[Openstack-operators] Using bridge instead of routing by floating ips

Linux Datacenter linuxdatacenter at gmail.com
Mon Sep 3 21:04:09 UTC 2012


Hi,

Mirantis has proposed a load balancer for openstack - the code is already
there:
http://www.mirantis.com/blog/load-balancing-for-openstack-proposing-lbaas/



On 29 August 2012 09:45, Heiko Krämer <kraemer at avarteq.de> wrote:

>  Hey Igor,
>
> i'm sorry for the late response :>.
>
> I'll need to use floating IP's with L3 load balancer for more network
> throughput in each project.
>
> Greetings
> Heiko
> Am 27.08.2012 18:24, schrieb Igor Laskovy:
>
> So, you would like not to use the floating IP? Or you still need it?
>
> Igor Laskovy
> facebook.com/igor.laskovy
> Kiev, Ukraine
> On Aug 27, 2012 2:49 PM, "Heiko Krämer" <kraemer at avarteq.de> wrote:
>
>>  Heyho dear community,
>>
>> I'll try to find a solution how i can use a layer 3 load balancer
>> (keepalived) with Openstack instances.
>> This load balancer is shared to all projects and Keepalived will
>> distribute all incoming connections (http, https, port xy) to the
>> registered instances. It's only possible if the floating ip's are not
>> routed by iptables and each instance have a second NIC with a unique Mac.
>>
>> I've found quantum instead of the default network manager but Quantum
>> have no multi_host option ?! In addition Quantum will use vLan tagging and
>> that's not possible for our setup. Or i'm wrong with vlan tagging?
>>
>> *Configuration:*
>> I'm using "FlatDHCPManager" to manage my network. It's installed on each
>> compute node with "multi_host" flag. So the fixed_ips are using bridging
>> but the floating will be routed with IPtables.
>> Load balancer (keepalived) it's installed an configured on extra hosts.
>> I've a very distributed cloud stack that means i'm using extra hosts for
>> api and keystone, storage and image, many shared services (DB cluster,
>> glusterfs cluster, mail cluster and so on)and compute/network nodes.
>>
>>
>> If you have questions or need more detailled informations to answer,
>> please ask :)
>>
>>
>> Greetings
>> Heiko Krämer
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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