Neutron/ML2/Tail-f-NCS-neutron-ml2-driver
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Neutron ML2 Driver For Tail-f NCS
Overview
The Tail-f NCS Mechanism Driver implements the ML2 Plugin Mechanism Driver API.
It allows OpenStack to talk to the Tail-f Network Control System (NCS) and let NCS provision a multi-vendor network in response to OpenStack network configuration changes.
NCS transforms generic request from OpenStack into device-specific configuration changes that are deployed to the network with transactional guarantees.
Prerequisites
- NCS Version 2.3 or above
Directory Structure
The Tail-f NCS mechanism driver can be found here:
/opt/stack/neutron/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mechanism_ncs.py
Configuration
Add the following to /etc/neutron/neutron.conf where <ncs hostname> is the hostname or ip address to the server where NCS is running. You also need to add a user to NCS with the right permissions.
[ml2_ncs]
url = http://<ncs hostname>:8080/api/running/openstack
username = NCS username
password = NCS password
