RMS RI 2.0 Technical Webinar

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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



Whyisaninstallationframeworknecessary?

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


A layer above the product installers is necessary


ProvingaSuccessfulDeployment

• Difficulttodostacksanitytestingwithconsistentdatasetpost-install

• Naturallanguagedomainbusinessusecasestotestend-to-endsolution• TestcasessupportedbyconsistentdatasetacrossRMSproductstack• Testcaseframeworkthatcanbeextendedtosupporttailoredusescases



HowdoesRMSRIaddresstheseissues?

ChefCookbooks

InternalSoftwareRepository

BRMDriver

FeatureFiles

ReferenceImplementation



ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



WhatisChef?

• OpensourceinfrastructureautomationframeworkunderApachelicense• Deployserversandapplicationstoanyphysical,virtualorcloudlocation• Managesappsthroughrecipesdescribing

– Packagesthatshouldbeinstalled– Servicesthatshouldberunning– Filesthatshouldbewritten

• RecipeswritteninRuby



WhyChef?

BeforeChef• Fixedassumptionaboutclustertopology

– Poormulti-nodesupport

• Impossibletore-executefailedparts

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



Chef asanIndustryStandard

• UsedbymanyotherproductswithinOracleforIaaC– Fusion– EMSaaS– Primavera

• Usedbymanyothermajorsoftwarecompanies– HPPublicCloud– Rackspace– Facebook



Chef Components

• Attributes – Parametervaluesusedtooverridedefaultsettings• Resources– Statementsofconfigurationpolicydescribingthedesiredstateforaconfigurationitemandthestepsrequiredtogettothatstate

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



ChefinRI

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

– CreatesallrequiredOSuseraccounts– SetsallrequiredOSenvironmentvariables– Installsdependencies,includingDatabase,CoherenceandJDK



ChefCookbooksinRI


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


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



InstallingproductsthroughChefcookbooks

• Recipesuseexistingquietinstallersforeachproduct• Resultinginstallisnodifferentcomparedtootherinstalloptions• Installedproductscanbepatchedandupgradedasnormal

– RMSRIdoesnotproviderecipestopatchorupgrade– RecipesarenotprovidedforeveryRMSproductpatchsetversion




ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



InternalSoftwareRepository• RIuseslocalsoftwarerepositorycontainingallproductstobeinstalled

– Ensuressamethirdpartyversionsaredeployedinallinstallations– Installationpackagesdownloadedonceformultipledeploymentsinlocalnetwork–Onlyneedstobestoredinlocationaccessibletotargetserver

• Providesspreadsheetprovidedwithdetailsrequiredtobuildrepository– Downloadsourceandtargetlocation– Checksumformanualvalidationofdownload




ChefCookbooks


BRMDriver

FeatureFiles



IntroducingtheBRMDriver

• Softwaretooltoexecuteautomatedacceptancetests– Executesfeaturefile inputscripts–WritteninBDDstyle– BaseduponCucumberframework


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


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

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BRM• Wipesaccount,config andpricingdatafromdatabase

• CreatesanMSISDN numberblockinBRM

• ConfiguresREL

• Createsthreeaccounts

PDC• Createsbalanceelements

• CreatesRUMs andservice-eventmappings

• Loadssamplewirelesspriceplansforvoice,dataandSMS

ECE• Createsece_wireless requestspecification

wireless_domain:Configuration


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


$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



Caveats

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



Roadmap

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


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



GettingaccesstoRMSRI

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



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