-Module?

A:

VF Module is the design aspect of the SDC, we represent each helm with a VFM. The current processing is per VFM for CNF as it is with the other resources