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| Policy Administration Point (PAP) Architecture |
| ############################################## |
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| .. contents:: |
| :depth: 3 |
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| The Policy Administration Point (PAP) keeps track of PDPs, supporting the deployment of PDP groups and the deployment |
| of policies across those PDP groups. Policies are created using the Policy API, but are deployed via the PAP. |
| |
| The PAP is stateless in a RESTful sense, using the database (persistent storage) to track PDPs and the deployment of |
| policies to those PDPs. In short, policy management on PDPs is the responsibility of PAP; management of policies by |
| any other manner is not permitted. |
| |
| Because the PDP is the main unit of scalability in the Policy Framework, the framework is designed to allow PDPs in a |
| PDP group to arbitrarily appear and disappear and for policy consistency across all PDPs in a PDP group to be easily |
| maintained. The PAP is responsible for controlling the state across the PDPs in a PDP group. The PAP interacts with the |
| policy database and transfers policies to PDPs. |
| |
| |
| 1 APIs |
| ====== |
| The APIs in the subchapters below are supported by the PAP. |
| |
| 1.1 REST API |
| ------------ |
| |
| The purpose of this API is to support CRUD of PDP groups and subgroups and to support the deployment and life cycles of |
| policies on PDP sub groups and PDPs. This API is provided by the *PolicyAdministration* component (PAP) of the Policy |
| Framework, see the :ref:`ONAP Policy Framework Architecture <architecture-label>` page. |
| |
| PDP groups and subgroups may be prefedined in the system. Predefined groups and subgroups may be modified or deleted |
| over this API. The policies running on predefined groups or subgroups as well as the instance counts and properties may |
| also be modified. |
| |
| A PDP may be preconfigured with its PDP group, PDP subgroup, and policies. The PDP sends this information to the PAP |
| when it starts. If the PDP group, subgroup, or any policy is unknown to the PAP, the PAP locks the PDP in state PASSIVE. |
| |
| PAP supports the operations listed in the following table, via its REST API: |
| |
| .. csv-table:: |
| :header: "Operation", "Description" |
| :widths: 25,70 |
| |
| "Health check", "Queries the health of the PAP" |
| "Consolidated healthcheck", "Queries the health of all policy components" |
| "Statistics", "Queries various statistics" |
| "PDP state change", "Changes the state of all PDPs in a PDP Group" |
| "PDP Group create/update", "Creates/updates PDP Groups" |
| "PDP Group delete", "Deletes a PDP Group" |
| "PDP Group query", "Queries all PDP Groups" |
| "Deployment update", "Deploy/undeploy one or more policies in specified PdpGroups" |
| "Deploy policy", "Deploys one or more policies to the PDPs" |
| "Undeploy policy", "Undeploys a policy from the PDPs" |
| "Policy deployment status", "Queries the status of all deployed policies" |
| "PDP statistics", "Queries the statistics of PDPs" |
| |
| 1.2 DMaaP API |
| ------------- |
| |
| PAP interacts with the PDPs via the DMaaP Message Router. The messages listed |
| in the following table are transmitted via DMaaP: |
| |
| .. csv-table:: |
| :header: "Message", "Direction", "Description" |
| :widths: 25,10,70 |
| |
| "PDP status", "Incoming", "Registers a PDP with PAP; also sent as a periodic heart beat; also sent in response to requests from the PAP" |
| "PDP update", "Outgoing", "Assigns a PDP to a PDP Group and Subgroup; also deploys or undeploys policies from the PDP" |
| "PDP state change", "Outgoing", "Changes the state of a PDP or all PDPs within a PDP Group or Subgroup" |
| |
| In addition, PAP generates notifications via the DMaaP Message Router when policies are successfully or unsuccessfully |
| deployed (or undeployed) from all relevant PDPs. |
| |
| Here is a sample notification: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: notification/dmaap-pap-notif.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| |
| 2 PAP REST API Swagger |
| ====================== |
| |
| It is worth noting that we use basic authorization for access with user name and password set to *healthcheck* and |
| *zb!XztG34*, respectively. |
| |
| For every call, the client is encouraged to insert a uuid-type *requestID* as parameter. It is helpful for tracking each |
| http transaction and facilitates debugging. More importantly, it complies with Logging requirements v1.2. If the client |
| does not provide the requestID in a call, one will be randomly generated and attached to the response header, |
| *x-onap-requestid*. |
| |
| In accordance with `ONAP API Common Versioning Strategy Guidelines |
| <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/ONAP+API+Common+Versioning+Strategy+%28CVS%29+Guidelines>`_, several custom headers |
| are added in the response to each call: |
| |
| .. csv-table:: |
| :header: "Header", "Example value", "Description" |
| :widths: 25,10,70 |
| |
| "x-latestversion", "1.0.0", "latest version of the API" |
| "x-minorversion", "0", "MINOR version of the API" |
| "x-patchversion", "0", "PATCH version of the API" |
| "x-onap-requestid", "e1763e61-9eef-4911-b952-1be1edd9812b", "described above; used for logging purposes" |
| |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/health-check-pap.json |
| |
| This operation performs a health check on the PAP. |
| |
| Here is a sample response: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: response/health-check-pap-resp.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/consolidated-healthcheck-pap.json |
| |
| This operation performs a health check of all policy components. The response |
| contains the health check result of each component. The consolidated health check |
| is reported as healthy only if all the components are healthy, otherwise the |
| "healthy" flag is marked as false. |
| |
| Here is a sample response: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: response/consolidated-healthcheck-pap-resp.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/statistics-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows statistics for PDP groups, PDP subgroups, and individual PDPs to be retrieved. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| While this API is supported, most of the statistics are not currently updated; that work has been deferred to a later |
