Orchestration, Automation and Virtualisation (OAV)
Introduction
Welcome to the open GÉANT project wiki area for orchestration, automation and virtualisation (OAV).
This area will be used for knowledge sharing and exchange between GÉANT, NRENs, and organisations interested in applying OAV principles to their network operations. It is also intended to serve as a platform to discuss strategies, common use cases and ideas related to network and service orchestration, automation and virtualisation in our GÉANT community and beyond.
More material will be added on a continuous basis.
We are very interested to hear from members of the community working on OAV, whether you wish to share your knowledge or find out more about OAV yourselves. You can email the GN4-3 WP6 OAV team at
New classes are available on our Training Portal. The current focus is on orchestration, automation and virtualisation, but also on architectures and CI&CD. Read more...
OAV Architectures
Follow our work with our latest White Paper: "OAV Architectures" (pdf) (May 26, 2021). Or enjoy our new pamphlet "Towards Collaborative Digital Services" (pdf) and White Papers of NREN OAV architecture analyses. Latest NREN examples are CYNET (pdf) and SURFNET (pdf). Read more...
OAV Terminology
New definitions based on internal discussions within WP6 and just recently also in consensus with the GNA-G community. This updated whitepaper is now available (pdf) and can serve as a guideline to members of the community. Read more...
Applied Automation
SPA - Service Provider Architecture
A service management platform that is based on the TMForum Open Digital Framework. Follow our latest Deliverable D6.6: Transforming Services with Orchestration and Automation (pdf). Read more...
OAV Community Portal
Applied OAV examples by country. Follow our community portal to see what NRENs are implementing in their own environments. Read more...
CNaaS - Campus Network Management-as-a-Service
Several European NRENs have started offering Campus Network Management as a Service (CNaaS) to their connected institutions, either because the end-institutions or the governments have requested them to do it. Defining the new model, automating the infrastructure and sharing the management are some of the new challenges to solve. Read more...