A Call for Open vSwitch Topics
Published on 8 Nov 2012 · Filed in General · 235 words (estimated 2 minutes to read)I’ve been writing quite a bit about Open vSwitch (OVS), a technology project I think is fairly central to a number of very interesting initiatives. What I wanted to do with this post was pose a question to my readers: what other OVS-related topics would you like me to explore?
Here’s a quick rundown of what I’ve written about OVS so far:
Installing KVM and Open vSwitch on Ubuntu
Some Insight into Open vSwitch Configuration
Link Aggregation and LACP with Open vSwitch
VLANs with Open vSwitch Fake Bridges
Wrapping libvirt Virtual Networks Around Open vSwitch Fake Bridges
Running Host Management on Open vSwitch
Layer 3 Routing with Open vSwitch
Using VLANs with OVS and libvirt
There is still so much to cover, though. For example, here are some of the topics I’m still exploring (and planning to write about):
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Trunking VLANS to guest domains (this one is almost fully written)
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Using sFlow with OVS
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Using OpenFlow with OVS (probably using Floodlight)
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Controlling multiple OVS instances with a single OVS controller
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Network tunneling with OVS and GRE
My question to you, the readers, is this: what other topics should I be exploring that aren’t listed? Are there topics in the list of planned posts that are of greater interest/value, and therefore should be prioritized? (OK, so that’s two questions, but you get the idea.) Let me know your feedback by speaking up in the comments below.