Onboarding a VNF which includes a VNFC composed of manageable software elements
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorKeith William Melkild
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Abstract
The instant solution includes at least one element or action described or depicted herein.
Claims20
A method for on-boarding a Virtual Network Function (VNF) comprising a Virtual Network Function Component (VNFC) including a plurality of independently manageable Virtual Network Function Component (VNFC) software elements, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a hardware-implemented server executing a Service Design and Creation (SDC) module, an archive, created by a VNF provider, the archive containing contents of a VNF package including a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file containing a plurality of VNFC element descriptor files, each VNFC element descriptor file corresponding to one of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software elements, and the archive containing VNFC software element artifacts;
- on-boarding, by the SDC module, the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts;
- and
- enabling, by the SDC module, the VNF in a catalog of the SDC module.
An apparatus for on-boarding a Virtual Network Function (VNF) comprising a Virtual Network Function Component (VNFC) including a plurality of independently manageable Virtual Network Function Component (VNFC) software elements, the apparatus comprising:
- a hardware-implemented server executing a Service Design and Creation (SDC) module configured to:
- receive an archive, created by a VNF provider, containing contents of a VNF package including a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file containing a plurality of VNFC element descriptor files, each VNFC element descriptor file corresponding to one of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software elements, and the archive containing VNFC software element artifacts;
- on-board the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts;
- and
- enable the VNF in a catalog of the SDC module.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for on-boarding Virtual Network Function (VNF) comprising a Virtual Network Function Component (VNFC) including a plurality of independently manageable Virtual Network Function Component (VNFC) software elements that when read by a processor of a hardware-implemented server executing a Service Design and Creation (SDC) module cause the processor to:
- receive an archive, created by a VNF provider, containing contents of a VNF package including a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) file containing a plurality of VNFC element descriptor files, each VNFC element descriptor file corresponding to one of the plurality of independently manageable VNFC software elements, and the archive containing VNFC software element artifacts;
- on-board the VNFD file and the VNFC software element artifacts after on-boarding of the VNFD file;
- and
- enable the VNF in a catalog of the SDC module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.