Is there a more detailed writeup? I am interested in the api and Œflow' On 3/11/14, 7:12 AM, "Hugo Trippaers" <h...@trippaers.nl> wrote:
>Hey all, > >I¹ve been working on adding Bridge support to CloudStack. The use case is >that with the introduction of SDN there is a need for us to link logical >networks to physical hosts or physical networks. A typical use case would >be to connect legacy infrastructure to cloud infrastructure, or to >support cloud bursting from an existing infrastructure to a network in >the cloud. > >Routing can sometimes be used to accomplish the same effect (for example >the private gateway option in a VPC), but in some cases a L2 connection >is preferred. > >The functionality would a central bridge manager in CloudStack. The >bridge manager would have a number of admin only commands that link a >number of networks to a specified domain or account. The user commands >would allow an account to link a logical network to an external physical >network. This separation is done to ensure users are never able to >configure a bridge to a network they shouldn¹t have access to. Admins >will have to make an external network available as a bridge destination >and a user can select it. > >The network implementation will consists of a BridgeProvider element >extension which elements can implement. It¹s up to the elements to >configure the particulars of their bridge implementation. > >Initial implementation will cover the admin commands, user commands and >an implementation in the VMware NSX plugin. UI is out of scope for the >first implementation. > >Any feedback is welcome :D > >Cheers, > >Hugo
