To validate an xApp descriptor, you can utilize either the CLI tool or the REST APIs of xapp onboarder.

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• A working RIC instance. Please refer to "RIC Installation Guide" for details.
• xApp descriptor JSON file
• Schema JSON file

Testing using xapp-onboarder RESTAPIs

1. Find out the ingress IP for your RIC instance. If you deploy RIC using it/dep deployment script, it should be your host(VM)'s IP.

2. We recommend to use postman for rest API calls.

   • Download postman
   • (optional) you can download and import our postman API collection file here. Set ingress_host to the INGRESS IP. ingress_port_http to 32080, xapp_onboard_path to /onboard, and appmgr_path to /appmgr

1. Onboard xApp
   • Send a POST request to http://INGRESS_HOST:32080/onboard/api/v1/onboard
   • Header Content-Type is application/json
   • Body includes two entry:
     • config-file.json: The xapp descriptor JSON. Copy your xapp descriptor file content into the config-file.json section of the body.
     • controls-schema.json: The schema JSON for controls section. Copy the schema file into the controls-schema.json section of the body. (OPTIONAL, if you don't have controls section in your descriptor)Image Added
2. (Optional)Download 

Testing using xapp-onboarder CLI tools

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