On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Saverio Proto <saverio.pr...@switch.ch> wrote: > Hello Armando, > > I managed to implement the L2GW setup purely in software, without an > hardware appliance.
Nice! That is very interesting. I will take a look at the work you've done here. Thanks, Curtis. > > I documented in the README file, please look at this review > https://review.openstack.org/453209 > > I have a question: do we have a name for this node where the actually > bridging happens between a VXLAN tenant network and a physical L2 network ? > Is it okay to call it the l2gw node ? > > The l2gw plugin it self runs on the controller, so also the > neutron-l2gw-plugin agent runs on the controller. > > I think it necessary to clarify this naming, because before trying the > software I did the mistake of thinking that the neutron-l2gw-agent had > to run on the switch where the actual briding happens. > > thank you > > Saverio > > > > > On 30/03/17 18:40, Armando M. wrote: >> >> >> On 30 March 2017 at 08:47, Saverio Proto <saverio.pr...@switch.ch >> <mailto:saverio.pr...@switch.ch>> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to use the neutron l2gw plugin, but I am not using a bare >> metal switch to bridge. >> >> I am using a server with Openvswitch. >> >> >> I am not aware of any effort to implement L2GW purely in software, in >> fact this was one key missing pieces that prevented the project to have >> CI solely dealt with the upstream infra resources. Perhaps OVN may come >> to the rescue here, I recall at some point the team was looking at the >> L2GW API. >> >> Thanks, >> Armando >> >> >> >> Following this documentation: >> >> http://networkop.co.uk/blog/2016/05/21/neutron-l2gw/ >> <http://networkop.co.uk/blog/2016/05/21/neutron-l2gw/> >> >> At one point there is this command: >> >> sudo vtep-bootstrap L5 10.0.0.5 192.168.91.21 --no_encryption >> >> This vtep-bootstrap is specific for Cumulux Linux >> >> Anybody has documentation with normal vtep-ctl commands ? >> >> So far on the Ubuntu server I did the following: >> >> apt-get install openvswitch-vtep >> ovsdb-tool create /etc/openvswitch/vtep.db >> /usr/share/openvswitch/vtep.ovsschema >> >> Anyone has more complete documentation ? >> >> I did not understand if the vtep-openvswitch controlled by the l2gw >> plugin will make vxlan tunnels to all the compute nodes, to bridge the >> tenant network with a physical l2 network ? Or all this traffic has to >> pass to the network node also because the vtep openvswitch is not able >> to talk to the compute nodes ? >> >> thank you >> >> Saverio >> >> >> -- >> SWITCH >> Saverio Proto, Peta Solutions >> Werdstrasse 2, P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland >> phone +41 44 268 15 15, direct +41 44 268 1573 >> saverio.pr...@switch.ch <mailto:saverio.pr...@switch.ch>, >> http://www.switch.ch >> >> http://www.switch.ch/stories >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: >> openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe >> <http://openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe> >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > > > -- > SWITCH > Saverio Proto, Peta Solutions > Werdstrasse 2, P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland > phone +41 44 268 15 15, direct +41 44 268 1573 > saverio.pr...@switch.ch, http://www.switch.ch > > http://www.switch.ch/stories > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Blog: serverascode.com __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
