Azure Operator Service Manager

Azure Operator Service Manager Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Operator Service Manager. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., security.md), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

• Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
• Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Troubleshooting | L33-L38 | Diagnosing and fixing AOSM onboarding issues with the Azure CLI extension and troubleshooting Helm chart installation failures in AOSM CNF deployments. |

| Best Practices | L39-L47 | Best practices for AOSM onboarding, config group design, Helm charts, artifact cleanup, and controlling CNF upgrade failure behavior. |

| Security | L48-L55 | Securing AOSM with Private Link, custom RBAC/roles, and User Assigned Managed Identities for controlled, least-privilege access and secure SNS/service operator deployments. |

| Configuration | L56-L65 | Configuring AOSM deployment behavior: cluster registry for edge resiliency, pausing/resuming site services, Helm cleanup/tests, NFO extension settings, and artifact store geo-replication. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L66-L75 | Using CLI/ARM/Helm with AOSM to onboard CNFs/VNFs, manage images and artifacts (ACR/storage-backed stores), and add ARM resources to network service designs |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Troubleshoot Azure CLI AOSM extension onboarding issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/troubleshoot-cli-common-issues |

| Diagnose Helm install failures in AOSM CNF deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/troubleshoot-helm-install-failures |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Apply onboarding and deployment best practices for AOSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/best-practices-onboard-deploy |

| Design configuration groups effectively in Azure Operator Service Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/configuration-guide |

| Apply Helm chart best practices for Azure Operator Service Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/helm-requirements |

| Manage AOSM publisher artifact cleanup efficiently | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/resource-cleanup-management |

| Control CNF upgrade failure behavior in AOSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/safe-upgrades-nf-level-rollback |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure AOSM Private Link for secure backhaul | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/get-started-with-private-link |

| Assign custom AOSM roles for secure SNS deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-assign-custom-role |

| Create custom RBAC roles for AOSM service operators | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-create-custom-role |

| Configure and use User Assigned Managed Identity with AOSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-create-user-assigned-managed-identity |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Set up AOSM cluster registry for edge resiliency | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/get-started-with-cluster-registry |

| Interrupt and resume AOSM site network service deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-cancel-service-deployments |

| Override Helm failure cleanup behavior in AOSM deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-use-helm-option-parameters |

| Use CLI commands to configure NFO cluster extension | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/manage-network-function-operator |

| Configure geo-replication for AOSM artifact stores | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/publisher-artifact-store-resiliency |

| Configure Helm test integration for AOSM upgrades | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/safe-upgrades-helm-test |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Use AOSM CLI to discover and upload CNF images | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/concepts-cli-containerized-network-function-image-upload |

| Map Helm and ARM parameters to AOSM configuration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/concepts-expose-parameters-configuration-group-schema |

| Push and pull artifacts with ACR-backed AOSM artifact stores | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-manage-artifacts-nexus |

| Push and pull artifacts with AOSM storage-backed stores | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-manage-artifacts-virtualized-network-function-cloud |

| Add ARM resources to AOSM Network Service Designs via CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-onboard-azure-resource-manager-resources-cli |

| Onboard CNFs to AOSM using the CLI extension | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-onboard-containerized-network-function-cli |

| Onboard VNFs to AOSM for deployment on Nexus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/operator-service-manager/how-to-onboard-virtualized-network-function-cli |