This page describes how to get the release G version of Non-RT RIC up and running locally with three separate A1 simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface) docker containers providing STD_1.1.3, STD_2.0.0 and OSC_2.1.0 versions of the A1 interface.

All components of the Non-RT RIC run as docker containers and communicate via a private docker network with container ports, ports also available on localhost. Details of the architecture can be found from Release G page.

1 Project Requirements
2 Images
- 2.1 G Maintenance Release images
3 Ports
4 Prerequisites
5 Run the A1 Policy Management Service Docker Container
- 5.1 application_configuration.json
- 5.2 application_configuration.json
6 Run the SDNC A1 Controller Docker Container (ONAP SDNC)
- 6.1 docker-compose.yaml
7 Run the A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface) Docker Containers
- 7.1 osc_pt1.json
- 7.2 std_pt1.json
8 Run the Information Coordinator Service Docker Container
9 Run the Non-RT RIC Gateway and Control Panel Docker Container
- 9.1 application.yaml
- 9.2 nginx.conf
10 Run the App Catalogue Service Docker Container
11 Run the App Catalogue Enhanced Service Docker Container
12 Run the Helm Manager Docker Container
13 Run the DMaaP Adapter Service Docker Container
- 13.1 application.yaml
- 13.2 application_configuration.json without kafka type
- 13.3 application_configuration.json with kafka type
- 13.4 job1.json
- 13.5 job2.json
14 Run the Dmaap Mediator Producer Docker Container
- 14.1 type_config.json
- 14.2 job3.json
15 Run SME CAPIF Core
16 Run use cases

Project Requirements

Docker and docker-compose (latest)
Additional optional requirements if using the "Helm Manager" function
- kubernetes v1.19+
- kubectl with admin access to kubernetes (minikube, docker-desktop kubernetes etc)
- helm with access to kubernetes - this is only applicable when running the Helm Manager example operations

Images

The images used for running the Non-RT RIC can be selected from the table below depending on if the images are built manually (snapshot image) or if release images shall be used.

In general, there is no need to build the images manually unless there are code changes made by the user, so release images should be used. Instruction on how to build all components, see. Release G - Build.

The run commands throughout this page uses the release images and tags. Replace the release images/tags in the container run commands in the instructions if manually-built snapshot images are desired.

G Maintenance Release images

Component	Image	Tag

Component	Image	Tag
A1 Policy Management Service	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservice	2.5.0
Information Coordinator Service	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-informationcoordinatorservice	1.4.0
NONRTRIC Control Panel	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-controlpanel	2.4.0
Gateway	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-gateway	1.0.0
A1-Simulator	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/a1-simulator	2.4.0
R-APP Catalogue	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue	1.1.0
R-APP Catalogue Enhanced	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue-enhanced	1.0.1
DMaaP Adapter	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-dmaapadapter	1.2.0
DMaaP Mediator	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-dmaapmediatorproducer	1.1.0
Helm Manager	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-helmmanager	1.2.0
Auth Token Fetcher	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-auth-token-fetch	1.0.0
CAPIF Core	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-capifcore:1.0.0	1.0.0
O-DU Slice Assurance	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-rapp-ransliceassurance	1.2.0
O-DU Slice Assurance	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-rapp-ransliceassurance-icsversion	1.1.0
O-RU FH Recovery	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-rapp-orufhrecovery	1.1.0
O-RU FH Recovery	nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-rapp-orufhrecovery-consumer	1.1.0

Note: A version of this table appears Integration&Testing - G Release Docker Image List - NONRTRIC (G-Release). This is the authoritative version!

Ports

The following ports will be allocated and exposed to localhost for each component. If other port(s) are desired, then the ports need to be replaced in the container run commands in the instructions further below.

Component	Port exposed to localhost (http/https)

Component	Port exposed to localhost (http/https)
A1 Policy Management Service	8081/8443
A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface)	8085/8185, 8086/8186, 8087/8187
Information Coordinator Service	8083/8434
Non-RT RIC Control Panel	8080/8880
SDNC A1-Controller	8282/8443
Gateway	9090 (only http)
App Catalogue Service	8680/8633
Helm Manager	8112 (only http)
Dmaap Mediator Producer	9085/9185
Dmaap Adapter Service	9087/9187
Capifcore	8090 (only http)

Prerequisites

The containers need to be connected to docker network in order to communicate with each other.

