Cisco Cisco Virtual Managed Services 1.02 Troubleshooting Guide
4. Portal, Identity Management and Service Assurance
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4.2 Portal, SA and IDM Sub-systems
Overview
The Portal sub-system is the vMS interface for the Provider administrator for creating and managing tenants
(end customers). It is also the interface for end customers to order, manage and monitor vMS CloudVPN
services. The user management and authentication for Single Sign-On (SSO) is enabled by the Identity
Management (IDM) sub-system. Service status and statistics for deployed services are displayed on the Portal
which obtains this information from the Service Assurance (SA) sub-system. Cloud Foundry PaaS is utilized in
the vMS solution to deploy and manage the Portal, IDM and SA sub-systems. The following figure illustrates
the relationships between Cloud Foundry, vMS Portal, vMS IDM and vMS Service Assurance.
(end customers). It is also the interface for end customers to order, manage and monitor vMS CloudVPN
services. The user management and authentication for Single Sign-On (SSO) is enabled by the Identity
Management (IDM) sub-system. Service status and statistics for deployed services are displayed on the Portal
which obtains this information from the Service Assurance (SA) sub-system. Cloud Foundry PaaS is utilized in
the vMS solution to deploy and manage the Portal, IDM and SA sub-systems. The following figure illustrates
the relationships between Cloud Foundry, vMS Portal, vMS IDM and vMS Service Assurance.
Figure 4.1 vMS Portal, IDM and SA Sub-systems
Cloud Foundry PaaS for Portal, IDM and SA
The open-source Cloud Foundry PaaS is not a vMS core component. It is utilized to streamline and simplify
deployment and management of the Portal, ID Management, and Service Assurance sub-systems in the vMS
solution. For applications built using a microservices framework (such as the Portal components and SA-API),
Cloud Foundry can provide as-a-Service capabilities (discovery, monitoring, elasticity etc.). The Portal
troubleshooting and log collection are done through the Cloud Foundry system. The following figure
illustrates the Cloud Foundry infrastructure utilized within the vMS solution.
deployment and management of the Portal, ID Management, and Service Assurance sub-systems in the vMS
solution. For applications built using a microservices framework (such as the Portal components and SA-API),
Cloud Foundry can provide as-a-Service capabilities (discovery, monitoring, elasticity etc.). The Portal
troubleshooting and log collection are done through the Cloud Foundry system. The following figure
illustrates the Cloud Foundry infrastructure utilized within the vMS solution.