TOSCA Dummy Network Service Example

The template follows the TOSCA Simple Profile for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Version 1.0 Regarding the objects defined from ETSI please see: ETSI GS NFV-MAN 001

More Information about creating TOSCA Network Service Templates in this tutorial.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites are:

• OpenBaton running
• Dummy VNFM running
• Test plugin
• Vim Instance stored in the Catalogue

Complete Example

tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_profile_for_nfv_1_0
description: NSDummy

metadata:
  ID: dummy-NS
  vendor: Fokus
  version: 0.1

topology_template:

  node_templates:

    dummy-server: 
        type: openbaton.type.VNF
        properties:
          vendor: Fokus
          version: 0.1
          endpoint: dummy
          type: server
          configurations:
            name: server-configurations
            configurationParameters:
              - key: value
              - key2: value2
          vnfPackageLocation: https://github.com/openbaton/vnf-scripts.git
          deploymentFlavour:
            - flavour_key: m1.small
        requirements:
          - virtualLink: private
          - vdu: VDU2
        interfaces:
          lifecycle: 
            INSTANTIATE:
              - install.sh
              - install-srv.sh

    dummy-client:
      type: openbaton.type.VNF
      properties:
        ID: x
        vendor: Fokus
        version: 0.1
        type: client
        vnfPackageLocation: https://github.com/openbaton/vnf-scripts.git
        deploymentFlavour:
          - flavour_key: m1.small
        endpoint: dummy
      requirements:
         - virtualLink: private
         - vdu: VDU1
      interfaces:
          lifecycle: # lifecycle
            INSTANTIATE:
              - install.sh
            CONFIGURE:
              - server_start-clt.sh

    VDU1:
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU
      properties:
        scale_in_out: 1
        vim_instance_name:
          - test-vim-instance
      artifacts:
        VDU1Image:
          type: tosca.artifacts.Deployment.Image.VM
          file: ubuntu-14.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1

    VDU2:
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.VDU
      properties:
        scale_in_out: 2
        vim_instance_name:
          - test-vim-instance
      artifacts:
        VDU1Image:
          type: tosca.artifacts.Deployment.Image.VM
          file: ubuntu-14.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1

    CP1:
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.CP
      properties:
        floatingIP: random
      requirements:
        - virtualBinding: VDU1
        - virtualLink: private

    CP2: #endpoints of VNF2
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.CP
      requirements:
        - virtualBinding: VDU2
        - virtualLink: private

    private:
      type: tosca.nodes.nfv.VL
      properties:
        vendor: Fokus

relationships_template:
  connection_server_client: 
    type: tosca.nodes.relationships.ConnectsTo
    source: dummy-server
    target: dummy-client
    parameters:
        - private

NOTE: Save the definition in a file called dummyns.yaml.

Using the API you can store the NSD written in TOSCA directly in the NFVO. You will need the dummy-vnfm and test vim instance. To do that follow these steps:

1) Authentication: Run this command:

curl -v -u openbatonOSClient:secret -X POST http://localhost:8080/oauth/token -H "Accept: application/json" -d "username=admin&password=openbaton&grant_type=password"

The NFVO will answer with an authetication key and a project id. You will need them to send the NSD in the next step. The response should look like this:

{
  "access_token": "7debc703-8bb3-43b9-9ed9-927d882ad371",
  "value": "7debc703-8bb3-43b9-9ed9-927d882ad371",
  "token_type": "bearer",
  "refresh_token": "a29d9f1b-9d62-495a-958a-e33115d59631",
  "expires_in": 42507,
  "scope": "read write"
} 

2) To send the NSD in the TOSCA format save the example above in a file named dummyns.yaml and get the project id of your project from the Dashboard under the menu Identity > Menu. After that run this :

curl -i -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/nsd-tosca -H "Content-Type: text/yaml" "Accept: application/json" -H "project-id: $Project-ID HERE$" -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH KEY HERE$" --data-binary @dummyns.yaml

To retrieve or to launch this NSD please use the Dashboard of OpenBaton in the page under the menu Catalogue > NS Descriptors.