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+.. _dev_virtual:
+
+Developing code with a virtual VOLTHA POD
+=========================================
+
+A guide to install a virtual POD. This is generally used to gain familiarity with the
+environment or for development purposes.
+
+Most of the `helm` and `voltctl` commands found in the :ref:`pod_physical` also
+apply in the virtual environment.
+
+Quickstart
+----------
+
+Requires:
+
+- ``docker`` and ``go`` installed on your machine
+- `kind-voltha <https://github.com/ciena/kind-voltha>`_ cloned on your machine
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    TYPE=minimal WITH_RADIUS=y CONFIG_SADIS=y ONLY_ONE=y WITH_BBSIM=y ./voltha up
+
+Create Kubernetes Cluster
+-------------------------
+
+Kind provides a command line control tool to easily create Kubernetes
+clusters using just a basic Docker environment. The following commands
+will create the desired deployment of Kubernetes and then configure your
+local copy of ``kubectl`` to connect to this cluster.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   kind create cluster --name=voltha-$TYPE --config $TYPE-cluster.cfg
+   export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="voltha-$TYPE")"
+   kubectl cluster-info
+
+Initialize Helm
+---------------
+
+Helm provide a capability to install and manage Kubernetes applications.
+VOLTHA’s default deployment mechanism utilized Helm. Before Helm can be
+used to deploy VOLTHA it must be initialized and the repositories that
+container the artifacts required to deploy VOLTHA must be added to Helm.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   # Initialize Helm and add the required chart repositories
+   helm init
+   helm repo add incubator https://kubernetes-charts-incubator.storage.googleapis.com
+   helm repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com
+   helm repo add onf https://charts.opencord.org
+   helm repo update
+
+   # Create and k8s service account so that Helm can create pods
+   kubectl create serviceaccount --namespace kube-system tiller
+   kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller-cluster-rule --clusterrole=cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller
+   kubectl patch deploy --namespace kube-system tiller-deploy -p '{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"serviceAccount":"tiller"}}}}'
+
+From this point follow the :ref:`physical VOLTHA POD installation instructions
+<installation_steps>`. Come back here once done.
+
+Install BBSIM (Broad Band OLT/ONU Simulator)
+--------------------------------------------
+
+BBSIM provides a simulation of a BB device. It can be useful for
+testing.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   helm install -f minimal-values.yaml --namespace voltha --name bbsim onf/bbsim
+
+Create BBSIM Device
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   voltctl device create -t openolt -H $(kubectl get -n voltha service/bbsim -o go-template='{{.spec.clusterIP}}'):50060
+
+Enable BBSIM Device
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   voltctl device enable $(voltctl device list --filter Type~openolt -q)
+
+
+Developing changes on a virtual pod
+-----------------------------------
+
+We assume you already have downloaded the git repository you want to modify and
+your IDE is correctly set up.
+
+In this tutorial we are going to use ``voltha-go`` as an example.
+
+Make the required changes in the ``voltha-go`` repository (the process
+is the same for all the VOLTHA repositories) to the code and build the
+docker images and push them on your private dockerhub account:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   $ DOCKER_REGISTRY="matteoscandolo/" DOCKER_TAG="dev" make docker-build
+
+Then push them to your docker hub account:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   $ DOCKER_REGISTRY="matteoscandolo/" DOCKER_TAG="dev" make docker-push
+
+Deploy your changes on kind-voltha
+----------------------------------
+
+Create a copy of the `minimal-values.yaml` file:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    $ cp minimal-values.yaml dev-values.yaml
+
+And edit that file so that it contains the appropriate values for the images you want to try,
+for example uncomment and change these two lines (mind the indentation):
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+    images:
+      ro_core:
+        repository: matteoscandolo/voltha-ro-core
+        tag: dev
+      rw_core:
+        repository: matteoscandolo/voltha-rw-core
+        tag: dev
+
+Then redeploy `kind-voltha` using that the edited value file:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    $ DEPLOY_K8S=no ./voltha down && DEPLOY_K8S=no EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS="-f dev-values.yaml" ./voltha up