[Openstack] Visualize network topology

Toshiyuki Hayashi hayashi at ntti3.com
Wed Mar 12 17:05:59 UTC 2014


Hi,

Horizon's topology view calls several neutron APIs, then gather the
information as JSON.
https://github.com/openstack/horizon/blob/master/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/network_topology/views.py#L95
 I hope this information helps you.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Shital Patil <shital.patil at gslab.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for reply.
> Could you please which REST HTTP calls I may need from neutron API to get
> information about existing topology as horizon does ?
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:17 PM, sylecn <sylecn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just FYI, horizon already provides the visualization part. It's in
>> "Network Topology" tab. Creating a network topology by drag and drop will be
>> more challenging since neutron can fail in varies ways, especially when you
>> want to support many different topologies in one cluster.
>>
>> Neutron api is HTTP based, so develop language does not matter that much.
>>
>>
>> YY Inc. is hiring openstack and python developers. Interested? Check
>> http://www.nsbeta.info/jobs
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Yuanle
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Shital Patil <shital.patil at gslab.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I want to develop drag and drop tool for creating and visualizing network
>>> topology in openstack . I want to do it preferably in java.
>>>
>>> 1-How can I visualize topology containing existing instances, router,
>>> bridges and connecting links
>>>
>>> 2-How can I push drawn topology to push on openstack cloud.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
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