[libvirt] ANNOUNCE: netcf, a platform-agnostic library for network configuration

I am pleased to announce the availability of netcf 0.0.1, the initial release of a library for managing network configuration in a platform agnostic manner. If I were into code names, this would be the "what have you been waiting for" release. Netcf does its work by directly modifying the 'native' configuration files of the host it is running on; this avoids a whole class of problems caused by similar approaches that do network configuration behind the back of the native mechanisms. The API allows listing of configured interfaces, defining the configuration of an interface, retrieving the same (regardless of whether the interface was initially configured with netcf or not), and bringing interfaces up and down. This functionality is needed both by libvirt and NetworkManager, so it seemed only logical to move their common needs into a separate library. This release is mostly geared at soliciting feedback and sparking spirited reviews. In particular, the API is not stable yet (it will be with the release of netcf 0.1.0) Besides general comments, criticism and the customary praise, I am particularly interested in reviews on the following: * The API (barring any strong objections, I will declare it stable) * The XML schema for describing network interfaces (in data/xml/interface.rng) * General code review Where can I get it ? -------------------- Main website https://fedorahosted.org/netcf/ A tarball can be downloaded from https://fedorahosted.org/released/netcf/ The git repo is at http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/netcf.git git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/netcf.git For those running Fedora 10, I built some preliminary RPM's and made them available at http://people.redhat.com/dlutter/netcf/download/ (and if you are a Fedora reviewer, the review BZ is 493750 ;) How can I help ? ---------------- Join the mailing list at https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/netcf-devel Currently, netcf can set up simple Ethernet interfaces, bridges with enslaved physical devices and bonds on Fedora. This points to two areas where improvements are most needed: * support other Linux distros and operating systems * expand what kind of interfaces netcf can handle (most sorely needed are VLAN's and adding bonds to a bridge) If you can help with either of these two, or anything, really, drop a note on the mailing list so wecan discuss. David