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This is a partially fix since it doesn't fully address the dev-side documentation of all GBP related resources. More work needs to be done on top of this to have a full DevRef. Change-Id: I135a3d23a5a1df136c04a7114f94274bd4921cb6 Partial-Bug: #1571385
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Group Based Policy Driver for Cisco APIC Controller
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Launchpad blueprint:
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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/group-policy-apic-driver
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This blueprint proposes a Group Based Policy (GBP) driver to enable
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GBP plugin to be used with Cisco APIC controller.
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Problem description
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Cisco APIC controller enables you to create an application centric fabric.
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If you require a policy driven network control in an OpenStack deployment
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using the ACI fabric, the reference driver for GBP can not leverage the
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efficiency or scalability provided by the native fabric interfaces available
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in the APIC controller.
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Since the GBP plugin defines a multi-driver based framework
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to support various implementation technologies (like ML2 for L2 support),
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a GBP driver is available to support the APIC controller. This driver
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interfaces with the APIC controller and allows efficient and scalable use of
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the ACI fabric for policy based control from the GBP plugin.
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This driver should allow for more efficient and scalable solution
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for group based policy control of deployments using an ACI fabric.
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Internals
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The PolicyDriver interface is defined in the abstract base class
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gbpservice/neutron/services/grouppolicy/group_policy_driver_api.py:
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PolicyDriver.
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Configuration
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The configuration files require specific information to using this driver.
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These parameters include the addresses, credentials, and any configuration
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required for accessing or using the APIC controller. Where possible, it
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shares the configuration with the APIC ML2 driver. |