Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary across different receivers of a single configured subscription?
"Eric Voit (evoit)" <evoit@cisco.com> Fri, 17 November 2017 18:17 UTC
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From: "Eric Voit (evoit)" <evoit@cisco.com>
To: "netconf@ietf.org" <netconf@ietf.org>
Thread-Topic: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary across different receivers of a single configured subscription?
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Subject: Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary across different receivers of a single configured subscription?
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In the meeting room discussion during the NETCONF WG, sentiment was to use a common Transport across all receivers of a single configured subscription. This was proposal (2) below. I would like to see if there is any objection to this. If not, we can close this issue in a few weeks. Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: Netconf [mailto:netconf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Eric Voit > (evoit) > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:30 AM > To: Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com>; Einar Nilsen-Nygaard (einarnn) > <einarnn@cisco.com> > Cc: netconf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary across different > receivers of a single configured subscription? > > Hi Martin, > > Yes, I originally had both your options in the WG slides. I removed (A) > after discussion with Mahesh for the WG session slides to simplify the in- > room discussions, as well as consideration of the points Einar makes below. > We can of course have more and deeper resolution discussions here. > > Thanks, > Eric > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Bjorklund [mailto:mbj@tail-f.com] > > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 2:54 AM > > To: Einar Nilsen-Nygaard (einarnn) <einarnn@cisco.com> > > Cc: Eric Voit (evoit) <evoit@cisco.com>; netconf@ietf.org > > Subject: Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary across > > different receivers of a single configured subscription? > > > > Hi, > > > > Note that the issue is that the current model has: > > > > +--rw subscription* [identifier] > > ... > > +--rw encoding > > ... > > +--rw receivers > > +--rw receiver* [address port] > > ... > > +--rw protocol > > > > My proposal is have encoding and protocol together: > > > > (A) > > +--rw subscription* [identifier] > > ... > > ... > > +--rw receivers > > +--rw receiver* [address port] > > ... > > +--rw protocol > > +--rw encoding > > > > or: > > > > (B) > > +--rw subscription* [identifier] > > ... > > +--rw encoding > > +--rw protocol > > ... > > +--rw receivers > > +--rw receiver* [address port] > > ... > > > > I think that this is *less* complex and probably more optimal than the > > current solution. > > > > "Einar Nilsen-Nygaard (einarnn)" <einarnn@cisco.com> wrote: > > > Martin, > > > > > > As yet, we have no practical use cases where we would have a single > > > configured subscription with multiple receivers who wish to receive > > > the data in different formats. Thus supporting this seems like an > > > unnecessary complexity for platforms, and one which potentially > > > impacts optimisations that we already use in some platform > > > implementations (e.g. sending the same encoded PDU to multiple > > > receivers, relieving the platform of encoding the same data multiple > > > ways). > > > > But this optimization doesn't really work, as you note below (*). > > > > > Of course, if a client really wants to have the same data sent to > > > multiple receivers but in different formats, they can do this — just > > > provision separate subscriptions with the same filter. > > > > Exactly; this is more complex and less optimal since the same filter > > might be evaluated twice, unless you add code to optimize for that > > (which probably falls in your category of "unnecessary complexity"). > > > > (*) So if the operator requires this setup, he will have to configure > > two different subscriptions today. Thus, the platform will encode the > > data twice, and your optimization above won't help. > > > > > All-in-all, I don’t see any benefit in making the base model support > > > this, only downsides, so do you have any specific use cases in mind > > > where this would be a benefit? So far in the use cases we have > > > looked at in SP, DC, enterprise and IoT we have not seen any > > > requirement to support this, but we have seen the need for multiple > receivers (e.g. > > > to support HA/redundancy approaches). > > > > The current model supports different *protocols* for the different > > receivers. Do you have a use case supporting that, or would (B) above > > fulfil your requirements. > > > > > > /martin > > > > > > > > > As such, I would be > > > reluctant to add this to the draft at this stage when the > > > functionality can be achieved already if absolutely necessary. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Einar > > > > > > > > > > On 15 Nov 2017, at 21:53, Eric Voit (evoit) <evoit@cisco.