[openstack-dev] [Neutron][docs] Why is the neutron security group extension disabled by default?

Tom Fifield tom at openstack.org
Sun Jul 14 03:05:10 UTC 2013


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https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1190940

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Regards,

Tom

On 14/07/13 12:44, Robert Collins wrote:
> I've previously filed a bug about the docs; I agree that this seems like
> something to make enabled by default, particularly with nova-network now
> on the deprecation path.
>
> -Rob
>
> On 14 July 2013 14:08, Matt Riedemann <mriedem at us.ibm.com
> <mailto:mriedem at us.ibm.com>> wrote:
>
>     I had to figure out via the code that unless you specify a firewall
>     driver in the neutron plugin's ini file (I'm using openvswitch in
>     this case), the neutron security group extension is disabled.
>
>     The admin doc tells you what to do in nova.conf to get nova to proxy
>     security group calls through neutron:
>
>     _http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-network/admin/content/nova_config_security_groups.html_
>
>     But there is no mention of setting the firwall_driver property in
>     the [securitygroup] section of your plugin's ini file.  For OVS, it
>     would be setting this:
>
>     _http://gerrit.rtp.raleigh.ibm.com/gitweb?p=osee-tools.git;a=blob;f=install/build.include;h=2089a32f1da4ad92a61601a4d46a5b34b312f644;hb=refs/heads/osee-havana#l103_
>
>     In nova, security groups work out of the box (well, at least they
>     are enabled, you still have to setup the rules).
>
>     Is there a design point of why the neutron security group extension
>     is disabled by default (maybe so it doesn't interfere with nova
>     somehow)?  If so, we can work on getting the docs updated.
>       Otherwise it seems like a bug in the code.
>
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     *MATT RIEDEMANN*
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