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Introduction
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**Welcome to Yardstick's documentation !**

.. _Pharos: https://wiki.opnfv.org/pharos
.. _Yardstick: https://wiki.opnfv.org/yardstick
.. _Presentation: https://wiki.opnfv.org/download/attachments/2925202/opnfv_summit_-_yardstick_project.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1458848320000&api=v2
Yardstick_ is an OPNFV Project.

The project's goal is to verify infrastructure compliance, from the perspective
of a Virtual Network Function (:term:`VNF`).

The Project's scope is the development of a test framework, *Yardstick*, test
cases and test stimuli to enable Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure
(:term:`NFVI`) verification.
The Project also includes a sample :term:`VNF`, the Virtual Traffic Classifier
(:term:`VTC`)  and its experimental framework, *ApexLake* !

*Yardstick* is used in OPNFV for verifying the OPNFV infrastructure and some of
the OPNFV features. The *Yardstick* framework is deployed in several OPNFV
community labs. It is *installer*, *infrastructure* and *application*
independent.

.. seealso:: Pharos_ for information on OPNFV community labs and this
   Presentation_ for an overview of *Yardstick*


About This Document
===================

This document consists of the following chapters:

* Chapter :doc:`02-methodology` describes the methodology implemented by the
  Yardstick Project for :term:`NFVI` verification.

* Chapter :doc:`03-architecture` provides information on the software architecture
  of yardstick.

* Chapter :doc:`04-vtc-overview` provides information on the :term:`VTC`.

* Chapter :doc:`05-apexlake_installation` provides instructions to install the
  experimental framework *ApexLake* and chapter :doc:`06-apexlake_api` explains
  how this framework is integrated in *Yardstick*.

* Chapter :doc:`07-installation` provides instructions to install *Yardstick*.

* Chapter :doc:`08-yardstick_plugin` provides information on how to integrate
  other OPNFV testing projects into *Yardstick*.

* Chapter :doc:`09-result-store-InfluxDB` provides inforamtion on how to run
  plug-in test cases and store test results into community's InfluxDB.

* Chapter :doc:`10-list-of-tcs` includes a list of available Yardstick test
  cases.


Contact Yardstick
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Feedback? `Contact us`_

.. _Contact us: opnfv-users@lists.opnfv.org


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