This whitepaper examines the network functions virtualization (NFV) orchestration requirements and specification as put forth by the European Telecommunication Standard Institute (ETSI), in the context of the Kubernetes way of orchestrating services and applications. This whitepaper explores the interplay between the ETSI components and Kubernetes/Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) framework by examining requirements that can map from one framework to another, and outlines some of the gaps in mapping others. We also examine evolving business and operational needs, and importance of a true cloud-native orchestration framework to address those needs. We further provide a high-level architecture of a cloud-native orchestrator that can be implemented cost-effectively and reliably by some of the AWS cloud services.
