On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Semba, Kurt wrote:
> thanks for your reply and your advice. I'm using the following SDK/library
> within my Java application:
> http://www.community.citrix.com/cdn/xs/sdks
Yes, that would be XAPI, which I mentioned earlier. (Or at least, that's what
we call it. The term is a bit overloaded in XenServer, and it appears that the
API itself has a couple slight variations.) I've only used the Python
bindings, but I imagine the Java ones are quite similarly straight-forward.
> I would prefer using libraries which I can compile into my code instead of
> using calls to external tools like ovs-vsctl. Where exactly do I find the
> documentation on implementing my own ovsdb-server (I don't know where to find
> "ovsdb/SPECS" - sorry, stupid me). How much effort would you think it is to
> build something like this in Java?
I'd recommend using ovsdb-server, since it runs alongside the ovs-vswitchd
process. I was suggesting that if you wanted to centralize control that you
may consider implementing a manager that speaks its protocol. I don't know of
any Java bindings to the database (either local or remote). I would imagine it
would be a moderate task to build, but it does appear that there are at least
Java bindings for JSON-RPC, which would help.
That "ovsdb/SPECS", which defines the protocol, was relative to the root
directory of the source distribution. You can also view that file online here:
http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob;f=ovsdb/SPECS
Good luck!
--Justin
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