Floodlight Is An Open SDN Controller
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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
- Join the mailing list
- Download the code
- Read the Getting Started Docs
- Explore the developer wiki
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