Introduction

Floodlight modules that wish to expose features to other Floodlight modules or to the REST API must first implement an IFloodlightService. This page serves as a reference for all existing Floodlight services that you can leverage from within a Floodlight module. In order to use any of these services, you must first specify the service as a dependency in your module's getModuleDependencies() function. Please refer to How to Write a Module for more information on how to define this function and on creating a Floodlight Java module.

Modules that Implement IFloodlightService

Module	Service Name	Description/Features	Javadoc	Source
Access Control List	IACLService	Insert proactive flows that either permit or deny packets from traversing the network	javadoc	source
Debug Counter	IDebugCounterService	Register, increment, and clear counters	javadoc	source
Debug Event	IDebugEventService	Create and dispatch events	javadoc	source
Device Manager	IDeviceService	Manage hosts/devices and where they are connected to the network	javadoc	source
Firewall	IFirewallService	Insert flows reactively that either permit or deny packets from traversing the network	javadoc	source
Floodlight Provider	IFloodlightProviderService	Provides a way for modules to observe/modify OpenFlow messages received by and sent from the controller	javadoc	source
Learning Switch	ILearningSwitchService	Mimic traditional learning switch behavior and associate MAC addresses with switch ports	javadoc	source
Link Discovery	ILinkDiscoveryService	Learns and manages links between switches using LLDP and BDDP	javadoc	source
Server Load Balancer	ILoadBalancerService	Provides a way to load balance between a pool of servers	javadoc	source
Packet-In Processing Time	IPktInProcessingTimeService	Clocks the performance of individual modules' packet-in processing times	javadoc	source
REST API	IRestApiService	Provides a REST server and allows modules to register REST interfaces	javadoc	source
Routing Manager	IRoutingService	Exposes available paths between provided endpoints and allows for configuration of the metric used to determine link cost	javadoc	source
Static Entry Pusher	IStaticEntryService	Allows modules to insert static/proactive flows and groups identified by a unique string name per entry	javadoc	source
Statistics / Link Bandwidth Utilization	IStatisticsService	Collects and computes statistics, such as link bandwidth utilization. Easily expandable to collect your own desired statistics	javadoc	source
In-Memory Storage	IStorageSourceService	Provides a tabular, in-memory storage mechanism with the ability for modules to provide and listen for table updates	javadoc	source
Switch Service	IOFSwitchService	Manages OpenFlow switches, their features, settings, and ports	javadoc	source
Thread Pool	IThreadPoolService	A wrapper around Java's schedule executor that provides threads to modules	javadoc	source
Topology Manager	ITopologyService	Manages the topology based on discovered links and connected switches	javadoc	source
High Availability Synchronization	ISyncService	Allows multiple controllers to share and exchange state information	javadoc	source
Network Virtualization	IVirtualNetworkService	Provides a way to virtually partition the network by whitelisting MAC addresses	javadoc	source
High Availability Support	IHAControllerService, IHAWorkerService	Provides a way for other modules to periodically push and retrieve state information into the SyncDB, in a multiple controller configuration.	javadoc	source

Floodlight Controller

Floodlight Services

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Introduction

Modules that Implement IFloodlightService