| Jamie Hannaford | c7c49a7 | 2014-10-06 15:49:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | // Package provider gives access to the provider Neutron plugin, allowing |
| Jamie Hannaford | b0d9912 | 2014-09-25 10:49:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | // network extended attributes. The provider extended attributes for networks |
| 3 | // enable administrative users to specify how network objects map to the |
| 4 | // underlying networking infrastructure. These extended attributes also appear |
| 5 | // when administrative users query networks. |
| 6 | // |
| 7 | // For more information about extended attributes, see the NetworkExtAttrs |
| 8 | // struct. The actual semantics of these attributes depend on the technology |
| 9 | // back end of the particular plug-in. See the plug-in documentation and the |
| 10 | // OpenStack Cloud Administrator Guide to understand which values should be |
| 11 | // specific for each of these attributes when OpenStack Networking is deployed |
| 12 | // with a particular plug-in. The examples shown in this chapter refer to the |
| 13 | // Open vSwitch plug-in. |
| 14 | // |
| 15 | // The default policy settings enable only users with administrative rights to |
| 16 | // specify these parameters in requests and to see their values in responses. By |
| 17 | // default, the provider network extension attributes are completely hidden from |
| 18 | // regular tenants. As a rule of thumb, if these attributes are not visible in a |
| 19 | // GET /networks/<network-id> operation, this implies the user submitting the |
| 20 | // request is not authorized to view or manipulate provider network attributes. |
| 21 | package provider |