[ixpmanager] IXPM4 to auto provisioning switches L2 ACL

[Nick Hilliard]

Hi Remy,

the automation integration mechanism will be released formally later
this year.  It's in operation in INEX, but needs to be cleaned up before
it's ready for production use at other IXPs.  There are still some bugs
here and there, which we need to fix, and we also need to write
documentation about how to use it.

We  did a presentation a couple of weeks ago about this at NLNOG 2017:
https://nlnog.net/nlnog-day-2017/, and will be doing a slightly updated
version of this preso in Bratislava next week.

Nick
> Remy Günter <mailto:remy.guenter at swissix.ch>
> 10 October 2017 at 17:35
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> Dear all
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> I wonder about the features to auto provision switches (L2 ACLs, etc.)
> currently available in IXPM4. I could not find anything in the
> documentation with the exception of below statement in the
> document: https://www.inex.ie/noncms/2016-02-IXP-Manager-Funding-1.3.pdf:
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> L2 ACLs 
> Most IXPs are moving towards static L2 ACLs rather than dynamic port
> security. We want IXP Manager to provide database management, a UI for
> updating (including member facing for router changes) and zero touch
> provisioning to switches. 
> This means the addition of some new and interesting features to IXP
> Manager: 
> • Queue based task management: rather than the current system of
> polling / executing jobs based on cron schedules, a queue based task
> manager will execute jobs on demand. In this example, the job would be
> to edit / update L2 ACLs on the switch. 
> • For the first time, IXP Manager will start to configure switches
> directly. This means that we will write the necessary functionality
> for altering a switches configuration with reference implementations
> for Extreme and Brocade.
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> What is the current status of this implementation? And if it is
> available how can it be enabled?
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> Thanks for any feedback.
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> Rémy Günter
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> SwissIX
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