Overview
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VOSS Automate ships with a portfolio of service integration modules to support close
working with associated provider OSS and BSS systems. Within this portfolio,
VOSS Northbound Integration Module (NBI) offers integration with northbound
systems for billing and reporting purposes. NBI is a module for VOSS Automate and
provides functions to control the billing flow during initial customer
provisioning, monitor for changes to subscribers or their services once the
customer is live, and issue real-time billing updates (payloads) northbound
for charging.

NBI runs as a separate appliance and provides this integration with northbound
systems through a near real-time RESTful API. This interface is used to transfer
a billing payload that contains information on subscribers and associated services
and devices whenever a change is made to the live system.

This document describes how to install the NBI application and then connect it up
to VOSS Automate and a northbound system.

.. note::

   This version of NBI is compatible with VOSS Automate version 19.x.
   
Following the installation of NBI, configure the following
parameters as required:

* SNMP alerts