Network Working Group                                   J. Schoenwaelder
Internet-Draft                                                 V. Bajpai
Intended status: Standards Track                Jacobs University Bremen
Expires: January 9, 2017                                    July 8, 2016


              Using RESTCONF with LMAP Measurement Agents
                    draft-ietf-lmap-restconf-03.txt

Abstract

   This document describes how RESTCONF can be used with a YANG data
   model for Large-Scale Measurement Platforms (LMAP).

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Overview of RESTCONF  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  RESTCONF as LMAP Control Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  RESTCONF as LMAP Report Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  RESTCONF Configuration for LMAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Appendix A.  Example RESTCONF Control Protocol Exchange . . . . .   5
   Appendix B.  Example RESTCONF Report Protocol Exchange  . . . . .   7
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

1.  Introduction

   This document discusses how a Controller can use the RESTCONF
   protocol [I-D.ietf-netconf-restconf] to configure Large-Scale
   Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP) Measurement Agents
   [RFC7594].  It also discusses how RESTCONF can be used by a
   Measurement Agent to report measurement results to a Collector.

   Measurement Agents may be deployed as separate hardware devices or as
   functions embedded in consumer electronic devices and home routers or
   as pure software solutions that can be installed on off-the-shelf
   computing equipment.  Measurement Agents receive instructions from a
   Controller about when and how to conduct what measurements (the
   measurement schedule) and how and when to report measurement results
   to a data Collector (the report schedule).  Further information about
   the interaction between Measurement Agents and Controllers and
   Collectors can be found in [RFC7594].

   The LMAP information model [I-D.ietf-lmap-information-model] defines
   the information exchanged between a Controller and an Measurement
   Agent and the information exchanged between an Measurement Agent and
   a Collector.  An information model is conceptual and protocol-
   independent.  A concrete YANG [RFC6020] data model derived from the
   conceptual information model is defined in [I-D.ietf-lmap-yang].

1.1.  Terminology

   This document uses the LMAP terminology defined in [RFC7594].





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   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

2.  Overview of RESTCONF

   The RESTCONF protocol [I-D.ietf-netconf-restconf] provides a REST-
   like interface to access and manipulate a so-called unified YANG
   datastore [RFC6020].  The basic idea behind RESTCONF is expose a YANG
   datastores as a collection of Web resources that can be manipulated
   using standard HTTP [RFC7230] DELETE, PATCH, POST, and PUT methods.
   The resource hierarchy is derived from the nesting structure of the
   YANG schema tree, leading to a so-called data model driven REST API.

   RESTCONF is essentially a convention how to use HTTP over TLS to
   access a datastore that has a structure defined by a YANG data model.
   The data is exchanged in XML encoding or JSON encoding.

   The normal mode of operation is that the RESTCONF client initiates a
   secure transport to the RESTCONF server.  For devices located behind
   a NAT, a so called 'call-home' mechanism has been defined
   [I-D.ietf-netconf-call-home] that enables the RESTCONF server to
   establish a secure transport to a RESTCONF client.  Note that call
   home only changes the TCP connection establishment, the TLS and HTTP
   client/server roles do not change.  The policy used to call home can
   be configured through a configuration data model
   [I-D.ietf-netconf-server-model].  This model provides a mechanism to
   configure a list of redundant endpoints and it provides control over
   call-home policies (e.g, call-home frequency, idle-timers, keep-alive
   timers).

3.  RESTCONF as LMAP Control Protocol

   It is straight-forward to use RESTCONF as a control protocol.  The
   YANG data model [I-D.ietf-lmap-yang] derived from the underlying
   information model [I-D.ietf-lmap-information-model] translates into a
   collection of RESTCONF resources that can be manipulated at various
   levels of granularity using DELETE, PATCH, POST, and PUT methods.

   An example exchange showing a REST call to create a schedule object
   is shown in Appendix A.

4.  RESTCONF as LMAP Report Protocol

   For reporting results from the Measurement Agent to a Collector, the
   Collector is assumed to act as a RESTCONF server.  The Measurement
   Agent pushes results to the Collector by invoking an operation on the
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5.  RESTCONF Configuration for LMAP

   XXX: This section should explain how an LMAP implementation needs to
   be configured to make use of the call-home mechanism and how report
   tasks refer to the configuration (if any standardized) needed to
   obtain the necessary credentials to report results.  This needs to be
   worked through in detail.

6.  Security Considerations

   TBD

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no requests for IANA.

8.  Acknowledgements

   Juergen Schoenwaelder and Vaibhav Bajpai worked in part on the Leone
   research project, which received funding from the European Union
   Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement
   number 317647.

   Juergen Schoenwaelder and Vaibhav Bajpai were partly funded by
   Flamingo, a Network of Excellence project (ICT-318488) supported by
   the European Commission under its Seventh Framework Programme.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-lmap-yang]
              Schoenwaelder, J. and V. Bajpai, "A YANG Data Model for
              LMAP Measurement Agents", draft-ietf-lmap-yang-04 (work in
              progress), March 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-netconf-restconf]
              Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-14 (work in
              progress), June 2016.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-lmap-information-model]
              Burbridge, T., Eardley, P., Bagnulo, M., and J.
              Schoenwaelder, "Information Model for Large-Scale
              Measurement Platforms (LMAP)", draft-ietf-lmap-
              information-model-09 (work in progress), March 2016.



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   [I-D.ietf-netconf-call-home]
              Watsen, K., "NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home",
              draft-ietf-netconf-call-home-17 (work in progress),
              December 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-netconf-server-model]
              Watsen, K. and J. Schoenwaelder, "NETCONF Server and
              RESTCONF Server Configuration Models", draft-ietf-netconf-
              server-model-09 (work in progress), March 2016.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
              the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.

