A DevOps framework for developing, operating, and evolving SDN infrastructure and applications

用于开发、运营和发展 SDN 基础设施和应用程序的 DevOps 框架

• 批准号: 576653-2022
• 负责人: Bordeleau, FrancisF
• 金额: $ 12.95万
• 依托单位: École de technologie supérieure
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=754217
• 关键词: DevOps; framework; developing; operating; evolving

Software-defined networking (SDN) leverages software to virtualize networking resources and make them more customizable and versatile. As a result, SDN can offer significantly more capability and flexibility at less cost. Indeed, SDN is at the core of many ground-breaking advances to provide and access data and services in more powerful, adaptive, and efficient ways. Indeed, it is a key enabler for several major technological developments (e.g., 5G, the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, and Smart Cities & Infrastructures) that promise to have far-reaching economic and societal impact. To maximize the benefits of SDN and realize these visions, the techniques used to develop and evolve the software required for SDN infrastructures and applications must be as agile and effective as SDN itself. DevOps, a set of principles and techniques proposed recently to increase productivity and quality in the software industry, is ideally suited to satisfy this need.The proposed research will develop an SDN DevOps framework, i.e., a unified, comprehensive set of notations, techniques, guidelines, case studies, and tools to capture, implement, and continuously measure and improve the lifecycle of SDN software as found in SDN infrastructure (e.g., data centres, data fabrics, self-adaptive networks) and applications (e.g., the services offered by communication providers). In collaboration with Kaloom and TELUS as industry partners, the research will give developers and operators much-needed guidance on how to bring more agility and quality to their SDN software lifecycles, despite the challenges that the heterogeneity of computing platforms and environments and the need to support modern and legacy applications pose. These results will improve the state-of-the-art in the Canadian software industry and allow Canada to realize the innovation potential of SDN and the technological and economic developments and visions that depend on it more fully. Moreover, the research will train a diverse group of 28 HQP and give them skills and expertise that are in high demand in the Canadian software and SDN industries.

软件定义的网络（SDN）利用软件虚拟化网络资源，并使它们更具自定义和通用性。结果，SDN可以以更低的成本提供更大的功能和灵活性。确实，SDN是许多开创性进步的核心，以更强大，适应性和有效的方式提供和访问数据和服务。的确，这是一些主要的技术发展（例如5G，物联网，工业4.0和智能城市和基础设施）的关键推动力，他们有望产生深远的经济和社会影响。为了最大程度地利用SDN的好处并实现这些愿景，用于开发和发展SDN基础架构和应用所需的软件的技术必须像SDN本身一样敏捷和有效。 DevOps, a set of principles and techniques proposed recently to increase productivity and quality in the software industry, is ideally suited to satisfy this need.The proposed research will develop an SDN DevOps framework, i.e., a unified, comprehensive set of notations, techniques, guidelines, case studies, and tools to capture, implement, and continuously measure and improve the lifecycle of SDN software as found in SDN infrastructure (e.g.,数据中心，数据织物，自适应网络）和应用程序（例如，通信提供商提供的服务）。该研究将与Kaloom和Telus作为行业合作伙伴合作，为开发人员和运营商提供了急需的指导，即使计算平台和环境的异质性以及支持现代和遗产应用程序的需求的挑战是如何为其SDN软件生命周期带来更多的敏捷性和质量。这些结果将改善加拿大软件行业的最先进，并允许加拿大实现SDN的创新潜力以及更全面地依赖于它的技术和经济发展和愿景。此外，该研究将培训一个由28个HQP组成的多样化小组，并为他们提供加拿大软件和SDN行业需求高的技能和专业知识。