Openflow web service

Abstract

Software-defined networking or SDN is changing the way companies build their IT networks. Instead of buying expensive routers and switches with fancy features, companies can instead buy fewer, cheaper, simpler hardware and the features are handled through SDN.

Many frameworks are available for SDN purposes but they require coding in programing languages such as Ruby or C++. This project aims to simplify SDN by creating a simple interface where users are able to create similar features for SDN purposes with little need of programming knowledge. This is done by having a dynamic module that translates simple commands on the interface into codes understood by a SDN framework.

This interface provides point-to-point communication rules between hosts through its manual composer function or community communication through its community composer function.

The program was tested on an emulated network for stress-testing and finally on a live network through switches located in Japan, Bangkok and Singapore to test real world application. Tests included pinging and file transfers.