This page describes how to get the release B version of NonRTRIC up and running locally with two separate NearRT-RIC simulator docker containers providing OSC_2.1.0 version of A1 interface.
All four components of the NonRTRIC (from three different repos) run inside docker containers and communicate via a docker network. Details of the architecture can be found from Release B page.
Project Requirements
Java 11 (make sure that JAVA_HOME environment variable points to correct Java version)
Maven 3.6
Docker and docker-compose (latest)
Build Code
Build nonrtric containers
- Download the nonrtric repo (defaults to master branch):
git clone "https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/nonrtric"
Configure policy-agent
To support local test with two separate NearRT-RIC simulator instances the following modifications must be done:
- change the 'a1ControllerBaseUrl' in nonrtric/policy-agent/config/application.yaml file of policy-agent to http://a1-controller-container:8181
- The above hostname and port values come from and must match those defined in nonrtric/sdnc-a1-controller/oam/installation/src/main/yaml/docker-compose.yml
- The default URL to be replaced (http://sdnc.onap:8282) is used in Kubernetes-based ONAP deployment
- The following step is required only if you want to run more than the default ric1 nearRT-RIC simulator instance
- replace the content of nonrtric/policy-agent/config/application_configuration.yaml with the configuration below
- any defined ric names must match the given docker container names in nearRT-RIC simulator startup - port is always the simulator's internal 8085
{ "config": { "//description": "Application configuration", "ric": [ { "name": "ric1", "baseUrl": "http://ric1:8085/", "managedElementIds": [ "kista_1", "kista_2" ] }, { "name": "ric2", "baseUrl": "http://ric2:8085/", "managedElementIds": [ "kista_3", "kista_4" ] } ] } }
Build the code and create docker images
To build docker images of sdnc-a1-controller and policy-agent:
cd nonrtric mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
Build near-rt-ric-simulator container
Download the near-rt-ric-simulator repo (defaults to master branch):
git clone "https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/sim/a1-interface"
Create docker image
To create docker image near-rt-ric-simulator (note that the given image name must match the name given in docker startup later):
cd a1-interface/near-rt-ric-simulator docker build -t near-rt-ric-simulator:latest .
Build dashboard container
Download the nonrtric repo (defaults to master branch):
git clone "https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/portal/nonrtric-controlpanel"
Verify dashboard configuration
Note that nonrtric/dashboard/webapp-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties default property value policycontroller.url.prefix = http://policy-agent-container:8081 assumes that policy agent is started with name policy-agent-container and exposes port 8081 (as is done below)!
Build the code and create docker image
cd nonrtric-controlpanel mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
Run A1 Controller Docker Container
- A1 Controller must be started first to set up docker network
- Change directory to:
cd nonrtric/sdnc-a1-controller/oam/installation/src/main/yaml
- Run docker container using the command below
docker-compose up a1-controller
- the container is ready once message "Healthcheck Passed in XX seconds." appears
- note that certificate-related errors "cp: can't stat '/opt/opendaylight/current/certs/*': No such file or directory" and "Error: File not found in path entered" can be ignored
- The Karaf logs of A1 controller can be seen using the following commands:
docker exec -it a1-controller-container sh
cd opt/opendaylight/data/log/
tail -f karaf.log
Run Near-RT-RIC Simulator Docker Containers
- Start docker containers for each ric defined in nonrtric/policy-agent/config/application_configuration.yaml in previous steps (in this example for ric1 and ric2) and providing A1 interface version OSC_2.1.0 with the following commands::
docker run -p 8085:8085 -e A1_VERSION=OSC_2.1.0 --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=ric1 near-rt-ric-simulator:latest
docker run -p 8086:8085 -e A1_VERSION=OSC_2.1.0 --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=ric2 near-rt-ric-simulator:latest - Change directory to:
cd a1-interface/near-rt-ric-simulator/test/OSC_2.1.0/jsonfiles
- Put an example policy_type into the started near-rt-ric-simulator instances by running these curl commands (in this example to ric1 exposed to port 8085 and ric2 exposed to port 8086):
curl -X PUT -v "http://localhost:8085/a1-p/policytypes/123" -H "accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @pt1.json
curl -X PUT -v "http://localhost:8086/a1-p/policytypes/123" -H "accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @pt1.json
Run Policy-agent Docker Container
- Run docker container using this command once A1 Controller and simulators have been fully started (see note below):
docker run -p 8081:8081 --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=policy-agent-container o-ran-sc/nonrtric-policy-agent:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
Note on automatic A1 Client selection
Once policy-agent is up and running, it establishes connections to all configured NearRT-RICs. It has multiple A1 clients to select from and selection is done dynamically based on connectivity. Selection of A1 client is not clearly visible for user, but policy-agent logs can be grepped to see which client was selected.
The two grepping examples below show how either SDNC_OSC A1 client or STD A1 client was selected - these translate into options A and B described on the Testing End to End call in release B page.
$ docker logs policy-agent | grep "protocol version" 2020-04-03 12:20:00.239 DEBUG 1 --- [or-http-epoll-1] o.o.policyagent.clients.A1ClientFactory : Established protocol version:OSC_V1 for Ric: ric1 2020-04-03 12:20:00.248 DEBUG 1 --- [or-http-epoll-2] o.o.policyagent.clients.A1ClientFactory : Established protocol version:OSC_V1 for Ric: ric2
$ docker logs policy-agent | grep "protocol version" 2020-04-03 12:20:00.239 DEBUG 1 --- [or-http-epoll-1] o.o.policyagent.clients.A1ClientFactory : Established protocol version:STD_V1 for Ric: ric1 2020-04-03 12:20:00.248 DEBUG 1 --- [or-http-epoll-2] o.o.policyagent.clients.A1ClientFactory : Established protocol version:STD_V1 for Ric: ric2
Run Non-RT-RIC Dashboard Docker Container
Run docker container using this command:
docker run -p 8080:8080 --network=nonrtric-docker-net o-ran-sc/nonrtric-controlpanel:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
Open Daylight GUI
- Open Daylight GUI can be accessed by pointing web-browser to this URL:
http://localhost:8282/apidoc/explorer/index.html
Username/password: admin/Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U
Open Dashboard UI
Dashboard UI can be accessed by pointing the web-browser to this URL:
http://localhost:8080/