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Floodlight Is An Open SDN Controller

Why Use Floodlight?

  • OpenFlow - works with physical and virtual switches that speak the OpenFlow protocol
  • The only Apache-licensed controller - lets you use Floodlight for almost any purpose.
  • Open community - Floodlight is developed by an open community of developers. We welcome code contributions from active participants and we'll openly share information on project status, roadmap, bugs, etc.
  • Easy to use - Floodlight is drop dead simple to build and run. Read through the Documentation.
  • Tested and Supported - Floodlight is the core of a commercial controller product from Big Switch Networks and is actively tested and improved by a community of professional developers. Curious? Join the mailing list.
  • New OpenStack support - Check out the OpenStack documentation.


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What Is Floodlight?

The Floodlight controller is an enterprise-class, Apache-licensed, Java-based OpenFlow Controller. It is supported by a community of developers including a number of engineers from Big Switch Networks.

OpenFlow is a open standard managed by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).  It specifies a protocol through switch a remote controller can modify the behavior of networking devices through a well-defined "forwarding instruction set".  Floodlight is designed to work with the growing number of switches, routers, virtual witches, and access points that support the OpenFlow standard.

Highlights Of Floodlight:

Developers: Floodlight was designed to be easy to use and developer-friendly.

  • It offers a module system that makes it simple to extend and enhance.  We have some simple and more complex examples available.
  • Its easy to build and setup with minimal dependencies.
  • You are welcome and encouraged to contribute code.
  • Apache is a friendly license and you maximal freedom.

Network Administrators:

  • Floodlight supports a broad range of virtual and physical OpenFlow switches.
  • Rich support for mixed OpenFlow and non-OpenFlow networks.  Floodlight can manage multiple islands of OpenFlow switches, a common deployment scenario.
  • Floodlight was designed to be high performance.
  • Static Flow Pusher API that can be used to proactively manage a network
  • Support for OpenStack Quantum (coming soon)

Developer Checklist

  1. Join the mailing list
  2. Download the code
  3. Read the Getting Started Docs
  4. Explore the developer wiki

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