Template based edge cloud core deployment

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more network interfaces;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• obtain, via the one or more network interfaces, criteria for a mobile network deployment;
• select a server configuration template for a server configuration based upon the criteria;
• generate the server configuration for the mobile network deployment based upon the server configuration template;
• validate the server configuration to ensure the criteria are met by the mobile network deployment of the server configuration;
• deploy the server configuration as the mobile network deployment;
• obtain, via the one or more network interfaces, key performance indicators from the mobile network deployment;
• update the mobile network deployment in response to obtaining the key performance indicators;
• and
• update the server configuration template in response to obtaining the key performance indicators.

One or more tangible, non-transitory computer readable mediums encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, are operable to:

• obtain criteria for a mobile network deployment;
• select a server configuration template for a server configuration based upon the criteria;
• generate the server configuration for the mobile network deployment based upon the server configuration template;
• validate the server configuration to ensure the criteria are met by the mobile network deployment of the server configuration;
• deploy the server configuration as the mobile network deployment;
• obtain key performance indicators from the mobile network deployment;
• update the mobile network deployment in response to obtaining the key performance indicators;
• and
• update the server configuration template in response to obtaining the key performance indicators.