neutron api plumgrid #0

Supports: xenial
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Description

Neutron is a virtual network service for OpenStack, and a part of Netstack. Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. PLUMgrid is a plugin in Neutron, which takes over networking in the OpenStack environment.

PLUMgrid Neutron Plugin enables PLUMgrid Open Networking Suite, which is a secure, comprehensive and open software solution that delivers terabits of performance and scales across tens of thousands of workloads. The product suite provides highly automated workflows that significantly reduce the deployment time of OpenStack clouds, enables users to create private Virtual Domains™ for their projects and is compatible with the leading OpenStack distributions.

About the PLUMgrid Platform

The PLUMgrid Platform is a software-only solution that provides a rich set of distributed network functions such as routers, switches, NAT, IPAM, DHCP, and it also supports security policies, end-to-end encryption, and third party Layer 4-7 service insertion.

Overview

This charm enables PLUMgrid Neutron plugin in an OpenStack environment.

Once deployed, the charm enables the necessary actions in the neutron-server container that allows the PLUMgrid plugin to take over networking for the OpenStack environment.

It is a subordinate charm to neutron-api charm.

Usage

Instructions on using the charm:

juju deploy neutron-api
juju deploy neutron-api-plumgrid
juju add-relation neutron-api neutron-api-plumgrid

To enable PLUMgrid in neutron make the configuration in the neutron-api charm as specified in the configuration section below.

Known Limitations and Issues

This charm currently doesn't support Ubuntu 16.04.

Configuration

Example Config

neutron-api-plumgrid:
    install_sources: 'ppa:plumgrid-team/stable'
    install_keys: 'null'
    enable-metadata: False
neutron-api:
    neutron-plugin: "plumgrid"
    plumgrid-virtual-ip: "192.168.100.250"

Provide the source repo path for PLUMgrid Debs in 'install_sources' and the corresponding keys in 'install_keys' The "neutron-plugin" config parameter is required to be "plumgrid" in the neutron-api charm to enable PLUMgrid. Also the virtual IP on which PLUMgrid Console is going to be accessible should be specified in the "plumgrid-virtual-ip" config parameter.

Contact Information

Bilal Baqar bbaqar@plumgrid.com Javeria Khan javeriak@plumgrid.com Junaid Ali junaidali@plumgrid.com

Configuration

connector-type
(string) Type of connector to be used. Supported types are 'distributed' and 'service'
distributed
enable-deb-networking-install
(boolean) If enabled networking plumgrid is installed from deb package on LCM instead of installation using pip
enable-flow-tap
(boolean) Toggles reverse flow creation for tap based policies
True
enable-metaconfig
(boolean) Enables/disables nova communication for metaconfig
True
enable-metadata
(boolean) Set as True to enable metadata support
True
hardware-vendor-name
(string) Name of the supported hardware vendor
vendor_name
install_keys
(string) Provide the respective keys of the install sources
install_sources
(string) Provide the install source from where to install the PLUMgrid debs
ppa:plumgrid-team/stable
manage-neutron-plugin-legacy-mode
(boolean) If True neutron-api charm will install neutron packages for the plugin configured. Also needs to be set in neutron-api charm
True
networking-build
(string) Provide the build version of networking-plumgrid package that needs to be installed
latest
networking-plumgrid-version
(string) Provide the version of networking-plumgrid package that needs to be installed
pip-proxy
(string) Proxy address to install python modules behind a proxy
None
plumgrid-build
(string) Provide the build version of plumgrid-pythonlib package that needs to be installed
latest
project-domain-name
(string) Keystone project domain name
Default
switch-password
(string) Password of the L2 gateway
plumgrid
switch-username
(string) Username of the L2 gateway
plumgrid
user-domain-name
(string) Keystone user domain name
Default