ironic/doc/source/admin/multitenancy.rst
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.. _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 provisioned nodes and nodes being deployed into
a single layer 2 network, separated from the cleaning network;
- ``neutron`` interface provides tenant-defined networking by integrating with
the Networking service, while also separating tenant networks from the
provisioning and cleaning provider networks.
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.