| release. |
| |
| Here is a sample response: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: response/statistics-pap-resp.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/state-change-pap.json |
| |
| The state of PDP groups is managed by this operation. PDP groups can be in states PASSIVE, TEST, SAFE, or ACTIVE. For a full |
| description of PDP group states, see the :ref:`ONAP Policy Framework Architecture <architecture-label>` page. |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/groups-batch-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows the PDP groups and subgroups to be created and updated. Many PDP groups can be created or updated |
| in a single POST operation by specifying more than one PDP group in the POST operation body. |
| This can be used to create the PDP group by providing all the details including the supported policy types for each subgroup. |
| However, it cannot be used to update policies; that is done using one of |
| the deployment requests. Consequently, the "policies" property of this |
| request will be ignored. |
| This can also be used to update a PDP Group, but supported policy types cannot be updated during the update operation. |
| So, "policies" and "supportedPolicyTypes" properties in the request will be ignored if provided during the PDP Group update operation. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| If a subgroup is to be deleted from a PDP Group, then the policies must be removed from |
| the subgroup first. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| Policies cannot be added/updated during PDP Group create/update operations. So, if provided, they are ignored. |
| Supported policy types are defined during PDP Group creation. They cannot be updated once they are created. |
| So, supportedPolicyTypes are expected during PDP Group create, but ignored if provided during PDP Group update. |
| |
| Here is a sample request: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: request/groups-batch-pap-req.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/group-delete-pap.json |
| |
| The API also allows PDP groups to be deleted. DELETE operations are only permitted on PDP groups in PASSIVE state. |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/group-query-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows the PDP groups and subgroups to be listed as well as the policies that are deployed on each PDP |
| group and subgroup. |
| |
| Here is a sample response: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: response/group-query-pap-resp.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/deployments-batch-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows policies to be deployed on specific PDP groups. |
| Each subgroup includes an "action" property, which is used to indicate |
| that the policies are being added (POST) to the subgroup, deleted (DELETE) |
| from the subgroup, or that the subgroup's entire set of policies is being |
| replaced (PATCH) by a new set of policies. As such, a subgroup may appear |
| more than once in a single request, one time to delete some policies and |
| another time to add new policies to the same subgroup. |
| |
| Here is a sample request: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: request/deployment-batch-pap-req.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/policy-deploy-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows policies to be deployed across all relevant PDP groups. |
| PAP will deploy the specified policies to all relevant subgroups. Only the |
| policies supported by a given subgroup will be deployed to that subgroup. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| The policy version is optional. If left unspecified, then the latest version of the policy is deployed. On the other |
| hand, if it is specified, it may be an integer, or it may be a fully qualified version (e.g., "3.0.2"). |
| In addition, a subgroup to which a policy is being deployed must have at |
| least one PDP instance, otherwise the request will be rejected. |
| |
| Here is a sample request: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: request/policy-deploy-pap-req.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/policy-undeploy-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows policies to be undeployed from PDP groups. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| If the policy version is specified, then it may be an integer, or it may be a fully qualified version (e.g., "3.0.2"). |
| On the other hand, if left unspecified, then the latest deployed version will be undeployed. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| Due to current limitations, a fully qualified policy version must always be specified. |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/deployed-policy-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows the deployed policies to be listed together with their respective deployment status. |
| The result can be filtered based on policy name & version. |
| |
| Here is a sample response: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: response/deployed-policy-pap-resp.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| .. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/pdp-statistics-pap.json |
| |
| This operation allows the PDP statistics to be retrieved for all registered PDPs. |
| The result can be filtered based on PDP group, PDP subgroup & PDP instance. |
| |
| Here is a sample response: |
| |
| .. literalinclude:: response/pdp-statistics-pap-resp.json |
| :language: json |
| |
| |
| 3 Future Features |
| ================= |
| |
| 3.1 Disable policies in PDP |
| =========================== |
| |
| This operation will allow disabling individual policies running in PDP engine. It is mainly beneficial |
| in scenarios where network operators/administrators want to disable a particular policy in PDP engine |
| for a period of time due to a failure in the system or for scheduled maintenance. |
| |
| End of Document |