[Openstack] Documentation Error??

Aaron Segura aaron.segura at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 23:25:09 UTC 2014


I'm not sure I understand.  Are you able to ping from your nodes out to the
internet at all?

On Wed Nov 19 2014 at 3:29:54 PM Georgios Dimitrakakis <giorgis at acmac.uoc.gr>
wrote:

>  Aaron it helps a lot and thank you for that.
>
>  Unfortunately in my setup there is no router for the management
>  interface since it is much simpler and has two interfaces: one that has
>  an external IP and connects directly to the internet and a second one
>  with internal (management) network that cannot be reached from the
>  outside. In such a case can you recommend a setup or point me at a
>  documentation?
>
>  Thanks a lot again,
>
>
>  George
>
>
>
>  On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:39:10 +0000, Aaron Segura wrote:
> > When the documentation refers to testing external connectivity from
> > the nodes, it does not mean to test connectivity via the External
> > Interface, irself.  It means that you should be able to reach the
> > external network (Internet) and the other nodes, from each node, via
> > the Management Interface.  The Management Interface is how you will
> > log in to the nodes via SSH, as well.  The network attached to your
> > Management Interface should have a route out to the Internet and
> > provide all the connectivity you need to manage the node, install
> > software, etc...
> >
> > Hope that helps!
> >
> > On Wed Nov 19 2014 at 2:19:07 PM Georgios Dimitrakakis  wrote:
> >
> >>  First of all let me thank you very much for your clear replies!
> >>
> >>  Yes! That makes sense indeed for the Virtual Machines!
> >>
> >>  What about the compute node itself? If I am not wrong at that
> >> point of
> >>  documentation nova-network hasnt been installed or configured. So
> >> how
> >>  is it possible the connectivity tests with the external network
> >> to be
> >>  successful as shown at that point?
> >>
> >>  Furthermore if someone wants to have direct SSH access to the
> >> node from
> >>  the external network how is that achieved? In general how does
> >> the
> >>  physical node itself access the external network?
> >>
> >>  All the best,
> >>
> >>  George
> >>
> >>  On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:25:29 +0000, Aaron Segura wrote:
> >> > Think of your external interface as if it were a switch. The
> >> guests
> >> > are plugged in to the switch. They will have IP addresses that
> >> allow
> >> > them to communicate on the network. The physical interface just
> >> ships
> >> > packets back and forth between physical and virtual networks, and
> >> > doesnt need its own address. Make more sense?
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 07:53 Georgios Dimitrakakis  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>  Hello stackers!
> >> >>
> >> >>  In OpenStack documentation and specifically on Legacy
> >> Networking
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >  http://docs.openstack.org/juno/install-guide/install/yum/
> content/ch_basic_environment.html#basics-networking-nova
> >> [1]
> >> >> [1]
> >> >>
> >> >>  says clearly that for a two node installation the interface
> >> >> dedicated
> >> >>  to the external network should not be configured with an IP
> >> >> address.
> >> >>
> >> >>  Is this correct??
> >> >>
> >> >>  Furthermore at the "Verify Connectivity" part is pinging
> >> >> successfully
> >> >>  on the external network and my question is how is this
> >> happening?
> >> >> Does
> >> >>  it assume that there is a third interface already connected on
> >> >> the
> >> >>  external network??
> >> >>
> >> >>  How is accessing the external network without even configuring
> >> >> the
> >> >>  interface dedicated at it?? Does it assume that the internal
> >> >> network
> >> >>  somehow performs a routing??
> >> >>
> >> >>  Best regards,
> >> >>
> >> >>  G.
> >> >>
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> >> > Links:
> >> > ------
> >> > [1]
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> > http://docs.openstack.org/juno/install-guide/install/yum/
> content/ch_basic_environment.html#basics-networking-nova
> >> [5]
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> >
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1]
> >
> > http://docs.openstack.org/juno/install-guide/install/yum/
> content/ch_basic_environment.html#basics-networking-nova
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> > [5]
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> > http://docs.openstack.org/juno/install-guide/install/yum/
> content/ch_basic_environment.html#basics-networking-nova
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