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diff --git a/docs/guides/onap-user/instantiate/instantiation/virtual_link_instance/index.rst b/docs/guides/onap-user/instantiate/instantiation/virtual_link_instance/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0fb9f1147 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/guides/onap-user/instantiate/instantiation/virtual_link_instance/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 +.. International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 +.. Copyright 2019 ONAP Contributors. All rights reserved. + + +Network Instantiation +===================== + +Note: in ONAP SDC, network object is called "virtual link" + +**Various possible methods are available with ONAP to instantiate a network** + +- With **A La Carte** + method, the user needs to build and send a Network instantiation + request. + + Note 1: prior to be able to send a request to instantiate + a Network, the user needs to instantiate a Service Object and then will + need to refer to that Service instance in the Network instantiate request. + + Note 2: the request to instantiate the Network object will update + ONAP AAI (inventory) and will send a request to the selected Cloud Platform + (Openstack, Azure, K8S...). + +- With **Macro** + method, the user do not need to send any + Network instantiation request. Network instantiation is being automatically + performed by ONAP when sending the request to instantiate the Service + (see: Instantiate Service). + +**Possible Tools to perform Network Instantiation** + +the user needs such a tool only if using the "A La Carte" method. + +- **via ONAP VID Graphical User Interface tool** + +- **via any tool able to perform REST API requests** + (for example : Robot Framework, Postman, Curl...) connected + to **ONAP SO** legacy API. + +With "A La Carte" method +------------------------ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + using ONAP VID Portal <../vid/index.rst> + using ONAP SO REST API <../so1/index.rst> + +With "Macro" method +------------------------ + +Network instantiation is performed automatically when performing +Service Instantiation. |