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RMSReferenceImplementationFastTracktoDeployment

GrahamGoodman,PrincipalProductManagerCommunicationsBusinessUnitJune,2016

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WhatisRMS?

• RevenueManagementSuite– BillingandRevenueManagement– ElasticChargingEngine– PricingDesignCenter–OfflineMediationController

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WhatisRMSReferenceImplementation?

An automated installation framework which includes the configuration to install, integrate and test a Revenue Management Suite stack and its enablement products.


AutomatedInstallationFramework

• Configurationfiledrivenset-upofenvironmentforRMSproductinstalls• Zeroconfiguration,unattendedinstallsofRMSandenablementproducts• AutomatedintegrationintoRMSstackaspartofinstall• DesignedforquickdeploymentofPoC,dev,demoandtraininginstances

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Whyisaninstallationframeworknecessary?

• Distributedarchitecturesaddcomplexitytostackinstallation• Fullstackinstallsaretypicallymeasuredindays• Installationsrequireproductknowledgetocomplete• Noproductizedsolutionforeasy,consistentredeployments• Difficulttodostacksanitytestingwithconsistentdatasetpost-install

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A layer above the product installers is necessary


ProvingaSuccessfulDeployment

• Difficulttodostacksanitytestingwithconsistentdatasetpost-install

• Naturallanguagedomainbusinessusecasestotestend-to-endsolution• TestcasessupportedbyconsistentdatasetacrossRMSproductstack• Testcaseframeworkthatcanbeextendedtosupporttailoredusescases

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HowdoesRMSRIaddresstheseissues?

ChefCookbooks

InternalSoftwareRepository

BRMDriver

FeatureFiles

ReferenceImplementation



ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



WhatisChef?

• OpensourceinfrastructureautomationframeworkunderApachelicense• Deployserversandapplicationstoanyphysical,virtualorcloudlocation• Managesappsthroughrecipesdescribing

– Packagesthatshouldbeinstalled– Servicesthatshouldberunning– Filesthatshouldbewritten

• RecipeswritteninRuby

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WhyChef?

BeforeChef• Fixedassumptionaboutclustertopology

– Poormulti-nodesupport

• Impossibletore-executefailedparts

AfterChef• Significantlyimprovedmulti-nodesupport• Idempotency• Powerfultemplateengine• Largesetofresources• Searchcapability• Fullycustomizable

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Chef asanIndustryStandard

• UsedbymanyotherproductswithinOracleforIaaC– Fusion– EMSaaS– Primavera

• Usedbymanyothermajorsoftwarecompanies– HPPublicCloud– Rackspace– Facebook

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Chef Components

• Attributes – Parametervaluesusedtooverridedefaultsettings• Resources– Statementsofconfigurationpolicydescribingthedesiredstateforaconfigurationitemandthestepsrequiredtogettothatstate

• Recipes – Collectionofresourcesdefininghowtoconfigureapartofthesystem• Cookbooks– Definitionofascenarioandeverythingrequiredtosupportthescenario• Nodes – Anyphysicalorvirtualmachine• ChefClient – Tooltoruncookbookrecipestoconfigurethenodes• ChefServer – Hubforallconfigurationdata

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ChefinRI

• UsedtoinstallRMSproductsandtheirenablers• Simplifiedproductinstallsthatdon’trequireanypre- orpost-configuration• Unattendedinstallsthatdon’trequireanymid-installuserinput• No-fuss,guaranteedproductintegration• PreparesenvironmentreadyforindividualRMSproductinstalls

– CreatesallrequiredOSuseraccounts– SetsallrequiredOSenvironmentvariables– Installsdependencies,includingDatabase,CoherenceandJDK

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ChefCookbooksinRI

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ri_brm Installs&configuresOracleCommunicationsBilling&RevenueManagement

ri_domain Providesadditionalend-to-end configurationandvalidation

ri_ece Installs&configuresOracleCommunicationsElasticChargingEngine

ri_ece4brm ProvidesadditionalconfigurationforBRM&ECE integration

ri_nosql Installs&configuresOracleNoSQLDatabase

ri_ocomc Installs&configuresOracleCommunicationsOfflineMediationController

ri_oracle Installs&configuresOracleDatabaseEnterpriseEdition

ri_pdc Installs&configuresOracleCommunicationsPricingDesignCenter

ri_provision BaselineprovisioningforRI,includingcreationoftheri-useraccount

ri_weblogic Installs&configuresOracleWebLogicServeranddomainsforECE&PDC


ProductsSupportedbyChefInstallRecipes

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Apps OracleTechnology

Billing andRevenueManagement7.5PS12 OracleDatabase11.2.0.4.0or 12.1.0.2.0

Elastic ChargingEngine11.2PS7 WebLogic10.3.6

Pricing DesignCenter11.1PS7 NoSQL2.1.57

Offline MediationController6.0PS3

Full stack installed in ~3.5 hours


InstallationOptions

• Installnewdatabaseorre-usepre-existing• Singlenodeormulti-node• Multi-nodegives

– 3ECEinstances– 1BRMinstance

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InstallingproductsthroughChefcookbooks

• Recipesuseexistingquietinstallersforeachproduct• Resultinginstallisnodifferentcomparedtootherinstalloptions• Installedproductscanbepatchedandupgradedasnormal

– RMSRIdoesnotproviderecipestopatchorupgrade– RecipesarenotprovidedforeveryRMSproductpatchsetversion

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ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



InternalSoftwareRepository• RIuseslocalsoftwarerepositorycontainingallproductstobeinstalled

– Ensuressamethirdpartyversionsaredeployedinallinstallations– Installationpackagesdownloadedonceformultipledeploymentsinlocalnetwork–Onlyneedstobestoredinlocationaccessibletotargetserver

• Providesspreadsheetprovidedwithdetailsrequiredtobuildrepository– Downloadsourceandtargetlocation– Checksumformanualvalidationofdownload

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ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



IntroducingtheBRMDriver

• Softwaretooltoexecuteautomatedacceptancetests– Executesfeaturefile inputscripts–WritteninBDDstyle– BaseduponCucumberframework

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Feature: Some terse yet descriptive text of what is desiredIn order to realize a named business valueAs an explicit system actorI want to gain some beneficial outcome which furthers the goal

Additional text...

