[Openstack-operators] [neutron] multiple external networks on the same host NIC

TAO ZHOU angeloudy at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 09:56:13 UTC 2015


You can achieve this by explicitly set external_network_bridge to empty in
l3_agent.ini. The default value for external_network_bridge is br-ex, you
have to put this line in your l3_agent.ini:
external_network_bridge =

By doing this, you can have mutiple external networks in different vlans.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Mike Spreitzer <mspreitz at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to create multiple external networks from Neutron's point
> of view, where both of those networks are accessed through the same host
> NIC?  Obviously those networks would be using different subnets.  I need
> this sort of thing because the two subnets are treated differently by the
> stuff outside of OpenStack, so I need a way that a tenant can get a
> floating IP of the sort he wants.  Since Neutron equates floating IP
> allocation pools with external networks, I need two external networks.
>
> I found, for example, http://www.marcoberube.com/archives/248 --- which
> describes how to have multiple external networks but uses a distinct host
> network interface for each one.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Mike Spreitzer <mspreitz at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to create multiple external networks from Neutron's point
> of view, where both of those networks are accessed through the same host
> NIC?  Obviously those networks would be using different subnets.  I need
> this sort of thing because the two subnets are treated differently by the
> stuff outside of OpenStack, so I need a way that a tenant can get a
> floating IP of the sort he wants.  Since Neutron equates floating IP
> allocation pools with external networks, I need two external networks.
>
> I found, for example, http://www.marcoberube.com/archives/248 --- which
> describes how to have multiple external networks but uses a distinct host
> network interface for each one.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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