[Openstack] How to configure Neutron Networking from GRE to VXLAN?

Martinx - ジェームズ thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com
Sat May 31 02:08:32 UTC 2014


AFAIK:

* Havana = ovs_neutron_plugin.ini

* IceHouse = ml2_conf.ini

Both looks for an [ovs] section...


On 30 May 2014 17:45, Sebastian Herzberg <sebastian.herzberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> would you mind sharing your relevant parts of the configs?
> It is very confusing because there are not a lot of VXLAN guides out there.
> Some edit the ovs_neutron_plugin.ini and some just have a [ovs] section in
> the ml2_conf.ini.
> What is the right way here?
>
> Thanks
> Sebastian
>
>
> Am 28.05.2014 um 07:41 schrieb Benedikt Trefzer <
> benedikt.trefzer at cirrax.com>:
>
> Hi Kim
>
> I just did the same switching from gre to vxlan.
> Here's what I learned:
>
> You have to delete all the old networks in the installation that where
> created with gre. They do not work because the tunnel type is stored in
> the DB. I was not able to change it.
>
> According to ovs-neutron_plugin.ini. I think this depends on the
> distribution used. I realized, that not all daemons read the same config
> files on startup. Thats why I had also to modify both mentioned files.
> To ensure all parameteters are set, I used debug=True and verbose=True
> like this you see the configuration the daemon uses in the logfile.
>
> hope this helps
>
> Benedikt
>
>
> On 28.05.2014 04:32, BYEONG-GI KIM wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I followed the installation guide for OpenStack Icehouse, and the
> installation was completed successfully; Two Instances could ping with
> each other through GRE unnel.
>
> After that, I've tried to modify the Networking from GRE to VXLAN by
> following the Configuration Reference
> described
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/config-reference/content/networking-plugin-ml2_vxlan.html
>
> Although I modified all the parameters like "type_drivers",
> "tenant_network_types", "vni_ranges", etc. and restart all the related
> services on the every nodes, the VXLAN network doesn't work fine at all.
> First, I could not add an additional network on dashboard. Second, the
> br-tun on both Compute Node and Network Node did not have a port for VXLAN.
>
>
> I read the configuration guide
> at http://kimizhang.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/how-ml2vxlan-works/, and
> the guide describes
> /etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs-neutron_plugin.ini also needs to be
> modified. But I didn't because the Installation Guide for OpenStack
> Icehouse didn't mention such things even though the guides shows how to
> set up the GRE as default.
>
> Should I modify
> /etc/neutron/plugins/openvswitch/ovs-neutron_plugin.ini? Or what I need
> to do?
>
> Best regards
>
> Byeong-Gi KIM
>
>
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