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# goSDN [](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/master) [](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/master)
`goSDN`
is a prototypical approach to build a model driven multi-vendor SDN controller.
# Table of Contents
-
[
Overview
](
#overview
)
*
[
Example
](
#example
)
*
[
Structure
](
#structure
)
-
[
Concepts
](
#concepts
)
-
[
Installing
](
#installing
)
-
[
Getting Started
](
#getting-started
)
*
[
Playground
](
#playground
)
-
[
Contributing
](
CONTRIBUTING.md
)
-
[
License
](
LICENSE
)
-
[
CI Status
](
#ci-status
)
# Overview
`goSDN`
is also an application that will allow you to manage your multi-vendor network using one unified controller.
`goSDN`
provides:
*
Model driven device representation
*
Native multi vendor support
*
Multi controller environments
## Example
A simple showcase how the controller can be adressed after
`make containerlab-start`
is shown below:

## Structure
-
The
`api`
is a representation of the
`controllers`
Northbound-Interface and
can be used to communicate with the
`controller`
.
-
The
`cli`
is the CLI to manage the
`controller`
.
-
`csbi`
is the implementation of Containerised-Southbound-Interfaces (based on
the idea and the proof of concept of Manuel Kieweg). Allowing to request
capabilities of ONDs and generate a containerised Southbound-Interface based
on them.
-
`controller`
represents the
`goSDN-controller`
.
# Concepts
The
`goSDN`
controllers core - also called
`nucleus`
- is a lightweight library that
manages principal network domains and provides southbound interface operations
for orchestrated networking devices.
In addition we provide a simple Northbound-API for the controller ()
## Principal Networking Domain (PND)
The PND is the single source of truth within a network. Its state is held and
maintained by the controller. Any configuration of an OND has to be applied by
the PND.
## Orchestrated Networking Device (OND)
Any device directly configured by
`goSDN`
# Installing
`goSDN`
provides a
`Makefile`
for all common use cases.
```
sh
# build the application files for goSDN, cSBI orchestrator, gosdnc (CLI).
make build
# build the Dockerfiles for goSDN, cSBI orchestrator, gosdnc (CLI).
make container
```
Now you can start
`goSDN`
locally by moving to the
`artifacts`
folder and
running
`./gosdn`
from the shell.
# Getting Started
If you want to use the the
[
playground
](
#playground
)
you have to make sure you have
[
containerlab
](
https://containerlab.dev/install/
)
installed on your system.
## Playground
With the help of
[
containerlab
](
https://containerlab.dev/
)
we provide a simple
test environment to play around with.
The environment contains two
[
Arista
cEOS
](
https://www.arista.com/en/products/software-controlled-container-networking
)
,
a goSDN, a cSBI orchestrator and a gNMI target.
```
sh
# starts the containerlab topology which contains two Arista cEOS, an cSBI orchestrator, a goSDN controller and gNMI target.
make containerlab-start
# stop the containerlab topology
make containerlab-stop
```
## CLI
Information about how to use the CLI is provided in the
`cli`
folder, see
[
here
](
cli#usage
)
.
# CI Status
| Master | Develop |
| ------ | ------ |
|
[

](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/master) |
[

](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/develop) |
|
[

](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/master) |
[

](https://code.fbi.h-da.de/danet/gosdn/-/commits/develop) |
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