Updated the FS with following changes: - Use case section updated, classified use cases that will be supported for 4.2 and beyond. Also removed items like VSG and VXLAN support to "Open items" section as not planning to do them as part of "ASA integration". - Updated the deployment model section and added HV limitation (Vmware only feature) - Also updated the API section with parameter details.
Comments/feedback? Thanks, Koushik > -----Original Message----- > From: Koushik Das [mailto:koushik....@citrix.com] > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 7:08 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > 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 > > >>> > > > > >> > > >
