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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:25:56 +0100
Subject: Third party VR / L2 support
From: Christian <christian@bt.net>
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Thread-Topic: Third party VR / L2 support
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Hi Sebastien,

Thank you for publishing the roadmap.


> Replace VR with h/w (srx, asa etc)


A question for all - What are the implications of expanding this feature
to support s/w appliances, such as the ASA/CSR 1000V ?


This is something that I have been implementing manually to date because:

> Improve VR, VR agent, API for VR   :)


It involves a little bit of 'creative networking' in order to suppress the
CS virtual router. Any improvements in this area would be very useful.
Even a QuickCloudNoServices-like offering for isolated networks would be
great. I=B9m aware that this can be created manually, but I=B9m not convinced
that this is a supported configuration.


Pushing this concept further, I=B9d like to see support for Layer 2 isolated
networks. I use these for running virtual L2 devices under CS simply by
creating dummy IP address ranges and ignoring them. Again, I have to
suppress the VR, because it=B9s not needed at L2.


I=B9ve been doing a fair bit to push the limits of networking in CloudStack
over the last year using just VLANs and the standard API calls . I=B9m happy
to answer any questions anyone may have.


Best regards,

-Christian

--
Christian Lafferty
<christian@bt.net>


On 31/05/2015 05:08, "Sebastien Goasguen" <runseb@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>Several folks on this list representing their company=B9s interest shared
>with me their fixes/features plans and hopes.
>
>I believe we can use this to build a solid roadmap for our project,
>something that we have never had.
>
>I captured a lot of bullet items and tried to categorize them to start
>building a roadmap.
>
>You can see the document on our wiki at:
>
>https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Roadmap
>
>I would like to call everyone to make this page a great living document
>that will be up to date and help us drive cloudstack forward.
>
>First order of business would be to add description to each item and if
>you are working on it or would like to help out, write your name down !
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>-Sebastien