Deploy SD-Core Standalone

This guide covers how to install a standalone SD-Core 5G core network, suitable for lab or proof of concept purposes.

Requirements

You will need a Kubernetes cluster installed and configured with Multus.

  • Juju >= 3.6

  • Kubernetes >= 1.25

  • A LoadBalancer Service for Kubernetes with at least 3 addresses available

  • Multus

  • Terraform

  • Git

Deploy

Get Charmed Aether SD-Core Terraform modules by cloning the Charmed Aether SD-Core Terraform modules Git repository. Inside the modules/sdcore-k8s directory, create a terraform.tfvars file to set the name of Juju model for the deployment:

git clone https://github.com/canonical/terraform-juju-sdcore.git
cd terraform-juju-sdcore/modules/sdcore-k8s
cat << EOF > terraform.tfvars
model = "<YOUR_JUJU_MODEL_NAME>"
EOF

Initialize Juju Terraform provider:

terraform init

Deploy 5G network.

terraform apply -var-file="terraform.tfvars" -auto-approve

The deployment process should take approximately 15-20 minutes.

You can monitor the status of the deployment:

juju switch <YOUR_JUJU_MODEL_NAME>
watch -n 1 -c juju status --color --relations

The deployment is ready when all the charms are in the Active/Idle state. It is normal for grafana-agent to remain in waiting state.

Configure

Configuration of the Charmed Aether SD-Core deployment should be done only through the .tfvars file.

To view all the available configuration options, please inspect the variables.tf file available inside the Terraform module directory.

To be effective, every configuration change needs to be applied using the following command:

terraform apply -var-file="terraform.tfvars" -auto-approve