[openstack-dev] [Nova] Bug #741626 - FLAGS.fixed_range is silly

Nathanael Burton nathanael.i.burton at gmail.com
Fri Mar 8 04:44:06 UTC 2013


Initial review is posted here [1] if you think this is worth fixing for
Grizzly.

[1] - https://review.openstack.org/23787
On Mar 4, 2013 2:16 PM, "Nathanael Burton" <nathanael.i.burton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I thought of that after I posted the last update. Attached is a hack of my
> initial patch (not completed).  It doesn't currently add the logic to check
> if fixed_range is set and a few other things.  It's fairly small in scope,
> about a dozen changes.
>
> Nate
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya <vishvananda at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Nathanael Burton <
>> nathanael.i.burton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypipes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/04/2013 12:52 PM, Nathanael Burton wrote:
>>> > Problem 1: Users have to specify the 'fixed_range' in the first place
>>> in
>>> > their nova.conf file, when it shouldn't be necessary as the system (DB
>>> > networks table) has all the information it needs to set up the NATs
>>> > correctly.  If this eventually gets implemented we can deprecate and
>>> > then remove the flag entirely in Havana or future.
>>>
>>> Right. This is kind of what I'm saying... we should just do this now and
>>> not add any more confusion to the nova.conf options.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> -jay
>>>
>>
>> To be clear, you agree that this should be done?
>>
>> Then:
>>
>> 1. Keep 'fixed_range' in Grizzly with a new default (?) value of
>> 'dynamic' meaning use the new behavior and completely remove the
>> 'fixed_range' flag in Havana
>>
>>
>> or
>>
>> 2. Do the dynamic fixed_range automatically and remove 'fixed_range'
>> altogether in Grizzly?
>>
>>
>> Rather than use 'dynamic' I think we should key of of 'not fixed_range'
>> and default it to none and mark it deprecated. I'd have to see how complex
>> the code is but it seems a bit late to get this into grizzly.
>>
>> Vish
>>
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