Re: [ovirt-users] Nova- oVirt Driver : Adding NIC to VM

From: "Udaya Kiran P" <ukiran770(a)yahoo.in&gt; To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:51:26 PM Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Nova- oVirt Driver : Adding NIC to VM Hi Moti, Few more thoughts.. 1) Can I bypass the ovirt-neutron driver,  to make ovirt to add NIC only within it and not going to OpenStack - as to avoid port already exists error?

2) Delete the port created  by OpenStack, in my driver code and recreate same via oVirt by allow it to be created through oVirt?

Please suggest your inputs. Thanks much. Regards, Udaya Kiran On Tuesday, 17 June 2014 4:55 PM, Moti Asayag <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Udaya Kiran P" <ukiran770(a)yahoo.in&gt; > To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; > Cc: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:37:23 PM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Nova- oVirt Driver : Adding NIC to VM > > Hi Moti, > > ThankYou for your inputs. > > I want a VM to be launched in oVirt, through Nova. i.e., When I say,launch > new instance in OpenStack, internally VM should get created in oVirt Host, > with the same mac address as assigned by OpenStack, get added to the same > Network as selected in OpenStack. > > I am able to spawn a VM  and run through the complete the full lifecycle > (spawn, pause, reboot, terminate etc). > > Now, I am looking at how can I add NIC with the same mac address. I see > port > is already been created at the OpenStack end. > > Should I Hot plug it? > > or > > Prevent Neutron from creating port initially and later use the port created > by the oVirt to Neutron? This seems like the right approach. > > Please suggest your thoughts on this. > > > Regards, > Udaya Kiran > > > On Tuesday, 17 June 2014 2:33 PM, Moti Asayag <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >  > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Udaya Kiran P" <ukiran770(a)yahoo.in&gt; > > To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; > > Cc: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:46:19 AM > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Nova- oVirt Driver : Adding NIC to VM > > > > Hi Moti, > > > > Sorry for the delayed response. > > > > The command neutron agent-list on the neutron server gives the alive > > status > > as xxx, for the neutron-ovs-agent that is installed on the oVirt Host. > >  However, I am able to import the network from OpenStack into oVirt. > > > > The port for the mac_address assigned is already created in the neutron > > server. Therefore, when I try to add it again, it gives error, port > > already > > exists. > > > > How do I attach this port to the VM in oVirt. > > In the ovirt-neutron integration the ports are allocated for the vm by > ovirt. > The ovirt-engine creates the port on the neutron server and bind it to the > vm nic: > 1. Click on the specific vm > 2. Select the 'Vm Interfaces' sub tab > 3. Add a vm interface, and select the profile/network of Net1 (the imported > neutron > network). > > At this point, you should see on your neutron server the created port (by > 'neutron port-list'). > The mac address for that port will be the one selected by the engine. > You can provide your own custom mac address (as long it is unique). > > Once the vm is started or if the nic was added while the vm is running > (hotplug), > the vdsm-hook-openstacknet will wire the port to the integration bridge and > the neutron-ovs-agent will become aware of it. > > Could you elaborate about your use-cases and what would you like to achieve > with ovirt-neutron ? > > You can also ping me (masayag) on #ovirt (oftc.net) > > Regards, > > Moti > > > > > How do I interact with the neutron-ovs-agent to get the port and assign > > to > > oVirt VM. > > > > Please suggest your inputs. > > > > Thank You. > > > > Regards, > > Udaya Kiran > > > > > > On Wednesday, 28 May 2014 5:54 PM, Moti Asayag <masayag(a)redhat.com&gt; > > wrote: > >  > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Udaya Kiran P" <ukiran770(a)yahoo.in&gt; > > > To: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:46:00 PM > > > Subject: [ovirt-users] Nova- oVirt Driver : Adding NIC to VM > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I am working on Nova - oVirt driver. I was able to test the VM life > > > cycle > > > successfully - spawn, suspend, resume, shuttof, start and terminate. > > > > > > I am now exploring the Neutron integration in oVirt. I have imported > > > the > > > Network (Net1) form Openstack to oVirt. > > > > > > I get the below error when I try to add a NIC (for imported Net1) to > > > the > > > VM > > > (created by Nova-oVirt driver), having the same MAC address which is > > > assigned in Openstack (Port Details page). > > > > > > "Error while executing action Add NIC to VM: Failed to communicate with > > > the > > > external provider." > > > > > > However, I am able to add a NIC with different MAC address. > > > > > > What changes needs to be done to add a NIC with MAC address as assigned > > > by > > > Neutron? Please suggest. > > > > > > > Could you attach the neutron server log (/etc/neutron/server.log) from > > the > > external network provider ? > > > > > > > I am using oVirt 3.4.0-1.fc19. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Udaya Kiran > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Users mailing list > > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > >