This guide is intended to assist software developers who want to develop applications using the Quantum API. To use the information provided here, you should first have a general understanding of the OpenStack Quantum network service, the OpenStack compute service (Nova), and the integration between the two. The user should also have access to a plugin providing the implementation for the API described in this document. Two plugins are included in the Quantum distribution:
Openvswitch - Implementing Quantum API with Open vSwitch
Cisco - Implementing Quantum API for Cisco UCS blades and Nexus switches
You should also be familiar with:
ReSTful web services
HTTP/1.1
JSON and/or XML data serialization formats
