IDPS Suricata deployment as a VNF on OpenStack with OpenContrail
The use case shows Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) Suricata
installation as a virtual network function (VNF) on OpenStack.
To enable Suricata IDPS as a VNF:
- Deploy OpenStack with Contrail SDN that will bring NFV into your cloud.
- Create a VM image with the Suricata IDPS installed.
- Configure the Contrail SDN to run an IDPS service instance (VNF) and steer
traffic to this instance for further analysis.