The management plane consists primarily of the ANS operator, AOC, and APIs. It manages all configuration-related API requests and all load balancer operation and maintenance tasks.
AOC: Interacts with the UI, cluster control plane, and operations management plane, and is responsible for distributing service configuration and operations management configuration through the relevant REST APIs.
ANS operator: Handles the installation and deployment of load balancer virtual machines, receives requests from AOC, and triggers corresponding operations.
The management plane provides the following main functions:
Persistently stores and distributes user configuration through northbound REST APIs.
Manages the lifecycle of all create, read, update, and delete tasks, and pre-processes high-concurrency requests for backend servers.
Filters all user configuration and validates related parameters to reduce pressure on backend server systems.
Provides basic capabilities such as monitoring, authentication, and data collection, simplifying system operations.
