Updated the FS with API, Db changes and current deployment limitations. Also updated the UI section as to what all needs to be added.
Chiradeep, I looked at the option of spinning up templates from ovf template but didn't find a way (was looking for some samples) to pass custom parameters like vnmc ip, password etc. while creating VM instance. So for now the ASA instance creation is a manual step similar to VNMC appliance. In case there is a way out, the auto-creation can be done as a future enhancement. Thanks, Koushik > -----Original Message----- > From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:39 AM > To: CloudStack DeveloperList > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > Thanks for the FS updates. > Good progress. > I had forgotten about registering the ASA 1000v with VNMC < that makes it > harder to spin these appliances up/down. However we can plan to login via > the CLI just for this step. > > I believe it is better to use a pre-setup pool of ASA appliances. Let's say we > start with N appliances (created via an admin API call to CloudStack). > createASA1000vPool(ovf template id, zone, vnmc ip, N, increment, > threshold) Then as the capacity reaches threshold%, the pool capacity is > incremented by increment% asynchronously. > > > > > > On 1/21/13 12:46 AM, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: > > >Thanks Chiradeep for explaining the vnmc/asa integration stuff that you > >are working on and listing down all the use cases. > > > >Manan, > >CLOUDSTACK-742 is covered as part of Chiradeep's work (refer use cases > >#1 and #2 from the doc). > > > >-Koushik > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] > >Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:30 AM > >To: CloudStack DeveloperList > >Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > > >Take a look here: > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Cisco+VNMC+i > nteg > >rat > >i > >on > > > > > >This is something I had been prototyping without any real enthusiasm. > > > >There's 3 ways to control the ASA1000v: > >1. By logging in via the CLI. Strongly against this. > >2. By using VNMC > >3. Via Cisco's Network Services Manager (NSM)[1] > > > >The NSM is comprehensive, covers a large range of physical and virtual > >devices and has an easy northbound API. This would be my preferred > >solution. > > > >However as of now (NSM v5.0.2), the ASA1000v is not supported. > >It may also be the case that using VNMC may be a cheaper (albeit less > >supported) option > > > >[1] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11636/index.html > > > >On 1/17/13 9:26 PM, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: > > > >>Manan, > >>Can you answer the questions that Chiradeep has raised? > >> > >>Chiradeep, > >>I saw that you have started working on asa/vnmc here > >>(https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-cloudstack/repo?p=i > >>n > >>cub > >>ator-cloudstack.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/cisco-vnmc-api-integration). > >>I would like to understand the functionalities that you are planning > >>to cover and what is the overlap between your work and the feature > >>that Manan has proposed (supporting asa1000v as an external firewall). > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Koushik > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] > >>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 2:18 AM > >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > >>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > >>> > >>> Manan, > >>> > >>> Can you address the issues that Chiradeep has brought up? I think > >>>for a requirements discussion it is just as important to indicate > >>>what we will not do or what is considered a feature of a later > >>>release. > >>> > >>> --Alex > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- > >>> > From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] > >>> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:16 PM > >>> > To: CloudStack DeveloperList > >>> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > >>> > > >>> > There cannot be feature parity since the ASA1000v is only > >>> > supported on VMWare. > >>> > > >>> > Should the ASA1000v be created on demand, or do we expect the > >>> > admin to provision a pool of virtual ASAs? > >>> > > >>> > Should we support VXLAN as the isolation technology or VLANs? > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On 1/3/13 5:08 PM, "Manan Shah" <manan.s...@citrix.com> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > >Hi, > >>> > > > >>> > >I would like to propose a new feature for integrating Cisco ASA > >>> > >1000v in CS 4.1. I have created a JIRA ticket and provided the > >>> > >requirements at the following location. Please provide feedback > >>> > >on the > >>>requirements. > >>> > > > >>> > >JIRA Ticket: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-742 > >>> > >Requirements: > >>> > > >>> > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Ci > >>> >s > >>> >c > >>> > >o > >>> > +ASA > >>> > >+ > >>> > >1000v+as+a+FW+for+CloudStack > >>> > > > >>> > >Additional details would be provided in the FS. > >>> > > > >>> > >Regards, > >>> > >Manan Shah > >>> > > > >> > >
