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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the last few days I have looked into the different LBaaS API proposals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have also looked on the API style used in Neutron. I wanted to see how Neutron APIs addressed “tree” like object models.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Follows my observation:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">Security groups - <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/security-groups-ext.html">http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/security-groups-ext.html</a>)
– <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroupRules_v2.0_security-group-rules_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security group rules"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-group-rules</span></a>
are children of <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroups_v2.0_security-groups_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security groups">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-groups</span></a>, the capability to create a security group with its children in a single call is not possible.
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">The capability to create
</span><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroupRules_v2.0_security-group-rules_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security group rules"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-group-rules</span></a>
using the following URI path <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroups_v2.0_security-groups_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security groups">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">v2.0/security-groups</span></a>/{SG-ID}/<a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroupRules_v2.0_security-group-rules_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security group rules"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-group-rules</span></a>
is not supported<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>The capability to update <a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroupRules_v2.0_security-group-rules_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security group rules">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-group-rules</span></a> using the following URI path
<a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroups_v2.0_security-groups_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security groups">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">v2.0/security-groups</span></a>/{SG-ID}/<a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroupRules_v2.0_security-group-rules_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security group rules"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-group-rules</span></a>/{SGR-ID}
is not supported<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">The notion of creating
</span><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/GET_security-groups-v2.0_listSecGroupRules_v2.0_security-group-rules_security-groups-ext.html" title="List security group rules"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">security-group-rules</span></a>
(child object) without providing the parent {SG-ID} is not supported<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Firewall as a service -
<a href="http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/fwaas_ext.html">
http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-network/2.0/content/fwaas_ext.html</a> - the API to manage
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">firewall_policy and firewall_rule which have parent child relationships behaves the same way as Security groups</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">Group Policy – this is work in progress -
<a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/GroupPolicy">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/GroupPolicy</a> - If I understand correctly, this API has a complex object model while the API adheres to the way other neutron APIs are done (ex: flat model,
granular api, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">How critical is it to preserve a consistent API style for LBaaS?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">Should this be a consideration when evaluating API proposals?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"> -Sam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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