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Posted to user@jclouds.apache.org by Shital Patil <sh...@gslab.com> on 2014/03/05 05:48:59 UTC
Display network topology
Hi,
I want to display topology of networks created on openstack and Amazon.How
can I access this information regarding routers,switches instances and
connection links between them.
Thank you.
Re: Display network topology
Posted by Shital Patil <sh...@gslab.com>.
Thanks a lot
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> these components through jclouds API(eg neutron or heat). It would be
>> great help if you could suggest me possible ways through jclouds or any
>> openstack/amazon specific resources for this purpose.
>>
>
> For OpenStack, the documentation for Neutron should help:
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/
> Overview-d1e71.html
>
> For Amazon, there are a bunch of different APIs and related domain models.
> More information can be found here:
>
> http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_
> Network_and_Security.html
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> ap
>
Re: Display network topology
Posted by Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org>.
> these components through jclouds API(eg neutron or heat). It would be
> great help if you could suggest me possible ways through jclouds or any
> openstack/amazon specific resources for this purpose.
For OpenStack, the documentation for Neutron should help:
http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/Overview-d1e71.html
For Amazon, there are a bunch of different APIs and related domain
models. More information can be found here:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_Network_and_Security.html
Hope that helps!
ap
Re: Display network topology
Posted by Shital Patil <sh...@gslab.com>.
I will need to display components such as existing instances, bridges and
connection ports and router as a part of topology. I have not looked at
any underlying openstack/amazon API's but was searching for access to
these components through jclouds API(eg neutron or heat). It would be
great help if you could suggest me possible ways through jclouds or any
openstack/amazon specific resources for this purpose.
Thank you
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> My assumption is that if we can create and configure networks and network
>> components through neutron we should also be able to retrieve the made
>> configurations or already existing network topology as well
>>
>
> That makes sense, of course. I'm just thinking that the decision of
> *which* types of items to include in the diagram is likely to be specific
> to your context/requirements.
>
> Once we know which types of items we're trying to retrieve from the APIs,
> we should be in a better position to figure out whether the relevant calls
> are available via jclouds.
>
> Do you have an idea of underlying OpenStack/Amazon API calls you would
> want to make to get the data you need?
>
> ap
>
Re: Display network topology
Posted by Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org>.
> My assumption is that if we can create and configure networks and network
> components through neutron we should also be able to retrieve the made
> configurations or already existing network topology as well
That makes sense, of course. I'm just thinking that the decision of
*which* types of items to include in the diagram is likely to be
specific to your context/requirements.
Once we know which types of items we're trying to retrieve from the
APIs, we should be in a better position to figure out whether the
relevant calls are available via jclouds.
Do you have an idea of underlying OpenStack/Amazon API calls you would
want to make to get the data you need?
ap
Re: Display network topology
Posted by Shital Patil <sh...@gslab.com>.
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the response.
I have tried some Jclouds-openstack-neutron functionality and tried to find
out if it helps network component visualization but could not any useful
links.
My assumption is that if we can create and configure networks and network
components through neutron we should also be able to retrieve the made
configurations or already existing network topology as well .
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> I want to display topology of networks created on openstack and Amazon.How
>> can I access this information regarding routers,switches instances and
>> connection links between them.
>>
>
> I'm not an expert on the networking APIs of either, but I would guess the
> first step would be to identify:
>
> * which Amazon/OpenStack API calls you would need to make to get the
> relevant data
> * whether jclouds supports those particular API calls
>
> If you have questions about the networking options supported by Amazon
> and/or OpenStack, the documentation and forums for AWS/OpenStack would
> probably be a good place to start?
>
> Regards
>
> ap
>
Re: Display network topology
Posted by Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org>.
> I want to display topology of networks created on openstack and Amazon.How
> can I access this information regarding routers,switches instances and
> connection links between them.
I'm not an expert on the networking APIs of either, but I would guess
the first step would be to identify:
* which Amazon/OpenStack API calls you would need to make to get the
relevant data
* whether jclouds supports those particular API calls
If you have questions about the networking options supported by Amazon
and/or OpenStack, the documentation and forums for AWS/OpenStack would
probably be a good place to start?
Regards
ap