Network/Meetings

The OpenStack Networking Team (Neutron) holds public meetings in #openstack-meeting. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Apologies for Absence

• April 28th 2014 - sc68cal (Sean M. Collins - IPv6) - internal meetings - have updated ipv6 section with current status

Agenda for Next Neutron Team Meeting

Announcements / Reminders

• A note about the neutron-specs repository
  • Instructions for Neutron BPs in Juno here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Blueprints#Neutron
  • We already have a large number of BPS filed in gerrit:
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+project:openstack/neutron-specs,n,z
  • Encourage everyone to review specs
• Mid-Cycle Sprint focused on nova-network parity and core refactoring
  • Converging on date and location
  • Will email plans out likely next week
  • https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/neutron-juno-mid-cycle-meeting

Bugs

• Stable branch is still having stability problems in the test runs.
• Critical Open Bugs
  • grenade-dsvm-neutron Failure in upgrade-swift - jlibosva

This bugs are in nova that are related to neutron that would be great if we could get neutron reviews on:

• • [1] Remove unneeded call to fetch network info on shutdown - arosen
  • [2] remove unneeded call to network_api on detach_interface - arosen
  • [3] remove unneeded call to network_api on rebuild_instance - arosen
  • [4] Optimize validate_networks to query neutron only when needed - arosen
  • [5] deallocate_for_instance should delete all neutron ports on error - arosen
  • [6] Fix port_security_enabled neutron extension - arosen
  • [7] Fix pre-created ports in neutron from being deleted by nova - arosen

Docs (emagana)

• Network Documentation Wiki (Refactoring of the installation guide)
  • https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/InstallGuideChanges
• BPs associated:
  • [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+spec/networking-install-guide-improvements
  • [2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+spec/improve-networking-cloud-admin-guide
  • [3] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+spec/create-networking-guide

High Priority Tickets:

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1296997 - Steven Weston - WIP
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1260129 - Summer Long - Release Notes
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1273412 - Edgar Magana - In Review

Medium Priority Tickets:

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1026745 - Edgar Magana - WIP Based on Mate Lakat Blog
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1112866 - Edgar Magana - WIP
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1283930 - Nachi Ueno - WIP
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1226279 - Diane F. - Closing
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1293897 - Unassigned
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1295451 - Nachi Ueno
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1307133 - Edgar Magana - WIP

• HA Neutron - Proposal
  • http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-docs/2014-January/003689.html

• Current list of bugs against neutron docs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bugs?field.tag=neutron

Juno Design Summit (mestery)

• Design Summit Submissions
• Deadline is April 20th (today)
• Remember it is not first-to-file.
• We need a diverse mix of session working on common core and smaller portions of Neutron.
• Working through session planning now.
• If you're proposal is not accepted, this does not mean you can't get your code into Juno

Nova Parity (markmcclain)

(updated April 14, 2014) - no parity specific updates this week.

Neutron Tempest (mlavalle)

• Full Tempest Test Update (salv-orlando)
  • ML Thread for Full Tempest
  • Latest analysis of the failures
• List of api tests merged during Icehouse:
  • As of 4/11, two abandoned patchsets
  • Patchsets merged beween 4/22 and 4/28
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/66541 Ann Kamyshnikova (Verify more information for member in lbaas api tests)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/67547 Dane LeBlanc (Add network API test to create/update a port with 2 IP addresses)
  • Patchsets merged between 4/8 and 4/14
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/65943 Ann Kamyshnikova (Verify more information for pools in lbaas tests)
  • Patchsets merged between 4/1 and 4/7
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/78857/ MH Raies (Network fwaas API test)
  • Patchsets merged between 3/25 and 3/31
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/68597 Nayna Patel (Adds "add_dhcp_agent" to test_dhcp_agent_scheduler)
  • Patchsets merged between 3/18 and 3/24
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/71251 Ann Kamyshnikova (Verify more information in floating ip tests)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/66796 Elena Ezhova (Add api tests for load balancer's VIPs and health monitors)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/66921 Sukhdev Kapur (Networks,Ports: delete with subnet, port with no IP)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/63999 Ann Kamyshnikova (Add tests for external network extension)
  • Patchsets merged between 3/11 and 3/17
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61118 Ann Kamyshnikova (Verify more information in API tests for LBaaS)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/68626 Nanya Patel (Adds L3 agent test case to test_l3_agent_schedule)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/64271 Elena Ezhova (Add tests for binding extended attributes for ports)
  • Patchsets merged between 3/3 and 3/10
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/69561 Nanya Patel (Test to update neutron security group)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/64130 Ann Kamyshnikova (Add namespaces to xml in Network client)
  • Patchsets merged between 2/25 and 3/2
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/74744 Jun Xie (test create router setting tenant_id)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/73789 Dong Liu (test more attributes for routers operation)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/69829 Nanya Patel (json and xml client refactoring for security group operations)
  • Patchsets merged between 2/17 and 2/24
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/67210 Henry Gessau (Network API framework: default to ipv4, add ipv6 tests)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/65120 Miguel Lavalle (lbaas agent scheduler)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/67741 Miguel Lavalle (Neutron Extra DHCP Options API test)
    • https://review.openstack.org/#/c/66143 Emilien Macchi (api metering labels and rules)

