Specifying an endpoint group would achieve the --networking-template effects you described. The endpoint group would have all of the security policies, IP allocation policies, connectivity policies, etc. already setup.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/05/2014 01:13 PM, Robert Kukura wrote: > >> >> On 8/5/14, 11:04 AM, Gary Kotton wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Is there any description of how this will be consumed by Nova. My >>> concern is this code landing there. >>> >> Hi Gary, >> >> Initially, an endpoint's port_id is passed to Nova using "nova boot ... >> --nic port-id=<port-uuid> ...", requiring no changes to Nova. Later, >> slight enhancements to Nova would allow using commands such as "nova >> boot ... --nic ep-id=<endpoint-uuid> ..." or "nova boot ... --nic >> epg-id=<endpoint-group-uuid> ...". >> > > Hi Bob, > > How exactly is the above a friendlier API for the main user of Neutron, > which is Nova? I thought one of the main ideas behind the GBP stuff was to > create a more declarative and intuitive API for users of Neutron -- i.e. > Nova -- to use in constructing needed networking objects. The above just > seems to me to be exchanging one low-level object (port) with another > low-level object (endpoint or endpoint group)? > > Perhaps the disconnect is due to the term "endpoint" being used, which, > everywhere else in the OpenStack universe, means something entirely > different from GBP. > > I guess, based on my understanding of the *intent* of the GBP API, I would > have expected an API more like: > > nova boot ... --networking-template <UUID> > > where --networking-template would refer to a network, subnet topology, IP > assignment policy, collection of security groups and firewall policies that > the tenant had established prior to booting an instance... thereby making > the API more intuitive and less cluttered. > > Or is it that I just don't understand this new "endpoint" terminology? > > Best, > -jay > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -- Kevin Benton
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