[Xen-API] VIF creation

[Ranjeet R <rranjeet@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

 

I am currently working on the OpenContrail team integrating Cloudstack orchestrator with Xen.

 

In OpenContrail, the OVS is replaced by a similar forwarding plane called vRouter. The OpenContrail vRouter is a forwarding plane (of a distributed router) that runs in the hypervisor of a virtualized server. It extends the network from the physical routers and switches in a data center into a virtual overlay network hosted in the virtualized servers.

 

Now in XAPI, when the CloudStack orchestrator triggers a new VM instance, it results in XAPI calls to vif-create which are handled by the “vif” script which internally calls the “ovs-vsctl” which configures the OpenVSwitch to create and associate VIFs. Similarly, the “vif” script handles calls to delete, hotplug and hotunplug a VIF which in turn makes reference calls to “ovs-vsctl” tool.

 

Now, can you please validate my understanding -

 

• Assuming vRouter has management interfaces to create VIFs as OpenVSwitch, is it sufficient to replace the calls to ovs-vsctl in the vif script to the corresponding calls to vRouter. I see that the call to OVS is based on the underlying network infrastructure configured in “/etc/xensource/network.conf” and we can base the decision to call the corresponding management tool based on configuration.
• From what I learnt from reading the XAPI code, I don’t have to touch anything in OCAML code since it seems to be abstracted away from the underlying implementation. Is this statement valid?

 

Your input/thoughts are highly appreciated.

 

-Ranjeet

 

 

 

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