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===============
Getting Started
===============

Once manual installation of tacker components are completed, follow the below
steps to get started with tacker and validate the installation.

i). Create a sample-vnfd.yml file with the following content:

.. code-block:: ini

    template_name: sample-vnfd
    description: demo-example

    service_properties:
      Id: sample-vnfd
      vendor: tacker
      version: 1

    vdus:
      vdu1:
        id: vdu1
        vm_image: <IMAGE>
        instance_type: <FLAVOR>

        network_interfaces:
          management:
            network: <NETWORK_ID>
            management: true

        placement_policy:
          availability_zone: nova

        auto-scaling: noop

        config:
          param0: key0
          param1: key1
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ii). Create a sample vnfd.

.. code-block:: console

    tacker vnfd-create --name <NAME> --vnfd-file sample-vnfd.yml
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iii). Create a VNF.

.. code-block:: console

    tacker vnf-create --name <NAME> --vnfd-id <VNFD_ID>
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iv). Check the status.

.. code-block:: console

    tacker vnf-list
    tacker vnf-show <VNF_ID>
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