Networking Option 1: Provider networks

Configure the Networking components on a compute node.

Configure the Open vSwitch agent

The Open vSwitch agent builds layer-2 (bridging and switching) virtual networking infrastructure for instances and handles security groups.

• Edit the /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini file and complete the following actions:

  • In the [ovs] section, map the provider virtual network to the provider physical bridge:

    [ovs]
    bridge_mappings = provider:PROVIDER_BRIDGE_NAME
    

    Replace PROVIDER_BRIDGE_NAME with the name of the bridge connected to the underlying provider physical network. See Host networking and Open vSwitch: Provider networks for more information.

  • Ensure PROVIDER_BRIDGE_NAME external bridge is created and PROVIDER_INTERFACE_NAME is added to that bridge

    # ovs-vsctl add-br $PROVIDER_BRIDGE_NAME
    # ovs-vsctl add-port $PROVIDER_BRIDGE_NAME $PROVIDER_INTERFACE_NAME
    

  • In the [securitygroup] section, enable security groups and configure the Open vSwitch native or the hybrid iptables firewall driver:

    [securitygroup]
    # ...
    enable_security_group = true
    firewall_driver = openvswitch
    #firewall_driver = iptables_hybrid
    

  • In the case of using the hybrid iptables firewall driver, ensure your Linux operating system kernel supports network bridge filters by verifying all the following sysctl values are set to 1:

    net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables
    net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables
    

    To enable networking bridge support, typically the br_netfilter kernel module needs to be loaded. Check your operating system’s documentation for additional details on enabling this module.

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