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# Akanda
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[akanda.io](https://akanda.io)
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Akanda is the only open source network virtualization solution built by OpenStack
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operators for real OpenStack clouds. Akanda eliminates the need for complex SDN
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controllers, overlays and multiple plugins for cloud networking by providing a
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simple integrated networking stack (routing, firewall, load balancing) for
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connecting and securing multi-tenant OpenStack environments.
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Akanda is layer 2 agnostic and interfaces with the OpenStack Neutron REST APIs.
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Akanda includes a sophisticated lifecycle management and orchestration platform
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to monitor, configure, and manage 3rd party virtualized routers, load balancers
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and firewalls.
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### The Name
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Project names are a powerful tool because they can be used to bond teams,
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communicate effectively and convey the end goal. Like many projects, we
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considered many names until a member of our team sought out to find a word
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appropriate for an open project. This word enables us to say something more
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clearly and with a bevy of excellent synonyms by using the Sanskrit word
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अखण्ड (akhaNDa) which has such lovely connotations as "non-stop, "undivided,
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"entire," "whole," and most importantly, "**not broken**."
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## Subprojects
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The code for the Akanda project lives in several separate repositories to ease
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packaging and management:
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* *this* repository focuses on project overview and documentation
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* [Akanda Rug](https://github.com/stackforge/akanda-rug) – Orchestration
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service for managing the creation, configuration, and health of Akanda
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Software Routers in an OpenStack cloud.
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* [Akanda Appliance](https://github.com/stackforge/akanda-appliance) –
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Supporting software for the Akanda Software Router appliance, which is
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a Linux-based service VM that provides routing and L3+ services in
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a virtualized network environment. This includes a REST API for managing
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the appliance via the `Akanda Rug` orchestration service.
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* [Akanda Appliance Builder] (https://github.com/stackforge/akanda-appliance-builder) -
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Various methods to build an Akanda appliance.
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* [Akanda Neutron](https://github.com/stackforge/akanda-neutron) –
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Ancillary subclasses of several OpenStack Neutron plugins and supporting code.
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* [Akanda Horizon](https://github.com/stackforge/akanda-horizon) -
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OpenStack Horizon supporting code.
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## Code Review
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The code goes to get reviewed by collaborators and merged at
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[OpenStack Gerrit review](https://review.openstack.org)
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## Documentation
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Can be found at [docs.akanda.io](http://docs.akanda.io)
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## Project Status
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[Though Ohloh and Blackduck](https://www.openhub.net/p/akanda)
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## Community
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Talk to the developers through IRC [#akanda channel on freenode.net]
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(http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=%23akanda&prompt=1&uio=d4)
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## License and Copyright
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Akanda is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license and is Copyright 2015,
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Akanda, Inc.
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