Installing Enterprise NSP

NSP system overview

The Enterprise NSP system is deployed as cluster of one or more VMs in the Kubernetes container environment. The NSP system consists of a deployer host, which holds the container image and Helm repositories and deploys the containerization environment for NSP cluster, and the NSP cluster VMs, which host the main NSP functions and load balance as needed. Within the NSP cluster VMs, the NSP cluster host performs configuration operations.

Kubernetes is the orchestration system that hosts the NSP VM clusters and is included in the NSP software bundle. For more information about the NSP components described here, see the NSP Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Enabling the Enterprise NSP UI

A typical NSP installation contains UI elements for a wide variety of functions. Enterprise NSP has a focused UI that only contains the relevant elements for the use-case type. In order to display the UI for the desired Enterprise NSP use-case, before installing NSP you must edit the nsp-config.yml configuration file as follows:

nsp:

   deployment:

      type: "deployment_type"

where deployment_type is the required use-case type

In the current NSP release, the following values are supported for deployment type:

standard—the standard non-Enterprise deployment type for NSP, and is the default value.
enterprise-utilities—the utilities-focused Enterprise NSP deployment type.

User access and permissions in the Enterprise UI

Admin users have full access and read/write/execute permissions for all options in the Enterprise NSP menu tree. All other user types have their access defined according to Role Based Access Control, or RBAC. Enterprise NSP Admin users are required to use RBAC when configuring other user accounts to ensure that they have the permission levels that their duties require.

User configuration is described in the NSP System Administrator Guide.

Installing artifacts and adaptors

Artifacts and adaptors are resource files that define network device characteristics and allow for management support in NSP by providing the mapping between device attributes and NSP attributes. Intent types, which define service characteristics, are also considered artifacts and can be installed using the artifact manager. These files typically come in the form of zip archives that are imported using NSP.

Installing the NSP Enterprise artifacts is described in the NSP Nokia Enterprise Artifact Guide.

General artifact and adaptor management is described in the NSP Network Automation Guide.

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