Create a private docker network. If another network name is used, all references to 'nonrtric-docker-net' in the container run commands below need to be replaced.

docker network create nonrtric-docker-net

Run the A1 Policy Management Service Docker Container

To support local test with three separate A1 simulator instances, each running a one of the three available A1 Policy interface versions:

Create an application_configuration.json file with the configuration below. This will configure the policy management service to use the simulators for the A1 interface
Note: Any defined ric names must match the given docker container names in near-RT RIC simulator startup, see Run A1 Simulator Docker Containers

The A1 Policy Mnagement Service can be configured to support A1 connection via an SDNC A1-Controller for some or all rics/simulators. It is optional to access the near-RT-RIC through an A1-Controller.
This is configured using the optional "controller" paramter for each ric entry. If all configured rics bypass the A1-Controller (do not have "controller" values) then the "controller" object at the top of the configuration can be omitted. If all configured rics bypass the A1-Controller there is no need to start an A1-Controller.

This sample configuration is for running without the SDNC A1-Controller

application_configuration.json

{
  "config": {
    "ric": [
      {
        "name": "ric1",
        "baseUrl": "http://ric1:8085/",
        "managedElementIds": [
          "kista_1",
          "kista_2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "ric2",
        "baseUrl": "http://ric2:8085/",
        "managedElementIds": [
          "kista_3",
          "kista_4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "ric3",
        "baseUrl": "http://ric3:8085/",
        "managedElementIds": [
          "kista_5",
          "kista_6"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

This sample configuration is for running with the SDNC A1-Controller

application_configuration.json

{
    "config": {
        "controller": [
            {
                "name": "a1controller",
                "baseUrl": "https://a1controller:8443",
                "userName": "admin",
                "password": "Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U"
            }
        ],
        "ric": [
            {
                "name": "ric1",
                "baseUrl": "http://ric1:8085/",
                "controller": "a1controller",
                "managedElementIds": [
                    "kista_1",
                    "kista_2"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "ric2",
                "baseUrl": "http://ric2:8085/",
                "controller": "a1controller",
                "managedElementIds": [
                    "kista_3",
                    "kista_4"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "ric3",
                "baseUrl": "http://ric3:8085/",
                "controller": "a1controller",
                "managedElementIds": [
                    "kista_5",
                    "kista_6"
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Note:The optional A1 Policy Management Service DMaaP interface is deprecated so this interface shall no longer be configured in the application_configuration.json.

Start the container with the following command. Replace "<absolute-path-to-file>" with the the path to the created configuration file in the command. The configuration file is mounted to the container. There will be WARN messages appearing in the log until the simulators are started.

docker run --rm -v <absolute-path-to-file>/application_configuration.json:/opt/app/policy-agent/data/application_configuration.json -p 8081:8081 -p 8433:8433 --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=policy-agent-container nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservice:2.5.0

Wait 1 minute to allow the container to start and to read the configuration. Then run the command below another terminal. The output should match the configuration in the file - all three rics (ric1, ric2 and ric3) should be included in the output. Note that each ric has the state "UNAVAILABLE" until the simulators are started.

Note: If the policy management service is started with config for the SDNC A1 Controller (the second config option), do the steps described in section Run the A1 Controller Docker Container below before proceeding.

curl localhost:8081/a1-policy/v2/rics

Expected output (not that all simulators - ric1,ric2 and ric3 will indicate "state":"UNAVAILABLE" until the simulators has been started in Run A1 (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface) Simulator Docker Containers):

{"rics":[{"ric_id":"ric1","managed_element_ids":["kista_1","kista_2"],"policytype_ids":[],"state":"UNAVAILABLE"},{"ric_id":"ric3","managed_element_ids":["kista_5","kista_6"],"policytype_ids":[],"state":"UNAVAILABLE"},{"ric_id":"ric2","managed_element_ids":["kista_3","kista_4"],"policytype_ids":[],"state":"UNAVAILABLE"}]}

Run the SDNC A1 Controller Docker Container (ONAP SDNC)

This step is only applicable if the configuration for the Policy Management Service include the SDNC A1 Controller (second config option), see Run the Policy Management Service Docker Container.

