IWF Installation Preparation

This section includes information about the preparation required before IWF installation.

For more information about configuring docker image and registry, see chapter OCCNE Docker Image Registry Configuration in OCCNE Installation Guide.

Table 4-1 IWF Installation Preparation

Step Procedure Description

1

Download the OCIWF package

Customers are required to download the OCIWF package from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (OSDC). Package is named as follows:

<nfname>-pkg-<marketing-release-number>.tgz

For example:ociwf-pkg-1.4.0.0.0.tgz

2

Untar the OCIWF Package

Untar the OCIWF package into a specific repository:

tar -xvf <<nfname>-pkg-<marketing-release-number>> 
The package file consists of following:
  1. OCIWF Docker Images tar

    ociwf-images-1.4.0.tar

  2. Helm File

    ociwf-1.4.0.tgz

  3. Readme txt file

    Readme.txt (Contains cksum and md5sum of tarballs)

3

Check the checksums Check the checksums of tarballs mentioned in Readme.txt. Refer to the Readme.txt file for commands and checksum details.

4

Load the tarball to system

Execute the following command to push the Docker images to docker registry:

docker load --input ociwf-images-1.4.0.tar

5

Check if all the images are loaded

Execute the following command to check:

docker images

Refer table IWF Images in section IWF Installation Sequence for the list of images.

6

Push docker images to docker registry

Execute the following commands to push the docker images to docker registry:

docker tag <image-name>:<image-tag> <docker-repo>/<image-name>:<image-tag>

docker push <docker-repo>/<image-name>:<image-tag>

7

Untar Helm Files

Untar the helm files:

tar -xvzf ociwf-1.4.0.tgz

8

Download the InterWorking and Mediation Function (IWF) Custom Template ZIP file

Download the InterWorking and Mediation Function (IWF) Custom Template ZIP file from OHC:

  • Go to the URL, docs.oracle.com
  • Navigate to Industries->Communications->Diameter Signaling Router->Cloud Native Network Elements
  • Click the InterWorking and Mediaiton Function (IWF) Custom Template link to download the zip file.
  • Unzip the template to get ociwf-custom-values-1.4.0.yaml file.