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Cloud Native Telecom Initiative

LF Networking’s new Cloud Native Telecom Initiative (CNTI) brings telco networking and cloud native thought leaders together to advance cloud native networking confidence and adoption.

Let's Work Together

The CNTI is aimed at accelerating the adoption of Cloud Native technology for networking (as expressed in documents such as the recent NGMN Cloud Native Manifesto) to meet the needs of both vendors and service providers while avoiding fragmentation and creating a unified conformance program. It will start by building on the work of the existing CNCF CNF Certification, CNF Test Suite, and LF Networking’s Anuket Project.

The Cloud Native Telecom Initiative will focus on 3 key areas:

Best Practices

  • Documents cloud native and Kubernetes-native best practices for networking.
  • Recommends vendor-neutral, foundational best practices.
  • Collaborates with LF Networking projects.

Test Catalog

  • Develops functional, non-functional, and end-to-end tests based on best practices.
  • Creates a robust testing framework and infrastructure.
  • Provides remediation on failed tests to help application developers.

Certification (BETA)

  • Built on the foundation of CNCF’s CNF Certification program.
  • Extended to address the needs of modern Cloud Native Network Functions.
  • Self-executable and community-reviewed.

If you are interested in participating and advancing this initiative, please consider engaging in one or more of our focus areas. See details at: LF Networking Wiki | Cloud Native Telecom Initiative (CNTI).

Watch the CNTi Test Catalog Demo

How to earn a CNTi Certification badge (BETA)

  1. Prepare
    Learn about the self-certification requirements and technical prerequisites to prepare your product for certification.
  2. Run the tests
    Follow the instructions to run your tests using the CNTi Test Suite.
  3. Submit
    Prepare a PR to submit your results to the CNTi Certification repo on GitHub. Complete the participation form.
  4. Review
    A reviewer will approve your PR at which point your product will be certified.

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