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2. Open Source Dev Center
launched within DevNet
Charles Eckel (eckelcu@cisco.com)
DEVNET-1117

3. • Why Open Source
• Open Source at Cisco
• Cisco DevNet
• Open Source Dev Center
• Key Takeaways
Agenda

4. Why Open Source

7. Standardization + Open Source => Interoperability

8. Evaluation Criteria – Business Decision
• Visibility
• Ability to influence features
• Speed of innovation
• Business agility
• Knowledge of open source
software
• Deployment complexity
• Support model
• Legal concerns about licensing
Pros and Cons Desired Traits
• Effectively solves problem
• Code quality
• Technical skill required to use
• Properly governed and licensed
• Alignment with standards
• Development community
• Commercial support
• Total cost of ownership
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9. Benefits for Developers
• Visibility
• More Control
• Quicker update cycles
• More secure
• Active Community
• Improve programming skills
• Ability to give back
• Showcase your skills
• Career development/agility
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11. Cisco’s Long History with Open Source
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OSS used in most/all products
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
GNU

12. Cisco DevNet

13. DevNet
Cisco’s developer program
• https://developer.cisco.com
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14. Enabling a Robust Developer Ecosystem
Engineering
Platform APIs
SDKs and
Tools
Developer
Support
Community
Management
To Build Compelling and Innovative Apps
Creating a Community of Software Developers who
Leverage Cisco Technology in Their Work
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15. Open Source Dev Center
Your Source for Open Source at Cisco
https://developer.cisco.com/opensource
• Contributions to open source
• Use in products/solutions
• Community forums, blogs
• Developer VMs
• Developer Events
• IETF Hackathon
• Newcomer Training for OpenStack

16. OpenStack
• Cloud computing platform for
public/private clouds
• Abstracts data centers into
pools of resources
• Provides management layer
for efficient, automated
allocation of resources
• Empowers operators, admins,
users via self service portals
• Provides APIs to develop
cloud-aware applications

19. OpenDaylight
• Software-Defined
Networking (SDN)
• Modular controller at core
• Northbound APIs to apps
• Southbound interfaces to
network devices
• Heart of Cisco Open SDN
Controller

20. Open SDN Controller
Cisco’s Commercial distribution of OpenDaylight
Common Content
“HELIUM” Open SDN Controller
Incremental
Cisco
Value
Precluded
OpenDaylight
Content
SDNi
Defense4all
PacketCable
PCMM
VTN Project
OpenContrail
Plugin
SNMP4SDN
LISP Flow
Mapping
AD-SAL
Logs
Metrics
Monitoring
Central Mgmt &
Admin
OVA Distribution
One Click Install
Plug-in Clustering
BGP-LS
Secure Network
Bootstrap Infra
MD-SAL
Developer Support
PCEP
Basic
Clustering
AAA
Group Policy
L2 Switch
Openflow
Plugin
OVSDB
Controller
DLUX
Service Function
Chaining
Yang Tools

21. • Open source intrusion detection
and prevention
• Rule-driven language, combining
benefits of signature, protocol
and anomaly-based inspection
• Create/modify rules to detect
issues with custom or unusual
services
• Use rules contributed by
community of Snort users
• Verify rule provides complete
protection against a vulnerability
Snort

22. • Cisco’s H.264 implementation for
real-time video (e.g. WebRTC)
• Open sourced under BSD license
• Overseen by board from industry and
open source community
• Binary module available for download
for several OSs
• MPEG-LA licensing costs handled by
Cisco
• Source code
https://github.com/cisco/openh264
OpenH264

23. Learning Labs
https://learninglabs.cisco.com/

24. Sandbox
https://developer.cisco.com/site/opendaylight/discover/try-it-now/

25. • Pre-packaged Ubuntu VMs with
developer tools
• Customised for different technologies
• All you need to get started
• Community Site/Support
• https://communities.cisco.com/communit
y/developer/dev-vm
• Code
• https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/devnet-
dev-vms
Developer VMs

26. Key Takeaways

27. • Cisco contributes actively to open source
• Cisco uses open source extensively
• Active participation in open source benefits all involved
• DevNet is your source for open source at Cisco
https://developer.cisco.com/opensource
Key Takeaways

28. Thank you