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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
+.. License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) OPNFV, Ericsson AB and others.
+
+=============================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> <Release Name> Overview
+=============================================
+
+For example, the title might be "Qtip Danube Overview"
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ overview
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+==============================================
+OPNFV <Release Name> <Project Name> Overview
+==============================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+Introduction
+----------------
+Describing the components and behaviours in a manner that helps people understand the platform and how to work with it
+
+Upgrades from <Previous Release>
+-----------------------------------
+<optional, required if there's a previous release for the project>
+Describe the new features
diff --git a/docs/templates/release/configguide/featureconfig.rst b/docs/templates/release/configguide/featureconfig.rst
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+========================
+<Project> Configuration
+========================
+Add a brief introduction to configure OPNFV with this specific feature including
+dependancies on platform components, this description should be at a level that
+will apply to any installer providing the pre-requisite components.
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+Pre-configuration activities
+----------------------------
+Describe specific pre-configuration activities. This should include ensuring the
+right components are installed by the installation tools as required for your
+feature to function. Refer to the previous installer configuration chapters,
+installations guide and release notes
+
+Hardware configuration
+----------------------
+Describe the hardware configuration needed for this specific feature
+
+Feature configuration
+---------------------
+Describe the procedures to configure your feature on the platform in order
+that it is ready to use according to the feature instructions in the platform
+user guide. Where applicable you should add content in the postinstall.rst
+to validate the feature is configured for use.
+(checking components are installed correctly etc...)
diff --git a/docs/templates/release/configguide/index.rst b/docs/templates/release/configguide/index.rst
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+=========================================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> Configuration Guide
+=========================================================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ featureconfig
+ postinstall
diff --git a/docs/templates/release/configguide/postinstall.rst b/docs/templates/release/configguide/postinstall.rst
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+=======================================
+<Project> Post Installation Procedure
+=======================================
+
+Add a brief introduction to the methods of validating the installation
+according to this specific installer or feature.
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+Automated post installation activities
+--------------------------------------
+Describe specific post installation activities performed by the OPNFV
+deployment pipeline including testing activities and reports. Refer to
+the relevant testing guides, results, and release notes.
+
+note: this section should be singular and derived from the test projects
+once we have one test suite to run for all deploy tools. This is not the
+case yet so each deploy tool will need to provide (hopefully very simillar)
+documentation of this.
+
+<Project> post configuration procedures
+--------------------------------------
+Describe any deploy tool or feature specific scripts, tests or procedures
+that should be carried out on the deployment post install and configuration
+in this section.
+
+Platform components validation
+---------------------------------
+Describe any component specific validation procedures necessary for your
+deployment tool in this section.
diff --git a/docs/templates/release/installation/index.rst b/docs/templates/release/installation/index.rst
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+==================================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> Installation
+==================================================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ installation.instruction
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+=========================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> Installation Guide
+=========================================
+
+This document describes how to install <Component>, it's dependencies and required system resources.
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+Version history
+---------------------
+
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| **Date** | **Ver.** | **Author** | **Comment** |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| 2015-04-14 | 0.1.0 | Jonas Bjurel | First draft |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| | 0.1.1 | | |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| | 1.0 | | |
+| | | | |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+
+Introduction
+-------------------
+<INTRODUCTION TO THE SCOPE AND INTENTION OF THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL AS TO THE SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+This document describes the supported software and hardware configurations for the
+Fuel OPNFV reference platform as well as providing guidelines on how to install and
+configure such reference system.
+
+Although the available installation options gives a high degree of freedom in how the system is set-up,
+with what architecture, services and features, etc., not nearly all of those permutations provides
+a OPNFV compliant reference architecture. Following the guidelines in this document ensures
+a result that is OPNFV compliant.
+
+The audience of this document is assumed to have good knowledge in network and Unix/Linux administration.
+
+Preface
+-------------
+<DESCRIBE NEEDED PREREQUISITES, PLANNING, ETC.>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Before starting the installation of Fuel@OPNFV, some planning must preceed.
