About the Plumgrid Platform

The PLUMgrid Platform is a software-only solution that provides a rich set of distributed network functions such as routers, switches, NAT, IPAM, DHCP, and it also supports security policies, end-to-end encryption, and third party Layer 4-7 service insertion.

Overview

This charm is responsible for configuring a node as a PLUMgrid Gateway.

Once deployed the charm triggers the necessary services for a PLUMgrid Gateway and configures the IO Visor kernel module as a PLUMgrid Software Gateway. It also configures additional interfaces on the node for external connectivity.

Usage

Instructions on using the charm:

juju deploy neutron-api
juju deploy neutron-api-plumgrid
juju deploy plumgrid-director
juju deploy nova-compute
juju deploy plumgrid-edge
juju deploy plumgrid-gateway

juju add-relation neutron-api neutron-api-plumgrid
juju add-relation neutron-api-plumgrid plumgrid-director
juju add-relation plumgrid-director plumgrid-edge
juju add-relation nova-compute plumgrid-edge
juju add-relation plumgrid-director plumgrid-gateway

For plumgrid-gateway to work make the configuration in the neutron-api, neutron-api-plumgrid, plumgrid-director and plumgrid-edge charms as specified in the configuration section below.

Known Limitations and Issues

This is an early access version of the PLUMgrid Gateway charm and it is not meant for production deployments. The charm currently only supports Kilo Openstack Release.

Configuration

Example Config

plumgrid-gateway:
    external-interfaces: '{"node01":"eth5,eth2","node02":"eth4,eth8"}'
    install_sources: 'ppa:plumgrid-team/stable'
    install_keys: 'null'
plumgrid-edge:
    install_sources: 'ppa:plumgrid-team/stable'
    install_keys: 'null'
plumgrid-director:
    plumgrid-virtual-ip: "192.168.100.250"
    install_sources: 'ppa:plumgrid-team/stable'
    install_keys: 'null'
neutron-api-plumgrid:
    install_sources: 'ppa:plumgrid-team/stable'
    install_keys: 'null'
    enable-metadata: False
neutron-api:
    neutron-plugin: "plumgrid"
    plumgrid-virtual-ip: "192.168.100.250"

The "external-interfaces" config parameter should be the interfaces that will provide external connectivity on each of the gateway nodes. Should be provided as a json in a string with hostname and interface names. Provide the source repo path for PLUMgrid Debs in 'install_sources' and the corresponding keys in 'install_keys'. The virtual IP passed on in the neutron-api charm has to be same as the one passed in the plumgrid-director charm.

Contact Information

Bilal Baqar bbaqar@plumgrid.com Bilal Ahmad bilal@plumgrid.com