Presentació de Maria Isabel Gandia (CSUC) al GÉANT Project Symposium 2023 (Montpeller).

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Side Meeting - Security Human Factor – Sustainable Outputs:
12 December 2023
Security Human Factor – Sustainable Outputs:
The Network eAcademy
Maria Isabel Gandía Carriedo, CSUC, NeA Service Manager & T4 Lead

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Some Questions from You
We would love for you to tell us:
• What the network automation eAcademy is
• How your task made this
• What your thought process was
• How long it took
• What parts are being used most
• What you tried but didn't work

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The Network eAcademy is an umbrella of activities that helps individuals and
organisations advancing their knowledge in specific technical domains related
to the network.
Initial contents in Orchestration, Automation and Virtualisation (OAV):
• Training, (potentially extendable to any additional areas of interest for the
community, e.g. Quantum Technologies);
• Architecture analysis and mapping of individual digital architectures from
the perspective of a reference OAV architecture, TMForum ODA;
• Maturity assessment and analysis based on the OAV Maturity Model
• Terminology and glossary.
What the network automation eAcademy is

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The training programme is prepared and offered by the community for
the community with self-paced courses and on-demand interactive
sessions with the trainers.
It includes OAV-related learning units with videos, documentation and
hands-on exercises, external references and examples focused on the
research and education community;
What the Training in the Network eAcademy is
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What the Training in the Network eAcademy is
Network
Automation
eAcademy
QKD,
OTFN,
Network
Topics
Network
eAcademy

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• OAV Survey to the NRENs (published in Sep 19):
https://www.geant.org/Projects/GEANT_Project_GN4-3/GN43_deliverables/D6-2_Automation-
and-Orchestration-of-Services-in-the-GEANT-Community.pdf
• Several discussions and workshops around the topic:
• GN4-3 Future Service Strategy Workshop, May 19
• BoF session at TNC, June 19
• STF17, July 2019
• Network Management and Monitoring Workshop (NEMMO), Oct 19
How our Task Made This - Why Architecture, Training, Terminology, Maturity Model...?

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How our Task Made This – The Outcomes of the Discussions
Strong need for collaboration and exchange of knowledge and expertise
Knowledge as a gap
We speak different languages
A generally accepted architecture blueprint needed
NRENs are willing to share experiences and learn from others

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How our Task Made This
• Focus Groups per Topic:
• Training
• Architecture
• Terminology
• Maturity Model
• Use Cases like CNaaS and DTN
• Wiki
• Up to 12 people
• Meetings every week

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How our Task Made This for Training
• Thorough process before starting to create contents.
• A lot of collaboration with GLAD and Marcomms Teams (thank you!)
• Monthly Meetings with GLAD Team.
• Based on Moodle Platform.
• Same approach for all the learning units:
• Overview
• Main Goals
• Content (CC BY-NC-SA):
• Videos
• Documents
• Useful links
• Quiz
• Feedkback Form

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How our Task Made This for Training - Video with Subtitles
CC BY-NC-SA
license
eduGAIN access
(or social media)

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How our Task Made This for Training - Slides with Speaker Notes
CC BY-NC-SA
license
eduGAIN access
(or social media)

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“We should prepare an Ansible course”
What your thought process was – How it Started

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What your thought process was – And What If...?

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What your thought process was - First Maps
30 tabs!

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What your thought process was - First Maps – Helicopter View

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Engage
ment
Manage
ment
Production
Core
Commer
ce
Party
Manage
ment
Intelligence
Management
Introduction
DevOps
Concepts
Decoupling and
Integration
Standards and
Commonly Used
Architectures
NREN Implementation
Examples
OAV Training: Knowledge Map
TMForum Open Digital Architecture Functional Blocks Mapping of Architectures

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What your thought process was - First “Finished” Map

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Engagement
Management
(communicatio
n channels)
Production
(HOW?)
Core
Commerce
Management
(WHAT)
Party
Management
(WHO?)
Intelligence
Management
Introduction
DevOps Concepts
Decoupling and
Integration
Standards and
Commonly Used
Architectures
NREN Implementation Examples
What your thought process was - Knowledge Map for the Training
TM Forum Open Digital Architecture Functional Blocks Mapping of Architectures

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General Introduction Line
30’ 10’ 30’ 15’
30’ 45’ 15’ 15’
15’ 30’ 30’ 30’
30’ 15’
https://wiki.geant.org/display/NETDEV/OAV+Training+Portal
30’

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We started asking in 2019, but really talking about training in 2020.
First unit developed in Dec 2020
Network eAcademy Service in production since Nov 2022
Number of users in the last three years (distinct views per unit as of 13-10-2023):
• 2023: 2,649 (2,552 OAV + 97 Quantum)
• 2022: 1,700 (OAV)
• 2021: n/a
Institutions involved in service operations and development: 10 (RENAM, HEANET,
CYNET, RedIRIS/CSUC, RedIRIS/EHU, DFN/FAU, GRNET, CARNET, GÉANT, UKIM)
How Long it Took?

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First, the training
Then, the Architecture Mapping
And then, the OAV MM
And, in the OAV training:
• Introduction to OAV is the most popular unit (513 unique users)
• More than 100 unique users for:
• Ansible
• Data modelling, data formats and protocols – Introduction
• NSO
• OAV architecture requirements for NRENs
• Protocols: NETCONF
• CI/CD – Introduction
• The OAV Architecture Blueprint
What parts are being used more

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Phased approach (not all trainers and reviewers work at the same pace, some leave...)
What we Tried But Didn’t Work

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Live sessions are not really crowded – Are people shy?
What we Tried But Didn’t Work

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Thank you!
netdev@lists.geant.org

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Number of subtask participants: 12
Total manpower: 12.15 MM
Monthly cost: 8.3 k€/month (58.3 k€/7 Jan-Jul 2023)
How Long it Took