+
+First of all, the Fuel@OPNFV .iso image needs to be retrieved,
+the Latest stable Arno release of Fuel@OPNFV can be found here: <www.opnfv.org/abc/def>
+
+Alternatively, you may build the .iso from source by cloning the opnfv/genesis git repository:
+<git clone https://<linux foundation uid>@gerrit.opnf.org/gerrit/genesis>
+Check-out the Arno release:
+<cd genesis; git checkout arno>
+Goto the fuel directory and build the .iso
+<cd fuel/build; make all>
+
+Familiarize yourself with the Fuel 6.0.1 version by reading the following documents:
+- abc <http://wiki.openstack.org/abc>
+- def <http://wiki.openstack.org/def>
+- ghi <http://wiki.openstack.org/ghi>
+
+Secondly, a number of deployment specific parameters must be collected, those are:
+
+1. Provider sub-net and gateway information
+
+2. Provider VLAN information
+
+3. Provider DNS addresses
+
+4. Provider NTP addresses
+
+This information will be needed for the configuration procedures provided in this document.
+
+Hardware requirements
+------------------------
+<PROVIDE A LIST OF MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR THE INSTALL>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Following minimum hardware requirements must be met for installation of Fuel@OPNFV:
+
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+| **HW Aspect** | **Requirement** |
+| | |
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+| **# of servers** | Minimum 5 (3 for non redundant deployment) |
+| | 1 Fuel deployment master (may be virtualized) |
+| | 3(1) Controllers |
+| | 1 Compute |
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+| **CPU** | Minimum 1 socket x86_AMD64 Ivy bridge 1.6 GHz |
+| | |
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+| **RAM** | Minimum 16GB/server (Depending on VNF work load) |
+| | |
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+| **Disk** | Minimum 256GB 10kRPM spinning disks |
+| | |
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+| **NICs** | 2(1)x10GE Niantec for Private/Public (Redundant) |
+| | |
+| | 2(1)x10GE Niantec for SAN (Redundant) |
+| | |
+| | 2(1)x1GE for admin (PXE) and control (RabitMQ,etc) |
+| | |
++--------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
+
+Top of the rack (TOR) Configuration requirements
+---------------------------------------------------
+<DESCRIBE NEEDED NETWORK TOPOLOGY SETUP IN THE TORs>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+The switching infrastructure provides connectivity for the OPNFV infra-structure operations as well as
+for the tenant networks (East/West) and provider connectivity (North/South bound connectivity).
+The switching connectivity can (but does not need to) be fully redundant,
+in case it and comprises a redundant 10GE switch pair for "Traffic/Payload/SAN" purposes as well as
+a 1GE switch pair for "infrastructure control-, management and administration"
+
+The switches are **not** automatically configured from the OPNFV reference platform.
+All the networks involved in the OPNFV infra-structure as well as the provider networks
+and the private tenant VLANs needs to be manually configured.
+
+This following sections guides through required black-box switch configurations.
+
+VLAN considerations and blue-print
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+IP Address plan considerations and blue-print
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+OPNFV Software installation and deployment
+--------------------------------------------
+<DESCRIBE THE FULL PROCEDURES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE OPNFV COMPONENT INSTALLATION AND DEPLOYMENT>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+This section describes the installation of the Fuel@OPNFV installation server (Fuel master)
+as well as the deployment of the full OPNFV reference platform stack across a server cluster.
+Etc.
+
+Install Fuel master
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Create an OPNV (Fuel Environment)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Configure the OPNFV environment
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Deploy the OPNFV environment
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Installation health-check
+---------------------------
+<DESCRIBE ANY MEANS TO DO VERIFY THE INTEGRITY AND HEALTHYNESS OF THE INSTALL>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Now that the OPNFV environment has been created, and before the post installation configurations is started,
+perform a system health check from the Fuel GUI:
+
+- Select the "Health check" TAB.
+- Select all test-cases
+- And click "Run tests"
+
+All test cases except the following should pass:
+
+Post installation and deployment actions
+------------------------------------------
+<DESCRIBE ANY POST INSTALLATION ACTIONS/CONFIGURATIONS NEEDED>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+After the OPNFV deployment is completed, the following manual changes needs to be performed in order
+for the system to work according OPNFV standards.
