Merge "[docs][glossary] Update the glossary"

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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst
index 6a153943c..cef9b69a5 100644
--- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst
+++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst
@@ -13,23 +13,54 @@ Glossary
    API
      Application Programming Interface
 
+   Barometer
+     OPNFV NFVi Service Assurance project. Barometer upstreams changes to
+     collectd, OpenStack, etc to improve features related to NFVi monitoring
+     and service assurance.
+     More info on: https://opnfv-barometer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+   collectd
+      collectd is a system statistics collection daemon.
+      More info on: https://collectd.org/
+
+   context
+      A context describes the environment in which a yardstick testcase will
+      be run. It can refer to a pre-provisioned environment, or an environment
+      that will be set up using OpenStack or Kubernetes.
+
    Docker
      Docker provisions and manages containers. Yardstick and many other OPNFV
      projects are deployed in containers. Docker is required to launch the
      containerized versions of these projects.
 
-   DPI
-     Deep Packet Inspection
-
    DPDK
      Data Plane Development Kit
 
+   DPI
+     Deep Packet Inspection
+
    DSCP
      Differentiated Services Code Point
 
+   flavor
+      A specification of virtual resources used by OpenStack in the creation
+      of a VM instance.
+
+   Grafana
+      A visualization tool, used in Yardstick to retrieve test data from
+      InfluxDB and display it. Grafana works by defining dashboards, which are
+      combinations of visualization panes (e.g. line charts and gauges) and
+      forms that assist the user in formulating SQL-like queries for InfluxDB.
+      More info on: https://grafana.com/
+
    IGMP
      Internet Group Management Protocol
 
+   InfluxDB
+      One of the Dispatchers supported by Yardstick, it allows test results to
+      be reported to a time-series database.
+      More info on: https://www.influxdata.com/
+
    IOPS
      Input/Output Operations Per Second
      A performance measurement used to benchmark storage devices.
@@ -43,6 +74,9 @@ Glossary
      deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications.
      It is one of the contexts supported in Yardstick.
 
+   MPLS
+      Multiprotocol Label Switching
+
    NFV
      Network Function Virtualization
      NFV is an initiative to take network services which were traditionally run
@@ -56,6 +90,10 @@ Glossary
    NIC
      Network Interface Controller
 
+   NSB
+      Network Services Benchmarking. A subset of Yardstick features concerned
+      with NFVI and VNF characterization.
+
    OpenStack
       OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls pools of compute,
       storage, and networking resources. OpenStack is an open source project
@@ -77,6 +115,18 @@ Glossary
      performance in Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS), throttling
      agreements, and performance expectations at peak load
 
+   runner
+     The part of a Yardstick testcase that determines how the test will be run
+     (e.g. for x iterations, y seconds or until state z is reached). The runner
+     also determines when the metrics are collected/reported.
+
+   SampleVNF
+     OPNFV project providing a repository of reference VNFs.
+     More info on: https://opnfv-samplevnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+   scenario
+     The part of a Yardstick testcase that describes each test step.
+
    SLA
      Service Level Agreement
      An SLA is an agreement between a service provider and a customer to
@@ -92,6 +142,10 @@ Glossary
    SUT
      System Under Test
 
+   testcase
+      A task in Yardstick; the yaml file that is read by Yardstick to
+      determine how to run a test.
+
    ToS
      Type of Service