   [RFC7230]  Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer
              Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing", RFC
              7230, DOI 10.17487/RFC7230, June 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7230>.

   [RFC7594]  Eardley, P., Morton, A., Bagnulo, M., Burbridge, T.,
              Aitken, P., and A. Akhter, "A Framework for Large-Scale
              Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP)", RFC 7594,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7594, September 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7594>.

Appendix A.  Example RESTCONF Control Protocol Exchange

   Below is a YANG tree diagram of a part of the data model covering
   schedules.  This is taken from [I-D.ietf-lmap-yang].
















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   module: ietf-lmap-control
      +--rw lmap
         +--rw schedules
            +--rw schedule* [name]
               +--rw name      lmap:identifier
               +--rw event     event-ref
               +--rw execution-mode   enumeration
               +--rw action* [name]
                  +--rw name           string
                  +--rw task           task-ref
                  +--rw option* [name]
                  |  +--rw id         lmap:identifier
                  |  +--rw name?      string
                  |  +--rw value?     string
                  +--rw destination*  leafref


   Below is an XML representation of instance data conforming to the
   YANG data model is shown below.  Note that some of the strings are
   references to other portions of the instance data not show here.
   This is again taken from [I-D.ietf-lmap-yang].


     <lmap xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-lmap">
       <schedules>
         <schedule>
           <name>hourly-schedule</name>
           <event>hourly</event>
           <execution-mode>sequential</execution-mode>
           <action>
             <name>icmp-latency-hourly</name>
             <task>icmp-latency-measurement</task>
             <destination>daily</destination>
           </action>
         </schedule>
       </schedules>
     </lmap>


   Below is an example showing how RESTCONF can be used to create the
   above schedule.  The prefix C: indicates the Controller, the prefix
   M: indicates the Measurement Agent.  This example uses a JSON
   encoding (and note that much of the white-space can be removed, this
   is only there to help with readability).







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  C: POST /restconf/data/ietf-lmap-control:lmap/schedules HTTP/1.1
  C: Host: example.com
  C: Content-Type: application/yang.data+json
  C:
  C:   {
  C:     "ietf-lmap-control:schedule": {
  C:       "name": "hourly-schedule",
  C:       "event": "hourly",
  C:       "execution-mode": "sequential",
  C:       "action": [
  C:         {
  C:           "name": "icmp-latency-hourly",
  C:           "task": "icmp-latency-measurement",
  C:           "destination": "daily",
  C:         }
  C:       ]
  C:     }
  C:   }

  M: HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  M: Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2015 17:01:00 GMT
  M: Server: example-server
  M: Location: https://example.com/restconf/data
  M:           /ietf-lmap-control:lmap/schedules/schedule=hourly-schedule
  M: Last-Modified: Mon, 26 Mar 2015 17:01:00 GMT
  M: ETag: b3a3e673be2


Appendix B.  Example RESTCONF Report Protocol Exchange

   Below is an example showing how a Measurement Agent can submit
   results to a Collector running an RESTCONF server.  The prefix C:
   indicates the Collector, the prefix M: indicates the Measurement
   Agent.


     M: POST /restconf/operations/ietf-lmap-report:report HTTP/1.1
     M: Host: example.com
     M: Content-Type: application/yang.operation+xml
     M:
     M: <input xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-lmap-report">
     M:   <date>2015-10-28T13:27:42+02:00</date>
     M:   <agent-id>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000</agent-id>
     M:   <group-id>wireless measurement at the north-pole</group-id>
     M:   <result>
     M:     <schedule-name>pinger</schedule-name>
     M:     <action-name>fping</action-name>
     M:     <task-name>fping</task-name>



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     M:     <option>
     M:       <id>display-address</id>
     M:       <name>-A</name>
     M:     </option>
     M:     <option>
     M:       <id>display-DNS-lookup</id>
     M:       <name>-d</name>
     M:     </option>
     M:     <option>
     M:       <id>number-of-packets</id>
     M:       <name>-C</name>
     M:       <value>5</value>
     M:     </option>
     M:     <option>
     M:       <id>quiet</id>
     M:       <name>-q</name>
     M:     </option>
     M:     <option>
     M:       <id>www.example.org</id>
     M:       <name>www.example.org</name>
     M:     </option>
     M:     <option>
     M:       <id>mail.example.com</id>
     M:       <name>mail.example.com</name>
     M:     </option>
     M:     <start>2016-03-21T10:48:55+01:00</start>
     M:     <end>2016-03-21T10:48:57+01:00</end>
     M:     <status>0</status>
     M:     <table>
     M:       <column>target</column>
     M:       <column>ip</column>
     M:       <column>rtt-1</column>
     M:       <column>rtt-2</column>
     M:       <column>rtt-3</column>
     M:       <column>rtt-4</column>
     M:       <column>rtt-5</column>
     M:       <row>
     M:         <value>www.example.org</value>
     M:         <value>2001:db8::1</value>
     M:         <value>14.15</value>
     M:         <value>14.14</value>
     M:         <value>14.09</value>
     M:         <value>14.17</value>
     M:         <value>14.51</value>
     M:       </row>
     M:       <row>
     M:         <value>mail.example.org</value>
     M:         <value>2001:db8::2</value>



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     M:         <value>12.24</value>
     M:         <value>11.99</value>
     M:         <value>12.49</value>
     M:         <value>11.87</value>
     M:         <value>12.45</value>
     M:       </row>
     M:     </table>
     M:   </result>
     M: </input>

     C: HTTP/1.1 200 OK


Authors' Addresses

   Juergen Schoenwaelder
   Jacobs University Bremen

   Email: j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de


   Vaibhav Bajpai
   Jacobs University Bremen

   Email: v.bajpai@jacobs-university.de


























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