ETSI NFV-SOL VNF error-handling

This document describes how to error-handling VNF in Tacker.

Prerequisites

The following packages should be installed:

• tacker

• python-tackerclient

A default VIM should be registered according to VIM Management.

The VNF Package(sample_vnf_pkg.zip) used below is prepared by referring to VNF Package.

Execute up to “Instantiate VNF” in the procedure of ETSI NFV-SOL VNF Deployment as VM with TOSCA. In other words, the procedure after “Terminate VNF” is not executed.

VNF Error-handling Procedures

As mentioned in Prerequisites, the VNF must be created before performing error-handling.

Details of CLI commands are described in VNF Lifecycle Management.

There are some operations to error-handling VNF.

• Rollback VNF lifecycle management operation

• Fail VNF lifecycle management operation

• Retry VNF lifecycle management operation

In order to execute error-handling, it is necessary to specify VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID, which is the ID for the target LCM operation. First, the method of specifying the ID will be described.

Identify VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID

To identify the VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID, you can get with the following ways.

• to check with CLI

• to check with notification API body

You can choose both ways.

This case uses openstack CLI:

Details of CLI commands are described in VNF Lifecycle Management.

Before checking the “VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID”, you should get VNF_INSTANCE_ID first.

$ openstack vnflcm op list

Result:

+--------------------------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------------+
| ID                                   | Operation State | VNF Instance ID                      | Operation       |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------------+
| 304538dd-d754-4661-9f17-5496dab9693d | FAILED_TEMP     | 3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7 | INSTANTIATE     |
+--------------------------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------------+

For this case, check notification API body:

In checking with Notification API, you should execute the following steps:

• Create a new subscription

• Execute LCM operations, such as ‘Creates a new VNF instance resource’.

The procedure for executing the API using the curl command is shown below.

First, the method of generating Keystone-tokens will be described. See Keystone API reference. for details on Keystone APIs. For <username> and <password>, <project_name>, set values according to your environment.

Prepare get_token.json file to get token:

{
  "auth": {
    "identity": {
      "methods": [
        "password"
      ],
      "password": {
        "user": {
          "name": "<username>",
          "password": "<password>",
          "domain": {
            "name": "Default"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "scope": {
      "project": {
        "name": "<project_name>",
        "domain": {
          "name": "Default"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Get token:

$ curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @./get_token.json  "$OS_AUTH_URL/v3/auth/tokens"

Result:

HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:01:44 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 7187
X-Subject-Token: gAAAAABfs4No8WVYIPagnJvnnImNHq_918oLgOiJwSXqXGJKfv_FEcgfeZajIl0NCk7Pr6YMn1Sa96ZhOnWioKGrOxBSEGVxgYqBFx3bFfKAHVmzgoEaN6zfHZvbm1QJgoeg1QV5i-VjfeeQRWZptYqd3yWMLzrWSfVBER9pL-nRi0CvMXJM0yE
Vary: X-Auth-Token
x-openstack-request-id: req-6b19a1ee-0eb0-4aa8-97e7-c54d750c9b64
Connection: close
...snip response-body...

Set the value of X-Subject-Token included in the above result to the environment variable $OS_AUTH_TOKEN.

$ export OS_AUTH_TOKEN="gAAAAABfs4No8WVYIPagnJvnnImNHq_918oLgOiJwSXqXGJKfv_FEcgfeZajIl0NCk7Pr6YMn1Sa96ZhOnWioKGrOxBSEGVxgYqBFx3bFfKAHVmzgoEaN6zfHZvbm1QJgoeg1QV5i-VjfeeQRWZptYqd3yWMLzrWSfVBER9pL-nRi0CvMXJM0yE"

Create subscription:

$ curl -g -i -X POST http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v1/subscriptions \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Auth-Token: $OS_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"callbackUri": "http://127.0.0.1/"}'

Result:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Length: 199
Location: http://localhost:9890//vnflcm/v1/subscriptions/5bd3b81d-a6e9-45e7-922e-adc26328322d
Content-Type: application/json
X-Openstack-Request-Id: req-5f98782d-ca47-4144-a413-bd9641302f77
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:21:47 GMT

{"id": "5bd3b81d-a6e9-45e7-922e-adc26328322d", "callbackUri": "http://127.0.0.1/", "_links": {"self": {"href": "http://localhost:9890//vnflcm/v1/subscriptions/5bd3b81d-a6e9-45e7-922e-adc26328322d"}}}

Show subscription:

$ curl -g -i -X GET http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v1/subscriptions/{subscriptionId} \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Auth-Token: $OS_AUTH_TOKEN"

Result:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 213
Content-Type: application/json
X-Openstack-Request-Id: req-2d7503dc-1f75-40de-9d75-7c01180aee89
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:22:59 GMT

{"id": "5bd3b81d-a6e9-45e7-922e-adc26328322d", "filter": {}, "callbackUri": "http://127.0.0.1/", "_links": {"self": {"href": "http://localhost:9890//vnflcm/v1/subscriptions/5bd3b81d-a6e9-45e7-922e-adc26328322d"}}}

Show VNF LCM operation occurrence:

$ curl -g -i -X GET http://127.0.0.1:9890/vnflcm/v1/vnf_lcm_op_occs/{vnfLcmOpOccId} \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Auth-Token: $OS_AUTH_TOKEN"

Result:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 3082
Content-Type: application/json
X-Openstack-Request-Id: req-d0720ffc-e7ee-4ee2-af61-a9a4a91c67cb
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:30:25 GMT

{"id": "e3dc7530-e699-46ed-b65e-32911af1e414", "operationState": "FAILED_TEMP", "stateEnteredTime": "2020-12-21 06:52:06+00:00",
...snip response-body...

