Floating IP's for routed networks
This specification proposes to add functionality that allows users to associate floating IPs to ports of routed networks Partial-Bug #1667329 Change-Id: Id07f52da9fff321827aff8be11614a347030bb04
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Floating IPs for Routed Networks
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1667329
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This specification proposes the implementation of floating IPs for Routed
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Networks.
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Problem Description
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===================
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`Neutron Routed Networks`__ are composed of individual L2 segments stitched
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together by L3 routers in the operator infrastructure. The operator has the
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option to route the fixed IP addresses of the ports in such a network to the
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external world, but this might not be feasible for IPv4 without a large enough
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externally routable address range.
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__ routed-networks_
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Routed Networks were implemented in the first place to support a large number
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of ports / VMs, beyond the constraints of networks based on a single L2
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broadcast domain. Operators want to be able to support a number of ports / VMs
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as large as possible and route a subset of them externally, without being
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limited by the availability IPv4 address ranges.
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Proposed Change
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===============
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This specification proposes to enable the association of ports in a Routed
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Network with floating IP addresses (floating IPs). This will enable operators
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and their users to create ports in routed networks with fixed IP addresses in
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private ranges and assign to them scarce publicly routable IPv4 addresses only
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when needed, through the association of floating IPs. This functionality will
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require the changes described in the following sections.
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Creation of subnets spanning segments
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To support the use of floating IP's on a routed provider network, there
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needs to be a way to create a subnet that is not bound to a segment. In its
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current state, a subnet cannot be created on a network without specifying a
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segment when one or more subnets on the network are already bound to a
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segment.
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A new subnet service type of ``network:routed`` will be introduced. When a
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subnet supports this service_type it can be associated to the network of a
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routed provider network rather than having to be associated to one of the
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segments that comprises the routed network. This provides a way of expressing
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the notion of a subnet that spans the segments of a routed network. As such,
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this not only supports the use of floating IP's on routed networks but also
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allows various neutron backends to handle these subnets in innovative ways.
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The current definition of a routed provider network is a network in which
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each subnet is associated to a different segment. This definition will change
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subtly and include networks where 1 or more subnets with ``network:routed`` in
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its ``service_types`` is associated with the network but none of the individual
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segments comprising it.
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To enable this, minor changes to ``_validate_segment()`` in
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``neutron/db/ipam_backend_mixin.py`` that allow for subnets with this special
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service type to exist outside of any segment.
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Service subnets and floating IPs for routed networks
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----------------------------------------------------
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`Service subnets`__ enable operators to define valid port types for each subnet
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on a network, without limiting networks to one subnet or manually creating
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ports with a specific subnet ID. Using this feature, operators can ensure that
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ports for instances and router interfaces, for example, always use different
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subnets.
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__ service-subnets_
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To allow floating IP's to be created on a routed network, an operator will
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leverage this functionality when creating the floating IP subnet. To create a
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floating IP subnet that can be used on a routed provider network, the subnet
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should be created with two ``service_types``: ``network:routed`` and
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``network:floatingip``. ``network:routed`` allows the subnet to be pinned to
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the network rather than a particular segment, and ``network:floatingip``
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allows for floating IP's be allocated from the subnet.
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No changes are anticipated to enable this to work properly. Documentation
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will be updated to explain the workflow for operators. No change to the
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current workflow for creating/associating/disassociating/deleting floating
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IP's will be introduced.
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DVR and routed provider networks
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No changes to the current operation of DVR need to be made in support of
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these changes. Changes to documentation will be made to reflect the fact that
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subnets on segments where you wish to have floating IP gateway ports built
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should be created with the ```service_type`` of
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``network:floatingip_agent_gateway`` should be used to indicate that compute
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nodes can reach the routed external network on a given segment. For the
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network node connectivity, a ``service_type`` of ``network:router_gateway``
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should be used to indicate centralized router ports will be instantiated on
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the proper segment(s).
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Because only the ToR device providing connectivity to the network segment
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would know how to reach the floating IP (DVR will send a gratuitous ARP),
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connectivity from outside the segment must be provided host routes that steer
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traffic to the appropriate segment. This can be achieved by enabling
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neutron-dynamic-routing, enabling it to announce FIP reachability to
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ToR routers, and ensuring ToR routers propogate the FIP host route with an
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appropriate next-hop. Documentation will be added to explain how this can be
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set up by an operator.
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Floating IPs advertisement with BGP Dynamic Routing
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---------------------------------------------------
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`BGP Dynamic Routing`__ is a Neutron Stadium project that enables advertisement
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of self-service (private) network prefixes to physical routers that support
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BGP, thus removing the conventional dependency on static routes. A ``BGP
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speaker`` advertises the self-service network prefixes to associated ``BGP
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peers``, which represent the BGP capable physical routers in the operator
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infrastructure.
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__ bgp-dynamic-routing_
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In its current state, neutron-dynamic-routing determines next-hops for floating
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IP's by identifying the relevant router and floating IP agent gateway ports
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and mapping floating IP's to their proper endpoint. In this way, it is
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completely agnostic of segments and is capable of properly discovering and
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announcing the correct next-hop for a /32 host route of a floating IP.
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Security Impact
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---------------
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This change is not expected to pose any new security concerns.
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Other End User Impact
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No client impacts are anticipated. The network guide will be updated with
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proper documentation and example configurations.
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Future Work
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For some operators, there is a desire to allow for floating IP's to be
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associated to a port without first connecting a router to an external network
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and a tenant network. This can be implemented in many ways. One way is by
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relying on a cloud-init-like process to set the FIP as a loopback address
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inside a VM and rely on a BGP process to announce the FIP with the fixed IP
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as the next-hop address for the floating IP. With the implementation described
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in previous sections in place, a similar scheme would be the next logical
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iteration of routed provider networks.
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Implementation
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Assignee(s)
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Primary assignee:
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* `Ryan Tidwell <https://launchpad.net/~ryan-tidwell>`_
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Other contributors:
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* `Miguel Lavalle <https://launchpad.net/~minsel>`_
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Work Items
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#. Introduce the new ``network:routed`` subnet service type.
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#. Refactor network segment integrity checks to allow subnets with a
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``service_type`` of ``network:routed`` to be associated directly to a
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network.
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Dependencies
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============
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None
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Testing
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Tempest Tests
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There are currently no tempest tests for routed provider networks. However,
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some tests are being developed and tests that cover floating IP creation on
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routed provider networks can eventually be added to these tests.
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Functional Tests
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Unknown
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API Tests
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The following tests can be added to the suite of scenario tests being developed
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in https://review.opendev.org/#/c/665155/ :
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- Floating IP subnets can be created on a routed provider network
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- Floating IP's can be created on a routed provider network
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- Floating IP's from the same subnet can be associated to ports across
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different segments
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- Tests in neutron-dynamic-routing to assert proper route discovery on
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routed provider networks
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Documentation Impact
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====================
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Yes
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User Documentation
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------------------
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- Document new behavior for creating floating IP subnets
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- Document how to use in conjunction with neutron-dynamic-routing
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- Example configurations of routed networks, ToR router BGP config, and
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neutron-dynamic-routing.
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Developer Documentation
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-----------------------
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A new section to the Neutron devref will be added describing the implementation
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of floating IPs for routed networks.
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References
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.. _routed-networks: https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-specs/specs/newton/routed-networks.html
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.. _bgp-dynamic-routing: https://docs.openstack.org/ocata/networking-guide/config-bgp-dynamic-routing.html
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.. _service-subnets: https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/config-service-subnets.html
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.. _DVR: https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/deploy-ovs-ha-dvr.html
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