VNF Onboarding Guidelines ========================= .. note:: This section is sourced from the OSM VNF Onboarding Task Force documentation. The original repository is no longer a primary reference; this user guide is the canonical location. `Introduction `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Overview of the VNF onboarding process and its lifecycle stages. `Onboarding Requirements `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Requirements for each lifecycle stage: Day-0 (instantiation), Day-1 (initialization), and Day-2 (runtime). `Day 0: VNF Instantiation & Management Setup `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to model and package a VNF for successful instantiation with OSM. `Day 1: VNF Services Initialization `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to configure VNF services automatically after instantiation using execution environments. `Day 2: VNF Runtime Operations `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to implement runtime operations, monitoring primitives, and closed-loop actions. `Quickstarts `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ready-to-run examples covering common VNF and CNF onboarding patterns. `VNF Onboarding Walkthrough `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End-to-end walkthrough of onboarding a multi-VDU VNF with OSM. `KNF Onboarding Walkthrough `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End-to-end walkthrough of onboarding a Containerized Network Function (CNF) with OSM. `Advanced Charms `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advanced topics for Juju charm-based VNF configuration. `Helm-chart based Execution Environments `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using Helm charts as execution environments for Day-1 and Day-2 VNF operations. `Additional References `_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Known issues, migration tools, and supplementary resources. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: vnf-onboarding/00-introduction vnf-onboarding/01-requirements vnf-onboarding/02-day0 vnf-onboarding/03-day1 vnf-onboarding/04-day2 vnf-onboarding/05-quickstarts vnf-onboarding/06-walkthrough vnf-onboarding/07-knfwalkthrough vnf-onboarding/08-advanced-charms vnf-onboarding/09-helm-ee vnf-onboarding/10-references