Discussion: Which tags to use for virtual systems

Indeni
#1

Hello everyone!


Today we have a few different tags used for virtual systems.

vsx = Any device that hosts virtual systems is tagged with this

mds = This tag is used specifically for Check Point MDS, which is when you host several virtual management servers on one host.

vdom_enabled: Some fortigate specific tag

vdom_root: Some fortigate specific tag


One issue is that "vsx" tag is more of a product name for a Check Point product, but is today used by multiple vendor script for tagging a device that hosts virtual systems on it.

So for example an Check Point MDS server would have both "mds: true" and "vsx: true"

If one wanted to run only on a Check Point VSX server you would need to set both "vsx: true" and "role-firewall: true"


Maybe "vsx" should change to something more generic, and Check Point could use the "vsx" tag for tagging only VSX Gateways? What do you think?



#2

Hi,


In my opinion we should use "vsx" just for Checkpoint VSX (Virtual System Extension).


Using it for any other vendor is abusing it to indicate a "hosting environment".

I don't see much added value to reusing the term "vsx" becasue in the respective ind's we need to add requirements that limit them to the relevant environment.


BTW, yesterday I found out that we are also using vsx to tag PAN Virtual Syatems (vsys) :(