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9 Note: in ONAP SDC, network object is called "virtual link"
11 **Various possible methods are available with ONAP to instantiate a network**
14 method, the user needs to build and send a Network instantiation
17 Note 1: prior to be able to send a request to instantiate
18 a Network, the user needs to instantiate a Service Object and then will
19 need to refer to that Service instance in the Network instantiate request.
21 Note 2: the request to instantiate the Network object will update
22 ONAP AAI (inventory) and will send a request to the selected Cloud Platform
23 (Openstack, Azure, K8S...).
26 method, the user do not need to send any
27 Network instantiation request. Network instantiation is being automatically
28 performed by ONAP when sending the request to instantiate the Service
29 (see: Instantiate Service).
31 **Possible Tools to perform Network Instantiation**
33 the user needs such a tool only if using the "A La Carte" method.
35 - **via ONAP VID Graphical User Interface tool**
37 - **via any tool able to perform REST API requests**
38 (for example : Robot Framework, Postman, Curl...) connected
39 to **ONAP SO** legacy API.
41 With "A La Carte" method
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47 using ONAP VID Portal <../vid1/index.rst>
48 using ONAP SO REST API <../so1/index.rst>
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53 Network instantiation is performed automatically when performing
54 Service Instantiation.