1. Cross Community CI (XCI)
Fatih Degirmenci, Ericsson
Yolanda Robla Mota, Red Hat
Markos Chandras, SUSE

2. Network Functions Virtualization
From physical network functions (PNF)
To virtual network functions (VNF)
Application
Application OS
Processor
Network
Application
Application
Industry standard virtualization
Industry standard processor
Industry standard networking
From specialized HW & OS
To open, industry standard platform
NFV aims to replace dedicated network appliances with sw that runs on cots servers and on Linux, transforming the network. This is important in order to increase the speed of innovation, bringing in new services to end users faster.
ETSI NFV architecture.

3. Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization
OPNFV is a carrier-grade, integrated, open source platform to accelerate the introduction of new NFV products and services.

4. What does OPNFV actually do?
Upstream: we fix what is missing in upstream components
Downstream: we integrate them by consuming the components
Upstream + Downstream = Midstream
The diagram is taken from

5. Functional Testing (Functest) Platform Benchmarking (Yardstick)
The Combinations
Testing
Functional Testing (Functest)
Platform Benchmarking (Yardstick)
Addons / Features
SFC
BGPVPN
KVM for NFV
FD.IO
SDN / Networking
OpenDaylight
ONOS
OpenContrail
Calico
Cloud Execution
OpenStack
Kubernetes
Host OS
Ubuntu
CentOS
OpenSUSE
No all features/components are shown!

6. Way of Working Long development cycle
OPNFV Project Team
OPNFV Gerrit
OPNFV CI/Test
OPNFV Release
Upstream Gerrit
Upstream CI/Test
Upstream Release
Requirement
Patch
Test
Release
Document
Downstream
Test
Release
Long development cycle
Downstream will delay to next release
Slow feedback, > 5 months
OPNFV specific issues cannot be tested/detected in time

7. But… Speed Quality and predictability is key
We are slow and things are fast!
Always trying to catch up
Quality and predictability is key

8. Cross Community CI – XCI

9. INCREASE IN CONFIDENCE
The XCI Flow
patchset verification
periodic master
INCREASE IN CONFIDENCE
sha
pin SHAs artifacts
patchset verification
periodic master
daily
pinned sha/rpm/deb
weekly
promoted scenarios
rpm deb
rpm deb
patchset verification
periodic master
promote & pin bump sandbox
functest & yardstick many arrive,
few pass
stress
few arrive any pass?
Full tracing is built into XCI on the day one!

10. XCI & Life of a Developer
XCI Sandbox
feedback in minutes
patch
patch
trigger
Gerrit
XCI Baremetal Deployment
Functest & Yardstick
XCI Baremetal Deployment
Stress Test
new features bugs
feedback on a weekly basis
feedback on a daily basis
feedback in hours
XCI Patchset Verification
trigger
patch
Gerrit
Full tracing is built into XCI on the day one!

11. Tooling +
bifrost
openstack-ansible

12. Bifrost What is it? Standalone Ironic
Tool for provisioning virtual and bare metal machines
Ansible based
Supports Ubuntu, CentOS, and openSUSE
Easy to use – create inventory, install bifrost, enroll and deploy machines!
Current Status
Rock-solid!
OPNFV runs 3rd Party CI for all the patches!
Used by OPNFV XCI

13. Node Enrollment

14. Node Deployment

15. OpenStack Ansible What is it? Current Status
Tool for installing OpenStack
Containerized (lxc) OpenStack services (or install them on baremetal)
Ansible based
Easy integration – write your own role
Ability to deploy using patches
Supports Ubuntu, CentOS, and openSUSE
Current Status
Used by OPNFV XCI

16. OpenStack Ansible Source based deployments – crucial for
development
patchset verification
Developer Mode
patch things and get it deployed what you modified!
Used for real life public and private cloud deployments
stable!

17. QUESTIONS?