dragonflow/doc/source/centralized_readme.rst

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

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

1. Devstack with Neutron ML2 as core plugin and OpenVSwitch 2.3.1 or newer.

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:

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

Q_ENABLE_DRAGONFLOW=True

ML2_L3_PLUGIN=dragonflow.neutron.services.l3.l3_controller_plugin.ControllerL3ServicePlugin

Q_DF_CONTROLLER_IP='<your sdn controller ip>' (Optional, Default == $HOST_IP)

Q_DF_CONTROLLER_PROTOCOL= tcp/ssl (Optional, Default == tcp)

Q_DF_CONTROLLER_PORT= <port number> (Optional, Default == 6633)

In ENABLED_SERVICES section change q-l3 to q-df-l3

ENABLED_SERVICES+=,neutron,q-svc,q-agt,q-df-l3,q-dhcp,q-meta

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.

Troubleshooting