Using Melange IPAM

Quantum Manager also has experimental support for using the new standalone IPAM service from the Melange Project . Melange provides expert users with more flexibility in terms of managing how IP addresses are assigned to VMs or other devices on the network.

Using Melange requires downloading the Melange code (it is a separate project from both Quantum and Nova) and running the Melange service. To tell Nova to use Melange IPAM instead of the default, set the following configuration option:

quantum_ipam_lib=nova.network.quantum.melange_ipam_lib

Nova defaults to connecting to Melange on localhost using the standard port. The "melange_host" and "melange_port" options can override these defaults.

	Note
	Using Melange is incompatible with using Floating IPs.

	Note
	DHCP is not supported when Melange is used as the IPAM library.

	Note
	In releases beyond Essex, Melange will be folded into the Quantum project, likely as part of a v2.0 Quantum API. Thus, using Melange as a stand-alone service will not be supported in future releases.