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[Matt Kassawara <mkassawara@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

After ML2, the Open vSwitch and Linux Bridge plug-ins became
mechanisms/agents. However, the configuration files for these agents,
particularly OVS with ovs_neutron_plugin.ini, generates confusion.
Furthermore, distributions that package OpenStack take different routes
for configuring these agents. With OVS in particular, some distributions
add the agent configuration to ml2_conf.ini and others continue to use
ovs_neutron_plugin.ini. These issues particularly impact documentation
[1][2] such as the installation guide that provides step-by-step
instructions on multiple distributions and the (upcoming) networking
guide that attempts to provide several deployable distro-agnostic
scenarios with step-by-step instructions.

I suggest either using ml2_conf.ini for OVS and LB agent configuration
or renaming the configuration files to something more meaningful and
consistent. For example, ml2_conf_ovs.ini, ml2_conf_linuxbridge.ini,
ovs_agent.ini or linuxbridge_agent.ini.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1422038
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1375746

** Affects: neutron
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Defunct plug-in configuration files

Status in OpenStack Neutron (virtual network service):
  New

Bug description:
  After ML2, the Open vSwitch and Linux Bridge plug-ins became
  mechanisms/agents. However, the configuration files for these agents,
  particularly OVS with ovs_neutron_plugin.ini, generates confusion.
  Furthermore, distributions that package OpenStack take different
  routes for configuring these agents. With OVS in particular, some
  distributions add the agent configuration to ml2_conf.ini and others
  continue to use ovs_neutron_plugin.ini. These issues particularly
  impact documentation [1][2] such as the installation guide that
  provides step-by-step instructions on multiple distributions and the
  (upcoming) networking guide that attempts to provide several
  deployable distro-agnostic scenarios with step-by-step instructions.

  I suggest either using ml2_conf.ini for OVS and LB agent configuration
  or renaming the configuration files to something more meaningful and
  consistent. For example, ml2_conf_ovs.ini, ml2_conf_linuxbridge.ini,
  ovs_agent.ini or linuxbridge_agent.ini.

  [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1422038
  [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1375746

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