Error-handling can be executed only when operationState is FAILED_TMP.

With the above LCM operation trigger, ‘Notification’ is sent to the callbackUri set in ‘Create a new subscription’.

vnfLcmOpOccId included in this ‘Notification’ corresponds to VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID.

See VNF LCM v1 API and VNF LCM v2 API for details on the APIs used here.

Rollback VNF LCM Operation

Note

Rollback of Scale-Out has a difference in operation result between v1 and v2. In v1, the oldest VNFc(VM) is deleted. In v2, the newest VNFc(VM) is deleted.

LCM Operation	Description of Rollback	Precondition	Postcondition	Support in v1	Support in v2
Instantiate	VNFM removes all VMs and resources. e.g. Tacker executes Heat stack-delete for deletion of the target VM.	FAILED_TEMP	ROLLED_BACK or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Scale-out	VNFM reverts changes of VMs and resources specified in the middle of scale-out operation. There are differences in the operation results of v1 and v2. See note. e.g. Tacker reverts desired_capacity and executes Heat stack-update.	FAILED_TEMP	ROLLED_BACK or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Modify	VNFM reverts the update of the VNF instance information.	FAILED_TEMP	ROLLED_BACK or FAILED_TEMP		X
Change external connectivity	VNFM reverts changes of the external connectivity for VNF instances. e.g. Tacker reverts stack parameters and executes Heat stack-update.	FAILED_TEMP	ROLLED_BACK or FAILED_TEMP		X
Change Current VNF Package	VNFM reverts changes of current vnf package for VNF instances. e.g. Tacker reverts stack parameters and executes Heat stack-update.	FAILED_TEMP	ROLLED_BACK or FAILED_TEMP		X

Note

In some cases, Rollback of Change external connectivity cannot recover the IP address and Port Id of virtual resources.

If the operation fails before performing VIM processing: updating stack, the IP address and Port Id will be recovered by its rollback operation.

Otherwise, dynamic IP address and Port Id are not recovered by rollback operation.

This manual describes the following operations as use cases for rollback operations.

• “Instantiate VNF” fails

• Rollback VNF lifecycle management operation

• Delete VNF

As shown below, if “Instantiate VNF” fails, “Delete VNF” cannot be executed without executing “Rollback VNF lifecycle management operation”.

$ openstack vnflcm delete VNF_INSTANCE_ID

Result:

Failed to delete vnf instance with ID '3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7': Vnf 3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7 in status ERROR. Cannot delete while the vnf is in this state.

Therefore, “Rollback VNF lifecycle management operation” with the following CLI command.

$ openstack vnflcm op rollback VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID

Result:

Rollback request for LCM operation 304538dd-d754-4661-9f17-5496dab9693d has been accepted

If “Rollback VNF lifecycle management operation” is successful, then “Delete VNF” is also successful.

$ openstack vnflcm delete VNF_INSTANCE_ID

Result:

Vnf instance '3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7' deleted successfully

Fail VNF LCM Operation

LCM Operation	Description of Fail	Precondition	Postcondition	Support in v1	Support in v2
Instantiate	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED	X	X
Terminate	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED	X	X
Heal	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED	X	X
Scale	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED	X	X
Modify	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED	X	X
Change external connectivity	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED	X	X
Change Current VNF Package	Tacker simply changes LCM operation state to “FAILED” on Tacker-DB.	FAILED_TEMP	FAILED		X

This manual describes the following operations as use cases for fail operations.

• “Instantiate VNF” fails

• Fail VNF lifecycle management operation

• Delete VNF

As shown below, if “Instantiate VNF” fails, “Delete VNF” cannot be executed after executing “Fail VNF lifecycle management operation”.

$ openstack vnflcm delete VNF_INSTANCE_ID

Result:

Failed to delete vnf instance with ID '3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7': Vnf 3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7 in status ERROR. Cannot delete while the vnf is in this state.

Therefore, “Fail VNF lifecycle management operation” with the following CLI command.

$ openstack vnflcm op fail VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID

Result:

Fail request for LCM operation 304538dd-d754-4661-9f17-5496dab9693d has been accepted

If “Fail VNF lifecycle management operation” is successful, then “Delete VNF” is also successful.

$ openstack vnflcm delete VNF_INSTANCE_ID

Result:

Vnf instance '3aa5c054-c162-4d5e-9808-0bc30f92a4c7' deleted successfully

Retry VNF LCM Operation

LCM Operation	Description of Fail	Precondition	Postcondition	Support in v1	Support in v2
Instantiate	VNFM retries a Instantiate operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Terminate	VNFM retries a Terminate operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Heal	VNFM retries a Heal operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Scale	VNFM retries a Scale operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Modify	VNFM retries a Modify operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Change external connectivity	VNFM retries a Change external connectivity operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP	X	X
Change Current VNF Package	VNFM retries a Change Current VNF Package operation.	FAILED_TEMP	COMPLETED or FAILED_TEMP		X

This manual describes the following operations as use cases for retry operations.

• “Instantiate VNF” fails

• Retry VNF lifecycle management operation

As shown below, if “Instantiate VNF” fails, If you want re-execute previous(failed) operation , you execute “Retry” operation.

Therefore, “Retry VNF lifecycle management operation” with the following CLI command.

$ openstack vnflcm op retry VNF_LCM_OP_OCC_ID

Result:

Retry request for LCM operation 304538dd-d754-4661-9f17-5496dab9693d has been accepted

If “Retry VNF lifecycle management operation” is successful, then another LCM can be operational.