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Open-source observability tools are used to collect and visualize metrics, log files, and trace files that are generated by 5G NFs during validation of the solution.
The following figure shows an example of trace visualization through a Jaeger UI:
The open-source observability tools that are used to monitor the solution run on the same Tanzu Kubernetes cluster as the NF. The latest software version that is available from public repositories is installed using Helm commands.
Note: In future releases, it will be possible to automate the installation procedures using Telco Cloud Automation.
The following figure shows the NF and operational tools that we used to validate the 5G Core solution: