DockerCon EU 2015: Using Docker and SDN for telco-grade applications
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Presented by Nico Janssens, Senior Researcher, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent and Florian Otel, Director for Business Development and Strategy, Nuage Networks In this talk we will present how at Bell-Labs (Alcatel-Lucent R&D division) we benefit from using Docker in combination with the SDN solution from Nuage Networks for development and deployment of a next-gen chat-based communication platform. This communication platform does intensive data analytics, runs a number of multi-media services and can control remote appliances (e.g. thermostats, robots, cameras, etc). We will illustrate the stringent telco requirements to successfully operate such a communication platform, including some non-functional needs like high-availability, reliability, elasticity, QoS and lifecycle management. Furthermore, we will explain why we selected docker as a hosting platform and how we have utilized it. We will also share some of the deployment scenarios we are facing and how these are addressed by combining Docker and Nuage VSP. Lastly, we will share the lessons we have learned during this development process, and propose some improvements/extensions for Docker to evolve into an application stack that is able to meet the stringent needs of telco applications.
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DockerCon EU 2015: Using Docker and SDN for telco-grade applications
- 1. Using Docker and SDN for telco-grade applications @NicoJanssens – Bell Labs @FlorianOtel – Nuage Networks
- 2. KEY TAKE-AWAYS Evolution: Traditional telco -> agile methodologies and micro-service oriented solutions Use Case: Using Docker as enabling technology to facilitate this transformation Lesson learned: Advanced SDN support required to facilitate more sophisticated deployment scenarios
- 3. 3 COPYRIGHT © 2014 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WHO ARE WE? Nico Janssens Bell Labs researcher @ ALU Virtualization enthusiast Hacker Using Docker since v0.7 (on a raspberry pi …) Florian Otel EMEA Director for Business Development and Strategy @ Nuage Networks First time using Docker: Oct 2013
- 4. Operational costs pressures push Telcos to virtualize environments while preserving non-functional requirements • 5 nines availability • Reliability • Performance and response times MOVING AWAY FROM TRAD TELCO SERVICE DESIGN
- 5. Additional non-functional requirements to take into account • Scalability • Elasticity • Agility • Operability and portability Low overhead Portability Micro-service architectures Active eco-system Public image registries Facilitates dev-ops methodology MOVING AWAY FROM TRAD TELCO SERVICE DESIGN BELL LABS VIEW
- 6. DOCKER AND TELCO SERVICES BELL LABS PROJECTS New Network Analytics Service Next-gen communication services New Communication Service Key Goal: Simplify interactions among people, machines, and their environments • From transaction-oriented Web model to persistent conversations • Uniform interaction model for people, machines, and objects • Rich context-based communications and collaboration Mobile 5G Network WIFI Network Edge Cloud HubDevice Distributed Cloud Platform For Heterogeneous HW infrastructure Home High Performance & Predictability Small footprints Central Cloud New Home/IoT Service Platform Sensor network WiFi network Mobile 5G network
- 7. USE CASE ARCHITECTURE MICRO-SERVICE CHAT ARCHITECTURE load balancer WS server message broker key-value database document- oriented db Stateless Workers Chat-Thread Mgr User Mgr Group Mgr User View Mgr User Presence Mgr Push Notification Adapter Call Mgr … TURN/STUN Media Server SDK mobile client web browser machine buddies web storage distributed object store and FS RT + batch analytics HTTP server location and geo-fencing service
- 8. USE-CASE DEVELOPMENT – Why we chose Docker 8 Low overhead ✔ Portability ✔ Micro-service architectures ✔ Active eco-system ✔ Public image registries ✔ Facilitates dev-ops methodology ✔ … DOCKER TOOLBOX DOCKER COMPOSE DOCKER REGISTRY
- 9. INITIAL PRODUCTION DESIGN 20 node cluster with RANCHER and DOCKER Datacenter Host Host Host … Rancher Agent Rancher Agent Private IP Net Server Firewall NAT, DHCP, LB,DNS Docker Daemon Docker Daemon VM Rancher Agent Docker Daemon WorkerContainer WorkerContainer Container Native Process Rancher Cluster Manager • Native Docker support • Re-usage of Docker Compose files • Low entry hurdle • Dashboard • Redundancy Public Cloud Operator MISSING: Mature SDN support for federation Mgmt Server Rancher Mgmt Docker Registry Mgmt Server Rancher Mgmt Docker Registry Server Firewall NAT, DHCP, LB,DNS
- 10. TELCO-GRADE SERVICES – Network fabric requirements Hybrid deployment scenarios Policies Stringent QoS requirements Security constraints 10 11/23/2015
- 11. Software Defined Networking VPN VPN VPN VPN Internet Network Virtualization Massive IP Scale Policy Based Endpoint Attachment Proven technologies of VPNs (network virtualization), IP (scaling) and Mobile ( policy) applied to SDN
- 12. Nuage templates and role-based workflow Compute Management Tenant / Application Request Compute Request completed in sub-second time Service velocity is not hindered by network-centric operations Auto-instantiation 00:01 IP Address WAN interconnect Policy/Security Zones L2 /L3 Service AD Network Change Completed automatically Service chaining Template->Instances
- 13. Virtualized Services Directory (VSD) Virtualized Services Controller (VSC) Virtual Routing & Switching (VRS) Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) • Business/IT policy engine (definition of rules) • Service templates and Analytics • SDN Controller • Instantaneous programming of the network • Virtualized service edge • Event-driven automation • Integration of bare-metal assets
- 14. Provide unified IP Fabrics Unified IP Fabric Secure GW Secure GW VRS VRS Virtualized Services Controller Virtualized Services Directory VRS VRS Virtualized Services Controller Virtualized Services Directory Public Cloud Private Cloud MP-BGP Exchange Network information XMPP (Span of control) Exchange Application Policies - Home/Visiting Policy approach Legacy VM
- 15. L2 and/or L3 (VLAN, VXLAN, GRE) Virtual Router and Switch (VRS) VRS-H* VRS-G VRS-X VRS-V Citrix XEN Hypervisors VMware vSphere Hypervisors Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisors SW Gateway for Bare Metal Servers & Appliances KVM Hypervisors VRS-K Hardware gateway for Bare Metal/MaaS VRS-T L2-L4 VIRTUAL SWITCH • Open vswitch-based • Provides both VXLAN and MPLSoGRE tunnel encapsulation options • Programmed through OpenFlow from VSC, Encapsulates VM flow into preferred protocol (L2 or L3) • Detects VM instantiation and teardown OpenFlow XMPP Virtualized Services Directory Virtualized Services Controller Virtual Routing & Switching Host Virtual Routing & Switching Hypervisor Virtual Router and Switch (VRS)
- 16. • VIRTUAL MACHINE BASED • SDN CONTROLLER • POWERED BY SERVICE ROUTER OPERATING SYSTEM (SROS) • PEERING & FEDERATION • AUTO-DISCOVERY • TENANT SLICING Virtualized Services Controller (VSC) SROS BASED SMNP/CLI BGP/IGP SERVICE MGR Forwarding dB RIB/FIB XMPP OPENFLOW Control path to VRS Message bus for: Event Notifications Policy Push Security Load Balancer OpenFlow XMPP Virtualized Services Directory Virtualized Services Controller Virtual Routing & Switching Virtualized Services Controller (VSC) Host
- 17. OpenFlow XMPP Virtualized Services Directory (VSD) • VIRTUAL MACHINE BASED • SERVICE DEFINITION • POLICY ESTABLISHMENT • SERVICE TEMPLATING • ANALYTICS ENGINE & REPORTING NETWORKS SECURITY QOS STATISTICS ZONE POLICIES: WEB ACCESS BACKEND LOGIC ETC. CRM APP :- VM “80MBPS – REAL TIME” THRESHHOLD ALARM UI REST API Message Bus Domain Zones Subnets Policies VPN Public Internet Virtualized Services Directory Virtualized Services Controller Virtual Routing & Switching Virtualized Services Director (VSD) UI Host
- 18. Network virtualization with Nuage Networks Federated Datacenter Services (multiple CMS) Cloud Service Management Plane Datacenter Control Plane Datacenter Data Plane Brooklyn Datacenter - Zone 1 Virtualized Services Directory Virtualized Services Controller HOST HOST HOST HOST HOST HOST CloudManagertoHypervisorcommunications HOST HOST HOST Brooklyn Datacenter - Zone 2 HOST HOST HOST Network Services Manhattan Datacenter - Zone 2 Federation of Controllers Edge Router MPLS (MP- BGP) Service Provider Control Plane Service Provider Data Plane Business VPN Service Private Datacenter Domain Subnets VPNInternet Zones Policies
- 19. Live Demo Please pray the Demo Gods be with us today … else we will show you slides with screenshots
- 20. Additional information Nuage SDN resources -- repos: * official / stable: github.com/nuagenetworks/ * unofficial / “radioactive”: github.com/FlorianOtel/docker-vsp-plugin github.com/FlorianOtel/gonuageshell SDN performance metrics: Network connectivity and policy for 100’000 Docker containers in 7.5 minutes (demonstrated at Network Tech Field Day 2014)
- 21. Thank you! Nico Janssens & Florian Otel @NicoJanssens @FlorianOtel
Editor's Notes
- Evolution: Dedicated HW + middleware + dedicated apps -> Software decoupled from HW
- Chat-based communication: people, services, devices) Context awareness: call topics, personalized experience, …) Multi-media services: live video distribution, augmented video experience, …) Innovation: Rich Interactive Messages – Move beyond text, photos, and videos. Bring your messages to life. Zero-Latency Chat – Enable chat to control devices and objects. Fast Buddy Building – Create new chat buddies as quickly as a Web page.
- Intensive data analytics support – RT as well as historical data processing QoS critical multi-media services Message brokering support facilitating (semi-) RT A2P message delivery Various plugins to integrate with external services
- Since the teams working on this research project are located in different labs, Docker Toolbox has been a great help to quickly setup a dev environment without spending/wasting lots of cycles for people to get bootstrapped. Additionally, Docker Compose has been an interesting orchestration solution + we’ve been extensively using Registry to distribute our Docker images. Docker has proven to be a great vehicle for us so far to rapidly develop and deploy new micro service systems like the comm solution that we’re presenting as a Use Case during the presentation. Docker enables us to focus on the core functionalities of our systems, without spending/wasting lot’s of cycles on operational issues. In addition, Docker has established a very active eco-system, making it hard for instance to _not_ find a docker image of a particular server that is needed to build, test and deploy new features.
- Active pre-production testing, we deployed the system for internal use by Alcatel-Lucent employees We’re currently also evaluating the latest GA version of Docker Swarm.
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- Public cloud is not as flexible to networking as people expect -> build a flexible fabric that is agnostic Standardize protocols like VXLAN (MPLS does not work 5-10% model B interconnects max + not possible to use MPLS in Clouds + on top Intercloud uses proprietary protocols where we use standardized solutions - Unified fabric between Public, Private and enterprise sites - Make environment that can operate independently - own span of control - seamless network policies
- Private VPN networks of major Service Providers utilize MPLS to deliver IP-VPN’s. These IP-VPNs communicate internally (between the SP’s PE routers) using MP-BGP to signal paths and route changes within the VPN instance. It makes sense for Nuage to use these existing protocols within the wide area to facilitate the seamless extension of services from the datacenter to the tenants IPVPN. Nuage has implemented the widely deployed Service Router Operating System (SROS) from Alcatel-Lucent to facilitate open communication and protocol interworking between the datacenter and the wide area network. As compute resources are consumed or moved within the datacenter or even across datacenters the Nuage VSP will instantaneously update the BGP routing information to the tenants VPN so that paths between the cloud hosted resources and the clients within the VPN are maintained and correct at all times; without requiring any network configuration or staffing overheads.