Create the docker compose file - be sure to update image for the a1controller to the one listed for SDNC A1 Controller in the table on the top of this page.
docker-compose.yaml

docker-compose.yaml

version: '3'
 
networks:
  default:
    external: true
    name: nonrtric-docker-net
 
services:
  db:
    image: nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10001/mariadb:10.5
    container_name: sdncdb
    networks:
      - default
    ports:
      - "3306"
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=itsASecret
      - MYSQL_ROOT_HOST=%
      - MYSQL_USER=sdnctl
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=gamma
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=sdnctl
    logging:
      driver:   "json-file"
      options:
        max-size: "30m"
        max-file: "5"
 
  a1controller:
    image: nexus3.onap.org:10002/onap/sdnc-image:2.4.2
    depends_on :
      - db
    container_name: a1controller
    networks:
      - default
    entrypoint: ["/opt/onap/sdnc/bin/startODL.sh"]
    ports:
      - 8282:8181
      - 8443:8443
    links:
      - db:dbhost
      - db:sdnctldb01
      - db:sdnctldb02
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=itsASecret
      - MYSQL_USER=sdnctl
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=gamma
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=sdnctl
      - SDNC_CONFIG_DIR=/opt/onap/sdnc/data/properties
      - SDNC_BIN=/opt/onap/sdnc/bin
      - ODL_CERT_DIR=/tmp
      - ODL_ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
      - ODL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U
      - ODL_USER=admin
      - ODL_PASSWORD=Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U
      - SDNC_DB_INIT=true
      - A1_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=a1adapter
      - AAI_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=changeit
    logging:
      driver:   "json-file"
      options:
        max-size: "30m"
        max-file: "5"

Start the SNDC A1 controller with the following command, using the created docker-compose file.

docker-compose up

Open this url in a web browser to verify that the SDNC A1 Controller is up and running. It may take a few minutes until the url is available.

http://localhost:8282/apidoc/explorer/index.html#/controller%20A1-ADAPTER-API
Username/password: admin/Kp8bJ4SXszM0WXlhak3eHlcse2gAw84vaoGGmJvUy2U

The Karaf logs of A1 controller can be followed e.g. by using command

docker exec a1controller sh -c "tail -f /opt/opendaylight/data/log/karaf.log"

Run the A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface) Docker Containers

Start a simulator for each ric defined in in the application_configuration.json created in Run the Policy Management Service Docker Container. Each simulator will use one of the currently available A1 interface versions.

Ric1

docker run --rm --network=nonrtric-docker-net -p 8085:8085 -p 8185:8185 -e A1_VERSION=OSC_2.1.0 -e ALLOW_HTTP=true --name=ric1 nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/a1-simulator:2.4.0

Ric2

docker run --rm --network=nonrtric-docker-net -p 8086:8085 -p 8186:8185 -e A1_VERSION=STD_1.1.3 -e ALLOW_HTTP=true --name=ric2 nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/a1-simulator:2.4.0

Ric3

docker run --rm --network=nonrtric-docker-net -p 8087:8085 -p 8187:8185 -e A1_VERSION=STD_2.0.0 -e ALLOW_HTTP=true --name=ric3 nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/a1-simulator:2.4.0

Wait at least one minute to let the policy management service synchronise the rics. Then run the command below another terminal. The output should match the configuration in the file. Note that each ric now has the state "AVAILABLE".

curl localhost:8081/a1-policy/v2/rics

Expected output - all state should indicated AVAILABLE:

{"rics":[{"ric_id":"ric1","managed_element_ids":["kista_1","kista_2"],"policytype_ids":[],"state":"AVAILABLE"},{"ric_id":"ric3","managed_element_ids":["kista_5","kista_6"],"policytype_ids":[],"state":"AVAILABLE"},{"ric_id":"ric2","managed_element_ids":["kista_3","kista_4"],"policytype_ids":[""],"state":"AVAILABLE"}]}

The simulators using version STD_2.0.0 and OSC_2.1.0 supports policy types. Run the commands below to add one policy types in ric1 and ric3.

