Learn how to – Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Eight

Learn how to – Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Eight.

Configuring Neutron on Compute Node

Neutron usually needs a plugin software such as OpenVswitch. On the Compute node, we have so far installed Libvirt and Nova Compute. We are going to add Openvswitch and L2 Agent.

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Step One: Install Neutron services on your Compute Node

[root@node01 ~]# yum --enablerepo=centos-openstack-queens,epel -y install openstack-neutron openstack-neutron-ml2 openstack-neutron-openvswitch
 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
 Determining fastest mirrors
 epel/x86_64/metalink                                                                      |  54 kB  00:00:01     
 base: mirror.ufs.ac.za
 centos-qemu-ev: mirror.pcsp.co.za
 epel: ftp.lysator.liu.se
 extras: mirror.pcsp.co.za
 updates: mirror.pcsp.co.za
 base                                                                                      | 3.6 kB  00:00:00     
 centos-ceph-luminous                                                                      | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
 centos-openstack-queens                                                                   | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
 centos-qemu-ev                                                                            | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
 epel                                                                                      | 4.7 kB  00:00:00     
 extras                                                                                    | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
 updates                                                                                   | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
 (1/2): epel/x86_64/updateinfo                                                             | 1.0 MB  00:00:18     
 (2/2): epel/x86_64/primary_db                                                             | 6.6 MB  00:01:54     
 Resolving Dependencies 

Step Two: Back up original neutron config file and configure a new one

[root@node01 ~]# mv /etc/neutron/neutron.conf /etc/neutron/neutron.conf.bak
[root@node01 ~]# vim /etc/neutron/neutron.conf

#New File
 [DEFAULT]
 core_plugin = ml2
 service_plugins = router
 auth_strategy = keystone
 state_path = /var/lib/neutron
 allow_overlapping_ips = True
# RabbitMQ connection info
 transport_url = rabbit://openstack:password@192.168.122.130
# Keystone auth info
 [keystone_authtoken]
 www_authenticate_uri = http://192.168.122.130:5000
 auth_url = http://192.168.122.130:5000
 memcached_servers = 192.168.122.130:11211
 auth_type = password
 project_domain_name = default
 user_domain_name = default
 project_name = service
 username = neutron
 password = neutron123
 [oslo_concurrency]
 lock_path = $state_path/lock

Step Three: Change permissions and groups information on the neutron file

[root@node01 ~]# chmod 640 /etc/neutron/neutron.conf 
[root@node01 ~]# chgrp neutron /etc/neutron/neutron.conf

Step Four: Edit the following files as shown below one by one.

[root@node01 ~]# vim /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini
# on line 129 under ml2: add
 [ml2]
 type_drivers = flat,vlan,gre,vxlan
 tenant_network_types =
 mechanism_drivers = openvswitch,l2population
 extension_drivers = port_security

[root@node01 ~]# vim /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/openvswitch_agent.ini
# on line 308 or under [securitygroup]: add the following
 [securitygroup]
 firewall_driver = openvswitch
 enable_security_group = true
 enable_ipset = true

[root@node01 ~]# vim /etc/nova/nova.conf
# add the following lines below the [DEFAULT] section
 use_neutron = True
 linuxnet_interface_driver = nova.network.linux_net.LinuxOVSInterfaceDriver
 firewall_driver = nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
 vif_plugging_is_fatal = True
 vif_plugging_timeout = 300
# add the following section to the end: Neutron auth information
# make sure that metadata_proxy_shared_secret is the same with the one in metadata_agent.ini we had set before.
 [neutron]
 auth_url = http://192.168.122.130:5000
 auth_type = password
 project_domain_name = default
 user_domain_name = default
 region_name = RegionOne
 project_name = service
 username = neutron
 password = neutron123
 service_metadata_proxy = True
 metadata_proxy_shared_secret = pepe123

Once that is done, we can proceed to start neutron services. Phew..

[root@node01 ~]# ln -s /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini /etc/neutron/plugin.ini 
[root@node01 ~]# systemctl start openvswitch 
[root@node01 ~]# systemctl enable openvswitch
 Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/openvswitch.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/openvswitch.service. 
[root@node01 ~]# ovs-vsctl add-br br-int 
[root@node01 ~]# systemctl restart openstack-nova-compute 
[root@node01 ~]# systemctl start neutron-openvswitch-agent 
[root@node01 ~]# systemctl enable neutron-openvswitch-agent
 Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/neutron-openvswitch-agent.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/neutron-openvswitch-agent.service. 

Thanks guys for following through to this point, it has been a long journey and a few details and we shall be having our small openstack cluster purring. In case you missed previous sequels, please follow the following links below:

Installation of Openstack three Node Cluster on CentOS 7 Part One

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Two

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Three

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Four

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Five

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Six

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Seven

Next guide link, part nine, is below

Installation of Three node OpenStack Queens Cluster – Part Nine