This section provides information on how to configure the DCF and Kafka Access Settings Credential for vRAN topology and 5G Core infrastructure.

Prerequisites

  • VMware vRealize Operations must be installed and Kubernetes Management Pack must be deployed.
  • Kubernetes Management Pack must be configured to manage the vRAN and 5G Core Kubernetes Infrastructure.
  • vRAN and 5G Core Infrastructure must be deployed and managed by VMware Telco Cloud Automation.
Note: Before you configure DCF or KafKa Access Settings credentials, verify that you configure TLS for Kafka Edge. For more information, see Enable TLS for Edge Kafka.

Configure DCF Credentials

  1. Navigate to Administration > Configuration > Domain Settings.
  2. In the DCF Credentials section, click Add.

    Create New DCF Credential page is displayed.

  3. You can configure DCF Credentials with Others and OI Server as domain type. Enter the parameters as listed in the following table when the domain type is Others:
    Input Parameter Description Default Value
    Name of the DCF Credential Provide a name for the DCF Credential. NA
    Domain Type Select the domain type as Others. Others
    Type Provide the type of DCF Credential. dcf
    DCF Hostname Provide the hostname for the DCF Credential.
    DCF Port Provide the port number for the DCF Credential.

    For TKG deployment, the port is 30002.

    For AKS deployment, the port is 443.
    DCF Username Provide the username for the DCF Credential. admin
    DCF Password Provide the password for the DCF Credential. changeme
    DCF Protocol Provide the REST API for the DCF Credential. https
    Matching Criteria When others is selected, provide the matching criteria for device access configuration. This is of the form <FieldName>=<Reg ex>.
    Broker Host Select the broker IP for the DCF Credential.
    Domain Manager Select the domain manager from the drop-down menu. NA
    Domain Credential Select the domain credential from the drop-down menu. defaultSmartsDomainCredential
    Poll Interval Provide the poll interval value for the DCF Credential. 240
    Request Retry Provide the request retry value for the DCF Credential. 2
    Response Timeout Provide the response timeout value for the DCF Credential. 200
  4. Click Save.To Edit or Delete any DCF Credentials, click the vertical ellipsis (⋮) icon against the DCF Credential name.

Configure Kafka Access Settings Credentials

  1. Navigate to Administration > Configuration > Domain Settings.
  2. In the Kafka Access Credentials section, click Add.

    Create New Kafka Access Settings Credential page is displayed.

  3. You can configure Kafka Access Credentials with Others and OI Server as domain type. Enter the parameters as listed in the following table when the domain type is Others:
    Input Parameter Description Default Value
    Name of the Kafka Access Settings Credential Provide a name for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. NA
    Domain Type Select the domain type as Others.
    Note: Select Others, when the DCC Kafka configuration is for non OI Server. For example, ESM Server.
    		Others
    Type When others domain type is selected, provide the type of Kafka Access Settings Credential. kafka
    Kafka Hostname Provide the hostname for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. edge-kafka
    Kafka Port Provide the port number for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. 32092
    TLS Enabled Select the TLS value from the drop-down menu. True
    Login Id When TLS enabled is set to True, provide the login ID for the Kafka Access Settings Credential.

    Use the login ID as kafka-scram-sha-512-client-credentials.

    		 NA
    Password When TLS enabled is set to True, provide the password for the Kafka Access Settings Credential.

    You must provide the SCRAM_PASSWORD value fetched during the TLS configuration of Kafka Access Settings Credential.

    		 NA
    Trust Store Location When TLS enabled is set to True, provide the trust store location value for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. NA
    Trust Store Password When TLS enabled is set to True, provide the trust store location password for the Kafka Access Settings Credential.

    You must provide the PASSWORD value fetched during the TLS configuration of Kafka Access Settings Credential.

    		 NA
    Discovery Topic When others domain type is selected, provide a name for the discovery topic in Kafka Access Settings Credential. dcftopo
    Monitoring Topic When others domain type is selected, provide a name for the monitoring topic in Kafka Access Settings Credential. dcfmon
    Matching Criteria Provide the Matching Criteria for device access configuration. For example, <FieldName>=<Reg ex>.
    Broker Host Select the broker IP for the new Kafka Access Settings Credential.
    Domain Manager Select the domain manager from the drop-down menu. NA
    Domain Credential Select the domain credential from the drop-down menu. defaultSmartsDomainCredential
    Poll Timeout Provide the poll timeout value for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. 30
    Session Timeout Provide the session timeout for the Kafka Access Settings. 10
    Kafka Request Timeout Provide the request timeout value for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. 15
    High Water Mark Provide the high water mark value for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. 0
    Low Water Mark Provide the low water mark value for the Kafka Access Settings Credential. 0
    Log Level Select an option for the log level. ERR
    Kafka Log Level Select an option for the Kafka log level. ERROR