On 17 Jan 2014, at 16:10, Jay Pipes <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 14:34 +0100, Thomas Herve wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I've been looking at Neutron default LBaaS provider using haproxy, and while 
>> it's working nicely, it seems to have several shortcomings in terms of 
>> scalability and high availability. The Libra project seems to offer a more 
>> robust alternative, at least for scaling. The haproxy implementation in 
>> Neutron seems to continue to evolve (like with 
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/lbaas-ha-haproxy), but I'm 
>> wondering why we can't leverage Libra. The APIs are a bit different, but the 
>> goals look very similar, and there is a waste of effort with 2 different 
>> implementations. Maybe we could see a Libra driver for Neutron LBaaS for 
>> example?
> 
> Yep, it's a completely duplicative and wasteful effort.
> 
> It would be great for Libra developers to contribute to Neutron LBaaS.


Hi Jay and Thomas,

I am the outgoing technical lead of Libra for HP.  But will reply whilst the 
new technical lead (Marc Pilon) gets subscribed to this.

I would go as far as duplicative or wasteful.  Libra existed before Neutron 
LBaaS and is originally based on the Atlas API specifications.  Neutron LBaaS 
has started duplicating some of our features recently which we find quite 
flattering.

After the 5.x release of Libra has been stabilised we will be working towards 
integration with Neutron.  It is a very important thing on our roadmap and we 
are already working with 2 other large companies in Openstack to figure that 
piece out.

If anyone else wants to get involved or just wants to play with Libra I’m sure 
the HP team would be happy to hear about it and help where they can.

Hope this helps

Kind Regards
Andrew
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