Scenario: Some determinable business situationGiven some preconditionAnd some other preconditionWhen some action by the actorAnd some other actionAnd yet another actionThen some testable outcome is achievedAnd something else we can check happens too

Scenario: A different situation...



ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



Automatedacceptancetestfeaturefiles

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wireless_domain ConfigureandprocessusagescenarioswithPDC, ECEandBRMconfiguredforwirelessdomain

ccp_domain Configure andprocesspolicyscenarioswithPDC,ECEandBRM

process_offline_usage Configure andprocesswirelessofflineusagewithOCOMC,PDC,ECEandBRM

rtp_discounting Configure andprocessbilling-timediscountswithPDCandBRM

setup_crm Configure BRMforintegrationwithCRMapplication

• Domainfeaturefilesprovidingsingle-stepend-to-endbusinessusecase• InvokedusingChefrecipecontainedwithinri_domain cookbook


BRM• Wipesaccount,config andpricingdatafromdatabase

• CreatesanMSISDN numberblockinBRM

• ConfiguresREL

• Createsthreeaccounts

PDC• Createsbalanceelements

• CreatesRUMs andservice-eventmappings

• Loadssamplewirelesspriceplansforvoice,dataandSMS

ECE• Createsece_wireless requestspecification

wireless_domain:Configuration

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wireless_domain: Processusage

• Ensuresallcomponentsarerunning• Sendsusagesforvoice,dataandSMS

– UsingECESDK– UsingDiametergateway

• VerifiesbalanceimpactsinECE andBRM


BRM• Createsofferprofiles

• Createsadditionalprovisioning tags

• Createstestaccountsusingwirelessdomainnumber range

PDC• Createsadditionalbalanceelements

• Createsadditional service-eventmappings

• Createsadditionalpricingelementsfordatapolicy

ECE• Extendsdiametermapping

ccp_domain:Configuration


ccp_domain:Processusage• SimulatesGy usage• SimulatesSy policyspendingrequest&notifications• Verifiesthresholdbreachandspendinglimitnotifications• Verifiesbalanceimpacts• Needstoberunafterwireless_domain


process_offline_usage

• Configuration– Createsamediationhost– CreatesandconfiguresnodechainwithASCIICCandECE DC

• Sendsusagesforvoice,dataandSMS• Needstoberunafterwirelessdomain


rtp_discount

• ConfiguresPDCwithadditionalpricingelements• Startreal-timediscountpipeline• Createstestaccountusingwirelessdomainnumberrange• Verifiesbillingdiscount• Needstoberunafterwirelessdomain


setup_crm

• Extendseai_js configurationforCRM• Startsdm_aq• Startsreal-timediscountpipeline


Processmanagement

• Start,restart,stopallcomponents

• Startorstopindividualcomponents

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$sh ./brm_driver.sh --tags@ra_start

$sh ./brm_start.sh

$sh ./ocomc_start.sh


MultipleRIInstallations

User1 User2

OSuseraccount

Database

Enablementproducts

RMSProducts

Singleenvironmentscancontainmultiple,separateRIinstalls

OSuseraccount

Database

Enablementproducts

RMSProducts


Systemrequirements

• OracleEnterpriseLinux6(64-bit)• 50GBofdiskspaceplus

– 15GBperRIuser– 15GBperOracleuser

• 8GBRAM(10GBrecommended)• Canrunineitherphysicalorvirtualenvironments

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Caveats

• Notsuitableforproduction,notsecurebydefault• Multiple-nodeconfigurationfixed;noHAorDR• Singleschemaonly• Notsuitableforperformancetuning• SomeclienttoolsmustbeinstalledoutsideRIenvironment• DesignedforquickdeploymentofPoC,dev,demoandtraininginstances

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Roadmap

v2.0– UptakeofRMSIP2products– UptakeofOracleDatabase12c– Multi-nodesupport– RoamingManagersupport– Billingtimesupport– Subscriptiondiscountsupport– Re-useexistingdatabase– AvailablethroughOTN

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Q2CY2015 Q3CY2015

v1.1– Internal

Q2CY2016

V3.0– UptakeofIP3products– BillingCaresupport– BOCsupport– Solarissupport

H2CY2016

V4.0– UptakeofMatterhorn– NCCsupport– BCCsupport– Multi-nodeevolution– HA/DRevolution– Patchingsupport


RODODandRMSRI

• RODODusesRMSRIforproductinstalls– Currentlyusingv1.1– Inprocessofmovingtov2.0

• RMSRIisacomponentintheRODODReferenceSolution– RODODstrategywilldriverequirements– RMSRIwillbeanenablertotheimplementationoftherequirements

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GettingaccesstoRMSRI

• WillbeavailablethroughtheOracleTechnologyNetwork(OTN)site– https://www.oracle.com/industries/communications/index.html

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