Hello, > On 27 Jun 2016, at 10:34, Nadav Hod <nadav....@comm-it.co.il> wrote: > > I have the impression that the VNF is much like an appliance, where the only > interface the user has with the VNF is the configuration file. I was hoping > the amazing Radiator team could clear up the following issues: >
yes, VNF is a kind of an software appliance which is meant to be configured through different interfaces. > 1) Is the operating system (CentOS if I recall correctly) fully writeable so > that other applications can interface with Radiator (such as logrotate, rsync > etc.)? > Yes. Radiator VNF is not restricted to using CentOS, but we are using CentOS as a base Linux distribution for Radiator VNF. Adaptation for Ubuntu/Debian will require some work but it is feasible. > 2) Can patches (including security) be applied to the underlying OS? Does > this void warranty? > Yes, patches can be applied and do not void warranty/support. > 3) Are there any common use cases when it's best not to use Radiator as NFV? > Radiator VNF is meant for AAA cases which require scaling for performance, either automatically or manually. > 4) Does the VNF include all the common perl modules necessary for Radiator? > Can more be installed and updated? > Yes. Modules can be updated and more modules can be installed. > 5) What are the specs for the VNF? Is there any resource allocation necessary > from the hypervisor's side? > Radiator VNF does not have any strict requirements. Currently we are running Radiator VNF on OpenStack, but it can also be adapted to run on a bare metal hardware or in VMware vCloud. Default minimum HA setup of Radiator VNF consists of 11 virtual machines: - 2 Radiator load balancers (RADIUS or Diameter) - 2 Radiator AAA workers (number of workers scales according to load) - 3 Database/message broker nodes - 2 External database connector nodes (LDAP, SQL, RADIUS or Diameter) - 2 Management nodes With OpenStack, creating Radiator VNF stack is automated through its Heat orchestration. BR -- Tuure Vartiainen <varti...@open.com.au> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP, DIAMETER etc. Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc. _______________________________________________ radiator mailing list radiator@open.com.au http://www.open.com.au/mailman/listinfo/radiator
