Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-07-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 05:21:38PM +, Semba, Kurt wrote: > So my only option is to walk through the C-code of your ovs tools > and try to reproduce this using Java and this JSON-RPC lib? The OVSDB protocol is specified in ovsdb/SPECS. This should be enough to implement a client (or a server).

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-07-06 Thread Semba, Kurt
, 6. Juli 2011 18:57 To: Ben Pfaff Cc: Semba, Kurt; discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> I've found a Java library called openflowj but as far as I understand >> it is use

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-07-06 Thread Rob Sherwood
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> I've found a Java library called openflowj but as far as I >> understand it is used to configure an existing Distributed Virtual >> Switch from Citrix - correct? I've also checked the latest Citrix >> XAPI documentation which has been updated in

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-07-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 02:46:56PM +, Semba, Kurt wrote: > In February I was looking for a way to automatize openvSwitch > configurations remotely via some sort of API which we could > integrate into our Java code base in addition to the already used > XAPI (so we could also configure the openv

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-07-06 Thread Semba, Kurt
a, Kurt Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Semba, Kurt wrote: > thanks for your reply and your advice. I'm using the following SDK/library > within my Java application: > http://www.community.citrix.

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-02-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Semba, Kurt wrote: > thanks for that hint - yes, there are JSON-RPC libraries for Java out there > which I could probably use for this. If I understand this correctly, my > application would act as the JSON-RPC client and the XenServer running the > ovs would ac

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-02-22 Thread Semba, Kurt
ee how such a manager uses the RPC calls to create / delete VLANs ports, bridges, etc.? Thanks again Kurt -Original Message- From: Justin Pettit [mailto:jpet...@nicira.com] Sent: Dienstag, 22. Februar 2011 09:17 To: Semba, Kurt Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss]

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-02-22 Thread Justin Pettit
On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Semba, Kurt wrote: > thanks for your reply and your advice. I'm using the following SDK/library > within my Java application: > http://www.community.citrix.com/cdn/xs/sdks Yes, that would be XAPI, which I mentioned earlier. (Or at least, that's what we call it. T

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-02-21 Thread Semba, Kurt
enServer Networking forum to see if they have something available for the DVS controller. Thanks a lot! Kurt -Original Message- From: Justin Pettit [mailto:jpet...@nicira.com] Sent: Dienstag, 22. Februar 2011 03:48 To: Semba, Kurt Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Aut

Re: [ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-02-21 Thread Justin Pettit
Hi, Kurt. I assume the Citrix XenServer API you are mentioning is XAPI. This is probably still your best route for configuring VLANs and networks, since Open vSwitch is tightly integrated with recent versions of XenServer. I'd be worried about changing things from underneath it--especially si

[ovs-discuss] Automating ovs using an API or similar

2011-02-21 Thread Semba, Kurt
Hi all, we have been automating certain network functionality on XenServer using an API provided by Citrix. Since openvswitch is now also supported on XenServer and it offers a much richer set of functionalities in comparison to the standard features from Citrix we would like to explore the opt