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Telstra Programmable Network is a self-provisioning platform that allows its users to create on-demand connectivity services between multiple end-points and add various network functions to those services. Programmable Network enables to connectivity to a global ecosystem of networking services as well as public and private cloud services. Once you are connected to the platform on one or more POPs (points of presence), you can start creating those services based on the use case that you want to accomplish. |
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| Feature | Description |
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| Endpoint | An Endpoint is point in the network that can be connected with a point-to-point Link, such as a physical port, a Cloud Provider, a Virtual Network Function or an interconnect point with an IPVPN network such as Connect IP® in Australia or Telstra IPVPN globally. |
| Link | A Link is a mechanism to create a Layer 2 point-to-point connection between two Endpoints, allowing traffic to flow according to the conditions of one or more Contracts assigned to the Link |
| Contract | A Contract describes the commercial terms associated with a link (such as duration, billing account and price) and determines the characteristics of the traffic flowing across the link (such as bandwidth, latency, etc.) |
| Virtual Port | A VPort can be thought of as a connection point on an Endpoint, allowing multiple Links to be connected to the same Endpoint |
| Virtual Network Function | A Virtual Network Function is a virtual appliance which can operate within the Programmable Network, providing more sophisticated services, such as routing, firewalling, load-balancing, encryption, etc. |
| Marketplace | The Programmable Network Marketplace provides a way for Telstra and network appliance vendors to publish a Virtual Network Function which users can deploy in the Programmable Network |
| Data Centre | Each physical Endpoint of the Programmable Network (such as physical port, Exchange connection, etc.) are located in a Data Centre |
| Global Exchange | The Global Exchange provides a mechanism to interconnect with external networks and services, such as Cloud Providers, Telstra IPVPN services, 3rd-party Networks and other Programmable Network users |
| Telstra Global IPVPN | The Telstra Global IPVPN refers to the international IPVPN service provided by Telstra. |
| Telstra Next IP | The Telstra Next IP refers to the Australian IPVPN service provided by Telstra. |
| Topologies | Multiple resources created in an account's Programmable Network can be grouped in a Topology which easily allows logical separation of parts of the network for users (e.g. Production vs. Lab networks) |
| Tags | A Tag is the labels by which users refer to a Topology |
| Customer | A Customer owns a Programmable Network Account. A Customer can have a parent-child relationship which allows children Customers to be created for departments, projects, etc. |
| Account | An Account holds details |
| User | A User |
| Statistics | Users can extract historical Statistics relating to links and endpoints. |
| Use Case | Example |
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| Data Centre Interconnect | Flexible bandwidth between two public data centres |
| Cloud Connectivity | Connect to Cloud Providers, such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM BlueMix (SoftLayer), Google Compute Platform, etc. |
| Firewall | Use a firewall Virtual Network Function from the Marketplace to secure traffic between different endpoints (e.g. Corporate IPVPN and a Cloud Provider) |
| Inter-Company Exchange | Use the Global Exchange feature to create connections to other Programmable Network customers |
Start with the Getting Started Guide.
The OpenAPI 3.0 (Swagger) specification is also available here.
See Key Concepts for details on Key Concepts for the Programmable Network.