+
+**Change host OS password:**
+Change the Host OS password by......
+
+References
+-------------
+<PROVIDE NEEDED/USEFUL REFERENCES>
+
+<EXAMPLES>:
+
+OPNFV
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+OpenStack
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+OpenDaylight
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+==================================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> Release Notes
+==================================================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ release-notes
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+
+======================================================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> Release Notes
+======================================================================
+
+This document provides the release notes for <RELEASE> of <COMPONENT>.
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+
+Version history
+------------------
+
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| **Date** | **Ver.** | **Author** | **Comment** |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| 2015-04-14 | 0.1.0 | Jonas Bjurel | First draft |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| | 0.1.1 | | |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+| | 1.0 | | |
+| | | | |
++--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
+
+Important notes
+-----------------
+
+<STATE IMPORTANT NOTES/DEVIATIONS SINCE PREVIOUS ITERATIVE RELEASE AND OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THIS RELEASE>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+**Attention:** Please be aware that since LSV3 a pre-deploy script must be ran on the Fuel master -
+see the OPNFV@Fuel SW installation instructions
+
+Summary
+------------
+
+<SUMMARIZE THE RELEASE - THE CONTENT - AND OTHER IMPORTANT HIGH LEVEL PROPERTIES>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Arno Fuel@OPNFV is based the OpenStack Fuel upstream project version 6.0.1,
+but adds OPNFV unique components such as OpenDaylight version: Helium as well as other OPNFV unique configurations......
+
+Release Data
+---------------
+<STATE RELEVANT RELEASE DATA/RECORDS>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **Project** | E.g. Arno/genesis/fuel@opnfv |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **Repo/commit-ID** | E.g. genesis/adf634a0d4..... |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **Release designation** | E.g. Arno RC2 |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **Release date** | E.g. 2015-04-16 |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **Purpose of the delivery** | E.g. OPNFV Internal quality assurance|
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+
+Version change
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Module version changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+<STATE WHAT UPSTREAM, - AS WELL AS OPNFV MODULE VERSIONS HAVE CHANGED>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+- Fuel have changed from 5.1 to 6.0.1
+
+- OpenDaylight has changed from Helium-SR1 to Helium-SR2
+
+Document version changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+<STATE WHAT RELATED DOCUMENTS THAT CHANGES WITH THIS RELEASE>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+- The Fuel@OPNFV installation guide version has changed from version 0.1 to to 0.2
+
+Reason for version
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Feature additions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+<STATE ADDED FEATURES BY REFERENCE TO JIRA>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+**JIRA BACK-LOG:**
+
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **JIRA REFERENCE** | **SLOGAN** |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| BGS-123 | ADD OpenDaylight ml2 integration |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| BGS-456 | Add auto-deployment of Fuel@OPNFV |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+
+Bug corrections
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**JIRA TICKETS:**
+
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **JIRA REFERENCE** | **SLOGAN** |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| BGS-888 | Fuel doesn't deploy |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| BGS-999 | Floating IP doesn't work |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+
+Deliverables
+----------------
+
+Software deliverables
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+<STATE WHAT SOFTWARE DELIVERABLES THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS VERSION, AND WHERE THOSE CAN BE RETRIEVED>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Documentation deliverables
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+<STATE WHAT DOCUMENTATION DELIVERABLES THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS VERSION, AND WHERE THOSE CAN BE RETRIEVED>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
+--------------------------------------------
+
+System Limitations
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+<STATE ALL RELEVANT SYSTEM LIMITATIONS>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+**Max number of blades:** 1 Fuel master, 3 Controllers, 20 Compute blades
+
+**Min number of blades:** 1 Fuel master, 1 Controller, 1 Compute blade
+
+**Storage:** Ceph is the only supported storage configuration.
+
+**Max number of networks:** 3800 (Needs special switch config.)
+
+**L3Agent:** L3 agent and floating IPs is not supported.