API (salv-orlando)

No report

L3 (carl_baldwin)

(updated 2014-04-21)

(carl_baldwin will likely miss the Neutron meeting today due to travel)

See Meetings/Neutron-L3-Subteam for detail.

• Team meeting on Thursdays at 1500 UTC.
• Active Projects
  • neutron-ovs-dvr (meeting page)
    • WIP is under review on the bp/neutron-ovs-dvr gerrit topic.
    • Documentation on ML2 and L3 agent changes is available. Need help reviewing.
      • DVR-L2-Agent Blueprint
      • DVR-L3-Agent Blueprint
  • L3 Vendor plugins
    • Preparing for discussion at Summit.
    • Looking for use case descriptions.
  • l3-high-availability
    • Patches are submitted on bp/l3-high-availability gerrit topic.
  • bgp-dynamic-routing
    • Created a Wiki Page Describing Use Cases For Dynamic Routing
      • Discussed MPLS/BGP Use Case. Could use more feedback.
    • Updates to blueprint
  • L3 Agent Performance with Wrapper Overhead
    • https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/neutron-agent-exec-performance
    • In review under bp/rootwrap-daemon-mode gerrit topic.
    • Currently stuck on a bug in python 2.7.3, fixed in 2.7.4. Not sure about bug status in 2.6.
  • Multiple subnets on external networks for multiple floating ip pools (carl_baldwin).
    • This almost works. Need to file and fix a bug.
  • DNS blueprints have been posted (carl_baldwin)
    • internal-dns-resolution
    • external-dns-resolution
  • Pluggable External Network blueprint
    • pluggable-ext-net

IPv6 (sc68cal)

• Weekly Meetings/Neutron-IPv6-Subteam meeting
• Atlanta Summit
  • Etherpad for IPv6 Design Summit Session
    • https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/neutron-ipv6-atlanta-summit
• Blueprints
  • Add ipv6-provider-nets-slaac
  • Other blueprints need to be submitted to neutron-specs - some have only been registered in LP.

ML2 (rkukura/Sukhdev)

• Weekly Meetings/ML2 are held, please attend if interested!
• Working towards Juno Summit Sessions
  • Etherpad created for ML2 sub-team to share ideas: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/juno_ml2_session_ideas
  • Please add ML2 ideas here for the team to discuss Wednesday!
• OVS TypeDriver refactoring
  • asomya working to get WIP patch out, discussion around this Wednesday
• OVS Firewall Driver
  • asadoughi rebasing his patches, discussion around this Wednesday

Group Policy (SumitNaiksatam)

• Weekly meeting here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/Neutron_Group_Policy
• Proof of Concept work in progress
  • API, data model, and CLI patches being worked
  • Still planning to have a demo for Juno Summit
• Talking through how services work in the GBP model

Previous meeting logs

• Previous meetings, with their notes and logs, can be found here.
  • networking-2014
  • networking-2013
  • quantum-2013
  • quantum-2012
• Older meeting notes are here: ../MeetingLogs.