From jpettit at ovn.org Tue Sep 5 22:44:12 2017 From: jpettit at ovn.org (Justin Pettit) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 15:44:12 -0700 Subject: [ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 2.8.0 Available Message-ID: The Open vSwitch team is pleased to announce the release of Open vSwitch 2.8.0: http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.8.0.tar.gz A few other feature highlights of 2.8.0 include: - Support for multiple VLANs (802.1ad or "QinQ"), including a new "dot1q-tunnel" port VLAN mode - Added NAT support for userspace datapath - New vxlan tunnel extension "gpe" to support VXLAN-GPE tunnels - New support for non-Ethernet (L3) payloads in GRE and VXLAN-GPE - All features required by OpenFlow 1.4 are now implemented - Support for ovsdb-server role-based access control (RBAC) - Experimental NSH (Network Service Header) support in userspace datapath - Experimental support for hardware offloading - Support for Linux kernels up to 4.12 - OVN: * Built-in DNS support for OVN * IPAM can assign IPv6 addresses * OVSDB RBAC support to reduce impact of compromised hypervisors * Support for ACL logging - And many others. See the full change log here: http://openvswitch.org/releases/NEWS-2.8.0 Enjoy! --The Open vSwitch Team -------------------- Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer open source virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces. Open vSwitch can operate both as a soft switch running within the hypervisor, and as the control stack for switching silicon. It has been ported to multiple virtualization platforms and switching chipsets. From blp at ovn.org Fri Sep 15 22:19:17 2017 From: blp at ovn.org (Ben Pfaff) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:19:17 -0700 Subject: [ovs-announce] Open vSwitch Fall 2017 Conference: Call for Participation and Registration Message-ID: <20170915221917.GH15629@ovn.org> The Open vSwitch project, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, will host its fourth annual conference focused on Open vSwitch and OVN on November 16 and 17, 2017, at Club Auto Sport in San Jose, California. We are seeking long and short ("lightning") talks on topics related to Open vSwitch and OVN. We expect long talks to last 20 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions, and short talks to last 5 minutes. Topics that may be considered, among others, include: * The future of Open vSwitch (e.g., P4 and eBPF). * NAT, DPI, and stateful processing with Open vSwitch. * Deploying and using OVN. * Testing and scaling OVN. * NIC acceleration of Open vSwitch. * Using Open vSwitch to realize NFV and service chaining. * Porting Open vSwitch to new operating systems, hypervisors, or container systems. * Integrating Open vSwitch into larger systems. * Troubleshooting and debugging Open vSwitch installations. * Open vSwitch development and testing practices. * Performance measurements or approaches to improving performance. * End-user or service provider experiences with Open vSwitch. * Hardware ports of Open vSwitch (existing, in progress, or speculative). * The relationship between OpenFlow and Open vSwitch. * Using, developing, or administering OpenFlow controllers in conjunction with Open vSwitch. * Comparisons to other implementations of features found in Open vSwitch (e.g. other OpenFlow implementations, other software switches, etc.). * Increasing the size and diversity of the Open vSwitch user and developer base. * Tutorials and walkthroughs of use cases. * Demos. Talks will be recorded and made available online. How to propose a talk --------------------- This year, we are soliciting proposals for full talks and short ("lightning") talks in a single round. If you request a full talk, we will also consider it for a lightning talk in the event that we cannot accept it as a full talk. We will also accept proposals for panel discussions. Please submit them as full talks and make it clear in the description that it is a panel. Please submit proposals to to the following URL by September 29: https://goo.gl/forms/erjZIQICXVjfUh863 Speakers will be notified of acceptance by October 6. Speakers should plan to attend the event in person. Travel to and accommodations in San Jose are the responsibility of attendees. How to attend ------------- To partially cover expenses, we expect to charge $200 for registration. We offer complimentary registration to speakers, students, academics, and anyone for whom the registration fee is burdensome. Please contact us if you need any help obtaining a complimentary registration. To register, visit https://www.regonline.com/openvswitch2017. Related Event: DPDK Summit -------------------------- The Open vSwitch conference, on Nov. 16-17, follows the DPDK North America Summit on Nov. 14-15, in the same venue. The CFP for the DPDK Summit is open until Oct. 4: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/dpdk-north-america-summit/program/cfp Important URLs -------------- CFP: https://goo.gl/forms/erjZIQICXVjfUh863 general: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-vswitch-fall-event registration: https://www.regonline.com/openvswitch2017 More information ---------------- To reach the organizers, email ovscon at openvswitch.org. For general discussion of the conference, please use the ovs-discuss mailing list at discuss at openvswitch.org. From blp at ovn.org Wed Sep 20 19:21:02 2017 From: blp at ovn.org (Ben Pfaff) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:21:02 -0700 Subject: [ovs-announce] CFP for OpenStack Open Source Days Sydney Message-ID: <20170920192102.GD15629@ovn.org> In May, the OpenStack Summit graciously offered Open vSwitch use of a room for a day of talks, and it worked out great. For the OpenStack Summit in Sydney, which will be held Nov. 6-8, they've again offered us time for Open vSwitch related talks, although this time, we only have have two 40-minute slots. If you're interested in speaking in Sydney, please send a title, list of speakers, and a brief abstract to ovscon at openvswitch.org by Sept. 27 (that's only one week away!). If we receive more quality proposals than the two slots allow, we will consider subdividing them into 20-minute pieces and we will prioritize talks that relate to OpenStack, Thanks, Ben. From jpettit at ovn.org Fri Sep 29 17:08:35 2017 From: jpettit at ovn.org (Justin Pettit) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:08:35 -0700 Subject: [ovs-announce] Open vSwitch 2.8.1, 2.7.3, and 2.5.4 Available Message-ID: <2C663529-434A-49F5-B366-3FD721000627@ovn.org> The Open vSwitch team is pleased to announce the release of Open vSwitch 2.8.1: http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.8.1.tar.gz As well as the release of Open vSwitch 2.7.3: http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.7.3.tar.gz These releases contain bug fixes and minor improvements to the 2.8 and 2.7 release branches, respectively. In addition to the 2.8.1 and 2.7.3 release, we've also released 2.5.4 from our LTS branch, which contains fixes for 2.5.3: http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.5.4.tar.gz --The Open vSwitch Team -------------------- Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer open source virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces. Open vSwitch can operate both as a soft switch running within the hypervisor, and as the control stack for switching silicon. It has been ported to multiple virtualization platforms and switching chipsets.