Using common platform components

This section outlines basic usage principals and methods for some of the commonly deployed components of supported OPNFV scenario’s in Brahmaputra. The subsections provide an outline of how these components are commonly used and how to address them in an OPNFV deployment. The components derive from autonomous upstream communities and where possible this guide will provide direction to the relevant documentation made available by those communities to better help you navigate the OPNFV deployment.

Common VIM components

Brahmaputra OpenStack User Guide

OpenStack is a cloud operating system developed and released by the OpenStack project. OpenStack is used in OPNFV for controlling pools of compute, storage, and networking resources in a Pharos compliant infrastructure.

OpenStack is used in Brahmaputra to manage tenants (known in OpenStack as projects), users, services, images, flavours, and quotas across the Pharos infrastructure. The OpenStack interface provides the primary interface for an operational Brahmaputra deployment and it is from the “horizon console” that an OPNFV user will perform the majority of administrative and operational activities on the deployment.

OpenStack references

The OpenStack user guide provides details and descriptions of how to configure and interact with the OpenStack deployment. This guide can be used by lab engineers and operators to tune the OpenStack deployment to your liking.

Once you have configured OpenStack to your purposes, or the Brahmaputra deployment meets your needs as deployed, an operator, or administrator, will find the best guidance for working with OpenStack in the OpenStack administration guide.

Connecting to the OpenStack instance

Once familiar with the basic of working with OpenStack you will want to connect to the OpenStack instance via the Horizon Console. The Horizon console provide a Web based GUI that will allow you operate the deployment. To do this you should open a browser on the JumpHost to the following address and enter the username and password:

http://{Controller-VIP}:80/index.html> username: admin password: admin

Other methods of interacting with and configuring OpenStack,, like the REST API and CLI are also available in the Brahmaputra deployment, see the OpenStack administration guide for more information on using those interfaces.

Common SDN components

OpenDaylight User Guide

OpenDaylight is an SDN controller platform developed and released by the OpenDaylight project. The OpenDaylight controller is installed and configured in OPNFV as the networking component of a variety of OPNFV NVFi scenarios using the neutron ODL device driver as an integration point toward OpenStack.

OpenDaylight runs within a JVM and is installed in OPNFV within a container and integrated with OpenStack. The OpenDaylight instance can be configured through the OpenStack Horizon interface, or accessed directly from the OPNFV Jumphost. The Brahmaputra release of OPNFV integrates the latest Beryllium release.

OpenDaylight references

For an overview of the OpenDaylight controller a good reference is the Getting Started Guide. For more detailed information about using the platform the OpenDaylight User Guide provides a good feature by feature reference.

It is important when working on your Brahmaputra deployment to be aware of the configured state of the OpenDaylight controller in the scenario you have deployed, installing an SFC scenario will for instance configure the OpenDaylight controller with the required SFC Karaf features in the OpenDaylight controller. Make sure you read the installation and configuration guide carefully to understand the state of the deployed system.

Connecting to the OpenDaylight instance

Once you are familiar with the OpenDaylight controller and its configuration you will want to connect to the OpenDaylight instance from the Jumphost. To do this you should open a browser on the JumpHost to the following address and enter the username and password:

http://{Controller-VIP}:8181/index.html> username: admin password: admin

Other methods of interacting with and configuring the controller, like the REST API and CLI are also available in the Brahmaputra deployment, see the OpenDaylight User Guide for more information on using those interfaces.

It is important to be aware that when working directly on the OpenDaylight controller the OpenStack instance will not always be aware of the changes you are making to the networking controller. This may result in unrecoverable inconsistencies in your deployment.

ONOS User Guide

ONOS is an SDN controller platform developed and released by the ONOS project. The ONOS controller is installed and configured in OPNFV as the networking component of a variety of OPNFV NFVI scenarios.

ONOS runs within a JVM instance and is integrated with OpenStack via a Neutron ML2 plugin. The ONOS instance can be configured through the OpenStack Neutron interface, or through native ONOS tools from the OPNFV jumphost. The Brahmaputra release of OPNFV integrates the latest ONOS 1.4 (EMU) release version.

ONOS references

For an overview of the ONOS controller, please see User Guide. For more detailed information about the EMU version of ONOS, documentation is available on the ONOS download page.

Connecting to the ONOS instance

Once you are familiar with the ONOS controller and its configuration you will want to connect to the ONOS instance from the Jumphost. To do this you should open a browser on the JumpHost to the following address and enter the username and password:

http://{Controller-VIP}:8282/index.html> username: karaf password: karaf

Other methods of interacting with and configuring the controller, like the REST API and CLI are also available in the Brahmaputra deployment, see the ONOS User Guide for more information on using those interfaces.

It is important to be aware that when working directly on the ONOS controller the OpenStack instance will not always be aware of the changes you are making to the networking controller. This may result in unrecoverable inconsistencies in your deployment.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, you may also direct your queries to ONOSFW Forum <http://forum.onosfw.com>