Utilization of NFV in cloud data center

Abstract

Problematics of reliable and secure set up of virtual network service for orchestrators in cloud environment is a part with high degree of risk within its implementation from the functionality and security point of view. This degree of risk is greatly influenced by the implementer who can make, intentionally or unintentionally, a number of mistakes that may have both security and economic implications. The aim of this article is to introduce the SaltStack orchestration procedure by which the virtual network service can be deployed automatically. The introduced procedure that allows to install cluster of the Avivantage software load-balancer controller is automated. Procedure also includes all necessary dependencies in a specific OpenStack environment by calling a single command. The created procedure shows the general procedures for creating a VNF rule for orchestrators. The introduced rule has been successfully tested on a real-world environment running on the OpenStack cloud platform with OpenContrail’s network solution.