Changing network service state

Change-state intent can be requested to move an existing service instance from a state to another. Both the current and the requested target state can be any of the following three states allowed for an existing healthy service instance: ”installed”, ”inactive”, or ”active”.

About this task

Figure 1. The transition from 'inactive' to 'active' state
Transition from inactive to active state

Procedure

From the orchestration GUI, change a network service state.

The operational state of an existing network service instance can be changed by clicking the Change Intent button associated to the instance and selecting desired transition from the drop-down menu.

The “Change Intent” button can be found on “Recent Assembly Instances”, “Assembly Instance Search”, and opened “Topology” and “Execution” pages. The options available in the drop-down menu are dependent on the current state of the service instance.