Jakarta Release Key Updates

• The R10 Jakarta release of ONAP A&AI addressed security vulnerabilities and enhanced the model for the CCVPN Use Case
  
  - Schema updated for CCVPN use case mainly enhancing and bug fixes of the Cloud Leased Line (CLL) service
  - Updated versions for indy, httpclient, freemarker, activemq, commons-io, commons-compress, logback-core,
  commons-codec, groovy, netty-all, netty-handler, gson, and snakeyaml in various mS

CNFO Changes for CDS integration with k8splugin:

• The creation of the profile allows the specification of labels and additional k8sresource types to be returned by the status API
• Better Configuration API support including rollback, improved deletion of the configuration with or without removal of the configuration resources in the cluster
• creation of the configuration template without a dedicated helm chart which allows for easy update of the override values by configuration API without a need to duplicate configuration template helm chart from the main helm chart. The configuration template (Helm chart) is taken from the main definition. 

CCSDK/O-RAN: A1 Policy Functions

• Continued maturing A1-Policy controller functions:
  • Security enhancements in cert-handling, supporting token-based security, improved HTTPs support, improved deployment permissions/configuration, 3PP updates, etc.
  • A1 Policy (JSON) schema validation improved
  • Improved searching/filtering in query APIs
  • Removed deprecated CBS/Consul configuration - enabling dynamic configuration using K8S ConfigMap & REST
  • Removed deprecated v1 API, replaced with more intuitive & style-compliant v2 NBI
  • Improved improved HTTP return code compliance for O-RAN Alliance A1-AP spec (releases 1,2&3).

CCSDK/O-RAN: A1 Policy Functions:

• The O-RAN A1 interface provides a flexible way for RAN operators to manage wide area RAN network optimization, reducing capex investment needs.
• Enhanced A1 interface controller and A1 Policy capabilities are now usable by any service provider deploying and using ONAP.
• This functionality is also used downstream in O-RAN-Source Community (OSC) Non-RealTime RIC project, strengthening alignment between ONAP & OSC.

• cmHandle Module discovery & sync
• passthrough-running read & write
• DMI refactoring for better scale and interface improvements
• cmHandle metadata
• cmHandle meta-data search (using YANG module)

• These updates provide a link from the network to the proxy interface and pave the way to persisting cache.
• They enable applications to understand the nature of equipment in the network and interact with it’s CM data.
• The DMI updates make it easier for developers to create new integrations for NCMP.

New Enhancements/Features

DCAEGEN2-2773 DCAE Helm Transformation (Phase 3/Final)
    - DCAEMOD enhanced to support Helm chart generation for onboarded MS/flows
    - Cloudify and related Handlers removal from ONAP/DCAE Deployments
    - Removed Consul dependency across all DCAE service components.
    - All DCAE microservices migrated to use internal CBS SDK library to support configmap/policy retrieval
    - Enhancement on DCAE common template for DR Feed pub/sub configuration consistency and disable Consul loader
    - v3 spec introduced for MOD Helm flow support
    
DCAEGEN2-3021 DCAE Enhancements for E2E Network Slicing
    - Slice selection taking into consideration resource occupancy levels
    - IBN based Closed loop for Network Slicing

DCAEGEN2-3063 CCVPN Jakarta Enhancements for Intent-based Cloud Leased Line and Closed-loop
    - Support bandwidth evaluation and CL event generation
    - AAI Interface for bandwidth update notification

DCAEGEN2-2906 - Bulk PM / PM Data Control Improvements (PMSH)
    - PMSH functional enhancement and support for dynamic filter/subscription change via API

DCAEGEN2-3031 - Topic alignment for DCAE microservices
    - Migrate DCAE MS to use standard topics for PM-Mapper, Slice-Analysis, KPI-MS
    
*Non-Functional*
   - DCAEGEN2-2829 - CII Badging improvements
   - DCAEGEN2-3006 - Vulnerability updates for several DCAE MS (TCA-gen2, DataFileCollector,RESTConf, VES,Mapper, PM-Mapper, PRH, SON-handler, KPI-MS, Slice-Analysis MS, DCAE-SDK, VES OpenAPI Manager)
   - DCAEGEN2-2961/DCAEGEN2-2962/DCAEGEN2-2963 - Removed GPLv3 license from software by switching to onap/integration base images for VESCollector, RESTConf, SliceAnalysis MS
   - DCAEGEN2-2958 - STDOUT log compliance for DCAE SNMPTRap collector and Healthcheck container

1) ONAP/DCAE Resource saving with transformation initiative

• CPU utilization reduced by ~75% among bootstrapped DCAE components (100% w.r.t to DCAE platform)
• Memory utilization reduced by ~60% among bootstrapped DCAE components (100% w.r.t to DCAE platform)

(More info DCAE Resource Optimization with Helm transformation#ResourceOptimization)

2) Simplified deployment for DCAE services via Helm without dependency of DCAE

• Removing platform and Consul dependency enables each DCAE MS deployment handled uniquely via respective charts

3) Security enhancements and vulnerability updates

4) Support evolution on Network Slicing, Bulk PM, CCPVN/IBN usecases

Introduction of Strimzi Apache Kafka as an alternative to deploy a kafka cluster.

