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* '''Drafter''': [https://launchpad.net/~ewanmellor Ewan Mellor]
 
* '''Drafter''': [https://launchpad.net/~ewanmellor Ewan Mellor]
 
* '''Contributors''': [https://launchpad.net/~ilyaalekseyev Ilya Alekseyev], [https://launchpad.net/~patricka Patrick Ancillotti], [https://launchpad.net/~abrindeyev Andrey Brindeyev], [https://launchpad.net/~erik-carlin Erik Carlin], [https://launchpad.net/~dendrobates Rick Clark], [https://launchpad.net/~dmd17 Dan Mihai Dumitriu], [https://launchpad.net/~dramesh Ram Durairaj], [https://launchpad.net/~soren Søren Hansen], [https://launchpad.net/~iida-koji Koji Iida], [https://launchpad.net/~ishii-hisaharu Hisaharu Ishii], [https://launchpad.net/~itoumsn Masanori Itoh], [https://launchpad.net/~adjohn Adam Johnson], [https://launchpad.net/~youcef-laribi Youcef Laribi], [https://launchpad.net/~romain-lenglet Romain Lenglet], [https://launchpad.net/~bmcconne Brad McConnell], [https://launchpad.net/~reldan Eldar Nugaev], [https://launchpad.net/~salvatore-orlando Salvatore Orlando], [https://launchpad.net/~john-purrier John Purrier], [https://launchpad.net/~termie Andy Smith], [https://launchpad.net/~troy-toman Troy Toman], [https://launchpad.net/~dan-nicira Dan Wendlandt], [https://launchpad.net/~zhixue-wu Zhixue Wu]
 
* '''Contributors''': [https://launchpad.net/~ilyaalekseyev Ilya Alekseyev], [https://launchpad.net/~patricka Patrick Ancillotti], [https://launchpad.net/~abrindeyev Andrey Brindeyev], [https://launchpad.net/~erik-carlin Erik Carlin], [https://launchpad.net/~dendrobates Rick Clark], [https://launchpad.net/~dmd17 Dan Mihai Dumitriu], [https://launchpad.net/~dramesh Ram Durairaj], [https://launchpad.net/~soren Søren Hansen], [https://launchpad.net/~iida-koji Koji Iida], [https://launchpad.net/~ishii-hisaharu Hisaharu Ishii], [https://launchpad.net/~itoumsn Masanori Itoh], [https://launchpad.net/~adjohn Adam Johnson], [https://launchpad.net/~youcef-laribi Youcef Laribi], [https://launchpad.net/~romain-lenglet Romain Lenglet], [https://launchpad.net/~bmcconne Brad McConnell], [https://launchpad.net/~reldan Eldar Nugaev], [https://launchpad.net/~salvatore-orlando Salvatore Orlando], [https://launchpad.net/~john-purrier John Purrier], [https://launchpad.net/~termie Andy Smith], [https://launchpad.net/~troy-toman Troy Toman], [https://launchpad.net/~dan-nicira Dan Wendlandt], [https://launchpad.net/~zhixue-wu Zhixue Wu]
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== Glossary ==
 
== Glossary ==

Revision as of 09:06, 7 April 2011


This blueprint is being redrafted. Ewan Mellor will be happy to hear from you if you wish to contribute. Nothing here is committed.

There is a Discussion section at the end of this blueprint. Please feel free to put comments there.


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Glossary

openstack-NaaS: The customer-facing service proposed by this blueprint. This distinguishes it from the existing nova-network.

Core NaaS: Core services that should be provided by openstack-NaaS in order to ensure basic connectivity.

Higher Layer NaaS services: L3/L7 network services which might be provided by NaaS, i.e.: that are not strictly necessary to ensure basic connectivity.

The OpenStack NaaS API: The customer-facing API exposed by openstack-NaaS.

VIF: Virtual InterFace. A VM's network interface. Also known as a vNIC.

Summary

The goal of this blueprint is to add a first-class, customer-facing service for the management of network infrastructure within an OpenStack cloud. This will allow service providers to offer "Networking as a Service" (NaaS) to their customers.

This blueprint is divided in two parts:

  • Core NaaS: discusses goals, use cases, requirements and design ideas for features and capabilities to enable in openstack-NaaS in order to be able to create and manage networks intended as collection of ports with shared connectivity
  • Higher-Layer NaaS: discusses goals, uses cases, requirements, and design ideas for features to enable in openstack-NaaS in order to be able to provide customers with L3/L7 networks services such as Firewalls, VPN access and Load Balancing.

Pre-requisites

Multiple VIFs per VM. Not in OpenStack in Cactus, but expected to be added to Nova through NovaSpec:multi-nic and NovaSpec:multinic-libvirt for Diablo. This is required for all supported virtualization technologies (KVM/libvirt, XenAPI, Hyper-V, ESX).

Development Resources

No commitments have been made yet, but development resources have been offered by Citrix, Grid Dynamics, NTT, Midokura, and Rackspace.

We will sort out how to share the development burden when this specification is nearer completion.

Work in Progress

Erik Carlin is working on a draft spec for the OpenStack Networking API.

Some POC code is being worked on at lp:~ntt-pf-lab/nova/network-service

Cisco has also proposed a blueprint around Openstack-NaaS: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/netcontainers

Discussion

Etherpad from discussion session at Bexar design summit: http://etherpad.openstack.org/i5aSxrDeUU

Etherpad from alternative discussion session at Bexar design summit: http://etherpad.openstack.org/6tvrm3aEBt

Slide deck from discussion session at Bexar design summit: http://www.slideshare.net/danwent/bexar-network-blueprint