[neutron][ironic] Distributed routers and SNAT
Brian Haley
haleyb.dev at gmail.com
Mon Dec 12 14:19:01 UTC 2022
Hi Arnaud,
Are you using agent_mode=dvr_snat on computes? That is unsupported:
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/neutron/+/801503
-Brian
On 12/12/22 4:30 AM, Arnaud Morin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My subnet is: 192.168.43.0/24
>
> My router is: 192.168.43.1
>
> My ironic server is: 192.168.43.43
>
> When I do a ping against router from server:
> $ ping -c5 192.168.43.1
> PING 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.458 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.899 ms (DUP!)
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.372 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.399 ms (DUP!)
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.484 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.485 ms (DUP!)
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.411 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.411 ms (DUP!)
> 64 bytes from 192.168.43.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.299 ms
>
> --- 192.168.43.1 ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, +4 duplicates, 0% packet loss, time
> 4101ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.299/0.468/0.899/0.161 ms
>
>
>
>
> We can see the DUP! which are coming from the 2 SNAT nodes that I have
> (I am using max_l3_agents_per_router=2).
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 12.12.22 - 10:11, Rodolfo Alonso Hernandez wrote:
>> Hello Arnaud:
>>
>> You said "all distributed routers are answering to ARP and ICMP, thus
>> creating duplicates in the network". To what IP addresses are the DVR
>> routers replying?
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:01 AM Arnaud Morin <arnaud.morin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello team,
>>>
>>> When using router in DVR (+ HA), we end-up having the router on all
>>> computes where needed.
>>>
>>> So far, this is nice.
>>>
>>> We want to introduce Ironic baremetal servers, with a private network
>>> access.
>>> DVR won't apply on such baremetal servers, and we know floating IP are
>>> not going to work.
>>>
>>> Anyway, we were thinking that SNAT part would be OK.
>>> After doing few tests, we noticed that all distributed routers are
>>> answering to ARP and ICMP, thus creating duplicates in the network.
>>>
>>> $ arping -c1 192.168.43.1
>>> ARPING 192.168.43.1
>>> 60 bytes from fa:16:3f:67:97:6a (192.168.43.1): index=0 time=634.700 usec
>>> 60 bytes from fa:16:3f:dc:67:91 (192.168.43.1): index=1 time=750.298 usec
>>>
>>> --- 192.168.43.1 statistics ---
>>> 1 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% unanswered (1 extra)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anything possible on neutron side to prevent this?
>>>
>>>
>>> FYI, I did a comparison with routers in centralized mode (+ HA).
>>> In that situation, keepalived is putting the qr-xxx interface down in
>>> qrouter namespace.
>>> In distributed mode, keepalives is running in snat- namespace and cannot
>>> manage the router interface.
>>>
>>> Any help / tip would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Arnaud.
>>>
>>>
>
More information about the openstack-discuss
mailing list