=========================================== #opnfv-meeting: Weekly Technical Discussion =========================================== Meeting started by bin_ at 14:02:47 UTC. The full logs are available at http://ircbot.wl.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/opnfv-meeting/2016/opnfv-meeting.2016-11-17-14.02.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Bin Hu (bin_, 14:03:00) * Carlos Goncalves (cgoncalves, 14:03:53) * hongbo (hongbo1, 14:04:01) * Morgan Richomme (morgan_orange, 14:04:10) * rprakash (rprakash, 14:05:37) * Certification Program and Dovetail (bin_, 14:06:05) * Wenjing introduced background of CVP, which was chartered by Board (bin_, 14:06:52) * Dovetail defines test case etc (bin_, 14:07:09) * Team looked at scenarios, configurations, feature use cases, etc. (bin_, 14:10:24) * intend to define test framework, tools and test cases (bin_, 14:10:55) * Wenjing described OPNFV Reference Platform concept and diagram on slide #2 (bin_, 14:12:29) * and common interface points on slide #3 (bin_, 14:13:13) * there are 2 types of SUTs. Hardware platform and NFVI+VIM (software), illustrated on slide #4 (bin_, 14:16:58) * Morgan asked if the word "derived" means something from existing tests or something different (bin_, 14:18:36) * Wenjing said now it is identical, in the future, it might be slightly different (bin_, 14:19:10) * Wenjing said main difference could be in NFVI to VIM interface (bin_, 14:19:50) * Morgan said it should be possible to flag those test cases that will be used for certification tests (bin_, 14:20:53) * There could be additional test cases for certification tests purpose (bin_, 14:21:27) * if there are just additional functions, it can be added to existing test cases. No problem to add improvement in existing test cases (bin_, 14:24:23) * if there are new features such as onboarding, Yardstick can do. (bin_, 14:24:52) * Hongbo said FuncTest and Yardstick have already helped a lot, and we will work together (bin_, 14:25:49) * Wenjing introduced self-testing method on slide #5 (bin_, 14:26:35) * One is to validate hardware SUT, and the other is to validate HW+NFVI+VIM SUT (bin_, 14:27:21) * and the documentation needed (bin_, 14:28:07) * a view of test suite coverage is presented on slide #6 (bin_, 14:28:40) * IPv6 will be covered (bin_, 14:30:46) * SDNVPN is considered (bin_, 14:31:09) * MANO will be in the future (bin_, 14:31:16) * a workflow from test suite, test area, test case, tools is depicted on slide #7 (bin_, 14:32:54) * Morgan mentioned test WG's workflow, including CI, is very similar. (bin_, 14:34:19) * several categories have been defined already (bin_, 14:34:34) * there are unit test cases such as Tempest, all the VIM part, and smoke tests (bin_, 14:35:06) * Larry Lamers (ljlamers, 14:35:54) * So current test WG workflow could satisfy the need of certification test, because all the mechanisms have been in place (bin_, 14:36:07) * Wenjing mentioned it could be great to harmonize, especially for Danube (bin_, 14:37:12) * Other general project information is available on slide #8 (bin_, 14:37:56) * Hongbo introduced PlugFest planned for December (bin_, 14:38:28) * First try to run Dovetail on different hardware platform (bin_, 14:39:01) * Second task to try to use some tools for interoperability (bin_, 14:39:26) * we are developing some tools (bin_, 14:39:57) * need to collaborate with test WG (bin_, 14:40:17) * Wenjing asked for questions (bin_, 14:40:48) * Dave N said the purpose is to raise community awareness, and get feedback from community (bin_, 14:41:18) * Wenjing welcome more participation in PlugFest (bin_, 14:42:57) * Bryan asked where was the awareness of dovetail came from (bin_, 14:43:38) * Wenjing answered from TSC call, Infra WG, etc. for lacking the visibility (bin_, 14:44:25) * OPNFV Vision and Priorities for Danube (bin_, 14:51:16) * Morgan indicated that it is not ready for community discussion yet (bin_, 14:51:35) * we started discussion on TSC, and will create a wiki based on discussion on TSC (bin_, 14:51:56) * we are not trying to create competition among project (bin_, 14:52:11) * but to optimize resources and harmonization (bin_, 14:52:36) * the discussion is collected in etherpad for various points (bin_, 14:52:57) * such as what are 5 priorities in Danube (bin_, 14:53:19) * the coordination is already a challenging (bin_, 14:53:38) * difficult to explain new features and new scenarios in marketing (bin_, 14:55:36) * the idea is to collect points before December (bin_, 14:55:57) * to know where we want to go (bin_, 14:56:15) * and a little bit steering from TSC (bin_, 14:56:38) * Morgan will send email in a few days to initiate the discussion (bin_, 14:59:33) * AOB (bin_, 14:59:38) * Because of Thanksgiving Holiday in US on next Thursday, all agreed to cancel the meeting next Thursday Nov 24. (bin_, 15:00:07) * all agreed to re-convene the weekly technical discussion in 2 weeks on Dec 1. (bin_, 15:00:32) * there will be OPNFV Bay Area User Meetup tomorrow Friday hosted by Huawei. All in Bay Area are encouraged to participate in person (bin_, 15:01:21) * please RSVP first for logistic purpose (bin_, 15:02:07) * LINK: https://www.opnfv.org/news-faq/events/2016-11-18/opnfv-bay-area-user-group-meetup (bin_, 15:02:11) * Meeting adjourned (bin_, 15:02:22) Meeting ended at 15:02:47 UTC. People present (lines said) --------------------------- * bin_ (64) * hongbo1 (3) * collabot` (3) * cgoncalves (1) * rprakash (1) * morgan_orange (1) * ljlamers (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4