Hi Somik, These are exactly the kind of questions I would like to answer in the session I have proposed. I don't think we need to schedule a different session in the unconference.
I hope we can use this thread to precisely define the agenda of the session. Salvatore From: netstack-bounces+salvatore.orlando=eu.citrix....@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:netstack-bounces+salvatore.orlando=eu.citrix....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Devin Carlen Sent: 29 September 2011 01:19 To: Somik Behera Cc: netstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Netstack] Pre-summit Quantum & Dashboard integration discussions Hi all, I have some notes inline for you. On Sep 28, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Somik Behera wrote: Hi All, I just wanted to send few initial thoughts on enhancing our Dashboard integration to better enable the end-user(tenant) to manage their networking( L2, IPAM all together) as well as provide the Cloud Admin a location, where they can interact with Quantum, and perform Quantum specific functions( i.e. use cases specific to the Network Admin) I installed Dashboard with Quantum,Keystone and Nova all working together, after navigating few landmines, I got it running and had some early feedback and I was hoping to collect what ideas other folks in the team had around Dashboard. I know Arvind and Mark Voelker from Cisco have quite a few ideas and I am hoping by the end of summit, we can all together crystallize all the ideas into blueprints for Essex. Yes, we got bit by the Keystone bug a bit. They have committed to dropping code by Friday so we should be able to release a Diablo stable version of Dashboard by then. I am sure there are a lot of thoughts and ideas around how we should integrate Quantum with various OpenStack services, and then how does Dashboard orchestrate all these underlying OpenStack services in a cohesive manner( from networking perspective.) I just wanted to get the discussion started and hopefully, we can tackle the discussions around these flows in the unconference area or together with Salvatore's Quantum integration workflows session<http://summit.openstack.org/sessions/view/78> Quantum-Nova workflow today: 1. OpenStack cloud provider configures QuantumManager as the NetworkManager and the appropriate IPAM service,Nova's IPAM or Melange. 2. Using nova-manage, Cloud "admin" creates global shared networks in nova with a priority & subnet 3. Using nova-manage, Cloud "admin" or tenant "admin" creates tenant specific networks with a priority & subnet 4. Tenant spins up a VM, VM contains appropriate # of nics(multi-nic) based on # of networks the VM is associated with, injected IP, and Vifs plugged into the correct network. Quantum-Dashboard workflow today: 1. OpenStack cloud provider configures Quantum service integration. 2. Tenant logs in with keystone credentials 3. Tenant can view networks owned by the tenant 4. Tenant can create, update, delete tenant owned network & ports 5. Tenant can plug/unplug Vifs to/from networks. Workflow items not supported by dashboard today: 1. A SysPanel UI for "Quantum" only for Network-only admin functionality. 2. Networks created via dashboard are unknown to nova, the networks also are not associated with Nova IPAM or Melange IPAM - This requires that once a Quantum network has been created, user still has to use nova-manage CLI to associate the quantum network within Nova DB and create an associated IP block with the network. 3. A mechanism for dashboard UI to support additional UI for various extensions, in a pluggable manner. This is in progress now. We'll have the ability to register functionality in the side and top bars as needed for top level functionality. To enable functions at a more granular level (eg specifiying a network to use when launching an instance?) you'll need to create code in the launch instance template to pivot around settings.QUANTUM_ENABLED. Bit of a pain but totally doable. While we can discuss what the real workflow should be and what kind of UI we should create, at the summit, I just wanted to open this thread to gather some input ahead of the summit. Let me know when and where and I'll be there. :) I am hoping we can merge this discussions with Salvatore's integration workflow discussion or do a unconference session as having a robust UI will definitely help Quantum's adoption as well as Demo's :) Thanks, Somik -- Somik Behera | Nicira Networks, Inc. | so...@nicira.com<mailto:sbeh...@nicira.com> | office: 650-390-6790<tel:650-390-6790> | cell: 512-577-6645<tel:512-577-6645> -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~netstack Post to : netstack@lists.launchpad.net<mailto:netstack@lists.launchpad.net> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~netstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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