Onboard Container Network Functions

This section provides instructions to onboard CSAR files to the VMware Telco Cloud Automation manager.

For information about upgrading VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance through VMware Telco Cloud Automation, see Upgrade VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance through VMware Telco Cloud Automation section.

Procedure

1. Copy the CSAR files from the CSAR directory of the unpacked deployer package to your local machine used to access VMware Telco Cloud Automation.

   root [ ~/tcx-deployer/csars ]# pwd
   /root/tcx-deployer/csars
   root [ ~/tcx-deployer/csars ]# ls -ltr
   total 72
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21964 Jun 24 17:17 tcsa.csar
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21663 Jun 24 17:17 tcsa-init.csar
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21623 Jun 24 17:17 admin-operator.csar

2. After the CSAR is copied, launch VMware Telco Cloud Automation, navigate to Catalog > Network Function and click Onboard Network Function.
   
3. In the Onboard Network Function page, select Upload Network Function Package upload each of them to VMware Telco Cloud Automation manager.

   Enter the following parameters:

   1. Name: Provide a name for the CNF.
   2. Upload each of the CSAR file to VMware Telco Cloud Automation manager.
   
4. Repeat Step 2 for each CSAR file.