Template based orchestration is used by multiple OpenStack projects including Heat, Tacker, & Senlin. Model based network programming and configuration are also heavily adopted by SDN controllers (e.g., ODL, ONOS). To be able to consume orchestration services in another domain, specific drivers need to be written with explicit knowledge about the north bound API as well as the template formats and domain specific features. OPNFV project Domino is responsible for creating, translating, and distributing orchestration templates for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) from a common network service descriptor. It is a critical indirection layer to solve the pain points of automatic capability and policy discovery as well as VNF placement.
Our talk will cover the use cases and architectural design of Domino. We will also provide a demo to show Domino in action with distributed OpenStack sites running different orchestration engines such as Heat and Tacker.
The audience learn more about the requirements and challenges in managing large Telco infrastructures with many resource domains and how template based service orchestration as well as policy based management are critical in integrating many orchestrators/controllers/managers in peer to peer or hierarchical settings. Audiance will learn more about OPNFV Domino project, its capabilities, and how it solves interoperability issues.