On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Gal Sagie <gal.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > > Recently i have came across two use cases that having "binding" > information, or metadata > for networks can be useful. (similar to the port binding profile for that > matter) > > For example: > > 1) In project Kuryr we want to have a binding information which maps the > Neutron network > to docker network (And we might want to do it prior to the docker > network being created, > that is assign a network that is ready to be attached) so this field > also needs to be editable > (just like the port binding profile) > > 2) For multi site OpenStack (multi cloud) use cases we might want to share > information which > binds logically same network that is created at each OpenStack cloud > site (and hence the ID's > are different). > (Something like this could be useful for project Tricircle for example) > > 3) Use cases for multi controllers environments? (each controller manage > different networks?) > > I believe adding such optional field to the network API is really low risk > due to its being optional > and i believe other use cases can be found to leverage it. > I wonder if we should just add a key/pair tuples "tags" or "metadata" generic field instead. There's been similar requests floating about that could also use a place to dump their data in. > > Feel free to share ideas/comments. > > If there are no strong objections to it, i will add an RFE/Spec to add > this ability. > > Thanks > Gal. > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >
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