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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<chapter id="components">
+  <title>Components</title>
+
+  <para>This chapter presents an overview of the Enea Edge components: Enea Edge Runtime, Enea Edge Management and Enea Edge Automation.</para>
+
+  <figure>
+    <title>Component Overview</title>
+
+    <mediaobject>
+      <imageobject>
+        <imagedata align="center" contentwidth="600"
+                   fileref="images/autofw_testh_overview.png" />
+      </imageobject>
+    </mediaobject>
+  </figure>
+
+    <section id="eucpe_manager">
+      <title>Enea Edge Management</title>
+
+      <para>The Enea Edge Management application is installed on a supported
+      platform. It manages Enea Edge <literal>devices</literal>, that
+      are virtualized CPE devices.</para>
+
+      <para>For more details about Enea Edge Management installation, see <olink
+      targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
+      targetptr="install_ucpe_mg">Installing the Enea Edge Management application in the
+      <xi:include href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
+      Manual.</para>
+    </section>
+
+    <section id="ena_plat">
+      <title>Enea Edge Runtime</title>
+
+      <para>One or more uCPE devices running the Enea Edge Runtime
+      are required as hosts, to run the VNFs. The uCPE device is
+      known to the Enea Edge Management application as the <literal>VcpeAgent</literal> device
+      module.</para>
+
+      <para>Before running any use case with the Enea Edge Automation, the uCPE devices have to be added to the Enea Edge Management application.</para>
+
+      <para>Adding a <literal>VcpeAgent</literal> device can be done:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>using the Enea Edge Management GUI</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>using REST API</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>For more details about Enea Edge installation, see <olink
+      targetdoc="book_enea_edge_getting_started"
+      targetptr="prep_usb_ena">Preparing the USB stick for installation of the
+      Edge Runtime in the <xi:include
+      href="../../s_docbuild/olinkdb/pardoc-names.xml"
+      xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      xpointer="element(book_enea_edge_getting_started/1)" /></olink>
+      Manual.</para>
+    </section>
+        
+    <section id="automation">
+      <title>Enea Edge Automation</title>
+          
+      <para>Enea Edge Automation has two compoments: Automation Framework and Test Harness.
+      It provides Python scripts using Enea Edge Management REST API and Ansible Playbooks.</para>
+          
+      <para>The Automation Framework component provides a Python unit-test suite that runs automatically the
+      test-cases defined for each Python script.</para>
+
+      <para>It is recommended to use a different host for running the tests, in
+      order to allow external users to access and use the Enea Edge Management application
+      effectively.</para>
+  
+      <para>The Test Harness component provides a way for driving configuration with
+      Ansible Playbooks, by running the Python modules from the Automation Framework component
+      and by direct connection over SSH to the boards that run Enea
+      Edge.</para>
+
+      <para>The Test Harness includes an automated test suite that
+      contains:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>VNF, Device and Network Smoke Test Cases. A sample test suite
+          that acts as basic smoke tests for Enea Edge and also as a
+          sanity-check test suite for the Enea Edge Automation.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>VNF Deployment and Lifecycle. A sample test suite that verifies
+          the instantiation, lifecycle control and destruction of a VNF for Enea
+          Edge.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Service Creation and Lifecycle. A sample test suite that
+          contains complex test cases showcasing service creation and lifecycle
+          management.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>For more details about the test suites or test cases, see the README
+      file included in the test scenario folders from the Enea Edge Automation
+      archive.</para>
+    </section>
+</chapter>
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