VIM Plugin for vmware vCenter

Proposers

• Isabel Lloret (Indra)
• Navdeep Uniyal (Indra)
• Francisco Rodriguez Garcia (Indra)

Description

The followin assumptions are done:

• Connectivity is available between vCenter and OSM.
• Admin and user access to vmware vCenter.
• Use pre-created networks on nsx/v-center to use with vim-network-name.
• Create only vcenter based networks with OSM.

The user must be able to perform the following functionalities:

1. Add vCenter VIM to OSM.
   • Using Username and Password
   • Config- CA-certificates, Resource Cluster, VIM Management Network
2. Instantiate Network Service to deploy VDUs on the added VIM.
   • With runtime configs (e.g. Static IPs, Cloud-init, VIM-Network-Name etc.)
3. Integration with the NGSA to get the metrics from VNFs.

Demo or definition of done

OSM supports deploying VNFs multiple local and public VIMs (OpenStack, OpenVIM, GoogleCloud, MS AZURE, AWS, ...) The current integration with the private cloud (vmware) using the VCD connector is outdated. This feature will replace the vCD connector with the vCenter connector to the OSM RO allowing VMs to be deployed on vCenter.

The implementation of this feature will imply a new VIM plugin or connector in the RO, following the relevant guidelines: https://osm.etsi.org/wikipub/index.php/Developer_HowTo_for_RO_Module#Creating_a_new_VIM_plugin

A demo will be done in a TECH call or F2F meeting.