Integrate the Sidecar with DU Pod

You must integrate the Sidecar with the DU Pod to push the PTP notifications to the DU application.

1. Download and install the Sidecar image from VMware Artifacts Repository.

2. Modify the helm charts for the pod.

3. Run the sidecar container by specifying the following in the values.yaml file of the DU pod helm charts:

   sidecarContainers:
     - name: sidecar
       image: vmwaresaas.jfrog.io/registry/ptp-ocloud-notifications-sidecar:5.0.0
       imagePullPolicy: Always
       command: ["python3"]
       args: ["run-ptpclientfunction.py"]
       tty: true
       # Do not modify the -name fields (THIS_NODE_NAME, TRANSPORT_USER, TRANSPORT_PASS, TRANSPORT_PORT) 
       env:
         - name: THIS_NODE_NAME
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
         - name: TRANSPORT_USER
           value: "admin"
         - name: TRANSPORT_PASS
           value: "admin"
         - name: TRANSPORT_PORT
           value: "5672"
       volumeMounts:
         - name: sidecardatastore
           mountPath: /opt/datastore
           readOnly: false
    
   sidecarVolumes:
     - name: sidecardatastore
       hostPath:
         path: /home/capv
         type: Directory

Note:

During the multi-DU deployment, ensure that each DU has a dedicated database for the sidecar associated with CNFs. For example, if two CNFs (one for 5G-DU and another for 4G-DU) are in the same NodePool, provide two separate directories for the sidecars in the host path.

Sidecar for 5G-DU:

sidecarContainers:
  - name: sidecar
    image: sebu-tcp-ran-docker-local.artifactory.eng.vmware.com/ptp-ocloud-notifications-sidecar:5.0.0
    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
    command: ["python3"]
    args: ["run-ptpclientfunction.py"]
    tty: true
    # Do not modify the -name fields (THIS_NODE_NAME, TRANSPORT_USER, TRANSPORT_PASS, TRANSPORT_PORT)
    env:
      - name: THIS_NODE_NAME
        valueFrom:
          fieldRef:
            fieldPath: spec.nodeName
      - name: TRANSPORT_USER
        value: "admin"
      - name: TRANSPORT_PASS
        value: "admin"
      - name: TRANSPORT_PORT
        value: "5672"
      - name: PORT
        value: "8080"
    volumeMounts:
      - name: sidecardatastore
        mountPath: /opt/datastore
        readOnly: false
 
sidecarVolumes:
  - name: sidecardatastore
    hostPath:
      path: /home/capv/5G/
      type: DirectoryOrCreate

Sidecar for 4G-DU:

sidecarContainers:
  - name: sidecar
    image: sebu-tcp-ran-docker-local.artifactory.eng.vmware.com/ptp-ocloud-notifications-sidecar:5.0.0
    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
    command: ["python3"]
    args: ["run-ptpclientfunction.py"]
    tty: true
    # Do not modify the -name fields (THIS_NODE_NAME, TRANSPORT_USER, TRANSPORT_PASS, TRANSPORT_PORT) 
    env:
      - name: THIS_NODE_NAME
        valueFrom:
          fieldRef:
            fieldPath: spec.nodeName
      - name: TRANSPORT_USER
        value: "admin"
      - name: TRANSPORT_PASS
        value: "admin"
      - name: TRANSPORT_PORT
        value: "5672"
      - name: PORT
        value: "8080"
    volumeMounts:
      - name: sidecardatastore
        mountPath: /opt/datastore
        readOnly: false
 
sidecarVolumes:
  - name: sidecardatastore
    hostPath:
      path: /home/capv/4G/
      type: DirectoryOrCreate