New release: Radiator VNF Flex 2023.1.1 is available!

Great news! We are happy to announce that as a part of our development efforts a new release for Radiator VNF Flex is now available - Radiator VNF Flex 2023.1.1. As always, this development work has been done with close interaction with our carrier customers that have given valuable feedback when testing and implementing new features.

A sneak peek to the sales demo of Radiator VNF Flex. More visuals of the product can be found in the user guide.

 

New features and related material

During 2023, our team has developed several key feature to new Radiator VNF Flex releases - and release Radiator VNF Flex 2023.1.1 includes all the following:

• AlmaLinux 9.2 as base for the Radiator VNF Flex Image
• Radiator AAA Server Software 4.27-1 included
• Possibility to integrate Radiator VNF Manager with LDAP to allow authenticating to GUI and CLI with domain user accounts
• Possibility to use specific mirror for AlmaLinux repositories
• Includes hardenings for Radiator VNF Manager and Radiator VNF hosts
• Unneeded services removed
• Radiator VNF Manager internal firewall tightened
• Usability improvement: requirement for the Radiator VNF Flex configuration file to have unique radiator_configuration and enhancements configuration_source file names within the Radiator VNF Manager has been removed

In addition to the features implemented to the Radiator VNF Flex, we also provide extensive documentation and material for our customers interested in Radiator VNF Flex. For example, we have also published following materials to different user groups:

• Radiator VNF Manager user guide »  (for day-to-day operations)
• Radiator VNF Manager advanced user guide » (for administrative functions)
• Radiator VNF Manager Deployment and Configuration guide » (for deployments and when planning new implementations)
  
  

 Would you like to know more?

If you are interested in Radiator VNF Flex or in other Radiator products please contact our sales team at info(a)radiatorsoftware.com. We are happy to give a technical demo and discuss how we can help you with your use case.

Introducing Radiator VNF Flex

 As a recent addition to our portfolio, we have been developing Radiator VNF Flex. Radiator VNF Flex is our new approach to NFV solutions. It focuses on managing and scaling Radiator.  Built for flexibility, Radiator VNF Flex is designed to work on top of various virtualisation environments, and is suitable for carriers, CSPs and other customers that need a scalable AAA VNF solution.

Radiator VNF Flex consists of Radiator VNF and Radiator VNF Manager. Radiator VNF Manager makes it possible to deploy and manage multiple Radiator VNFs with different configurations within one virtualisation infrastructure (VI). The architecture of the Radiator VNF Manager is designed so that multiple virtualisation infrastructures can be utilised with Virtualisation Infrastructure (VI) specific Radiator VNF Manager images. 

As all Radiator VNFs are deployed and managed by independent Radiator VNF Manager, and based on Ansible playbooks, Radiator VNF Flex is better equipped to survive Virtualisation Infrastructure or Management and Orchestration (MANO) upgrades with less additional migration, upgrade and testing work.

In the picture below, we present an example deployment for Radiator VNF Flex:

As can be seen from the image, different Radiator VNF instances then connect to customer services, such as log management and visualization systems, external databases and OSS/BSS systems. Also, it should be noted that Radiator VNF Flex does not limit Radiator VNF configurations: any Radiator configuration can be adapted to be a Radiator VNF configuration deployed by Radiator VNF Manager.

The transition process to Radiator VNF Flex is made easy. Radiator VNF Manager makes it easy to quickly deploy Radiator into production without time-consuming integration with general or third-party VNF managers. Own VNF Manager also protects the VNF and its configuration from third-party managers and components. This makes virtualisation infrastructure upgrades easier as Radiator VNF Manager handles management and orchestration of all Radiator VNFs.

To sum up, the key features of Radiator VNF Flex:

• New Ansible-based AAA solution from Radiator
• Easier deployment to production without time-consuming integration to third party VNF managers
  
• All Radiator AAA configurations and functionalities can be implemented
• First available on OpenStack, other support based on customer needs
• Supports Linux distributions based on customer needs 
• Radiator VNF Manager is provided as a separate virtual image

Would you like to know more about Radiator VNF Flex?

We are currently engaging multiple projects with Radiator VNF Flex. If you are interested in virtualising your AAA solution, please contact us at info(a)radiatorsoftware.com. We are happy to have a discussion about your use case and project, and tell how Radiator VNF Flex would suit your needs.

Upcoming webinar: Radiator Portfolio Updates - 8th March and 10th March

We are pleased to announce that we are presenting a series of live webinars about new developments in Radiator products and their use cases.

The first webinar focuses on harnessing benefits of the full Radiator product portfolio and giving brief examples from the topic list below. Each of the following sessions takes a deep-dive on real Radiator use cases, with technical insight from our experts:

• Radiator Software news and updates in our product and services portfolio
• Radiator Auth.fi - our new secure and easy service for Wi-Fi authentication
• How to connect to OpenRoaming (™) roaming federation service with Radiator
• Radiator VNF Flex - new and flexible approach to AAA VNF with Radiator
• Using Radiator in eduroam and other roaming services 
• Using Radiator with utility networks, such as water systems and power system management
• Experiences from using Radiator as replacement for products nearing end-of-life
• More coming up
  

The first webinar Radiator Portfolio Updates is held in parallel sessions on Tuesday 8th March 08.00-09.00 UTC and Thursday 10th March 16.00-17.00 UTC for participants from different regions to join.

Please register here to receive an invite to your preferred session. By registering you’ll also get access to the presentation recording and materials after the webinar.