[openstack-dev] [devstack][neutron] - dropping direct route to VMs (FIXED_RANGE)

Armando M. armamig at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 23:18:11 UTC 2016


On 15 November 2016 at 15:04, Kevin Benton <kevin at benton.pub> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> Right now, we do something in devstack that does not reflect how
> deployments are normally done. We setup a route on the parent host to the
> private tenant network that routes through the tenant's router[1]. This
> behavior originates from a very long time ago[2] and I'm not sure if it
> even works correctly right now (because the tenant router has port address
> translation enabled).
>
> I would like to stop this behavior in devstack for a couple of reasons:
>
> 1. If this works, it works by accident. Neutron doesn't have any
> guarantees of behavior when you are pointing routes to a private network
> via a router that has SNAT enabled.
> 2. This method of accessing the VMs is not how access is gained to VMs in
> normal deployments. If you want a VM to be reachable, either attach to the
> same network with a port, setup a provider network, or assign the VM a
> floating IP.
>
>
> I would like to drop the installation of this route, but I'd like to hear
> if there is anyone relying on this behavior. Reply to this email or comment
> on the patch.[3]
>

Thanks for looking into this. Let me add that this is in relation to bug
[1].

Cheers,
Armando

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/devstack/+bug/1629133


>
> 1. https://github.com/openstack-dev/devstack/blob/
> 29d13df1a284f8f1a5973ccc826a475156820d23/lib/neutron_
> plugins/services/l3#L378
> 2. https://review.openstack.org/#/c/13693/
> 3. https://review.openstack.org/397987
>
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