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diff --git a/docs/internship/vnf_catalog/index.rst b/docs/internship/vnf_catalog/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..df7633391 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/internship/vnf_catalog/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +======= +License +======= + +Functest Docs are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 +International License. +You should have received a copy of the license along with this. +If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>. + +======================= +Open Source VNF Catalog +======================= + +Author: Kumar Rishabh +Mentors: B.Souville, M.Richomme, J.Lausuch + +Abstract +======== + + + +Version hissory +=============== + ++------------+----------+------------------+------------------------+ +| **Date** | **Ver.** | **Author** | **Comment** | +| | | | | ++------------+----------+------------------+------------------------+ +| 2016-12-12 | 0.0.1 | Morgan Richomme | Beginning of the | +| | | (Orange) | Internship | ++------------+----------+------------------+------------------------+ + + +Overview: +========= + + +This project aims to create an Open Source catalog for reference and +classification of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)s available on +Internet. The classification method proposed will be in sync with the +requirements of Telcos active in NFV landscape. The project aims to have +running web platform similar to [1] by the mid of internship (2nd week +of March). By the penultimate month of internship I aim to have fully +functional implementation of an Open Source VNF in functest. + + +Problem Statement: +------------------ + +OPNFV aims to be the reference platform for development, +standardization and integration of Open Source NFV components across +various Open Source Platforms. It mainly deals with the infrastructure +through the Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) and +Virtual Infrastructure manager (VIM). The MANO (Management and +orchestration) stacks have been introduced recently. VNFs are not +directly in OPNFV scope, however VNFs are needed to test and qualify the +infrastructure. In this regard having a common curated Open Source +Reference VNF catalog would be of immense importance to community. + +Since major focus of OPNFV is Telcos, a curated platform targeted from +industry point of view would be very useful. We plan to divide the +entire project into three major phases(with some iterative improvements +and overlaps) + + +Curation Phase +-------------- +This phase pertains to studying various Open Source VNFs available and +classification of them based on certain parameters. The parameters that +I currently have in mind are: + * Developer Metrics: These pertain to repo characteristics of VNF under + study + * Usage Statistics - Activity, Number of Commits, stars + * Maturity Statistics - For instance if an NFV community decides code + coverage is important for them, it shows the NFV community is serious + about taking the project forward + * Technical Tagging: These are the tags that pertain to technical + characteristics of a VNF + * Broad Use Cases - Whether the VNF fits strictly in IaaS, PaaS or + SaaS layer or is an hybrid of two/all. + * Generic Use Cases - This in my opinion is the broadest + classification category. For instance a VNF could be built with a + broad idea of powering IOT devices at home or from usage perspective + of Telco Operators (vFW, vEPC, vIMS, vCDN, vAAA, vCPE,...).`[2]`_ + * Fields of Application + * Library Status - Whether APIs are standardized, support RESTful + services. + * Dependency Forwarding Graph - This is pretty complex tagging + mechanism. It essentially tries to establish a graph relationship + between the VNFs (elementary VNFs are used in Service Function + Chaining chains such as Firewall, DPI, content enrichment,..). In my + opinion this is useful immensely. This will allow users to go to + platform and ask a question like - “I have this X tech stack to + support, Y and Z are my use cases, which NFVs should I use to support + this. + * Visitor Score - Based on `[1]`_ I plan to evolve a visitor score for + the platform. This will allow users to score an NFV on certain + parameters, may be post comments. + +**I plan to use the above three scores and evolve cumulative score which +will be displayed next to each of the NFV on the platform.** + + * Platform building phase - This will involve erecting a Web Platform + which will be similar to this `[1]`_. I am decently familiar with + Django and hence I will write the platform in Django. There are two + action plans that I have in mind right now. Either I can start writing + the platform simultaneously which will help keep track of my progress + or I can write the platform after 1.5 - 2 months into the internship. + Either way I aim to have the Web Platform ready by March 12. + + * Functest VNF implementation phase - This is the last phase that will + involve writing a fully functional implementation of an Open Source VNF + into Functest. I will undertake this after I am 3 months into the + internship. I have a decent familiarity with python and hence I think + it shouldn’t be too difficult. I need to decide how complex the VNFI + should undertake this exercise for (e.g. AAA such as free radius sounds + relatively easy, vCDN is much more challenging). + This will be decided in consent with my mentors. + + + + +Schedule: +========= +I plan to take this project in 6 months time frame as I want to use it +as a chance to read more about NFVs in particular and SDN in general + + ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| **Date** | **Comment** | +| | | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| December 12 - January 12 | Study the above mentioned metrics | +| | Decide which of them are important for | +| | community (and which are not). | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| January 12 - January 27 | Make a database for the above studied | +| | metrics and evolve it further based on | +| | Mentors’ input. + associated API | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| January 27 - February 5 | Compile the data collected above and make| +| | it public. Although I can keep everything| +| | public from the beginning too. My | +| | rationale of not making the entire data | +| | public in initial stage as the errors | +| | caused by me could be misleading for | +| | developers. | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| February 5 - March 5 | Erect the Web Platform and release it | +| | for restricted group for alpha testing. | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| March 5 - March 12 | Make it public. Release it to public for | +| | beta testing. Fix Bugs. | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| March 12 - April 12 | Start working on implementation of an | +| | Open Source VNF in Functest. | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +| April 12 - May 12 | I will decided what to do here based on | +| | discussion with mentors. | ++--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ + + +References: +=========== + +.. _`[1]` : Openhub: https://www.openhub.net/explore/projects + +.. _`[2]` : ETSI NFV White Paper: https://portal.etsi.org/Portals/0/TBpages/NFV/Docs/NFV_White_Paper3.pdf + +.. _`[3]` : https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/DEV/Intern+Project%3A+Open+Source+VNF+catalog |