Addition of strimi kafka bridge as an alternative to Message Router.

• Documentation cleaned up. Chapters which include unmaintained projects were removed to avoid misunderstandings at the readership.
• Projects (repositories) which do not create a stable release branch are no longer included in the release documentation. This should help to improve the release management process.
• Beginning with this release we are providing example configuration files for setting up a proper process of documentation creation. Please check the 'doc' repository.
• The Interactive Architecture Overview was updated. Learn about the ONAP architecture in an intuitive way.
• The guide to set up a development system for documentation was updated.

• Changed the deployment from Cloudify+Consul based to Helm based.
• Fixed some bugs.

• Create Java and Python base images
• Adapt robot tests to DCAE project changes - cloudify to Helm migration
• New test - basic_cnf_macro
• Release ONAP data provider tool
• Automate repositories INFO.yaml updates
• Bug fixes

• Update Django version
• Update the vulnerable direct dependencies 
• Update Docker image 
• Fix bug

• Update the vulnerable direct dependencies 
• Remove obsolete docs
• Fixed some bugs (security).

Security fixes for log4j vulnerability and removed most of the GPLv3 dependencies

CNFO Enhancements:

• Better Configuration API support including rollback, improved deletion of the configuration with or without removal of the configuration resources in the cluster
• Creation of the configuration template without a dedicated helm chart which allows for easy update of the override values by configuration API without a need to duplicate the configuration template helm chart from the main helm chart. The configuration template (Helm chart) is taken from the main definition. 
• Instance upgrade endpoint that allows upgrading existing CNF instance. We can change the definition (Helm chart), and override values of even the cluster in which the instance is deployed which in consequence allows the realization of the migration procedure. 

Introduction of Strimzi Kafka Operator

Migration of all kafka native clients to use strimzi apache kafka.

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Functional enhancements

Capacity based Slice selection in OOF

• Improved support for tosca features
• Added Automation Composition Management model
• Support for large csars via S3 storage

• Upgrade to OpenDaylight Phosphorus release

Improvements of the 

VNF LCM support:

• Removal of the VNF instance from the existing service instance in the macro mode
• Adding the VNF instance to the existing service instance in the macro mode
• Upgrade of the model of the existing service instance what, when combined with VNF delete/create allows to perform build and replace upgrade procedure of the resources. 

CNFO Enhancements:

• Improved synchronization of k8s resources after the creation of the CNF. Now, when some change occurs for the CNF in the k8s cluster, k8splugin sends a notification to the cnf-adapter which performs an update of the changes into AAI.

• Providing a common user interface for CCVPN, E2E Slicing and other usecases by intent-based service.

• Providing a common data set for NLP training.

• Enhancing the NLP algorithm and model for more accurate intent translation.

• Ability to display underlay L1 network topology and resource utilization status.

• Ability to display installation and configuration for each OTN tunnel.

• Update the vulnerable direct dependencies.

• Update Django version
• Update the vulnerable direct dependencies 
• Update Docker image of vfc-lcm
• Fix some bugs in the script

• Update of SDN-R to use O-RAN aligned O1 yang models
• Update of RAN-Sim to use O-RAN aligned O1 yang models
• Convergence on VES message formats for PM, FM, CM

E2E Network Slicing

• CPS Integration with SDN-R for RAN Slice allocate and reconfigure scenarios
• E2E network Slicing with CPS is completed for allocation and re-use scenarios
• E2E Closed loop with CPS is functional
• IBN based closed loop with ML MS (POC) and Config DB is functional
• Optimization of cm-handle registration with CPS-DMI Plugin to upload yang model
• CPS Integration Stabilization for RAN Slice activate/deactivate  scenarios
• Addition of call to OOF for allocateNSSI to enable TN NSSI reuse in TN NSSMF
• Addition of call to OOF for terminateNxi API to deallocate NSSI (without terminating TN NSSI even when NSI is terminated) in TN NSSMF
• Closed-loop enhancement in CCVPN to support Transport Slicing’s closed-loop

PNF software version onboarding

• Support for 1+1 protection of Cloud Leased Line (CLL)
• Support for closed-loop and user-triggered intent update
• UUI display of CCVPN topology and L1 and L2 services

PNF support

Reviewed Jakarta Release Requirements.

Application Service Descriptor (ASD) was a newly introduced.

The rest were continuation from earlier releases: Control Loop in TOSCA LCM, PM Data Collection Control, CNFO Enhancements, 5G SON, CCVPN, Intent Based Networking, A1 Policy Function Extensions, E2E slicing, DCAE transformation, and a number of Security related requirements aimed for GR or BP.

• approved ASD model for CNF modeling

CNFO Changes for CDS integration with k8splugin:

• The creation of the profile allows the specification of labels and additional k8sresource types to be returned by the status API
• Better Configuration API support including rollback, improved deletion of the configuration with or without removal of the configuration resources in the cluster
• creation of the configuration template without a dedicated helm chart which allows for easy update of the override values by configuration API without a need to duplicate configuration template helm chart from the main helm chart. The configuration template (Helm chart) is taken from the main definition.