[vdsm] Future of Vdsm network configuration

Gary Kotton gkotton at redhat.com
Sat Nov 17 09:56:58 UTC 2012


On 11/17/2012 11:00 AM, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After discussion calm down, I want to once again to ask a question.
>
> Why isn't this discussion focusing on the interface vdsm will use to access "network provider"? Why should vdsm core care which "network technology" it actually uses?

Quantum?

>
> With proper design of such interface, and the ability to select interface implementation using configuration, vdsm will be able to work with various of technologies without a change.
>
> Technologies can be either network manager, ovs, libvirt or basic. What popular now can be unpopular in future, what is considered stable enough for now, may be not stable enough for future uses, what is maintained now may be unmaintained in future.
>
> Developing tightly coupled software is something I would avoid if not absolutely required.
>
> People may vote which interface they like to have now and we can implement one, while in time we may see other implementations as contributions. This will also allow us to move from one technology to another with decent effort/costs if required for any reason.
>
> Best Regards,
> Alon Bar-Lev.
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