Thanks for the pointer. Will try it out. Vikram
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:37 PM, John Petrini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Vikram, > > You may want to look into provider networks. Here's some documentation for > doing so in an Open vSwitch deployment. > > https://docs.openstack.org/liberty/networking-guide/ > scenario-provider-ovs.html > > Provider networks allow you to add existing networks outside of OpenStack > to your cloud. Instances can be attached to these networks directly > therefore bypassing the NAT that's required for floating IP's. > > These networks do not require a virtual router (warning: you can still > create them!) as they rely on existing routing outside of OpenStack. For > this reason they can only be created by an admin and you should also > consider keeping them private and granting access to tenants using RBAC. > > We use them extensively and they work well. We're able to add new networks > as needed by trunking the VLAN of the desired network to the compute and > controller nodes and then creating the new provider type network in > neutron. Providing a segmentation id when creating the network allows Open > vSwitch to tag the traffic with the proper vlan before it leaves the > compute node. > > Regards, > > John Petrini >
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