Create the file with policy type for ric1

osc_pt1.json

{
  "name": "pt1",
  "description": "pt1 policy type",
  "policy_type_id": 1,
  "create_schema": {
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
    "title": "OSC_PT1_0.1.0",
    "description": "QoS policy type",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "scope": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "ueId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "qosId": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "required": [
          "ueId",
          "qosId"
        ]
      },
      "statement": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "priorityLevel": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "required": [
          "priorityLevel"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Put the policy type to ric1 - should http response code 201

curl -X PUT -v -H Content-Type:application/json http://localhost:8085/a1-p/policytypes/123 --data-binary @osc_pt1.json

Create the file with policy type for ric3

std_pt1.json

{
    "policySchema": {
      "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
      "title": "STD_QOS_0_2_0",
      "description": "STD QOS policy type",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "ueId": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "qosId": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": [
            "ueId",
            "qosId"
          ]
        },
        "qosObjectives": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "priorityLevel": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": [
            "priorityLevel"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "statusSchema": {
      "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
      "title": "STD_QOS_0.2.0",
      "description": "STD QOS policy type status",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "enforceStatus": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "enforceReason": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "required": [
          "enforceStatus"
        ]
      }
    }
  }

Put the policy type to ric3 - should return http response code 201

curl -X PUT -v -H Content-Type:application/json http://localhost:8087/policytype?id=std_pt1 --data-binary @std_pt1.json

Wait one minute to let the policy management service synchronise the types with the simulators.

List the synchronised types.

curl localhost:8081/a1-policy/v2/policy-types

Expected output:

{"policytype_ids":["","123","std_pt1"]}

Run the Information Coordinator Service Docker Container

Run the following command to start the information coordinator service.

docker run --rm --network=nonrtric-docker-net -p 8083:8083 -p 8434:8434 --name=information-service-container nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-informationcoordinatorservice:1.4.0

Verify that the Information Coordinator Service is started and responding (response is an empty array).

curl localhost:8083/data-producer/v1/info-types

Expected output:

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For troubleshooting/verification purposes you can view/access the full swagger API from url: http://localhost:8083/swagger-ui/index.html?configUrl=/v3/api-docs/swagger-config

Run the Non-RT RIC Gateway and Control Panel Docker Container

The Gateway exposes the interfaces of the Policy Management Service and the Information Coordinator Service to a single port of the gateway. This single port is then used by the control panel to access both services.

Create the config file for the gateway.

application.yaml

server:
  port: 9090
spring:
  cloud:
    gateway:
      httpclient:
        ssl:
          useInsecureTrustManager: true
        wiretap: true
      httpserver:
        wiretap: true
      routes:
      - id: A1-Policy
        uri: https://policy-agent-container:8433
        predicates:
        - Path=/a1-policy/**
      - id: A1-EI-P
        uri: https://information-service-container:8434
        predicates:
        - Path=/data-producer/**
      - id: A1-EI-C
        uri: https://information-service-container:8434
        predicates:
        - Path=/data-consumer/**
management:
  endpoint:
    gateway:
      enabled: true
  endpoints:
    web:
      exposure:
        include: "gateway,loggers,logfile,health,info,metrics,threaddump,heapdump"
logging:
  level:
    ROOT: ERROR
    org.springframework: ERROR
    org.springframework.cloud.gateway: INFO
    reactor.netty: INFO
  file:
    name: /var/log/nonrtric-gateway/application.log

Run the following command to start the gateway. Replace "<absolute-path-to-file>" with the the path to the created application.yaml.

docker run --rm --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=nonrtric-gateway -v <absolute-path-to-config-file>/application.yaml:/opt/app/nonrtric-gateway/config/application.yaml -p 9090:9090 nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-gateway:1.0.0

Run the following two commands to check that the services can be reached through the gateway

curl localhost:9090/a1-policy/v2/rics

Expected output

{"rics":[{"ric_id":"ric1","managed_element_ids":["kista_1","kista_2"],"policytype_ids":["123"],"state":"AVAILABLE"},{"ric_id":"ric3","managed_element_ids":["kista_5","kista_6"],"policytype_ids":["std_pt1"],"state":"AVAILABLE"},{"ric_id":"ric2","managed_element_ids":["kista_3","kista_4"],"policytype_ids":[""],"state":"AVAILABLE"}]}

