[Openstack] Query about dnsmasq and neutron-ovs-cleanup [IceHouse]

Andrew Mann andrew at divvycloud.com
Mon Jun 30 03:30:39 UTC 2014


Hi Vimal,

I'm using the OpenStack Icehouse packages in the Ubuntu 14.04 repository.
 These do start neutron-ovs-cleanup during boot of the network node.   Did
you install from packages or manually install the components?



On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Vimal Kumar <vimal7370 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Andrew,
>
> Searching further, I find "neutron-ovs-cleanup" mentioned in the admin
> guide:
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/install_neutron-l3.html
>
> which says:
>
> "If you reboot a node that runs the L3 agent, you must run the
> neutron-ovs-cleanup command before the neutron-l3-agent service starts."
>
> So I believe this service should start during server bootup of network
> node (where neutron-l3-agent service runs). Maybe they failed to include
> this in the official admin guide.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Andrew Mann <andrew at divvycloud.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Neutron itself starts the dnsmasq processes for tenant networks
>> (neutron-dhcp-agent is the service for this I believe), so you should not
>> enable dnsmasq in the system startup unless you are using another instance
>> of dnsmasq for a non-neutron purpose (such as providing dns and dhcp
>> services on your physical network to bare metal systems).
>>
>> I don't know much about neutron-ovs-cleanup, so I can't help with that
>> part of the question.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Vimal Kumar <vimal7370 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I followed the exact steps mentioned at:
>>>
>>> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/install-guide/install/yum/content/
>>>
>>> .. to create a 3 node Openstack IceHouse environment (controller,
>>> network & compute).
>>>
>>> I see that "neutron-ovs-cleanup" service is present on network & compute
>>> node, but it is turned off on both. Should this be set to on (in
>>> chkconfig)? If yes, then on which node should this service supposed to run
>>> (I recon network node, but still wanna confirm with the community).
>>>
>>> Also, I have the same concern about "dnsmasq" service. I see that this
>>> service is installed on network node, but is turned off in chkconfig.
>>>
>>> However I can find a dnsmasq process currently running:
>>>
>>> nobody   10602  0.0  0.0  12884   772 ?        S    14:09   0:00 dnsmasq
>>> --no-hosts --no-resolv --strict-order --bind-interfaces
>>> --interface=tap47c93394-55 --except-interface=lo
>>> --pid-file=/var/lib/neutron/dhcp/18018aab-920b-42d4-99c3-c036155e60bf/pid
>>> --dhcp-hostsfile=/var/lib/neutron/dhcp/18018aab-920b-42d4-99c3-c036155e60bf/host
>>> --addn-hosts=/var/lib/neutron/dhcp/18018aab-920b-42d4-99c3-c036155e60bf/addn_hosts
>>> --dhcp-optsfile=/var/lib/neutron/dhcp/18018aab-920b-42d4-99c3-c036155e60bf/opts
>>> --leasefile-ro --dhcp-range=tag0,192.168.1.0,static,86400s
>>> --dhcp-lease-max=256 --conf-file= --domain=openstacklocal
>>>
>>> The Openstack official guide for RHEL flavors does not mention whether
>>> these services should be turned on during server reboot (using chkconfig).
>>>
>>> My concern is whether to start them automatically in case of a server
>>> reboot. Please assist.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Vimal
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Mann
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>> www.divvycloud.com
>>
>
>


-- 
Andrew Mann
DivvyCloud Inc.
www.divvycloud.com
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