dragonflow/doc/source/readme.rst

Installation guide for Dragonflow Keep in mind that Dragonflow is still in beta.

Prerequisites ------------

1. OVS 2.4.0

Quick Installation

1. Clone Devstack

   git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack

2. Edit local.conf according to your configuration, See Detailed Installation for more details, or the Devstack configuration manual

3. Add the following lines in local.conf:

Q_ENABLE_DRAGONFLOW_LOCAL_CONTROLLER=True

enable_plugin dragonflow https://github.com/openstack/dragonflow.git

enable_service df-controller

enable_service db-ext-services

enable_service q-svc

enable_service q-l3

enable_service q-dhcp

disable_service q-agt
disable_service n-net

Database configuration: -------------------

Choose one of the following Database drivers in your local.conf

Etcd Database:

enable_service df-etcd

enable_service df-etcd-server

Ram Cloud Database

enable_service df-ramcloud

enable_service df-rccoordinator

enable_service df-rcmaster

Detailed Installation

Important parameters that needs to be set in local.conf :

HOST_IP <- The management IP address of the current node
FIXED_RANGE <- The overlay network address and mask
FIXED_NETWORK_SIZE <- Size of the overlay network
NETWORK_GATEWAY <- Default gateway for the overlay netowrk
FLOATING_RANGE <- Network address and range for Floating IP addresses (in the public network)
Q_FLOATING_ALLOCATION_POOL <- range to allow allocation of floating IP from (within FLOATING_RANGE)
PUBLIC_NETWORK_GATEWAY <- Default gateway for the public network
SERVICE_HOST <- Management IP address of the controller node
MYSQL_HOST <- Management IP address of the controller node
RABBIT_HOST <- Management IP address of the controller node
GLANCE_HOSTPORT <- Management IP address of the controller node (Leave the port as-is)

You can find example configuration files in the multi-node-conf or the single-node-conf directories.

Automated setup using Vagrant + Virtualbox

Vagrant Installation Guide

Troubleshooting