ironic/doc/source/admin/multitenancy.rst

.. _multitenancy:

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Multi-tenancy in the Bare Metal service
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Overview
========

It is possible to use dedicated tenant networks for provisioned nodes, which
extends the current Bare Metal service capabilities of providing flat networks.
This works in conjunction with the Networking service to allow provisioning of
nodes in a separate provisioning network. The result of this is that multiple
tenants can use nodes in an isolated fashion. However, this configuration does
not support trunk ports belonging to multiple networks.

Concepts
========

Network interfaces
------------------

Network interface is one of the driver interfaces that manages network
switching for nodes. There are 3 network interfaces available in
the Bare Metal service:

- ``noop`` interface is used for standalone deployments, and does not perform
  any network switching;

- ``flat`` interface places all nodes into a single provider network that is
  pre-configured on the Networking service and physical equipment. Nodes remain
  physically connected to this network during their entire life cycle.

- ``neutron`` interface provides tenant-defined networking through the
  Networking service, separating tenant networks from each other and from the
  provisioning and cleaning provider networks. Nodes will move between these
  networks during their life cycle. This interface requires Networking service
  support for the switches attached to the baremetal servers so they can be
  programmed.

Local link connection
---------------------

The Bare Metal service allows ``local_link_connection`` information to be
associated with Bare Metal ports. This information is provided to the
Networking service's ML2 driver when a Virtual Interface (VIF) is attached. The
ML2 driver uses the information to plug the specified port to the tenant
network.

.. list-table:: ``local_link_connection`` fields
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Field
     - Description
   * - ``switch_id``
     - Required. Identifies a switch and can be a MAC address or an
       OpenFlow-based ``datapath_id``.
   * - ``port_id``
     - Required. Port ID on the switch, for example, Gig0/1.
   * - ``switch_info``
     - Optional. Used to distinguish different switch models or other
       vendor-specific identifier. Some ML2 plugins may require this
       field.

.. _multitenancy-physnets:

Physical networks
-----------------

A Bare Metal port may be associated with a physical network using its
``physical_network`` field. The Bare Metal service uses this information when
mapping between virtual ports in the Networking service and physical ports and
port groups in the Bare Metal service.  A port's physical network field is
optional, and if not set then any virtual port may be mapped to that port,
provided that no free Bare Metal port with a suitable physical network
assignment exists.

The physical network of a port group is defined by the physical network of its
constituent ports. The Bare Metal service ensures that all ports in a port
group have the same value in their physical network field.

When attaching a virtual interface (VIF) to a node, the following ordered
criteria are used to select a suitable unattached port or port group:

* Require ports or port groups to not have a physical network or to have a
  physical network that matches one of the VIF's allowed physical networks.
* Prefer ports and port groups that have a physical network to ports and
  port groups that do not have a physical network.
* Prefer port groups to ports.  Prefer ports with PXE enabled.

Configuring the Bare Metal service
==================================

See the :ref:`configure-tenant-networks` section in the installation guide for
the Bare Metal service.

Configuring nodes
=================

#. Ensure that your python-ironicclient version and requested API version
   are sufficient for your requirements.

   * Multi-tenancy support was added in API version 1.20, and is supported by
     python-ironicclient version 1.5.0 or higher.

   * Physical network support for ironic ports was added in API version 1.34,
     and is supported by python-ironicclient version 1.15.0 or higher.

   The following examples assume you are using python-ironicclient version
   1.15.0 or higher.

   Export the following variable::

    export OS_BAREMETAL_API_VERSION=<API version>

#. The node's ``network_interface`` field should be set to a valid network
   interface. Valid interfaces are listed in the
   ``[DEFAULT]/enabled_network_interfaces`` configuration option in the
   ironic-conductor's configuration file. Set it to ``neutron`` to use the
   Networking service's ML2 driver::

     openstack baremetal node create --network-interface neutron --driver ipmi

   .. note::
      If the ``[DEFAULT]/default_network_interface`` configuration option is
      set, the ``--network-interface`` option does not need to be specified
      when creating the node.

#. To update an existing node's network interface to ``neutron``, use the
   following commands::

     openstack baremetal node set $NODE_UUID_OR_NAME \
         --network-interface neutron

#. Create a port as follows::

     openstack baremetal port create $HW_MAC_ADDRESS --node $NODE_UUID \
         --local-link-connection switch_id=$SWITCH_MAC_ADDRESS \
         --local-link-connection switch_info=$SWITCH_HOSTNAME \
         --local-link-connection port_id=$SWITCH_PORT \
         --pxe-enabled true \
         --physical-network physnet1

#. Check the port configuration::

     openstack baremetal port show $PORT_UUID

After these steps, the provisioning of the created node will happen in the
provisioning network, and then the node will be moved to the tenant network
that was requested.