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openairinterface5g/ci-scripts
Guido Casati 51c773f411 CI (n2-ho): ping ext-DN from NR-UE before ext-DN toward UE
After attach, run UL ping so N3 UL traffic hits the UPF
before the first DL ping. That triggers UL PDR classification
in the UPF and avoids DL GTP-U using the default QFI.

Signed-off-by: Guido Casati <guido.casati@openairinterface.org>
2026-05-07 10:02:02 +02:00
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This document outlines how to use the OAI CI framework and gives a quickstart.

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Quickstart

There is a script main.py that

  • reads scenario files from XML
  • executes the steps (e.g., deployment of CN/gNB/UE, attach, ping, ...)

To simplify, a script run_locally.sh can be used to run a single scenario locally. First, download images for gNB&UE (we assume you already downloaded the CN) and tag them "latest", which is expected by run_locally.sh:

docker pull oaisoftwarealliance/oai-gnb:develop
docker tag oaisoftwarealliance/oai-gnb:develop oai-gnb
docker pull oaisoftwarealliance/oai-nr-ue:develop
docker tag oaisoftwarealliance/oai-nr-ue:develop oai-nr-ue

Now, run the scenario:

cd ~/openairinterface5g/ci-scripts/
./run_locally.sh xml_files/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml

Output should look like

[2025-08-07 18:07:49,631]     INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,631]     INFO:   Creating HTML header 
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,631]     INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,766]     INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,767]     INFO:   Starting Scenario: xml_files/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,767]     INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,767]     INFO: placing all artifacts for this run in /home/richie/oai/cmake_targets/log/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml.d/

[...]

[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771]     INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771]     INFO:  Test ID: 1 (#1)
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771]     INFO:  Deploy OAI 5G CoreNetwork
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771]     INFO: ----------------------------------------

it will run an end-to-end test, connecting one UE to the gNB, and ping, before undeploying. As shown, logs will be under /home/richie/oai/cmake_targets/log/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml.d/. The python code also produces an HTML report in ci-scripts/test_results.html.

Running with local changes

In order to run the tests as above, with local changes, please build images locally.

It is not yet possible to override an existing image with changes made locally to a source file and run it directly through the CI framework. However, it is possible to override an existing image with local changes, and run the scenario manually following the console logs steps provided above. This is described in the 5G RFsimulator README.