Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for verifying virtualized network functions (VNFs) using Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs). For example, a system includes an orchestrator configured to obtain, using a Decentralized Identifier (DID) that is associated with a virtualized network function (VNF) image for a VNF, a DID document associated with the DID, verify, based on the DID document associated with the DID, the VNF image, and deploy the VNF image as a VNF instance on a Network Functions Virtualization infrastructure (NFVi). The system also includes one or more consensus networks that store the DID document associated with the VNF image in a distributed ledger.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for configuring and provisioning, with a distributed artificial intelligence (AI) fabric controller, network resources in an AI fabric for use by AI applications. In one example, the AI fabric controller is configured to discover available resources communicatively coupled to a cloud exchange; obtain a set of candidate solutions, each candidate solution of the set of candidate solutions comprising an AI application and a configuration of resources for use by the AI application; filter, based on one or more execution metrics corresponding to each of the candidate solutions, the set of candidate solutions to generate a filtered set of candidate solutions; generate provisioning scripts for the filtered set of candidate solutions; execute the provisioning scripts to provision resources for each candidate solution in the filtered set of candidate solutions; and create an execution environment for each candidate solution in the filtered set of candidate solutions.