7 The Unified Secure Channel (USC) feature provides REST API, manager, and
8 plugin for unified secure channels. The REST API provides a northbound
9 api. The manager monitors, maintains, and provides channel related
10 services. The plugin handles the lifecycle of channels.
12 USC Channel Architecture
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17 - The USC Agent provides proxy and agent functionality on top of all
18 standard protocols supported by the device. It initiates call-home
19 with the controller, maintains live connections with with the
20 controller, acts as a demuxer/muxer for packets with the USC
21 header, and authenticates the controller.
25 - The USC Plugin is responsible for communication between the
26 controller and the USC agent . It responds to call-home with the
27 controller, maintains live connections with the devices, acts as a
28 muxer/demuxer for packets with the USC header, and provides
33 - The USC Manager handles configurations, high availability,
34 security, monitoring, and clustering support for USC.
38 - The USC UI is responsible for displaying a graphical user
39 interface representing the state of USC in the OpenDaylight DLUX
42 USC Channel APIs and Interfaces
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45 This section describes the APIs for interacting with the unified secure
48 USC Channel Topology API
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51 The USC project maintains a topology that is YANG-based in MD-SAL. These
52 models are available via RESTCONF.
57 `http://${ipaddress}:8181/restconf/operations/usc-channel:view-channel <http://${ipaddress}:8181/restconf/operations/usc-channel:view-channel>`__
59 - Description: Views the current state of the USC environment.
61 API Reference Documentation
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65 `http://${ipaddress}:8181/apidoc/explorer/index.html <http://${ipaddress}:8181/apidoc/explorer/index.html>`__,
66 sign in, and expand the usc-channel panel. From there, users can execute
67 various API calls to test their USC deployment.