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](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

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 onboarding/deploying AOSM, designing configuration groups, packaging CNFs with Helm, cleaning up publisher resources, 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 resource clean-up effectively	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