[LEDE-DEV] GSOC 2017 - Implement NetJSON output in ubus (OpenWRT/LEDE)

[Nemesis]

Hi Arun,

welcome to the community!

Just to provide more information, we have to thank Freifunk for their
help in getting this GSOC slot, here's the abstract that got this
project started:

https://wiki.freifunk.net/Ideas#Implement_NetJSON_output_in_ubus_.28OpenWRT.2FLEDE.29

Best regards
Federico


On 05/10/2017 11:24 AM, Arun Kumar wrote:
> Hi Developers,
> 
> I am Arunkumar Ravichandran currently admitted for masters program at
> University of California, San Diego. My proposal [1] Implement NetJSON
> output in ubus (OpenWRT/LEDE) has been accepted to the GSOC 2017 and I
> would like to tell more about my proposed project.
> 
> The main aim of this project is to implement parts of the NetJSON[2]
> specification in the OpenWRT/LEDE ecosystem.
> 
> Why NetJSON ??
> NetJSON would allow standardization similar to NETCONF. Since NetJSON
> uses JSON format, it makes the management of configurations done at a
> higher level and larger scale to be automated easily. By using NetJSON
> objects to either produce or collect information, in different
> vendor’s different hardware, it allows the developers to work on their
> ideas faster and in a better way.
> 
> Implementation:
> The support for NETJSON is brought in at the interconnect system-
> ubus[3]. To add support for a new ubus API which allows retrieving
> these two NetJSON object types: DeviceConfiguration[6] and
> DeviceMonitoring[7]. The NetJSON objects are filled in using the
> plugins available in System Configuration Abstraction Layer(SCAL)[4].
> Full project proposal can be read at [5].
> 
> I would welcome further suggestions from the LEDE/ OpenWRT community
> as that would help in implementing this feature sooner and in a better
> way, and also more resilient to multiple data models which are being
> used to represent network configurations.
> 
> [1] https://wiki.freifunk.net/Ideas#Implement_NetJSON_output_in_ubus_.28OpenWRT.2FLEDE.29
> [2] https://github.com/netjson/netjson
> [3] https://lede-project.org/docs/guide-developer/ubus
> [4] https://github.com/prplfoundation/scal
> [5] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6zersOA_GjUqbOjuaXvFd4E40l1MqUXjIyVagLLd08/edit?usp=sharing
> [6] http://netjson.org/docs/what.html#deviceconfiguration
> [7] http://netjson.org/docs/what.html#devicemonitoring
> 
> Thanks,
> Arun
> 
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