NetApp Certification Tools and Marketplace development (intermediate)

EVOLVED-5G responds to the 5G PPP ICT-41-2020 5G innovations for verticals with third party services call, whose main goal is to deliver enhanced experimentation facilities on top of which third party experimenters (e.g., SMEs or any service provider and target vertical users) will have the opportunity to test their applications. The EVOLVED-5G project realises this vision by encouraging the creation of a NetApp ecosystem revolving around a 5G facility which will provide the tools and processes for the development, verification, validation, and certification of NetApps as well as their smooth running on top of actual 5G network infrastructures, and mechanisms for market releasing. The primary objective of this deliverable is to present the implementation status of the tools, activities and methodologies that are materializing for EVOLVED-5G Certification Process and Environment, targeting implementation, efficiency, and security aspects of its architectural components that define NetApp certification Process and the Marketplace to release the certified NetApps. This document describes the results of task ”T3.4-NetApp Certification Tools and Marketplace development” for first period of the project, providing a first description of the selected tools for the design of the automated Certification Process, the Test engine for running certification tests, and the description of tests that will be part of the Certification process. Commercial on the shelf tools have been selected, when possible, to cover the Certification requirements. First section of the document describes the Deliverable target audience, objectives and structure. Sections 2, 3 and 4 focus on Certification Environment, including the description of the CICD toolset selected, the Certification Tools selected to fulfill certification requirements, and provides an overview of the Certification Process design. Finally, Sections 5 and 6 focus on Marketplace, describing the development approach and the designed integration of the Marketplace with the Open Repository. There will be an updated version of this deliverable, to be released towards the end of the Project, with the final implementation details carried out during the rest of the Project