OpenNSA

OpenNSA is an implementation of the Network Service Interface (NSI).

NSI (Network Service Interface) is a technology agnostic protocol for provisioning network circuits. For more information on NSI, see project page at OGF: https://redmine.ogf.org/projects/nsi-wg

OpenNSA is currently in a state of heavy development, and many features are only partially implemented.

OpenNSA features

• Open-source NSI implementation
• Pluggable backends to support different equipment
  • Support: Junox MX, Force10 switch (etherscale), Dell Powerconnect
  • DUD backend for easy testing
  • Any custom Python backend
• Easy development of new backends
• Easy creation of NML topology from short-hand topology specification
• Topology aggregation and path finding to do multi-domain circuit creation
• PostgreSQL for database
• Includes command line tool for basic operations

License

NORDUnet License (3-clause BSD). See LICENSE for more details.

Contact

• Johannes Garm Houen - jgh @ nordu.net

Copyright

NORDUnet (2011-2015)