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Testing and build tools were developed and updated to do the following:

* A new reference container was added for the collectd-6.0 version, which is

under development and represents a big API change that is not backwards

compatible. This reference build should facilitate porting the plugins that

were previously developed by the Barometer project.

* Updated to the stable version of collectd to collectd 5.12.

* Removed duplication in the three existing containers (stable, latest and experimental).

 The Kali release is the first one since becoming part of Anuket, and focusses on changes that will make testing and integrating easier.

Release notes in progress

https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/c/barometer/+/72704

• Validating Openstack Security Checklist
• Implement CNTT PDF - GUI tool to create PDF
• Implement Updates to PDF based on Elbrus Release

Functest

Kali was released

Every OPNFV release from Jerma,, which has been selected by Reference Architecture for OpenStack (RA1) since Baraque, are still very well maintained7 May 2020. It's worth mentioning that this branch is still active (security fixes, code improvement, etc...)

https://lists.opnfv.org/g/opnfv-tech-discuss/message/24151

Functest is, more thant ever, a collection of state-of-the-art virtual infrastructure test suites,
including automatic VNF testing. It includes about 3000+ functional tests and 3 hours upstream 
API and dataplane benchmarks. It’s completed by Virtual Network Function deployments and testing 
to ensure that the platforms meet 
Network Functions Virtualization requirements. 
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opnfv-xtesting-functest-c%C3%A9dric-ollivier

Functest actively support OpenStack and Kubernetes testing, respectively from Train to
Wallaby and from v1.18 to v1.21.

• Dataplane performance testing for various internal (within cloud)  and external (pod to pod) scenarios

• Support Reporting for Openstack and K8S Scenarios
• Support for latest versions of Different Linux Flavors

The ViNePERF project is focusing on ways to keep its automated, standards-compliant, testing platform relevant as the industry evolves. In Kali Release, ViNePerf has added support for 

1. Kubernetes dataplane performane benchmarking for North-South Traffic - Single Pod and Multipod.
2. Enhance reporting to support both Openstack and Kubernetes
3. Support for Fedora 33, Ubuntu 20.04,
4. Newer Software versions support included: DPDK:20.05, OVS:2.14.0, VPP:21.01 

Reference Model

Walter.kozlowski

• New flexible, hierarchical model (infrastructure profiles and extensions, workload profiles and flavours) to support evolving technologies and a variety of deployment styles

• Hybrid Multi-Cloud model (Data Centre to Central Office, to Edge), including Telco Edge Model
• Abstraction and normalisation of hardware acceleration
• New security requirements including IaC Security, DevSecOps best practices for Infrastructure, Zero Trust, Open Source Software Security

• Cloud Topology changes including Distributed control and Edge Content
• Major enhancements to the Security Requirements aligned with RM
• Aligned with the hierarchical profiles introduced in RM
• Changes to address concerns, for example, in the areas of networking

• Explicit definition of Kubernetes release, and API policy
• Define mandatory features as part of the new Special Interest Group requirements chapter, aiding automatic conformance testing
• Update to K8s 1.21
• Added custom resources and controllers
• Added device plugins and accelerators
• Differentiating CaaS-on-VM versus Bare Metal deployments

Enabling operators to deploy cloud native Kubernetes platforms for use by network functions, supporting capabilities required by Telco applications and ensuring conformance to industry standards.

Enabling Network Function developers to ensure Telco applications can consume cloud native Kubernetes platforms capabilities in a standardised fashion.

• no change as RA1 remain unchanged about OpenStack API (see existing RC1 test cases)
• Althought Functest is fully integrated, no new test cases published by the other test frameworks

• add all new Kubernetes Special Interest Group test cases from Functest
• add netperf

• Update of Kubernetes components and addition of new features introduced in RA2
• Updated RI2 Cookbook to support deployment of new RA2/RM requirements
• Added support for RI2 deployment on multiple OS (CentOS and Ubuntu based)

Automated e2e deployment of a reference platform based on new versions of RA2/RM on baremetal and infrastructure provider (Equinix Metal) using opensource tooling. 

Anuket RI2 Documentation

RI2 Kuberef Code Repository

Intel's BMRA tooling

• The newly-formed CCC took on its first task to assist with community coordination: the preparation of overall documentation for projects participating in the Kali Release.