[Openstack] VM forwarding packets

Rick Jones rick.jones2 at hp.com
Fri Jan 17 16:53:04 UTC 2014


On 01/17/2014 05:23 AM, Heinonen, Johanna (NSN - FI/Espoo) wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a need to forward packets through a VM. This means that some
> packets have source IP address that is not configured for the VM (ip
> spoofing).
> I tried to  modify firewall.py  and disable the filters in nova-base, I
> also followed instructions from
> _https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg20669.html_ but with no effect.
> Finally I fixed the problem by manually deleting the rule from iptables.
> This is not so elegant solution and therefore I’d like to ask what is
> the recommended way to do this.
> I am running Havana with ML2 plugin and ovs.
> Best regards,
> Johanna

--port_security_enabled False  perhaps?  At least when using Neutron...

rick jones




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