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# Sysrepo plugin for hicn-plugin

These plugins serve as a data management agent. They provide yang models via
NETCONF to allow the management of hicn-light, and hicn VPP plugin.

## Software Requirement

- VPP
- sysrepo
- hicn-plugin
- hicn-light

- libyang
- sysrepo
- libnetconf
- netopeer2

To install libyang, sysrepo, libnetconf and netopeer2 for Ubuntu18 amd64/arm64
and ad-hoc repository is available and maintained in bintray.

```shell
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://dl.bintray.com/icn-team/apt-hicn-extras bionic main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update && apt-get install -y libyang sysrepo libnetconf2 netopeer2-server
```

## hICN yang model

You can install the yang model using the following bash script:

```shell
EXIT_CODE=0
command -v sysrepoctl > /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Could not find command \"sysrepoctl\"."
     exit ${EXIT_CODE}
else
sysrepoctl --install --yang=path_to_hicn_yang_model
fi
```

hicn.yang can be found in the yang-model. It consists of two container nodes:
hicn-conf and hicn-state. One is used to hold the configuration data (i.e.,
hicn-conf) and one for providing the state data (i.e., hicn-state). The
hicn-conf has one node, params, which contains the hICN configuration
parameters. A controller can configure these parameters through the edit-config RPC
call. This node can be used to enable and to initialize the hicn-plugin in VPP
instance. Hicn-state container is used to provide the state data to the
controller. It consists of state, strategy, strategies, route, and face-ip-params
nodes with the corresponding leaves. In the hicn model a variety of RPCs are provided
to allow controller to communicate with the hicn-plugin as well as update the state
data in hicn-state.

To setup the startup configuration you can use the following script:

```shell
EXIT_CODE=0
command -v sysrepocfg > /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
    echo "Could not find command \"sysrepocfg\"."
     exit ${EXIT_CODE}
else
sysrepocfg -d startup -i path_to_startup_xml -f xml hicn
fi
```

startup.xml is placed in the yang-model. Here you can find the content:

```shell
<hicn-conf  xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
<params>
    <enable_disable>false</enable_disable>
    <pit_max_size>-1</pit_max_size>
    <cs_max_size>-1</cs_max_size>
    <cs_reserved_app>-1</cs_reserved_app>
    <pit_dflt_lifetime_sec>-1</pit_dflt_lifetime_sec>
    <pit_max_lifetime_sec>-1</pit_max_lifetime_sec>
    <pit_min_lifetime_sec>-1</pit_min_lifetime_sec>
</params>
</hicn-conf>
```

As can be seen, it contains the leaves of the params in hicn-conf node which is
used as the startup configuration. This configuration can be changed through the
controller by subscribing which changes the target to the running state. hicn
yang model provides a list of RPCs which allows controller to communicate
directly with the hicn-plugin. This RPCs may also cause the modification in
state data.

In order to run different RPCs from controller you can use the examples in the
controler_rpcs_instances.xml in the yang-model. Here you can find the content:

```shell
<node-params-get xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn"/>

<node-stat-get xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn"/>

<strategy-get xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <strategy_id>0</strategy_id>
</strategy-get>

<strategies-get xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn"/>

<route-get xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <prefix0>10</prefix0>
    <prefix1>20</prefix1>
    <len>30</len>
</route-get>

<route-del xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <prefix0>10</prefix0>
    <prefix1>20</prefix1>
    <len>30</len>
</route-del>

<route-nhops-add xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <prefix0>10</prefix0>
    <prefix1>20</prefix1>
    <len>30</len>
    <face_ids0>40</face_ids0>
    <face_ids1>50</face_ids1>
    <face_ids2>60</face_ids2>
    <face_ids3>70</face_ids3>
    <face_ids4>80</face_ids4>
    <face_ids5>90</face_ids5>
    <face_ids6>100</face_ids6>
    <n_faces>110</n_faces>
</route-nhops-add>

<route-nhops-del xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <prefix0>10</prefix0>
    <prefix1>20</prefix1>
    <len>30</len>
    <faceid>40</faceid>
</route-nhops-del>

<face-ip-params-get xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <faceid>10</faceid>
</face-ip-params-get>

<face-ip-add xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <nh_addr0>10</nh_addr0>
    <nh_addr1>20</nh_addr1>
    <swif>30</swif>
</face-ip-add>

<face-ip-del xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <faceid>0</faceid>
</face-ip-del>

<punting-add xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <prefix0>10</prefix0>
    <prefix1>20</prefix1>
    <len>30</len>
    <swif>40</swif>
</punting-add>

<punting-del xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
    <prefix0>10</prefix0>
    <prefix1>20</prefix1>
    <len>30</len>
    <swif>40</swif>
</punting-del>
```

