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• All cloud service providers are connected to the NRENs (eg SUNET) over a transparent MPLS service provided by NORDUNet.
• Private cloud services shared between universities are connected using a similar MPLS service

Service design

The service presented to the end-user should be as simple as possible. There are two basic tools/services

• A tool for network provisioning, i.e setting up a connection between a vlan on the hosting provider to a vlan in the university datacenter
• A tool for host provisioning, i.e setting up resources in the hosting providers clusters

Both tools need to be enabled for federated AAI and integrated into Kalmar2. Procurement of hosting providers must include requirements for AAI integration. Part of the work on the greeqloud PoC involves developing AAI support for OpenStack which is used by greeqloud. In the process we will gather requirements for future RFPs in this field.

The network provisioning tool is basically a (multi-domain) BoD service. We propose to build a simplified single-domain version based on the tail-f configuration management software. Such a tool should be relatively easy to build once we have enough experience working with NCS.