Re: [Rdo-list] [Quantum] Provider networks for floating IP's

On 06/19/2013 10:25 AM, Perry Myers wrote: No problem. Basically, if external_bridge is unset, then the router's gateway network is treated exactly like other (private) networks added to the router as interfaces. The router's configured interface_driver is used, so quantum.agent.linux.interface.OVSInterfaceDriver plugs the router into the network using br-int, and openvswitch-agent sets up the flow rules for it. To use this approach, change the l3-agent config to unset external_bridge (overriding the default of br-ex). Then, when creating the external network, specify the provider attributes describing it. The current upstream admin guide says to set provider:network_type to local for the external network, so set it to flat or vlan instead, set provider:physical_network appropriately and also set provider:segmentation_id for a VLAN external network. Note that the physical_network must be listed in network_vlan_ranges even if no tenant VLANs are being used on that network, and must be mapped via bridge_mappings on the network nodes and have the network interface added to OVS bridge (typically br-ethX) as usual. Then create the subnet, create the router, and set the router's gateway to be the external network, all as usual. Advantages of the provider external network approach: * Works with linuxbridge in addition to openvswitch * External network can be flat or on a VLAN * External network can be on the same network interface as tenant VLANs * Should be possible for different routers in the same l3-agent to use different external networks (not sure if tested) Advantages of the external_bridge approach: * Possible slight performance advantage using single br-ex instead of br-int->veth->br-ethX * Better documentation -Bob