## Run the plugin

Firstly, verify the plugin and binary libraries are located correctly, then run
the vpp through (service vpp start). Next, run the sysrepo daemon (sysrepod),
for debug mode: sysrepo -d -l 4 which runs with high verbosity. Then, run the
sysrepo plugin (sysrepo-plugind), for debug mode: sysrep-plugind -d -l 4 which
runs with high verbosity. Now, the hicn sysrepo plugin is loaded. Then, run the
netopeer2-server which serves as NETCONF server.

## Connect from netopeer2-cli

In order to connect through the netopeer client run the netopeer2-cli. Then, follow these steps:

- connect --host XXX --login XXX
- get (you can get the configuration and operational data)
- get-config (you can get the configuration data)
- edit-config --target running --config

You can modify the configuration but it needs an xml configuration input

```shell
<hicn-conf  xmlns="urn:sysrepo:hicn">
<params>
    <enable_disable>false</enable_disable>
    <pit_max_size>-1</pit_max_size>
    <cs_max_size>-1</cs_max_size>
    <cs_reserved_app>-1</cs_reserved_app>
    <pit_dflt_lifetime_sec>-1</pit_dflt_lifetime_sec>
    <pit_max_lifetime_sec>-1</pit_max_lifetime_sec>
    <pit_min_lifetime_sec>-1</pit_min_lifetime_sec>
</params>
</hicn-conf>
```

- user-rpc (you can call one of the rpc proposed by hicn model but it needs an xml input)

## Connect from OpenDaylight (ODL) controller

In order to connect through the OpenDaylight follow these procedure:

- run karaf distribution (./opendayligh_installation_folder/bin/karaf)
- install the required feature list in DOL (feature:install odl-netconf-server
  odl-netconf-connector odl-restconf-all odl-netconf-topology or
  odl-netconf-clustered-topology)
- run a rest client program (e.g., postman or RESTClient)
- mount the remote netopeer2-server to the OpenDaylight by the following REST API:

PUT <http://localhost:8181/restconf/config/network-topology:network-topology/topology/topology-netconf/node/hicn-node>

with the following body

```shell
 <node xmlns="urn:TBD:params:xml:ns:yang:network-topology">
   <node-id>hicn-node</node-id>
   <host xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">Remote_NETCONF_SERVER_IP</host>
   <port xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">830</port>
   <username xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">username</username>
   <password xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">password</password>
   <tcp-only xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">false</tcp-only>
   <keepalive-delay xmlns="urn:opendaylight:netconf-node-topology">1</keepalive-delay>
 </node>
```

Note that the header files must be set to Content-Type: application/xml, Accept: application/xml.

- send the operation through the following REST API:

POST <http://localhost:8181/restconf/operations/network-topology:network-topology/topology/topology-netconf/node/hicn-node/yang-ext:mount/ietf-netconf:edit-config>

The body can be used the same as edit-config in netopeer2-cli.

## Connect from Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)

To connect NSO to the netopeer2-server, first, you need to write a NED package
for your device. The procedure to create NED for hicn is explained in the
following:

Place hicn.yang model in a folder called hicn-yang-model, and follow these steps:

- ncs-make-package --netconf-ned ./hicn-yang-model ./hicn-nso
- cd hicn-nso/src; make
- ncs-setup --ned-package ./hicn-nso --dest ./hicn-nso-project
- cd hicn-nso-project
- ncs
- ncs_cli -C -u admin
- configure
- devices authgroups group authhicn default-map remote-name user_name remote-password password
- devices device hicn address IP_device port 830 authgroup authhicn device-type netconf
- state admin-state unlocked
- commit
- ssh fetch-host-keys

At this point, we are able to connect to the remote device.

## Release note

The current version is compatible with the 20.01 VPP stable and sysrepo devel.