+
+Known issues
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+<STATE ALL KNOWN ISSUES WITH JIRA REFERENCE>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+**JIRA TICKETS:**
+
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **JIRA REFERENCE** | **SLOGAN** |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| BGS-987 | Nova-compute process does |
+| | not re-spawn when killed |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| BGS-654 | MOS 5.1 : neutron net-list returns |
+| | "400 Bad request" |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+
+Workarounds
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+<STATE ALL KNOWN WORKAROUNDS TO THE ISSUES STATED ABOVE>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+- In case the contact with a compute is lost - restart the compute host
+- In case the disk is full on a controller - delete all files in /tmp
+
+Test Result
+---------------
+<STATE THE QA COVERAGE AND RESULTS>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+Fuel@OPNFV Arno RC2 has undergone QA test runs with the following results:
+
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| **TEST-SUITE** | **Results:** |
+| | |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| Tempest test suite 123 | Following tests failed: |
+| | |
+| | 1. Image resizing.... |
+| | |
+| | 2. Heat deploy.... |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| Robot test suite 456 | Following tests failed: |
+| | |
+| | 1....... |
+| | |
+| | 2....... |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+
+References
+------------
+<STATE RELEVANT REFERENCES FOR THIS RELEASE/VERSION>
+
+<EXAMPLE>:
+
+For more information on the OPNFV Danube release, please see:
+
+http://opnfv.org/danube
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) <optionally add copywriters name>
+
+==================
+<scenario name>
+==================
+.. This document will be used to provide a description of the scenario for an end user.
+.. You should explain the purpose of the scenario, the types of capabilities provided and
+.. the unique components that make up the scenario including how they are used.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ scenario.description
+
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) <optionally add copywriters name>
+
+=========================
+OPNFV <Scenario Name>
+=========================
+
+This document provides scenario level details for <RELEASE> of <COMPONENT>.
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+Introduction
+---------------
+.. In this section explain the purpose of the scenario and the types of capabilities provided
+
+Scenario components and composition
+-------------------------------------
+.. In this section describe the unique components that make up the scenario,
+.. what each component provides and why it has been included in order
+.. to communicate to the user the capabilities available in this scenario.
+
+Scenario usage overview
+----------------------------
+.. Provide a brief overview on how to use the scenario and the features available to the
+.. user. This should be an "introduction" to the userguide document, and explicitly link to it,
+.. where the specifics of the features are covered including examples and API's
+
+Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
+---------------------------------------
+.. Explain scenario limitations here, this should be at a design level rather than discussing
+.. faults or bugs. If the system design only provide some expected functionality then provide
+.. some insight at this point.
+
+References
+-----------------
+
+For more information on the OPNFV Danube release, please visit
+http://www.opnfv.org/danube
+
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) <optionally add copywriters name>
+
+===================================
+OPNFV <Project Name> User Guide
+===================================
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+ :local:
+
+<Feature> description
+------------------------
+.. Describe the specific features and how it is realised in the scenario in a brief manner
+.. to ensure the user understand the context for the user guide instructions to follow.
+
+<Feature> capabilities and usage
+------------------------------------
+.. Describe the specific capabilities and usage for <XYZ> feature.
+.. Provide enough information that a user will be able to operate the feature on a deployed scenario.
+
+<Feature and API usage guidelines and example>
+-----------------------------------------------
+.. Describe with examples how to use specific features, provide API examples and details required to
+.. operate the feature on the platform.
+
diff --git a/docs/templates/release/userguide/index.rst b/docs/templates/release/userguide/index.rst
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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. (c) <optionally add copywriters name>
+
+=====================
+<Feature> User Guide
+=====================
+
+.. The feature user guide should provide an OPNFV user with enough information to
+.. use the features provided by the feature project in the supported scenarios.
+.. This guide should walk a user through the usage of the features once a scenario
+.. has been deployed and is active according to the installation guide provided
+.. by the installer project.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ feature.userguide
+.. The feature.userguide.rst file should contain the text for this document
+.. additional documents can be added to this directory and added in the right order
+.. to this file as a list below.
+
+