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Neutron Port Create

Asked by Akilesh on 2014-01-08

I see that neutron port-create does not create a port on openvswith. Instead it only creates it in db. I would like to know what has to be done to really create a ovs port. I want a service to bind to the port I created. Below is my guess of how to solve the problem.

Correct me If I am wrong.

1. Use Neutron port create to get mac address and fixed ip of the device
2. Create a tap device with the mac address and assign the fixed ip to it
3. Add the tap device to openvswitch using ovs-vsctl add-port
4. Bind my program to the port and proceed.

If any one got any suggestion for better strategy please do let me know.

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: neutron Edit question

Assignee:: No assignee Edit question

Solved by:: Salvatore Orlando

Solved:: 2014-01-12

Last query:: 2014-01-12

Last reply:: 2014-01-12

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Sumit Naiksatam (snaiksat) said on 2014-01-08:

Check out agent/linux/interface.py. The drivers defined here implement plug/unplug operation which do what you are trying to achieve.

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yong sheng gong (gongysh) said on 2014-01-09:

    def _ovs_add_port(self, bridge, device_name, port_id, mac_address,
                      internal=True):
        cmd = ['ovs-vsctl', '--', '--may-exist',
               'add-port', bridge, device_name]
        if internal:
            cmd += ['--', 'set', 'Interface', device_name, 'type=internal']
        cmd += ['--', 'set', 'Interface', device_name,
                'external-ids:iface-id=%s' % port_id,
                '--', 'set', 'Interface', device_name,
                'external-ids:iface-status=active',
                '--', 'set', 'Interface', device_name,
                'external-ids:attached-mac=%s' % mac_address]
        utils.execute(cmd, self.root_helper)