[pve-devel] proxmox 2018 : add support for "virtual" network and network plugins ?

[Dietmar Maurer]

I think we basically have two kinds of networks:

1.) local networks:

This is what we already have in /etc/network/interface. Access to local network
is
usually restricted to admins.

2.) virtual networks:

Basically a linux bridge where we can connect VM to. One can connect such
virtual network to local network:

- directly (this is what we currently use for the firewall)
- vlan
- vxlan

Or we can connect that bridge to some SDN. 

We can also add additional service to such virtual network:

- SNAT, DNAT
- Firewall
- DHCP
- Routing, ...


> On January 2, 2018 at 3:04 PM Alexandre DERUMIER <aderumier at odiso.com> wrote:
> I think we have 2 kind of setup:
> 
> - basic local vswitch (bridge, ovs, snabwitch,....) : can be easily setup with
> systemd-network + some tap/eth plug/unplug scripts.
> - bigger sdn setup, with external controllers. (which could manage networks
> across multiple proxmox clusters too)