Enabling in Devstack

  1. Download DevStack

  2. Copy the sample local.conf over:

    cp devstack/local.conf.example local.conf

  3. Optionally, to manually configure this:

    Add this repo as an external repository:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
enable_plugin networking-odl http://opendev.org/openstack/networking-odl

  4. Optionally, to enable support for OpenDaylight L3 router functionality, add the below:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
ODL_L3=True

    Note

    This is only relevant when using old netvirt (ovsdb based, default).

  5. If you need to route the traffic out of the box (e.g. br-ex), set ODL_PROVIDER_MAPPINGS to map the physical provider network to device mapping, as shown below:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
ODL_L3=True
ODL_PROVIDER_MAPPINGS=${ODL_PROVIDER_MAPPINGS:-br-ex:eth2}    # for old netvirt (ovsdb based)
ODL_PROVIDER_MAPPINGS=${ODL_PROVIDER_MAPPINGS:-physnet1:eth2} # for new netvirt (vpnservice based)

  1. run stack.sh

  2. Note: In a multi-node devstack environment, for each compute node you will want to add this to the local.conf file:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
enable_plugin networking-odl http://opendev.org/openstack/networking-odl
ODL_MODE=compute

  3. Note: In a node using a release of Open vSwitch provided from another source than your Linux distribution you have to enable in your local.conf skipping of OVS installation step by setting SKIP_OVS_INSTALL=True. For example when stacking together with networking-ovs-dpdk Neutron plug-in to avoid conflicts between openvswitch and ovs-dpdk you have to add this to the local.conf file:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
enable_plugin networking-ovs-dpdk http://opendev.org/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk
enable_plugin networking-odl http://opendev.org/openstack/networking-odl
SKIP_OVS_INSTALL=True

  4. Note: Optionally, to use the new netvirt implementation (netvirt-vpnservice-openstack), add the following to the local.conf file (only allinone topology is currently supported by devstack, since tunnel endpoints are not automatically configured). For tunnel configurations after loading devstack, please refer to this guide https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Netvirt:_L2Gateway_HowTo#Configuring_Tunnels:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
ODL_NETVIRT_KARAF_FEATURE=odl-restconf-all,odl-aaa-authn,odl-dlux-core,odl-mdsal-apidocs,odl-netvirt-vpnservice-openstack
ODL_BOOT_WAIT_URL=restconf/operational/network-topology:network-topology/ # Workaround since netvirt:1 no longer exists in DS!

  5. Note: To enable Quality Of Service (QoS) with OpenDaylight Backend, add the following lines in neutron.conf:

    > in /etc/neutron/neutron.conf
service_plugins = qos, odl-router

    enable qos extension driver in ml2 conf:

    > in /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini
extensions_drivers = qos, port_security

    restart neutron service neutron-api

  6. Note: legacy netvirt specific options

    • OVS conntrack support

      variable

      ODL_LEGACY_NETVIRT_CONNTRACK By default it’s False for compatibility and version requirements.

      • version requirement

        ODL version

        Boron release or later. (ODL legacy netvirt support is from Beryllium. But networking-odl devstack supports Boron+)

        OVS version

        2.5 or later

      enable OVS conntrack support:

      > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
ODL_LEGACY_NETVIRT_CONNTRACK=True

  7. Note: To enable Vlan Aware VMs (Trunk) with OpenDaylight Backend, make the following entries in local.conf:

    > cat local.conf
[[local|localrc]]
Q_SERVICE_PLUGIN_CLASSES=trunk

  8. Enabling L2Gateway Backend for OpenDaylight

  • The package networking-l2gw must be installed as a pre-requisite.

    So include in your localrc (or local.conf) the following:

    enable_plugin networking-l2gw http://opendev.org/x/networking-l2gw
enable_service l2gw-plugin
NETWORKING_L2GW_SERVICE_DRIVER=L2GW:OpenDaylight:networking_odl.l2gateway.driver_v2.OpenDaylightL2gwDriver:default

  • Now stack up Devstack and after stacking completes, we are all set to use l2gateway-as-a-service with OpenDaylight.

  1. Note: To enable Service Function Chaining support driven by networking-sfc, the following steps have to be taken:

    • local.conf should contain the following lines:

      # enable our plugin:
enable_plugin networking-odl https://github.com/openstack/networking-odl.git

# enable the networking-sfc plugin:
enable_plugin networking-sfc https://github.com/openstack/networking-sfc.git

# enable the odl-netvirt-sfc Karaf feature in OpenDaylight
ODL_NETVIRT_KARAF_FEATURE+=,odl-netvirt-sfc

# enable the networking-sfc OpenDaylight driver pair
[[post-config|$NEUTRON_CONF]]
[sfc]
drivers = odl_v2
[flowclassifier]
drivers = odl_v2

    • A special commit of Open vSwitch should be compiled and installed (containing compatible NSH OpenFlow support). This isn’t done automatically by networking-odl or DevStack, so the user has to manually install. Please follow the instructions in: https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Service_Function_Chaining:Main#Building_Open_vSwitch_with_VxLAN-GPE_and_NSH_support

    • Fluorine is the recommended and latest version of OpenDaylight to use, you can specify it by adding the following to local.conf:

      ODL_RELEASE=fluorine-snapshot-0.9.0

    • To clarify, OpenDaylight doesn’t have to be running/installed before stacking with networking-odl (and it shouldn’t). The networking-odl DevStack plugin will download and start OpenDaylight automatically. However, it will not fetch the correct Open vSwitch version, so the instructions above and the usage of SKIP_OVS_INSTALL are important.

  2. To enable BGPVPN driver to use with OpenDaylight controller Include the following lines in your localrc (or local.conf):

    enable_plugin networking-bgpvpn https://opendev.org/openstack/networking-bgpvpn.git

[[post-config|$NETWORKING_BGPVPN_CONF]]
[service_providers]
service_provider=BGPVPN:OpenDaylight:networking_odl.bgpvpn.odl_v2.OpenDaylightBgpvpnDriver:default

    and then stack up your devstack.

  3. To enable DHCP Service in OpenDaylight deployments with Openstack, please use:

    [[local|localrc]]
ODL_DHCP_SERVICE=True

  4. To enable ODL with OVS hardware Offload support please use:

    [[local|localrc]]
ODL_OVS_HOSTCONFIGS_OPTIONS="--noovs_dpdk --debug --ovs_sriov_offload"
    Note: OVS offload support minimal version requirements -

    Linux kernel from version 4.12 OVS from version 2.8.0 ODL from version Nitrogen (please note that Nitrogen is no longer maintained)

  5. For development environment, if opendaylight installation is not required for stack.sh then a parameter ODL_INSTALL should be set to False. By default it is set to True therefore it is backward compatible with gate and already existing scripts:

    [[local|localrc]]
ODL_INSTALL=False

  6. To Enable L3 Flavors with ODL, service providers should be added to neutron.conf:

    [service_providers]
service_provider = L3_ROUTER_NAT:ODL:networking_odl.l3.l3_flavor.ODLL3ServiceProvider:default

    Note: Service Plugin ‘router’ should be used in neutron.conf for enabling L3 flavors completely