Details
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New Feature
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Status: Open
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Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Future
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None
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Security Level: Public (Anyone can view this level - this is the default.)
Description
Originally in Cloudstack, only the root administrator is able to create shared networks, since it requires a full understanding of the topology to provide accurate information about the new shared network, e.g. IP range, netmask, gateway, VLAN ID and so on.
GloboNetwork network plugin provides a much simpler way to create shared networks, allowing a regular Cloudstack user to create and manage shared networks by providing name, description and zone/environment in which he or she wants it to be deployed. This is possible thanks to an external open source API called GloboNetworkAPI.
The open source 'GloboNetworkAPI' provides a simple way to manage multi-vendor network equipment, including routers, switches and load balancers. It is responsible for automatically creating and removing VLAN/networks, allocating and deallocating IP addresses, applying load balancer rules and many other features and is equipped with a web interface to easily manage all these resources.
This proposal includes both the GloboNetwork plugin and the API client to greatly reduce complexity when dealing with shared networks and allow an external network hardware to act as router instead of a VirtualRouter.
Design Document:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Regular+cloudstack+user+can+create+and+manage+shared+networks+by+GloboNetwork+in+a+simpler+way