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As far as I know, bridge_mapping is used to let neutron know which
bridge should be uses for the (possibly more than one) external network(s).

If someone else could jump in and give a bit more detail, I'd appreciate
that, too.

Regards,

	Uwe


Am 14.12.2014 um 20:55 schrieb Gonzalo Aguilar Delgado:
> Hi Uwe, 
> 
> really I started directly with neutron. Never gone with legacy. 
> 
> But I suppose there's old config laying around. I still think that
> bridge_mapping is needed for VLAN config I use. Every paper describes
> GRE config, but I still feel more confortable using VLANs.
> 
> Any other help about this issue? Can someone confirm if I can get rid of
> the directives in both configs?
> 
> I suppose I cannot because they get in effect when started the ovs plugin.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> 
> 
> El dom, 14 de dic 2014 a las 8:40 , Uwe Sauter <uwe.sauter.de at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>> Hi, I presume that you upgraded from an older version that used
>> nova-network (now called legacy networking). Using neutron means that
>> VMs aren't connected to br0 directly any more as there is a whole
>> virtual networking infrastructure in place. To give a small overview:
>> On a compute node a VM connects to br-int (integration bridge). This
>> bridge itself is connected through a virtual cable to br-tun
>> (tunneling bridge). That bridge has also assigned a physical interface
>> that allows traffic to flow to the network node On the network node
>> there also exists a br-tun that has a physical interface attached.
>> Through this inferface traffic enters the node. br-tun is virtually
>> connected to br-ex that has a separate physical interface attached
>> that connects to "the outside", meaning the networking infrastructure
>> outside your cloud. I cannot help you with the configuration issue but
>> recommend that you familiarize yourself with neutron. Regards, Uwe Am
>> 14.12.2014 um 19:36 schrieb Gonzalo Aguilar Delgado:
>>
>>     Hi all, I'm installing a new compute node from scratch and
>>     reviewing all old config. I've found two setting that seems equal,
>>     one in ml2 plugin and one in openvswitch. But I don't really
>>     understand why they are. ovs_neutron_plugin.ini: bridge_mappings =
>>     default:br0,extnet1:br-ex ml2/ml2_conf.ini: [ovs] bridge_mappings
>>     = default:br0,extnet1:br-ex For me it's strange the settings are
>>     in both places. I think this is a result of upgrading without
>>     taking much care of removing old config. But also it's strange
>>     that everything works with the bridges br0 and br-ex without
>>     physical interface. I mean, seems to do nothing but it needs to be
>>     there. Also I should expect VM be attached to br0 (Default) but
>>     it's not, they are attached to the br-int (integration bridge),
>>     for me this is correct. Since it's described here like this:
>>     https://openstack.redhat.com/Networking_in_too_much_detail And
>>     works ok. So what's the purporse of these bridges? Here is:
>>     neutron 2.3.4 nova 2.17.0 Best regards,
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