Where Do I Start?

This page should help get you started with your first network service.

To use the RIFT.ware platform to onboard descriptorDeployment template that contains the attributes required to onboard, instantiate, and start a VNF or NS. For example, configuration, startup script, and optional artifacts, such as charms, icons, or files that determine the personality of each VDU. packages and instantiate a network service, see Installation and Deployment.

To inspect or modify RIFT.ware MANO code or compile, build, and explore RIFT.ware functionality in a self-contained environment (such as on a desktop or laptop system), see the Developer Guide.

To review the constructs used for designing descriptors, see the MANO Descriptor Reference.

After you have installed RIFT.ware, take a guided tour through the RIFT.ware onboarding process using preconfigured VNFs. See the Onboarding Tutorial.