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Adding Einar as he had some strong opinions on this a few years > > > > ago when we were setting the model... > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: Martin Bjorklund, November 15, 2017 10:43 AM > > > >> > > > >> "Eric Voit (evoit)" <evoit@cisco.com> wrote: > > > >>> Hi Martin, > > > >>> > > > >>>> From: Martin Bjorklund [mailto:mbj@tail-f.com] > > > >>>> > > > >>>> "Eric Voit (evoit)" <evoit@cisco.com> wrote: > > > >>>>> In the WG session tomorrow, I am hoping to get "hum feedback" > > on: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> https://github.com/netconf-wg/rfc5277bis/issues/4 > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> The two choices and their issues exposed during the two week > > > >>>>> review on > > > >>>> "Can Transport vary across different receivers of a single > > > >>>> configured subscription?" are: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> (1) Yes, Transport can vary by receiver > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * Fewer subscriptions (scale benefit) > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * Can convert transport without requiring an application to > > learn > > > >> a > > > >>>> multiple subscription ids > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * No duplication of content during transport conversion. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * (Potential confusion in allowing transport to vary, but > > > >>>>> * encoding > > > >> not > > > >>>> to vary?) > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> (2) No, only one Transport across all subscriptions > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * Simpler model > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * But applications may need to create and track multiple > > > >>>> subscription-ids for the same content. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * Temporary duplication of content streams during transport > > > >> change. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> The current draft does (1). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Actually, the github issue lists 3 options, but here you just list 2. > > > >>> > > > >>> In reviewing tomorrow's slides with Mahesh, he preferred 2 > options. > > > >>> And as varying the encoding by receiver seems unlikely in > > > >>> implementation > > > >> > > > >> Why is this unlikely? Suppose I have two receivers for the same > > > >> subscription, one wants NETCONF/XML and the other > > RESTCONF/JSON. > > > >> Is that unlikely? > > > > > > > > Einar's belief was that a publisher implementation would be > > > > unlikely to service a single subscription into multiple encodings. > > > > If such a condition existed, it would be far easier to create two > subscriptions. > > > > This also would have fewer error conditions. > > > > > > > >>> , there is little reason to socialize this unlikely variant before > > > >>> the whole WG. Since as your opinion was either both encoding > and > > > >>> transport or neither encoding and transport vary by receiver, > > > >>> the more likely of your primary ask is supported. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> I think the point is that in the term "Transport", we need to > > > >>>> include both protocol and encoding (in the case the protocol > > > >>>> supports multiple encodings). > > > >>> > > > >>> While most likely the case for NETCONF and RESTCONF, Tianran's > > > >>> draft-ietf-netconf-udp-pub-channel shows that there can be > encoding > > > >>> variation by transports . It Therefore it seems better to let them > > > >>> both vary independently. > > > >> > > > >> Not sure I understand what you mean. To be clear, do you think > > > >> the "encoding" leaf should stay where it is, or be moved down to > > > >> the receiver, as a sibling to "protocol"? > > > > > > > > Encoding leaf should stay where it is. Your previous ask was to > > > > put encoding and transport and the same level. There is an option > > > > proposed in the slides which does that. > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > >> /martin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Netconf mailing list > Netconf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/netconf
- [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary across … Eric Voit (evoit)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Balazs Lengyel
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Eric Voit (evoit)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Eric Voit (evoit)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Eric Voit (evoit)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Einar Nilsen-Nygaard (einarnn)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Martin Bjorklund
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Eric Voit (evoit)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Einar Nilsen-Nygaard (einarnn)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Eric Voit (evoit)
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Robert Wilton
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Alexander Clemm
- Re: [Netconf] Issue SN #4: Can Transport vary acr… Eric Voit (evoit)