[Openstack] [neutron] Questions about VLAN network for tenants and providers

Kevin Benton kevin at benton.pub
Sun Mar 6 06:46:39 UTC 2016


Yes, as long as the tenant type driver is VLAN, neutron will automatically
allocate a vlan from the first physnet defined in that list when it
receives a create network request without any provider details specified.
If that physnet runs out of VLANs, it will use the next in the list.
On Mar 5, 2016 17:43, "Sergio Morales Acuña" <semoac at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the answer, but I mean the ordinary user who tries to create a
> tenant network from, for example, Horizon without knowing the name of the
> physical interfaces.
>
> Similar to vlxan and gre, Can Neutron automatically manage the VLAN ID and
> the relationship with physnet2 when a normal user create a "tenant" network?
>
> El sáb., 5 mar. 2016 a las 22:32, Francisco J. Araya (<
> francisco at sentinel.la>) escribió:
>
>> Hi Sergio, which OpenStack Version are you deploying? Have you tried this
>> guide?
>>
>>
>> http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/networking-guide/scenario-provider-ovs.html
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> FJA
>>
>> Sent from mobile device
>>
>> > On Mar 5, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Sergio Morales Acuña <semoac at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > After reading the documentation Neutron I failed to understand how to
>> configure ML2 to use a particular interface when creating VLANs for
>> projects.
>> >
>> > For example, in this configuration:
>> > [mL2]
>> > local type_drivers = loca, flat, vlan, gre, vxlan
>> > tenant_network_types = vlan
>> > [ml2_type_vlan]
>> > network_vlan_ranges = physnet2: 1000: 1200, physnet1
>> > [ovs]
>> > bridge_mappings = physnet2: br-vlan, physnet1: br-ex
>> >
>> > How I can set "Neutron" to use the interface "physnet2" when a user
>> creates an internal network?
>> >
>> > Am I forgetting another configuration? or the order is enough?
>> >
>> > Thanks
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