Nice work Will!

I've checked the code, it included the UI part and unit test as well.
Really impressed!

Just one comment: you can git-format-patch to generate the patch. It would
includes author and description information automatically, which is easier
for applying.

+1!

--Sheng



On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to merge support for Palo Alto Network's firewall appliances
> to the master branch.  Development for this has been done by Will Stevens
> at CloudOps on branch [1].
>
> There was an introduction [2], a proposal [3], and a discussion [4] on the
> mailing list regarding this feature.
>
> Checklist:
> Jira ticket for the feature is here [5].
> The FS can be found at [6].
> Unit tests for the feature are available at [7] and [8].  I have developed
> the unit tests with a flag to output additional detail in the console [9].
>  Here is the result of the tests without detail [10] and here is the result
> of the tests with detail [11].
>
> This plugin communicates to the Palo Alto Networks firewall appliances
> through an API documented at [12] with a training manual [13].
> This plugin depends on a modification to core to remove a limitation which
> was discussed here [14], with this jira issue [15] and has been approved
> here [16].
> This plugin is being reviewed at [17] according to this patch [18].
>
> There are no 3rd party libraries needed for this plugin, however it does
> depend on a 3rd party API [12][13] to orchestrate the configuration on the
> appliance.  The plugin is currently being built via the 'nonoss' flag.  It
> should be moved into either the 'noredist' or core because it appears that
> 'nonoss' will be going away [19] and 'noredist' has been merged [20].  I
> would appreciate input on which build this should be put into given its
> interaction with an 3rd party appliance.
>
> Here are the slides for a presentation [21] given about this integration at
> the CloudStack Collaboration Conference in Santa Clara, CA.
>
> [1] https://github.com/cloudops/cs_palo_alto/tree/palo_alto
> [2]
>
> http://markmail.org/message/hukydzwkec3dwuxq?q=list:org%2Eapache%2Eincubator%2Ecloudstack-%2A+Palo+Alto
> [3]
>
> http://markmail.org/message/odbg2icft7esj3ut?q=list:org%2Eapache%2Eincubator%2Ecloudstack-%2A+Palo+Alto
> [4]
>
> http://markmail.org/message/n5276i4hfh7ek57o?q=list:org%2Eapache%2Eincubator%2Ecloudstack-%2A+Palo+Alto
> [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-1275
> [6]
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Palo+Alto+Firewall+Integration
> [7]
>
> https://github.com/cloudops/cs_palo_alto/blob/palo_alto/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/test/com/cloud/network/resource/PaloAltoResourceTest.java
> [8]
>
> https://github.com/cloudops/cs_palo_alto/blob/palo_alto/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/test/com/cloud/network/resource/MockablePaloAltoResource.java
> [9]
>
> https://github.com/cloudops/cs_palo_alto/blob/palo_alto/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/test/com/cloud/network/resource/PaloAltoResourceTest.java#L156
> [10]
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753712/palo_alto_tests_without_logging.txt?version=1&modificationDate=1383248404474
> [11]
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753712/palo_alto_tests_with_logging.txt?version=1&modificationDate=1383248432061
> [12]
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753712/XML-API-5-1.0-RevA.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1366305634000
> [13]
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753712/XML_API_Training.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1366305635000
> [14]
>
> http://markmail.org/message/374hyn7ko6zrb2cf?q=list:org%2Eapache%2Eincubator%2Ecloudstack-%2A+supported+source+nat+types
> [15] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-4991
> [16] https://reviews.apache.org/r/15047/
> [17] https://reviews.apache.org/r/15050/
> [18] https://reviews.apache.org/r/15050/diff/
> [19]
>
> http://markmail.org/message/37qcg4lgudmf57ws?q=DISCUSS%5D+rename+nonoss+to+noredist
> [20]
>
> http://markmail.org/message/zqkiuod5qabcyra6?q=%5BMERGE%5D+changing+nonoss+to+noredist
> [21]
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/30753712/CS_PA_Integration.pptx?version=1&modificationDate=1383250830719
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will
>

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