Develop, Deploy and Deliver with NetIDE: An Integrated...

ThisprojecthasreceivedfundingfromtheEuropeanUnion’sSeventhFrameworkProgramme forresearch,technologicaldevelopmentanddemonstrationundergrantagreementno619543

Develop,DeployandDeliverwithNetIDE:AnIntegratedServiceLevelNetworkProgrammingFramework

PedroA,Aranda(TID)

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ChallengesforthecurrentSDNlandscape

Can’t easily portthem:Youimplementfor

ControllerX,youcan’tmakesamecoderun

onControllerY

Can’teasilycombinethem:Youcan’trunanLBapptogetherwithanFWapp

ontopofthesamenetwork

Can’teasilydebugthem:OnlyfewSWdevelopment

toolsareavailableforSDN,inmostcasescontroller-specific

NetworkApps

NetIDE aimsatsupportingthewholedevelopmentlifecycleofnetworkappsinaplatform-independentfashion:* IntegratedSDNdevelopmentenvironment* CoveringthefulllifetimeofSDNapplications* ItbringsallthegoodiesofSoftwareDesignandDevelopmenttoNetworking:* Platformindependence* Codere-usability* Developertools(debugger,profiler,logger,etc.)

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TheNetIDE Framework

* Client/ServerSDNcontrollerparadigmofONF

* NetworkApplication’smodulesaregiventheruntimeenvironmenttheyexpectintheclientcontroller

* Multi-controller support(ONOS,OpenDaylight,Ryu,Floodlight,…)

* Backend:southboundplugin

* CoreLayer:providesacontroller-independentmeanstoresolveconflictsbetweenapps,interfaceswiththetools

* ShimLayer:northboundplugin

TheNetworkEngine

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Developthecodeandconfigurethetopology

AutomaticallydeploytheSDNapplications

Testanddebugtheapplications

CodeEditorsGraphical

TopologyEditor

Toolsfordebuggingandinspectingofthecontrol

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TheIntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment

* CodeEditors(PyDev,CDT,Java)

* Topologyeditor

* InterfacewiththeNetworkEngineandtools

* Accessunderlyingnetwork

* AccesstotheMininet CLI

* NetworkElements

Enablingthedevelopertosystematicallytest,profile,andtunetheirNetworkApp* Logger:tracingcapabilitiestojudgetheperformanceofthedeployedNetworkApp

* GarbageCollector:Cleanstheswitches’memoryfromunusedflowrules

*ModelChecker:systematicallyexercisesappbehaviour andflagactionsthatleadtoviolationsofthedesiredsafetyproperties

* Profiler:judgingtheimpactofnetworkfailuresontheNetworkAppbehaviour

* Debugger:supportsdebugofpacketprocessing(OFReplay,packetinspectionandflowtablechecking)

Developertools

WeassuresurvivalofNetIDE resultsbycontributingthemtodifferentFOSSprojectsSourcecodeofIDE,NetworkEngineandToolsarepubliclyavailableonGithub underEclipsePublicLicensev1.0Usecases containsimplementationsoftargetscenariosthatvalidatetheNetIDE framework.

https://github.com/fp7-netide

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ThankYou!

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