Network Partition Resource Definition

A network partition, is an area of an IaaS that is bound by one network of an IaaS. Therefore, one or more partitions can be included inside a network partition. Private IPs are used for communication within a network partition. Network partitions are also referred to as partition groups. The partition algorithm that is applied within a network partition may differ from the partition algorithm that is applied between different network partitions. A sample network partition definition, together with information on all the properties that can be added in a network partition definition JSON are as follows:

Sample network partition definition JSON

The following are sample configurations that can be used in a JSON to define a network partition:

Property definitions

All the properties that correspond to a network partition resource are explained as follows:

id 
provider 
partitions 
- id
- description 
- property
  - name
  - value
partitionAlgo
properties
- name
- value

W = Writable

R = Readable

U = Updatable

M = Mandatory (Required)

DV = Default Value

Main property definitions

Property		W	R	U	Description	M	DV	Data Type	Example
JSON	UI	W	R	U	Description	M	DV	Data Type	Example
`id`	Network Partition Id	√	√		ID corresponding to the network partition. This should be a unique value.	Yes	N/A	String	NP1
`provider`	Network Partition provider	√	√		The name of the IaaS provider.	Yes	N/A	String	ec2, openstack, kubernetes
`partitions`	Partitions	√	√		All the partitions that belong to the network partition. For more information on the sub-properties, see partitions.	Yes	N/A	partitions array
`properties`		√	√		The properties that need to be passed regarding the network partition. The properties are passed as name value pairs. For more information on the sub-properties, see property.	No	N/A

Sub-property definitions

partitions

Property		W	R	U	Description	M	DV	Data Type	Example
JSON	UI	W	R	U	Description	M	DV	Data Type	Example
`id`	Partition Id	√	√		ID corresponding to the partition. This should be a unique value.	Yes	N/A	String	P1
`description`		√	√		A summarized description of the partition.	No	N/A	String	This is a partition in EC2.
`property`	Property	√	√		The IaaS provider properties are listed as name value pairs. In any IaaS the region property is required. For more information on the sub-properties, see property. If you need to define a Kubernetes cluster, define a property named `cluster` and add the ID of the Kubernetes Cluster (`clusterId`) as the property value.	Yes	N/A	property array	EC2 - region and zone Openstack - region, host and zone

property

Property		W	R	U	Description	M	DV	Data Type	Example
JSON	UI	W	R	U	Description	M	DV	Data Type	Example
`name`	Name	√	√		Name of the property.	Yes	N/A	String	region, zone
`value`	Value	√	√		Value corresponding to the property.	Yes	N/A	String	al-southeast-1, ap-southeast-1a