Service and component hierarchy

Service and component hierarchy

Server

Overview and concepts

  • Provides API, manages database, etc.

Plug-ins

Overview and concepts

  • Manages agents

Agents

Overview and concepts

  • Provides layer 2/3 connectivity to instances
  • Handles physical-virtual network transition
  • Handles metadata, etc.

Layer 2 (Ethernet and Switching)

  • Linux Bridge
    • Overview and concepts
  • OVS
    • Overview and concepts

Layer 3 (IP and Routing)

  • L3
    • Overview and concepts
  • DHCP
    • Overview and concepts

Miscellaneous

  • Metadata
    • Overview and concepts

Services

Routing services

VPNaaS

The Virtual Private Network as a Service (VPNaaS) is a neutron extension that introduces the VPN feature set.

LbaaS

The Load-Balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS) API provisions and configures load balancers. The reference implementation is based on the HAProxy software load balancer.

FwaaS

The Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) API is an experimental API that enables early adopters and vendors to test their networking implementations.

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