This activity was initiated from a contribution proposal by Intel to setup a test-bed to install and characterize a Kubernetes bare-metal deployment based on a published Intel Kubernetes networking reference. The linked document is from work done by Intel to help address Telco Cloud Native networking requirements using bare-metal Kubernetes. The proposal suggests leveraging OPNFV community lab resources and working with the OPNFV CIRV project. This is intended as a hands-on and iterative activity for CNTT participants to learn and collaborate with CNF Test-bed and relevant upstream communities (CNCF, etc.).
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Objectives
Install, configure and test a bare-metal Kubernetes environment with components and features aligned with RA-2 to help identify gaps and requirements to accelerate and improve CNTT Cloud Native specifications. Through this activity we expect to learn about RI-2 requirements for installation, configuration and testing to inform ...
- Lab requirements for deploying and testing RI-2
- Installer requirements for provisioning nodes, installing Kubernetes with required features and their configuration
- Test methods, tools and test-cases to validate RI-2 (adopt and adapt from RI-1/RC-1 and upstream communities wherever possible)
- Test methods, tools and test-cases that delineate commercially significant conformance criteria for evaluating vendor infrastructure solutions i.e. requirements for RC-2
- Selection of hardware skus/platforms that can fulfill Reference Model defined hardware profiles (to demonstrate commercial feasibility of hardware profiles and metric derfinitions)
Activity Artifacts
Lab requirements and setup instructions
Document learnings may impact ...
- RM - Hardware profiles / metrics impacting Cloud Native
- RM - software profiles and configurations for Cloud Native deployments
- RA-2 gaps and requirements feeding RI-2 including installer requirements
- Gaps in test-coverage
- etc.
Milestones
Evaluate lab requirements and compare with current Pharos (OPNFV lab) spec.
Contributors
- Trevor Cooper (Intel)
About Intel Kubernetes networking reference
- 1: https://networkbuilders.intel.com/container-bare-metal-reference-architecture-overview-part-1-training-video
- 2: https://networkbuilders.intel.com/container-bare-metal-reference-architecture-technology-part-2-training-video
- 3: https://networkbuilders.intel.com/container-bare-metal-reference-architecture-installation-part-3-training-video
- 4: https://networkbuilders.intel.com/container-bare-metal-reference-architecture-verification-part-4-training-video
About the Intel OPNFV Community Lab
Currently the Intel OPNFV lab environments are configured as standard OPNFV "PODs" (not to be confused with a Kubernetes POD). Two environments (12 servers) have been reserved for this activity, lab resource allocation can be seen here https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/pharos/Intel+Lab. For access VPN credentials can be obtained by following the standard OPNFV lab support process found here https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/INF/Infra+Lab+Support. Access for individual access can be approved by either Tom Kivlinor Trevor Cooper.