I-Corps: NetEgg: Toolkit for Programming Network Policies by Examples

IT部门的大多数网络操作员都接受过配置路由器的培训，但不一定是程序员。随着软件定义网络(SDN)的出现，网络运营商需要对路由器进行编程，但他们可能不具备相应的技能。建议的技术(NetEgg)为没有接受过软件编程培训的IT操作员提供了一种方法，只需直观地提供示例场景，就可以对他们的SDN路由器的行为进行编程。在i-Corps计划期间，该团队的客户发现计划包括采访路由器供应商、在数据中心内使用基于软件的路由器的大型企业以及在广域范围内部署基于策略的路由的公司。拟议的工程计划涉及开发基于云的NetEgg工具，用户可以通过基于Web的界面输入其网络策略的可视化表示，实际的路由器配置将通过安全通道动态传播到网络路由器。在i-Corps计划结束时，该团队还计划提供一个演示，用户可以通过该演示登录NetEgg门户网站，创建场景，然后通过安全通道动态向下推送到注册的SDN交换机。

Most network operators in IT departments are trained in configuring routers, but are not necessary programmers. With the emergence of Software-Defined Networks (SDN), there is a need for network operators to program routers, which they may not have the skill set for. The proposed technology (NetEgg) provides a way for IT operators who are not trained in software programming, to program the behavior of their SDN routers simply by supplying example scenarios visually. The proposed tool takes the visual scenarios and then automatically generates a working code.During the I-Corps program, this team's customer discovery plan involves interviewing router vendors, large enterprises using software-based routers within data centers, and companies deploying policy-based routing over the wide-area. The proposed engineering plan involves developing a cloud-based NetEgg tool, where users can enter a visual representation of their network policy via a web-based interface, and actual router configurations will be dynamically propagated to network routers via secure channels. By the end of the I-Corps program, the team also plans to have a demo available via which users can log into a NetEgg portal, to create scenarios, which can then by dynamically pushed down to registered SDN switches via a secure channel.