Onboarding a VNF which includes a VNFC composed of manageable software elements
The instant solution includes at least one element or action described or depicted herein.
1. A method for on-boarding a Virtual Network Function (VNF) comprising a Virtual Network Function Component VNFC including a plurality of independently manageable Virtual Network Function Component VNFC software elements, the method comprising:
receiving, by a hardware-implemented Service Design and Creation (SDC) module, an archive containing contents of a VNF package including a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file containing VNFC element descriptor files corresponding to each of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software elements, and the archive containing VNFC software element artifacts;
on-boarding, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, the VNFD file;
on-boarding, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, the VNFC software element artifacts; and
enabling, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, the VNF in a catalog of the hardware-implemented SDC module.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the VNFC software element artifacts comprise:
a VNF specific lifecycle management (LCM) script file;
a VNFC element specific lifecycle script file;
a Virtualized Container (VC) upgrade scrip file;
a VC image binary file; and
a VNFC element software load.
3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
processing, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, a signing certificate located in the archive based on the identifying a manifest file.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts in the catalog of the hardware-implemented SDC module.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts in a remote database specified in a VC image descriptor file of the VNFD.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enabling the VNF in a catalog of the hardware-implemented SDC module further comprises:
automatically enabling the VNF in the catalog of the hardware-implemented SDC module based on a completion of the on-boarding process.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by the hardware-implemented SDC module, a manifest file in the archive, the manifest file listing an entire contents of the archive.
8. A hardware-implemented Service Design and Creation (SDC) module for on-boarding a Virtual Network Function (VNF) comprising a Virtual Network Function Component VNFC including a plurality of independently manageable Virtual Network Function Component VNFC software elements, the hardware-implemented SDC being configured to:
receive an archive containing contents of a VNF package including a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file containing VNFC element descriptor files corresponding to each of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software elements, and the archive containing VNFC software element artifacts;
on-board the VNFD file;
on-board the VNFC software element artifacts; and
enable the VNF in a catalog of the hardware-implemented SDC module.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the VNFC software element artifacts comprise:
a VNF specific lifecycle management (LCM) script file;
a VNFC element specific lifecycle script file;
a Virtualized Container (VC) upgrade scrip file;
a VC image binary file; and
a VNFC element software load.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware-implemented SDC module is further configured to:
process a signing certificate located in the archive based on the identifying a manifest file.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware-implemented SDC module is further configured to:
store the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts in the catalog of the hardware-implemented SDC module.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware-implemented SDC module is further configured to:
store the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts in a remote database specified in a VC image descriptor file of the VNFD.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein, when the hardware-implemented SDC module enables the VNF, the hardware-implemented SDC module is further configured to:
automatically enable the VNF in the catalog of the SDC module based on a completion of the on-boarding process.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware-implemented SDC module is further configured to:
identify a manifest file in the archive, the manifest file listing an entire contents of the archive.
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for on-boarding Virtual Network Function (VNF) comprising a Virtual Network Function Component VNFC including a plurality of independently manageable Virtual Network Function Component VNFC software elements that when read by a processor of a hardware-implemented Service Design and Creation (SDC) module cause the processor to:
receive an archive containing contents of a VNF package including a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file containing VNFC element descriptor files corresponding to each one of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software elements, and the archive containing VNFC software element artifacts;
on-board the VNFD file;
on-board the VNFC software element artifacts; and
enable the VNF in a catalog of the SDC module.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the VNFC software element artifacts comprise:
a VNF specific lifecycle management (LCM) script file;
a VNFC element specific lifecycle script file;
a Virtualized Container (VC) upgrade scrip file;
a VC image binary file; and
a VNFC element software load.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instruction further cause to processor to:
process a signing certificate located in the archive based on the identifying a manifest file.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instruction further cause to processor to:
store the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts in the catalog of the SDC module.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instruction further cause to processor to:
store the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts in a remote database specified in a VC image descriptor file of the VNFD.
20. The system of claim 15 , wherein, when the processor enables the VNF, the instructions further cause the processor to:
automatically enable the VNF in the catalog of the SDC module based on a completion of the on-boarding process.