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Project: Yardstick - Infrastructure Verification

Project Name: Yardstick
Project Repository: yardstick

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Description

The goal of the Yardstick Project is to verify the infrastructure compliance when running VNF applications.

NFV Use Cases described in ETSI GS NFV 001 show a large variety of applications, each defining specific requirements and complex configuration on the underlying infrastructure and test tools.The Yardstick concept decomposes typical VNF work-load performance metrics into a number of characteristics/performance vectors, which each of them can be represented by distinct test-cases.

The project's scope is to develop a test framework, test cases and test stimuli. The methodology used by the Project, to verify the infrastructure form the perspective of a VNF, shall be aligned with ETSI TST001.

Meetings:
- Weekly coordination meeting: Thursdays 14h00 UTC, see Meeting details
- Work meetings:
  - IRC only - channel: #opnfv-yardstick
  - Mondays & Thursdays UTC 8h30 - 9h00
  - Mondays UTC 15h00 - 16h00
  - Check Agenda and Minutes of Meetings
- Design sessions and Cross-OPNFV Projects cooperation: see details

Etherpads:
- Project governance, Mobility Traffic Profile - https://etherpad.opnfv.org/p/yardstick
- Yardstick and HA - https://etherpad.opnfv.org/p/yardstick_ha
- Yardstick folder structure - https://etherpad.opnfv.org/p/yardstick_folders
- Yardstick framework architecture - https://etherpad.opnfv.org/p/yardstick_framework
- Yardstick test results visualization - https://etherpad.opnfv.org/p/yardstick_visualization

Gerrit: https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/#/q/yardstick

Git: https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/

Jira: https://jira.opnfv.org/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#all

Jenkins: https://build.opnfv.org/ci/view/yardstick/

Dev Lab booking: Yardstick Dev Labs**

Project planning: Yardstick Jira Dashboard and Yardstick Kanban board

OPNFV Statistics: http://projects.bitergia.com/opnfv/browser/
OPNFV Statistics in Stackalytics: http://stackalytics.com/?release=all&project_type=opnfv-group&metric=commits

Project proposal

TSC approval of the project proposal: http://meetbot.opnfv.org/meetings/opnfv-meeting/2015/opnfv-meeting.2015-04-28-13.59.html

Scope

The following are in the project scope:

Decompose VNF work-load performance metrics into a number of characteristics/performance vectors, identifying and categorizing the metrics related to characterization of the infrastructure, develop test case examples to realize the metrics;

Enable verification of more complex test cases by developing functionality to run parallel testing, inject fault, test multiple topologies, test scenarios.

Methodology for verifying infrastrucuture from the perspective of a VNF aligned with ETSI TST 001.

Deliverables

Contact Yardstick

You can reach us in any of the following ways: post your suggestion is the relevant page, contact us on IRC channel #opnfv-yardstick or send an e-mail to opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org with [opnfv-tech-discuss][Yardstick] <your text> on the subject