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Setting Up a Centralized Deployment
Before you set up a centralized deployment, complete the following tasks:
- Configure network devices and servers for the deployment.
See the following topics:
- Cabling the Hardware for the Centralized Deployment
- Configuring the EX Series Ethernet Switch for the Contrail Cloud Platform in a Centralized Deployment
- Configuring the QFX Series Switch for the Contrail Cloud Platform in a Centralized Deployment
- Configuring the MX Series Router in the Contrail Cloud Platform for a Centralized Deployment
- Configuring the Physical Servers and Nodes for the Contrail Cloud Platform in a Centralized Deployment
- Install the Cloud CPE solution. See the following topics:
- Upload VNF images. See the following topics:
- Install VNF licences.
You can use the license tool to install vSRX licenses. See Installing Licenses with the License Tool.
- Publish network services with Network Service Designer.
To set up a centralized deployment.
- Log in to Administration Portal as a service provider operator.
- Create the POPs and associated resources.
- You must create a (Virtualized Infrastructure Manager) VIM for each POP.
- You can add an MX Series router as a physical network element (PNE) to provide a Layer 3 routing service to customer sites through use of virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances.
- You add the Junos Space element management system (EMS) if you use a VNF that requires this EMS.
- Add or import customers (tenants) in Administration Portal.
- Access Contrail and add the following rule to the
default security group in the Contrail project.
Ingress IPv4 network 0.0.0.0/0 protocol any ports any
- Allocate network services to each customer.
- Upload licenses for other VNFs.
- Access the view for a specific customer.
- Create cloud sites for the customer.
- Create a regional service edge site for each branch site in the customer’s network.
- Create a local service edge site if customers access the Internet through the corporate VPN
- If you configured a PNE, then associate the PNE with the site and configure a VRF for each customer site.
For detailed information about using Administration Portal, see the Contrail Service Orchestration User Guide.
