>>> "It is recommended that users use a provider network rather than the L3 >>> agent to provide external network access until such time as network >>> namespaces support is available." >>> >>> Do we have documentation on using provider networks in Quantum already? >>> Or do we need more detail here? >>> >>> Bob? >> >> I know this is documented upstream, but I'm not sure if its covered in >> the RHOS documentation. > > That's a negative, is this still going to be desirable/required once we have namespaces support? Yes - definitely desirable, and maybe required. The same provider attributes are needed to use a provider external network with the l3-agent. With linuxbridge, this is the only way to define an external network, and I recommend it for openvswitch (in place of setting external_network_bridge = br-ex) as well. In general, I think we need to support both direct access to external networks (as provider networks that VMs connect to) and routed access to external networks (via l3-agent + provider network). -Bob
*** Bug 953395 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Added: 10.1.3. OpenStack Networking API Extensions 10.6. Configuring a Provider Network Updated: 10.7. Configuring the L3 Agent