Second command:

curl localhost:9090/data-producer/v1/info-types

Expected output:

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Create the config file for the control panel.

nginx.conf

events{}
 
http {
    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    resolver 127.0.0.11;
    server {
        listen 8080;
        server_name localhost;
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index index.html;
        location /a1-policy/ {
            set $upstream nonrtric-gateway;
            proxy_pass http://$upstream:9090;
        }
        location /data-producer/ {
            set $upstream nonrtric-gateway;
            proxy_pass http://$upstream:9090;
        }
        location /data-consumer/ {
            set $upstream nonrtric-gateway;
            proxy_pass http://$upstream:9090;
        }
        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
        }
    }
}

Run the following command to start the control panel. Replace "<absolute-path-to-file>" with the the path to the created nginx.conf.

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=control-panel -v <absolute-path-to-config-file>/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-controlpanel:2.4.0

The webbased UI can be accessed by pointing the web-browser to this URL:

http://localhost:8080/

Run the App Catalogue Service Docker Container

Start the App Catalogue Service by the following command.

docker run --rm -p 8680:8680 -p 8633:8633 --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=rapp-catalogue-service nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue:1.1.0

Verify that the service is up and running

curl localhost:8680/services

Expected output:

[ ]

Run the App Catalogue Enhanced Service Docker Container

Start the App Catalogue Enhanced Service by the following command.

docker run --rm -p 9096:9096 -p 9196:9196 -e ALLOW_HTTP=true --network=nonrtric-docker-net --name=rapp-catalogue-service-enhanced nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue-enhanced:1.0.1

Verify that the service is up and running

curl localhost:9096/rappcatalogue

Expected output:

[ ]

Run the Helm Manager Docker Container

Note: Access to kubernetes is required as stated the requirements on the top of this page.

Download the 'helm-manger' repo, Helm Manager.

$ cd helmmanager

$ mkdir -p mnt/database

$ kubectl create ns chkm

Start the helm manger in a separate shell by the following command:

$ docker run \
--rm \
-it \
-p 8112:8083 \
--name helmmanagerservice \
--network nonrtric-docker-net \
-v $(pwd)/mnt/database:/var/helm-manager-service \
-v ~/.kube:/home/nonrtric/.kube \
-v ~/.helm:/home/nonrtric/.helm \
-v ~/.config/helm:/home/nonrtric/.config/helm \
-v ~/.cache/helm:/home/nonrtric/.cache/helm \
-v $(pwd)/config/application.yaml:/etc/app/helm-manager/application.yaml \
nexus3.o-ran-sc.org:10002/o-ran-sc/nonrtric-plt-helmmanager:1.2.0

Make sure the app has started by listing the current charts - response should be empty json array.

$ curl http://helmadmin:itisasecret@localhost:8112/helm/charts
{"charts":[]}

To test the app further, start a helm chart repo and create a dummy helm chart

Start a chartmuseum chart repository in a separate shell

$ docker run --rm -it \
-p 8222:8080 \
--name chartmuseum \
--network nonrtric-docker-net \
-e DEBUG=1 \
-e STORAGE=local \
-e STORAGE_LOCAL_ROOTDIR=/charts \
-v $(pwd)/charts:/charts \
ghcr.io/helm/chartmuseum:v0.13.1

Add the chart repo to the helm manager by the following command:

Release G - Run in Docker

Project Requirements

Images

G Maintenance Release images

Ports

Prerequisites

Run the A1 Policy Management Service Docker Container

application_configuration.json

application_configuration.json

Run the SDNC A1 Controller Docker Container (ONAP SDNC)

docker-compose.yaml

Run the A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface) Docker Containers

osc_pt1.json

std_pt1.json

Run the Information Coordinator Service Docker Container

Run the Non-RT RIC Gateway and Control Panel Docker Container

application.yaml

nginx.conf

Run the App Catalogue Service Docker Container

Run the App Catalogue Enhanced Service Docker Container

Run the Helm Manager Docker Container