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[Bug 1105488] Re: linuxbridge agent needs ability to use pre-configured physical network bridges (nova-related)

 

This feature is related with nova-neutron interaction.

If nova calls neutron restful api, it is difficult to append 'bridge-to-
be-attached' info into api response. For example, a parameter called
'physical bridge' may be added to Port object in neutron or Port-binding
dict.

However, if nova calls neutron rpc, it is easy to append any info to
nova.

** Also affects: nova
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: nova
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Li Ma (nick-ma-z)

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Title:
  linuxbridge agent needs ability to use pre-configured physical network
  bridges (nova-related)

Status in neutron:
  Triaged
Status in OpenStack Compute (nova):
  New

Bug description:
  The linuxbridge agent currently creates a bridge for each physical
  network used as a flat network, moving any existing IP address from
  the interface to the newly created bridge. This is very helpful in
  some cases, but there are other cases where the ability to use a pre-
  existing bridge is needed. For instance, the same physical network
  might need to be bridged for other purposes, or the agent moving the
  system's IP might not be desired.

  I suggest we add a physical_bridge_mappings configuration variable,
  similar to that used by the openvswitch agent, alongside the current
  physical_interface_mappings variable. When a bridge for a flat network
  is needed, the bridge mappings would be checked first. If a bridge
  mapping for the physical network exists, it would be used. If not, the
  interface mapping would be used and a bridge for the interface would
  be created automatically. Sub-interfaces and bridges for VLAN networks
  would continue to work as they do now, created by the agent using the
  interface mappings.

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