| Overview |
| ---------------- |
| |
| `Aether OnRamp <https://github.com/opennetworkinglab/aether-onramp>`__ |
| is a packaging of Aether in a way that makes it easy to deploy the |
| system on your own hardware. It provides an incremental path for users |
| to: |
| |
| * Learn about and observe all the moving parts in Aether. |
| * Customize Aether for different target environments. |
| * Experiment with scalable edge communication. |
| * Deploy and operate Aether with live 5G traffic. |
| |
| Aether OnRamp begins with a *Quick Start* deployment similar to |
| `Aether-in-a-Box (AiaB) |
| <https://docs.aetherproject.org/master/developer/aiab.html>`__, but |
| then goes on to prescribe a sequence of steps users can follow to |
| deploy increasingly complex configurations. OnRamp refers to each such |
| configuration as a *blueprint*, and the set supports both emulated and |
| physical RANs, along with the runtime machinery needed to operate an |
| Aether cluster supporting live 5G workloads. (OnRamp also defines a |
| 4G blueprint that can be used to connected one or more physical eNBs, |
| but we postpone a discussion of that capability until a later |
| section. Everything else in this guide assumes 5G.) |
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| .. include:: directory.rst |
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| Aether OnRamp is still a work in progress, but anyone |
| interested in participating in that effort is encouraged to join the |
| discussion on Slack in the `ONF Community Workspace |
| <https://onf-community.slack.com/>`__. A roadmap for the work that |
| needs to be done can be found in the `Aether OnRamp Wiki |
| <https://github.com/opennetworkinglab/aether-onramp/wiki>`__. |
| |